[David Mathis]

I agree with what you are saying. My fear is if Autodesk were to be in on the action. Combustion was a nice alternative to After Effects but it died a somewhat slow, horrible death. If my memory is correct, Autodesk stopped developing this software shortly before pulling the plug. We all remember Shake and its demise. Granted that Smoke is still going strong. Just not sure how Nuke will fit into the picture.

Probably not a real concern but at least something to think about. There will be better support than perhaps with Adobe. Not sure what the price structure would be if it is at a much lower cost then things will be interesting to say the least just as our weather has been. Just waiting to see how the subscriber base at Adobe is going to react once Fusion is available for the Mac platform. This story is worth watching as the impacts could present both opprortunity and some challenges.

[David Mathis]

Spot on! If, by some chance, a company such as AJA were to acquire Nuke, this could present itself with a hardware comparability issue. While grateful that BMD has acquired Fusion and developing the software further, the lack of some flexibility in hardware options can present challenges. After reading what Andrew and Tim have pointed out, despite my opposition to rental only, Adobe would be the best fit.

Rental only or boxed in with smaller range of compatible hardware, which offers the least amount of flexibility? Love to hear your thoughts.

[David Mathis]

Thank you. I will checkout the website.

[David Mathis]

Thanks for sharing. I am interested in Photoshop, what are the options?

[David Mathis]

John,

Do you have any screenshots you could provide? You also mentioned a masked video and window. As far as not being apply a mask to the group, there must be a bug. Also, not sure the mask tools are available for use on text. Could be wrong. If the mask tools are not available you can apply an image mask to the group.

Is the video behind the window? Sorry for the questions, just trying to understand what is going on here.

Here is another suggestion that may or may not work, try using the rectangle shape tool to draw shapes around the window where you want the moon to be visible. This may require multiple shapes. Place those shapes in another group. Apply an image mask to the moon, and use the shape layers as the mask. Let me know if this helps.

[David Mathis]

I tried this earlier. Just imported a photo, added image mask, the mask was locked. I then animated the position of the photo with mask staying in place. Perhaps my explanation was a bit off but I do understand what you are saying.

Was merely trying to offer an explanation, hope no offense taken.

[David Mathis]

Apply an image mask to the moon. This way the moon can move independent of the mask. Let me know if that helps.

[David Mathis]

The theme from Space Odyssey would be appropriate. Also, the Golden Bird sounds like a James Bond film. 😉

[David Mathis]

Not sure the bird and the Adobe Creative Cloud Debate forum is a good mix. 🙂

[David Mathis]

I am serious and don’t call me Shirley. 😉