Apple Shake 4 New Features - Manual (Page 9)

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Interfac
e Enhancements
This chapter covers general enhancements throughout
the Shake interface.
Opening Two Scripts at Once
Shake is designed to have only one script open at a time. Typically, each script is used to
create a single compositing project, with a single frame range and a single node tree.
Although Shake supports multiple independent node trees within the same script, all
trees share the same duration, defined by the timeRange parameter in the Globals tab.
If necessary, it is now possible to open two scripts simultaneously in two separate
interface windows. In this case, what you’re really doing is launching two instances of
Shake at once. This is primarily useful if you need to copy information from one script
to another.
Important: When you open Shake twice, the first instance of Shake is the only one that
is able to write to and read from the cache.
Saving Favorite Views
If you find yourself panning back and forth within a particular area to the same regions,
you can now create a Favorite View within that area. The Favorite Views apply to the
following areas of the Shake interface:
• Node View: You can save several views in your node tree where you’ll be making
frequent adjustments.
• Viewer: If you’re doing paint work on a zoomed-in image in the Viewer, you can save
the position and zoom level of several different regions of the image.
• Curve Editor: You can save several different pan, zoom-level, and displayed-curve
collections that you need to switch among as you adjust the animation of different
nodes in your project.
• Parameters tab: You can save the parameters being tweaked, as well as the node
being displayed in the Viewer.