Re:MacBook Pro
by santaclaus on Thursday October 27, 2016 @07:04PM
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The two CGI and Animation shops I've worked at have had most of the artists on Linux boxes...
Yes, this is the case in most of all VFX and animation studios. Pretty much everything is done on Linux, usually CentOS. That being said 8GB is a joke. 32GB is minimum and 64GB is what new machines would be ordered with for almost all artist workstations.
Source: I was a system engineer for VFX and animation for a number of years.
Re:MacBook Pro
by mangeletti on Thursday October 27, 2016 @06:37PM
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Ah I see. Yeah, I don't do any video or CGI.
Yes. Video editing and CGI. The workflow normally requires the use of MASSIVE memory mapped files. Additionally, a given artist may do several "lo res" renders before shipping off to the farm. ("Lo res" being a relative word. Because in most cases we're talking about 2560x1440 or 1080p minimum.) I really don't see how your tech guys are able to get that to work for you on cards that have 1GB memory. But if they can, then you'd better NEVER let those guys go because they are worth their weight in gold. (Unless you don't do any CGI or video editing???)