[pixelcruncher]

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OK, that's kind of what I thought based on what you said about pre-comps.

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That's funny since that's what I would say about you and After Effects based on your comments about pre-comps /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif There's nothing at all difficult or mystifying about pre-comps. There's a lot of good tutorials out there, easy to find. It's just interacting with your process tree at ground level rather than an overhead view.
Check out motionographer.com for inspiration. On the left is a list of studios and individuals that are worth checking out. Lots of AE work.
Check out Trapcode's gallery (they make Sound Keys, 3D Stroke and Particular, which Apple is emulating with some of their new features):
http://www.trapcode.com/gallery.html

Check out AE's integration with 3D software:

http://www.maxoncomp...ts/aepart1.html
http://www.maxoncomp...ts/aepart2.html
I spent my entire lunch trying to locate a gallery of Motion work but couldn't find any. It is impossible to tell from the NAB 2007 reel whether any of those clips used Motion other than the open/close. Most of it seems to be FCP and some of it I know is Shake. If you know of a great Motion reel of broadcast/film work, I'd love to see what it can do.

[joshuawait]

There seems to be some deeply divided opinions on this new release. Despite the differences in opinion, it's great to see Apple continue to have a commitment to this market segment. I think Adobe's products will only make the team at Apple work harder to produce top notch software.