Sounds like a great learning opportunity.
I have held off upgrading to Pro since it seems that Mocha AE does all I need. And for camera tracking I use Syntheyes which is designed for this purpose.
It would take a really innovative addition to motivate me to upgrade.
Tom Daigon
PrP / After Effects Editor
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