[geeks] Quick CG question...

[Shawn Wallbridge]

Friggen' Lasers!

Seriously. They use a laser to take the image file (normally a 2k or 4k
10bit/channel Cineon) and write it to the negative.

It costs about $1.50US/frame including developing costs. At least with the
quantities we are doing.

We looked into getting out own laser recorder, but no one in town can
develop the print, so we would have to ship it to Toronto or Vancouver,
which is the same time it would take for us to get a print back from LA.

We do it once or twice a week on average (sometimes one or two a day).

shawn


> Hello all,
>
> I just came back from seeing "Finding Nemo", and I noticed at the end of
> the film that Sun gets credit for being the rendering machines...
>
> Cool - but I have a question.
>
> I worked with computer graphics in school (like 1990-1992? we used Targa
> boards), and when we "rendered" we made image files, that were
> eventually "written" to tape using a 3/4" video deck that could write
> one frame at a time. But to do this, your final output card
> (framebuffer) and recodring media limited the resolution possible.
>
> How do they go from a graphics file to film for "real" projects? (at a
> high level)
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> =====
> Lionel
>
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> programmers and deluge the hobby market with good software"
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