Shake 3 [OLD VERSION]

by Apple

Product Features

• Advanced compositing; work simultaneously with SD, HD, and film images
• Nonlinear process tree: build and modify complex composites quickly and easily
• Toolset includes tracking, rotoscoping, painting, color correction, and more
• Unlimited, distributed network rendering; render management software
• Broadcast monitor support for previewing on video monitor

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0000C7B9U
• Item model number: M9124Z/A
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 18, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #44,070 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Shake 3 sets the standard for advanced compositing by offering an extensive toolset specifically designed to handle the most complex visual effects. Major motion picture studios and visual effects boutiques use Shake to create some of the most compelling effects in the industry. In fact, Shake has played a part in the last six motion pictures that have won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects--going back to Titanic. Shake was the primary compositor for both The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.

Superior Workflow

Shake 3 uses an intuitive, tree-based compositing model that gives artists access to any part of the composite at any time. This flexible, nonlinear workflow allows users to make critical creative and technical decisions at any point in the production process. Full curve-editor animation of every parameter with contextual viewing is always available, allowing artists to adjust background elements while monitoring the entire composite. For increased flexibility, Shake imports QuickTime and Adobe Photoshop layered files, RPF/RLA files from 3D animation applications, High Dynamic Range (HDR) images, and common audio file formats.

Unique Effects Technology

Shake 3 includes visual effects tools such as layering, tracking, rotoscoping, painting, and color correction. Built-in keying capabilities include Photron Primatte and CFC Keylight, two industry-leading professional keyers. Shake also features new film-grain tools that accurately simulate and match film grain, allowing seamless integration of live and computer-generated footage. For additional flexibility, Shake supports third party plug-ins such as those from The Foundry, GenArts, and RE:Vision Effects.

Powerful Compositing Engine

Shake was designed to handle the needs of film-based compositing, which means a tremendous amount of data (hundreds of plates at 2K resolution, each image 11 MB to 13 MB) can be rendered at an efficient rate. The Shake architecture is designed to provide optimizations that not only are faster, but also give better results. The resolution-independent, hybrid scan line/tile-based render engine also allows composites to contain standard-definition (SD), high-definition (HD), and film images simultaneously. Artists can choose to process operations at 8-, 16-, or 32-bit (float) color resolution, enabling HDR images to be composited with greater fidelity while maintaining overall performance. And with its powerful macros, scripting language, and expressions, Shake can be tailored to suit specific production pipelines.

Features:

• Resolution-independent compositing: allows artists to work simultaneously with SD, HD, and film images.
• Nonlinear process tree: the intuitive, nonlinear process tree makes building and modifying complex composites fast and easy.
• Proven toolset: the Shake compositing toolset is production-proven and includes tracking, rotoscoping, painting, color correction, and industry-leading keyers Primatte and Keylight.
• Network rendering: unlimited, distributed network rendering and included render management software expedite job processing (Mac only).
• Video monitor support: broadcast monitor support lets artists preview on a video monitor for more accurate results (Mac only).
• Audio-based animation: AIFF and WAV audio files can be imported and animation curves can be created from them, making it easy to animate visual effects based on the audio. The animation curve editor now includes audio waveform display.
• Scratch tracks: audio scratch tracks can be played, scrubbed, trimmed, and slipped for synchronizing with visual effects (playback on Mac OS only).
• High fidelity: local node support of 8-, 16-, and 32-bit (float) color resolution enables compositing of high-resolution images with greater fidelity and efficiency.
• 3D file sharing: support for IFF and RPF file formats allows seamless file sharing with Alias|Wavefront Maya and other 3D packages.
• Scripting: powerful scripting capabilities allow for even greater flexibility and extensibility.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME, October 28, 2003

By 

Vinny (Pomona, California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shake 3 [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

Shake has been used on so many feature films - including the last six Academy Award winners for Best Visual Effects - and is required courseware at so many major film schools worldwide, that listing its credits would require several pages.

Superior workflow
Shake 3 uses an intuitive, tree-based compositing model that gives artists access to any part of the composite at any time. This flexible, nonlinear workflow allows users to make critical creative and technical decisions at any point in the compositing process.

Unique effects technology
Shake 3 includes-production proven visual effects tools such as layering, tracking, rotoscoping, painting and color correction. Built-in keying capabilities include Photron's Primatte and CFC's Keylight, two industry-leading professional keyers. For additional flexibility, Shake supports third-party plug-ins such as The Foundry, GenArts, Ultimatte and more.

Powerful compositing engine
The resolution-independent, hybrid scan line/tile-based render engine allows composites to contain standard-definition (SD), high-definition (HD) and film images simultaneously. Artists can choose to process operations at 8-, 16-, or 32-bit (float) color resolution, enabling HDR images to be composited with greater fidelity while maintaining overall performance.

Here is a list of movies that shake was used in:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
X2
Matrix Revolution
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers-Gollum

Ice Age
Anna and the King
Fight Club
The Prince of Egypt

Here are some quotes from industries best composite companies:
Tippett. "Projects that took an hour per frame to render now render in a minute per frame."

Digital Filmworks. Shake helps to recreate the splendor of 1860s Malaysia in "Anna and the King."

Asylum. Shake compositing software has been in use at Asylum Visual Effects since its inception.

Gray Matter. Shake compositing software created striking visual effects in "Fight Club."

R!OT. Providing full-service digital production for film, television and interactive projects.

Black Logic. Black Logic continues to use Shake compositing software for various types of jobs from broadcast to film.

Digital.Art.Media. "Shake allows us to quickly set up key frames under the client's direction."

Millfilm. "Shake enabled us to quickly and easily put together scripts to rough composite our layers together."

DKP. "This project would never have been completed the way the client wanted without Shake's speed."

Dreamworks SKG. Shake was used for numerous tasks and scene creation in the making of "The Prince of Egypt."

Image Savant. Shake was used on "Fight Club" to manipulate extremely high resolution scans of 8x10 camera negatives.

Oddworld Inhabitants. "Shake allows us to run numerous processes on large numbers of high quality graphic images."