The choice of Oscar-winning effects artists seven years in a row is now optimized for the Power Mac G5 and Mac OS X at all resolutions.
Shake artists have taken home the Oscar for Best Visual Effects for seven years running, including this year for "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King." Now you can take home the most versatile, resolution-independent professional digital effects compositing software.
Resolution Independence
Shake's unique high-performance rendering engine lets you choose 8, 16 or 32-bit color depths on various resolution compositing operations. Strategically optimize dense input images to achieve greater fidelity composites while maintaining high performance. Shake delivers visual effects and compositing for film, HD and commercial.
Powerful Node-based Interface
Shake's intuitive workspace helps you resolve creative and technical decisions at any point in the production process without sacrificing time or driving up costs. By organizing the building blocks of complex visual effects in a tree structure composed of nodes, Shake makes it simple to find, select and modify any element, in context, while previewing the final composite in real time.
Warping and Morphing Done Right
Shake 3.5 adds new shape-based morphing and warping capabilities. Use Shake's familiar spline tools in a whole new way to create complex morphs and warps, including corrective effects and shape-shifting.
Open for Business
The Shake SDK provides access to virtually all of Shake's power and functionality so you can fully customize processes to meet any automation or production challenge. Run Shake from its own interface, from scripts or from a Mac OS X or Linux command line (shell). For large facilities in particular, the Shake 3.5 SDK is an ideal platform for creating custom production pipelines.
Shake Continues Apple's Oscar Winning Streak
Shake compositing software played a crucial role in the film winning the 2004 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. Weta Digital credited Shake as a key element in the creation of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King."
Third-party plug-ins
Shake's third-party plug-ins - Algolith, The Foundry and GenArts, to name just a few - give you a wide range of options for creating compelling new looks.
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Shake 3.5 Features
Power Mac G5 Optimized
Leverage the G5's power to view real-time effects and rendering.
Highest Quality Compositing
Attain the higest-quality composites for film, HD and TV.
Morphing and Warping
Create fantastic and corrective morphs and warps using intuitive shape-based tools.
Shake & Maya Network Rendering
Harness networked Macs for both Shake and Maya rendering.
10-bit and 16-bit QuickTime
Choose the right resolution to meet your needs.
Primatte and Keylight
Pull mattes more efficiently using industry-standard keyers.
Paint Tool
Do and undo vector-based painting with flexibility.
Masking and Rotoscoping
Create complex shapes and masks.
Broadcast Monitor Preview
Preview broadcast output before rendering out.
Film Grain Filter
Match CG and film shots using an advanced film grain.
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