| Talk about making an impact: Apple's Shake compositing and visual effects software has been used in every Academy Award-winning film for visual effects since its debut. It's no wonder that trained Shake artists are in high demand, and there's nowhere better to begin getting that training than with this fully updated (for Shake 4) and comprehensive Apple-approved guide (which includes a free 30-day trial version of this multi-thousand dollar software) Using step-by-step, hands-on instruction, Hollywood effects wizard Marco Paolini takes you through Shake's interface and features, including its color correction tools, tracking and stabilization capabilities, integrated procedural paint, powerful new floating point technology, advanced keyframing, blue and green screen techniques, rotoscoping tools, and more. As with the other titles in the Apple Pro Training series each chapter in this guide represents a complete lesson, with a project to complete, a review section, and bonus exercises to help test what you've learned. The accompanying DVD includes the lesson files needed to complete the book's projects. You can work through the book from cover to cover to get an entire course or you can go straight to the lessons that interest you most. Either way, you'll find the coverage you need to confront even the most daunting compositing and effects tasks with Shake.
The leading compositing system for feature film effects, Shake from Apple is a high-speed compositing software application optimized for high-resolution visual effects. Designed for quality, flexibility, and efficiency, Shake has quickly become the leading compositing choice for feature films. Since its debut in 1998, Shake has been used in every film that has won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.
Shake 4 now offers a host of new features that give you the highest-quality output for film and video, so you can create convincing, photo-realistic visual effects on a desktop. It is the only compositing software with a complete tool set for both single artists and visual effects facilities. With 3D MultiPlane compositing, 32-bit Keylight and Primatte keying, Optical Flow image processing, Final Cut Pro 5 integration, and an open, extensible scripting language, Shake 4 includes the tools required for sophisticated film and television visual effects.
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