Comments on: Nuke vs Shake

By: What's so Hot about Nuke? | Synaptic Light - a Journey in Filmmaking and Social Media

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:58:19 +0000

[...] For me that is The Foundry’s Nuke. Some time ago I wrote a post about Shake and Nuke: Nuke vs Shake where I was already wondering about switching to Nuke. Ok, truth be told I cannot afford it at [...]

By: SynapticLight

SynapticLight — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:53:21 +0000

Sorry – can you confirm that link?

By: Blogging thoughts of 2009 and Top 10 Posts — Synaptic Light - a Journey in Filmmaking (from PreProduction to PostProduction) and Social Media

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:43:39 +0000

[...] Nuke vs Shake [...]

By: synapticlight

synapticlight — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 11:57:06 +0000

hmmmm, I just did a price comparison:

Nuke $3500
Toxik $3495
Fusion $4995
Shake $499

darn it
there is just no way I can afford and of these (I already have Shake) especially because I need to first get a new machine (Mac Pro) and that I don’t get paid for the work I do.

By: synapticlight

synapticlight — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:39:21 +0000

I am working on a Mac, so Fusion is not really an option for me, Autodesk Toxik is, however, a very interesting option when it comes out for the Mac in the next few months.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:06:01 +0000

I started using/learning shake a year ago.
At some point I started learning nuke and after effects at the same time.
Nuke is great. I love it. I don’t know it well enough to actually really do some cool stuff, but I can use it for the basics and I find it’s faster then shake and has less bugs. At least its supported as well, and there are some GREAT tutorials on the foundry’s website.

You could learn Fusion as well if you’re into node based packages. Or Combustion (I don’t like it). Or After Effects if you’re worried about prices. The only thing about After Effects is that it’s logic is different from node based compositing.

Good luck.
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