Smooth Cam Node : Apple Shake Tutorial

Smooth Cam Node

A CreativeCOW Shake for Final Cut Pro Video Tutorial

Michael Mench
California, USA

©2006 Michael Mench and Creativecow.net. All rights reserved.

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In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Contributor Michael Mench begins a series called "Shake is Money" in which he will discuss how Final Cut Pro editors can quickly learn how to integrate Shake into their workflow for added flexibilty in the studio. In this first video in the series, Michael demonstrates the 'Smooth Cam Node' in Shake.

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