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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, hoping to leverage Apple hardware into 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.

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.

Shake is also used for video post-production, but in this field Discreet Logic's Flint, Flame and Inferno systems are more popular. Shake's historical strength has been the ability to work better with very high resolution formats such as 2k, 4k and IMAX.

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