9 Oct
2003
9 Oct
'03
2:05 p.m.
On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 09:56:53AM -0500, Reuben Martin wrote:
It is true that lots of the major pipelines,
especially ones heavily into CGI work, are turning to Linux systems. However, most or them
are the huge industry powerhouses (Pixar, Dreamworks etc) who have their own in house
software and developement. They are just simply porting their software over to Linux. So
even though they are proving that Linux works as an excellent OS for media production,
very little of the apps they use are available to the public. And of course they are
willing to get their hands dirty... :o)
Both of these projects had links for purchase if you want to use what
the big boys use:
Alias Wavefronts Maya is available for purchase:
http://www.alias.com/eng/index.shtml
I bet you could purchase Pixars Renderman to do your rendering also:
https://renderman.pixar.com/
Jeremiah
Reguards,
-Reuben