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Adobe After Effects

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What is Adobe After Effects?

Adobe After Effects allows users to create cinematic movie titles, intros, and transitions, remove an object from a clip, start a fire or make it rain, or animate a logo or character. The vendor states that with After Effects, users…

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Pricing

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Annual Plan (Paid Monthly)

$20.99

On Premise
Per User Per Month

Monthly Plan

$31.49

On Premise
Per User Per Month

Annual Plan (Prepaid)

$239.88

On Premise
Per User Per Year

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Demos

After Effects Demo Reel

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Adobe After Effects Lesson 8 - DEMO Sand Text (Blowing Sand Effect)

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New in Adobe After Effects! Remove Anything from Video with Content Aware Fill (April 2019)

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Product Details

What is Adobe After Effects?

Adobe After Effects Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Adobe After Effects allows users to create cinematic movie titles, intros, and transitions, remove an object from a clip, start a fire or make it rain, or animate a logo or character. The vendor states that with After Effects, users can apply motion-graphics and animation to any digital object.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 9.9.

The most common users of Adobe After Effects are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Adobe After Effects helps with organization through visual consistency, project structure, asset management, efficient editing, animation presets, collaboration, version control, export options, reusable templates, and workflow integration in post-production.
November 17, 2022

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Srikant Wadgaonkar | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
After Effects gives more freedom to create motion graphics, editing videos, creating small big animations. Adobe after effects has multiple plugins that help explore more and enhance your creativity. It's video editing tools are very user friendly. Importing and exporting images and videos with far better quality gives encouragement to design more.
Romi Kalathiya | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I am just a freelancer working with lots of international clients, and I offer services related to UI/Ux design and motion graphics which requires me to use Adobe After Effects on a daily basis. In fact, I can't imagine working without [Adobe] After Effects. I do motion graphics, 2d animations, gifs, and some basic VFX stuff as well. I personally think it's the best tool that lets you do a little bit of everything and doesn't need you to buy a dozen different software.
And that doesn't mean it's not powerful or featureful enough. It has all the advanced-level tools you'll need. Heck, you can't even learn this beast even if you are using it for more than 10-15 years.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use Adobe After Effects to create motion graphics to accompany big organization announcements and releases, via email, the web, and social media. I use Adobe After Effects to create motion graphics for virtual events, like Symposiums and celebrations.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use Adobe After Effects for Motion Graphics and Animation. I use Adobe After Effects every day and it addresses the majority of my motion design problems or needs. I use it in conjunction with Photoshop and Illustrator so nearly all my needs.
Hannan Shahid | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Adobe After Effects to design and finish and enhance our videos with effects, intros, and outros. The amount of control we get in editing is not available in any other application in the market currently. The tools that Adobe After Effects offers also do the job very well and help our organization reduce expenditures by not having to separately purchase those tools.
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
After Effects 22.3 is not compatible with the Apple M1 chip. If you are purchasing a computer to use with the Adobe suite, do not buy a Mac with an M1 chip. Premiere Pro also keeps crashing and does not import the previous projects as a workaround. When it does work, it works well, however, if you are using After Effects to edit green screen projects using Premiere Pro and After Effects then the Apple M1 mac is not currently compatible. I wish I had known this when we made the decision to purchase M1 macs. Adobe is aware of the problem and working to correct it, however, there is no time frame for when this issue will be resolved.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I use After Effects for Motion Graphics and Video Editing. The only problem while working on the software is that one should have good configuration system so that it takes less time to render out the video. So it's better to have good configuration system and for rendering videos I prefer Media Encoder which is a product of Adobe to render out the videos.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
For marketing and advertising projects, we used After Effects for nearly everything. From creating logos and 3D animations to creating high-quality special effects for films & movies, After Effects was a major part of the organization and the solution to all of our advanced video editing needs. The features of After Effects are unparalleled for the work that we did.
Salomi Rai | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Mostly, we use Adobe After Effects for motion graphics and video composition. We also use it to create animatics for animators. In particular, our VFX team uses this software to add effects in a shot--whether it is to make it rain, create a snowfall effect, or show a massive explosion.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Adobe's After Effects for editing videos that we shoot on a production grade camera equipment. These videos are mainly the NGOs activities to be shared with donors. Although we use this tool in a limited capacity, but it gets the work done. It is used by our outreach department. It allows us to give post shoot adjustments to our videos which was difficult before
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Adobe After Effects is being used at our company for video editing purposes because it allows us to create awesome video advertisements with cool effects and transitions, we chose After Effects because it can handle special video effects better than any video editing software and thousands of pre-made templates are available for it online which helps us a lot during the editing process because we can easily add awesome effects to our videos or to the ones that we edit for our clients with little to no effort.
Nicole Rayne | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Adobe After Effects as our video editing software of choice, from our training videos to short gifs on social media. It allows our video presentations to be clean, professional, and engaging. We've also used it to produce stills for background images. It is our plan to increase our usage of this software over the next few years, as we develop more video content for both our curricula and social media presence.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I've used it when making videos/commercials for my business. It makes it easier to inspire imagination with, for example, a rocket than actually being blown up by a rocket! JA! Okay in all seriousness, I make fantastical family portraits and sometimes I need to help these adults who've lost their imagination see what children see every day in their minds to be able to sell the amazing portraits that I make.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Adobe After Effects primarily to design short animations for marketing email. After Effects is the best solution for this since we can design the assets in other Adobe programs such as Photoshop, XD and illustrator. Additionally, we use After Effects to create online display ads and even short (one minute or less) videos for broadcast.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use video clips in our online marketing and advertising efforts, from webinars to produced videos and tutorials. Often we need to have an animated video intro or outro to go along with the content, so we turn to Adobe After Effects. Using Adobe After Effects, we can create these animated segments that highlight our logo and text in our brand colors. It works perfectly.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use it to make classes for EAD. Use to make some special effects on the movies for training or for publicity. As a small company, I'm the only user of it. A slide with movement always attracts more the attention of the viewer and this is why I start learning and using it.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Adobe After Effects to edit and create videos for several social media platforms. Our marketing department uses After Effects to create compelling video for Facebook, Instagram, TikTok & YouTube ads among others. Since video is king on social media right now, After Effects has been essential to building our current ad campaigns.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
In our higher education institution, Adobe After Effects is primarily used by creative units around campus, primarily by marketing professionals and instructional media producers. It allows for these roles to create high-fidelity, professional animations, and graphics for use in a variety of deliverable formats. The complexity and depth of After Effects require training and a high degree of comfort/familiarity with the program to ensure that the user is able to create what they want. As such, its usage across the institution is limited.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Adobe After Effects is being used by our organization for the creation of animations utilizing vector illustrations. It's mainly only used for one particular client but it's used on a monthly basis and is essential in being able to create the animations that they request as it has the capability of making professional and complex animations.
ANDREW TOUTANT | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
It is a great animation and design program for videos from small to large clients. It’s been fast, reliable, and I like their updates and customer support. I use it for motion graphics in the advertising field and for movie and tv promos. It always meets the needs of the agency and those needs of the client for revisions and changes.
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