Re: CS6 is released - so what now?

[Tim Wilson] "but as much as I love (and HIGHLY RECOMMEND) Media Composer and especially Symphony w/Boris Continuum Complete (you kinda hafta buy that just on principal, don't you?), they're not all in one solutions. "

Although that's completely true, the ironic fact is that I've been able to do a lot more complex compositing in MC and Symphony than I've ever done in AE, Motion or other tools. Heck, I've done composites in the original MC 7.2 for a theme park show that I couldn't do in Illusion (Avid's flagship effects tool of the day) - and that's been seen by probably well over 100 million folks since 2000. As goofy as Avid's nesting is, once you get comfortable with things like animatte, you can actually do some very intricate things. Would I recommend it over Smoke or DS as a true finishing tool? - No. But, for the editor who wants to do a lot inside one tool without ever leaving that one interface, it's pretty hard to beat for what you can actually accomplish. Especially for $1K (cross grade until 6/15).

That being said, the Premiere Pro/AE/SpeedGrade combo is likely going to compete quite well against Smoke in the market. At least that's my bet.

- Oliver

Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com