How To Make a Shadowbane Video

Foreword

After reading the following tutorial you will have the knowledge to:

• Create a recording
• Turn the recording into a frap video file
• Edit the video
• Encode the video as a final product.

What You Need

Shadowbane: I suggest you copy and paste your entire Shadowbane directory during the "frapping" process your layout will change extensively. This will change the layout of your live character also, thus causing headaches from having to constantly fix your layout in-game.

Fraps: The program is not free. For you intrepid young scallawags I am sure you will find a way to "purchase" this program.

Video Editing Suite: Pick your flavor. Windows and Apple both come with bare bones movie makers. On the third-party side your best bet for Windows is Adobe Premiere Pro or Sony Acid Pro. With an Apple you'll be looking to get Final Cut Pro. All the above mentioned suites offer the same track-style non-linear editing. The third-party applications will simply allow you more advanced control with scene transitions and effects.

Music: It wouldn't be a very good video without tunes! Generally speaking faster pace works better. Everyone has their own preference in music, but I've historically preferred either great orchestrated chants for their epic grandeur, or Dance tunes such as The Chemical Brothers for a more modern sound.

Your Codec Flavor: Once you have completed your masterpiece the video will need to be encoded to make the file somewhat of a decent size to download. I am currently using the Windows Media 10 codecs.

Step 1: How to Record

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