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Meetings are on hiatus since June 2006. Email Robin Rowe with any questions about future events.

Linux Movies Group RealFlow4 and Maya Presentation Please RSVP Thursday, May 18th, 2006 7pm-9pm RFX Inc 736 Seward St. Hollywood, CA 90038 323-962-7400 Sponsored by RFX and Alias. Free. Agenda: Meet and Greet 7PM-7:30PM Presentation 7:30PM-8:15PM Q&A 8:15PM-8:45PM (out by 9PM) We're meeting at RFX, across the street from our usual location at Flash Film Works. Folks are invited to stop for food and drinks for meet-and-greet. This will provide an opportunity for preliminary discussion with RealFlow experts, Mark Stasiuk (Fusion CIS) and Dan Novy (Flash Film Works). Will have beer, good Pizza, and salad (or similar). In addition, RFX will have Maya demo artist Amber Reddin showing the latest with Maya (hopefully on Linux).

Robin Rowe Speaking at Joint Meeting of CerritosLug and LILAX. Saturday, May 13, 2006 11am to 3pm "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? The Cerritos Linux Users Group will next meet on: Saturday, May 13, 2006 in SCC 800 on the east side of California State University Dominguez Hills in Carson, CA from 11:00AM to 3:00PM. The closest parking to SCC 800 (Building 8 on the campus map) is available in Lot 2 for $3 all day. Alternatively, street-side parking may be available on Victoria St. Net access, donuts and coffee will be provided by our generous hosts.