Item: Adobe After Effects
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

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.

Pros and Cons

Adobe After Effects allows you to exercise a great level of control over how to animate just about every aspect of an object. You can control animation speed of entry and exit, the direction of rotation, scale, position, and so many more attributes.
Adobe After Effects is so popular that you can find so many paid and free third-party plug-ins and scripts to incorporate into your project.
There is such a breadth and depth of features available in Adobe After Effects, you will never get tired of exploring the program and using its many features to take your projects to new heights
Adobe After Effects works well with other products in the Adobe Creative Suites including, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and Media Encoder
Adobe After Effects allows you to customize the setup of your workspace and panels

Adobe After Effects' biggest drawback is that it uses a lot of computer processing power and ram. This can cause delays in working on your project and can be challenging to smoothly preview your project in real-time.

Most Important Features

Workspace Customization
Animation Presets and Effects
Composition - Creating and nesting compositions
Keyboard shortcuts

Return on Investment

With Adobe After Effects, we have created motion graphics that we have displayed at events that have made our events very memorable and special.
With Adobe After Effects, we have created motion graphics that have improved engagement on our social media platforms.
We have created motion graphics that have improved our visibility among other organizations.

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Premiere Pro, Microsoft Powerpoint, Apple Keynote and Camtasia

I have used Adobe Premiere Pro, Camtasia, Microsoft Powerpoint, and Apple Keynote. All of these programs allow you to do some level of animation. However, Adobe After Effects is specifically designed to create advanced and dynamic effects and animations for video. Though you can do some animation in all of these other programs, there are significant limitations, because animations and effects are not their primary purpose. However, that is the sole purpose of Adobe After Effects. There is so much more you can do with Adobe After Effects than with these other programs.

Key Insights

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?

Yes

Did implementation of Adobe After Effects go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Adobe After Effects again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, Adobe Premiere Pro, Google Drive, Mailchimp, SendPulse, Slack, Microsoft Powerpoint, Apple Keynote, Google Slides

Likelihood to Recommend

Adobe After Effects is well suited for creating short video projects that require intricate animation, like 5 minute or 1-minute countdowns, credit roll-ins, outros, and video bumpers. It is also useful for creating animated elements that can be incorporated into video projects, like animated key titles. For longer videos, I would recommend using Adobe Premiere Pro instead.

So Much to Explore in Adobe After Effects

Overall Satisfaction with Adobe After Effects