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The engineers behind Phantom and ILM

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the mega-hardware dept.

Chris Siegler wrote in to sent us "An article on the engineering behind the camera work at ILM, including a nice Linux mention. And another on their architectural setup, used for pushing around as much data as AOL (14 Tbytes) on peak days." I got 2 light sabers for our booth at Linux Expo (but no tickets- and I haven't been on my email in several days- eek). I will be glad to see the movie released just so the hype can die out some.

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  1. Linux 3D Software by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3

    i hear that ILM has been using HOUDINI software from sidefx (http://www.sidefx.com), and that they're the first company to start porting their high-end 3D software to linux. things are looking up for 3D on linux. :-)

  2. Cmdrtaco becoming less geeky by heroine · · Score: 2

    > I will be glad to see the movie released
    > just so the hype can die out some.

    The GF is having a bad effect on /. First the article about 50's cooking and now the negative comments about StarWars. I know it's the 90's but let's try to keep the women geeky.

    Notice the people who develop the software to render these things, just like the guy who developed Sorenson video aren't CS majors but EE's. Interesting how they don't use Linux for any rendering, but as a router, the mainstay of Linux for the last 5 years. They use SGI for rendering.

  3. Small Note by wesman · · Score: 2

    It should be noted that while it is great they use linux, it is replaceable. The Irix machines on the other hand.... I'd like to hear specifically what thier setup is.

  4. Re:cool stuff, drool, drool! by eponymous+cohort · · Score: 2

    I don't think the article said the box has a 5 year uptime, just that it's had Linux installed for 5 years.

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    Of all the comments I've ever posted, this is definately one of them

  5. cool stuff, drool, drool! by anticypher · · Score: 3

    I've had a tour of Lucas Valley years ago. The place is amazing. Custom built for comfort and the best working environment you could ask for.

    I'm intrigued by the linux box Robot, with a 5 year uptime that does routing. I sounds like a DNS server, but the description is a bit vague. Maybe its a comm server thingy to the console of a main machine.

    If you ever get a chance for a tour of the place, go! It will fill your geeky dreams for a long time afterwards.

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