Shake 4.1
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安過ぎます．
アップルが「Shake 4.1」を発表、5分の1以下の価格に大幅値下げ (MYCOMジャーナル)
あのShakeが$500ってアナタ，Mac持ってたら目的も無く買ってしまいそうな値段です．Shake大好きなんですよねー．
ただ，業界ではLinux版が相当数使われていると思いますから，そちらの値段も気になります．昔からMac版よりはかなり高かったのですが，この価格改定でどのくらいになるのだろうか．
こんなに安くなってもShakeはやはり映画産業界で確固たる地位を持っているツールです．インハウスなアプリを除けば，もしかしたらうちらが常用する一番安いツールになるかも？
ところで，Shakeはcompositingのためのツールですから，ある一つのショットに合成やエフェクトを加える事は得意ですが，編集などは苦手です．強いて言えばAfterEffectsのような位置付けです．
Premier + AfterEffectsに対してFinal Cut + Shake．Macに限定されますが，自分なら断然後者ですね．
昨日、こんなのが流れてたよ
> Apple will no longer be selling maintenance for Shake and no further
> software updates are planned as we begin work on the next
> generation of Shake compositing software. While we’re excited
> about the innovations we can bring in the future, we understand you
> have a business to run today that requires Shake. To that end, we
> will provide all Maintenance customers with
> the following three options:
>
> A. Customers can continue with end-user e-mail support, as well as
> SDK support for the duration of their Maintenance contract.
>
> B. Customers may elect to cancel their Maintenance and receive a
> prorated refund for the unused portion. Existing software licenses
> would continue to function according to the Software License
> Agreement. Maintenance customers that wish to cancel their
> contract must do so by July 23, 2006.
>
> C. Additionally, Maintenance customers may choose to license the
> Shake 4.1
> Source Code for $50,000. The Source Code license includes
> a 5,000 seat volume license of Shake 4.1. This offer is designed
> to help facilities with significant Shake investments maintain
> a reliable and controllable visual effects pipeline. Maintenance
> customers that wish to license the Shake 4.1
> Source Code must do so by July 23, 2006. Apple reserves
> the right to refuse any maintenance customer source Code access.
ママママジっすか？？？
$50,000でソースコード売るって事は本気でやめるんだなあ…
うーーーん，$500でバイナリを売り始めた訳が分かりました．