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In fact, the more I think about it, the more I see a great future for FAST as a tool that can set up an animation as if it were a 3D game or virtual environment, but that also can render video and audio non-realtime at high quality. I don't know of any other application that can do exactly this.

  

Which is really all I've waiting for to come along.  Imagine how quickly Epic (Unreal Engine 3) or Crytek (Crysis) could change this business by releasing dedicated machinema tools individuals could afford.