Shake 4-3D compositing
http://www.apple.com/shake/
Shake is major award winner used widely by the professionals. Can move camera around a 2d object. It has Final Cut Pro integration, just drop them in. Can build render farms. Has smoothcam feature; optical flow retiming.
Unifed 2d/3d compositing, advanced image processing, industry open standards so can reach across platforms; editing and effects integration, customizable architecture. Can mix frame sizes and bit depths; set 8, 16 and 32 bit float processing per node; infinite workspace with no clipping; in-context editing allows viewing final results at all times.
32-bit keylight and primatte keyers
3d multiplane compositing: composite unlimtied layers in 3d space; add and animate multiple cameras; import maya compatible camera data; openGL use. Shake requires a 2 or 3 button mouse. A node is a layer, not a point.
Production toolset: variable soft-edge rotoshapes; corrective paint brushes including clone and reveal; rotopoints an paint strokes can be tracked.
Smoothcam, automatic image stabilization, lock down wobbly shots; smooth bumpy pans or dolly moves; full-frame image analysis for accuragte results; revive unusable handheld shots.
Warping and morphing toools, create fantastic shape-shifting
Auto-align, combine images into seamless panorama
Can open from Final Cut timeline; can run shake image processing distributed as a client on every computer in the lab.
Scripting, Macros, and Developer Kit, customize to your needs; script every operation from Mac terminal; free network rendering acrossa rack of Xserve or Power Mac G5 systems; create and manage clusters; schedule use of computers during off-hours; manage both Shake and Maya rendering from one render queue.
System,10.3.9 or later 1 gig single or dual Power PC G4 or faster, $3000 (upgrade, $999). Check with Apple rep on education costs. Annual Maintenace cost. Complete series of books and can be certified pro at different levels in all of these applications. Can take a course and get the book or work it out from the book itself. Can find books in many places including Peachpit Press for volume discounts and get one to professors as evaluation copy. "Books are awesome"
JMU in Harrisburg VI, certified training and testing center, using these books in their coursework. NC School of the Arts and Elon University looking at becoming certification centers in NC.
Shake is deep unix, runs "scripts" instead of projects; just terminology or something deeper behind this language?
Uses a node tree to manage/control elements of video scene.
Saw segment from Lord of the Rings. Gave one example of some 2 dozen composites or layers using Shake; higher learning curve.
Blender is free 3d tool; love that open source.
http://www.upperfold.com/blender.shtml
http://www.blender3d.com/cms/Home.2.0.html
http://blenderblog.com/
Shake is major award winner used widely by the professionals. Can move camera around a 2d object. It has Final Cut Pro integration, just drop them in. Can build render farms. Has smoothcam feature; optical flow retiming.
Unifed 2d/3d compositing, advanced image processing, industry open standards so can reach across platforms; editing and effects integration, customizable architecture. Can mix frame sizes and bit depths; set 8, 16 and 32 bit float processing per node; infinite workspace with no clipping; in-context editing allows viewing final results at all times.
32-bit keylight and primatte keyers
3d multiplane compositing: composite unlimtied layers in 3d space; add and animate multiple cameras; import maya compatible camera data; openGL use. Shake requires a 2 or 3 button mouse. A node is a layer, not a point.
Production toolset: variable soft-edge rotoshapes; corrective paint brushes including clone and reveal; rotopoints an paint strokes can be tracked.
Smoothcam, automatic image stabilization, lock down wobbly shots; smooth bumpy pans or dolly moves; full-frame image analysis for accuragte results; revive unusable handheld shots.
Warping and morphing toools, create fantastic shape-shifting
Auto-align, combine images into seamless panorama
Can open from Final Cut timeline; can run shake image processing distributed as a client on every computer in the lab.
Scripting, Macros, and Developer Kit, customize to your needs; script every operation from Mac terminal; free network rendering acrossa rack of Xserve or Power Mac G5 systems; create and manage clusters; schedule use of computers during off-hours; manage both Shake and Maya rendering from one render queue.
System,10.3.9 or later 1 gig single or dual Power PC G4 or faster, $3000 (upgrade, $999). Check with Apple rep on education costs. Annual Maintenace cost. Complete series of books and can be certified pro at different levels in all of these applications. Can take a course and get the book or work it out from the book itself. Can find books in many places including Peachpit Press for volume discounts and get one to professors as evaluation copy. "Books are awesome"
JMU in Harrisburg VI, certified training and testing center, using these books in their coursework. NC School of the Arts and Elon University looking at becoming certification centers in NC.
Shake is deep unix, runs "scripts" instead of projects; just terminology or something deeper behind this language?
Uses a node tree to manage/control elements of video scene.
Saw segment from Lord of the Rings. Gave one example of some 2 dozen composites or layers using Shake; higher learning curve.
Blender is free 3d tool; love that open source.
http://www.upperfold.com/blender.shtml
http://www.blender3d.com/cms/Home.2.0.html
http://blenderblog.com/
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