| | | | Re: Industry Standard Programs.
by Kristin Leys on Aug 18, 2009 at 8:42:49 am
in the Apple OS X Forum
Industry standards tend to change fairly quickly, since this is posted in Mac OSX forum I'll assume you're interested in software which works on that platform.
Adobe After Effects. It's a good solid workhorse, fairy easy to learn, bloody near im | | | | |
| | | | Learning Nuke
by David Mathis on Aug 17, 2009 at 2:47:15 am
in the Nuke Forum
Now that Apple Shake is no more, I am interested in learning Nuke. I am new the compositing a need to learn some basics first. Any help is appreciated. I currently use an iMac with a duo 2.66 gig processor and 4 gig of memory running on 10.5.6 (Le | | | | |
| | | | Re: Shake Discontinued?
by Randy Little on Aug 9, 2009 at 9:10:27 pm
in the UG: Arizona FCP Forum
Apple ADDED the optical flow stuff to Shake nearly 3 years after they bought it. On top of that They bought or License that optical flow technology from even another 3rd party that they don't own at all. Any way toxik is a pretty descent compositor | | | | |
| | | | Re: Finalcutstudio 3 and no Shake replacement
by Arnie Schlissel on Jul 24, 2009 at 2:59:46 am
in the Apple Shake Forum
I don't remember Apple actually promising a replacement for Shake. And I've never heard it called "Phenomenon" by Apple. Only rumor sites and forums like this.
Arnie
Post production is not an afterthought!
http://www.arniepix.com/ | | | | |
| | | | Re: undoing overcranked footage
by Craig Seeman on May 1, 2009 at 10:01:52 pm
in the Sony EX Series XDCAM Forum
I understand the challenge you face now.
I'd try using a good optical flow filter first but there may be some tweaking involve and not all optical flow filters are equal. You could try it in Apple Motion if you have or maybe Apple Shake would be b | | | | |
| | | | Re: Combustion from Windows to Mac
by Declan Smith on Apr 16, 2009 at 10:00:50 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
I have emailed Autodesk (as these were the people who not only Authored the software, but sold it to me) and asked them the question about transferring the license or doing a crossgrade. They simply don't want to know, to the extent of saying:
"Unf | | | | |
| | | | files look different in shake
by Matt Clark on Apr 1, 2009 at 5:00:21 pm
in the Apple Shake Forum
I have some Apple ProRes HQ files that I am bringing into shake. In Final Cut Pro or quicktime they look fine. When I am bringing them into Shake via File in they are looking washed out. Haven't experienced this before doing the same thing. | | | | |
| | | | Apple Shake 4.0 Never Used $300.00
by Jason Olsen on Jan 7, 2009 at 8:16:14 pm
in the Classifieds, For Sale Forum
Apple Shake 4.0 Never Used. I loaded it on My Mac thinking I could figure it out and Could not. Pretty advanced stuff!!! I have the serial number, the books that came with it and the disk. Give me a call if you want more info.
Jason
208-704-1089
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| | | | Seeking An Artist for Independent Film
by Ryan Marker on Dec 8, 2008 at 6:17:29 am
in the JOBS Offered - Low/No Pay Forum
The film is an adaptation of Mark Twain's "The Diaries of Adam & Eve".
Essentially I am looking for someone proficient in Apple Shake, Motion,
& Color as well as a general editor.
Beyond this, I am looking for an artist who can bring life to a very | | | | |
| | | | Re: Can I use my Kona3 with PremierePro CS3 or CS4?
by Tim McLaughlin on Dec 4, 2008 at 7:52:09 pm
in the AJA Kona Forum
Gary smacked Tim with:
Where did you get that rubbish?
Tim rubs back of head and replies:
From the rubbish bin?
Seriously, on the AJA site, if you look at the Kona 3 page - Final Cut Studio 2 is mentioned everywhere.
(Snip)
Most users run multipl | | | | |
| | | | Re: Smoke pretty much describes it.
by chee keong hiu on Sep 17, 2008 at 10:02:50 am
in the Autodesk Smoke Forum
i'm using smoke2008 currently, i used FCP, Shake, eQ before.
I think just because something is expensive, doesn't mean it's better in everyway. let not forget about Apple Shake, cost around US499, but it's a very powerful compositing tools,...but ve | | | | |
| | | | leopard problem
by Soeren Schlotfeldt on Aug 29, 2008 at 9:48:33 am
in the Apple Shake Forum
Hi!
I use Apple Shake 4.1 on a new Mac Pro 8-core with leopard 10.5 and Quicktime 7.5.
I can't render any fileout node. It always chrashes no matter which codec I try(QT,Avi, or TIFF sequenz)
Please help!
Thank you
Soeren | | | | |
| | | | Re: fade expression
by Les Stuck on Jul 14, 2008 at 2:59:33 pm
in the Apple Shake Forum
This is a slightly different question from your post
on the Apple Shake forum,
so here's a slightly different reply.
First of all, read pages 140-144 of the tutorial:
/Applications/Shake/doc/Shake4Tutorials.pdf
You'll want to do basically the same | | | | |
| | | | Re: apple shake work possibilities and prospects?
by Emma Clifton on Jul 3, 2008 at 5:20:25 am
in the Apple Shake Forum
Hmm....... Matte Painting is not a pre-requisite to compositing. The two areas (compositing and matte painting) do compliment each other but are actually two different positions in a vfx pipeline.
An entry level job in compositing is generally Roto. | | | | |
| | | | Re: apple shake work possibilities and prospects?
by Burt Hazard on Jul 2, 2008 at 12:43:48 pm
in the Apple Shake Forum
Well, if you can do matte painting I think you'll be getting job offers right away! That's a highly valued skill set and most visual effects houses are looking for people with real artistic abilities: matte painters, 3D modelers, lighting TDs, etc. | | | | |
| | | | Re: Keylight for Hollywood movies
by Brendan Coots on Jul 2, 2008 at 7:59:37 am
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
I really disagree with this assessment. First of all, I've worked on three mega-budget features with huge teams of people all using Keylight. In the right hands, it works fantastically.
Secondly, Primatte is a decent keyer but it has workflow limita | | | | |
| | | | apple shake work possibilities and prospects?
by rogan berkeley on Jun 30, 2008 at 2:11:25 pm
in the Apple Shake Forum
Afternoon all! i was wandering if anyone could help me...im planning to do a shake course level one and wanted to know what the possibilities are in terms of work....is it easy to find work just doing matt painting for experience...infact any tips or | | | | |
| | | | Re: Reorder Node Question
by Andrew Shanks on May 11, 2008 at 8:59:40 pm
in the Apple Shake Forum
You'll do fine, you seem to be asking the right sorts of questions (i.e. you have a problem, you try fault finding for yourself, then when things just don't make sense you pose an intelligent question here, which is good), and shake is one of those t | | | | |
| | | | Re: NAB and the missing Phenonomen
by Andrew Shanks on Apr 29, 2008 at 8:27:24 am
in the Apple Shake Forum
I too have heard that something is brewing at apple (shake is dead, apple said that back in 2006, nobody knows what the new app will be until it arrives), but I'm with Aaron, I suspect it will be trying to appeal to a broader audience than just compo | | | | |
| | | | Re: MacTel CS3 Problems.
by Todd Jaspers on Apr 2, 2008 at 12:21:03 am
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
These are all rendered at 23.98 from another AE Station running 6.5, they are rendered to Quicktime PNG+ at 23.98, all the comps on all AE Stations in our studio and all rendering is done only at 23.98. Those quicktimes when checked in APPLE SHAKE, | | | | |
| | | | Re: Shake for Linux output with QuickTime
by Andrew Shanks on Mar 6, 2008 at 1:26:10 am
in the Apple Shake Forum
Apple doesn't have a release of quicktime for linux, you could try one of the linux utilities that fills that niche:
http://www.heroinewarrior.com/quicktime.php3
but I would doubt linux shake would be able to access this directly, so you might have | | | | |
| | | | Re: Mockey to AE
by Zeno Pierre on Feb 24, 2008 at 2:49:59 pm
in the Imagineer Systems Forum
HI, Billy,
Under the Track tab, I see "Export Tracking Data". When I click on that, I don't see "After Effects corner pin data". I get a "Export Tracking Data" window with an XML file. I copied the contents.
I've never used After Effects for tra | | | | |
| | | | Re: Shake Quits unexpectedly when opening old script
by TJ Hellmuth on Feb 6, 2008 at 6:16:22 am
in the Apple Shake Forum
AND THIS is the error message that I can send to apple. I"m not sure which part is useful so I just copied the beginning.
Let me know if I should copy more of it.
thanks!
-TJ
Process: shake [454]
Path: /Applications/Shake/shak | | | | |
| | | | Video Production Preditor - Indianapolis
by Seth Hancock on Dec 16, 2007 at 4:37:12 pm
in the JOBS Offered - Higher Pay Forum
The Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association (ICVA) Video Production Department has an immediate opening for a full-time Video Production Preditor.
The ideal candidate will possess previous broadcast video experience and strong organizationa | | | | |
| | | | Video Production Assistant - Indianapolis
by adguy31 on Dec 11, 2007 at 5:21:05 am
in the JOBS Offered - Higher Pay Forum
The Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association (ICVA) Video Production Department has an immediate opening for a full-time Video Production Assistant.
The ideal candidate will possess previous broadcast video experience and strong organizati | | | | |
| | | | Re: RE:Flex vs. Apple Shake's Morph
by Pierre Jasmin on Sep 16, 2007 at 7:27:56 pm
in the RE:Vision Effects Forum
Comes to mind, although I never really tried to use Shake's on a real shot
* More direct user interface, you don't have to manage from and to shapes (we do it for you)
* Support for AutoAlignment
* Option for better rendering algorithm
* Pretty m | | | | |
| | | | RE:Flex vs. Apple Shake's Morph
by TubularTV on Sep 15, 2007 at 9:52:30 pm
in the RE:Vision Effects Forum
As an AE user, I've been planning to buy RE:Flex for some morphing projects. Then a friend told me to get Shake, since it includes morphing. Could someone explain, summarizing in simple terms, why is RE:Flex worth buying, if I can buy the entire Sh | | | | |
| | | | Apple Shake | Smooth Cam Node
In this Apple Shake video tutorial, Creative Cow Contributor Michael Mench begins a series called Shake is Money in which he will discuss how Final Cut Pro editors can quickly learn how to integrate Shake into their workflow for added flexibilty in the studio. In this first video in the series, Michael demonstrates the Smooth Cam Node in Shake.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Author: Michael Mench |
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| | | | Apple Shake | Slow Motion
In this second video in the series, Shake is Money, Creative Cow Contributor Michael Mench demonstrates Slow Motion in Apple Shake.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Author: Michael Mench |
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| | | | Apple Shake | Morphing in Shake
IIn this third video in the series, Shake is Money, Creative Cow Contributor Michael Mench demonstrates a brief overview of the Morpher Node in Shake.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Author: Michael Mench |
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| | | | Apple Shake | Smoothing DV Jaggies
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Andrew Shanks demonstrates cleaning up DV/HDV chroma compression artifacts in Shake to allow for better keying.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Author: Andrew Shanks |
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| | | | RE:Vision Effects | The Art and Science of Optical Flow
Creative COW leaders Pete Litwinowicz and Pierre Jasmin won an Academy Award® for the design and development of the RE: Vision Effects family of optical flow-based image manipulation plug-ins. For RE:Vision's tenth anniverary, we asked Pierre to talk to us about what optical flow is - and isn't - and how it works in their products.
Feature, People / Interview
Author: Pete Litwinowicz |
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| | | | Nuke | Nuke - An Introduction for After Effects Users
Nuke, the new compositing tool from The Foundry, is rapidly becoming a favorite in high-end film production. Its price also offers an easy entry for indie producers who want to create better work, faster and more powerfully. This guided tour of Nuke for AE users, along with tips for leveraging your AE experience in the brave Nuke world of VFX creation will help you discover Nuke.
Review, Tutorial
Author: Pete O'Connell |
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| | | | Apple Shake | How to become a Feature Film Compositor by John Lafauce Jr.
Have you ever wanted to contribute to building a twenty thousand man army in "Troy", make a mouse fly a plane in "Stuart Little 2", or launch a doomed luxury liner in "Titanic?" You can achieve visual feats you never dreamed possible and accomplish them all through the magic of compositing. Read this article written by John Lafauce Jr., and see... How to become a feature film compositor. A note just to clarify: this article is about high-end 2d/3d compositing for long form media such as films, where the goal is to make the work seamless, integrated and "invisible". Not to be confused with compositing for motion graphics, where the objective is to make the object or design stand out and be "visible" to the viewer.
Tutorial, Feature
Author: John Lafauce Jr. |
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| | | | Adobe After Effects | On Set Keying
In this article Creative Cow Leader Andrew Shanks plans to go through some of the software options for checking greenscreens on set (Lensfeed, Veescope and Conduit Live).
Review, Feature
Author: Andrew Shanks |
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