Vote For The Sixth Annual Saxxy Awards!
It's our favorite time of year! That time when all the Saxxy Awards entries have been submitted, and we can watch videos all day long instead of working. More importantly, so can you! Upvote the ones...
View ArticleAnnouncing The 2016 Saxxy Awards Nominees!
We're approaching the culmination of another year filled with some really amazing Source Filmmaker videos! Today we're announcing the nominees for the 2016 Saxxy Awards, and there are entries that had...
View ArticleCongratulations to the winners of the 2016 Saxxy Awards!
While we're saddened that the end of the 2016 Saxxy Awards is here, we're thrilled to be handing out the golden Saxxy statuettes for the winners! We're still laughing at some of the short and comedy...
View ArticleThe Seventh Annual Saxxy Awards!
It's time to announce the Saxxy Awards for 2017, and we couldn't be more excited! We can't wait to see what variety of amazing videos you create! Don't forget that all Valve universes are available...
View ArticleNow Accepting Submissions for the Seventh Annual Saxxy Awards!
It's time to start submitting your entries to The Seventh Annual Saxxy Awards! You have until Thursday, March 8th, at 3:00PM PST for your final submission, but we highly recommend you submit versions...
View ArticleVote For The Seventh Annual Saxxy Awards!
It's our favorite time of year! That time when all the Saxxy Awards entries have been submitted, and we can watch videos all day long instead of working. More importantly, so can you! Upvote the ones...
View ArticleAnnouncing The Seventh Annual Saxxy Awards Nominees!
We're approaching the culmination of another Saxxy Awards filled with some really amazing Source Filmmaker videos! Today we're announcing the nominees for the Seventh Annual Saxxy Awards, and there...
View ArticleCongratulations to the winners of the Seventh Annual Saxxy Awards!
While we're saddened that the end of the Seventh Annual Saxxy Awards is here, we're thrilled to be handing out the golden Saxxy statuettes for the winners! We're also incredibly excited to be...
View ArticleHow to make a Movie
Greets Beta Testers, Since we gave out a few beta keys today, here's some video tutorials to get you started in the Source Filmmaker. Try to re-create the movie that I make in the tutorials. This will...
View ArticleIntroducing the Source Filmmaker
The Source Filmmaker (SFM) is the movie-making tool built and used by us here at Valve to make movies inside the Source game engine. Because the SFM uses the same assets as the game, anything that...
View ArticleYou Guys Have Been Busy
In just a single week since the start of our beta program, there've been plenty of hilariously inventive "Meet the Heavy" spoofs getting passed around here in the SFM office. Here are some of our...
View ArticleThe Source Filmmaker is LIVE!
Thanks for your patience, everybody! And a really big thanks to our first round of testers, who were instrumental in helping us make the SFM a better user experience. They were SO helpful, in fact,...
View ArticleSharing the Knowledge
Hey Everyone, We've been amazed this week by all the cool short movies and images everyone has been creating as they come up to speed using the Source Filmmaker. Wow. Here are a few, among many, that...
View ArticleL4D Survivor Model Pack
To celebrate today's Left 4 Dead 2 update, Cold Stream, we're going to update the SFM to include a new "Model Pack" that contains the four survivors from L4D2. These are the models that we used to...
View ArticleThings Keep Getting Better
This was an inspiring week for the SFM. To start, the first community-created video has received 1 million views . Who would have thought so many people would like saving .dmx files? We've also never...
View ArticleI am a Robot
Now that there is a new robot on mars, it seems like a good time for SFM beta testers to dress up a TF character like a robot using a cardboard box. To celebrate the Curiosity's great achievement,...
View ArticleMann vs. Machine
Check out our latest Valve short made using the Source Filmmaker. Learn more here!
View ArticleValve on Spike TV tonight
GT.TV will be devoting their show to Valve tonight on Spike TV. If you want a sneak peek behind the scenes of what we're up to with the SFM next, come check it out! (if you're too busy fighting...
View ArticleThe 2012 Saxxy Awards
As you may have seen on TV last night, The Second Annual Saxxy's Awards have been announced. It's time to get your storytelling chops in order, because the Source Filmmaker Animation Festival is on!
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