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How Do I Watch My Movies?
After I make an animation/movie, I want to know how to watch it from my computer in full-sreen without watching it with 720p in the SFM softare. How can I do that? (When I say from my computer, I mean I dont need SFM or steam open to watch it. I want to watch it from my videos file if thats possible. I dont' really mind having to open SFM to watch it, as long as it doesn't lag). I want to way that lags the least and is easy to do.
Last edited by Definitely Not Pikachu; Sep 26, 2015 @ 4:07pm
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Detonatress Sep 26, 2015 @ 4:17pm 
Originally posted by Cataclysmic Squid:
After I make an animation/movie, I want to know how to watch it from my computer in full-sreen without watching it with 720p in the SFM softare. How can I do that? (When I say from my computer, I mean I dont need SFM or steam open to watch it. I want to watch it from my videos file if thats possible. I dont' really mind having to open SFM to watch it, as long as it doesn't lag). I want to way that lags the least and is easy to do.
First, you render your movie to a folder you want to find it in.
Hit ctrl+M, and then click on that gray square with 3 white dots on the right side where a path is written. This allows you to specify where to put it.
Make sure you do not render as AVI, install Quick Time if you don't get MP4 option instead of AVI.

Render the movie (export it) and then the video file should be found in the folder you chose.
Then use your video player of choice. Mine's VLC, but Windows Media Player might see it too.


Note: You don't have a movie until it is rendered. Rendering takes a while, depending on your settings. Render quality is affected by what you set in Depth Of Field and Motion Blur (Ambient Occlusion is usually on by default). These can be found by right-clicking the viewport and going to Render Settings (first option in the menu).
Last edited by Detonatress; Sep 26, 2015 @ 4:19pm
Thanks, I'll do that.
lan1 Jul 25, 2016 @ 11:15am 
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TermLerd Jul 26, 2016 @ 9:50pm 
it says windows 10 doesnt support quicktime
marty Jul 27, 2016 @ 2:02am 
/end thread its old
Suprised people posted on this now :/
Last edited by Definitely Not Pikachu; Jul 27, 2016 @ 7:35am
mvseg Mar 11, 2021 @ 6:43am 
HELP i did everything you said and then i opened the MP4 file and it was just a 1 second video of nothing. I don't even know if it was the way i exportet it or something else.
marty Mar 11, 2021 @ 10:15am 
Originally posted by marco.v.saldo:
HELP i did everything you said and then i opened the MP4 file and it was just a 1 second video of nothing. I don't even know if it was the way i exportet it or something else.

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