After so many years using the same tool (Flash), you may end up becoming a master of using that tool and nothing else. Despite that a good amount of visual problems can be solved using just one tool, it may not necessarily be the case that the single tool is the best one to do a particular job. Speaker Andrew Bell  ("Out of the Frying Pan") wanted to open up minds by sharing how he was able to use alternate tools to accomplish some of these tasks. He described the challenges he was faced with, the options available and went in depth as to how some of those options were very limiting.

One example to highlight was an Ambient Occlusion-based composition that he implemented 5 different ways. The end visual outcome generally turned out to be the same. However the efficiency and the time required to create it vastly differ.

The point is this: “Why try to ride the Tour de France using a tricycle?” By re-evaluating what other alternative tools are out there to solve the challenge, you can save time doing more important things by using the best tool for a particular task.