Appendix A
Shake/After Effects to Nuke Conversion Chart
Important Shake nodes and After Effects (AE) effects/operations are listed in the following tables along with the equivalent Nuke nodes.
Reading/Writing Files
| Shake Node | AE Effect/Operation | Nuke Node |
| FileIn | File > Import > File | Read |
| FileOut | Composition > Add To Render Queue | Write |
Merging/Combining Layers
| Shake Node | AE Effect/Operation | Nuke Node |
| IAdd | Add blending mode | Merge (Operator = Plus) |
| IMult | Multiply blending mode | Merge (Operator = Multiply) |
| ISub | Subtract blending mode | Merge (Operator = Minus) |
| Max | Lighter Color blending mode | Merge (Operator = Max) |
Creating Shapes/Text and Rotoscoping
| Shake Node | AE Effect/Operation | Nuke Node |
| Color | Layer > New > ... |
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