16: Bassam Kurdali on using Blender for open movie productions and education

FOSS and Crafts

Bassam Kurdali (Fediverse, Twitter) talks about using Blender (a free and open source software suite for making 3d artwork) for open movie projects such as Elephants Dream (the world's first open movie project, which Bassam directed!) and Wires for Empathy, as well as use in teaching it to college students studying animation.

Links:

• Blender
• Urchin studios
• Chicken Chair (we need a better link for this... check back later!)
• Elephants Dream
• Wires for Empathy (aka "Tube")
• OpenToonz
• Boats Animator
• Natron
• Hampshire College
• Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
• Blender splash screens gallery