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From Our Research Team:

Give your videos an edge!

Shake 4 delivers all the tools artists require to create sophisticated visual effects for film and television. Its workflow is based on an intuitive non-linear process tree, which allows you to quickly navigate your composite and perform changes at anytime. Furthermore, Shake 4 takes advantage of some of the world's most advanced compositing algorithms available with full-float processing to deliver quality and speed without compromise. Shake 4 is what the pros use to create the movie magic that keeps the theaters packed!

Shake 4 At-a-Glance:

• Editing and effects pipeline integration
  
• Unified 2D/3D compositing
  
• Advanced image processing technology

Editing and effects pipeline integration
Now the leading film visual effects software can be combined with the world's leading non-linear editing software for a powerful editing and effects integrated pipeline. Cuts and layers from the Final Cut Pro 5 timeline can automatically create a Shake node tree. Shake 4 will automatically launch from the Final Cut Pro 5 timeline, reducing the need to recreate the edits and layers in Shake from scratch.

Unified 2D/3D compositing
Shake 4 lets you composite live action and 3D CGI layers with more realism using the new OpenGL-accelerated 3D multi-plane compositing node. 3D compositing is seamlessly integrated into the node view to work with the same flexible user interface as every other operation. You can combine full 32-bit float Keylight and Primatte keyers, vector-based paint and rotoshapes with tracking along with 3D animated cameras; or import your camera animation from a Maya-compatible camera data file.

Advanced image processing technology
Shake 4 leads the way in integrating the latest image processing technology into a single visual effects package. No other visual effects software delivers a complete set of tools including shape-based morphing and warping and advanced Optical Flow technology. Optical Flow algorithms use pixel-by-pixel image analysis to create smooth retiming, incredible high-quality resizing and automatic stabilization.

Shake 4 Features:

• OpenGL-accelerated 3D compositing
  
• Final Cut Pro 5 integration
  
• Advanced Optical flow-based retiming
  
• Smoothcam for automatic stabilization and smoothing of bumpy pans
  
• Auto-align for creating seamless panoramas from multiple images
  
• Rotoshapes with tracking and variable soft edges per control vertice
  
• 32-bit Primatte and Keylight keyers included
  
• Truelight monitor calibration
  
• Enhanced Node view with Favorite views
  
• Cache node for improved performance
  
• Improved finishing quality effects and output

Mac System Requirements

• Power Mac G5 or G4, PowerBook G4 with 1GHz or faster PowerPC processor, or any Intel Core-based Macintosh computer
  
• Mac OS X 10.4.6 or later
  
• QuickTime 7.0.4 or later
  
• 512MB of RAM or more
  
• 1GB of available disk space for caching and for temporary files
  
• AGP graphics card with at least 32MB of video memory and OpenGL hardware acceleration
  
• Display with 1280-by-1024-pixel resolution and 24-bit color
  
• Three-button mouse

Shake 4 - the tools the pros use!

Specification Detail Manufacturer Part Number MA434Z/A

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