VDMX is my weapon of choice when it comes to creating and manipulating visual content live. You can build the interface to be whatever you want it to be, which I love. I make a new interface for every project. b8 is great, now I can't imagine ever using it without the workspace & UI inspector like in previous versions.
Setup I used this past weekend:
http://blog.seanwashere.com/post/254767 ... t-comes-to
http://blog.seanwashere.com/post/254433 ... i-beach-fl