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Behind the Scenes

Posted by michael on from the these-are-the-penguins-you-are-looking-for dept.

JosefK writes: "Film & Video is running an interesting and fairly in-depth article on the technology that's been used by Peter Jackson's crew and WETA for the production of the Lord of the Rings. From satellite video feeds for overseeing remote shoots, to the development of WETA's Massive program for depicting large scale battle scenes with tens and hundreds of thousands of "agents" (and it runs on Linux!), the article covers the gamut of the interesting things Peter Jackson's been doing Down Under." And Salon is running a lengthy article on the increasing use of Linux in the special effects industry.

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  1. Re:Special Effects by Unknown+Bovine+Group · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Flamebait? Oh come on! Just because the AC's replying are flamebait doesn't make the original post flamebait.... now if there was an Unfunny (Score: -1) I might be in trouble....

    Like there's some crew of people out there defending Hollywoods dungpile defilement of a once-great TSR tradition.

    I have much higher hopes for LOTR, BTW.

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  2. Re:Special Effects [OT] by Tim+C · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If it's any consolation, I would've voted you up +1, Funny (or perhaps +1, Yeah That Film Sucked Didn't It? if there was such an option) if only I had mod points...

    Cheers,

    Tim

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  3. Where to read about Linux in the "Industry" by MrR0p3r · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    An article posted on millimeter.com last month detailed how a bunch of companies are jumping on the Linux bandwagon and showcased their stuff at SIGGRAPH this year. Read all about it!

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