Apple Shake 4 - Manual (Page 113)

Chapter 3 Adding Media, Retiming, and Remastering 113
• If the file name format is filename.1-30#.tiff, Shake expects an uninterrupted sequence
of frames to exist on disk. If individual frames are accidentally deleted or moved from
the specified path, each missing frame results in a gap in the image sequence in
Shake. Each gap results in a black frame being displayed in the Viewer. For example,
if frame 17 goes missing after a tiff sequence has been imported, moving the
playhead to frame 17 in the Time Bar displays a black frame in the Viewer.
• If frame 17 is already missing on disk when you first select the image sequence, the
File Browser will show a segmented frame range, and the resulting imported image
sequence will appear as a continuous, unbroken frame sequence. For example, if
frame 17 is missing in a selected tiff sequence, its name appears as filename.1-16,18-
30#.tiff. Scrubbing to frame 17 in the Time Bar displays frame 18, instead, because the
sequence name lets Shake know to skip that frame and close the gap.
Unlinked Files
If, for any reason, a FileIn node cannot find any of the media it was originally linked to,
that node becomes unlinked. This happens with both image sequences and QuickTime
files. Unlinked FileIn nodes are red in the Node Viewer.
In the Source tab of the Parameters tab, the imageName parameter field of an unlinked
FileIn node also turns red. The original path name still appears.
FileIn nodes can become unlinked if the media they originally referenced has been
moved to another directory or volume, renamed, or deleted. FileIn nodes can also
become unlinked if the Shake script has been moved to another machine. In any case,
FileIn nodes can be easily relinked to the original source media at any time.
To relink a FileIn node to the original files:
1 Load the FileIn node’s parameters into the Parameters tab by double-clicking the node,
or clicking on the right side of the node once.