Re: Why does AD bother with desktop Compositors?

I own a Toaster and that isn't going anywhere either. Was a great system for 8 bit SD but as far as I know it still doesn't support anything above that. Seems Newtek is more concerned with the corporate and church group market rather than high end post. My Toaster is available for purchase if interested.

Another thread about AD ignoring Combustion. I feel the pain too but it is unrealistic to think they are going to do any kind of core re-write. They did that when they combined Paint and Effect at the beginning and since then they've been bolting on features with varying success. I don't really use any of the features past C3 and speed / efficiency enhancements have always been my #1 request. Wish it would grow and change but I am weighing my options for the future. I do post work with SD, HD video mostly. Toxik seems a little too almost to me and doesn't seem to have any real foothold. Plus of course it is owned by Autodesk. Nuke seems too film-centric. Fusion seems to be the most promising to me of the node based apps that I've looked at. I'm going to put in some time getting good at After Effects though. That app doesn't seem like it will go away anytime soon and has some very strong capabilites. I'll mourn Combustion if they kill it off but it will continue to be useful to me for a while.