This page compiles technologies and applications that will assist you in creating your first (or second) machinima project. I have rated them from ‘beginner’ to ‘advanced.’
Beginner
- Fraps – real-time video capture software for Windows
- iMovie – free Mac app for editing footage, easy to use
- SoundCloud – great for recording, uploading and sharing audio among a group of users.
- Snapz Pro X – “Snapz Pro X allows you to effortlessly record anything on your screen, saving it as a QuickTime® movie or screenshot that can be e-mailed, put up on the web, or passed around however you want.” [free trial version]
- Source Filmmaker – standard tool for creating Machinima; integrates with Steam
- Windows Movie Maker – free Windows app for editing footage, easy to use
Advanced
- Call of Duty 4. Machinima Tutorial, Part 1 (YouTube)
- Minecraft Machinima (How to Make One)
- Movie Sandbox
- Second Life Machinima Tutorials – bottom of the page
- WoW Machinima Tool – for use with the role-playing MMORPG World of Warcraft