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[quote]3D Modeling, Animation, Rendering, Compositing Software
Blender
Blender was the main application used and developed throughout the project. An enormous amount of improvements in the software were a direct consequence of the movie project taking place.
Special Thanks to Open Source Projects
Gimp
Twisted
Python
Ubuntu Linux
OpenEXR
KDE
Verse
GNOME
CinePaint
DrQueue
Inkscape
Subversion
We used a lot of open source software throughout the project, but these were the open source projects that helped us most, either through their applications, source code sharing, or advice.
Rendering Services Provided by
Bowie State University Xseed
Dr. Calvin W. Lowe, President
Prof. Mark Alan Matties, Director
http://xseed.bowiestate.edu
For rendering the movie, Bowie State University in the USA generously donated access to their Xseed supercomputer cluster. Prof. Matties volunteered for us, providing local technical assistance. At the peak of our rendering load, we were using 160 of the 224 dual G5 Xserve nodes.
Hardware Sponsored By
Sun Microsystems
Sun donated a 64-bit workstation that Toni used in the studio throughout the project.
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