Re: Which NLE/compositor to go for?...

As a Smoke editor for 2 years in a Final Cut facility, I highly recommend staying away from the Autodesk lineup, unless you're planning to create an entirely Autodesk facility... Smoke doesn't play well with others. It also doesn't compress video well...You need third party soft/hardware to do so... What it does, it does well... Edit uncompressed video. It has bells and whistles you won't see in Final Cut and Co... but, I think most people can do without...