Stop Motion Helper 3.0 tutorial

very fast half assed going through basic functionality of the SMH that has been updated to the version 3.0

2023 Edit: Please do keep in mind that this is a video that goes through functions of SMH and not an actual animation tutorial, considering how many nuances there is in animation. For basics in animation, I'd suggest to search up "12 principles of animation" on youtube, that should give some ideas. And don't worry about examples being in 2D, 3D, Blender, SFM, GMod or whatever - some animation principles and tricks apply anywhere, it's just the different toolset you'd have to use.

2024 Edit: @joacons made an SMH tutorial that goes a bit more into what makes a good animation, check it out here. It doesn't completely cover all the tricks you can do though, so there's still some stuff to experiment with, btw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68LHkyq9GG0

Console commands you can't use in world keyframes: https://wiki.facepunch.com/gmod/Blocked_ConCommands

Keys for world keyframes that you can use (Separate them with spaces):
0 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , a , b , c , d , e , f , g , h , i , j , k , l , m , n , o , p , q , r , s , t , u , v , w , x , y , z , Numpad_0 , Numpad_1 , Numpad_2 , Numpad_3 , Numpad_4 , Numpad_5 , Numpad_6 , Numpad_7 , Numpad_8 , Numpad_9 , Numpad_/ , Numpad_* , Numpad_- , Numpad_+ , Numpad_Enter , Numpad_. , [ , ] , SEMICOLON , ' , ` , , , . , / , \ , - , = , ENTER , SPACE , BACKSPACE , TAB , CAPSLOCK , NUMLOCK , ESCAPE , SCROLLLOCK , INS , DEL , HOME , END , PGUP , PGDN , PAUSE , SHIFT , RSHIFT , ALT , RALT , CTRL , RCTRL , LWIN , RWIN , APP , UPARROW , LEFTARROW , DOWNARROW , RIGHTARROW , F1 , F2 , F3 , F4 , F5 , F6 , F7 , F8 , F9 , F10 , F11 , F12 , CAPSLOCKTOGGLE , NUMLOCKTOGGLE , SCROLLLOCKTOGGLE

GMod animations shown:

m3rciless vs shades (Combat Rush Collab Entry) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogunTlLeOkg
[Gmod] Scuutbusters.mp4 - Super Scoutbusters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaNWkN1S5Lk

Music used:

Michael Chait - Heart & Slash OST - Heart's Final Challenge
Michael Chait - Heart & Slash OST - Face the Final Battle
GRADIUS GAIDEN BLACK HOLE ( ON THE EVENT HORIZON )
Phonetic Hero - Sky Rogue OST - Cleared for Takeoff
Phonetic Hero - Sky Rogue OST - Angle of Attack
R-Type Delta - Fantastic Midair

Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:13 Setting up
0:49 Basic usage
4:20 Saving
5:44 "Rendeiring" animation
6:08 New features (Settings window)
8:15 Properties window
9:43 All modifiers for timelines
11:19 Optimizing timelines
11:51 Timeline presets
12:31 World keyframes
13:28 Spawn function
14:53 Physics recorder
15:47 Ending and shameless promotion