frag movies are like scrapbooks. you get to immortalize moments in time forever in a cool video. you don't even have to make it cinematic for the people to love it cause the gameplay is already pretty. i got into this game cause of big community frag and jump movies, everyone involved putting in effort to be remembered. i knew i was never gonna try and get good enough at the game to make a name as a player so i turned to editing because i still wanted to contribute. for me it started with the idea of just showcasing the clips, then it became about elevating the clips, and then it become about discovering and fleshing out my own creative identity (visually antagonizing tf2rjweekly viewers).

there's so much effort that goes into making the scene happen and as an editor i always felt obligated to at least match the ambition that the players, producers, organizers, etc were putting forth. i wish there were more editors that attempted to innovate or approach frag movie making with the same sort of discipline that players or even sfm animators do.

but also editing this game is ass. how do you frame a shot of a soldier doing a convoluted jump into a bomb into an airshot? most people are gonna just hit you with a real wide fov smooth that captures it all from one perspective. if you wanna make that shot pretty youre gonna have to do some complex camera choreography. the way this game moves has made it so that the vast majority of editors don't even attempt close up shots. a lot of demos are broken, its so difficult to work with non stv demos. i push as much work into sfm as i can to give me more control over everything but then i need to make maps work in sfm by preparing it in hammer. those softwares are evil.

production value is not the grand arbiter of what makes a frag movie special, lightly edited clip dumps will never lose their charm for as long as people care about the game. but i do think a well edited frag movie makes it feel more like an event, the effort and passion went past the gameplay. shoutout uil that guy is the undisputed tf2 frag movie goat.

uil video that is also a me video made for great empire of australia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5y4kHgSYoU

demoactions
{
    1
    {
        factory "PlayCommands"
        name "start recording"
        starttick "1234"
        commands "host_framerate 60; startmovie frag"
    }
    2
    {
        factory "PlayCommands"
        name "stop recording"
        starttick "4321"
        commands "endmovie; host_framerate 0"
    }
}

This is much smarter do this instead of what I said

hello my friend umlpst i have a fix that SUCKS

revert to the pre_07_25_23_demos build and then make it actually open with the info in this thread

and then load the demo which probably wont actually work if its from after that build BUT you can still use the demo editor to add your playcommands and then you switch back to the regular build of tf2 and you'll be able to freely edit them to do what u want

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https://clips.twitch.tv/GoldenTawdryTigerKevinTurtle-XX052G6cpfY2CYQ0

its ok

hello gamers here's the i65 intro made by myself, uil, and cyanic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dez-Hm_66WU

either is just as good my man

hows it goin gamers its me nick im a video editor man ive made some things that you might have seen before

like this
or this
or maybe this

this year's tf2maps 72hr jam is comin up and i had the idea of making a video that includes any and all types of tf2 clips. whether it be frags, jumps, pub clips, mge clips, literally anything thats interesting and takes place in tf2. the video will probs be comparable to this excellent video by beater except you can throw me some "serious" clips if you'd like to, and id be editing it in my own usual style.

if youve got some clips that you think would fit in a video like this send me some demos, and make sure to include the tick, and your name.

the jam starts august 2nd so theres a soft deadline then, that being said if theres not that many responses past that deadline ill take what i can get.

also ill probably be streaming the creation of this video over at my twitch so follow me there if u care

tldr - democall, zero restrictions on what type of clip u can send in

https://i.imgur.com/HEJT793.jpg

hey there gamer bros
we got a brand new community for people who'd like to edit team fortress two (and other video games) videos

its essentially a discord server where you can get advice, talk about, and get some opinions on editing. if youre into editing or you want to improve, this is the place to be. you could think of this as a spiritual successor to funky visions. we also got a rly cool logo you can feel free to slap on any of your videos by the wacky uberchain.
https://discord.gg/Mx34Hek

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/399454844114698263/517846441566142494/castellum_banner.png

castellum's founding members are
nick
uil
weatherspoon
cyanic
reece
crocket
Hold on!

b i g shoutout to everyone who made this event possible including those at the event and those off-site, this year's event seemed so much more ambitious than previous years and it was pulled off incredibly well

what the frick the vinyl didnt come with a sticker

https://i.imgur.com/9B6OKIW.png