Apple Installing Your Shake 4 Software - Manual (Page 2)

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About the Contents of Your Shake Box
Your Shake box contains the following software and documentation.
Installation CD
The Shake 4 installation CD: This is your installation disc. Use this CD to install the Shake
and Apple Qmaster software and documentation.
Printed documentation
The following printed instructional material is included in your Shake box:
• Shake 4 User Manual: Provides information on new features, the Shake user interface,
image input and output, the compositing nodes and Node View, file formats and
footage, keying, color correction and color space, using masks and transforms,
working with the Curve Editor and the Time View, painting and rotoscoping tools,
using filters, customizing Shake and making macros, and rendering.
• Shake 4 Tutorials: Provide step-by-step instructions for general Shake workflow and
the user interface, basic color correction, using the Z channel, using local variables
with expressions, color correction on premultiplied elements, using Keylight and
Primatte, tracking, how to make a macro, and how to create a simple clean plate.
Note: Tutorial media for use with the Shake 4 Tutorials is included on on the Shake 4
installation CD, in the Tutorial_Media folder.
PDF documentation
The following PDF documentation is located in the Documentation folder on the
Shake 4 installation CD.
• Shake 4 User Manual
• Shake 4 Tutorials
• Shake 4 New Features
• Installing Your Software
• Apple Qmaster User Manual
• Truelight User Manual
About Onscreen Help
The Shake 4 User Manual , Shake 4 Tutorials , Shake 4 New Features, and Late-Breaking
News documents are accessible via the Help menu of the Shake application. The
Apple Qmaster User Manual and Apple Qmaster Late-Breaking News are available in the
Help menu of the Apple Qmaster application. Documentation for the bundled Truelight
features is included in the
Documentation folder, located on the Shake 4 installation CD.