Re: What about "motion graphers"

I do a lot of motion graphics and know how you feel.
Myself do not like the AE interface that much and have been looking for an alternative too. My problem is often that the time allotted to complete the sequence has been getting shorter. I used to have 3 days to produce a trailer or broadcast graphics sequence, now they want me to do 3 a day :-O
Although I have learned to develop the creative ideas faster, I still see the rendering time as major obstacle. Yes, render farms are getting cheaper to set up, but I want to stay mobile, I travel for work and have my clients all over, do a lot over internet too.
To answer your question, well, lately I have stumbled upon a motion graphics software that may have a solution for me. It is called VitaScene (http://www.prodad.de/gb/vitascene_std_details.html) and it uses GPU power instead CPU for rendering and thus many effects can be achieved in real time (provided that you have a fast graphic card). Works with both 16 and 32 bit too. At first I thought it was just a plugin (works with most commonly sofware, like AVID, AfterEffects and Vegas, but I was pleasantly surprised that they have a stand alone version too. Going to test it as plugin in Combustion too, could work through the AVID plugin.
Who knows, with GPUs getting faster and more powerful, this may be one way to go?
Anyway this was my 2 cents on the subject.