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[News] DreamWorks Uses GNU/Linux on Its H-P Workstations

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DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda created with Linux-based HP workstations

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| DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda, which opened today, June 6, 2008, was 
| created entirely on Linux-based Hewlett Packard workstations. The digital 
| studio has been using HP workstations since 2001 successfully on its films. 
| Ed Leonard, CTO at DreamWorks Animation discusses the company's digital  
| workflow, history of the HP-DreamWorks alliance, and the benefit of 
| multi-core processing systems.    
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http://facilities.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=415193

It's always a bummer when you get hit by malware when you try to get some
rendering/editing work done.


Related:

DreamWorks wins an award for its innovative use of Linux

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| Behind that effort sits Ed Leonard, chief technology officer at DreamWorks, 
| who has been recognized for his work with an Annie Award for "promoting the 
| Linux open system for animation in animation studios and gaming software 
| development."   
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http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9865829-16.html


Studios Using Linux

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|     * Digital Domain
|     * Disney
|     * Double Negative
|     * DreamWorks Animation
|     * Flash Film Works
|     * Hammerhead
|     * Industrial Light & Magic
|     * Moving Picture Company
|     * Pixar
|     * Rhythm & Hues
|     * Sony Pictures
|     * Tippett
|     * Weta Digital 
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http://linuxmovies.org/studios.html


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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


Linux Goes Hollywood With New Terra Soft Film Rendering Tool

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| Y-Film is a product formed from two separate applications. The first is a 
| cluster construction suite supported by Terra Soft's Y-HPC platform. The 
| second is the Artist Productivity and Asset Management Tools developed by 
| Scott Frankel, president and VFX supervisor at Circle-S Studios and the lead 
| developer of Y-Film. The tool set runs on x86 Linux, Power Linux and Mac OS 
| X.     
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/60254.html


Linux in Hollywood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=636VZ_R-NVs
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