Re: What about "motion graphers"

Well obviously you'd need to venture into After Effects. If motion graphics are your number one priority, and you're feeling constrained in combustion, it's a no-brainer. combustion's main strength are in motion picture compositing, even if it is somewhat dated and it's rendering engine is operated by a hand crank. It's workflow is better suited for that than AE in my opinion, but there's no denying the opposite is true of AE.

Not that you can't do motion picture compositing in AE, it's done all the time, but obviosly it gets into personal preferences and particular production capability that may or may not be there for a given application. And there's no denying the wealth of third-party support for AE.

I've always had a love/hate relationship with combustion, and a search through the archives will show exactly how much! :-D But it's a tool at your disposal if you want it or need it, and there are other tools available as well for whatever reasons may be needed.