Very nice succinct piece.
I like this quote “If you don’t like that direction, you simply must get off the train right now.”
I just got off the train, and even got a refund on my ticket! I decided to get on a Lear jet. Its probably the last software I ever thought I would use . As an editor for 30 years Ive used CMX, Avid MC, Avid DS and FCP. Never would I have thought I would be using and experiencing such speed and power from Adobe CS5 Premiere Pro. I have always relied upon the well crafted Photoshop and After Effects, but it took a total rebuild for me to make the leap to Premiere Pro. Its almost like I never left FCP 7, with the bonus of the wonder of dynamic linking between PP and AE. I couldnt be happier.
Tom Daigon
Avid DS / FCP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com