# SFM Compile: Source Filmmaker compiling guides

> Learn how to compile models for Source Filmmaker, fix common errors, manage textures, \& export renders with clear, step\-by\-step instructions\.

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## Posts
- [Best PC Specs for SFM in 2026: CPU, GPU and RAM Guide](https://asfmcompile.com/best-pc-specs-for-sfm/): A practical 2026 guide to the best PC specs for SFM: how Source Filmmaker uses the CPU, GPU, RAM and storage, budget, recommended and high\-end build tiers, laptop advice, Windows settings and how to tell which part is slowing your renders\.
- [SFM Facial Animation: Flexes, Face Posing and Expressions](https://asfmcompile.com/sfm-facial-animation/): How faces work in Source Filmmaker: flex sliders and combination sliders in the Animation Set Editor, building expressions from brows, lids and mouth, aiming eyes with viewTarget, Emotion presets, keying faces in the Motion Editor and Graph Editor, layering with lip sync, and posing bone\-based faces\.
- [SFM Post\-Processing: Color Correction, Bloom and Ambient Occlusion](https://asfmcompile.com/sfm-post-processing/): A practical guide to SFM post\-processing: what to set inside Source Filmmaker \(ambient occlusion, tone map scale, sampling\), how to render a clean image sequence for grading, and how to add color correction, bloom, vignettes and grain in Resolve, Blender, GIMP or FFmpeg\.
- [How to Render SFM With a Transparent Background \(PNG Alpha\)](https://asfmcompile.com/sfm-transparent-background/): How to render Source Filmmaker shots with a transparent background: why SFM does not export a dependable alpha channel, the green screen method with FFmpeg chromakey and despill, the black and white difference matte for clean edges, and exporting PNG sequences, ProRes 4444 or WebM with alpha\.
- [SFM Physics: Ragdolls, Simulation and Baking Bones](https://asfmcompile.com/sfm-physics/): A technically accurate guide to SFM physics: why Source Filmmaker has no built\-in simulator, where ragdoll motion really comes from, Motion Editor locking and rig scripts, $jigglebone and Bake Procedural Bones, and the Blender to SFM pipeline\.

## Categories
- [Tools](https://asfmcompile.com/category/tools/)
- [Render \& Export](https://asfmcompile.com/category/render-export/)
- [Compile Models](https://asfmcompile.com/category/compile-models/)
- [Errors \& Fixes](https://asfmcompile.com/category/errors-fixes/)

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