How to open director mode in GTA 5. Standard tag properties

Rockstar Editor is powerful tool to create and edit your own videos, trailers and even films using the GTA 5 engine.

Create, edit and share videos gameplay and using the Rockstar Editor.

Rockstar Editor is a set of tools for recording and editing videos. Create an entire library of your own recordings using replay modes, import recorded clips into a separate project, use the clip editing mode to change camera angles and other minor tweaks, and bring your project to life. Submit your work to YouTube or Rockstar Games Social Club, so that your friends can appreciate the creation.

Record your game

Recording clips

You can record video fragments for future clips in two ways: in repeat mode or manually, and the process of editing videos is not limited to the usual camera angles. You will have the opportunity to shoot from all viewing angles, except for those with restrictions.
Pay attention to the prompt that pops up while recording. This will indicate whether there are restrictions on different camera angles for your clip. All videos with restrictions have a special mark that you will see during installation.

Recording Modes

To record in repeat mode, you need to simultaneously hold down the Alt and F2 keys, for manual recording - Alt+F1.

How does recording work in repeat mode?

This mode is designed specifically for video recording of game events that occurred earlier. Its activation is accompanied by regular recording of individual fragments of the game in background without saving. To save a fragment, you need to select the event you are interested in and press the appropriate key combination Alt+F1 and “Save record”.

How do you record a video manually?

You can start recording at any stage of the game. Initially, it will only happen in the background. The most important points You can save an unlimited number of files by pressing Alt (on the left side of the keyboard) and F1 to save or Alt+F3 to cancel. In the future, all fragments of the video will be located in the order in which you recorded them.

If canceled (Alt+F3), all unsaved material will be deleted.

Clip information

To save the finished video on your computer’s hard drive, you need to follow these steps: “Pause Menu”ð”Settings” and select “Rockstar Editor”.
Saved clips are automatically named in date and number format: “month/year Clip XXXX”.
Videos created in repeat mode will contain fragments of different durations: for bright scenes - about 30 seconds, for calm scenes - up to 90 seconds.
If there is not enough space to store the rollers, you need to free it up. To do this, in the “Pause Menu” select “Rockstar Editor”, and in it - “Clip Editing”, where you can delete all old unnecessary videos.

Rockstar Editor Main Menu

Menu

The Rockstar Editor main menu consists of 6 items:

“Create Project” - Creates a completely new project from previously recorded clips.
“Load project” - To work on a previously saved project.
“Director Mode” - An easy way to activate Director Mode.
“Clip Editing” - Manage recorded clips.
“Video Gallery” - View finished videos uploaded to Rockstar Games Social Club or YouTube.
"Training" - Everything you need to know about working in the Rockstar Editor.

Creating a new project

To create new project you need to select the option “Create a new project”, then “add images”. Select the videos you want and move them to the timeline. Once you've placed your clip, press Enter or double-click each clip to edit.

To add videos to the timeline, use the Ctrl+X combination.
To remove a video from this scale, use the Del key.
Making a copy of a video - Ctrl+C.

Editing Clips

Control Panel

The control panel is located on the top right side of the screen. Here is the total duration and current time roller There are also buttons for rewinding, going to the end and beginning, pause, and play.

The control panel will not appear if you are using a gamepad.

Tags

Markers are intended for setting clip parameters, for example, effects, different shooting angles, playback speed. They can be installed anywhere on the video.

Use the mouse wheel or the Left and Right arrows to scroll through your clip and find the best places to place marks. Using the arrows, you can manage the label menu and make appropriate changes.

Setting a mark occurs by pressing the "M" key in the place you want to mark. After this, a window with all available editing options will appear in the upper left part of the screen. In it you can set video parameters, change depth of field, playback speed, shooting angles and others. This will allow you to create a truly unique and engaging video.

You can set the duration of the clip yourself by selecting the start and end marks and moving the cursor outside the video.

Standard label properties

Each new mark carries information about the previous mark on the scale, if there is one. Setting the final label is the end result, all initial labels will not affect it.

If you want to add a specific visual effect, which will be applied throughout your clip, apply it only to the start label.

If you want to change the settings of subsequent cues, use a simplified method: after making changes to the menu of one cue, press the “Tab” key, this will automatically open the menu of the next cue.

Anchors

An anchor will allow you to place text or sound; you can enable it for any label.

Types of anchors:

Enabled Anchor - The anchor will be displayed on the timeline and all options will be available for editing.
Disabled Anchor - Editing options remain available, but the anchor will not be displayed on the scale.
Exclusive - Once an exclusive anchor is installed, any changes to the label settings will not be possible, since this action turns the label into an anchor. On the timeline, such an anchor is indicated in yellow.

Cameras

The camera angles in the video can be changed in almost all cases, with the exception of those when, for example, the recording mode is made from the first person. In order to check whether the function of changing angles is available, you need to go to the editing menu.

The following types of cameras can be used to change angles:

Gaming - repeating camera movements while recording a video.
Free - allow you to freely move the camera around the available gaming locations. To capture your subject, select the “Camera Target” option. To ensure smooth movement - “Move with a purpose.” To create dynamic transitions when changing angles, it is better to use the “Transition Modes” option.

There is also the ability to use preset angles, allowing you to shoot the character close and far in all projections.

To convey special effects such as an explosion, accident or powerful blow as accurately as possible, use the “Camera Shake” option, which must first be configured.

Effects

Use a variety of effects, adjusting their intensity yourself. You have options for brightness, contrast, saturation, vignetting and intensity.

Depth of field

Depth of field is a special function that allows you to adjust the focus on a specific object or character (focus point). In this case, you can adjust the intensity and select the desired type of focus.
You can adjust the depth of field by enabling this option in the “Pause Menu”, but DirectX 11 must be running. In the “Special Effects Settings” sub-item, select one of the three required levels: “High”, “Very High”, “Highest degree” .

Sound options

Adjust the volume of your chosen effects in the Sound Options menu. Adjusting the sound intensity will help to powerfully highlight the dramatic effect in the video or, conversely, reduce tension.

Speed

Experiment with acceleration and deceleration effects both for the entire video and for its individual fragments (within selected marks).

Video icons

Capture thumbnail images at any point and use them later on the project timeline.

Navigation

To change the location of the mark on the scale, go to the mark menu and select the “Position” option. To save all changed labels, press F5. Pressing Esc will take you back to the Timeline page, and pressing this key again will quickly take you to the Main Menu page.

Sound and text

Adding sound

Once the videos are added and edited, you can add music. This option is located in the main menu. There are two options for musical accompaniment to choose from:

GTAV soundtracks with 5 sound intensity levels.
Musical compositions from the GTAV radio station (songs and advertisement melodies). The duration of the sound must be at least 30 seconds.

In order to determine which type is suitable for your video, select the melody you like and drag it to the timeline by moving the cursor while holding the left mouse button or using the Ctrl+V combination. To synchronize the musical sound, use the “To the next measure” option, where you can also edit the duration of the composition, trimming it to the desired size.

Microphone type

Your clip can sound completely different if you make adjustments to the Microphone Type options. For this, 4 options are offered: “microphone on camera” and “on chain”, “default” and “cinematic”.

Adding text

In the main menu, select the “Add text” option, give it the required properties: color, size, font, duration, position, saturation.

Project Preview

Saving and Exporting

Saving your project

In order to change the name of the project or make several copies of it, you need to use the “Save project as” option. To save periodically, do not forget to use the F5 key. In this case, you will be sure that the work will be saved at all stages.

Exporting your project

After completing the project, you must select the “Export” option and specify the parameters for frame rate and bitrate. The export process takes slightly longer than the length of the video itself. As the clips appear on the screen, you will be able to watch the process, but the sound will be muted.
Once the export is complete, the clip will be in the editor menu, where you can view it in full screen mode, and from where it can subsequently be moved to a YouTube page or opened for viewing by friends in the Rockstar Games Social Club.

Director Mode

Review

With "Director Mode" you can create full-fledged videos. The main characters can be any of the game's story characters from Los Santos and Blaine County, including animals. In this mode, you will learn how to work on a scene yourself: change the time of day and weather, add new lines and change the script.

Test yourself in the role of a director, using all your imagination. You will perform all actions in the Rockstar Editor, but there will be many more opportunities for creating a new exciting product.

Access

Switching to Director Mode is only possible in Scene Mode. Its activation can occur in various ways:

In the Interactions menu. To do this, press and hold the “M” key, which will open “Director Mode”. Please note that to activate it, your wanted level must be inactive and you must move exclusively on foot.
In the "Pause" menu. This menu is launched by pressing the “Esc” key. Here we go to the Rockstar Editor and select “Director Mode”.

Casting menu

Select a character

To choose who you plan to play as, open the Character Menu. As you progress through the game, new characters will become available to you. Pay attention to the capabilities of each of them. To replace a player, select him with the left mouse button and press Enter. It will be transported to your last stop in the game.

Appearance

This option will allow you to change the color of the animals, add a hairstyle, mustache or beard to the characters, and make adjustments to the color of the skin and hair.

Short list

Use the feature list by pressing the Tab key to add up to 10 characters to the list. They will be available in the director's menu. This way you can instantly change characters without having to return to the player selection page. However, they cannot be changed during recording and while they are driving the vehicle.

Settings menu

To work with the various options in Director Mode, you need to go to the Settings menu. Here you can change parameters such as:

Number of pedestrians on the street. The choice will be the following: no pedestrians at all, a small number, medium and large.
Number of oncoming traffic. As in the previous parameter, four options are available: no transport at all, little, medium and a lot.
Weather. This option is rich in offerings: thunderstorm, rain, cloudy and cirrus clouds, clear weather, smog, haze, fog and Christmas mode.
Times of Day. Eight options are available at once: midnight, twilight, sunset, before dawn, dawn, noon, morning and afternoon.
Wanted level. You can disable this option completely or adjust its intensity within: standard level, high, medium and low.

You can also change parameters such as invulnerability, opening/closing restricted areas.

You can change all parameters directly in the director menu.

Cheat codes

Cheats in “Director Mode” are supported without exception. With their help, you can create truly vibrant, intriguing and unique videos.

Immediately after finishing working on the video, you can transfer it from the video gallery to the YouTube page.
When moving a video to YouTube, provided that the “Access via link” and “ Open access"It will also be visible in the Rockstar Games Social Club. If the option " Limited access", you will be able to control the visibility of the video, allowing it to be viewed only by private individuals.

Video requirements

The minimum duration of an uploaded video is 1 second.
The title of the clip must consist exclusively of valid words.
One video can be uploaded only once; you cannot even publish copies of it with a modified name.

User requirements

Uploading a video to YouTube is only possible if you are logged into the Rockstar Games Social Club with your account
You must have a Google account, which is activated automatically by default, to link to YouTube
Your Google Account must be linked to an active Rockstar Games Social Club account
Each new upload requires acceptance of the YouTube and Rockstar Games Communication Policy
To upload a video longer than 15 seconds, you must be a verified YouTube user
Both on the YouTube channel and in the Social Club, you must not have any claims from the administration for violations of the rules and your account must be active (not blocked)

Video metadata

Product name and game name separately
Video recording duration and upload file size
Date of publication
Platform
Brief description content
Label

The last two parameters are optional.

Running, Man - the first video created in the Rockstar Editor

The first video created in the Rockstar Editor video editor in GTA 5 for PC was the work of 8-BIT BASTARD - a short film called Running, Man:

GTA 5 is not only a game on a global scale, but also a unique platform for demonstrating your creative abilities both in the field of photography and video. The game has a built-in powerful system for creating video recordings using the game engine. To do this, you don’t need to go to websites or download third-party programs, everything is implemented in the game. This one is simple and convenient editor allows you to do the following types:

Music videos;
Trailers;
Funny moments;
Small films.

To start creating your own masterpiece, you need to go to the menu and find the “Rockstar Editor” tab. Then select the line “Director Mode” and that’s it, we become a virtual film director. You can make entries manually or using automatic mode. Manually, you direct the camera yourself; in automatic mode, you can calmly run and the recording will follow your gaze. The Alt+F1 key combination enables automatic mode. Then stop recording and see what you get. You can trim your recordings and use a variety of editing tools. Further work depend on your taste and experience as a cinematographer. After some time, you will intuitively understand the basics of photography and learn how to work miracles.

Enter Director mode with the actor you opened for the first time.
Enter Director Mode for the first time as an unlocked actor.

Just enter this mode with any actor.
Just enter the mode with any actor.

Fauna of Los Santos / Animal Lover

Open the animal and go into director mode with it.
Enter Director Mode as an unlocked animal actor for the first time.

For this achievement you only need to unlock one animal. See also the achievement Cryptozoologist.
For this achievement you only need to find just one animal. See also the Cryptozoologist achievement.

Cult Movie

Stanislavsky / Method Actor

Enter Director Mode using your character from GTA Online.
Enter Director Mode using any of your own GTA Online characters.

Just go into the mode and select your character from online.
Just open Director Mode and choose an Online character.

Cinema Masterpieces / Majestic

Create and export 10 videos using the Rockstar Editor.
Create and export 10 videos using the Rockstar Editor.

Record 10 videos using the F1 key (the shorter the video, the faster the export, minimum recording length is 3 seconds). Then, in editor mode, load each video one by one, make some changes to them and export.
Record 10 videos by F1 key (the shorter is video, the faster is export, min. length is 3 sec.) Then in the Director Mode for each video: load it, change it some way, then export it.

Ensemble Piece

Unlock all the actors from the story mode and enter one of them into the director mode.
Unlock all Story Characters and enter Director Mode as an actor from this category.

If you completed the entire story mode, then all the actors will be unlocked.
If you completed story mode then all characters must be already opened.

Create, edit and share videos of your gaming experience in Grand Theft Auto 5 and Grand Theft Auto Online using the Rockstar editor.

Gameplay recording

Record gameplay footage during missions and in free play mode. Use the Manual Recording function ( Manual recording) to start and stop recording with the touch of a button, or save your latest footage using the Action Replay function.

Design your own scenes and create unique moments with Director mode. Choose from hundreds of characters, residents and even animals present in GTA V's single-player mode throughout Los Santos and Blaine County to control them yourself. Choose your location, time of day, weather and much more.

Use Project Timeline to add, organize, coordinate and link multiple clips together. In addition to providing a visual sequence for your clips, Project Timeline lets you view your video in full screen, add text, and select a soundtrack from GTA 5's collection of radio music. Create an entire movie with different scene scores - switch between five intensity levels to easily change the tempo of a scene .

Clip Edit Mode

Breathe life into your project with huge amount editing options using various modes camera, which allows you to move, change position, use multiple cameras during filming, use the camera shake effect, change the depth of field of effects, camera filters, audio mixing settings and much more.

When you're done creating your project, save the PC videos to your video clip gallery, then post them directly to your YouTube account and Rockstar Games Social Club.

Create, edit and share videos of your gameplay in Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online using the Rockstar Editor.

Record your game

Start recording parts of your game manually or in replay mode. As a rule, when editing clips, you are not limited to the usual camera angles - you will have many options for tools and perspectives at your disposal.

As you record, information is displayed on the screen, including whether the clip is subject to camera angle restrictions. Saved clips that have these restrictions are marked with a special message that you see when editing the clips.

Recording Modes

Hold ALT and press F1 to manually record or F2 to enable repeat mode.

Manual recording

During the game, you can turn the recording on and off with one click of a button. You don't have to turn it off, then the video will be recorded in the background until you press LEFT ALT and select "Save recording" or "Cancel recording". When editing, the saved fragments will be played back in a row.

Replay recording

In this mode, you can get a record of events in the game that happened earlier. When activated, the game continuously records parts of the game in the background, but does not save anything until you decide to create a replay. Back to the desired event, you can save it by pressing ALT + F1 to select "Save Entry".

Canceling a recording will delete all data recorded since the last time the clip was saved. All previously saved clips will remain unchanged.

Clip information

To specify the location on your hard drive that Rockstar Editor can use to save clips, go to Pause Menu > Settings > Rockstar Editor
The duration of clips saved in repeat mode depends on how eventful the episode is. During tense moments, the average clip length is 30 seconds. In calmer scenes, its duration will be closer to 1 minute 30 seconds.
Clips are automatically modified when saved. The format is “Month DD YYYY Clip XXXX” (for example: “Jan 13 2015 Clip 0001”).
If you're running low on clip storage, you'll see a notification. Go to Pause Menu > Rockstar Editor > Clip Editor to free up space by deleting unnecessary data.

Editing Clips

Control Panel

The control panel appears in the upper right corner of the screen. It shows the current and total time of the clip, and also contains buttons to go back to the beginning, rewind, play/pause, fast forward, go to end, go to the previous and next waypoint, and add a new waypoint. When using a gamepad, the control panel does not appear.

To edit clips, you use “marks” that can be placed at any point in the clip. With them, you can customize numerous settings such as camera angles, effects, playback speed and much more.

Use the MOUSE WHEEL or the LEFT ARROW and RIGHT ARROW keys to move around the clip and select appropriate marker points. When a cue is selected, LEFT ARROW and RIGHT ARROW control the cue menu.

To add a marker, press M at the desired point in the timeline. A menu will appear at the top left with all available options. You can choose different filters, camera angles, sound parameters, clip playback speed and depth of field - all these parameters are adjusted separately, which helps you create real masterpieces.

Set the duration of a clip by selecting the start and end points of the clip and dragging the cursor to a new position within the clip.

When you add a new marker, it will inherit all the properties of the previous marker in the timeline (if there is one). But once a label is set, changes to surrounding labels will not affect it.

If you want to apply a specific video effect to the entire clip, apply it to the start mark and then place the rest.
To set the same option for multiple labels, open one of them and press Tab to move to the same menu section for the next label. This way you can go through all the marks in a clip, changing the same parameter.

Anchors

For each label, you can enable an anchor that allows you to precisely place text or audio. There are three anchor options:

Anchor disabled

All editing functions will be available for this label, but the anchor point will not appear on the timeline.

Exclusive

Turns a label into an anchor, so you will not be able to edit the label (any changes previously made will be undone). Exclusive tags appear in yellow on the timeline.

Anchor included

All editing functions are available for the label, the anchor is displayed on the timeline.

In most clips you can change camera angles, but in some cases this is not possible - for example, when recording in first person mode. Information about such clips is present in the editing menu. There are several camera types available:

Game camera

The game camera follows the camera's movements when recording a clip.

Preset angles

There are several preset camera angles: front, back, side and top views of the character. If you want, you can zoom the camera in and out.

Free camera

You can move the camera freely, although the location may impose some restrictions. You can position the camera to capture events that are happening far away from your hero. Use Camera Aim to lock the camera on your character, or Move with Aim to allow the camera to smoothly follow your subject. Using free camera, experiment with Transition Modes to create dynamic transitions and camera angles.

You can also enable and adjust the level of camera shake - this helps convey the impact of a collision or explosion.

You can apply a variety of effects to your video with varying levels of intensity, saturation, brightness, contrast, and vignetting.

You can apply a depth of field effect that lets you choose what's in focus. It is possible to configure the type of focus and intensity of the effect, as well as set the focus point - for example, the desired character.

In the pause menu, you need to enable the ability to change the depth of field. Keep in mind that you must be using DirectX 11 and have the Special Effects Settings set to High, Very High, or Highest.

Using this menu, you can adjust the volume of effects, dialogue, and music playing in your clip. You can also change the intensity level of the music to enhance the drama of the scene or reduce tension at any time.

Speed

You can change the playback speed to create a slow-down or speed-up effect. Changing the speed affects the fragment between the selected and the next mark.

Video icons

To switch between the tags you have set, press [ or ]. Use the Position function in the mark menu to change the position of the mark on the timeline.

Once you have added all the necessary marks, save your changes by pressing F5 and then press ESC to return to the timeline.

To move from the timeline to the main project menu, press ESC.

To move a label to a new position while maintaining its properties, hover over the label and drag the label to new point on the timeline by holding down the LEFT MOUSE BUTTON.

Sound and text

Once you've added, edited, and organized your clips in your timeline, choose Radio Music or Music from the main project menu to add music to your clip.

You can select both music from GTAV radio stations and songs from the GTAV soundtrack.

Music from the radio station

Musical accompaniment

Select tracks from the GTAV soundtrack, each with five intensity levels.

Once you've decided which music is best for your project, select it and move it to the timeline using the CURSOR to move the pointer and LEFT MOUSE BUTTON or LEFT CTRL + V to add. Use the Go to Next Bar feature to keep the beat of your music in sync. You can shorten a music track to fit into a video clip.

You can add multiple radio tracks to a project. If more than one audio track is used, each track must be at least 30 seconds long.
Use the intensity levels of the GTAV soundtrack tracks to convey the emotional atmosphere of the episode.

Microphone type

Change the sound of your clip by choosing the microphone type in the audio options. You can use the default microphone, cinematic microphone, camera-mounted microphone, and target-mounted microphone.

Adding text

To add text to a project, select Add Text from the main project menu. Enter the desired text and set its properties to the following:

Size
Text position
Font
Saturation
Duration

Saving and Exporting

Saving your project

Please note that if you uninstall the game, all videos created in the Rockstar Editor will be deleted. Clip and project data will remain. If desired deleted videos videos can be restored using this data after a new installation.

Review

Director Mode combined with Rockstar Editor gives you unique opportunity create unique videos. Choose any characters and creatures, including story characters, inhabitants of Los Santos and Blaine County, and even animals. You can make them perform various actions and say phrases. You can choose the weather, time of day and your location.

Put all of these tools to work to create interesting, varied videos that can be used in the Rockstar Editor just like videos recorded in GTAV or GTA Online Story Mode.

Casting menu

Character selection

Go to the character menu to choose who to play as. The full list is revealed as you progress through GTAV's Story Mode. Available characters will be able to use your weapons and vehicles in Story Mode if they are able to do so (all restrictions are noted in the casting menu.) Highlight the character you want to play as and press ENTER to select him and bring him to Los Santos. to the point where you were last time.

Accidentally

Use the Appearance option for any human or animal character with different skin/fur options by pressing the spacebar (animals can change color, and humans can have different hairstyles, beards or mustaches, accessories, hair or skin color).

Mark

Press TAB to use the "Mark" feature and add up to 10 characters to the list, which will be available in the Director Mode menu and allow you to quickly change characters without having to go back to the casting wagon. Please keep the following requirements in mind:

You will not be able to change your character if he is driving a vehicle.
If you were controlling a bird and switched to another animal or person, you will spawn at the nearest point on ground level.
You cannot switch characters while recording.

Access to new characters

As you progress through GTAV's story mode, you'll gain access to new characters, such as animals, special characters, and gang members you've pulled off heists with.

Settings menu

Before you enter a world in Director Mode, you can set some parameters for your game session. Selecting "Settings" will open a menu where you can change the following settings:

Times of Day:

Select the time of day. The following options are available: before dawn, dawn, morning, noon, afternoon, sunset, dusk, midnight.

Weather:

Select from the following weather options: clear, cirrus, cloudy, hazy, Christmas, smog, fog, rain, thunderstorm.

Wanted Level:

Select one of the following wanted levels: disabled, normal, low, medium, high.

Number of pedestrians:

Number of transport:

Select from the following options: none, small, medium, large.

You can also enable/disable restricted areas, invulnerability, and a number of other special features.

While in Director Mode, you can change these settings using the Interaction Menu.

Cheats

Director mode supports all story mode cheats. Use them to make your videos unique and add a fun touch.

Upload to YouTube

YouTube upload status

Once you have exported the video, you can upload it to YouTube from the video gallery.

All videos will be uploaded to YouTube; Any "Public Access" or "Public Access" videos will also appear in the Rockstar Games Social Club. On the "Rockstar Editor" tab in the "Settings" menu, you can set the status of uploads to YouTube: "Open Access", "Restricted Access" or "Access via Link". When loading a video, the status set last will be used.

Video requirements

The duration of the video must be at least 1 second
A video cannot be a copy of a video already uploaded by the user, even if the title has been changed.
The video title must use approved language.

User requirements

To download the video, you must have a Rockstar Games Social Club account and be logged in with that account.
Requires a Google account with YouTube channel(it exists by default for most modern Google or Gmail accounts).
You must link your Google account to your Social Club account. This must be done once, and can be done in-game during the loading process.
To upload videos longer than 15 minutes, you need a verified YouTube account.
Each time you download, you must agree to the Rockstar Games and YouTube sharing policy.
Your YouTube and Social Club accounts must have the appropriate permissions (for example, accounts should not be blocked for violating the rules).

Video metadata

When you upload a video to YouTube, it will have certain metadata set, some of which you can customize:

Video file size
Video duration
Publication date
Platform
Game name
Video title (you need to enter the title of the download)
Video description (optional parameter - enter if desired)
Video tag (optional - enter if desired)

In the coming weeks, this page will feature detailed guide video editor for GTA 5 on PC. Stay tuned!

Rockstar Editor is a powerful, multi-functional set of tools for creating and editing video in the Grand Theft Auto 5 engine, allowing you to create music videos, trailers and even entire films.

Rockstar Editor is a feature-rich set of tools that allow you to record and process video: users can use replay mode, import all recorded clips into a separate project, collect all their recordings into a single library, edit recorded clips by changing the angle of the virtual camera. The editor also allows you to publish your videos on YouTube or post them on the Rockstar Games Social Club.

Game recording

Recording clips

The user can record video that will later be used in a clip in two ways: manually or in repeat mode. At the same time, the video editing process is not limited to traditional camera angles - you can shoot from all possible angles. However, there are camera angles that are subject to restrictions - you need to pay attention to the tooltips that pop up during video recording, which indicate whether there are any restrictions on the virtual camera viewing angles for a particular clip. You can also notice restrictions during editing - all videos with restrictions have a special label.

Recording Modes

To start recording in repeat mode, you need to press the Alt+F2 keys; to start recording in manual mode, you need to press Alt+F1.

Recording in repeat mode

The replay recording mode is specifically designed for video recording of game events that have already occurred. Activation of this mode is accompanied by recording of individual fragments of gameplay without saving and in the background. To save a fragment, select the event, then press Alt+F1 and select the “Save recording” option.

Manual recording

This mode can be activated at any stage of the game. Initially, recording occurs exclusively in the background. At the same time, to preserve the most interesting moments you need to press Alt+F1 to cancel saving - Alt+F3. This will delete all unsaved fragments. You can save an unlimited number of fragments in this mode. All saved materials will be located in the order in which they were recorded.

Clip information

to save the finished video to hard drive your PC, you need to go to the pause menu, select “Settings”, and then select the “Rockstar Editor” sub-item. When saving, videos are automatically assigned a name in the format of date (month and year) and clip number;
videos created in viewing mode can contain fragments of different durations - for the most vivid scenes the duration will be about 30 seconds, for calmer episodes the duration will be up to 90 seconds;
If there is space to store a new video, it must be freed. To do this, in the pause menu, select the “Settings” item and the “Rockstar Editor” sub-item. In it you need to select the “Clip Editing” item, in which you can delete all unnecessary videos.

Main menu

“Create Project”: here you can create a completely new project using previously recorded clips;
“Load project”: this item allows you to load a previously created project for editing;
Director Mode: This is the easiest way to launch Director Mode;
“Clip editing”: here you can manage previously recorded clips, including deleting unnecessary ones;
“Video gallery”: this item allows you to view finished videos - both those that were uploaded to the Rockstar Games Social Club and those that were posted on YouTube;
“Training”: launches the Rockstar Editor training mode.

Creating a new project

To create a new project, select the “Create a new project” option, and then click on the “Add images” sub-item. After this, you need to select the videos that will be used in the project and place them on the timeline. After the video is placed, you need to double-click on each of the clips to edit, or press the Enter key.

To add videos to the timeline, use the Ctrl+X keys. To remove videos from it, just press the Del key. And to create a copy of a particular video, you need to select it and press Ctrl+C.

Editing Clips

Control Panel

The control panel is at the top right of the screen. The panel shows the current time of the video and its total duration. There are also buttons for going to the end and beginning of the video, rewind, play and pause buttons.

It is noteworthy that for users who use a gamepad, the control panel will not appear.

Standard label properties

Each of the new marks on the timeline, in addition to its own properties, also carries information about the previous one, if any. In this case, setting the final label is the final result; all initial labels will not have any effect on it.

If you want to add a specific visual effect, the effect of which will extend throughout the entire duration of the video, it is enough to apply it only to the starting mark.

If you need to make changes to the settings of subsequent labels, it is best to use a simplified method: after changes are made to the menu of one label, you must press the “Tab” key, which will automatically open the menu of the next label.

Anchors

Anchors allow you to place sound or text in a video, and you can enable them for any of the tags.

Anchors are:

enabled: such anchors are displayed on the timeline, with all parameters available for editing;
disabled: anchors are not displayed on the timeline, but editing options are available as in the case of enabled anchors;
exclusive: after installing such anchors, making any changes to the tag settings will be impossible, since in fact installing such an anchor turns the tag into an anchor. On the timeline, such anchors are indicated in yellow.

Cameras

The angle of the virtual camera in a clip can be changed in almost all cases. However, if you are recording from a first-person perspective, changing the camera angle will not be possible. To check whether the function of changing the virtual camera angle is available, you should go to the editing menu.

The following types of cameras can be used to change angles:

free: they allow you to move the camera across all available game spaces. To capture your subject, select the “Camera Target” option. The “Move with a purpose” option is responsible for ensuring smooth movement. To create dynamic transitions when changing angles, select the “Transition Modes” option;
gaming: they repeat all the movements of the virtual camera during video recording.

In addition, the editor allows you to use a number of preset angles, which allow you to shoot an object both remotely and close-up in any projection.

To convey special effects as accurately as possible: accidents, powerful impacts or explosions, it is best to use the “Camera Shake” option. But it is worth keeping in mind that this parameter requires preliminary configuration.

Effects

The Rockstar Video Editor allows you to use a variety of effects by manually adjusting their intensity. In particular, the user can adjust parameters such as contrast, brightness, intensity, saturation and vignetting.

Depth of field

The depth of field option allows you to adjust the focus on a specific point or subject, be it a character or some object. In this case, the user can manually select the required type of focus and adjust its intensity.

You can change the depth of field by turning on the corresponding option by entering the pause menu. However, it will not be available on all PCs - the game must run in DirectX 11 mode. To set the required depth of field level, you need to go to “Settings”, then go to the “Special Effects Settings” sub-item and select one of the available levels: “High” ", "Very high", "Highest degree".

Sound options

Volume selected for video sound effects can be configured through the “Sound Options” option. So, for example, here you can adjust the intensity of the sound, which will reduce the tension or, on the contrary, add drama, highlighting the sound certain moment video.

Speed

The audio speed option controls the playback speed of the selected audio fragment. To achieve the best results, you can experiment with the available slowdown and speedup effects. These effects can be applied to individual video fragments within user-selected tags, or to the entire video.

Video icons

Thumbnails of images can be captured at any convenient point for further use on the timeline of the edited project.

Navigation

To change the location of a particular mark on the timeline, you need to go to its menu and select “Position”. To save all marks that have been changed, just press the F5 key, while to return to the timeline page you need to press the Esc key. Pressing this key again will exit to the main menu.

Sound and text

Adding sound

Once the necessary clips have been added and edited, you can add music to the resulting video. The option to overlay music can be found in the main menu. The parameter provides two options for overlaying sound as musical accompaniment:

musical compositions from GTAV radio stations, including songs, as well as advertisement melodies lasting 30 seconds or more;
soundtracks from GTAV. In this case, the user will be able to select the intensity of the musical accompaniment (there are five options).

To determine which of the proposed types is best suited for a particular video, you need to select the composition you like and transfer it to the timeline. This can be done either by dragging (hover the cursor over the composition, hold down the left mouse button, and then drag it to the desired location), or by copying and then pasting using the Ctrl + V command. To synchronize the sound of the music with the video, you can use the “To the next measure” option, where you can edit the duration of the selected composition, cutting it to the desired duration.

Microphone type

The sound in a video can change significantly depending on where the virtual microphone is placed. This will be especially noticeable on surround sound systems. To adjust the location of the microphone that “catches” game sounds, you need to use the “Microphone Type” option. This option provides four settings: “default”, “microphone on camera”, “cinematic”, and also “on chain”

Adding text

To add text to a clip, you need to select the appropriate option in the editor menu - “Add text”, and then set all the necessary parameters, such as font, size, color, position, saturation and duration.

Project Preview

To evaluate the finished video in full screen mode, you can use the “Preview” option, and this can be done even before exposure. You can find the above option in the main menu.

Saving and Exporting

Saving a project

To change the name of the project, or make several copies of it, you must use the “Save project as” option. If you just need periodic saving directly during editing, you can simply press the F5 key. This will help save the project at all stages of work.

Project export

After the project is completed, you should select the “Export” option, and then set the necessary parameters: bitrate and frame rate. It is worth keeping in mind that exporting, as a rule, takes longer than the length of the video. You can watch the process thanks to the appearance of clips on the screen, but the sound will be turned off - you can listen to the sound only after the export is complete.

Once the export process is completed, the finished video will be available in the editor menu. You can watch it here in full screen, and also post it on Rockstar Games Social Club or YouTube.

Director Mode

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“Director Mode” allows you to create full-fledged videos, the main characters of which can be any characters from the GTA V plot, including animals. To unlock new actors, you will have to travel a lot throughout Los Santos and Blaine County.

This mode allows the user to completely manually configure all scene parameters: change the script, change weather conditions and time of day, add new lines, and so on.

“Director Mode” gives everyone the opportunity to try themselves in the role of a director, and the only limitation is the user’s imagination. Of course, all settings and actions will be carried out in the Rockstar Editor video editor, however, there are much more opportunities for creating truly interesting video in this mode than when filming gameplay.

Access

Unfortunately, you can switch to “Director Mode” only in story mode. In this case, you can launch it in several ways at once:

in the pause menu: to launch this menu, you need to press the Esc key while in the game. Next, from the main menu you need to go to the Rockstar Editor (we described how to do this above), and then select the “Director Mode” sub-item;
in the interaction menu: to open this menu, you need to press the M key. In the menu, you need to select the “Director Mode” item. It is worth keeping in mind that to activate this mode using this method, the character must not have wanted stars and must move on foot.

Casting menu

Character selection

To select an “actor” for a new video, you need to open the “Character Menu”. As the story of GTA V progresses, the player will have access to all new characters, each of which has its own unique characteristics and has certain abilities. To replace a character, you need to select it using the left mouse button, and then confirm the selection by pressing the Enter key. The character will be transferred to the point in the game world where it was made last transition in the pause menu.

Change your appearance

The “Appearance” option allows you to edit the appearance of the “actors” - change skin color and hairstyle, add beards and mustaches to characters, change the color of animals.

Using a short list

The easiest way to work with characters is to use a short list, where you can add up to ten characters. To call up the list, you need to press the Tab key while working in Director Mode. Now all previously added characters will be available in the director’s menu, so they can be instantly changed without going to the selection page. It is worth keeping in mind that when a character is driving a vehicle, it cannot be changed. It is also not possible to change characters directly during recording.

Settings menu

To adjust certain parameters when working in “Director Mode”, you should go to the “Settings” menu. Here you can adjust the following parameters:

number of oncoming cars: there are four options to choose from - not at all, few, medium, many;
number of pedestrians: as when setting the previous parameter, the user will be offered four options - not at all, few, medium, many;
weather: clear weather, rain, thunderstorm, cloudiness, haze, smog, fog, and, most interestingly, Christmas mode;
time of day: in this option you can choose from eight options - dawn, morning, noon, day, sunset, twilight, midnight, night;
wanted level: this option can be turned off completely, or it can be adjusted within the usual framework for the game: standard, low, medium or high level.

You can also adjust parameters such as the opening of restricted areas, invulnerability and others.

All of the above options can be changed without leaving the director menu.

Cheat codes

Without exception, all cheat codes can be successfully used in “Director Mode” - they will help you create truly exciting videos and save a lot of time, since the necessary vehicles You no longer have to search all over the map.

Upload to YouTube

Immediately after video editing is completed, the finished video can be transferred from the gallery to the user's YouTube page.

When you move a video to YouTube, if the "Public Access" and "Share via Link" options are enabled, the video will also be visible in the Rockstar Games Social Club. Enabling the “Limited access” option allows you to control the ability to view the video, allowing only certain users to watch it.

Video requirements

the name of the video must not include inappropriate words and symbols;
minimum download duration YouTube video must be at least 1 second;
one video can be uploaded only once (publication of copies of the video with a changed name is prohibited).

Video metadata

When uploading a video to YouTube, the following metadata can be configured:

game name and product name;
date of publication;
platform;
upload file size and video duration;
brief description;
label

User requirements

To upload a video to YouTube, you must be logged into your Rockstar Games Social Club account - uploading is not possible without authorization;
must have Google account- the account is automatically activated for communication with YouTube;
your Google account must be linked to an active Rockstar Games Social Club account (this can be done in the SC settings);
To download each new video, you will need to agree to the rules of data exchange between Rockstar Games and YouTube;
To upload a video longer than 15 seconds, you must be a verified YouTube user;
To upload a video to YouTube, the user must not have any claims from the administration for violations of the rules both in the Social Club and on YouTube, while accounts in the Rockstar Games Social Club and Google must be active.

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