9 Oct
2003
9 Oct
'03
1:12 p.m.
I'm probably showing off my inexperience here, but
what about SGI? I
thought all the Silicon Graphics stuff had been ported to Linux and
Linux was becoming the OS of choice for Hollywood DM people who used
to rely on SGI because it's Unix-based, and all that. Is that not
true?
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)
Reguards,
-Reuben
9 Oct
9 Oct
2:05 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: prebuilt tools (long!)
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
5:33 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: prebuilt tools (long!)
On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 10:51:48 -0500
jjbenham(a)chicagoguitar.com (Jeremiah Benham) wrote:
On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 09:56:53AM -0500, Reuben Martin
wrote:
http://www.linuxartist.org/3d.php
...Softimage, worldtoolkit, {now smoke}, etc, etc, etc...
http://graphics-muse.com/
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/ 
3:13 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: prebuilt tools (long!)
On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 09:56:53 -0500, Reuben Martin wrote
Most of the major cg companies in London are now using linux in day to day
production. It's the main desktop OS for everybody except office staff.
This said, a lot (if not all) of the users (animators/modellers/r&d
programmers etc) come from a unix (SGI) background and arent scared of the odd
commandline task. :)
dave
I'm
probably showing off my inexperience here, but what about SGI? I
thought all the Silicon Graphics stuff had been ported to Linux and
Linux was becoming the OS of choice for Hollywood DM people who used
to rely on SGI because it's Unix-based, and all that. Is that not
true?
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) 
10 Oct
10 Oct
10:24 a.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: prebuilt tools (long!)
Most of the major cg companies in London are now using
linux in day to day
production. It's the main desktop OS for everybody except office staff.
This said, a lot (if not all) of the users (animators/modellers/r&d
programmers etc) come from a unix (SGI) background and arent scared of the odd
commandline task. :)
dave
i'm not in that area myself but am quite interested. I wonder if
you could comment on the answer below from a softimage friend of
mine....
--------------------------quote----------------------------------------
[....] IT's true that there is a lot of Linus use in the CG companies in
Soho, but it's definately not all or even most. at best I would say it's
50/50 and a lot of those linux boxes are in render farm (the mill for
instance has a very heavy linux pipeline, but most of the desktops
stations are 2k I believe)
to whoever said this...
Whilst *many& of the magor CG apps run on Linux, *many* of them don't.
*all* of them run on 2K. So whilst a lot of people would prefer to use
it, that doesn't mean that they can.
-----------------------endquote----------------------------------------
groetz
--
Tim Orford
11:53 a.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: prebuilt tools (long!)
On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 13:48:44 +0200, Tim Orford wrote
Well, the company I work for currently runs all 3D (maya and renderman) and 2D
(shake) on linux, that covers most of the desktop use (>300 boxes) plus the
renderfarm (another couple of hundred dedicated machines).
There are a few people with additonal NT boxes really only for running
photoshop. A few macs here and there, but not many. The main reason for the
heavy linux use is that the majority of the pipeline tools are written in
shellscript, and the whole culture is very unix - and of course it can cope
with being put under a lot more stress than the competition when throwing
around huge amounts of data.
This means that for most people here, linux is the main desktop OS, for email,
web, listening to mp3s etc etc.
dave
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Most of the
major cg companies in London are now using linux in day to day
production. It's the main desktop OS for everybody except office staff.
This said, a lot (if not all) of the users (animators/modellers/r&d
programmers etc) come from a unix (SGI) background and arent scared of the odd
commandline task. :)
dave
i'm not in that area myself but am quite interested. I wonder if
you could comment on the answer below from a softimage friend of
mine....
--------------------------quote----------------------------------------
[....] IT's true that there is a lot of Linus use in the CG
companies in Soho, but it's definately not all or even most. at best
I would say it's 50/50 and a lot of those linux boxes are in render
farm (the mill for instance has a very heavy linux pipeline, but
most of the desktops stations are 2k I believe)
to whoever said this...
Whilst *many& of the magor CG apps run on Linux, *many* of them
don't. *all* of them run on 2K. So whilst a lot of people would
prefer to use it, that doesn't mean that they can.
12:21 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: prebuilt tools (long!)
Dave Griffiths wrote:
This means that for most people here, linux is the main
desktop OS, for email,
web, listening to mp3s etc etc.
I'm sure Dave meant "... listening to OGGs..." ;)
Sorry, I just couldn't help myself...
== dp, the morning after...
12:43 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: prebuilt tools (long!)
On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:05:41 -0400, Dave Phillips wrote
Dave Griffiths wrote:
oops yes, absolutely! :)
This means that for most people here, linux is the
main desktop OS, for email,
web, listening to mp3s etc etc.
I'm sure Dave meant "... listening to OGGs..." ;)
Sorry, I just couldn't help myself...
== dp, the morning after...
................................. www.pawfal.org/nebogeo
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