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Yes blender does have a steep learning curve, but once you are over it it is an exceptional tool.

Yes, the 2000 hrs of rendering was "CPU hours" it was spread across the 7 pcs so it took about three weeks of elapsed time.

Each frame took about 10-15 minutes to render.


Rendering Trick: We actually rendered it at a low resolution which makes the video look noisy/grainy, but then applied a smoothing filter to remove the noise and create the clear video you see. That saved a LOT of render time ...