Sintel, the long-running Open Movie project created with Blender, is finally finished and available online. I’ve embedded the YouTube version below, but there are many other higher-quality versions available for download at their website.
“Sintel” is an independently produced short film, initiated by the Blender Foundation as a means to further improve and validate the free/open source 3D creation suite Blender. With initial funding provided by 1000s of donations via the internet community, it has again proven to be a viable development model for both open 3D technology as for independent animation film.
This 15 minute film has been realized in the studio of the Amsterdam Blender Institute, by an international team of artists and developers. In addition to that, several crucial technical and creative targets have been realized online, by developers and artists and teams all over the world.
Download it in MP4 and OGV formats, in Stereo or 5.1 Surround, either directly or (preferably) via BitTorrent via the links here. Next on their todo list is creation of the 4-DVD box set, which they hope to have available for purchase soon.
