Apple Shake 4 New Features - Manual (Page 17)

Chapter 1 Shake 4.0 Interface Enhancements 17
stipple8Bit, stipple16Bit, stipple32Bit
The stipple pattern of a noodle indicates its bit depth. In the following screenshot,
three renamed Bytes nodes output 8-, 16-, and 32-bit float data respectively. The
stippling indicates each bit depth at a glance.
noodleColor Coding
Different combinations of color channels being propagated down the node tree are
represented by different colors. In the following screenshot (showing four renamed
Reorder nodes), the first node is disconnected from any incoming image data, while the
next two are respectively propagating BWA and RGB channels. The color channels
represented by each noodle are clearly distinguishable (this screenshot is viewable in
color via the onscreen help).
Customizing Noodle Color Coding
In the noodleColors subtree of the colors subtree, there are 12 different parameters for
noodle color coding, corresponding to each possible combination of color channels in
Shake. Each combination has a color control you can use to set up whichever color
scheme makes the most sense to you.