We are definitely interested by feedback such as the one above. In 1.5, we decided to position the playhead right after the intro...this way, you never get a black screen, but always the first frame after the intro. So you understand that the application is actually doing something with your images, before you decide to hit the play button.
The changes in ergonomics are quite numerous, and performance gets a real boost too. We are looking forward to put PulpMotion 1.5 out as beta soon.
(Version 1.4.7)