get a mac??? hell no. only if youd need the design and got lots of money to spend. check out http://www.linuxartist.org/video-anim.html to get a small overview of mostly uptodate gpled apps and tools needed for video editing/animation. e.g. cinerellea - already mentioned. kino - already mentioned mainactor - nle video editing app - free for noncommercial i think blender - 3d modelling/animation/compositing tool http://www.jahshaka.com/ - realtime editing - looks VERY promising but still way to go... ...just found another cool link I forgot in the past with the most used free and professional(expensive) tools used for film generation: http://linuxmovies.sourceforge.net/software/ nonfree: toonz - highend 2d animation/compositing app maya - highend 3d animation/modelling app softimage XSI - highend 3d animation/modelling app shake - highend compositing app hope this helps cheers