Course Title: Apple Shake 4



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


Course Author/Expert: Kalika Kharkar

Language: English

Full Online Training Available: Yes

Number of Course Movies: 106

Course Duration: 9 hours



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Course Outline:



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Introduction


What this Course Covers

New Features In Shake 4

System Requirements

Introduction to Node Based Compositing


Orientation On Main Windows


Opening Shake for the First Time

Viewer & Tool Tabs

Parameters & Globals


Orientation On Secondary Windows


Color Picker / Pixel Analyzer & Time Bar

Curve Editor / Audio Panel & Time View

Command Line / Help / & Title Bar

Top Menus


Using the Interface


Viewing Images

Using the Node Workspace

Working with Parameters & Globals pt. 1

Working with Parameters & Globals pt. 2

Changing Global Parameters

Viewing Channels & Compare Buffers

Navigation & Keyboard Shortcuts


FileIn & File Browser


FileIn Node

Using the Browser

Importing Different File Formats

Replacing Footage

Basic Retiming with the FileIn Node


Basic Compositing


Introduction to Compositing

Exporting from Final Cut to Shake

Creating a Basic Node Tree

Launching a Flipbook

File Out to Disk


Color Nodes


Color Correct Node

Other Color Nodes pt. 1

Other Color Nodes pt. 2

Concatenation

Color Spaces & Bit Depth


Transform / Layer & Image Nodes


Intro to Transform Nodes

Transform Node Rundown pt. 1

Transform Node Rundown pt. 2

Introduction to Layer Nodes

Layer Node Rundown pt. 1

Layer Node Rundown pt. 2

Image Nodes


Rotoshape


Alpha Channels

Introduction to Matting & Masking

Garbage Mask & Domain of Definition

Creating & Modifying Rotoshapes pt. 1

Creating & Modifying Rotoshapes pt. 2

Animating Rotoshapes pt. 1

Animating Rotoshapes pt. 2


Quickpaint


Quickpaint Uses & Demo pt. 1

Quickpaint Uses & Demo pt. 2

Quickpaint Tools pt. 1

Quickpaint Tools pt. 2

Write-on

Perspective Painting


Timing & Keyframing


Keyframing

Auto-Keyframing vs. Manual Keyframing

Curve Editor pt. 1

Curve Editor pt. 2

Curve Editor pt. 3

Working with Motion Blur

Fades & Dissolves

Time View

Retiming Footage


Color Keying with Keylight


Introduction to Color Keying

Keylight Basics pt. 1

Keylight Basics pt. 2

Keylight Workflow

Other Keyers


Color Keying with Primatte


Primatte Basics

Primatte Workflow pt. 1

Primatte Workflow pt. 2

Combining Keyers


Tracking & Stabilizing


Uses of Tracking Nodes

Tracking Nodes Parameters pt. 1

Tracking Nodes Parameters pt. 2

1-Point Tracking

Stabilizing

Tracking Tips & Tricks pt. 1

Tracking Tips & Tricks pt. 2

Corner Pinning pt. 1

Corner Pinning pt. 2

SmoothCam


Warps & Filters


Using the Warp Tab

Using the Filters Tab pt. 1

Using the Filters Tab pt. 2


Shake & 3D Programs


Exporting from 3D Programs

Compositing Render Passes

Working with PreMultiplied Images


Film Compositing


Working with Film Color Space

3:2 Pulldown

Pixel Aspect Ratios

Resolution Management

Working with Proxies


Working with Video & Audio


Field Dominance

Tips & Tricks with Video

Working with Audio

Output Methods


Exporting a Finished Composite


Using the FileOut Node for Video

Using the FileOut Node for Film

Using Multiple FileOut Nodes


Command Line In OSX & Expressions


The Command Line

Simple Commands

Command Line Rendering

Basic Expressions


Credits


Shake Resources

Wrap Up

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