Difference between Adobe After Effects and Apple Final Cut; Motion etc.

I quess my main question is, Do both products do the same thing? I am thinking of buying After Effects for use with Flash, but I see that that Final Cut does allot of the same.
I would like to know if I am missing something.
How good is the blue screen effect in express?
I would like to do alpha transparancies for Flash work on the web.
Thanks Ed.

To my understanding After Effects is very different from Motion. They certainly have similarities, but they are two different types of programs.
After Effects is a Keyframe based post-production tool that, while complex, is exteremely powerful. Motion is more user-friendly and has cool features, but as for raw power for intense CG work it is not your tool.
As for keying things out, I have only used the croma key tools in Final Cut Pro, and while it works well, it does not have quite the same ease as something along the lines of: http://www.seriousmagic.com/products/ultra/
If you are looking for an easy, web qaulity way of keying things, seriousmagic is probably the company for you.
~Luke

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