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- Technology goes to the movies
Yankee Group entertainment analyst Adi Kishore, a former TV producer, said that with use of visual effects at an all-time high, a natural assumption would be that all firms in the industry are making good money. "But they are not," he told the E-Commerce Times.
- Linux invades Hollywood
Ten years ago, Linux was a student's hobby. Now it's becoming the film industry's operating system of choice.
- The ILM Linux "DeathStar" renderfarm
The Star Wars Death Star exists! But, not as a menacing planet-killing weapon. ILM's Death Star renderfarm is the computing power behind the many motion pictures produced at Industrial Light & Magic.
- Film GIMP at Rhythm & Hues
Linux is now being adopted in motion picture production at DreamWorks, Pixar, ILM and many other major studios.
- Linux and the production of Scooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo, the computer-generated dog in the Warner Brothers film of the same name, was created using Linux.
- The move to Linux on ILM's renderfarm
Star Wars, Episode II: Attack of the Clones, released in May 2002, is Industrial Light & Magic's (ILM) first movie produced after converting its workstations and renderfarm to Linux last year.
- The computer systems and network at ILM
ILM says they have rarely seen artists get excited by hardware, but artists fought to get the new Linux workstations--Dell single-CPU P4s with NVIDIA Quadra 2 Pro graphics cards.
- DreamWorks on Linux and computer animation
With more than 200 Linux desktops and 400 Linux servers, DreamWorks SKG is not only a leading producer of animated motion pictures but a major user of Linux as well.
- Linux in Hollywood : A star is born
For most of the past 30 years, Hollywood has led the development of computer graphics by constantly pushing the state of the art to wow audiences with ever more spectacular visuals.
- Production studios using Linux in supporting roles
A few years ago, studios creating digital content for film and broadcast began adding Linux-based hardware and software to their production pipelines. An early, high-profile example was DreamWorks SKG, which used Linux-based applications in its feature-film pipleline for the first time back in 2001 on Shrek.
- Linux Networx renderfarm powers special effects for "The Core"
CIS Hollywood used the Linux Networx render farm to render volumetric fluid surrounding “Virgil” as it travels through rock, magma, crystals and diamonds on its way to the earth’s core. The render farm was also used to composite all elements of the scene together.
- Animating Sinbad : A real test for Linux
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, an animated movie from DreamWorks Animation Technology that hits theaters July 2, is the first Hollywood production created entirely on Linux.
- Linux goes to the movies
Who says free software is passé? Hollywood's special-effects industry can't get enough of the operating system built by hackers, for hackers.
- Linux helps to bring the Titanic to life
All things considered, this risk paid off in substantial dividends of project quality and time. Because the urgency of the situation demanded that we think "outside the box", we were able to deliver a superior solution in a framework that was entirely compatible with our normal operating models and that gave a productivity increase equal to double that of our previous infrastructure.
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