1 Installing Your Software The following information is intended to get you up and running with Shake 4 as quickly as possible and covers the following topics: · · · · · · · · · · · Contents of the box Onscreen help Shake system requirements RAM Requirements Uninstalling Shake Installing Shake Serializing and registering Shake Installing and licensing Shake for render-only workstations Apple Qmaster system requirements Installing Apple Qmaster Client, Services, and Administration tools Shake and Apple Qmaster support Important: Be sure to review the Before You Install Shake 4 document (in the Shake 4 installer or on the installation CD). 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 CD The Shake 4 installation CD: 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: Provide 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 on the Shake 4 installation CD, in the Tutorial_Media folder. PDF documentation The following PDF documentation is located in the Documentation folder on the Shake 4 installation CD. · Shake 4 User Manual · Shake 4 Tutorials · Shake 4 New Features · Installing Your Software · Apple Qmaster User Manual · Truelight User Manual About Onscreen Help The Shake 4 User Manual, Shake 4 Tutorials, Shake 4 New Features, and Late-Breaking News documents 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 Apple Qmaster application. Documentation for the bundled Truelight features is included in the Documentation folder, located on the Shake 4 installation CD. 2 Onscreen Documentation The Shake and Apple Qmaster onscreen documentation is in PDF format, and allows you to access information directly onscreen while you're working in Shake or Apple Qmaster via the Help menu. In Shake, there is also a Help button located in the Parameters tab of each function. This button opens an HTML page that describes the function. An additional HTML page that contains information on customizing Shake can also be accessed from the Help menu. These HTML pages (the function pages and the customizing section) include the same content as the Shake 4 User Manual. To access the onscreen help: Choose Shake User Manual, New Features, Tutorials, or another option from the Shake Help menu. The onscreen PDFs are interactive and contain links for easy navigation. To quickly find a specific topic, use the bookmarks or the interactive index. m m In Apple Qmaster, choose Help > Apple Qmaster Help; in Apple Qadministrator, choose Help > Apple Qmaster Help; in Batch Monitor, choose Help > Batch Monitor Help (Batch Monitor is the utility installed with the Apple Qadministrator and Apple Qmaster Client components). To access the onscreen help for a specific Shake function: In the Node View, click the right side of the node to load its parameters. In the Parameters tab, click the Help button. Note: In the printed user manual, all function information is included in their associated chapters. To access the onscreen help for customizing Shake: Choose Help > Customizing Shake. Note: In the Shake 4 User Manual, extensive information on customizing is located in Chapter 14, "Customizing Shake." m m m Late-Breaking News The Late-Breaking News option in the Help menu links to the Late-Breaking News section of the Shake website and contains the latest information about the software, new features, and known bugs. To access Late-Breaking News: In the Shake application, choose Help > Late-Breaking News. In Apple Qmaster or Apple Qadministrator, choose Help > Late-Breaking News. m m 3 Shake 4 System Requirements Before you install Shake 4, make sure that your Macintosh system meets the following minimum requirements. Minimum Hardware and Software Configuration · Power Mac G5; Power Mac G4 or PowerBook G4 with 1 GHz or faster PowerPC G4 processor · Mac OS X v10.3.9 or Mac OS X v10.4 (or later) · QuickTime 7 (or later) · 512 MB of RAM minimum--1 GB RAM or more recommended · 1 GB of available disk space for caching and for temporary files · AGP graphics card with at least 32 MB of video memory and OpenGL hardware acceleration · Display supporting 1280 x 1024-pixel resolution and 24-bit color, with 32MB or more of VRAM and Open GL hardware acceleration · Three-button mouse Minimum Requirements for Render-Only Workstations The Shake 4.0 render-only workstation requires the following minimum hardware and software configuration: · 500 Mhz or higher PowerPC G4 · PowerPC G4 refers to any Tower, PowerBook, iMac, eMac over 500 Mhz. · 1 Ghz PowerPC G4 or higher XServe · Mac Mac OS X v10.3.9 or Mac OS X v10.4 (or later) · QuickTime 7 (or later) · 1 GB local disk space for caching and temporary files · 256 MB of RAM RAM Requirements Real-time playback is a function of RAM, processor, image size, clip length, and graphics card. In Shake, images are loaded into memory and then played back. Current systems cannot achieve real-time playback with 2K-resolution images. With sufficient RAM and a good graphics card, files of up to 1K resolution should play back in real time. Use the following formula to determine the amount of required memory: width * height * channels * bytes per channel * images = bytes For example, a single 1024 x 768 RGB 8-bit (1 byte) per channel image is: 1024 * 768 * 3 * 1 = 2359296 bytes Or, approximately 2.4 MB per frame. 4 Tip: To convert from bytes to megabytes (MB), divide by 1024 two times (1024 equals the number of bytes per kilobyte). Thankfully, all operating systems come with calculators. For a rough approximation, drop the last 6 digits. An 8-bit image is 1 byte, a 10 or 16-bit image is 2 bytes, and a float image is 4 bytes. Installing Shake When you install Shake, its components are placed in the Applications folder of the hard disk, typically your startup disk. Important: Be sure to review "Shake 4 System Requirements" on page 4 before installing Shake. Installing Shake From the CD Before you install Shake, turn off any virus protection and security software that you may have installed on your computer. Also, review any Before You Install files or documentation. To install and serialize Shake: 1 Insert the Shake 4 installation CD into your CD drive. 2 Double-click the Install Shake icon, then follow the onscreen instructions. 3 Read the Introduction, then click Continue. 4 Read the Before You Install Shake 4 document, then click Continue. 5 Read the Software License Agreement, then click Continue and Agree. 6 Select the destination disk where you want to install Shake, then click Continue. 7 Click Install. Note: If you have previously installed other Apple Pro Applications, this button may be labeled Upgrade instead of Install. 8 In the Authenticate window, enter your administrator name and password, then click OK. By default, Shake is installed into a folder named "Shake" within the Applications folder on your hard drive. Shake Folder Contents When Shake is installed, three icons appear within the Shake folder: shake, shkv, and shkqtv. The shake icon represents the Shake application, and can be placed in the Dock. The shkv icon represents the Shake Viewer application (the Flipbook player for all platforms). The shkqtv icon represents the Shake Disk-Based Viewer application (the QuickTime Flipbook player). You cannot launch shkv or shkqtv outside of Shake. When you create a standard or disk-based Flipbook in Shake, Shake Viewer is automatically launched and the shkv or shkqtv icon appears in the Dock. 5 Serializing Shake 1 Double-click the Shake icon (if starting Shake from the Dock icon, single-click). 2 In the Licensing dialog, enter your first and last name. Note: Entering an organization is optional. 3 In the Serial Number field, enter the Shake 4 serial number printed on the front of this document. 4 Click OK. Registering Shake The first time you start Shake, the application prompts you for registration information. By default, the Me card information in your Address Book is automatically entered in the appropriate fields. To register Shake to a user other than the user listed in the Me card in your Address Book: 1 Fill out the Name, Address, Organization, and Email address fields. 2 If you want information about Apple news and software updates sent to your email account, select the checkbox. 3 If you want to review Apple's Privacy Policy, click Privacy Policy. 4 When you are finished, click Register Now. You are now ready to begin using Shake. Note: If you decide to click the Register Later button, you will be prompted to register again after opening the application five times. Installing and Licensing Shake for Render-Only Workstations To install the render-only version of Shake, perform the CD install as described in "Installing Shake" on page 5 on all systems intended for use as render workstations. Mac OS X render licenses are free, and do not require serial numbers or special licensing. 6 Uninstalling Shake This section discusses uninstalling Shake and its associated files. Important: Although custom files are generally stored in the nreal folder of the Users directory, be sure to back up any custom files that may be stored in the Shake directory that you want to save before you uninstall Shake. To uninstall Shake: 1 Drag the Shake folder to the Trash (located in the Dock). 2 In the Library/Receipts folder, drag the Shake.pkg file to the trash. 3 Empty the Trash contents. Note: If the Shake4.0.pkg file is not removed from the Receipts folder prior to installing Shake again, the Shake Installer shows that you are upgrading Shake. The Shake4.0.pkg file is simply overwritten. This process does not remove the nreal folder in the user directory that is created when Shake is run for the first time. This folder usually contains your custom settings, such as macros, machine and user interface settings, icons, and autosaved scripts. Installing Apple Qmaster 2 Apple Qmaster 2 is available via a separate installer on the installation CD. For more information on the Apple Qmaster 2 components and installation, see the Apple Qmaster 2 User Manual, located in the Documentation folder of the Shake 4 installation CD. By default, the Apple Qmaster 2 installer places Apple Qmaster and Apple Qadministrator icons in the Applications folder, and the Batch Monitor in the Applications/Utilities folder. It also installs the Apple Qmaster Preferences Panel, which lets you set your computer up as a service node. Minimum Requirements for Apple Qmaster 2 · Software requirements: Mac OS X v10.3.9 (or later) · Hard disk drive requirements: The Apple Qmaster applications and Apple Qmaster services require at least 20 MB available disk space for application installation. 7 Apple Qmaster Installation Components Within the Customize dialog in the Apple Qmaster installer are two separate installation components for Apple Qmaster, each designed for a different part of a Apple Qmaster system. Installation Component Apple Qmaster Applications Where to Install It On client computers: Any computer from which you use Shake Qmaster to submit processing jobs. On administrator computers: Any computer you use to create and administer Shake Qmaster clusters. It must be on the same network as the clusters. On cluster computers: Applications and Utilities Installed · Apple Qmaster 2 (the interface for submitting jobs for distributed processing) · Apple Qadministrator · Batch Monitor utility Apple Qmaster Services · Apple Qmaster 2 pane in System Preferences · service nodes: The computers that perform the actual processing of jobs. · cluster controller computers: The computer that acts as the manager of a cluster. It divides up tasks, determines which service nodes to send work to, and then distributes the work. There is only one cluster controller per cluster. 8 While one computer cou ...