Tag: Free Software

Sintel: Independent Movie Made Using Open-Source Software

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Remember Big Buck Bunny? The short movie that was made using Blender, an open-source modeling and rendering software? Remember how good it was? It was made using freely-available software.

The feat has been re-iterated. The Blender Foundation and its team of international artists present to us, Sintel, which you can see below (Youtube), or download here.

The plot is not extremely captivating and it’s a sad one at that, but the point of the movie was demonstrating what is capable with free software. We have independent artists producing such a high-quality movie today, without relying on big-capital Hollywood. Imagine what we’ll have in the future!

For now, enjoy Sintel and its 14-ish minutes of greatness! 🙂

Note that the movie might not be suitable to young children due to violence, blood and maybe because of the sad plot (if they manage to understand it).

Big Buck Bunny

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Yaay! An animation movie! What’s so special about that anyways? There are tons of these coming out now. Nothing impressive. It’s not even very suitable for young children. So what?

What if I told you that the small clip, called Peach or Big Buck Bunny you see above was made using Blender (Wikipedia page), the awesome 3D Modelling and Animation software? It’s free as in no money, and free as in open-source. Surprised?

Blender is extremely powerful, and can somewhat even take on commercial solutions. However, the user interface is a bit daunting to the new user. I’m trying to start learning it, and it’s not very easy.

Why did I post this? Because I was amazed at what a totally free software could do and thought it was worth sharing with you, reader! That movie take a whooping 125 days to render! Open-source really really rulz!

Btw, some interesting information about this clip is available here. Also, check out the previous clip, again made with Blender and other open-source software, called Elephants Dream.