expensive software tools

[bolson]

Every now and then I wish I had some expensive software tool for a day or a week so that I could do some one-off gag or small project that it would be just the right tool for. This of course does not justify the $500-$30000 that these various tools cost. Right now I want Final Cut Pro or equivalent to do one cool video hack I have in my head. iMovie is just not up to this. Some day I may be superrich and not care, or the software industry will find licensing models that suit me (some pundits say this may yet happen, rent software for $n per year or logically $n/365 per day, yearly is already starting to happen). Until then I'll just do what I can with free/cheap software and grumble when it doesn't quite do what I want.