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Compositing elements – Apple Shake 4 Tutorials User Manual

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Chapter 1

Shake Basics

Compositing Elements

Now that you know how to navigate through the Shake interface, you’re ready to
composite the elements. Finally! Arrange the FileIn nodes like this, in the order that you
want to composite them:

To begin the composite:

1

Click the orchid node to select it.

2

In the Tool tabs, click the Layer tab, then click Over.

Over1 is automatically attached to the orchid, because that node was selected when
you added the new node.

The Over1 node has two inputs on the top of the node, although you won’t see them
until you place the pointer over the node. The orchid node is attached to the first input.

3

Move the Over1 node down a little. Then, drag the second input from the top of the
Over1 node to the bottom of the table node to connect the two nodes.