Document Outline

• Shake 4
  • Contents
  • Welcome to Shake 4
    • The Tutorial Lessons
    • Installing the Tutorial Media
    • Mac OS X Notes
      • Using the Three-Button Mouse
      • The Delete Key
      • Keyboard Command Differences Between Platforms
      • Control vs. Command
      • Launching Shake in the Terminal
  • Shake Basics
    • Tutorial Summary
    • A Tour of the Basics
      • Launching Shake
      • Using the Shake Panels
      • Contextual Help
      • Shortcut Menus and Lists
      • Overriding the Default Button Choices
    • Loading Images
      • Browsing Tips
    • Viewing Images, Parameters, and Channels
      • Working With Thumbnails
      • Viewing a Node or Loading Its Parameters
      • Displaying Different Channels in the Viewer
      • Panning, Zooming, and Framing
      • Setting the Frame Range
    • Working With Windows
    • Launching a Flipbook
      • Flipbook Controls
    • Compositing Elements
      • Breaking Connections Between Nodes
    • Setting Resolution
      • Setting Resolution in a Composite
    • Filtering and Masking
    • Tuning Parameters
    • Working With Layer Nodes
    • Transforming an Image
    • Fading an Element
    • Rendering a Sequence
      • About File Names
      • Batch Rendering in a Shell
  • Intermediate Skills
    • Tutorial Summary
    • Inserting Nodes Into a Tree
    • Grouping Nodes and Using SetDOD
      • Optimizing With SetDOD
      • Grouping Nodes
    • Using the Time View
      • Tips for Working in the Time View
      • Tips for Navigating in the Node View
    • Creating Motion Blur
      • Motion Blur Parameters
    • Importing Photoshop Files
    • Keyframe Animation and the Curve Editor
      • Curve Editing Tips
    • Color Correction
      • Keystroke Modifiers for Color Controls
  • Depth Compositing
    • Tutorial Summary
    • Simulated Depth and 3D Compositing
      • Setting Up the Depth Composite
      • Launching Shake Projects From Terminal
    • Working With Z Channels
      • Displaying Z Channels
      • Additional Viewing and Framing Tips
    • Creating Composites With ZCompose
      • Adjusting Z Depth
    • Color Correcting Premultiplied Images
    • Fading With Distance
      • Layering Background Elements to Smooth Edges
      • Adding Haze to the Entire Image
    • 3D Compositing With the MultiPlane Node
      • Tips for Navigating in the Multi-Pane Viewer
    • Animating a MultiPlane Camera
    • Importing Camera and Animation Data
  • Working With Expressions
    • Tutorial Summary
    • Creating the Fan Composite
    • Creating a Light Source With RGrad
    • Looping Frames in the Time View
    • Using Local Variables and Expressions
      • Creating Flicker on the Light
    • Simulating Volumetrics With RBlur
      • Linking the RBlur effect to the RGrad shape
      • Connecting the RBlur to the Composite
    • Concatenating Color Adjustments
    • Adding Motion Blur to Pre-Animated Elements
      • Create a Motion Blur Placeholder
  • Using Keylight
    • Tutorial Summary
    • Using Keylight to Pull a Key
    • Testing the Mask With a Viewer Script
    • Adjusting the Mask With Parameters
    • Masking
    • Color Correcting the Foreground Image
      • Testing a Color Correction
    • Advanced Keylight Techniques
      • The Joy of JPEG
    • Using fgBias to Remove Blue Spill
    • Using a Holdout Matte
      • Using the replaceColour Parameter
  • Using Primatte
    • Tutorial Summary
    • The Basics of Pulling a Key in Primatte
    • Inner Mechanics of Primatte
      • Managing Operators
    • Masking Primatte
      • Attach a Holdout Matte
    • Spill Suppression in Primatte
    • Compositing Outside of Primatte
  • Tracking and Stabilization
    • Tutorial Summary
    • Tracking and Stabilizing Nodes
    • Stabilizing an Image Sequence
    • Converting Stabilization Data to MatchMove Data
    • Using the MatchMove Node
    • Position the Foreground Element
      • Adjust the Sign Position
    • Color Correct the Foreground Element
      • Stabilize as an Alternative to MatchMove
  • Working With Macros
    • Tutorial Summary
    • What Is a Macro?
    • Creating a Handmade Macro
      • Copying Text Into the Node View
      • Starting the Macro Format
    • Saving and Testing the Macro
      • Terminal Shortcuts for Repeating Commands
    • Adding a Button to the Interface
      • Creating a Node Without an Icon
    • How to Set Slider Ranges
    • Creating Macros With MacroMaker
    • Creating Sliders in MacroMaker
  • Creating Clean Plates
    • Tutorial Summary
    • Stitching Images
    • Stabilizing and Stitching Background Plates
    • Creating a Clean Plate With QuickPaint