Elephants Dream (Open Movie)
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The first open movie from the Blender Foundation (2006). It's an animated short film widely used in the past as a standard test video for new compression codecs and media players.
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- Intro & Learning
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Elephants Dream (Open Movie) is cataloged in Intro & Learning. Its topics include open-source, animation, codec testing, educational video, and blender foundation.
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