HP and Dream Works Animation working together to create and epic adventure for the worldwide audience "Rise of the Guardians".
Rise of the Guardians will be releasing on 21 November 2012, the movie pushes the boundaries of digital animation as the studios most technical advanced movie til date.
To achieve this visual wonder, Dream Works Animation uses HP Converged Infrastructure technologies that included HP Cloud Services, HP Z Workstations, HP Dream Color displays, HP Networking and HP Proliant server solutions, HP Managed Print Services and digital rendering resources.
“Our goal is to push the limits of what is possible in digital animation and storytelling,” said Derek Chan, head, Global Technology Operations, Dream Works Animation.
Several HP technologies were used in "Rise of the Guardians" which includes-
Rise of the Guardians will be releasing on 21 November 2012, the movie pushes the boundaries of digital animation as the studios most technical advanced movie til date.
To achieve this visual wonder, Dream Works Animation uses HP Converged Infrastructure technologies that included HP Cloud Services, HP Z Workstations, HP Dream Color displays, HP Networking and HP Proliant server solutions, HP Managed Print Services and digital rendering resources.
“Our goal is to push the limits of what is possible in digital animation and storytelling,” said Derek Chan, head, Global Technology Operations, Dream Works Animation.
Several HP technologies were used in "Rise of the Guardians" which includes-
- The HP Z800 and Z820 high-performance workstations.
- Xeon® E5 based HP Z820 was used to process more than 1 million “Rise of the Guardians” render jobs.
- HP DreamColor professional monitors supporting 1 billion active colors.
- HP Remote Graphics Software, allowing for seamless collaboration for artists split across multiple locations to finalize intricate details.
- HP BladeSystem servers with ProLiant BL460c server blades.
Other facts
- 250+ terabytes of disk space was used in the making of “Rise of the Guardians.”
- The 97 minute “Rise of the Guardians” is composed of more than 130,000 individual computer generated frames.
