Connecting source and target shapes – Apple Shake 4 User Manual
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Chapter 27
Warping and Morphing Images
Copying Shapes From a RotoShape Node
You can copy shapes from a RotoShape node and paste them into a Warper or Morpher
node for use as a source, target, or boundary shape. This is especially useful in cases
where you’ve already isolated the subject using a RotoShape node.
Important:
If you copy a shape with a soft edge from a RotoShape node, only the main
center shape is pasted into a Warper or Morpher node. The soft edges are not used.
To copy a shape from a RotoShape node:
1
With the pointer over the transform control of the shape you want to copy in the
Viewer, do one of the following:
•
Right-click, then choose Copy Shape from the shortcut menu.
•
Press Command-C or Control-C.
Note: To copy all currently visible shapes in a node, Control-click or right-click in the
Viewer, then choose Copy Visible Shapes from the shortcut menu.
Important:
When copying a shape, the pointer must be directly over the shape you
intend to copy. Otherwise, you may not copy the correct shape.
2
Select the Warper or Morpher node into which you want to paste the rotoshape.
3
Do one of the following:
•
Right-click in the Viewer, then choose Paste Shapes from the shortcut menu.
•
Press Command-V or Control-V.
The pasted shape appears just like any other newly created closed shape, and you can
modify or duplicate it as necessary.
Connecting Source and Target Shapes
To create the actual warp or morph effect, you need to connect each source shape
you’ve created to a corresponding target shape. You can do so by either drawing two
shapes separately and connecting them afterwards, or by drawing the source shape
and duplicating it to use it as a starting point for the target. (Two shortcut menu
commands—Duplicate Shape, and Duplicate and Connect Shape—make this easy.)
Regardless of your intended use for the shapes you’ve created, until they’re connected
to one another, they remain unassigned.
To connect a separately drawn source shape to a target shape:
1
Click the Connect Shapes button.
2
Click a source shape.
3
Immediately click the target shape you want to connect to the source shape.