[Analogwhale]

I’m actually at a bit of a snapping point right now with Motion 3. I have the latest gen 15″ MBP with an NVidia 8600 GT card, and 4GB of RAM. Sad to say, but one of Apple’s major Pro Apps breaks its flagship laptop.

The moment two hi-res photos and some particles meet on screen, the process slowed too much to consider using the “live” preview. Everything had to be scrubbed through.

That being the case, I think I’m switching back to AE or going over to Combustion. If I can’t take advantage of the “real-time” edit options, then Motion suddenly looks a bit under-cooked when you consider little things like lights not casting shadows.

This may sound like bickering. It is still a good program, but if it only runs to spec on a $5000 desktop, doesn’t do me much good.

I’d be interested to hear other people’s thoughts on this.