Linux in the Chain

摘要

A few years ago, studios creating digital content for film and broadcast began adding Linux-based hardware and soft-ware to their production pipelines. An early, high-profile example was DreamWorks SKG, which used Linux-based applications in its feature-film pipleline for the first time back in 2001 on Shrek. At that time, animation studios large and small were either moving to Linux or considering such a move (see "Linux Invades Hollywood," Computer Graphics World, September 2001, pg. 38), Three years later, the invasion looks more like a gentle assimilation-studios are using Linux to save money and bolster productivity, but, in most cases, they have not thrown away all their MX and Windows boxes. They may be using Linux-based content-creation software, but not all their software is Linux-based. Linux may be the dominant OS in one part of the production pipeline, but it could scarcely exist in another.