Re: @Tom Daigon

[Robert Brown] "Have you ever actually tried serious text animation in Smoke? I have and I'll take AE any day of the week. And no it's not faster. "

Obviously you are talking about Smoke 2012 which I was not able to get my head wrapped around. Smoke 2013 makes much more sense. That was the point of today, Smoke 2013 is not 2012. Brian Mulligan who works exclusively in Smoke was the first to say that. It has literally been rebuilt so you will have to download and try Smoke 2013 before you start the true comparisons.

Yes, AE is a killer app and will remain a killer app for some time to come. I've been using it since it was called CoSA in the early 90's and 1000 layer comps are common for me. All of the Good Eats animations for example are all After Effects and range from 500 to 1500 layers per :30 to 2:00 animation. So I know how good AE is and will continue to be.

I also know I could not have created the text overlay with true 3D lighting could not have been created so quickly in AE as it was in Smoke. And Smoke is not the end all product, hence it's integration with other applications. So if there's something Smoke absolutely cannot do or I don't know how to do it, then you have the other apps to lean on.

It's not like we're all going to just ditch Avid and Adobe overnight. Especially Avid in our shop will be around for the long haul as we get into more reality programming, it's really well suited for that when you have 20 or 30 editors working together on multiple series. But Smoke is poised to take center stage as our primary editing and finishing tool in our shop.

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