Linux Movies Conference 2005 - August 3rd in Los Angeles

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005
8:30am to 4pm

Get behind-the-scenes Linux and Macintosh insights into feature animation and visual effects production in the motion picture industry.

Excerpt from the Agenda

• Robin Rowe - LinuxMovies.org - opening remarks
• Disney Technology Manager Jeff Rochlin - Mickey’s LAIR
  Disney animation uses an internally developed system called LAIR
  to manage LINUX distributions across the entire enterprise. One
  of the customizations they deploy is a Linux 32-bit kernel patched
  for 4GB RAM access instead of the typical 3GB x86 limit.
• DreamWorks Animation Senior Technologist Skottie Miller - Managing Renderfarms
  DreamWorks has one of the world’s largest animation renderfarms with more than 3,500 processors spread across multiple sites.
• SOUTH PARK Systems Administrator JJ Franzen - Mac desktops with Linux servers for television and HDTV
  SOUTH PARK has a Linux renderfarm and recently converted from Windows to Mac desktops. Although Linux is common in feature animation, SOUTH PARK is one of the few to use it for television. Many have suggested that BSD-based Mac OS X will play a larger role in studios because of its compatibility with Linux, and SOUTH PARK is leading the way. SOUTH PARK continues to innovate as they convert to HDTV production.
• Library of Congress Motion Picture Conservation Center Lab Supervisor Frank Wylie - Film Restoration
  The Library of Congress has the largest motion picture collection in the world, including more than 100 million feet of nitrate film. A new scanner technology is enabling the Library of Congress to digitally recover film that was previously considered too deteriorated to save.
• Adobe Systems Color Technology Manager and ICC Digital Motion Picture Working Group Chairman Lars Borg - Color Management
  Color management in digital motion picture production based on International Color Consortium standards is a technical approach to setting and holding consistent color fidelity. Most studios today grade color by eye to try to correct problems afterwards because the tools to hold color consistent throughout the production pipeline are just emerging.
• Pixar Director of Computer Operations Greg Brandeau - Standard Linux
  Motion picture studios are collaborating on big projects more than ever before as the scale of productions continues increasing while schedules get shorter. Historically, transferring work on film worked smoothly because of a standard of 35mm. The many varieties of Linux present challenges to working together in the digital film age.
• 3d Filmmaking Panel - Invited Toolmakers
  • Alias Maya
  • NVIDIA Gelato
  • mental images mental ray
  • Pixar RenderMan
  • SideFX Houdini
  • SoftImage SoftImage|XSI
• Compositing Panel - Invited Toolmakers
  • 2ds Boujou
  • Apple Shake
  • D2 Nuke
  • Discreet Flint and Smoke
  • IFX Piranha
  • Imagineer Systems Monet
  • UCLA R&D

Linux Movies Conference 2005 - August 3rd in Los Angeles

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