New To Shake

[user_deleted]

Hello, I have just started learning Shake and have found this site very useful. Just a quick and easy question, after downloading some of the macros how do you 'install them' or 'use them' - are they like plug ins in Final Cut Pro and have to be installed into a folder or something.

Sorry it is such a daft question but hey i am the new boy !

Thanks

[deke-kincaid]

They are very strange to install compared to most app. Just check out the pdf manual that comes with shake. It explains how to install them.

[user_deleted]

in your "username/nreal" directory you have to create a folder called "include".
if you haven't got a "nreal" directory make one.
in that create a folder called "startup".
in startup create a folder called "ui".

in short - username/nreal/include/startup/ui

the macroname.h file goes in to the startup folder and the macronameUI.h file goes into the UI folder.

[user_deleted]

Thank you very much for that - all work fine accept Pro Flares ... keep getting 'missing macros' error message. All the icons are there etc. I notice with other diwnloads there is a nri file included but not with this one. Is this an error on the owners part ? I have installed all the other files as you and the manual describes so not sure if I have missed anything. I have contacted the owner but alas no reply.

Thank you both again - much apprerciated ... and I am loving Shake !

[director]

My understanding is, and I'm sure someone will tell me if I'm incorrect.....

a .nri file is not needed for the macro to function. .nri stands for "Nothing Real Icon" ... Nothing Real is the company that orginally created Shake.

... anyways, the .nri file makes the macro look pretty inside of shake, but has nothing to do with the functionality of it.

There is probabbly no "@" symbol listed in the macroname.h file or the macronameUI.h file.

Go back into the Shake manual and read where it talks about the "@" symbol. If you do not have a .nri file for your macro, then that "@" symbol needs to be in the code for the macro.