Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
The first episode in my Source 2 Tips and Tricks series. In this video I'll be covering some of the essential tools and tips that I think everyone should know about when starting to use Source 2 and S2FM. Hopefully this is somewhat useful!
Let me know in the comments if there's anything specific you'd like me to cover in future videos and I'll see what I can do! =)
Topics covered in this video:
00:00 Intro
00:54 How to fix blurry textures
01:36 How to scale bones
02:33 Auto IK and Spline Rigs
03:05 Changing the map per-shot
03:40 Post-Process Editor
04:44 How to add Bloom
05:23 How to move particles
07:10 Outro
Half-Life Alyx particle source files:
drive.google.com/file/d/16aBlbDxzSdG-P8yPIvmJRnw8-WwcN6C9/view?usp=sharing
Source Filmmaker Discord server:
discord.gg/XGq35U6K
Music provided by Epidemic Sound:
James Meadows - Powerlines
You can also support me on Patreon for more videos and songs! ^_^
patreon.com/Harry101UK
I post updates and works-in-progress over on Twitter:
twitter.com/Harry101UK
The first episode in my Source 2 Tips and Tricks series. In this video I'll be covering some of the essential tools and tips that I think everyone should know about when starting to use Source 2 and S2FM. Hopefully this is somewhat useful!
Let me know in the comments if there's anything specific you'd like me to cover in future videos and I'll see what I can do! =)
Topics covered in this video:
00:00 Intro
00:54 How to fix blurry textures
01:36 How to scale bones
02:33 Auto IK and Spline Rigs
03:05 Changing the map per-shot
03:40 Post-Process Editor
04:44 How to add Bloom
05:23 How to move particles
07:10 Outro
Half-Life Alyx particle source files:
drive.google.com/file/d/16aBlbDxzSdG-P8yPIvmJRnw8-WwcN6C9/view?usp=sharing
Source Filmmaker Discord server:
discord.gg/XGq35U6K
Music provided by Epidemic Sound:
James Meadows - Powerlines
You can also support me on Patreon for more videos and songs! ^_^
patreon.com/Harry101UK
I post updates and works-in-progress over on Twitter:
twitter.com/Harry101UK
![Portal - The Android Hell Blues [feat. The Stupendium]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eey_N0bwdOw/mqdefault.jpg "Portal - The Android Hell Blues [feat. The Stupendium]
You can get the song + instrumental here:
iTunes - http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1437428498?ls=1&app=itunes
Bandcamp - https://harrycallaghan.bandcamp.com/album/the-android-hell-blues
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/4wQffTNe2kNyLC40cJBBwB
The full music-video for The Android Hell Blues.
Written and performed by Gregory Holgate [The Stupendium]
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvbc2N6biTMUDFE_b79TPbw
Composed and produced by Harry Callaghan
Meet The Cores 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suOYQJhkFzU
Meet The Cores is an animated Portal series that takes a deeper look into the mechanical denizens of the Aperture Science research facility.
Id like to say a huge thank you to The Stupendium for writing and performing this song in his own time, and allowing it to be used in Meet The Cores! He absolutely nailed it. =D
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Lyrics:
Theres a place you may have heard of,
Its a tale we like to tell!
When folks whose code aint up to code…
They go to Android Hell!
Now the devil is found deep underground,
So, any faith will yell!
Well Aperture happens to be ten miles down,
Half-way to Android Hell.
So when those lemons that life gives you…
Just combust to dust and fumes.
Buddy, life may give you lemons…
But we got oranges and blues!
Oh they gave us cores emotions!
But that doesnt gel at all…
Because all I feels repulsion…
And Im bouncing off the walls!
And each chamber full of dangers that we force upon a stranger,
To test their feeble brains or brawn…
Is nothing to the test if whether rust or boredom gets us,
Whats it matter what side of the glass were on?
So may your management-rail guide you…
To a better place some day!
Although technically theyre omni-directional…
We know they all just lead one way!
So be you core, bot, cube or turret.
Treat this Aperture factory well!
‘cause theres a worse fate awaitin as your souls emancipated by the grills of Android Hell!
[interlude]
Now my baby, she up and left me!
Told me I was just a square…
I said, darlin were both spherical!
She said she wasn’t programmed to care!
Oh yes, the life down heres a hard one…
Not just because of acid-lakes!
Since my first day, had about a thousand birthdays.
I still aint seen no cake!
Yes its a hard life lived for that hard-light bridge…
To that rail-track in the sky!
But theres no mistaking its a fall you will be taking,
Cake is not this places only lie!
So when the floor gives way to ceiling…
But your back is against the wall...
In a loop that keeps repeating…
Who can say how far youll fall?
Now youve heard tell of Android Hell…
But youve got naught to fear.
We all live in her chambers.
Were all already here...
August Loolam [Rantis]
https://www.youtube.com/user/aug440
Enhanced Core & Turret animation rigs
Harry Callaghan
Animation | Lighting | Editing | Audio Design | Mixing | Scene Design | Texture Design | Music
Animated and rendered with Source Filmmaker.
Music made with Propellerhead Reason 8.
Additional editing and visual-effects with Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects.
Audio design in Propellerhead Reason 8 and Celemony Melodyne Studio.
2D and texture design in Adobe Photoshop.
Portal is owned by Valve.
Some of my Portal songs you might enjoy:
This Is Aperture - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZIVmKOdrBk
Carol Of The Turrets - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0NXY89WsxY
Hello - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoQ7De OBs
The Pit Song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QO40HjRH2w
Defective - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_0BapT0mOQ
If I Were A Core - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U_RvUYINpo
The Wheatley Song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di2wDDwxqHg
GLaDOS Is To Blame - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDY-DF4Lpdg
Dumb Ways To Die - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v SSdTXNK2mo
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![Lil Guardian Pyro - [Saxxy 2013 - Winner Best Overall]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fAqGUUv-XJs/mqdefault.jpg "Lil Guardian Pyro - [Saxxy 2013 - Winner Best Overall]
[Best Overall] Winner! Wow, thanks so much to everyone who voted for this at the Saxxys! The team and I really appreciate the support and were glad you enjoyed the film! =D
Our trip to Valve HQ:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO4ZnUdcvQ8
This is our group Team Fortress 2 submission for Valves Saxxy annual animated film competition.
Pyro leaves a little angel to guard a sentry for him, but is the tiny toy up to the task?
The Official Soundtrack is available here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgFv3vscjpk
Directed By
Brent CobaltGemini Kennedy
http://www.youtube.com/user/SuperBrentendo
Assistant Director
August Rantis Loolam
http://www.youtube.com/user/Aug440
Primary Animation and Custom Models by
Brent Kennedy
August Loolam
Sound Design, Secondary Animation, Lighting and Editing
Harry Harry101UK Callaghan
http://www.youtube.com/user/Harry101UK
Original Score By
Hasan HasanGuitar Abdullah
http://www.youtube.com/user/HasanGuitar
Additional Animation by
Keaton Winslow Magne Brockway
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fuser%2FBlackMesa1997&h=nAQFhOU_N
Particle Effects by
Martin ChaoFanatic Ellis
http://www.youtube.com/user/Chaofanatic/featured
Animated entirely in Source Filmmaker.
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![Portal - GLaDOS Is To Blame [instrumental]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fIA5lZmuihE/mqdefault.jpg "Portal - GLaDOS Is To Blame [instrumental]
Free MP3:
http://db.tt/Ddyud8aD
A lot of people requested this so here it is. More videos coming soon! =)
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