Shake (software)

Shake
Developer(s)Apple Inc.
Final release
4.1.1 / November 21, 2008
Operating systemMac OS X and Linux
TypeCompositing
LicenseProprietary
WebsiteApple — Shake at the Wayback Machine (archived January 22, 2008)

Shake is a discontinued image compositing package used in the post-production industry developed by Nothing Real for Windows and later acquired by Apple Inc. Shake was widely used in visual effects and digital compositing for film, video and commercials. Shake exposed its node graph architecture graphically. It enabled complex image processing sequences to be designed through the connection of effects "nodes" in a graphical workflow interface. This type of compositing interface allowed great flexibility, including the ability to modify the parameters of an earlier image processing step "in context" (while viewing the final composite). Many other compositing packages, such as Blender, Blackmagic Fusion, Nuke and Cineon, also used a similar node-based approach.

Shake 4 was available for Mac OS X and Linux. Support for Microsoft Windows and IRIX was discontinued in previous versions.[1][2]

On July 30, 2009, Apple discontinued Shake.[3] No direct product replacement was announced by Apple, but some features are now available in Final Cut Studio and Motion, such as the SmoothCam filter.[4]

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  2. ^ "Piranha vs. Shake Irix - Nekochan Net". Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2009.
  3. ^ Eric Slivka. "Apple Finally Discontinues Shake? (Updated)".
  4. ^ "Apple - Final Cut Studio - Final Cut Pro 7 - Effects and Transitions". Archived from the original on June 8, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2017.