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Have grown alongside this software for years, and intend to stick with it
December 15, 2020

Have grown alongside this software for years, and intend to stick with it

Zacheray Long | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Adobe After Effects

After Effects is mainly used for 2D animations that would otherwise be too complex for Premiere Pro, such as stylized typographic animations, animation of charts, and sometimes simple simulations of product functionality such as airflow, button activation, circuitry layouts, etc.

The US/Philippines Marketing department uses it extensively, as well as our marketing colleagues across the globe.

After Effects is the middle ground between simple Premiere Pro animations and complex 3D sequences, as well as a convenient compositing tool. I personally use it as my primary image editor instead of Photoshop or similar programs.
  • Integration with other Adobe Creative Cloud applications.
  • Compatibility with useful plugins.
  • Quick, easy motion tracking.
  • Puppet tool.
  • Preview playback speed.
  • Overall stability.
  • Ability to explain our products better, leading to improved sales.
  • Saves work hours from having to re-shoot scenes.
After Effects is the halfway point between simple editing software like Premiere Pro and complex 3D suites like Cinema 4D. It offers a balance of speed and functionality for mid-level production.

I also prefer it over Apple Motion and Black Magic Fusion, mostly due to being in this environment so long and see the dramatic improvements over the years. It was nowhere near this dependable when I first began using it.

Do you think Adobe After Effects delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Adobe After Effects's feature set?

Yes

Did Adobe After Effects live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Adobe After Effects go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Adobe After Effects again?

Yes

For example, if you've illustrated something and want to bring it to life with animation, After Effects has the tools to make that happen, from shape layer manipulation to tight control of keyframes.

Another example is tracking in text to a 3D animation sequence. Text is cumbersome to work with in 3D, but with After Effects you can import the camera data and manipulate text, screen overlays, color corrections, etc. in a much lighter-to-process environment.

It's a very competent compositing tool for removing items from scenes. I was able to remove an entire moving car from a shot thanks to the clone stamping and painting tools.

After Effects is less ideal for traditional hand-drawn animation, where changes and decisions are made frame-by-frame, and better for vector-based animation.