Qyestion for After Effects users...

Hi all,
I have used AE for about 6 months. Although it is a great application I think it is way more than I need. Can someone who is an AE user (or former user) give me insight as to why Motion 3 would make a good substitute for AE? Or is Motion a product that works better in conjunction with AE?
For some background - I do alot of more elaborate title and special effects stuff for presenters. So ultimately I render out ot avi or mov file to insert into KeyNote or PowerPoint. I also do alot of custom background stuff and AE allows me to not have to go into Photoshop most times because alot of the same tools are available for masking, etc... (a very popular method is to use a background image, recolor, add a elliptical mask and feather the edges. also using ramp effects for coloring. Are these things possible in Motion 3 or would I have to do it in Photoshop and import?
I do like the real 3D of AE, is this possible in Motion 3? I have see nthe demos of the 3D particles but what about the brush strokes?
Thanks for the advice or insight

Just to clarify - when I said +"I do alot of more elaborate title and special effects stuff for presenters"+ - I mean more elaborate than what POwerpoint or Keynote has to offer natively. Not that I am any expert on AE by any means.

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