<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">Hello Gerard,</div> <div id="bloop_sign_1385464488435511040"></div> I'm sure some of our communications were lost in the flood of emails. Let me reply here.<br><div><div><blockquote type="cite" class="clean_bq" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span><div><div><div dir="ltr"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">This decision makes no sense. And seems ill-considered and hasty.<div>Why the rush ?</div></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><p>I don't understand what you mean. I tried to take some decisions before we reach email n 50 on this thread :)</p><div><blockquote type="cite" class="clean_bq" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; line-height: normal; ">What are the reasons for this ?</span></div></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div></div><p>I'm not sure I understand either.</p><div><div><blockquote type="cite" class="clean_bq" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span><div dir="ltr"><div>What are the details ? </div></div></span></blockquote></div><p>If you have any specific question, please ask!</p><div><div><blockquote type="cite" class="clean_bq" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Is the purpose of each video well defined ?</div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><p>The purpose is to illustrate the most important and relevant Blender features.</p><div><div><blockquote type="cite" class="clean_bq" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span><div dir="ltr"><div><div>What will the content be ?</div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><p>It will be based on the current Features page content.</p><div><div><blockquote type="cite" class="clean_bq" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span><div dir="ltr"><div><div>How long will the videos be ?</div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><p>Around 5 minutes each.</p><div><div><blockquote type="cite" class="clean_bq" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Are they voiced ? Avoiding voice overs is surely a benefit.</div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><p>Yes they will be voiced.</p><div><div><blockquote type="cite" class="clean_bq" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Are they branded in any way ?</div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><p>They will be "neutral", posted on the Blender Foundation YouTube account.</p><div><div><blockquote type="cite" class="clean_bq" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Has this decision been made simply because it is convenient and "ticks some of the boxes" ?</div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><p>I'm not sure what you are talking about.</p><div><div><blockquote type="cite" class="clean_bq" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Best regards and with a deeply furrowed brow.</div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><p>There is no need to furrow, I'm here available to discuss.</p><p>Francesco</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>