Re: ANyone still using Shake? by byronicman on Aug 30, 2007 at 4:55:09 pm
It depends on what you are using it for. Motion is mostly for Motion Graphics (surprise surprise) where as Shake is for high end film compositing.
Everyone from ILM to WETA to Rhythm and Hues and MPC use Shake (among several other tools) and loads of other companies. It helps that a licence is only $500 now versus Nuke, Fusion, Inferno, etc that will probably keep it in studios for some time.
Motion is a more user friendly intuitive app that doesn't offer the customization and depth that Shake offers. This being said, its rumoured the next generation app that Apple is developing code-named "Phenomenon" is based (at least partly) on Motion. (Maybe incorporating particles for example) This is speculation but may have merit.
If you would like to learn Shake there are several DVD's and books out there to get you started and tutorials online that have been mentioned throughout the forums here although most of the online material is for someone who has a basic understanding of Shake already.
here are some dvd and books links I actually just posted in another thread
Re: ANyone still using Shake? by alexander serpico on Sep 8, 2007 at 5:12:44 am
Shake is still at the core of the work i do, and i don't ever touch Motion (tho i not opposed to the idea. If you don't know it, do yourself a favor and learn. The principals of [node based] compositing are universal and can be applied across the board to all related software.
Re: ANyone still using Shake? by CharlieX on Sep 21, 2007 at 8:24:24 pm
The tutorials in PDF that come with Shake are where I started. They're pretty much the same tutorials that the Nothing Real team had penned before they got bought up. They pop up right under the Help menu in Shake.
