blender talk

 Software Freedom Day
 Sep 17 2010
 Marlboro Grad Center
 Jim Mahoney

background

Animation software is big, complicated, and expensive.
For example, Maya $4,000
typically indludes things like
- 3D modeling ("rigging")
- posing and animating the models
- physics engine
- embedded programming language
- sound and video support and editing
- rendering, lighting

blender history

(This is all directly from wikipedia.)
Ton Roosendaal primary author; propietary 1998; bankrupt 2002
Creditors agreed to release as open source for $100,000
... which was raised from users in about six weeks.
Active open source community since :
- annual conference
- open source projects (including rigs and files)
  - Elephants Dream (2006)
  - Big Buck Bunny (2008)
  - Yo Frankie! (2008 video game)
  - Sintel (2010) - 12min, out Mon Sep 27 2010, Netherlands Film Festival (youtube trailer)

my use

  man & woman embrace open;
  man stands on right foot;
  woman stands on left foot;
  man         &  woman:
    forward   !    back 
    side      !    side
    shift     !    shift
    back      !    forward
    side      !    side
    shift     !    shift

dance scripting project pivotstep
uses 2nd life compatible rigs by Jacek Antonelli
movement controlled by embedded python (also open source) script
choreography given by a readable text description

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