{"id":518,"date":"2026-01-05T13:53:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T18:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ideepix.nl\/projects\/?p=518"},"modified":"2026-01-05T14:01:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T19:01:59","slug":"new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ideepix.nl\/projects\/blog\/new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Almost every year I create a short animation to send around wishing everybody a happy new year. This year I decided to use only Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in doing so. Here is the result, created in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blender<\/a>, edited using <a href=\"https:\/\/kdenlive.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kdenlive<\/a>, with audio processed in <a href=\"https:\/\/tenacityaudio.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tenacity<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.ideepix.nl\/projects\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HNY2026.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year I created only a single image, also in Blender:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ideepix.nl\/projects\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HNY2025.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ideepix.nl\/projects\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HNY2025-1280x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ideepix.nl\/projects\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HNY2025-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.ideepix.nl\/projects\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HNY2025-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.ideepix.nl\/projects\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HNY2025-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ideepix.nl\/projects\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HNY2025-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ideepix.nl\/projects\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HNY2025.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For 2024 I used Krita to create a 2D animation, which I apparently never added sound to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.ideepix.nl\/projects\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HNY2024_020.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It seems I skipped 2023, but for 2022 I went with stop motion and time lapse. And a lot of audio. Back then we thought the events of 2021 were pretty unprecedented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ununprecedented 2022\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/663030587?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, just before the arbitrary January 6 deadline: Happy New Year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost every year I create a short animation to send around wishing everybody a happy new year. 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