Peter Jackson

[bentley]

look closely at that screen

 

[emw]

Okay, I'll bite. Is it just because he's running XP on a PC attached to an Apple Cinema Display? Or is there something else I'm missing?

 

[dotdotdot]

Okay, I'll bite. Is it just because he's running XP on a PC attached to an Apple Cinema Display? Or is there something else I'm missing?

I assume thats it.

Its not stupid to do - Apple Cinema Display HDs and Studio Displays as pictured look amazing on Windows PCs.

 

[evilernie]

Old

Looks like an old pic. Maybe 50 or 60 lbs ago.

 

[WinterMute]

It was wall to wall Macs during the making of LOTR, especially in the audio dept. (Yeah. I know WETA use PC's...)

Most of the post-pro was done in Protools, and he was running video conferencing on G5's and PowerBooks.

 

[dubbz]

Looks like an old pic. Maybe 50 or 60 lbs ago.

I knew there was something odd about that picture!

Yup, XP on Apple LCD is nothing new. Been doing that for a long time.

Edit: Being doing rarara

 

[bentley]

it's a very recent picture and he's LOST a lot of weight.

 

[wdlove]

I'm surprised that he's using Windows XP. I remember being at MWNY in 2002. There was a technical advisor for LOTR at the Maya booth. He showed us how Maya was used on a PowerBook for the special effects of the movie.

 

[jimsowden]

Virtual PC. Gotta be.

 

[WinterMute]

I'm surprised that he's using Windows XP. I remember being at MWNY in 2002. There was a technical advisor for LOTR at the Maya booth. He showed us how Maya was used on a PowerBook for the special effects of the movie.

Maya's cross platform, WETA digital run it on PC's for the design and some commercial renderfarm for the rendering, although a number if their designers have PowerBooks/PM setups as well.

 

[Xtremehkr]

That doesn't look like Peter Jackson to me for some reason. Maybe just a bad angle.

 

[satty]

looks like stonehenge to me

 

[slackpacker]

That doesn't look like Peter Jackson to me for some reason. Maybe just a bad angle.

He lost a looooot of weight. Not sure what he did ... prob got stapled.

If you follow some of the Kongisking website stuff you can see the change.