>Adobe After Effects is impressive. I pirated it as a kid, and I proudly pay for it now :) After Effects was one of the most astounding pieces of software I ev

>Adobe After Effects is impressive. I pirated it as a kid, and I proudly pay for it now :) After Effects was one of the most astounding pieces of software I ever used, it's like pure computing + code + art working together as one. But neglect and some missteps the past 7 versions or so have ruined it, it's all extremely single core constrained for no good reason and basic things like the playback with sound and basically broken at this point, no matter what the platform or system power it can't consistently play back a ram preview with sound without it slurring or cutting out completely. Used to work perfectly on a Core 2 Duo 10 years ago, now it feels like a joke on a far more capable machine.