Yes they mentioned that they customized Blender some for this but that is another part that makes Blender so Powerful as an open source software there have been many mini movie projects done with Blender but this one by Netflix is the second one done by a studio the first was that I remember was The Man in the High Castle the opening scene credits were also full done in Blender. This does show that Blender can compete with the big guns like Maya 3Ds Max and others

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