Apple Shake 4 - Manual (Page 1002)

1002 Chapter 32 The Cookbook
2 Create a directory that $myproj points to, that is, if you set it to /Documents/shot1, then
create /Documents/shot1.
3 When you relaunch Shake, it should launch to $myproj. In the Directories pull-down
menu, you also see $myproj listed.
4 When you read an image from this location, Shake keeps the environment variable
($myproj) in the path. Therefore, whenever you move the entire project, reset the
environment variable to point to the new path.
5 If you batch-render your project, the background machines must also understand the
environment variable.
You can take further advantage of environment variables and projects by adding your
own startup directory into the project area. Specify a shot-specific cache directory,
assuming you have disk space to burn. This is only useful if you are working on several
shots at once, as it keeps cached files around on a per-shot basis. Be extremely careful
with this, however, because you can end up with gigs of data that you do not need if
you do not clean up after yourself. Kind of like real life.