I recently did the A/V for a 'video journalism awards' show.
I handled the show in Modul8 and it went well, the organisers were happy. Still I feel I needed something better suited for this job. It's not far off to say I needed a mix between Modul8 and Powerpoint for this show. I don't know if M8 was designed with this sort scenario in mind but here is my two cents.
You know how this kind of show goes: A video trailer is played, a winner takes the stage and says thanks. The host presents the next nominees etc. There was a load of elements - names, titles, video trailers, and two live cameras that must not be mixed up or triggered at the wrong time. Yet I had to improvise when the host left the script and mixed up the sequence of events.
I had to trigger multiple elements at once and in sequence. For instance I had a video trailer, the titles of the video + some background graphics. Three layers in all. This went on with 20 different trailers - too many to put in separate layer sets. Instead i triggered them manually from the media library. The whole time I was afraid to make a mistake - like putting the wrong title on a video trailer.
Imagine I did have 20 layersets. Still I would need to be able to name them or preview them in order to not mix them up.
Also I was missing some in/out transitions. You know, things that fade in or zoom in without me having to do it by hand.
I would like to hear what the developers say. Will there be something in store for this kind of scenario in future versions or is this too far from what you had in mind when you made M8?