Case Study: Carbonado Intermedia achieves bulletproof, crash-free media production and faster editing with Ubuntu

Ubuntu delivers a bulletproof workstation platform for media production

Carbonado Intermedia and Auteuristic, owned by Nes Snipes, produce animated and live video series such as Budz and The Times Square Beat for partners like Verizon and Dish. Both needed a rock‑solid workstation platform because system crashes could erase days of animation work and live series require rapid multi‑camera syncing and weekly turnarounds; compatibility with existing HP hardware, broad peripheral support, stability, low licensing costs and easy scaling for freelancers were critical.

They chose Ubuntu with an open‑source toolchain—Lightworks for editing, Blender for 3D and GIMP for 2D—providing the required stability, performance and hardware flexibility at much lower cost. Crashes and their associated costs disappeared, multi‑camera editing and reformatting for The Times Square Beat now save about a full day compared with the previous solution, and the teams can deliver weekly content more quickly, reliably and affordably.

Carbonado Intermedia

Nestle Snipes

Owner