Adobe After Effects
Adobe After Effects offers top-tier motion graphics and visual effects capabilities, ideal for film, TV productions, and creative projects. Featuring advanced compositing with keyframe animation and layer techniques, it's geared for professionals seeking powerful solutions via Creative Cloud.
Cost / License
- Subscription
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
Features
- Keyframe Animation
- Motion Capture
- Particle Engine
- 3D animated titles
- Support for 4K
- Color correction
- Works Offline
- Dark Mode
- Colour Grading
- Ad-free
- Node Based
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Chroma Key / Green Screen
- Support for Layers
- Logo animation
- Optical Flow Retiming
- Image Restoration Tools
- Video Noise Reduction
Tags
- Animation
- video-composition
- Video Compositing
- keyframes
Adobe After Effects News & Activities
Recent News
- Maoholguin published news article about Adobe Premiere Pro
Premiere Pro 25.5 adds 90+ new effects, fast GPU playback and major timeline upgradesAdobe Premiere Pro has announced version 25.5, launching on September 12, 2025, with a focus on rea...
- Fla published news article about Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe Premiere Pro now runs on Snapdragon X ARM laptops under emulationAdobe has released the x86 version of Premiere Pro for Windows 11 on ARM devices powered by Qualcom...
- Maoholguin published news article about Adobe Creative Cloud
Adobe launches Firefly Generative AI for all Creative Cloud users and raises plan pricesAdobe has finally launched Adobe Firefly Generative AI, a feature first introduced to Adobe Photosh...
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expensive and bloated, it supposed to be part of premiere
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What is Adobe After Effects?
Adobe After Effects is the premiere digital video effects software used industry-wide for film making and TV production as well as creative work including high-end video intros and audio-reactive music visualizers. With a full gamut of professional features, the software is capable of handling practically any imaginable visual task.
After Effects utilizes a powerful layer-based approach to compositing and masking with a familiar timeline for arranging and manipulating visual elements in time. Layer properties such as position, scale, and rotation are easily animated using configurable key frames on the timeline while layer styles and blend modes make it easy to mix imagery in sophisticated ways.
Originally available under a version-based, one-time purchase, After Effects is now available strictly through a subscription to Adobe's Creative Cloud service.
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Comments and Reviews
Hot fire software lol. Great for filmmakers and it comes apart of the adobe suite so its chill.
expensive and bloated, it supposed to be part of premiere
Good but wish it was cheaper.
Bloatware. Honestly. After buying the license, I found multiple instances of Cinema 4D installed as well. Did I ask for it? NO. Did they warn or even say it would be installed? NO. It's already a pain that you are forced to install Creative Cloud and all other stuff. It's cool if you use it, but it shouldn't be forced if you don't want to use it. Can't wait to find a proper alternative, like Affinity is to InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
When you buy one app, you should get one app installed. No more, no less.
Bloatware, when I bought After Effects they never ask me to install 7 cinema4d apps!! and 4! icons with different apps, why they fragment AF in 4 different icons/programs? i just need AF no other shits.
The perfect app for creating motion graphics and applying effects!
Best for particle simulations, camera tracking and visual effects.
This is the best application for particle simulations, camera tracking and visual effects in general. After Effects has a huge support community with plenty of tutorials and plugins (many are free) to keep you busy during winter months.
My beef is with the Creative Cloud's monthly subscription based license. Adobe had the audacity to sent emails to their clients explaining that users must upgrade to the current version or risk being sued for copyright infringement. In addition, older hardware has being phased out forcing clients to purchase the latest Windows 10 PC.
I shall continue to use CS5 for as long as possible or until Adobe abolishes this subscription based nonsense. Until then I absolutely refuse to upgrade to the latest version.