With its use of Optical Flow technology, Shake leads the way in integrating the latest image processing breakthroughs into a single, affordable visual effects package. The results are cleaner, sharper and more natural-looking images.
Optical Flow-based Retiming
A sophisticated method of motion estimation that automatically tracks an image pixel by pixel in order to create “new” frames, Shake’s Optical Flow-based retiming gives you smooth slow motion effects at amazingly low frame rates. Shake can nonlinearly retime any clip, allowing you to ramp forwards and backwards though a clip.
Smoothcam and Tracking
Use new Smoothcam to smooth out bumpy camera moves or eliminate camera movement altogether. Smoothcam uses Optical Flow technology to automatically remove camera jitter from static shots without setting tracking points. Smoothcam even revives unusable shots by correcting uneven pans across a scene.
Shake also includes powerful tracking technology that follows the movement of pixels over a series of frames to create “motion paths” you can attach other elements to. Shake’s tracker allows you to define various parameters to automate tracking of even the most difficult shots. Attach trackers to paint strokes, warper shapes or even individual points on a mask shape.
Shape-Based Morphing and Warping
Use shape-based morphing and warping in Shake to achieve fantastic shape-shifting or seamless corrective effects.
Integrated directly into Shake, morphing and warping shapes use the standard spline tools, making it more intuitive to create and modify an effect than with mesh-based warping tools. And unlike hardware-based warping tools, Shake employs software-based rendering for fine precision. Apply trackers to shapes and create moving morphs and warps faster: The Shake warping engine takes full advantage of dual processors.
Auto-Align
Combine multiple source images in to a single panorama with Auto-Align, an Optical Flow analysis-based transform node. Use Auto-Align to align, warp and luminance match images that overlap either horizontally or vertically. Unlike similar photographic tools, Auto-Align works with both stills and image sequences. This means you can, for example, turn three side-by-side shots or an expanse of action into a single, extremely wide-angle background plate.
