Adobe After Effects

Adobe After Effects is a motion design and visual effects software app. It allows you to animate text, graphics, illustrations, and more to create anything from a simple credit roll to an intricate title sequence. You can also composite to design stunning visual effects for film, TV, video, and the web.

You can purchase After Effects on its own for the annual paid monthly plan. However, many people use After Effects with other Creative Cloud apps like Premiere and Photoshop. You can get these apps and more as part of the annual paid monthly plan for individuals, students who meet the eligibility requirement, and teams.

Yes, you can get a seven-day free trial of After Effects. This is the official, full version of the app so you can try it, check out all the tutorials, and get inspired by what you can do with motion design and visual effects software.

After Effects is designed to work seamlessly with other Creative Cloud apps to save time and make you more efficient. For Photoshop, you can easily import layered PSD files with layers intact. And when working with Premiere, you can import After Effects compositions via Adobe Dynamic Link, which cuts out the need for intermediate rendering.

There are two ways you can render in After Effects. One way is to output your creative content via the Render Queue right inside the app. Or, you can render your content outside of After Effects via Adobe Media Encoder.

Adobe provides free training guides to help you master every feature in After Effects through their After Effects Training Portal, or directly within the app. For more in-depth training with a certified instructor, you can also access their Video Training Courses.