Tears of Steel and the Open-Source VFX Pipeline
A short film about robots in Amsterdam doubled as a stress test for free visual effects tools.
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Series: Open Movies
10_RECORDSWatching, dissecting and compressing the films made with free tools.
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[SYS::CULTURE]
Frame by Frame: Grading the Sintel Trailer
Fifty-two seconds of dragon-hunting footage make a perfect colour-grading exercise.
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[SYS::FICTION]
Cosmos Laundromat Is Still the Weirdest Pilot Ever Made
A suicidal sheep, a mysterious salesman and a laundromat at the edge of the universe.
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[SYS::TECHNOLOGY]
Compression Torture Test: Big Buck Bunny at Low Bitrates
How far can you squeeze a cartoon rabbit before the fur turns to mush?
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[SYS::NETWORK]
How a Volunteer Render Farm Finished Spring
Thousands of frames, hundreds of borrowed machines and one very patient scheduler.
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[SYS::CULTURE]
Five Seconds of Flower: Why CC0 Footage Matters
A tiny public-domain clip powers thousands of tutorials. Here is why that matters.
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[SYS::TECHNOLOGY]
Charge Proves Open Tools Can Do Blockbuster Action
Explosions, chases and a gritty energy crisis, all made with free software.
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[SYS::HARDWARE]
Testing a Matchbox-Sized Pocket Projector
We tried to screen open-movie footage from a projector the size of a matchbox.
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[SYS::CULTURE]
Sintel, Ten Years Later: Still Hunting Dragons
The open movie that made a generation of artists cry still lands its ending.
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[SYS::SCIENCE]
Codec Shootout on Ten Seconds of Test Footage
Same clip, five encoders, one very picky jury.