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Product Overview
Shake 4
New Image Processing Technology
Shake 4 uses the power and elegance of optical fl ow image processing to create stun-
ning quality for retiming and resizing, shot stabilization, and panorama compositing.
• Optical fl ow–based retiming. Shake 4 makes it possible to create impressive,
smooth slow motion through advanced optical fl ow technology. You can create
extreme slow motion or speed up clips with incredibly smooth results because the
adaptive algorithm of optical fl ow technology creates in-between frames as needed.
Select preset standards conversion settings or arbitrarily ramp the speed of a clip.
• Smoothcam. The new Smoothcam feature in Shake 4 allows you to automatically
stabilize a shot or smooth out a bumpy pan. Advanced optical fl ow technology
analyzes the image with minimal user intervention. Remove camera jitter from static
shots without setting tracking points; revive unusable shots by correcting uneven
pans across a scene, with no need for tedious experimentation.
• AutoAlign. The AutoAlign feature in Shake 4 lets you automatically merge multiple
images to create a single panorama. AutoAlign uses luminance matching as well as
warping to stitch the images together into a seamless whole. Quickly and easily create
large images for pan and scan; use frames from an image sequence to create a large
clean plate.
Expanded Film and Video Integration
Visual e∂ ects are a key part of the workfl ow for commercial post as well as feature fi lm
and television production. New levels of workfl ow integration in Shake 4 have made
the editing and e∂ ects pipeline even more e∑ cient, while maintaining extraordinary
image quality.
• Integration with Final Cut Pro 5. Automatically generate a Node View when you send
cuts and layers from the Final Cut Pro 5 Timeline to Shake 4. Final Cut Pro editors can
use Shake 4 to stabilize, resize, and retime clips with cinematic quality or composite
the most di∑ cult blue/green screen shots using the keying, paint, and rotoscoping
features of Shake 4.
• OpenEXR support. Shake 4 allows you to import and export fi les using the emerging
industry-standard OpenEXR image fi le format. OpenEXR is a 16-bit fl oating-point
format that uses a higher dynamic range than 8- or 10-bit formats for greater quality.
Take advantage of improved memory e∑ ciency with this lossless compression format.
Improved Performance
Shake 4 has achieved even better levels of performance and e∑ ciency through a
new caching feature.
• Cache node. Shake 4 allows you to selectively cache portions of a node tree to mem-
ory. Create a memory or disk cache for selected areas in the Node View. The cached
nodes are exposed and fully editable, so you can maintain complete fl exibility. Further
increase performance by calculating only the parts of the composite that change.
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