[Mailinglist] Big Buck Bunny Officially Released

[Sameer Mohamed Thahir]

Hello Shirish

The link is working now.
The files are too big to send by mail.
You can probably download the streaming versions from
youtube or vimeo

http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/index.php/download/

The movie is a short one, because of several reasons,
probably we can see a longer length movie in
project durian .

I can send you the DVD with all the formats
and production files, if you can send me your
address.

Yes tell me your plans to screen it in pune.

Yeah we are all looking forward to firefox3

Thank You
Regards
Sameer Mohamed Thahir

shirish wrote:
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> On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 7:18 AM, Sameer Mohamed Thahir
> <sameer.thahir at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Hello ILUG Members
>>     
>
> Hi all,
>
>   
>> The much awaited second installment of the Open Movie Project after "Orange"
>> called "Peach" has released "Big Buck Bunny" on 30/05/2008.
>>
>> http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/
>>     
>
> The link given above does not work. It gives an 500 - Internal Server
> Error. Would try again in the evening. Although I'm looking forward to
> look and share the same with my FOSS friends.
>
>   
>> What is an Open Movie ??
>>
>> The movie has been entirely made using Free and Open Source Software*.
>> And it is released entirely as open content, means the entire production
>> files
>> ( like source code ) is made available to the public, and they have all
>> the freedoms.
>>
>> The main Free Software tool used is Blender, which is under the GPL License.
>> Blender(www.blender.org) has evolved to become a powerful 3D modeling
>> animation tool.
>> Also Gimp(www.gimp.org) (and other FOSS tools ) has really utilized the
>> power of Free and Open Source Software and the community such that
>> the result can challenge any mainstream animation movie.
>>
>> Indeed has undoubtedly proven the power of the FOSS community and all
>> cheers to the Peach team.
>> ( and especially to Ton Roosendaal, the man behind it )
>>
>>
>>  From http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/index.php/about/
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> This Open movie project had as main targets:
>>
>>    * Developing tools in Blender for editing and rendering hair, fur or
>>      grass
>>    * Improve character animation tools for cartoonish motion and
>>      deformation
>>    * Test Blender with giant outdoor environments, with large grassy
>>      fields and many trees with leaves
>>    * Further validate Blender as a professional animation creation suite
>>
>> And secondary:
>>
>>    * Create a great and good looking animation short, licensed freely
>>      as open content
>>    * Provide content for other artists to learn from or to re-use,
>>      including documentation and tutorials
>>
>> And of course: Have lots of fun!
>>
>> The results of the Peach open movie project has been licensed under the
>> Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
>> <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/> license. This includes all
>> the data we'll publish online and on the DVDs, and all of the contents
>> on this website. If any content on this site is not licensed as such, it
>> will be clearly indicated.
>>
>> In short, this means you can freely reuse and distribute this content,
>> also commercially, for as long you provide a proper attribution.
>>
>> The attribution is:
>> *(c) copyright Blender Foundation | www.bigbuckbunny.org*
>>
>> Excluded from the Creative Commons is: all logos on this website
>> (including Blender logo, Peach logo, Creative Commons logo) and
>> associated trademarks.
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Find more information
>> www.bigbuckbunny.org
>> www.peach.blender.org
>> www.blender.org
>> www.elephantsdream.org
>>
>> I have got the high definition videos for the movie in ogg theora, h.264
>> and mpeg4 ( thanks a lot to Devarajan Sir )
>> Will be getting the rest of the formats ( low res ones) and the entire
>> production files soon.
>>
>> Anyone interested do get in touch.
>>     
>
> Interested if you can mail me the ogg theora version of the movie as
> well as some of the production files.
>
>   
>> Remember big buck bunny will be an opportunity to bring in people
>> (especially kids)
>> and entertain them ( its just 10 mins ) and also explain to them the
>> concept of Free Software and the
>> community.
>>     
>
> Isn't this a feature-length movie ?
>
>   
>> Anyone interested in screening please let us know.
>>     
>
> Interested to screen at my local place, Pune, Maharashtra.
>
>   
>> And people who work with blender or who are planning to, do tell us your
>> experiences.
>>
>> So i guess the party will begin now, and yes firefox 3 party also round
>> the corner!!!
>>     
>
> Also looking forward to ff3.
>   
>> I think it will be party time in kochi for the monsoon!!!
>>
>>
>> Thank You
>>
>> Regards
>> Sameer Mohamed Thahir
>>     
>
>