I have always been interested in graphics programs but have never done anything other than putz around, partly because of time contraints (machine was my brothers) and I love to play computer games; and lack of how to really use the program.
I recently saw the demo of AM at MacWorld Boston (was in town for another conference as well) and was amazed at the program. I hummed and hawed for a few days and picked up a copy on the last day of the conference. I wasn't sure that I would actually use the program and therefore wasting $200. I am proud to say that I have finished up to the FlowerPower tutorial and am more interested as I just downloaded the Tiger beta so I can run it on my new machine: 20" iMac G5.
Guess I will be lurking in the forums as well now =)