As far as 422 control – any pro i/o system you get will have it. Yes, FCP will support it. Motion is great for playing around with ideas. I don’t have Motion 2 yet. But Motion 1.0 never made it to production at our facility. We still use AE quite heavily. I’m not sure how that would change, but I’m always open to looking at better mousetraps. I never really caught onto the Boris interfaces much. I like AE too much, probably. Shake is very slick. If you’re doing that kind of work and need very fast feedback, it may do well for you. I wouldn’t, however, keep AE out of your toolbox. It’s too handy and there are way too many plug-ins for it. It’s like the swiss army knife for content creation. And it works pretty damn well, IMO.
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