{"id":442004,"date":"2022-05-05T00:15:49","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T21:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/microsoft-3d-movie-maker-from-1995-is-now-open-source\/"},"modified":"2022-05-05T00:15:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T21:15:49","slug":"microsoft-3d-movie-maker-from-1995-is-now-open-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/microsoft-3d-movie-maker-from-1995-is-now-open-source\/","title":{"rendered":"#Microsoft 3D Movie Maker From 1995 Is Now Open-Source"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f0b7799451\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f0b7799451\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/microsoft-3d-movie-maker-from-1995-is-now-open-source\/#%E2%80%9CMicrosoft_3D_Movie_Maker_From_1995_Is_Now_Open-Source%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Microsoft 3D Movie Maker From 1995 Is Now Open-Source&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CMicrosoft_3D_Movie_Maker_From_1995_Is_Now_Open-Source%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Microsoft 3D Movie Maker From 1995 Is Now Open-Source&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-803307\" data-pagespeed-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Microsoft-3D-Movie-Maker.jpg?width=398&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1 400w, https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Microsoft-3D-Movie-Maker.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, 400w, 1200w\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Microsoft-3D-Movie-Maker.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\">Microsoft<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Software and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> preservation is an increasingly important topic, and the best way to keep software accessible for future generations is by releasing the original source code. That\u2019s exactly what just h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened for Microsoft 3D Movie Maker, originally released in 1995.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft has open-sourced a few older applications in the past few years, including <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/MS-DOS\">MS-DOS 1.0\/2.0<\/a> and the original <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/winfile\">Windows File Manager<\/a>, but now the company has <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/Microsoft-3D-Movie-Maker\">published the code for Microsoft 3D Movie Maker<\/a>. This isn\u2019t the Windows Movie Maker most people are probably familiar with from the Windows ME\/XP days \u2014 it\u2019s a 3D animation program for children. The application allows anyone to create <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> by placing 3D characters and objects into pre-rendered environments, paired with actions, music, text, and other effects.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-803303 size-full\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/3dmovie.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-credittext=\"Microsoft\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\">Microsoft<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Microsoft 3D Movie Maker is similar to many later 3D-based rendering tools aimed at children, like <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BGQGSOLXSTc\">Kid Pix 3D<\/a> (a staple on my family\u2019s iMac when I was growing up) and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.educationalappstore.com\/app\/toontastic\">Toontastic<\/a>. Microsoft also sold a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/nick3dmoviemaker\">modified version<\/a> in partnership with Nickelodeon, which included models, backgrounds, and effects from shows like\u00a0<em>Ren and Stimpy, Rocko\u2019s Modern Life,<\/em> and <em>Aaaahh!! Real Monsters<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Even though 3D Movie Maker is almost 30 years old, there\u2019s still an active community using it to create new animations. The low resolution lends itself to surreal or ironic videos quite well, and there are plenty of examples on sites like <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/3dmm.com\/\">3dmm.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"YTbQHE4kVFk\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/YTbQHE4kVFk\/hqdefault.jpg');\">\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"lty-playbtn\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"lyt-visually-hidden\">Play Video<\/span><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/lite-youtube>\n<p>So, why did Microsoft wait this long to release the source code?\u00a0Foone Turing, a self-described \u201chardware\/software necromancer,\u201d got the ball rolling in April when they asked Microsoft publicly on Twitter to release the code. The job required coordination from Microsoft\u2019s legal department and developer relations teams, but in the end, we got a happy ending.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft 3D Movie Maker has a cultural importance in its own right, but it also uses\u00a0BRender, a graphics engine developed by\u00a0Argonaut Software\u00a0that was also used in games like <em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/FX_Fighter\">FX Fighter<\/a><\/em> and <em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carmageddon\">Carmageddon<\/a><\/em>. Foone brought up that if BRender code was included, it could lead to other games and applications becoming open-source too (or at least easier to port to newer platforms).\u00a0Argonaut Software is probably best known as the developer behind <em>Star Fox<\/em> on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, as well as the Super FX graphics acceleration chip that was used in nearly every 3D SNES game.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey friends \u2013 we&#8217;ve open sourced the code to 1995&#8217;s Microsoft 3D Movie Maker <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h4mYSKRrjK\">https:\/\/t.co\/h4mYSKRrjK<\/a> Thanks to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeffwilcox?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jeffwilcox<\/a> and the Microsoft OSS office as well our friends in legal and those who continue to put up with me being a nudzh. Thanks to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Foone?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@foone<\/a> for the idea! Enjoy. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6wBAkjkeIP\">https:\/\/t.co\/6wBAkjkeIP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scott Hanselman \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@shanselman) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shanselman\/status\/1521698902579159040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Microsoft released the source code as-is, in its mostly-original form \u2014 some developers\u2019 information was removed to respect their privacy, and some content from \u201calternate builds or products\u201d (presumably including the Nickelodeon version) is not included. However, BRender is included in the code, making that framework publicly available for the first time. The code also doesn\u2019t compile on modern hardware and software, unsurprisingly. GitHub reports that 77% of the code is written in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SWIG\">SWIG<\/a>, with the rest being a mix of C++, C, and Assembly language code.<\/p>\n<p>Following the source code release, Foone <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Foone\/status\/1521904206197653504\">said on Twitter<\/a>, \u201cthere\u2019s also other games that used the BRender engine, some of which could never be open sourced because they depended on BRender. Well, it\u2019s open source now! So that opens them up to the possibility of open sourcing then as well. I\u2019m asking various people and companies.\u00a0Because it\u2019d be sweet to have BRender\u2019s open sourcing lead to other games using it open sourced too, much like how the BUILD engine going open source lead to Duke Nukem 3D getting open sourced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Foone also said they are planning at least two projects base don the 3D Movie Maker code \u2014 a version that works on modern hardware and software with the original look and feel, and a \u2018Movie Maker Plus\u2019 with new features. The developer is accepting donations on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/foone\">Patreon<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/fooneturing\">Ko-Fi<\/a>, so if you just can\u2019t wait to relive mid-90s animation software, consider tossing them a few bucks.<\/p>\n<p><small>Via: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2022\/05\/microsoft-open-sourced-the-code-for-1995s-3d-movie-maker-because-someone-asked\/\">Ars Technica<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script>\n setTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s) } (window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '335401813750447');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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