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Main library channelFSF: User LiberationMost people interact with free software every day, but many of those people don't know what free software is or why they should go out of their way to use it. We want to fix that (and we think you do too), so we commissioned a short video that makes free software easy for everyone to understand.
The Free Software Foundation partnered with Urchin to make this animated introduction to free software. Urchin made the video using free software. People have been looking to the FSF for thirty years for explanations about the importance of free software...2022-07-0600 min
Main library channelFSF: User LiberationMost people interact with free software every day, but many of those people don't know what free software is or why they should go out of their way to use it. We want to fix that (and we think you do too), so we commissioned a short video that makes free software easy for everyone to understand.
The Free Software Foundation partnered with Urchin to make this animated introduction to free software. Urchin made the video using free software. People have been looking to the FSF for thirty years for explanations about the importance of free software...2022-07-0600 min
FOSS and Crafts48: Sophie Jantak on pet portraits and Blender's Grease PencilThe amazing Sophie Jantak joins us to
talk about how she makes pet portraits (including one she made for us!)
using Blender's
Grease Pencil.
Hear about Sophie's process, why Grease Pencil is the right tool for her,
and what her collalboration process is like on pet portrait commissions!
(And yes, you can commission Sophie tool!)BONUS FREE CULTURAL SOURCE CONTENT!
We've collectively decided to release this artwork's source
code as a free cultural work!
Get the .blend (CC BY-SA 4.0)!HACK AND CRAFT SCHEME TUTORIALS!
Also a reminder, we'll be hosting two versions of...2022-06-3000 minFOSS and Crafts16: Bassam Kurdali on using Blender for open movie productions and educationBassam Kurdali
(Fediverse, Twitter)
talks about using Blender
(a free and open source software suite for making 3d artwork)
for open movie projects such as Elephants Dream
(the world's first open movie project, which Bassam directed!)
and Wires for Empathy,
as well as use in teaching it to college students studying animation.Links:BlenderUrchin studiosChicken Chair (we need a better link for this... check back later!)Elephants DreamWires for Empathy (aka "Tube")OpenToonzBoats AnimatorNatronHampshire CollegeRhode Island School of Design (RISD)Blender splash screens gallery2020-11-1200 min
Animated free software awareness videosUser Liberation videoMost people interact with free software every day, but many of those people don't know what free software is or why they should go out of their way to use it. We want to fix that (and we think you do too), so we commissioned a short video that makes free software easy for everyone to understand.
User Liberation was created by the Free Software Foundation
Length: 02:53
Production: Urchin
Script, Voice, Production: Fateh Slavitskaya
Animation, Production: Bassam Kurdali
2020-08-0400 min
Animated free software awareness videosUser Liberation videoMost people interact with free software every day, but many of those people don't know what free software is or why they should go out of their way to use it. We want to fix that (and we think you do too), so we commissioned a short video that makes free software easy for everyone to understand.
User Liberation was created by the Free Software Foundation
Length: 02:53
Production: Urchin
Script, Voice, Production: Fateh Slavitskaya
Animation, Production: Bassam Kurdali
2020-08-0400 min
Animated free software awareness videosUser Liberation videoMost people interact with free software every day, but many of those people don't know what free software is or why they should go out of their way to use it. We want to fix that (and we think you do too), so we commissioned a short video that makes free software easy for everyone to understand.
User Liberation was created by the Free Software Foundation
Length: 02:53
Production: Urchin
Script, Voice, Production: Fateh Slavitskaya
Animation, Production: Bassam Kurdali
2020-08-0400 min
Open Source CreativeIdiots and Hypocrites: Used Digital MediaI have a strange feeling that this episode is going to get me into a bit of trouble. Maybe. We’ll see. I get into details and backstory in the actual episode, but it all started with a question (or, better, replies to a question) regarding the resale of “used” digital content—specifically ebooks—in an episode of the Sell More Books Show, a podcast that’s pretty prevalent in the indie publishing scene. This episode is a bit of a rant launched from that premise. To sum up, the way I look at it is as follows:
If you think...2015-02-2847 min
Blender PodcastEpisode 4Heres the fourth episode of the Blender Podcast with an very indepth interview with Bassam Kurdali who talks about his Open Movie film Tube and all the other cool projects like the famous Mancandy.2011-08-0200 min
CG CastCg Cast Episode 23Today I interviewed Bassam Kurdali, He worked on and directed the Blender open-source movie project, "Elephant's Dream".2006-07-1600 min