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Apple Shake 4 Tutorials

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Apple Shake 4 is cutting-edge compositing software, favored by many Oscar-winning effects artists. It allows 2D and 3D compositing, integration with Final Cut Studio and supports high-quality, 32-bit output to film and HD. It has been used in award-winning movies Return of the King, King Kong, and many others. It's so affordable that even smaller production budgets can use Shake as part of their compositing workflow. In this Shake 4 course, you will learn the basics of utilizing the Shake toolset, navigating within its interface, and importing and outputting various file formats. You'll then learn all about compositing, color nodes, layer nodes, timing and keyframing, rotoshaping, Quickpaint, color keying with keylight and primatte, tracking, stabilizing, warps, filters, and much more. To begin learning today, simply click on the Apple Shake 4 movie links.

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Introduction
 What this Course Covers (05:33)
 New Features In Shake 4 (05:10)
 System Requirements (01:44)
 Introduction to Node Based Compositing (04:07)
Orientation On Main Windows
 Opening Shake for the First Time (03:43)
 Viewer & Tool Tabs (02:32)
 Parameters & Globals (04:37)
Orientation On Secondary Windows
 Color Picker / Pixel Analyzer & Time Bar (04:30)
 Curve Editor / Audio Panel & Time View (03:03)
 Command Line / Help / & Title Bar (03:00)
 Top Menus (06:26)
Using the Interface
 Viewing Images (06:48)
 Using the Node Workspace (06:11)
 Working with Parameters & Globals pt. 1 (04:24)
 Working with Parameters & Globals pt. 2 (03:15)
 Changing Global Parameters (05:57)
 Viewing Channels & Compare Buffers (04:26)
 Navigation & Keyboard Shortcuts (05:27)
FileIn & File Browser
 FileIn Node (04:16)
 Using the Browser (06:36)
 Importing Different File Formats (06:57)
 Replacing Footage (03:56)
 Basic Retiming with the FileIn Node (04:49)
Basic Compositing
 Introduction to Compositing (06:48)
 Exporting from Final Cut to Shake (06:46)
 Creating a Basic Node Tree (07:35)
 Launching a Flipbook (07:03)
 File Out to Disk (06:03)
Color Nodes
 Color Correct Node (05:31)
 Other Color Nodes pt. 1 (05:07)
 Other Color Nodes pt. 2 (05:43)
 Concatenation (04:09)
 Color Spaces & Bit Depth (05:48)
Transform / Layer & Image Nodes
 Intro to Transform Nodes (05:09)
 Transform Node Rundown pt. 1 (05:34)
 Transform Node Rundown pt. 2 (04:27)
 Introduction to Layer Nodes (03:17)
 Layer Node Rundown pt. 1 (05:14)
 Layer Node Rundown pt. 2 (03:35)
 Image Nodes (04:25)
Rotoshape
 Alpha Channels (04:25)
 Introduction to Matting & Masking (05:28)
 Garbage Mask & Domain of Definition (04:01)
 Creating & Modifying Rotoshapes pt. 1 (05:29)
 Creating & Modifying Rotoshapes pt. 2 (04:51)
 Animating Rotoshapes pt. 1 (05:10)
 Animating Rotoshapes pt. 2 (03:26)
Quickpaint
 Quickpaint Uses & Demo pt. 1 (03:33)
 Quickpaint Uses & Demo pt. 2 (04:03)
 Quickpaint Tools pt. 1 (03:00)
 Quickpaint Tools pt. 2 (03:11)
 Write-on (05:38)
 Perspective Painting (06:25)
Timing & Keyframing
 Keyframing (04:51)
 Auto-Keyframing vs. Manual Keyframing (04:31)
 Curve Editor pt. 1 (05:37)
 Curve Editor pt. 2 (05:12)
 Curve Editor pt. 3 (06:09)
 Working with Motion Blur (05:49)
 Fades & Dissolves (05:29)
 Time View (06:32)
 Retiming Footage (06:00)
Color Keying with Keylight
 Introduction to Color Keying (06:12)
 Keylight Basics pt. 1 (05:50)
 Keylight Basics pt. 2 (03:12)
 Keylight Workflow (05:56)
 Other Keyers (05:30)
Color Keying with Primatte
 Primatte Basics (06:16)
 Primatte Workflow pt. 1 (05:15)
 Primatte Workflow pt. 2 (06:30)
 Combining Keyers (05:26)
Tracking & Stabilizing
 Uses of Tracking Nodes (03:38)
 Tracking Nodes Parameters pt. 1 (04:35)
 Tracking Nodes Parameters pt. 2 (06:01)
 1-Point Tracking (06:03)
 Stabilizing (05:32)
 Tracking Tips & Tricks pt. 1 (05:24)
 Tracking Tips & Tricks pt. 2 (02:27)
 Corner Pinning pt. 1 (03:44)
 Corner Pinning pt. 2 (03:40)
 SmoothCam (06:06)
Warps & Filters
 Using the Warp Tab (06:29)
 Using the Filters Tab pt. 1 (04:44)
 Using the Filters Tab pt. 2 (04:10)
Shake & 3D Programs
 Exporting from 3D Programs (04:44)
 Compositing Render Passes (05:00)
 Working with PreMultiplied Images (03:41)
Film Compositing
 Working with Film Color Space (03:33)
 3:2 Pulldown (05:14)
 Pixel Aspect Ratios (05:40)
 Resolution Management (02:40)
 Working with Proxies (04:43)
Working with Video & Audio
 Field Dominance (04:07)
 Tips & Tricks with Video (05:15)
 Working with Audio (03:49)
 Output Methods (05:30)
Exporting a Finished Composite
 Using the FileOut Node for Video (05:05)
 Using the FileOut Node for Film (05:09)
 Using Multiple FileOut Nodes (05:03)
Command Line In OSX & Expressions
 The Command Line (01:40)
 Simple Commands (04:35)
 Command Line Rendering (02:41)
 Basic Expressions (05:26)
Credits
 Shake Resources (01:28)
 Wrap Up (03:26)
 About this Author (02:33)


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Tutorial Information / Pricing
Title: Apple Shake 4
Author: Kalika Kharkar
SKU: 33768
ISBN: 1-933736-87-9
Duration: 9 hrs / 106 Lessons
Compatibility: Win XP, 2000, 98, NT, Mac OS X, OS 9

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