From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Mar 13 20:26:10 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from adelphi.physics.adelaide.edu.au (adelphi.physics.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.36.247]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D902A14FB1 for ; Sat, 13 Mar 1999 20:26:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au) Received: from bragg (bragg [129.127.36.34]) by adelphi.physics.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.8/8.8.8/UofA-1.5) with SMTP id OAA28019; Sun, 14 Mar 1999 14:56:48 +0930 (CST) Received: from localhost by bragg; (5.65/1.1.8.2/05Aug95-0227PM) id AA20715; Sun, 14 Mar 1999 14:55:28 +0930 Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 14:55:28 +0930 (CST) From: Kris Kennaway X-Sender: kkennawa@bragg To: Charles Henrich Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The Matrix splash screen In-Reply-To: <19990313140102.34440@orbit.flnet.com> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, 13 Mar 1999, Charles Henrich wrote: > Thanks Guys.. I've sent in a new splash screen, its got a frame of CG from the > upcomign sci-fi film the Matrix... We used a bunch of dual proc freebsd > systems to render a goodly portion of the effects in this film, this frame is > from the major CG shot of the film, but isnt final, its as of about a month > ago. Awesome - are you able to explain a bit more about the setup you used to do this - what software did you use, etc? Have you thought about preparing a press-release for when the movie comes out to do a bit of advocacy? Lots of people seemed to be impressed by the fact that that Penguin OS was used for the iceberg film - I think this could be a good "jewel" in the FreeBSD crown as an example of a real-world success story. Kris ----- (ASP) Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) announced today that the release of its productivity suite, Office 2000, will be delayed until the first quarter of 1901. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message