Unlocking Shake

Course Description

This five-day hands-on course introduces students to the primary feature set and basic interface of Shake. Using visual effects shots from major motion pictures, students will learn the process of integrating computer-generated elements with live-action photography using motion tracking and color-matching tools, as well as utilizing keying techniques to place blue and green screen shots against background plates. Most importantly, learn to create multi-layer composites using Shake’s Node tree organizational structure.

Who Should Attend?

This class is designed for those wanting to learn compositing and visual effects using Shake.

How to Register

This course is available for registration at many of our Apple Authorized Training Centers worldwide. Please visit the course schedule for current classes, or view the Apple Authorized Training Centers page to find a center near you.

Certification

This course covers the requirements necessary to successfully become an Apple Certified Pro, Level 1 in Shake.

To register for the exam, please consult with your Apple Authorized Training Center. You are required to have an Apple Tech ID number before registering for any Apple exam. You can apply for a Tech ID by following the instructions at certifications.apple.com.

Prerequisites

Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending the course:

• Basic knowledge of compositing and effects

Course Outline - Day 1
Topic	Description
Lesson 1 The Shake Workflow	Interface Workflow, The Shake Interface, Importing Images and Sequences, Using the Viewer.
Lesson 2 Basic Compositing	Process Trees, Creating a Simple Tree.
Lesson 3 Color Correction	Basic Color Correction Tools, Using PlotScanline to Understand, Color Corrections, Concatenation, Color Matching Using Channel Isolation, Color Matching Using ColorMatch, The ColorCorrect Node.
Course Outline - Day 2
Topic	Description
Lesson 4 Intermediate Composting, Part 1	Essentials of Compositing
Lesson 5 Intermediate Compositing, Part 2	Creating a Drop Shadow, Animation, Image Warping and Grain.
Lesson 6 QuickPaint	Setting Resolution, Edit vs. Paint Mode, Using the Brushes, Picking Color, Modifying Strokes, Stroke Modes, Converting Strokes, Creating a Write-On Effect, Painting in Perspective, Dustbusting and Rotoscoping.
Course Outline - Day 3
Topic	Description
Lesson 7 RotoShape	Add Shapes Mode versus Edit Shapes Mode, Creating and Modifying Shapes, Knot Modes, Right Mouse Controls, RotoShape Exercise, Roto Tips, Miscellaneous RotoShape Viewer Controls.
Lesson 8 Film Compositing	Film Resolution Files, Proxies, The Vine Composite, Rendering Full Resolution.
Lesson 9 Video/Audio	Video Fields, Miscellaneous Video Functions, Audio.
Course Outline - Day 4
Topic	Description
Lesson 10 Keying	Understanding Primatte.
Lesson 11 Advanced Compositing	Photoshop Files, FileIn the Source Material, Tracking: Stabilization, Building the Composite, The Curve Editor.
Lesson 12 Animation	Creating the Fairy.
Course Outline - Day 5
Topic	Description
Lesson 13 Tracking	One-Point Tracking, Four-Point Tracking, Tracker Adjustments.
Lesson 14 Command Line	Shake in the Command Line.
Appendix A Compositing Maya Renders in Shake	Multipass as a Lifestyle, A Multipass Lighting Composite, Creating a Multipass Macro, Compositing the Multipass Scene, Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, Rendering Out of Maya, More Maya-Shake Timesavers.

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What you will learn

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