Check out the latest Demo Reel for the Free Open Source Software Blender. For anyone that is looking for a low budget software to create high end quality animations and compositing then I highly recommend they take a look at Blender.org.
It is free to download and use and there tons of free tutorials all throughout the web. Some of my favorite tutorials can be found at blenderguru.com and CGCookie. Now go grab your free copy and make some movies! 🙂
Like photoshop only free! 🙂
As some of  you may have figured out, I am a HUGE fan of free or open source software.  Over the years I have seen some of my favorites grow by leaps and bounds.  Gimp is one that I have played with before that seems to be getting better and better.
Here is a video of some amazing Blender Motion Tracking:Â Digital makeup test – YouTube.
I discovered and an online company that creates a beautiful media library. They have two versions, the cloud hosted paid solution and their free open-source download version.
transformation from Andre B on Vimeo.
The theme of this study is the mechanical transformation, a change of the form. The 5 items that have arisen here, fall back in form and process of change on analogies from nature. A sphere, the simplest geometric shape that we know, serves as a starting form.
If you would like to learn more about the Blender the free open-source animation, compositing, video editing tool set visit www.blender.org
Here is a video showing an amazing fluid simulation using the free software tool Blender