Open Source Movie Big Buck Bunny Source Files Available
That’s right, the same Blender’s 2nd Open Source Movie, the Peach Project, aka, Big Buck Bunny, that I previoulsy spoke before the premiere of in Amsterdam, is out and in hi-def, as Alex blogged:
Big Buck Bunny, the latest open movie, modeled, rendered, and composited entirely with Blender, by the same team as Elephants Dream. Licensed CC BY 3.0.
Great stuff, especially in high-def, easily rivaling Pixar and classic WB Merry Melodies.
Even better, since the entire film is Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licensed, the film is usable in so many contexts as long as attribution is given to the project (I’m assuming to http://bigbuckbunny.org, but that is something to seek clarification from Ton and the Blender crew, fellas?). And, now, all the source files which were used to make the final video, are available as well to allow for translation, remix, education, re-purposing, you-call-it! This is brilliant and further answers the question I had ages ago about what Hollywood could do for education and training by releasing a film like the Matrix and its source files (all the files used to render the film). Well, Big Buck Bunny is cooler and better than the Matrix, and as Barry Threw, Kid Kam and I decided at dinner last night, the first Matrix’s (Matrices?) effects look old now and come on, the film is cheesy! (The part in Matrices 3 when Neo gets his eyes burned has to be one of the all-time cheesiest scenes EVER!)
Come to the water friends, companies, and .orgs and release your source files under a Creative Commons license and get more points for doing under liberal license like CC Attribution 3.0 or CC Public Domain dedication like we do over at Open Clip Art Library.
If you want help coming to the water, contact me 
