Open Source: Ready for Its Closeup
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| The growing use of open source tools in filmmaking is not surprising
| considering that most major movie studios have more than a passing
| familiarity with using Linux as their main operating system.
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| "Linux is the default operating [system] on desktops and servers at major
| animation and visual effects studios, with maybe 98 percent [or more]
| penetration," CinePaint Project Manager Robin Rowe told LinuxInsider.
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http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/57300.html
Speaking of visual effect, state-of-the-art games are coming to Linux. Check
out the screenshots. Not s sure there will be a native Linux version.
Unreal Tournament3 web site comes to life
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| We first saw UT2k7 back at E3 2006 with a gameplay demonstration
| showing some serious kick-ass action and the power of two GeForce
| boards in SLI left a lasting inqpression on everyone present.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39507
Related:
Trip the Light Fantastic - Linux in the Special Effects Industry
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| In early 1998, Linux users began to be aware that their operating
| system of choice was making a serious impact in the field of movie
| production. Daryll Strauss had written an article for the Linux
| Journal, in which he described how Digital Domain had rendered
| scenes for the box-office busting Titanic on a farm of Linux
| boxes. Eight years later, the foothold of Linux in the industry
| is well established, and so we paid a visit to this pioneering
| studio to talk to Doug Roble, Creative Director of Software, and
| Dave Fallon, manager of the Systems Administration department at
| Hollywood effects studio Digital Domain, to find out how it happened.
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http://tuxdeluxe.org/node/126
Over 100 Additional Post-production Facilities Adopt Autodesk's Visual
Effects and Editing/Finishing Systems
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| In April 2006, Autodesk transitioned its visual effects and
| editing/finishing systems from SGI-based workstations to workstations
| running the Linux operating system.
|
| [...]
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| "The migration of Autodesk systems to the Linux platform has been a
| great success," said Stig Gruman, Autodesk's Media & Entertainment
| vice president of systems. "This operating system allows Autodesk to
| take advantage of rapid, continuous improvements to commodity
| hardware components such as central processing units, graphics
| cards, and Infiniband networking technology."
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http://www.kpth.com/home/6888347.html
Open source creeps into mapping software
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| Licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), MapGuide Open
| Source enables organizations to develop and distribute spatial and design
| data over the Web.
|
| [...]
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| "We think there is a direct analogy between what's happening in Web
| mapping [software market], and what happened with Web servers in the
| beginning," Zeiss said, noting that the trend toward commoditization
| had convinced Autodesk to contribute MapGuide Open Source to the OSGF.
|
| "This was a strategic way of creating a much bigger market than we could
| have ever created with a closed-source product," he added.
|
| With an open source product on its cards, Zeiss said Autodesk is also
| following the footsteps of other open-source software vendors--that is,
| to charge for premium services and support.
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| [...]
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| "To open-source AutoCAD will be giving away valuable trade secrets to
| competitors. There's no prospect for doing that at all," he explained.
|
| IDC noted in a June 2006 report that it is too early to assess the
| long-term impact of Autodesk's open source strategy. "But initial
| indications are that geospatial users and the open source community are
| responding positively, perhaps to the point of shifting Web-based
| geospatial interfaces to a predominantly open source model," the
| analyst company said.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,61952140,00.htm
Australia and New Zealand Visual Effects Industries Support Autodesk's Move
to Linux-based Systems Products
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| Over the past two years, Autodesk has transitioned its Media and
| Entertainment systems products from running on proprietary,
| high-end SGI workstations to running on Linux-based personal
| computers (PCs). To date, more than 30 Autodesk Linux-based
| systems seats have been installed in Australia and New Zealand.
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http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=98344
Trivia for 300 (2006)
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| The filmmakers prefer Macintosh, but large portions of the movie
| were made under Linux.
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http://imdb.com/title/tt0416449/trivia
Asia Pacific Digital Content Creators and Broadcasters Turn to Autodesk's
Linux-based Solutions
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| Over a dozen broadcasters and post-production facilities in the Asia
| Pacific region have recently embraced Autodesk, Inc.'s visual effects,
| editing/finishing and digital color-grading products running on the
| Linux operating system.
|
| [...]
|
| In its China Linux 2006-2010 Forecast and Analysis report, market
| research firm IDC estimates that China's Linux market will grow
| at a compound annual growth rate of 34 percent from 2006 to 2010.
| IDC also forecasts that by 2008, Linux-based personal computers
| (PCs) will account for more than 9 percent of PC unit shipments
| in Asia Pacific.
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http://www.dmnnewswire.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=110125
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