Just offered a job - need to learn Shake like, now! Please help!
by Matt French
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May 16, 2006 at 6:28:24 am
Guys, sorry for the pushy nature of my request, but I have been offered my first job in the industry doing compositing for intro cinematics using Shake. I have used combustion before and have also used Fusion, both at beginner/lower intermediate levels, so am not completely new to compositing.
What sites, books, training aids would you recommend? I am assuming when I turn up I will have full access to manuals etc, but any background would be appreciated.
Sorry I haven't had time to search the archives as well, but this has happened very quickly and I need to finish up work, move states and start the job
Re: Just offered a job - need to learn Shake like, now! Please help! by CaptainMench on May 16, 2006 at 8:16:15 pm
Congratulations!!
That's a very good book... but like the tutorials it just covers basics...ish. There is LOTS of great information in both, but you won't realize it until you really get into Shake.
There are a few websites that also have some very nice free plugins for shake that will make your life a little easier... especially in the keying world. http://www.fxshare.com/
Keep a hard copy of the manual nearby.
AND -- ask questions here. Maybe we can bring this forum to life.
Re: Just offered a job - need to learn Shake like, now! Please help! by Matt French on May 16, 2006 at 10:54:32 pm
Cheers guys, I am definitely going to check out that book. I am certainly what you would call "beginnerish". Looking forward to using a mac for the first time since uni (PowerPC with 16meg ram, 250meg syquest drives and Photoshop 2.5 . . . no layers. lol)
Update! by Matt French on May 23, 2006 at 8:37:00 am
End of day 2. Thanks for the tips guys. I picked up the Shake book and quick reference guide and they are golden. We are doing pretty basic CG compositing, so I don't think it's really going to be a tough first project, which is fantastic.
The great news is I am working on a quad g5 with 4.5 gig ram and a nice 24 inch widescreen, so as a first intro to working on the mac, it is not a bad start ;)
