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Contents
Preface
7
Welcome to Shake 4
The Tutorial Lessons
8
Installing the Tutorial Media
Mac OS X Notes
Chapter
11
Shake Basics
Tutorial Summary
12
A Tour of the Basics
16
Loading Images
19
Viewing Images, Parameters, and Channels
24
Working With Windows
Launching a Flipbook
26
Compositing Elements
31
Setting Resolution
33
Filtering and Masking
34
Tuning Parameters
37
Working With Layer Nodes
40
Transforming an Image
41
Fading an Element
43
Rendering a Sequence
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47
Intermediate Skills
48
Inserting Nodes Into a Tree
50
Grouping Nodes and Using SetDOD
55
Using the Time View
66
Creating Motion Blur
71
Importing Photoshop Files
75
Keyframe Animation and the Curve Editor
80
Color Correction
91
Depth Compositing
92
Simulated Depth and 3D Compositing