21 Feb
2007
21 Feb
'07
9:55 p.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
I seem to recall an article that mentioned that the
effects on
"Titanic" were rendered using a room/closet full of Peecees (Dell, I
think)... Something about the hardware (running Linux, IIRC) cost
less than $50K.
Not sure about that, but the first Matrix film "bullet time" effects was
done on FreeBSD and a PC renderfarm.
The third Matrix film used ridiculous amounts of cash with third-party
effects houses, some of which were put out of business by the endeavor
(not sure how that works).
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