SHAKE 4.1

[Tom Meegan]

https://library.creativecow.net/tutorials/appleshake

[Rafael Amador]

Hi Joe,
Have you had a look to the tutorial that comes with Shake/
I thing sis really good.

Mac OX 10.5.2-FC 6.02-QT 7.4.1
G5 2x2Gh 4GbRAM-BlackMagic Extreme
PMBP 17″Core2Duo 4GbRAM-AJA ioHD
JVC DTV-17″
SONY EX-1 . SONY PD170
..and always a big mess on top of the table.

[Miles Mcclane]

hey man…i hadnt looked at that yet, but i will now…thanks.
the on board tutorials i find are normally rubbish…to basic…but as i have absolutely not the first clue haw to start with shake… it couls be good!ill keep you posted!!

[Walter Biscardi]

Just bear in mind that Shake is End of Life. We thought we were going to see the replacement this year at NAB, but as Apple bypassed the show, it’s anyone’s guess when we will see it.

The name that was floated out there was “Phenomenon” but it’s been over a year since we’ve heard anything about it. Not sure if it’s still being developed or if Apple just dropped it altogether.

I was starting to integrate Shake into our workflow last year, but when I found out it was EOL, I didn’t want to learn this entire application and then find out the replacement was going to operate completely different. So we’ve maintained our After Effects workflow here.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
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[Rafael Amador]

[joe jukes] “the on board tutorials i find are normally rubbish”
You are right. In the 99% of the applications the tutorial are crap.
SHAKE is the other 1%. The tutorial is brilliant. Probably this is why you won’t find many tutorials about SHAKE: Because is difficult to beat the SHAKE’s “on board tutorial”.
I keep even the one of SHAKE 3.
If you find something better, please let me know.

Mac OX 10.5.2-FC 6.02-QT 7.4.1
G5 2x2Gh 4GbRAM-BlackMagic Extreme
PMBP 17″Core2Duo 4GbRAM-AJA ioHD
JVC DTV-17″
SONY EX-1 . SONY PD170
..and always a big mess on top of the table.

[Peter Wiggins]

Shame they took out all the humour from the original NR docs.

Peter

[Burt Hazard]

Also you can check out:

SHAKE 4
Marco Paolini
(excellent book, although of course it is just like seeing just the tip of of the iceberg that is Shake)

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VISUAL EFFECTS
Damian Allen and Brian Connor
(excellent Shake/compositing cookbook)

And I can also recommend the Gnomon Shake DVD series by Matt Linder and Gary Jackemuk (very comprehensive covering keying, rotoing, tracking, transforms, color correction, and although I took notes during the Expressions and Macros section in the last DVD, I mentally went on a holiday during the Unix Scripting/Unix Command Shell bits, but it might be something eventually you might be interested in).

I found that I started making real progress on learning Shake by using it in real projects and shooting experimental visual effects shots. Then you can go back through the manual and figure out what each node actually does; yeah, it does take time!

For further explorations into the world of compositing I can also highly recommend Steve Wright’s books: COMPOSITING VISUAL EFFECTS: ESSENTIALS FOR THE ASPIRING ARTIST & DIGITAL COMPOSITING FOR FILM AND VIDEO. Also:

FILMING THE FANTASTIC: A GUIDE TO VISUAL EFFECTS CINEMATOGRAPHY
Mark Sawicki

EXPLORING VISUAL EFFECTS: FROM STORYBOARDS TO MINIATURES & COMPOSITING-VISUAL EFFECTS THEORY, PROCESS AND PIPELINE
Billy Garfield Woody II

MATCHMOVING: THE INVISIBLE ART OF CAMERA TRACKING
Tim Dobbert
(I’m working through this one right now)

[DIGITAL] LIGHTING AND RENDERING
Jeremy Birn

THE HDRI HANDBOOK: HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS AND CG ARTISTS
Christian Bloch

[Miles Mcclane]

shit!!thanks man!!i’ll get traking them down and reading them!!!
know of any good books for FCP?i do know the program quite well but…..

[Mark Maness]

http://www.lynda.com

This is a HUGE source of tutorials for almost every program on the planet. Its not free but well worth the price.

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