Apple Shake 4 - Manual (Page 35)

Chapter 1 An Overview of the Shake User Interface 35
Viewers Menu
The following table shows the Viewers menu options.
Render Menu
The following table shows the Render menu options. For more information on
rendering, see Chapter 12, “
Rendering With the FileOut Node ,” on page 333.
Script Management
The following section discusses the buttons in the upper-right corner of the Shake
interface, which let you Load and Save scripts, undo and redo changes you’ve made,
and control when and how the Viewer updates the images generated by your script.
Menu Option Description
New Viewer Creates a new Viewer in the Viewer area, and automatically
stretches it to fill the Viewer area. While in a Viewer, you can also
right-click and select New Viewer, or press N.
Spawn Viewer Desktop Launches a floating Viewer window that can be moved
independently of the interface. The Viewer Desktop is ideal for
dual-monitor setups.
Menu Option Description
Render Flipbook Renders a Flipbook of the current Viewer. Opens the Flipbook
Render Parameters window, which allows you to override the
Global parameters (if necessary). To cancel the render, press Esc
(Escape) when in the Flipbook window.
Render Disk Flipbook Mac OS X only. Launches a disk-based Flipbook into QuickTime.
This has several advantages over normal Flipbooks. It allows for
extremely long clips, allows you to attach audio (loaded with the
Audio Panel in the main interface), and lets you write out the
sequence as a QuickTime file after viewing, bypassing the need to
render the sequence again. For more information, see “
Creating a
Disk-Based Flipbook ” on page 326.
Render FileOut Nodes Renders FileOut nodes in the Node View. In the Node View, press F
to frame all active nodes. You have the option to render only the
active FileOut nodes, or all FileOut nodes.
Render Cache Nodes Immediately caches sections of the node tree where Cache nodes
have been inserted. This command lets you cache all Cache nodes
in the Node View over a specific duration. For more information on
using Cache nodes, see Chapter 13, “
Image Caching ,” on page 343.
Render Proxies Renders your proxy files for your FileIn nodes, and leaves your
FileOuts untouched. For more information on proxies, see “
Using
Proxies ” on page 137.