linux

Linux on the Desktop for CG & VFX Work

linuxforvfx

Judging from some messages I received recently there seems to be an ongoing interest on using Linux at home on your Desktop. Some people might want to try it out, because they are searching for an alternative to Windows or OS X or just because they want to try out something new and explore the possibilities of Linux. But there are a few things to consider before getting into the world of Linux and most people are a bit overwhelmed at where to start exactly so I will try to give some tips that helped me personally in setting up a working system, alongside some examples why Linux is my personal favorite.

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Texture Conversion in the GUI for Arnold & PRMan

tex_gui

In the process of trying to streamline things a bit more in my day-to-day workflow I have recently been working on a hand-full of small helper tools. One of them is a small set of scripts that handle the conversion of a selection of files to Arnold & RenderMan’s native .tx/.tex files from the filebrowser… because people like the GUI, right? :)

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Maya Marking Menu Glitch

marking_menu_glitch

So I recently got a new Harddrive and set up my System pretty much the same way like before. However I faced a bug in all recent Maya Versions which made it impossible to reach submenus in the Marking Menus in Maya. After endless fiddling I stumbled across the reason:

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