"The complete hands-on guide to creating animated real-time 3D films on your PC."
Includes index
1. Understanding Machinima -- 2 Introducing the Machinimation platform -- 3. Getting started with Machinimation projects -- 4. Machinimation: call in the actors! -- 5. Live action filming with a virtual camera -- 6. Adding audio and visual effects with Machinimation -- 7. Exporting your Machinimation project -- 8. Introducing the unreal tournament 2004 platform -- 10. Adding characters with UnrealEd -- 11. Working with Matinee -- 12. Using audio in UnrealEd and Matinee -- 13. Finishing your Matinee Machinima production -- 14. Machinima simplified: Video capture -- 15. Machinima editing: putting it all together -- 16. Machinima distribution and output -- 17. Machinima techniques: cinematography -- 18. Machinima set design -- 19. Machinima character development -- Epilogue -- Index