LinuxMovies.org Advancing Linux motion picture technology

Presentation Change! This month's RealFlow water simulation presentation has been rescheduled for May after the NAB convention. Sorry about that, but it will be even bigger and better in May!

Wednesday, March 1, 2006 7pm to 9pm RSVP NOW! Limited seating. Free with RSVP. "Perl and GraphicsMagick" Perl is one of the most popular programming languages for studio production pipelines. It's used as glue code to integrate separate proprietary and commercial programs. GraphicsMagick seems similar to ImageMagick but has superior support for studio image file formats such as DPX. For more on studio Perl see Perl.LinuxMovies.org. Location: Flash Film Works, 743 Seward St., Hollywood Afterwards: Astroburger, 5601 Melrose, Hollywood

Robin Rowe Speaking at LILAX. Saturday, April 8, 2006 10am "Linux and CinePaint: OSS in Hollywood" Linux is the #1 operating system in Hollywood feature film animation and visual effects, for both servers and desktops. Why are Disney, DreamWorks, ILM, Pixar, and Sony running on Linux? And, why are the studios' filmmaker tools running on Linux all proprietary except one? CinePaint was used to retouch films such as Harry Potter and Spider-Man. It was used to add flying arrows in The Last Samurai. For 2006 CinePaint has a totally new architecture based on FLTK, a fast free portable GUI API contributed by the film industry. What's new in the open source CinePaint project and what does it mean for film industry and pro photography users? Location: BiPro Computers 225 Main St., El Segundo, California