How to make a KSP cinematic video?

[Danny Carman]

what kind of tools and mods should I use?

Thank you a lot!

[InterCity]

It's kinda difficult if you don't have experience with 3D graphics. The best to do that could be the Unity SDK (http://unity3d.com/unity/download/download-windows)

Another good tools are 3DSMax and Maya, but they are paid. From the free solutions you could try blender.

[Darren9]

You're not supposed to extract squads models to re-animate them in an external application. That route really needs to create the whole scene from scratch and while it Can Be Done takes a huge amount of skill and patience. If you don't have experience it's best to start filming KSP gameplay. Get Kerbcam and set some camera paths, have a look at Small Parts action group radio and kOS autopilot to control ships. There's a whole thread Here, it's probably a good place to ask questions.