RSSApple Updates Shake, Drops Price
By the Betanews Staff | Published June 20, 2006, 2:30 PM
Apple is bringing its high-end compositing software tool to the masses with the release of Shake version 4.1, which is now a Universal Binary for running on Intel-based Macs. Pricing for Shake has been dropped by 80 percent to $499 USD, and current version 4 owners can upgrade for $49.
Shake 4.1 works alongside Final Cut Studio, featuring 3D compositing, keying, image tracking and stabilization. The tool is used by a number of major movie studios, and helped create the visual effects in "King Kong." “Now Final Cut Studio customers can retouch their shots with Shake’s optical flow technology or add photo realistic visual effects to their productions, even on a shoestring budget," said Rob Schoeben, Apple's vice president of Applications Product Marketing.
Shake is no longer supported by Apple on any platform after this release of verion 4.1.
You can however buy the source code for 50k (offered only to certain companies at Apples
discretion)
They are shutting Shake down and starting on a new product from scratch.
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|Apple will never dominate any computer market. They are turning into the MP3 giant of the world. If they got above 10% marketshare I think steve jobs would die. Steve Jobs needs to be the underdog... if Apple was on top, they would suck.
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|mp3? surely you mean m4p!
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|Apple lowering prices? Must be the new Intel Chipset inside...
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|Lowering the price right now is a great move for Apple as this is a prime opportunity to introduce Shake to a new market. My only quibble is that a .1 release should be a free upgrade to current users.
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|My only quibble is that a .1 release should be a free upgrade to current users.
This is apple we're talking about right?
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