Apple Shake 4 - Manual (Page 156)

156 Chapter 4 Using Proxies
For example, suppose the source media of an image sequence using the file name
plate.# is referenced by the following path:
<MyLongPath>/MyHiResImages/plate.#.cin
By default, proxy image files are rendered and saved into new directories, which are
created within the directory referenced by <MyLongPath> using the following names:
<MyLongPath>/proxy.50/plate.#.cin
<MyLongPath>/proxy.25/plate.#.cin
<MyLongPath>/proxy.10/plate.#.cin
You can always change the name of the directories that are created to hold the proxies
generated by Shake. For example, you can use the variable that defines the file name,
plus a suffix, such as:
../<name>_half/<base>.<format>
You can also change the image format you want the proxy files to be written to by
changing <format> to a specific file suffix. For example, if you want to write the proxy
files as a .tiff sequence, you simply type:
<MyLongPath>/proxy.50/plate.#.tiff
Organizing Proxy Files
When specifying proxy directories, there are two ways you can organize the proxy files
that are generated.
You can place all the images at the same directory level, for example:
images/bluescreen1/bs1.#.cin,
images/bluescreen2/bs2.#.cin,
images/cg_plate/cg_plate.#.iff
In the following case, the default path puts all proxies into the same subdirectory:
images/bluescreen1/bs1.#.cin,
images/bluescreen2/bs2.#.cin,
images/cg_plate/cg_plate.#.iff
images/proxy.50/bs1.#.cin
images/proxy.50/bs2.#.cin
images/proxy.50/cg_plate.#.iff
Proxies of YUV Files
Use caution when making proxies of YUV files, as they are always at a set resolution.
Be sure to toggle your FileType to a different format. By default, the proxies are
switched to .iff format.