Once a proprietary production renderer, MoonRay will be released to all creatives under the Apache 2.0 license. Here’s why this is a big deal.
In a somewhat surprising move, DreamsWorks has followed in the footsteps of the Blender Organization. I say somewhat because DreamsWorks animation has already made some strides into the open source space.
If you’re not in the know, Blender is a 3D modeling, sculpting, and compositing program that’s completely free. As in zero dollars. Forever. And it’s gotten so good, it’s rivaling some of the industry standards like Maya and Adobe After Effects (although that’s a debate for another day). David F. Sandberg even used it on Annabelle: Creation to make some part of the title sequence.
Author: Yaroslav Altunin
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
