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by jebblue 5273 days ago
Would that explain why Linux is used to develop so many special effects in Movies, not Windows?
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cageface 5273 days ago
Video editing and modeling/rendering effects are completely different toolchains. Tools for the former are still very crude compared to what's available on Mac/PC. Support for the latter is good on Linux, probably thanks in large part to the Unix legacy imparted to the effects industry by SGI.

But a lot of the Linux machines you see in VFX shops are just headless render nodes. People doing the creative work often use Macs or PCs.

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dextorious 5273 days ago
Those Linux machines are mostly used as render-farms, i.e dumb boxes to crunch numbers.

You'd have to get their Mac (or sometimes Windows) machine out of the special effects guys cold, dead, fingers.

That said, there are a few commercial offerings for 3D modeling work on Linux, but shockingly less than in Windows/Mac land.

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