Moviesandbox - an open-source 3D animation tool

A project in Somerville, MA by Friedrich Kirschner
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Moviesandbox is an Open-Source, Real-Time 3D Animation tool. It allows you to quickly sketch and animate 3D Characters and Props.
Backers: 108
Average Pledge Per Backer: $51

Funded: $5,466 of $4,200
Dates: Mar 29th -> May 9th (41 days)
Project By: Friedrich Kirschner
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Latest News

Happy Holidays

December 24th - via: kickstarter.com
As most of the packages made it out before the holidays and should hopefully arrive before the year ends (if you're in the US - I'm afraid overseas shipping will take a bit longer), the Kickstarter project will come officially to a close. For those... (Read More)

Moviesandbox V1.0 released!

December 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Kickstarters, Moviesandbox Version 1.0 is finally out! The proper release announcement is on the website: http://www.moviesandbox.net/?p=661 A modest but growing number of Video-Tutorials are on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/album/256537  Rudimentary... (Read More)

Technical Preview out now

December 1st - via: kickstarter.com
That's right, a preview for all operating systems can now be downloaded! Since the term technical is thrown in for good measure, let me direct you to the more explanatory blog posts detailing the plan for the next two weeks. You can get stuff here... (Read More)

Surveys sent! Stuff ordered! Crunch time engaged!

November 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Backers, I just sent out all the surveys for your backer rewards! Please let me know if you didn't receive yours and I'll go investigate... I also ordered all the arduinos (Arduino UNOs), stickers, bend-sensors and nice paper for writing... (Read More)

last user test this week in berlin

October 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Kickstarters, Moviesandbox is almost feature complete! I am currently in Berlin and doing a last set of hands-on user testing and feedback sessions with some puppeteers, set-builders and teachers for the Play '11 conference that is happening... (Read More)

A peak of the new interface

September 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Contrary to popular belief, I have been very busy these past two-and-a-half months to re-shape moviesandbox into something a lot more user-friendly then the tool it used to be! I have to admit though, that I have been a bit too optimistic about the... (Read More)

It's over! Thank you all again!

May 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey hey, thank you all again SO MUCH for your support in getting Moviesandbox funded. I cannot express my gratitude enough! As mentioned before, I will spend all of June and July to polish the software and add a couple of new features and the Linux... (Read More)

Live Performance at 4pm EST today

May 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Just one last reminder that I will be performing the Kickstarter example movie today at 4pm EST on http://justin.tv/fiezi. It would be wonderful to see you there. After the performance, I'll do a quick tour on how everything was setup. There's a chat... (Read More)

Timeline and example movie streaming

May 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Kickstartians! the end of the funding period is drawing closer and it has been a wonderful time! I want to thank you all so very much (again) for your support. To celebrate the success of the project, I was thinking of streaming the (more or... (Read More)

Example movie progress report #3

May 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Kickstarters! Only one more week to go, and the example movie is slowly taking shape. Today's update is a bit of an odd one. It's a making-of of sorts for simulating the kind of smoke dispersion you would find when a space-rocket starts. For... (Read More)

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