Quote Originally Posted by samsc
but is it effective from a graphics pov?

these lighting people dont understand they are working in a graphical medium.
if fx dont work visually or dont look good they are worse than useless.

sometimes its as if the last 30 years of post-production, and the whole history of film-making and broadcast graphics never existed.

have they got to the stage to realise its not about 'cool fx'?
I think NOT,but I can be wrong! The old Eureka had a UI that made me crying, this is not so much better.It had the speed and cool stuff but did not understand antialias or anything that had the word "quality" somewhere.
But it was fun and loaded with "cool fx"

I think their business is fx and effects,not artistic design and hard work, I see Apple released Garageband and everybody can be musician,thats the story but maybe not the truth.

Still they listen and try to satisfy designers with smooth replays of clips and smooth and slow movements of objects and other stuff that often is critical,also the EX1 is what I was told almost the same thing as the old Eureka but with better performance and quality,(have not seen it yet).

But often the showbusiness is about effects,is it not?? It is up to us to keep the quality in the design and art!