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After Effects is a motion design and visual effects software app. Animate text, graphics, illustrations, and more to create anything from a simple credit roll to an intricate title sequence. Composite to design stunning visual effects for film, TV, video, and the web. Learn more.
You can purchase After Effects on its own at US$22.99/mo for the annual paid monthly plan. However, many people use After Effects with other Creative Cloud apps like Premiere Pro and Photoshop. You can get these apps and more as part of the annual paid monthly plan Creative Cloud All Apps plan, which costs US$59.99/mo for individuals, US$19.99/mo for the first year for students who meet the eligibility requirement, and US$89.99/moper license per license for teams.
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 Pro, you can import After Effects compositions via Adobe Dynamic link, which cuts out the need for intermediate rendering. Learn more.
If you’re looking to add motion to your designs, you can do anything imaginable with After Effects. We’ve got tutorials to help you learn step by step and an inspiring creative community at your fingertips.
We recommend editing video clips in a dedicated video editing app like Adobe Premiere Pro. After Effects is a motion design and visual effects app. Premiere Pro and After Effects are built to work seamlessly together to help you create any film or video project imaginable.
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. Learn more about rendering in After Effects.
Adobe provides free training guides to help you master every feature in After Effects through our After Effects Training Portal, or directly within the app. For more in-depth training with a certified instructor, you can also access our Video Training Courses.