Rodriguez uses Linux to Edge out ILM

Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday March 26, 2005 @04:11AM from the pretty-pictures dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A Linux device helped legendary independent filmmaker Robert Rodriguez (El Mariachi, Desperado, Spy Kids, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, and others) win the race with ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) to create the first movie ever to use a digital format supporting full-bandwidth RGB. Rodriguez's Sin City, which opens April 1, was shot in Dual Link, or "4:4:4" format, and transferred between tapes and hard drives using SpectSoft's Linux-based RaveHD DDR (digital disk recorder)."

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Re:Are ILM [relevant] today ? by bman08 · 2005-03-26 05:31 · Score: 0, Flamebait

"cluster", "renderfarm"; whatever it is, I'm sure they let students render film projects on it... I mean if nobody's signed up to check their hotmail account or type a book report.