How to make WoW Movies with Fraps and Windows movie maker

[kentril]

Yeah, I was googling and it took me about 5-10 minutes to find this site where a guy wrote a very descriptive and helpful guide on how to do it, so for anyone trying to make exploits, or a guide and your too nervous to try to record a video because you dont know how, fear not!! Just read this guide I found, i dont know if its okay to post links to thepiratebay or other torrent sites, but i will for fraps


Here is fraps bittorent registered for anyone
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If i am not supposed to post the links here, moderator please remove.

Now here is the guide i found.

CREDITS TO MAKERhttp://wowvault.ign.com/View.php?id=40&view=Guides.Detail]Beginners Guide to WoW Video Capturing/Editing -- World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Vault








Section One: Introduction
Before we get started you're going to need a feel tools. For anyone who has seen my "Dual Shadows" series, all 4 videos were created using Fraps and Windows Movie Maker. As such, those are the tools we'll be using in the guide.

Fraps:Video Capturing Software
Download:Fraps Site
Information:Fraps is a retail product. The guide will work just as well with the shareware version, but it has recording limitations among various other options locked out. I'm currently using the retail version 2.0.

Windows Movie Maker:Video Editing Software
Download:WMM 2.0
Information:If you have Windows XP, you have Windows Movie Maker. If for some reason you do not, follow the link above to download the latest version.
You should be able to find it within your drive here:
Start > Programs > Accessories > Entertainment

Notice:Recording is a very taxing operation for a PC. 1 Minute of uncompressed footage runs around 300 Megs of hard disk space. Make sure you have at least 5 gigs of open hard disk space at any given time while recording/editing. Disk space aside, you will need a PC with upper end spec's in order to record effectively. The only way to find out is simply follow the Fraps section below.

Section Two: Fraps

Our first task is to first capture footage, but before we can do that we need to configure Fraps.

Step:1 - Open Fraps - Click the "Movies Tab".
Step:2 - Chose a folder in which your recorded footage will be located.
Step:3 - Assign a key that will begin and end the recording process. Make sure this key is unbound within World of Warcraft to avoid in any game conflictions.
Step:4 - Choose the "Half-Size" Option.
Step:5 - Frames Per Second - This setting depends on a few factors. The more Frames Per Second you record while in game the larger the file size you will be recording. This taxes your PC greatly. Test which one is best for your system accordingly. Lower FPS settings result in poor image quality.
Step:6 - Uncheck "Record Sound". Recording sound adds to the file size greatly, so unless you want the sound from within the game, uncheck this option.
Step:7 - Your configuration should look similar to the image below.


Step:8 - Minimize Fraps and load up World of Warcraft.
Step:9 - Click the key that you bound in Step:3 to begin recording. Run around and get a feel for how your PC is handling the recording process and adjust the FPS setting from Step:5. Record for a minute or 2, than click your record key once more to halt the recording process.
Step:10 - Go to the folder where you set Fraps to record your footage to view it. If your PC was able to handle it, you should a nice quality clip recorded. At this point the clip you have recorded is enormous in file size. Worry not, it's now time to take our clip and use our next tool, Windows Movie Maker. Proceed below.

Section Three: Windows Movie Maker

Now that we have our clip we can begin the editing process. As for the Fraps section, I will use a step by step format to make it painless as possible.


Step:1 - Open Windows Movie Maker - Start > Programs > Accessories >
Step:2 - Go to your folder with your video clip. You're going to drag and drop it into WMM.


Step:3 - Now we'll view our clip within WMM to make sure everything has gone smoothly thus far. Highlight your clip, than click the viewer. You may need to adjust the size of the window to view it effectively, just resize the windows as you would any other windows program.


Step:4 - For the sake of this guide don't worry about the video making sense. We'll be using our clip just to get an understanding of how to edit and include clips so that when you do make a video worth watching, you'll know what to do. Now scroll your clip to the half way mark.


Step:5 - Now we will split our clip into 2 sections. You will use this step to edit off any unneeded footage in your future video clips.

Step:6 - Now that we have our 2 clips we'll create our opening title. Go to .2, "Edit Movie", than click the "Titles and Credits" option.


Step:7 - Click the "Add Title at the Beginning of the movie".
Step:8 - Enter the title "WoW Test Movie", or anything of your choosing. For the first guide I won't go into the specifics on fonts/colors/effects. We'll now add our movie title by click the "Done, add title to movie" option.


Step:9 - Now that we have our title we'll go into the story board section to add transitions and our clips. Click the "Show Storyboard" tab.


Step:10 - Now we'll drag and drop our first clip onto the story board. Click your first clip and hold your left mouse button and drag it into the first empty spot on the story board.


Step:11 - Do the same with your next clip. Your storyboard should now look like the following:


Step:12 - Now we'll add credits to the end of our movie. Click the "Make Titles and Credits" link. This time we'll click the "Add Credits At The End of the Movie." option.


Step:13 - Now type in the credits as you wish. Click the "Done, Add Title to Movie" option when you're finished.


Step:14 - Now we'll add Video Transitions between our clips. Click the "View Video Transitions" tab.


Step:15 - We'll pick the first transition. Drag the "Bars" window down to the box between the clips just like we did for our clips. Do this for each box between our clips.

Step:16 - Your storyboard should now look like the following:


Step:17 - Now click your title on the storyboard, than click play in the viewer. Congratulations, you just made your first WoW Movie!
Step:18 - It's now time for us to encode our video and save it to our hard disk in it's final form.
Step:19 - Under "Finish Movie", click the "Save To My Computer" link.


Step:19 - Choose a file name for your file and click next.
Step:20 - This is where we choose how we encode our movie. The smaller the encode, the more we loose in video quality. For the Dual Shadow series I choose the 1.5MB option under "Other Choices". You can go lower or higher depending on your choice in quality/file size.

Step:21 - Click "Next" and wait for the encode to finish. Once it's done click the "Play Movie When Finished" to view your new movie!

Section Four: Conclusion
Now you know the basics behind capturing and editing your footage. I encourage you to play around with Windows Movie Maker. It may not be the most advanced program, but it has a lot of utility. In my next guide I will cover a few more advanced pieces of WMM. Such as:

*Adding Music
*Fading Music In/Out
*Video Effects
*Adding New Font Types
*Various Text Effects

[axel310]

It whould be nicer with pics. But since you contributed i will +rep you

[kentril]

Alright ill add the pics if i can. Itll be a bit, maybe 20 mins?

[kentril]

There we go pics uploaded, hope it helps guys.

[axel310]

alright then +rep for you

[ChildeRoland]

Wares isn't allowed here. Might have misunderstood, but I think that Piratebay link counts as a ware.

[Baisen]

Well not to me a douchebag but tht sucks

[ChildeRoland]

Well not to me a douchebag but tht sucks

Can someone translate? That typo destroys the whole message, I'm 100% serious when I say I can't read it.

[kentril]

Wares isn't allowed here. Might have misunderstood, but I think that Piratebay link counts as a ware.

Any mods can confirm this??? Just wondering

[petrix]

NICE post and all but please delete due to posting warez aint allowed here.

[supermagma]

Great tutorial man !

its just such a shame , im using windows 64bit xp and i cant save anything in windows movie maker...gets some wierd error that nothing on google can fix. I have sony vegas but i cant compress the fraps recordings to make them small enough/good quality for youtube

[tezzarist]

id orefer to use adobe premer pro for making my movies more opitons more plugins imo