Return-Path: Received: from atl4mhob07.myregisteredsite.com ([209.17.115.45] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4914738 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 03 Dec 2012 23:33:03 +0100 Received: from mailpod.hostingplatform.com (mail.networksolutionsemail.com [205.178.146.50]) by atl4mhob07.myregisteredsite.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id qB3Mat3C022843 for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2012 17:36:55 -0500 Received: from webmail111 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailpod.hostingplatform.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id qB3MatLo025462 for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2012 17:36:55 -0500 Received: from 59.167.240.84 (chris@chriszwar.com [59.167.240.84]) by webmail111 (Netsol 11.2.30) with WEBMAIL id 25429; Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:36:55 +0000 From: "Chris Zwar" To: "After Effects Mail List" Importance: Normal Sensitivity: Normal Message-ID: X-Mailer: Network Solutions Webmail, Build 11.2.30 X-Originating-IP: [59.167.240.84] X-Forwarded-For: [(null)] X-Authenticated-UID: chris@chriszwar.com Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:36:55 +0000 Subject: Re: [AE] top feature requests for After Effects in 2012 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Tim Sassoon [mailto:tsassoon@aol.com] AE?s main competition now being Nuke, be mindful that AE?s continuing adv= antage will be in CREATIVE and design tasks. Actually I totally disagree with the first part. Granted I live and work= in a different market on the other side of the world, and everyone's exp= eriences are different, so I won't be offended by anyone who disagrees wi= th me. But I see that After Effects serves (and dominates) two markets- = motion graphics design and corporate video compositing. Nuke is a different product that serves (and dominates) a different marke= t - feature film post production. No feature film company that uses Nuke= will switch to After Effects no matter what features are added. No corp= orate video production company will switch to Nuke and lose their establi= shed workflows, project histories, pool of freelancers, and profit margin= s. And no-one will ever do motion graphics design in Nuke... If you think about how much resistance you see on this forum to switching= from one OS to another (ie from Mac to Windows) even though you can run = After Effects on both, then the resistance to switching to a whole new ap= plication, and workflow, will be much higher. Considering the huge cost = and effort to change to a totally new workflow using a different applicat= ion, I don't see the dominance of After Effects or Nuke changing in the m= arkets they currently serve. The industry standards are there - Nuke for= feature films, After Effects for corporates and motion graphics. There are small areas of overlap but I don't see the overlap to be big en= ough for them to be classed as competitors. Adobe's resources are therefore split between the needs of two markets - = motion graphics designers and corporate video producers. If they added a= nodal compositing feature, or if they did something really stupid like a= dding Linux support, then they're simply diverting resources from the mar= kets they serve really well into areas that have no potential except to a= lienate and frustrate existing users by reducing the features and improve= ments to areas that matter. -Chris