Apple Pro Training Series: Shake 4 |  | Author: Marco Paolini
Publisher: Peachpit Press
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Pages: 480
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.3 x 1
ISBN: 0321256093
Dewey Decimal Number: 778.5930285536
EAN: 9780321256096
ASIN: 0321256093
Publication Date: November 4, 2005
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Product Description
Talk about making an impact: Apple's Shake compositing and visual effects software has been used in every Academy Award-winning film for visual effects since its debut. It's no wonder that trained Shake artists are in high demand, and there's nowhere better to begin getting that training than with this fully updated (for Shake 4) and comprehensive Apple-approved guide (which includes a free 30-day trial version of this multi-thousand dollar software) Using step-by-step, hands-on instruction, Hollywood effects wizard Marco Paolini takes you through Shake's interface and features, including its color correction tools, tracking and stabilization capabilities, integrated procedural paint, powerful new floating point technology, advanced keyframing, blue and green screen techniques, rotoscoping tools, and more. As with the other titles in the Apple Pro Training series each chapter in this guide represents a complete lesson, with a project to complete, a review section, and bonus exercises to help test what you've learned. The accompanying DVD includes the lesson files needed to complete the book's projects. You can work through the book from cover to cover to get an entire course or you can go straight to the lessons that interest you most. Either way, you'll find the coverage you need to confront even the most daunting compositing and effects tasks with Shake.
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 Great book! January 20, 2010
G. Sherman (Toronto)
Great book. No errors....tutorials are easy to follow,...the authors voice is heard when reading and he makes for a good companion.......good luck learning shake......
shake June 1, 2009
Profoto (Ventura , Ca. USA)
If you really want to learn to use shake to edit your videos on a mac, this is a must own.
awesome !!!
cheers!
 Great Deal worth the money December 12, 2008
Christopher Bernal (San Francisco)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this book back in 2006 for an Intermediate compositing class. It was a great read, and was really easy to follow.
Although Shake is no longer being used by many big companies, and Apple I believe has stopped upgrading, the core concepts and interface are very similar and in some cases identical to what you find in newer programs.
If you happened across a copy of Shake, and are thinking about this book to show you the ropes. Go for it.
 The data DVD is corrupt September 23, 2008
Janie Clayton (Madison WI)
The DVD that comes with the project files in the book is corrupt. I thought maybe the first one was an isolated incident, but then when I recieved a replacement I had the same issues. I couldn't retrieve any files and the DVD nearly crashed my computer.
My belief is that this book came out so long ago that the disks deteriorated and that since there are going to be no upgrades to the software this book has basically had it.
I'm sure that the instructions are helpful, but without the files you don't have any hands-on projects to work on, which is a bummer. There aren't really any alternatives to this book either.
Apple should put these files online and allow people access to them if they have proof that they purchased the book.
shake manual July 27, 2008
straub (Hailey, ID USA)
if you're looking at this review, you likely already know what this book is. good stuff.
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