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Video editors, video producers

About Adobe After Effects

Create cinematic movie titles, intros, and transitions. Remove an object from a clip. Start a fire or make it rain. Animate a logo or character. With After Effects, the industry-standard motion graphics and visual effects software, you can take any idea and make it move. Animate titles, credits, and lower thirds. Start from scratch or with presets available right from the app. From spin to swipe to slide — your text is on the move. Combine videos and images to create anything you can imagine. Choose exciting effects from hundreds of options, remove unwanted objects or people, and create VR videos to drop your audience right into the action. Set anything in motion with keyframes or expressions. Or use presets to kick-off your designs for unique results. Create compositions in Premiere Pro. Use Dynamic Link to eliminate intermediate rendering between applications. Import from Photoshop, Illustrator, Character Animator, Adobe XD, and Animate.

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$20.99 per month

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Free Trial available.

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Adobe After Effects Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What other applications or services does Adobe After Effects integrate with?

Adobe After Effects integrates with: Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Team Projects, ArionFX, Boords, Boris FX Optics, Boris FX Sapphire, Boris FX Silhoutte, CamTrackAR, cineSync, Cortex, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic, Maverick Studio, Motion Array, Motionlab, OctaneRender, Patreon, Personalizard, PixelConduit, Prolost Boardo, Red Giant Complete, SHIFT, Storyblocks, Teradici, and Wipster and more.

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Probability You Would Recommend?

"Amazing effects for projects"

Posted 2021-09-14

Pros: After Effects is a great way to introduce all sorts of high tech effects to video that normally would be rather dull. Its editing capabilities cannot be understated.

Cons: Larger learning difficulty than even most adobe products. It can be cumbersome for those who haven't been trained.

Overall: After Effects has taken our videos from drab business walkthroughs to interesting pieces that keep people's attention. It's the little things, and they really shine with the content we've produced with After Effects.

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"A powerful and versatile tool for film making."

Posted 2021-07-23

Pros: - Adobe After Effects has some of the best presets and transition available pre-built in it, also further assets can be downloaded from the store.
- It makes adding animation to the project a piece of cake.
- The layout and the user interface is made such that all the features offered by the tool is listed on the main dashboard or is categorized in way that it is very easy to reach it.
- It gets easily integrated with other Adobe software products seamlessly for further operations on the projects.

Cons: - It is an advanced software, is not ideal for beginners who want to edit videos.
- There are many features which does not work without an internet connection.

Overall: Overall, Adobe After Effects is the best software for editing video and adding motion, graphics and animations on them.

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"The Solution for Professional Videos"

Posted 2021-07-04

Pros: If you want your videos to be modern and professional, After Effects is the simplest way to go. Gone are the days of Windows Movie Maker! After editing in Premiere, AE is perfect for animations and transitions, text and color grading! You can also download tons of pre existing templates to work with which is a huge plus.

Cons: After Effects is not beginner friendly, you will definitely need to watch videos and explore Adobe Help to get an understanding before diving in.

Overall: Adobe After Effects has been a great asset for our company to add professional branding to our YouTube videos.

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"Great Software for Making Videos"

Posted 2021-06-07

Pros: I've only scratched the surface of what Adobe After Effects is capable of, and it has already blown my mind. Very impressive!

Cons: The only con would be the steep learning curve. But there are plenty of tutorials out there for reference.

Overall: Overall, I would highly recommend Adobe After Effects. It can be overwhelming, but once you understand how it works, it will not let you down!

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"The Best Solution for Animation and VFX."

Posted 2021-06-04

Pros: - With After Effects, even complicated animation, and visual effects can be added very easily to the video.
- After Effects is widely accepted as a professional-grade tool for video editing and effects.
- It integrates easily with other Adobe software for a seamless workflow.

Cons: - It has a very high learning curve, and the layout is very intimidating initially.

Overall: Overall, Adobe After Effects can efficiently edit videos and add effects and final touches to the video. After Effects also comes with very useful features to help create 2D and 3D animations.

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"After Effects turns video production into an artist's canvas"

Posted 2021-05-24

Pros: The ability to manipulate video and just about do anything they you can imagine. The Adobe UI across all of their apps does a good job of utilizing similar UI which makes it easy to jump around the Adobe CC tools. Love how the features of AE just keep getting better.

Cons: As the tool has evolved the need for a better computer is necessary as AE can be a real computer resource hog.

Overall: After Effects has been one of the industry standard video effects tools for ages. I've been using it since 1998 and it just keeps getting better. The Adobe team is really responsive considering what a huge company they are within the industry. After Effects along with the rest of Adobe CC bundle are a must for any digital marketer that utilizes multimedia.

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"To make the video finer "

Posted 2021-05-19

Pros: It has the most sophisticated tools in the market.
It gives your art an amazing touch.
I have been using it for my video editing.

Cons: It is too overwhelming for new users.
It should have a lighter version.

Overall: It has been my first choice for any video which needs VFX.
It works wonderfully and gives the finest touch to a video.

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"Create Professional Animations."

Posted 2021-05-01

Pros: -Adobe AE gives you the ability to do Green screen editing, advanced video repair, 3D animations, special effects, and many more.
-Its User Interface is quite organized, and you can easily find the desired feature or functionality for your project without wasting any time.
-The functionalities like typography videos, character animations, and VFX add a lot to your videos and give them an extra edge against a direct 2D video.
-It is quite a popular tool, so you can easily find any free or paid tutorial for this application on the internet and improve your skill as new features roll out.

Cons: -The major problem with Adobe After Effects is that this app's ram management department is worse. You will find some lags and jitters even working on a high-end machine, and I think they should look into the issue and improve it as it is a significant setback for the users in terms of experience.
-The subscription fee for this app is on the pricier side but considering all the features and customer support you get, and it is justifiable. After all, you are working on a professional app, so you should expect a high price.

Overall: Overall, Adobe After Effects is a professional tool that helps you create professional videos and add movies like VFX into them. It was pretty easy to use because of the well-organized UI. You must ensure that you run this software on a decent to high-end PC or won't get the desired performance or a good experience. The price is slightly high, but it is justified because of the vast number of features you get.

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"The complete package for video editing."

Posted 2021-04-19

Pros: - It can be used to create 2D and 3D animations.
- It can be integrated with other Adobe software for seamless productivity.
- It has a wide catalog of VFX options for videos.

Cons: - It requires a very high-end processor to function properly.

Overall: Overall, Adobe After Effects is a one-stop software for all video editing purposes. It has a quite good UI and has a lot of functionality.

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"Simple video editing"

Posted 2021-03-03

Pros: It is good for basic video editing. Good for beginners and amateurs to learn how to work with videos.

Cons: It is good to use but it needs to be more customizable.

Overall: Overall a helpful software. You can work around videos for your website or otherwise in other events and other purposes.

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"Make your videos out of the world"

Posted 2021-02-25

Pros: You can edit any kind of video media. You can add graphical components in your video making it different from the world and you can add VFX as well.

Cons: Harsh on the ram. Ram management could be a lot better. Rendering could be very slow on low-level computers.

Overall: If you want to add VFX to your video with the latest tools and up-to-date features. You can use Adobe After effects, it is easy to use and does all kinds of work.

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"Amazing tool"

Edited 2021-02-22

Pros: Adobe After Effects is our preferred choice for editing videos. It has many tools and creative features.

Cons: No cons as such. We have not faced any issues with this tool.

Overall: Overall it has been a very nice experience. Great tools and features make this platform a nice buy. Recommended.

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"Great software in vfx field"

Posted 2020-12-05

Pros: I am familiar with Adobe software so for me After Effects is really easy to learn.
You can do 2 D animation, 3D animation , motion graphics and many cool special effects.
You can do normal video editing also with many effect and transitions.
There are lot of plugins are available for after effect Which help you to do advance video editing or vfx for an example element 3d for creating packshots.

Cons: For new users who are not familiar with these kind of software can face issues to understand the interface, it's not hard but there are lot of things.
After Effects needs a high system configuration for vxf and some other things but if you want normal video editing then its ok.
It created lot of temp files which take a lot of space.

Overall: After Effects is one of the best software for video editing, composition and vfx and used worldwide in companies and a lot of people use it personally too.

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"Best animating tool"

Posted 2020-11-11

Pros: Very powerful.
Enhances the videos with its effects.
Loaded with video composition tools too.
Has a Good community to help.

Cons: Difficult to understand at first but after a little hands on you will find it easy if you are serious in learning this.

Overall: The rendering time is a little high but has after the rendering is complete the final output will be mind blowing.

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"My nerves are more expensive than an Adobe subscription"

Posted 2020-10-15

Pros: The program is easy to learn and does not require a lot of time to master. It is 100% suitable for you if you need to quickly do a little job.

Cons: After Effects constantly lags and works with bugs. Sometimes some important functionality may simply not work and you will not be able to meet the deadline.

Overall: Your customers will suffer. You will suffer. Your whole family will suffer because you work for After Effects. Sorry, but it is. Although I still work in it, because there is no time to study other software. But I'll jump off that needle as soon as I can!

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"No restrictions on editing"

Posted 2020-08-19

Pros: Gives your freedom to edit and design without any restrictions.
Very low process time.
Best for animations and motion visual effects.

Cons: The plans are expensive. But gets your job done easily.

Overall: It's the topmost and perfect professional motion graphics platform. It provides designing and editing without restrictions. Great tool for professionals. Takes a few minutes to process.

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"Professional editing tool"

Posted 2020-07-11

Pros: It offers the best video editing available in the market. It comes with great editing brushes and options to implement your idea into it. Best for VFX and motion editing.

Cons: You need some professional experiences or some time to learn from tutorials.

Overall: Adobe After Effects is a promising and powerful video editing tool. It offers professional services to give excellent VFX and motion editing. I highly recommend this tool it's the greatest and best editor I ever used.

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"Best Video Animator "

Posted 2020-06-23

Pros: * It can be used in conjunction to Abode illustrator
*Being a beginner it's very easy to use, as being industry leader, it has many tutorial available on YouTube
* You can import effects and there are many predefined effects
* Supports high rendering speed

Cons: This is very vast feature packed software so need a bit of time and dedication to get used to.

Overall: The software is industry leader in the field of video editing. The best part of this is there are tons of tutorial available online. I have created my own library of effects which includes some of the imported one and can use with some clicks only. Supports crossover platforms. I use this to create intro for videos.

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"Gold standard for compositing but less essential today than it once was."

Posted 2020-05-29

Pros: This is THE best compositing toolkit out there, no question. I'm not a fan of the rental/subscription format of Creative Cloud but the software itself is top-notch. The keying tools, the masking and roto, and all the effects filters are great and very extensible - there are a ton of Ae plugins that expand the creative potential of this VFX tool to be nearly limitless.

Cons: Creative Cloud, unfortunately, is not great. I'd prefer to own software outright. Worse for AE, the alternatives seem to be catching up fast. Hitfilm Pro is an excellent alternative (That I recently switched to) and Fusion is also amazing for pro-grade compositing and keying, and both of those offer one-time pricing and feature limited but still decent free versions. After Effects needs to continue improving, and Adobe cannot be complacent and expect to retain its customer base in the future.

Overall: I used AE for thousands of hours on various VFX projects as far back as 2003 (before the CS series) so I do have a fondness for Adobe's software. I have used AE on dozens of short videos to do a wide range of effects sequences. But as an indie on a limited budget I realize it is time to move on personally. The alternatives are nearly as good and they fit a pricing model that I prefer.

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