I used to make little machinima films maybe around 5 years back. Lately, I've had the strong urge to begin making films again but I was little when I first started, I want to make better ones than I did obviously.
Back then, I used some sort of program that had every model in WoW. I'd make characters from scratch and put armor on them and everything. I forget what program I used to record.
The thing I'm noticing is that a lot of people use fraps now and go onto WoW itself to film their movies.
My questions are this:
1. Is it practical to still use some sort of model viewer like I described or should I go in-game and film?
2. What editing software would you guys recommend for an intermediate user?
3. What would you guys basically recommend in general for someone who hasn't done anything like this for 5 years?