Customer Reviews

Apple Shake 4.1 Visual Effects (Mac)

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If your do film editing with FCP Studio 5 on a Power PC G5, or are averse to going to Leopard or Snow Leopard, this is your last chance to accumulate the wherewithal to attain the editing horsepower of FCP Studio 5 with Motion and After Effects without paying through the nose for a new Intel Mac and After Effects (which now runs only on Intel Macs using Leoplard). Shake was discontinued by Apple in 09, but runs flawlessly with FCP5 and it's bundled Motion 2. Some say Apple will release Shake again as Phenomenon, some disagree...either way Shake is still available through others who've bought up the disks. Beware, I bought mine through an outfit sending only the disk and not docs, and the disk is sold as NFR, not for resale. Buying it this way you'd have to print up the docs (1000+ pages) and wonder what NFR really iplies. I'm still learning this ap, Apples training manuals are still available and I refuse to buy another Mac to edit on because my old workhorse is just a G5 Power PC, still works great and since I bought it for editing in the first place (in Dec 2004) I now have every incentive to keep going and learn this ap and it's integration with FCP and Motion (for which it was intended). I don't agree that it's cool for Apple to change platforms to Intel based and leave the Power PC owners high and dry for aps and support. Thank God Shake is still available and this version is Universal, works on both the old chips and Intel, today After Effects runs only on Leopard and Intel. I'm in the middle of shooting a low/no budget feature fully out of my own pocket and need all the horsepower I can get from existing equipment and aps. I own a Macbook pro and Shake 4.1 (and FCP 5/Motion 2) runs fine on it too, but my G5 is where I can really get work done and now, with assets like Video Copilot's Action Essentials 2 and Shake/Motion I don't have to go broke (use credit) to finish my film and get it out there. For what it's worth, hope this helps...Carey

I've used Shake for several years to handle compositing chores at work (I'm an animator) and I've now purchased a copy for home use, too. I really don't care if the product has been discontinued by Apple - its still a great product with a complete tool set that produces high quality results. I suppose everybody has a favorite compositing package, but for me, Shake fits the way I think and create. Highly recommended!

Great training in VFX! Get ready to buckle up and learn an amazing product. (intermediate to advanced learning curve) {used with mac 10.5) haven't worked with this product in SL yet.