Apple Shake 4 Tutorials - Manual (Page 205)

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Note: When tracking large plates, turn on limitProcessing in the Stabilize parameters to
decrease image load times.
9 Press Play to test the stabilized plate.
Note: You can also test the stabilized plate by launching a Flipbook.
The window stays in the same position for the duration of the15-frame sequence.
When the plate drifts, the Stabilize node moves it back to the original point. This
eventually causes a black border to appear around the image. The simple (lazy) way to
fix this is with a Scale node to adjust the plate size. The Scale node concatenates with
the Stabilize node. This is good.
10 In the Node View, select the Stabilize1 node and connect a Transform–Scale node.
11 Using the onscreen transform controls or the controls in the Scale Parameters tab, scale
the image up slightly. Examine frame 15 to gauge the correct scale.
As this is the “Lazy Man’s Method,” and therefore appealing to compositors across the
world, it is not the ideal method. Instead, a clean plate should be constructed and
placed behind the image. See “Creating Clean Plates” on page 243.