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Rodriguez uses Linux to Edge out ILM

Posted by CowboyNeal on 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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  1. Wonder if... by stefanmi · · Score: 5, Funny

    I would bet that a lot of the digital effects used in this film were rendered and perhaps even designed with Linux. If they were done with Windows they would have used a blue screen.

  2. Windows.. by DrEldarion · · Score: 4, Funny

    Linux was vital to this project. As we all know, if it were Windows-based, the RGB mode would be 0:0:4, more commonly known to the industry as "blue screen".

  3. RGB-B&W by STrinity · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow, that explains how vibrant the reds, greens, and blues look in black and white!

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  4. Re:Frank Miller by mz001b · · Score: 4, Funny

    actually, I think the correct title is GNU/Sin City.

  5. Re:look at me by PakProtector · · Score: 2, Funny

    While I love data structures and the theory of data storage on modern machines, please, NULL TERMINATION is not something that is hard. Please, Null Terminate your strings. For Great Justice.

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  6. DDR by CastrTroy · · Score: 4, Funny

    I didn't know I could get DDR for linux. Is there a USB Dance Pad I can get? Oh, wait, this must be some othe kind of DDR.

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  7. Explain... by bayankaran · · Score: 2, Funny

    "legendary independent filmmaker"

    He is a filmmaker - but how is he legendary and how is he independent?

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