Shake

The other day a couple of people from the Apple Shake Development team dropped by Tippett for some in-depth discussion about the next version of their package.

While I'm not privy to tell the details surrounding the next Shake release, I am on the beta list and am testing it out extensively. I am not sure when it will be released to the public, but NAB is starting tomorrow, so it might be then. Who knows. I can say that it looks great and addresses a lot of notes that current users would like to have in the software.

As well, with Toxik out for Windows and Linux (soon), Apple will have some more competition. Competition is always good. Ron Brinkmann, who wrote The Art and Science of Digital Compositing, also came by, as he is on the Shake development team. It's interesting to note, that a friend and fellow comp co-worker used to work with Ron back in LA before the book was released. It's a small world!