Rockstar shows GTA IV editor tutorial

By Tom Bramwell Published 26 November, 2008

Some more movies, and how to make 'em.

Rockstar has released a video showing how you use the editing feature included in the PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV, which is due out on 3rd December.

The tutorial video illustrates the concept - appending tags, which have magic camera, speed, sound and other-altering properties, to a timeline for each clip - and if you still don't get it after checking out the embed below you can always read our Grand Theft Auto IV PC hands-on preview.

Pretty soon you will even be able to bask in our own videos made using the editor, as Rockstar is holding an online event where different websites compete to make the best video, promising to donate a substantial sum to the charity of the winner's choice. Bad luck to whoever we nominated.

In the meantime, you can check out the first run of video editor videos or indeed the second set to get a better idea of what can be achieved with Rockstar's tool.

Or see below for the embedded tutorial and two more of the developer's own efforts.

Video Editor Tutorial

This one demonstrates how to use the video editor, telling you which buttons to press, showing you the tag system, previewing a few of the effects, and showing you how to render it out once you've dabbled with music and mashed up a few of your favourite saved sequences.

Get Sprunk

A man with a singular devotion to soft drinks is a man after our heart, and this video is what that is about, obviously - complete with ragdoll explosions and all sorts of whippy camera effects designed to remind you that it was made with a video editor you can use as well. Have you got that part yet? We expect so.

Super Niko

Our third video editor video for today (but probably not for forever given how many we've had lately) once again uses our friend the editor to turn a random story of violence on the streets of Liberty City into something more amusing - in this case a tale of rocket-jumping and bike-flipping. Capturing all this is the easy part; getting it to look like this with the editor will be the interesting bit.

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About Tom Bramwell

Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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Comments (7) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • Eraysor #1 3 years ago

    To be honest I don't think people will be desperately buying GTAIV for PC just for the movie editor.

  • kestral #2 3 years ago

    They should pay some popular machinema makers and movie directors to create one short each to get people more inspired by realistic camera and creative montage.

  • ChrisTop #3 3 years ago

    It is Fun, though! And surely a nice addition for the record-edit-publish addicts.

    YouTube Generation is NOW.

  • Skeletor #4 3 years ago

    @Eraysor
    People will be buying it for the definite version of GTA IV AND the video editor. Especially in PC ruled territories like Germany and Eastern Europe.

  • UncleLou #5 3 years ago

    "To be honest I don't think people will be desperately buying GTAIV for PC just for the movie editor."

    Why, does it not include the game anymore?

  • Eraysor #6 3 years ago

    I know it includes the game, I just mean they seem to be pushing the movie editor really hard, as if people who already have the console versions will buy it again for it.

  • Fusey #7 3 years ago

    @ Eraysor

    Yes, console owners WILL buy it again. This is exactly the reason they bring out the PC version months afterwards.. they get people buying both.

    If they had bought out the PC version at the same time as the console version then they wouldn't sell any console versions as the PC version will ALWAYS be better.