Ever since I played The Sims 2, I have been wanting to create videos. I had no idea what to do, where to start or what equipment I needed.
I would watch other people's videos, together with tutorials but never really found the time or the confidence to give it a go myself, until now.
Last week I decided to purchase screen recording software and a cheap microphone and just give it a shot to see what I could come up with. I started a Let's Play over at YouTube created with The Sims 2 entitled The Barrington-Smythe Legacy and I'm really enjoying myself. I didn't realise however, the amount of work needed to put into a Let's Play. I just thought I would only need to play the game for 15 or 20 minutes and upload it - boy, was I wrong!
My screen recording software, although recognising my microphone, mutes it and so I have to play the game first and then record the audio afterwards. This means editing the movie then playing it back to record the audio, popping the audio into the movie, all the while trying to make everything fit by cutting and editing. Then it's a case of saving the movie (rendering) which can take up to 30 minutes, watching it again to make sure everything is okay on the final file and then uploading to YouTube, which takes another couple of hours.
Even though it takes a while to do, I'm having so much fun doing it and today I recorded my very first review for a new world from The Sims 3 Store which was released yesterday, Roaring Heights.
Although the picture is a little 'choppy' and 'laggy' at times, I am still a beginner and I'm quite pleased with how it turned out. They say practice makes perfect so as time goes on, I can only hope that I'll get better!
One thing that certainly helped me with the 'panning' in-game was Chrillsims3 video tutorial on how to use the camera within The Sims 3 game.
Here is Chrills video:
And here is my first review:
All I can say is that if I can do it, anyone can!
I hope you like it and I would appreciate any constructive criticism/advice that you want to give to me!
