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The Linux Movies Group is an organization for the advancement and mutual support of motion picture technologists using the Linux operating system. Linux is the most popular operating system for animation and visual effects in the motion picture industry.

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NEXT MEETING -- Linux Movies Group -- Hollywood Region

Feb 2nd, 2005 - mental ray

7pm - 9pm Presentation at Flash Film Works (743 Seward St.)
Afterwards - Alessi Italian restaurant (6602 Melrose Ave.)

Speakers

mental ray pipeline integration expert Andy Kopra
L.A. mental ray user group leader Barton Gawboy

Presentation on writing shaders for mental ray, with an overview of rendering theory and mental ray's capabilities. A mental ray shader is a runtime-linked plug-in written in C/C++ that can make images more photorealistic or faster to render.

mental ray rendering software processes 3D models created in packages such as SoftImage or Maya and outputs photorealistic 2D images for movies. It combines physically correct simulation of the behavior of light with full programmability to create images of outstanding quality and unsurpassed realism. It uses GPU acceleration and recursive sampling techniques for faster rendering on single processor machines and provides scalable performance across networks of machines.

http://www.mentalimages.com
http://www.lamrug.org

Location

Flash Film Works
743 Seward St.
Los Angeles, CA 90038
323-468-8855

*** DIRECTIONS AND PARKING ***

Flash Film Works is located just north of Melrose between Highland and Vine on Seward St. in Hollywood. The Seward Street sign is hard to see. It is the second right after Wilcox when going west, or the second left after Cherokee when going east. Park on the street. Enter through gate. Enter building in back and then upstairs.

From Glendale: Rt. 134 west, exit Lankershim south (you can't get on Rt. 101 south directly), pass Universal Studios and under bridge, turn right at light and right again on 101 south, exit on Vine south, Melrose west, Seward north.
From North Hollywood: Rt. 101 south, exit on Vine south, Melrose west, Seward north.
From downtown Los Angeles, Rt. 101 north, exit on Melrose west, Seward north.
From Santa Monica: Rt. 10 east, exit La Brea north, take La Brea to Melrose east, Seward north.
From Beverly Hills: Melrose east past La Brea, Seward north.

No charge to attend. No reservations necessary.

NEXT MEETING -- Linux Movies Group -- San Francisco Region

Feb 9, 2004 (2nd Wednesday) at 7pm

Hurricane Electric Facility
760 Mission Court
Fremont, CA 94539

For info email Ramona Howard

Coming to Linux Movies Hollywood

Mar 2, 2005 - Pixar RenderMan (at Flash Film Works)
Apr 20, 2005 - Daryll Strass from Digital Ordinance (at Flash Film Works)
May 4, 2005
Jun 1, 2005
Jul 6, 2005
Aug 3, 2005
Sep 7, 2005
Oct 5, 2005
Nov 2, 2005
Dec 7, 2005

Questions to rower@movieeditor.com
Created March 28, 2002. Updated January 31, 2005.

NEXT MEETING -- Linux Movies Group -- Hollywood Region

http://www.mentalimages.comhttp://www.lamrug.org

Location

NEXT MEETING -- Linux Movies Group -- San Francisco Region

Coming to Linux Movies Hollywood

http://www.mentalimages.com
http://www.lamrug.org