It's still a great piece of software... if you don't mind a little bloat.
August 06, 2025

It's still a great piece of software... if you don't mind a little bloat.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Adobe After Effects

After Effects is mostly used to come up with quick motion design elements we might use on the site, emails, or even some videos. Most of it is quite small, just simple things that already enhanced what we have created, transitions between certain products, or presentations to internal members. Though occasionally we do create longer works when marketing requires it, usually being put to use on the homepage or in social media posts.

Pros

  • Easy integration with the rest of the Adobe Creative Cloud suite
  • Industry standard
  • Work can be easily continue even when switching from Mac to Windows or backwards.

Cons

  • The program itself feels "heavy" so some de-bloating would help
  • Sync workspaces to Adobe Cloud so they can be loaded automatically
  • Comments saying the site feels better
  • Click through rates on emails increased
  • More engagement on social media
Like other Adobe Creative Cloud software sometimes it feels clunky or just heavy when it first loads. Like its taking waking up from a long nap and needs to stretch first. Searching for specific tools sometimes can be a pain since the name related to it isnt always the best. However AE is still great to use and the variety of things you can achieve with it, as well as the range of 3rd party plugins is incredible, and overall compatibility with CC
Because they are part of the Creative Cloud platform, all Adobe software. They are well integrated into each other. If I create a vector in Illustrator and save it, load it up in After Effects, and notice that I need to adjust it? Well I don't have to fully close out of After Effects, I can open up the vector again in Illustrator, modify the vector or design to fix or make the changes I require then save it, and in a second or so it will be updated inside of After Effects, same goes for PhotoShop and Animate.

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

Not sure

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?

No

Motion design, by far the best as I stated before. Creating and animating simple elements that while not needed enhanced the experience, to creating more complex designs and animations that are used in presentations or social media posting. Whether it would be internally to team members or more external posting that are part of a bigger marketing plan.

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