Apple Shake 4 User Manual
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Chapter 11
The Flipbook, Monitor Previews, and Color Calibration
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quicktimeCodec: Click the codecOptions button to open the Compression Settings
dialog. Choose a codec from the Compression type pop-up menu. By default, the
Animation codec is selected.
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videoOutput: To enable playback on a broadcast monitor, enable the videoOutput
parameter.
Note: When using a broadcast monitor, ensure that the quicktimeCodec parameter is
the same as the device parameter found in the videoOutput subtree.
The videoOutput subtree contains several options:
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Device: This pop-up menu contains a list of all the devices that can be output to.
This pop-up menu is automatically set to the default, which uses your installed
monitor card.
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Conform: This pop-up menu has three options that let you define how the image
generated by your script is conformed to the frame size of the output device:
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Scale to Fit: Outputs the current DOD to the broadcast monitor.
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Fit Maintaining Aspect Ratio: Fits the DOD to the full screen of the broadcast
monitor while maintaining the aspect ratio.
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Crop To Fit: Crops the image to the DOD, and centers the image in the broadcast
monitor.
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aspectRatio: Modifies the broadcastViewerAspectRatio in the monitorControls
subtree of the Globals tab.
Underneath the videoOutput subtree, there are additional options:
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audio: To render the Flipbook with audio, enable the audio button. In the audio
subtree, you can set the sample rate and audio bits.
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useProxy: You can use proxies in the disk-based Flipbook. For more information on
proxies, see Chapter 4, “
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quality: Sets the quality for the Flipbook. By default, high (1) is enabled. Click the
“high” button to toggle to “lo” quality.
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motionBlur: Enables and disables motion blur.
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maxThread: If you are working on a multiprocessor system, use the maxThread
parameter to specify how many processors are devoted to the render.
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Click Render.
The Shake QuickTime Viewer opens and the Pre-Rendering bar displays the render
progress of the Flipbook. When the process is finished, the rendered QuickTime clip
appears.
Note: The Shake QuickTime Viewer is a separate application—when launched, the
viewer application icon appears in the Mac OS X Dock.