Shake vs AE

[Beeblebrox]

I'm getting a G5 shortly for the sole purpose of using and editing video. I was wondering what, if any, advantages there were to moving from AE to Shake.

Does it have the user base? How much of a standard is it? How does it compare tool wise? What about user interface? What are your personal experiences? What have you heard or read about it?

Thanks!

 

[jmproductions13]

I've worked with shake and AE a bit. The main difference is the user interface. In addition, shake is a little faster at some things and works in a floating point colorspace. The main difference is really that shake is a compositors tool while after effects does compositing and motion graphics. shake excels at compositing however and outperforms after effects in that area.

 

[WaveRiderXIX]

Shake is badass. You will have no regrets, especially after switching from AE.
If you're doing hard-core spfx, shake is definitely something I would rather use.

 

[kai]

Shake doesn't have the tools for advanced motion graphics though, and AE takes the cake there. I have both, but only pull out shake for tricky compositing or effects work. AE the other 99% of the time. Plus, the nodal interface of shake takes a bit of getting used to.