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A really nice and long article written by the CinePaint project manager:
Some interesting tidbits:
Some interesting tidbits:
So what did the availability of high-performance graphics cards for Linux mean in the working world of ILM? “More than 350 Linux boxes were deployed during Episode II,” says ILM production engineering manager Ken Beyer. Six hundred Linux desktops will be used for Star Wars: Episode III to be released summer 2005.
As a rule, no major studio will rely on a tool without access to the source code. The risk is too great. It's not that the studios want to putter around modifying commercial programs, rather it's insurance that they can do so if they must to meet a production deadline.
An irony of the migration of software to Linux is that Apple and Pixar became leading suppliers of Linux software. The most popular motion picture compositing software — Apple Shake (Linux in 2000) — and the most popular renderer — Pixar RenderMan (Linux in 1999) — are both sold by companies headed by Steve Jobs.
As a rule, no major studio will rely on a tool without access to the source code. The risk is too great. It's not that the studios want to putter around modifying commercial programs, rather it's insurance that they can do so if they must to meet a production deadline.
An irony of the migration of software to Linux is that Apple and Pixar became leading suppliers of Linux software. The most popular motion picture compositing software — Apple Shake (Linux in 2000) — and the most popular renderer — Pixar RenderMan (Linux in 1999) — are both sold by companies headed by Steve Jobs.
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