Its been done. When you consider what a "pod and boom" platform UAV looks like, its pretty possible that a viewer at a distance might think it looks like a large dragonfly. They sound a small electric makes evens SOUNDS like a dragonfly "buz".
Look here:
http://www.aerovironment.com/UAS_products.asp
If you are at all serious about high performance automobiles, you HAVE to get all of the stuff by Carroll Smith. The absolute Bible, Talmud, Book of Saloman, Koran, whatever, of 4 wheel fastness!
Read and put to use, and you will do better than 80 percent of those that do this for a living.
Believe me!
Yes, potentially loosing Shake to Mac is a bummer for those shops with large investments in Shake on P.C. render farms. Medium sized shops don't care, as most already have become platform agnostic. Shake was not a cheap product. The type of professionals that use this stuff are used to upgrading their systems on a very regular basis anyways. Do you have any idea what shops like this charge? A few $$$ for a new Mac - who cares.
It seems to me that Jobs reason for going after these markets is more about mindshare than anything else.
People love to brag about how their software or hardware was used to create whatever blockbuster or whatever. Never mind that they will never have the skills to do it themselves.
Besides, the P.C. has plenty of options left.
Digital Fusion and yes, After Effects provide much of the functionality of Shake.
People that are offering Video Editing programs as comparison don't have a clue.
And, Final Cut may be nice but in NO way is it the end all or be all of editing. It is NOT a revolution. Ever heard of the Video Toaster? That was a paradigm shift. Final Cut is an Avid wantabe. Express DV 3.0 beats Final Cut in many ways and is in the same price range.
For middle budget and up pros both of these apps are lacking the kind of realtime speed that is needed. Try a Media Composer with Realtime hardware or a DPS Velocity with the same. Or sit down at a Symphony or DS and see what pro apps are all about. Final Cut - blah!
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Its been done. When you consider what a "pod and boom" platform UAV looks like, its pretty possible that a viewer at a distance might think it looks like a large dragonfly. They sound a small electric makes evens SOUNDS like a dragonfly "buz". Look here: http://www.aerovironment.com/UAS_products.asp
If you are at all serious about high performance automobiles, you HAVE to get all of the stuff by Carroll Smith. The absolute Bible, Talmud, Book of Saloman, Koran, whatever, of 4 wheel fastness! Read and put to use, and you will do better than 80 percent of those that do this for a living. Believe me!
Yes, potentially loosing Shake to Mac is a bummer for those shops with large investments in Shake on P.C. render farms. Medium sized shops don't care, as most already have become platform agnostic. Shake was not a cheap product. The type of professionals that use this stuff are used to upgrading their systems on a very regular basis anyways. Do you have any idea what shops like this charge? A few $$$ for a new Mac - who cares. It seems to me that Jobs reason for going after these markets is more about mindshare than anything else. People love to brag about how their software or hardware was used to create whatever blockbuster or whatever. Never mind that they will never have the skills to do it themselves. Besides, the P.C. has plenty of options left. Digital Fusion and yes, After Effects provide much of the functionality of Shake. People that are offering Video Editing programs as comparison don't have a clue. And, Final Cut may be nice but in NO way is it the end all or be all of editing. It is NOT a revolution. Ever heard of the Video Toaster? That was a paradigm shift. Final Cut is an Avid wantabe. Express DV 3.0 beats Final Cut in many ways and is in the same price range. For middle budget and up pros both of these apps are lacking the kind of realtime speed that is needed. Try a Media Composer with Realtime hardware or a DPS Velocity with the same. Or sit down at a Symphony or DS and see what pro apps are all about. Final Cut - blah!