Comment Re:Just a few problems in your post... (Score 1) 420
Funny thing is that some of the apps were not developed by apple but rather bought and all other OS versions have been canceled or made more expensive, etc. (which pissed of alot of non-apple users cause this looked so microsoftish).
First of all Shake is not Mac only. You can still get a linux version (just that apple effectively keeps the linux price roughly ten times above the os x one). Second, there was not much development after apple bought it. Changes were marginal.
Shake really is the "windows" of compositing apps. It earned it dominance from changes in the industry (slowly turning away from huge expensive turnkey systems a la discreet) to desktop compositing for feature film. It had a good toolset and was available for everyone (win/irix/linux). All apple has done was making it so cheap it was a joke and trying to lock people in. They did not innovate at all here. Its already getting old. That's why they gave it up.
FCP is still not the dominating editor in the industry. That would still be avid.
-k
First of all Shake is not Mac only. You can still get a linux version (just that apple effectively keeps the linux price roughly ten times above the os x one). Second, there was not much development after apple bought it. Changes were marginal.
Shake really is the "windows" of compositing apps. It earned it dominance from changes in the industry (slowly turning away from huge expensive turnkey systems a la discreet) to desktop compositing for feature film. It had a good toolset and was available for everyone (win/irix/linux). All apple has done was making it so cheap it was a joke and trying to lock people in. They did not innovate at all here. Its already getting old. That's why they gave it up.
FCP is still not the dominating editor in the industry. That would still be avid.
-k
