used to use final cut pro 7, now switching to premiere. Learning after effects as well, but just to clarify AE is usually used along with an NLE to supplement it, not to replace it. if it helps at all, i used to use imovie (08?) and FCE. FCP7 is by far my favorite, but it is fading away as apple no longer supports it, cinema tools doesn't work with lion, and it doesn't have 64 bit support