Installing Shake 4.1

Installing Your Software The following information is intended to get you up and running with Shake 4.1 as quickly as possible and covers the following topics:  About the Contents of Your Shake Box (p. 2)  About Onscreen Help (p. 3)  Shake 4.1 System Requirements (p. 4)  Installing Shake (p. 5)  Registering Shake (p. 6)  Installing and Licensing Shake for Render-Only Workstations (p. 7)  Installing Apple Qmaster 2.1 (p. 7)  About Installing Software and Saving Files (p. 11) Important: Be sure to review the Before You Install Shake 4.1 document on the Shake 4.1 installation disc). For the latest information on Shake, go to the Shake website at http://www.apple.com/shake. 1 About the Contents of Your Shake Box Your Shake box contains the following software and documentation. Installation Disc The Shake 4.1 installation disc: This is your installation disc. Use this CD to install the Shake and Apple Qmaster software and documentation. Printed Documentation The following printed instructional material is included in your Shake box:  Shake 4 User Manual: Provides information on new features, the Shake user interface, image input and output, the compositing nodes and Node View, file formats and footage, keying, color correction and color space, using masks and transforms, working with the Curve Editor and the Time View, painting and rotoscoping tools, using filters, customizing Shake and making macros, and rendering.  Shake 4 Tutorials: Provides step-by-step instructions for general Shake workflow and the user interface, basic color correction, using the Z channel, using local variables with expressions, color correction on premultiplied elements, using Keylight and Primatte, tracking, how to make a macro, and how to create a simple clean plate. Note: Tutorial media for use with the Shake 4 Tutorials is included on the Shake 4.1 installation CD, in the Tutorial_Media folder. PDF Documentation The following PDF documentation is located in the Documentation folder on the Shake 4.1 installation disc.  Shake 4 User Manual  Shake 4 Tutorials  Shake 4 New Features  Installing Your Software  Apple Qmaster User Manual  Truelight User Manual 2 About Onscreen Help Onscreen help (available in the Help menu) allows you to access information onscreen while you are working in the Shake or Apple Qmaster application. Onscreen user manuals are available here, as well as links to other documentation and related Apple websites. Onscreen Documentation The Shake 4 User Manual, Shake 4 Tutorials, Shake 4 New Features, and Late-Breaking News are accessible via the Help menu of the Shake application. The Apple Qmaster User Manual and Apple Qmaster Late-Breaking News are available in the Help menu of the A…