Adobe After Effects
Adobe After Effects
About Adobe After Effects
Adobe After Effects is a motion graphics and VFX solution designed to help businesses create cinematic title animations, introductory videos, and transitions via a unified platform. It enables graphic designers to remove unwanted objects and add fire or rain animation and visual effects in videos.
Adobe After Effects allows organizations to animate logos or characters, edit text, and combine videos and photos to create media clips. Professionals can use the application to design virtual reality (VR) videos, configure keyframes, and capture and store digital content in a centralized repository.
Adobe After Effects lets administrators import files from various Adobe applications including Photoshop, Illustrator, Character Animator, Animate, and more.
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- Industry: Automotive
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Monthly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
This is amazing… with patience.
Reviewed on 2024/09/25
Pros
I LOVE the possibilities. Pretty much anything you imagine can be brought to live in living color.
Cons
Ease of use. I understand that this is a technical program with a serious learning curve but I do feel like some features could be a little easier to execute.
- Industry: Design
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Adobe After Effects is a must have for any serious filmmaker.
Reviewed on 2024/07/01
Ae has been a blast to work with! It is so inspirational in that I can always create more and more...
Ae has been a blast to work with! It is so inspirational in that I can always create more and more sophisticated works. It allows me to evolve my work and I can grow as a visual artist. It is exciting to see what else I may create! I love this program! It makes you feel that there are limitless possibilities!
Pros
I love the level of detail with which you can manipulate each layer. Color is so critical in my film work and I need intense saturated color as well as subtle delicate realness, both of which are easy to achieve with the After Effects programing. It allows me to achieve an exquisite level of conformity between all scenes when I need them to relate and yet I can created dynamic contrasts when I need to illustrate a counter point. Ae really compliments my desired level of sophistication as a visual storyteller.
Cons
I tend to max out the programs memory capabilities even though my iMac has 25GB of memory available. I wish After Effects had more dedicated memory and could handle more computational abilities, so I didn't have to constantly save and or restart my mac to maintain workflow.
- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Monthly for Free Trial
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
A steep learning curve
Reviewed on 2024/06/19
There is no escaping at least learning the basics of AE if you intend to enter the animation...
There is no escaping at least learning the basics of AE if you intend to enter the animation industry; however, especially being locked to a very expensive company such as Adobe, makes you wonder about the competitors out there.
Pros
Obviously, AE is the industry leader when it comes to animating, and being integrated into the Adobe suite helps with the workflow.
Cons
As the title mentioned, the learning curve, like any other animation tool, is quite steep; additionally, the software is quite demanding in terms of hardware, which can make the learning/using journey a bit hard.
- Industry: Computer Games
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Monthly for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 2.0 /10
Fun tool but difficult to learn
Reviewed on 2025/01/04
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I only tried basic effect but seemed like the software had a lot more to offer.
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It's quite difficult to learn and use than premier pro.
- Industry: Graphic Design
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
As a student...
Reviewed on 2023/10/23
For now, it continues to surprise me, and this newer version has a look and feel and a working...
For now, it continues to surprise me, and this newer version has a look and feel and a working dynamic, which motivates me to learn to use the program to the fullest and create more animations.
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I learned to use after effects during high school. Currently I use it on my own mainly to animate my Adobe Photoshop, Indesign, or Illustrator designs. After Effects has made it very easy for me to create short videos, looping sequences or even create animations with stop motion style graphics. I think it is a program that allows you to have absolute control over your ideas and creativity, and above all, a program that is very easy to learn and understand. I really like the fact that you can modify the files within the program and link them directly after opening them in photoshop. I also like that you can import default effects or designs.
Cons
I don't like that at the time of exporting, the time it takes to render in video, however short or long it may be, you have to wait a long time. In most cases, if not all, the quality is quite good and I can't complain about that.
Adobe After Effects FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Adobe After Effects.Q. What type of pricing plans does Adobe After Effects offer?
Adobe After Effects offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$31.49/month
- Pricing model: Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
Q. Who are the typical users of Adobe After Effects?
Adobe After Effects has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does Adobe After Effects support?
Adobe After Effects supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does Adobe After Effects support mobile devices?
Adobe After Effects supports the following devices:
Q. What other apps does Adobe After Effects integrate with?
We do not have any information about what integrations Adobe After Effects has
Q. What level of support does Adobe After Effects offer?
Adobe After Effects offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, Chat
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