Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
Posts: 934 from 2010/10/29
From: USA
My understanding is that Blender can be used to make 2D as well as 3D movies.
If you need tutorial videos search youtube for them.
You may get to like it.
I have used it for years to make 3D art.
As far as decoding single frames I think an SSD is adequate for speed purposes.
I have a samsung 840 256gb SSD in my G5.
It is quite spiffy.
Powerbook G4 1.67ghz 2GB, ATI 9700M Pro 128mb
1TB hd, DL-DVD Burner, Netgear pcmcia wireless card.
Powermac G5 2.3ghz 2GB, ATI 9600 Pro
ImageFX 4.5, PageStream 3.3, PhotoGenics 5.0