Apple Shake 4 - Manual (Page 1017)

Appendix A The Shake Command-Line Manual 1017
The -t option is extremely flexible. You can choose to render frame ranges, stepped
ranges, individual frames, or any combination.
To convert a sequence of images, use a line similar to the following:
shake alien/alien.#.iff -fo [email protected] -t 1-30 -v
The following table includes some clever ways to renumber image sequences:
Appending Functions
Append optional functions with the - (dash) sign to preface each function call,
followed by a space for any arguments it might take. Not all functions take arguments,
but most do.
In the following, the Blur command has an argument of 50 (the amount of blur you
want to apply):
shake truck.iff -blur 50
You can append as many functions as you want:
shake truck.iff -blur 50 -invert r -z 2
Time Range Number of Frames Frames Rendered
-t 1-100 100 1, 2, 3... 100
-t 1-100x2 50 1, 3, 5... 99
-t 1-100x20 5 1, 21, 41... 81
-t 1-20,30-40 31 1, 2, 3... 20, and 30, 31, 32... 40
-t 1-10x2,15,18,20-25 13 1, 3, 5... 9, 15, 18, 20, 21, 22... 25
-t 100-1 100 100, 99, 98... 2
Renumbering Clips Description
shake bus2.40-79#.jpg -t 1-40 -fo
toto.#.iff -v Shifts frame numbering to start at 1.
shake bus2.#.jpg -t 40-79 -fo
toto.#-39.iff -v Also shifts frame numbering to start at 1.
shake bus2.#.jpg -t 40-79 -fo
toto.80-#.iff -v Reverses timing starting at frame 1.
shake bus2.#.jpg -t 40-79 -fo
toto.118-#.iff -v Reverses timing within the same frame range.
shake bus2.#.jpg -t 40-79 -fo
[email protected] -v Unpads the clip.
shake bus2.40-79x2#.jpg -t 1-20
-fo toto.#.iff -v Halves the timing of the clip.
shake bus2.40-79x.5#.jpg -t 1-80
-fo toto.#.iff -v Doubles the timing of the clip.