| | | | News: Steve Wright offers Shake 4.1 class in LA
by Cow News Droid on Oct 29, 2007 at 3:55:06 am
in the News & Press Releases Forum
(LOS ANGELES, CA - October 28, 2007) Weynand Training is pleased to announce that this November 16-18 they are sponsoring a three day intensive, “Introduction to Shake 4.1,” presented by digital compositing guru, Steve Wright. This three day course offers ... | | | | |
| | | | FileOut DPX frame settings
by Les Stuck on Oct 1, 2008 at 9:45:26 pm
in the Apple Shake Forum
you're stuck with either rendering each FileOut separately or making a different script for each part of your project. Welcome to the fun but sometimes depressing world of Shake 4.1. Les www.stuckfootage.com | | | | |
| | | | Hi everyone
by Peter O'Connell on Sep 3, 2008 at 6:51:59 pm
in the Nuke -- NEW ! Forum
Hi this is Pete. I thought I'd introduce myself. I've been a feature film comper since 2005. I have been using Nuke 4.5 and 4.8 in production since May. I have also used both AE and Shake quite a lot ... | | | | |
| | | | Track export to Shake issue
by jhj CIS on Aug 17, 2006 at 10:00:10 pm
in the Mocha | Mokey | Monet | Motor Forum
The Mokey-to-Shake export generates Cornerpin, Matchmove and Stabilize nodes all at 720x486 resolution no matter what. I've tried 2k, 1k and 1/2k (512x389) plates in Mokey and the export spits out 720x486 Shake nodes. Am I missing something? ty -jhj | | | | |
| | | | Problem with Keylight in Shake 4.1
by Peter Egermann on Oct 14, 2008 at 9:38:47 pm
in the Apple Shake Forum
the fine adjustment sliders, but they did not help. here are the samples in jpeg (it's just the part of the image that makes trouble): and in uncompressed tif (although it was recorded in mp2): i would appreciate any help. ... | | | | |
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Apple Shake
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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
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| | | | helicopter shooting with ex1
by Rob Grauert on Aug 9, 2008 at 6:42:50 pm
in the Sony CineAlta - XDCAM Forum
to light, whereas a CMOS sensor becomes sensitive starting at the top and then working it's way to the bottom. I think the big issue is when you use a CCD camera and you shake the camera, you see the ... | | | | |
| | | | WANTED: Shake Trainer in Philadelphia, PA
by Natalie Hladio on Sep 3, 2008 at 4:53:09 pm
in the Apple Shake Forum
I am searching for a Shake pro - a compositor pro. I am searching for someone who would be willing to come onsite and give me on the job training - we make our way through a project! I am ... | | | | |
| | | | rgb to yuv and back
by Andrew Shanks on Oct 10, 2008 at 2:22:46 am
in the Apple Shake Forum
that doesn't get the jaggies). Converting it allows you to leave the Y part of the signal as is while blurring the UV parts, then you convert it back RGB at the end (as Shake composites in RGB space). | | | | |
| | | | Qmaster won't clean up shake temp files?
by David Darrow on Aug 6, 2008 at 5:28:56 am
in the Apple Shake Forum
For the record, if anyone else is having this problem, I discovered the solution today. Shake doesn't like spaces in the file paths. Once I took the spaces out of the file paths, qmaster was able to remove all the ... | | | | |
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Apple Shake
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Apple Shake Video Tutorial: An Introduction to Node-based Compositing
Steve Wright is a visual effects veteran with 70 broadcast television commercials and over 60 feature films credits. He's also written and taught extensively on many aspects of effects creation. Here, using Apple Shake as an example, Steve introduces the ideas and methods of node-based compositing.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial, Feature
Author: Steve Wright |
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| | | | helicopter effect from aerial still
by alex dinnin on Oct 14, 2008 at 2:24:56 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
without seeing the shot it's a bit difficult to say.. but camera shake works well.. also depending how high the copter is, some paper flying around is good. there is a tutorial on video co pilot that shows a power ... | | | | |
| | | | Earthquake effect
by Cletus on Jun 5, 2006 at 11:41:04 am
in the Adobe After Effects Expressions Forum
I searched for a similar effect (the wiggler-effect in Requiem for a Dream when the two main characters are in jail) and what I found was a really good Plug-In for AE. Its part of the Sapphire Plugins and it's ... | | | | |
| | | | Making a camera follow an object
by yikesmikes on Oct 21, 2007 at 4:55:46 pm
in the Adobe After Effects basics Forum
expression, Alt-click the Camera's Position Stopwatch, Paste, click outside the box)), expression follows: wiggle (1,25) The 1 is for Frequency, higher number is a quicker shake, the 25 is the Amplitude, or how big the shake. You can even tie ... | | | | |
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Apple Shake
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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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| | | | Losing my assets...
by Cole Prine on Oct 7, 2008 at 2:50:12 pm
in the Apple Shake Forum
Hey, I'm working in Shake and Final Cut doing some keying and compositing. For some reason, I'll be working in Shake and all of sudden my background will disappear. And it's not like I've just got something wrong in my ... | | | | |
| | | | Halloween Reel
by Phil Johnston on Oct 8, 2008 at 1:25:50 am
in the Demo Reels Forum
pop up for a 'high res' option shortly after the YouTube video begins. I'm not sure if the intro/extro are well-suited for packaging a reel anymore, but I just couldn't shake the idea and did it anyway. Let me know ... | | | | |
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Apple Shake
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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
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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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Adobe After Effects
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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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Apple Shake
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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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Apple Shake
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Keying 101: Edge, Core & Garbage Mattes
Going beyond the one click keying technique most beginners use, this tutorial from Creative Cow Leader Andrew Shanks shows a common technique and includes tips for other ways to tackle pulling a key
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Author: Andrew Shanks |
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Apple Shake
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Keying 101: Spill Suppression
This tutorial from Creative Cow Leader Andrew Shanks demonstrates various common approaches to getting rid of colour spill after keying.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Author: Andrew Shanks |
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Podcasts | | | | creative cow podcast
Episode #022 - February 16, 2006
Episode 022 - Using Final Cut Studio in a Live Environment with Peter Wiggins, News with Ron Lindeboom, Sports Production Coverage, Apple Motion and Shake, Apple Xserve and Xsan, Red Giant's Film Fix, Adobe Lightroom Beta 2, iLife 06, Blackmagic DeckLink, WNBC's DT 4.4 and more creative tech news, interviews and reports - www.creativecow.net | | | | |
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