Apple Shake 4 New Features - Manual (Page 13)

Chapter 1 Shake 4.0 Interface Enhancements 13
New Global Parameters
The following new parameters have been added to the Globals tab:
consoleLineLength
The maximum line length of information displayed in the Console tab. This defaults to
120 characters.
textureProxy
The proxy level at which texture-rendered images that are used by the MultiPlane
node’s hardware-rendering mode are displayed in the Viewer. This is similar to the
interactiveScale setting, in that the proxy level that’s set here is used to generate on-
the-fly Viewer images.
multiPlaneLocatorScale
Affects all MultiPlane nodes within the script. This parameter scales the depth of the
virtual space used to distribute the locator points that are displayed in the Viewer
(which represent 3D-tracking data clouds that are imported from .ma files). This
parameter allows you to expand or compress the relative distance from the camera to
the tracked background plate. Adjusting this parameter lets you more easily position
layers in space when camera tracking data comes from a subject that’s either very far
away, or very close. This parameter is for reference only, and has no effect on the data
itself. The default multiPlaneLocatorScale value is 50.
noodleColor
Lets you change the base color of noodles in the Node View. Noodles are white by
default, but you can use the Color control to change this to anything you like.
noodleColorA, -BW, -BWA, -RGB, -RGBA, -Z, -AZ, -BWZ, -BWAZ, -RGBZ, -RGBAZ
When noodleColorCoding is turned on (in the enhancedNodeView subtree), noodles
are color coded and stippled (see “Noodle Color Coding” on page 16), based on the bit
depth and number of color channels being propagated by each noodle in your node
tree. When turned off, noodles appear using the default NoodleColor.
Different combinations of color channels are represented by different colors, and this
group of parameters lets you customize the color used for each representation.
Using the Enhanced Node View
The enhancedNodeView subtree in the Globals tab provides additional display options
for the Node View. These options can be turned on all together, or individually, to make
it easy to spot image bit-depth at different parts of the tree, animated nodes, node
concatenation, and expressions linking one node to another.