Ok, I know Adobe Premiere is available, but is there a really good video editing program that can composite rendered movies that is actually easy to use? My bluescreening experiments in Poser and Bryce failed miserably, but I'm not sure if it was my renders or the video editing app's limitations, or just my inexperience. (Vegas Video) I wanted to try another editing program before I go back and re-render my scenes. I love the ease of use of Vegas on the PC and iMovie for the mac, but they both lack the compositing features I need. Vegas seems to have it, but I can't quite get it. I have also considered buying Konan's Poser-to Bryce program and just rendering all the scenes in Bryce, but I'm afraid I'll lose the Poser renderer's lighting and look. What should I do? (I'm also posting this to the 3d/2d animation forum.) It doesn't matter to me whether the program is Mac or PC, I'm just as comfortable in both and am really only concerned with ease of use and the final results. Thanks!!! --silver

If you're going to invest the time and effort into animation, you should invest the time and effort into learning a professional package. As far as compositing goes, I suggest you pick up Adobe After Effects. It's got it all and more, and it's really not difficult to learn. The stinger is the pricetag, but it's worth it in the long run.

I agree about After Effects. I've been really happy with it after I woke up from being knocked out by the price. Also- I quit outputting final renders to avi movies. I output from Poser 4 or 3D Studio MAX to TIFF file sequences so I can keep the alpha channel information. Makes it so easy to composite in the end.

I'd have to recommend Final Cut Pro. Really good program (after you recover from the price). As was hinted to above, if you want to learn the animation thing, it's goind to take a bit more time than you may suspect. Compositing can get pretty elaborate... It is a blast, though. Curious why your blue-screening didn't work in Poser. I've had quite a bit of luck with it. Maybe I could help. Of course, there's also Alpha-Channels... Let me know! Bets of luck.