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LinuxPower.org: Want to Know More About Making Movies in Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 28, 1999

Thanks to Jeremy “Unknwn”
Katz
for this link.

“I’m sure I’m not the only Linux fan who wants to dabble in this
art, in fact ther e are a number of professionals who have embraced
the OS, Digital Domain used a cluster of over a hundred Alpha’s to
render water effects for “Titanic”…”

“You don’t need anything ambitious, something simple like an
animated GIF for your webpage is a good place to start, before you
move onto bigger projects.”

“So to actually assemble a movie file for use you need (1) A
series of images representing your movie sequence (2) A sound file
(if you want sound that is) (3) An encoder.”

Complete
story
.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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