Hasta La Motion!

Hi, I just joined today and have been surfing through the various n00b threads here. I’ve been debating between pursuing VFX and composting and have being going back and forth between tutorials and texts for both areas trying to get a better feel for each discipline.

I’ve been putting myself through Maya dynamics tutorials and have an extensive background in photography.I also am a visual artist who has a background in realism.

What I’m wondering though is the mainstream use of Shake now 2011. I’ve looked through about 100 job postings and it hasn’t come up as a requirement in many but many make reference to it on here and other forums. Should I bother to learn it? Who amongst you is using it? With no support since 2005 I’m reluctant to take a more serious look at it unless I still can see it’s in demand, which doesn’t seem to be the case.