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- nfollmer, on 12/24/2007, -3/+74They are also working on a game based on this movie. It's the Apricot Open Source Game, heres a link: http://apricot.blender.org/
- lcollado, on 12/24/2007, -3/+66You do not have to pay, you can get all the production files for free once it is done. However you may consider purchasing a DVD from the blender site by way of encouragement.
- wontstoptalking, on 12/24/2007, -12/+73Wow, an open source movie. The open source movement is incredible!
- DavidGX, on 12/24/2007, -5/+56This is the internet, you don't have to pay for any other movies, either.
- DoodleMaster, on 12/24/2007, -3/+49Ever since I saw Elephants Dream In my computer Arts class I've always wish I could do something like this. *sigh* Well they've got a lot of rep to live up too :). Dugg!
- jon30041, on 12/24/2007, -1/+46Support the artists!
- tempusrob, on 12/24/2007, -2/+40That's incredible ... I knew Blender was good, but I didn't know it was *that* good. Obviously the artists have a lot to do with it, but Blender must have the tools they need. This is the future, kids!
- peaceninja, on 12/24/2007, -1/+36are they open sourcing the movie script? that would be fun to collaboratively contribute to
- lcmatt, on 12/24/2007, -3/+36I'll wait for the Peach.CAM.XviD.torrent version.
- Vinvin, on 12/24/2007, -1/+29The script will get released after the movie has been released. So you can't influence the final movie, however, you *can* make your own movie once this one is finished :)
- Vinvin, on 12/24/2007, -0/+22Well, some of the features they needed were missing but they added them themselves when they needed it, so now they're available :)
- gsadamb, on 12/24/2007, -2/+23Huh.. An open source furry movie.
- DavidGX, on 12/24/2007, -0/+20This is the internet, so many people here would probably enjoy something like that o_O
- Duositex, on 12/24/2007, -0/+20Already ordered my DVD. Elephants Dream was interesting and fun to watch, and meeting the artists who made it at SIGGRAPH was even more fun! Dugg for Blender!
- Malarie, on 12/24/2007, -1/+21Wow, I will definitely buy the DVD to encourage them. Although I will wait after Christmas because 34 Euros is a little bit expensive for me at this time. I know its cheap considering all the stuff you can get, but hey its christmas for every one :)
Here is the stuff you get when you buy the DVD:
On the Peach DVD (two disks) you will find:
- The movie in best DVD quality widescreen format (versions in both NTSC and PAL)
- The HD version of the movie (.avi and/or .mov)
- Commentary tracks by the creators
- All .blend files, models, textures, and so on... the material used to create the movie.
- The original script, breakdown, storyboards
- Documentation and video tutorials by the team members about all technical aspects the movie; like how to re-use assets, animate characters, or add new shots. - spikespeigel42, on 12/24/2007, -0/+18Yes, it has. Look at screenshots of the old blender, every release has added tons of features. Of course, that wouldn't matter to you, because you are a troll
- Cenobite, on 12/24/2007, -1/+19You do, apparently. Well, at least enough to make the effort to comment. :)
- electioneering, on 12/24/2007, -2/+20hopefully Peach improves on Elephant's Dream...by having a plot.
- spikespeigel42, on 12/24/2007, -0/+17Actually, alot of work has been put into the blender internal renderer, and those are all internal shots!
- Duositex, on 12/24/2007, -1/+15Excuse me. His name is Falkor and he is a Luckdragon, not a regular dragon.
- MacParrot, on 12/24/2007, -0/+13Fluffiness...overwhelming! Cute furry animals...taking control. Stomach heaving from wide eyed optimism...
Just kidding. This looks great and proves you don't need millions of dollars to create something beautiful. Good luck to the whole team. - Christbait, on 12/24/2007, -0/+12Nice, this makes the little cubes that I could barely do in Blender look completely pathetic.
- rkiga, on 12/24/2007, -4/+15anyone else think the frontpage thumbnail was of the dragon from neverending story?
- directedition, on 12/24/2007, -1/+12Blender FTW! One of the greatest examples of the power of open source development!
- inactive, on 12/24/2007, -1/+12no more than "Over the Hedge" "Happy Feet" "Chicken Little" "Madagascar" or any of the thousands of other CG movies with anthropomorphised talking animals.
- skimmas, on 12/24/2007, -0/+11I really don't get why all the criticism about Elephant's dream not having a plot... I think it's great the way it is.
- ricree, on 12/24/2007, -0/+11They've already done one, actually. It was called Elephants Dream and was released in 2006.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephants_dream - bratterscain, on 12/24/2007, -1/+11Open source script? May be funny. Anyone remember playing Madlibs? It will make no sense and be funny.
- dungbeetle, on 12/24/2007, -0/+9I use Blender and it is a great tool for not only 3d art but you can actually make video games with it too. Its very easy to learn, and apparently much more useable than the multi-thousand dollar software packages.
- D3koy, on 12/24/2007, -1/+10We can't let 4chan know about this...
- Vinvin, on 12/24/2007, -1/+10His/her opinion, I suppose.
- Baelorn, on 12/24/2007, -0/+8The nice thing about this is when you order you get everything they used to make the movie right there in the package(minus the artists). A lot of other open-source projects require searching around for hours to find everything you need just to play with it.
- VolantKnave, on 12/24/2007, -0/+8I don't know this, but it will most likely be like it was with Elephants Dream. A free download of the movie in a dozen formats, plus all project files made public. Then you can choose to buy the DVD to support them. If you preordered the DVD, you get your name in the credits.
- postalblowfish7, on 12/24/2007, -1/+9gross - i'm sorry, those creatures are a little TOO detailed - looks very disturbing.
- dungbeetle, on 12/24/2007, -0/+8Extrude is your friend.
- chris9902, on 12/24/2007, -0/+8This is the internet, I've seen worse.
- nfollmer, on 12/24/2007, -0/+8I have used Maya for around 3 years now and recently switched to Blender. I haven't touched Maya since. Blender is a lot easier to pick up than any of the major 3d packages (for me anyway) so I would highly suggest using it. People think it isn't as good because it's free, but with recent upgrades, it's almost as powerful as other 3d apps.
- Klink258, on 12/24/2007, -2/+10Oh, a computer animated film about talking animals, I never saw that coming...
Open source ftw. - noots, on 12/24/2007, -0/+7that's pretty impressive.
- nanostream, on 12/24/2007, -0/+7GET YOUR NUTS TOGETHER
- DnasTheGreat, on 12/24/2007, -0/+6Not quite. It is (or at least Elephants Dream was) under a Creative Commons license, which is similar to the GPL, but for things like artwork rather than source code.
- fkr3, on 12/24/2007, -3/+9The movie's not finished or out, there's no trailers.... there's nothing to build an opinion from except a blog.
- noots, on 12/24/2007, -1/+7depends what they are using to render the images. I think vray is available for blender which is much more powerfull (and far quicker) than the default rendering engine.
- ricree, on 12/24/2007, -0/+6Well, the source files are available for everything, so at least you can go in and see what you can learn from those.
- crazybrit, on 12/24/2007, -0/+6Yeah, and it didn't have any plot. It was basically a tech demo.
- Shananra, on 12/24/2007, -0/+5Blender hasn't seen a whole lot of improvement? What? You, sir, clearly have not used blender recently. Either that or you're a blatant troll. More likely the latter.
- Audacitor, on 12/24/2007, -0/+5I wouldn't call it easy to learn, but once you do, you just can't bring yourself back to Maya.
- Reziarfg, on 12/25/2007, -0/+5What? It'd be great if everything were open source...Open source OS, software, hardware...beer...
http://www.freebeer.org/blog/
Why not? - BlackBoe, on 12/24/2007, -1/+6Said with the straightforward, earnest, trustworthy confidence of the truly ignorant.
- Typhoon2009, on 12/25/2007, -0/+5It only took 4 minutes to render that?!
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