Linux in the Movie Industry

[Michael Fanelli]

Just a curious piece of information...

Linux now rules supreme when it comes to movie editing. "Most of the major studios use Linux -- such as DreamWorks with more than 1,500 Linux desktops and 3,500 Linux servers." These machines have replaced Macs and other UNIX-based machines.

Too bad Linux still doesn't have color management for us still photographers!

A partial list of Linux software in use includes:

* Baselight - grading and finishing
* Boujou - matchmove
* Conform - editing system
* DaVinci Revival - color correction
* Flint - visual effects
* Fusion - compositing
* Gelato - renderer
* Houdini - animation and compositing
* Maya - animation
* Mental Ray - renderer
* Mokey - stabilization
* Monet - motion tracking
* NUKE - compositing
* Photogenics - HDR painting and retouching
* Piranha - editing system
* Platform LSF - render queue
* qube! - render queue
* RaveHD - DDR playback and HD conversion
* RenderMan - renderer
* Rush - render queue
* RushPlay - digital dailies
* Shake - compositing
* SoftImage - animation
* Smoke - editing system
* SpeedGrade - color correction
* SteadyMove - stabilization
* US Animation - cel animation

[OnlyTranslating]

That's very interesting info, thanks for sharing

[MJS]

Still not running Avid or any other major editing platform that I'm aware of.