Apple Shake 4 User Manual

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Chapter 20

Rotoscoping

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Fill/No Fill

Controls whether or not the shape is filled.

Show/Hide
Tangents

Controls the tangent visibility. In Pick mode, only the active
point displays a tangent. None hides all tangents, and All
displays all tangents.

Lock/Unlock
Tangents

When Lock Tangents is on, the tangent angles are locked
when control points are moved, rotated, or scaled. When
Unlock Tangents is on, the tangent angles are unlocked.

Spline/Linear
Mode

New points are created as splines or as linear points. Select a
point and toggle this button to specify its type.

Enable/Disable
Transform
Control

Enables or disables the onscreen transform control used pan
the entire collection of shapes. The default setting is Hide.

Delete Control
Point

Deletes currently selected knot/control point(s).

Points Modes

Determines what points can be selected. Use Group Points
mode to select the main shape and the edge points. Use
Main Points mode to select only the main shape points. Use
Edge Points mode to select only edge points, and use Any
Points mode to pick either main or edge points.

Key Current/Key
All Shapes

Key Current Shape/Key All Shapes: When Autokey is enabled
(when animating), select Key Current Shape to keyframe
only the current rotoshape. Select Key All Shapes to
keyframe all rotoshapes.

Enable/Disable
Shape Transform
Control

Lets you show or hide the transform control at the center of
each shape. Hiding these controls will prevent you from
accidentally transforming shapes while making adjustments
to control points.

Path Display

If the main onscreen transform tool is turned on, this button
toggles the visibility of the animation path.

Button

Description

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