macworld.co.uk — An article on how 400(!) G5's were used to restore the bond movies. Some of the facts are astonishing... They scanned at 45MB per frame, and had to (digitally) remove 37 million pieces of dirt and 74,000 hairs before starting on colour correction.
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dongiaconiaJun 12, 2006
Wow, 400 factorial? that is a huge crap load of computers. Im too lazy to try to calculate out what that would equal...
gxcdesignJun 13, 2006
He's the Man Now Dog
prod_deityJun 13, 2006
And have it suck as much as the other recent Bond games? You have got to be kidding.It's best to keep it the way it is.
daines88Jun 13, 2006
I really don't see why this is such a big deal, Macs have always been used in the movie / entertainment industry (along with linux).
jonomJun 13, 2006
@OBKenobiLol - that shot of Connery from Zardoz is great! Haven't seen that movie in years...
wickedbobJun 13, 2006
be nice if people actually read the article before posting comments on digg - the reason why they chose mac is clearly stated in the article
genmaJun 13, 2006
yep, clearly stated."The project needed that kind of horsepower, explained DTS Images *vice president of strategy and marketing*, Mike Inchalik, who stressed: "Certainly, the Mac is the only computer that's touched this project.""then a deliberate disclosure of failing fans followed by the word "reliability" peppered throughout their explanation of the "amazing stats". which mentions nothing about processing power or hardware besides *wow* insane resolutions and "teraflops!"oh and this article is from MACWORLD. no bias implied.
kitsune111Jun 13, 2006
It would not have takin any less PCs then MACs to do this. when it comes to how much HD space a file takes it is the smae on both computers.And this is why they use MACs over PCs. "Apple is our defacto solution," he said. "Costs of ownership include repair, power and heat demands. Power is a big issue for us, as we are based in South California. We basically look at how many gigaflops of computing performance we get per operating dollar."
Closed AccountJun 14, 2006
Shaken, not scanned.