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Take it away Luca!
**2015-02-06 Luca Prudente
We are delighted to welcome Luca as our blogger today who is going to show us all how to make videos in The Sims 4. Take it away Luca!
The Sims 4 gives us the unique opportunity to create stories about anything from generations or romantic situations to friendships or tragedies. But did you know that it also gives players the opportunity to record clips directly from the game to help create these movies? This is how you do it:
First, you should check your options 'Game options/Video capture'. Your 'Video quality' setting should be High or Not Compressed for the best quality. Remember to uncheck ‘UI Sounds’ box in order to avoid recording all the clicks/pause sounds.
Here are the most important hotkeys for creating movies.
Use Q and E to move the camera up and down
TIME SPEED: You can’t change the time speed with UI while in camera mode, so you’ll need to use these hotkeys:
If you don’t want to see your Sim’s Plumbob or overhead effect, use this cheat: 'headlineeffects off'. You can turn them back on by using the same cheat and typing ‘headlineeffects on’ instead.
You can memorize the scene you need by doing the following:
Press the same number to return the view to the saved camera position
I created my Sim “actors” Dan and Lana and placed them in Oasis Springs.
Now I can start creating the storyline. Let's have Dan coming back from work and proposing to Lana, who unfortunately is not ready to say yes.
Here are the steps I take to create a scene:
IMPORTANT:
Now on to our next step, where Dan enters and proposes to Lana.
Every time a scene is finished, pause the game and position the camera from another perspective to continue from there.
Here is a trick that allows you to create dynamic scenes: shoot the same scene for two or three times from various angles, and assemble them together at the end. You’ll have to run the same interaction a few times to get all these different shots.
Remember to put credits at the end of your video.
The last step is assembling everything. There are many movie editing tools available to assist with this. Try different combinations of clips and angles and see what works for you. Remember, the most important thing is to have fun!
When you are finished share your video to the world. One great way to get better is to share your creations, get feedback and keep making videos.
Thanks to Luca for telling us about some film making basics in The Sims 4. We can’t wait to see what you create!
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