> > If a design isn't great is isn't because the computer was too slow, or didn't have enough ram, or the designer didn't own the right plug in.  

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> How would we know? Production houses don't normally talk about the budget and scheduling for projects cuz that's proprietary info. 

> I've seen good ideas fail because of poor execution. If production doesn't have the resources to carry out a brilliant idea, it's not going to work.

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> I think a lot of design is trial and error. It's experimenting. What happens if I do this? What if I do this? When a tool is slow, it limits the 

> number of iterations you can go through before your deadline.

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> I wouldn't ever say that a bad designer can produce good work given sufficient tools and a burly workstation, but a the lack of those same 

> things can certainly hinder a good designer. Unless all your clients are into swiss minimalism, I think speed is a big deal.

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> Also. Working with a slow tool just isn't fun.

Very well said.

I would love if in about a year that a new major AE release was announced at NAB 2015 and the one point of the what's new list was: Its faster!!! :-D

Although in my mind faster also means workflow/UI optimizations.

- Robert