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Fading an element – Apple Shake 4 Tutorials User Manual

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Chapter 1

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Or, in the Viewer, drag a corner of the Move2D transform control until the scale
parameter is set to 2.

The size is right, but the image is not in the correct position.

3

Drag the triangles or the crosshairs to position the image to match the rest of the
composite.

4

Open the pan subtree in the Move2D1 parameters, then adjust the values so that xPan
=
181 and yPan = 123.

The lighting pass should now be in the right place.

Fading an Element

You’re almost done. The final step in this exercise—before rendering the animation—is
to adjust the lighting pass. Right now, it’s a little washed-out, so you’ll use a Fade node
to control its effect on the rest of the image. Fade operates on all channels in the
image, including the alpha channel. This time you’ll use the shortcut menu to insert the
required node.

To adjust the opacity of an image:

1

Click the Color tab to display the color command nodes.