Should I Still Buy Shake

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Shake users,
Now I have many Gnome's dvd and Apple Shake traning book 3 and 4 and learning Shake along with Digital Compositing for Film and Video, Second Edition (Paperback)
by Steve Wright.But since Apple drop this bomb on all of us and lowering the price down.My goal is still in the long run is to be a Digital Compositor, so would it be wise still to buy this great app?

Thanks InAdvance
God Bless

[director]

Here is the answer I provided for someone else on that question 3 days ago:

My understanding is that there are vfx houses using version 2.5 of shake still because it is powerful and the last version to run on a pc and a mac.

Learning Shake version 4.1 is still a great idea. It is a work horse and extremly strong compositing application. I reccomend moving forward with Shake as most production houses will still use it for some time.

..... also rumored that apple and/ or old developers of shake (nothing real) are working on a new compositing package that runs on a faster or smarter code more similar to Motion, with the compositing likeness of Shake.

Other programs that may be of interest are Combustion and After Effects. The transition from Shake to Combustion is very easy once you know Shake.

Hope I helped answer your question. Stayed tuned for more advice from other people here on fxshare.

[user_deleted]

Brenton,
Yes I would love what others on here have to say.
And thanks for sharing.
because even though Shake is at a low price I won't be able to purchase for a few months.