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Content producers dig Linux too!
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| Content creation used to be the stronghold of Apple and it's OSX operating
| system, but recently there have been signs that content producers are more
| and more attracted to Linux. What made me realize that creative software on
| Linux had made it with the content creation crowd is this poll on the DAZ
| Studio forums: more than 150 Daz Studio users would like to see a Linux
| version.
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| [...]
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| To conclude I would say that content producers like the idea of Linux: its
| stable, comes with a lot of free creative software and do not require much
| administration after the machine is installed. It is also much cheaper to
| purchase a Linux desktop that an Apple Mac, but what currently let these
| users down is the lack of intuitive, easy to use and expendable creative
| software in some fields.
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http://www.tech-no-media.com/2009/06/content-producers-dig-linux-too.html
Recent:
If it's animation or special effects, it's Linux
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| Rowe's not just being a Linux booster. It's the Gospel truth. The animation
| and FX for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull; Star Wars: The
| Clone Wars; WALL-E; 300; The Golden Compass; Harry Potter and the Order of
| the Phoenix; and I Am Legend, to name but a few recent movies, were all
| created using Pixar's RenderMan and Autodesk Maya running on Linux clusters.
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/if_its_animation_or_special_effects_its_linux
Related:
Hollywood, Linux, and CinePaint at FOSDEM 2008
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| At first, studios had no choice but to develop Linux applications in house.
| The film industry has millions of lines of Linux code, both desktop
| applications and server pipelines. Studio Linux programmers write code in
| C++, Python, Perl, and Java. What does all this secret proprietary Linux code
| do? And, why do they do parallel programming with grid computing? How does
| the film industry use renderfarms with thousands of CPUs?
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http://linuxgazette.net/147/rowe.html
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
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
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
Open Source: Ready for Its Closeup
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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
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