Dave, I partially agree, but also disagree. From professional-grade software, especially when the precedent to have full control has been established among many other Creative Cloud applications (such as Premiere and Photoshop) that are offered at equal or lesser cost, it should be a standard. Since Premiere and Photoshop are incredibly customizable, I had no problem switching over from FCP 7 previously and tailoring the apps to my taste. In a working deadline environment including training several other staff members - the expectation of everyone to break down and rebuild their muscle memory at the cost of efficiency and potentially missing slot makes it not always viable, and with a switch to Premiere: it was all possible. I get that some things will need to be re-learned, as After Effects is in fact different than Premiere but that's completely expected. The fact that I cannot bind a primary tool to a basic key without modifiers however, is a bit silly. That's what I expect out of iMovie or Windows Movie Maker, not professional software. Either way, it is what it is for now, and persist I shall. However fingers crossed Adobe can improve the system further.
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