![]() ![]() ![]() Linux is a Unix based OS created by Linux Torvalds. Well UNIX is a trademark is you want to be anal but on more practical terms it's a amily of operating systems either based, derived or insprired from ATT Unix or Berkely Unix (BSD), and usually foloow the POSIX standard and the normal unix utilities and programming interfaces. I think it's been scaled back from the original UNIX a bit, but that's about it. They have been testing XSI since it came out but it's until about this year (or last year at the most) that they have really started using it on a bigger scale.įrom what I gather, UNIX and Linux are essentially the same, except that Linux is developed to work on WinTel boxes. The first versions of XSI lacked some key features (like the dopesheet) that ILM needed that they stuck with Soft 3D. It was actually Softimage 3D I think version 3.9 though it could have been something like 3.7. I know Softimage XSI was used for Attack of the Clones. Some other ones include Viewpaint, Cari, Zeno, FleshLight, MARS, Loupe, Isculpt, Prender, etc just to name a few. They use a ton of propietary softwarer, not only CompTime. Well PRMan is used in all productions, though now Mental Ray has a very prominent role at ILM too. Pixar's Renderman was used on The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones. Even on Mac OSX you can get to the command line and tap into the underlying *nix system. The only difference is that you have the command line at your disposal which is very powerful and almost a must. Same with Linux, you could spend your whole time in Gnome, KDE, or any other graphical environment. Not quite, you normally use SGI workstations from the graphical environment. Unlike Mac and Windows, it is not entirely a graphical interface OS. If you want experience or be prepared to what ILM (and severl other houses use) get RedHat, you can get it cheap or free.īTW, the latest issue os Linux Journal describes ILM's renderfarm: You could get a good foundation on UNIX via OSX though you would have to get to the command line. There is even Windows for non creative roles like Human Resources, PR, management, etc. There is of course Macs in several deptartments including the Mac Rebel Unit. The renderfarm is mainly Linux now courtesy of RachSaver. The majority of the CG people use Unix in two varieties: IRIX for the SGI machines and RedHat Linux. Well as far as researching I do mantain a handy FAQ:Īs far as OSes they use a variety. ![]()
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