Apple Shake 4 - Manual (Page 765)

Chapter 26 Transformations, Motion Blur, and AutoAlign 765
For example, you cannot apply a Rotate node, an Over node, a Blur node, and then a
Move2D node and have the Rotate and the Move2D concatenate. Instead, it’s best to
make sure that the Rotate and Move2D nodes are placed together in the node tree. In
many cases, a simple change like this results in dramatic improvements in the speed
and quality of your images.
See “ Creating Motion Blur in Shake ” on page 778 for another good example of using
concatenation to your advantage.
The following nodes concatenate with one another:
• CameraShake
• CornerPin
• Move2D
• Move3D
• Pan
• Rotate
• Scale
• Shear
• Stabilize
Making Concatenation Visible
You can set showConcatenationLinks to “enhanced” in the enhancedNodeView subtree
of the Globals tab, then enable the enhanced Node View to see which nodes are
currently concatenating. A green line connects transform nodes that concatenate,
which makes it easy to see where the chain may be broken. For more information, see
“
Using the Enhanced Node View ” on page 221.
Transform nodes that
aren’t concatenated Transform nodes that are
concatenated