Apple iMac Pro goes on sale December 14th

Re:Apple iMac Pro goes on sale December 14th by santaclaus on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @10:48AM (#15906386)

> 3D artists prefer windows

The 3D shops I used to work at (Pixar, Weta) both used Linux, actually. Houdini does work on macOS, but the super outdated OpenGL drivers were a major problem.

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Re:Apple iMac Pro goes on sale December 14th by epmaybe on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @02:21PM (#15908583)

I remember reading somewhere that Pixar built their own software because nothing came close to what they needed. Is that true?

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Re:Apple iMac Pro goes on sale December 14th by santaclaus on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @03:55PM (#15909360)

Yes, they develop an animation package named 'Presto' that allows them to do super customized character rigs.

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