VanLUG Meeting September 17th - Rainmaker Entertainment
Sept 17. 7:30 PM< /br>
Telus Theatre, BCIT Burnaby Campus
Rainmaker Entertainment Inc. (http://www.rainmaker.com/) will be joining us to discuss their use of Linux in the visual effects, animation, and post production aspects of film and tv making.
Rainmaker Entertainment is a leading Canadian post-production firm providing film, TV, advertising, and new media clients with such services as film processing and digital-effects creation. Credits include films The Da Vinci Code, Mission To Mars, Elf, Best in Show, and Santa Clause 2; the company has worked on such TV productions as Stargate SG-1, Dark Angel, and Smallville. Rainmaker also has a facility in London, which offers visual effects and 3D animation to the UK market. In 2006 Rainmaker purchased Mainframe Entertainment, which was combined into Rainmaker's animation operations. Founded in 1994, the firm is owned by publicly traded Rainmaker Income Fund. (Description courtesy answers.com)