-monitor/Monitor

Function
Similar to View, this inserts a viewing monitor node to examine the comp at any point along the tree. The difference is that you can set the resolution of the monitor, and you can also tell Shake if you want to keep each frame in memory, or if you want each frame to be replaced by the next frame, keeping your ram use down.

Parameters
Type
Defaults
Function
keepframes
int
0

Keeps frames in memory or discards them as the next frame is calculated.

0 = Keep current frame only in memory
1 = Keep all frames in memory

width/height
int
width, height
An optional width and height for the monitor window. Effectively performs a Fit operation to maintain proper aspect ratio.


Synopsis

void Monitor( 
  image, 
  int keepframes,
  int width,
  int height
);


Script

Monitor( image, 
        keepframes,
        width, 
        height 
);


Command Line

shake -monitor keepframes width height


Example

shake my_image.@.iff -flop -monitor -gamma rgb 1.7 -t 1-20