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Shake is an image compositing package used in the post-production industry. Available for Mac OS X and GNU/Linux (support for IRIX and Microsoft Windows was once available, but has since been discontinued), Shake delivers visual effects and digital compositing for film, HD and commercials. It enables complex image processing sequences to be designed by the connection of effects "nodes" in a graphical workflow interface. Shake makes it simple to find, select and modify any element, in context, while previewing the final composite in real time.
History
Shake was originally developed by programmers and supervisors from Sony Imageworks including Arnaud Hervas, Emmanuel Mogenet, Ron Brinkmann, Louis Cetorelli, and Dan Candela. Other software like Digital Fusion, Nuke (Digital Domain) and Cineon, feature a similar node-based approach.
In 2002, Apple Computer acquired Nothing Real, Shake's developer, strengthening Apple hardware's position in production studios.
In April 2005 Apple Computer announced Shake 4 at a pre-NAB event. New features include 3D multi-plane compositing, 32-bit Keylight and Primatte keying, Optical Flow image processing (time-remapping), Final Cut Pro 5 integration and extensions to their open, extensible scripting language and SDK.
At the NAB event in April 2006, Apple announced that Shake 4.1 would be a Universal Binary version and would ship in May that year.
Shake 4.1 was released on 20 June 2006 and was rebranded as a companion for Final Cut Studio *; as such, its price was dropped from $2999 to $499. An upgrade for Shake 4.0 users cost $49. The educational price, a first for Shake, was $249.
At the same time, Apple also announced that they would end support for Shake, as they begin work on the next-generation software, rumoured to be known as codename Phenomenon. *
Use
Shake has been used in such films as Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and King Kong, as well as Harry Potter movies. It was also used by The Embassy to create a television advertisement for Citroën with a dancing car.
Other major productions using Shake include the 2005 adaptation of War of the Worlds, Star Wars Episode III, Fantastic 4, Mission Impossible 3, Poseidon, The Incredibles, Hulk and Pirates of the Caribbean 2.
Shake is also used for video post-production, but in this field Discreet Logic (now Autodesk)'s Flint, Flame and Inferno systems are usually used in conjuction with Shake for a fast turnaround of projects. Shake's historical strength has been the ability to work better with very high resolution formats such as 2k, 4k and IMAX used in the motion picture industry.
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