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Linux in Hollywood

FOSDEMBrusselsFebruary 23th, 2008

Gabrielle Pantera

Robin Rowe

www.LinuxMovies.orgwww.CinePaint.org

Beverly Hills SculptureSisyphus

DreamWorks TransformerOptimus Prime

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A Short Time Ago,

in a Galaxy Not Far Away...

In August 1991 Linus Torvalds posts on USENIX :

Im doing a (free)operating system (just a

hobby, wont be big and professional like gnu) for386 (486) AT clones.


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By 2001 Linux is #1

Dominates feature animation and visual effectsAll big studios rely on LinuxBetter, faster, cheaperMillions of lines of IRIX code portedThe first film produced on Linux won eleven academy

awards including Best PictureThe year was 1998Can you name the movie?

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Digital Domain

TitanicFirst Linux Renderfarmon DEC Alpha...


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DreamWorks SKG

Linux on artist desktopsteam of 100 Linux developers

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Industrial Light & Magic

Star Wars Episode II Conversion to Linux during production...


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Pixar

Finding NemoGeorge Lucas pays for divorce, introduces Steve Jobs to Linux...

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Disney

Disney the last of the majors to convert to Linux...


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Double Negative

Captain Corelli's MandolinMaya Stuka and Pixar RenderMan with deliberate motion blur...

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Flash Film Works

Collateral DamageOnly one helicopter here is real...which one?


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Hammerhead

Blue CrushOk, the girls are real, but some waves arent...

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Rhythm & Hues

Scooby-DooCinePaint for retouching...


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Sony Pictures Imageworks

The Matrix: RevolutionsThe Matrix used so many post-production facilitiesESC is the last major Windows post house...

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Weta Digital

Lord of the Rings: The Twin TowersDigital extras get autonomous ant-like intelligence...


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South Park

Mac Desktops with Linux Renderfarmmost TV production not big, not Linux

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Tippett Studio

The Spiderwick ChroniclesTeam of eight Linux developers...


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Linux MoviesDantes Peak [2/7/97] D2Titanic [12/19/97] D2What Dreams May Come [1998] D2Armageddon [1998] D2Ed TV [1999] D2Lake Placid [1999] D2Fight Club [1999] D2Supernova [2000] D2Stuart Little [12/17/99] R&HLittle Nicky [11/10/00] R&HGrinch [11/17/00] R&H, D2Sixth Day [11/17/00] R&HRules of Engagement [2000] D2X-Men [2000] D2Red Planet [2000] D2O Brother Where Art Thou [2000] D2Enemy at the Gates [3/16/01] Double NegativeCats & Dogs [4/4/01] R&HShrek [5/16/01] DreamworksFast & the Furious [6/22/01] HammerheadDr. Dolittle 2 [6/22/01] R&H

Final Fantasy [7/11/01] Square (ceased operations)Planet of the Apes [7/27/01] R&HCaptain Corelli's Mandolin [9/17/01] DoubleNegativeHarry Potter [11/16/01] R&HLord of the Rings 1 [12/19/01] Weta

Stormrider [Disney Theme Park Productions/2001] D2A Beautiful Mind [2001] D2Vanilla Sky [2001] D2Lord of the Rings [2001] D2Collateral Damage [2/8/02] Flash Film WorksBlade II [3/22/02] TippettDeath to Smoochy [3/29/02] Flash Film WorksStar Wars Episode II [5/16/02] ILMSpirit of Cimarron [5/24/02] DreamworksScooby-Doo [6/14/01] Rhythm & HuesHaunted Lighthouse (IMAX) [summer 2002 BuschGardens] Island FeverXXX [8/9/2002] D2Pluto Nash [8/16/02] Flash Film WorksBlue Crush [8/16/02] HammerheadBelow [Q3 02] Double NegativeSanta Clause 2 [11/1/02] TippettStar Trek Nemesis [12/13/02] D2Lord of the Rings 2 [12/25/02] Weta (New Zealand)We Were Soldiers Once [2002] D2Time Machine [2002] D2

Jungle Book 2 [2003] DisneyMatrix 2 [2003] Tippett2 Fast, 2 Furious [2003] HammerheadFinding Nemo [2003] Pixar

Practically all later major movies are Linux movies

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How Did Linux Do It?

Speed/Cost Rules HollywoodIntel x86 Chips Surpass RISCWindows isnt UNIX, coming from IRIXGames Accelerate PC Graphics (NVIDIA)SGI, HP, IBM and Dell smooth transition

Top Movie Applications on LinuxAlias Maya, SoftImage|XSI, HoudiniPixar RenderManApple Shakelater discontinued


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The Studio Pipeline

Animator

2k Film Scanner

Compositor

Retouching

Render

Lots of Perl and Python glue...

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Alias Maya


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DreamWorks Maya Plug-in

Calypso Water Plug-in

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ILM Cari and SoftImage


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ILM CompTime

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Apple Shake


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Digital Domain NUKE

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Commercial Linux Tools ATI graphics drivers and GPUBaselight - grading and finishingBoujou - matchmoveConform - editing systemDaVinci Revival - color correctionDeadline - render queueFlint - visual effectsFrameCycler - playback Gelato - rendererHoudini - animationMaya - animationMassive - crowd simulationMental Ray - rendererMokey - stabilizationMonet - motion trackingNUKE - compositing

NVIDIA - graphics drivers/GPUPhotogenics - HDR paintingPiranha - editing systemPlatform LSF - render queueqube! - render queueRaveHD - DDR playback RealFlow - water modelingRealSoft - 3D modelingRenderMan - rendererRush - render queueRushPlay - digital dailiesSoftImage - animationSmoke - editing systemSpeedGrade - color correctionSteadyMove - stabilizationUS Animation - cel


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CinePaint

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CinePaint Deep Paint

CinePaint is not GIMP and not GEGLBranched from GIMPa long time ago in 1998Looks like GIMP, but engine differentOpens high fidelity image files

DPX, 16-bit TIFF, and OpenEXRDifferent purpose, different architectureDeep paint retouching tool for image sequencesUsed for feature filmsUsed for pro photographySupports 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit color channelsSupports HDR and CMSOpens conventional formats like JPEG and PNG, too


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CinePaint for Feature Films

Used in many feature films, such as The Last Samurai where it was used to add flying arrowsMotion picture frame-by-frame retouchingFlipbook for movie playback of imagesequences in RAMDirt removalWire rig removalRender repairPaint background platesPaint 3D model textures

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CinePaint for Pro Photography

16-bit TIFFCan import bracketed HDR exposuresGutenPrint gallery-quality 16-bit per channelcolor printingCinePaint's high dynamic range is crucial withB&W still photography because images onlyhave a single channel


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The Last Samurai

Flash Film Works won a Visual Effects Society Award this year for Best Supporting Effects for work on THE LAST SAMURAI. They used CinePaint to add the flying arrows . No real arrows were shot infilming. In this shot the film crew visible under umbrella toward left of screen is being removed.

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The Last Samurai

CinePaint Retouching Animation Render


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The Last Samurai

CinePaint Dust-busting

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The Last Samurai

CinePaint Retouching


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CinePaint Color Management

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CinePaint Glasgow

FLTK-based CinePaint prototype developed at University of Glasgow


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CinePaint Cinebrush

Another FLTK-based CinePaint in development

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Open Source Budgets

Mozilla: $20M/yearOpenOffice: $250k/yearCinePaint: $0/yearslows progressStudios cant provide R&D budgetWhere will funding come from?


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Whats Next?

Studio Linux is doneMillions of lines of secret studio Linux codeDozens of commercial Linux toolsOpen source graphics tools falling behindCinePaint is the focal point for OSS

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Thank You!

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