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Gnomon Shake Expressions, Scripting and Macros
Shake: Expressions, Scripting and Macros VFX Compositing Techniques with Matt_Linder | 4.27 GB
In this lecture, Matt Linder discusses the powerful flexibility of using the command line and expressions to take your compositing to a new level of speed and efficiency. Matt begins with basic Unix commands for your terminal or shell, showing how to navigate around directories and files, and leads into Shake commands that demonstrate the advantages of command line workflow. Command line tasks run much more efficiently when you do not need to load a user-interface. Matt shows how to composite, resize, color correct, transform and convert your images from the com- mand line. He teaches how to set up batch scripts to run multiple tasks for nighttime renders or a distributed render, and how to build template scripts for repetitive tasks like title slates, wedges, video to film or film to video conversions. Matt uses simple math expressions to add new functionality to Shake, accessing and altering data anywhere in the workflow, linking node parameters, or creating random noise or sine wave expressions. He shows how to customize Shake's interface, how to build your own Macros, and how to build your own Viewer Look-Up-Table.
01: Introduction 02: Terminal and Shells 03: Unix Commands 04: Command Line 05: Expression Linking 06: Expressions, Variables and Math Functions 07: Creating Local Variables 08: Creating Macros 09: Customizing the User Interface 10: Creating a Custom Viewer Lut 11: Installing Plugins 12: Putting It All Togethe
