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I am writing to correct several errors that appeared in the review of Nothing Real's Shake Version 2.4 compositing software that appeared on pg. 48 of the January 2002 issue.
First and foremost, the headline of the review refers to "Shake Version 2.4: A new interface for Kaydara's compositing program," which is not only completely erroneous but lacks any context to Nothing Real's product.
Second, I take exception to the article's reference to Shake as the "baby brother of Nothing Real's high-end Tremor compositing suite." Shake is the company's flagship compositing product and was developed in 1996--years before Tremor became available last June. It is a general-purpose image manipulation toolset that provides users with a low-cost, high performance compositing solution without the need for specialized hardware. Tremor, on the other hand, is a turnkey compositing solution that incorporates best-of-breed technology running on Hewlett-Packard computers, DVS acquisition cards, and Ciprico storage.
Although the author points out that Primatte, one of the industry's leading keyers, is bundled with Shake, he omitted to note that Shake is available with two other leading keyers. Keylight comes bundled with Shake, while Ultimatte is available as a plug-in. In ...