Adobe After Effects
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Key facts
- Original author
- Company of Science and Art
- Developers
- CoSA (1993) Aldus Corporation (1993–1994) Adobe (1994–present)
- Initial release
- January 1993 ; 33 years ago ( 1993-01 )
- Stable release
- 2026 (26.0) / January 21, 2026 ; 4 months ago ( 2026-01-21 )
- Written in
- C/C++
- Operating system
- Windows 10 (x64 only) V20H2 or later macOS Monterey v12.0 or later
- Type
- Visual effects , Motion graphics , Compositing , Computer animation
- License
- Trialware , Proprietary , term
- Website
- adobe.com/aftereffects
via Wikipedia infobox
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Adobe After Effects is a digital effects, motion graphics, and compositing application developed by Adobe Inc.; it is used for animation and in the post-production process of film making, video games and television production. Among other things, After Effects can be used for keying, tracking, compositing, and animation. It also functions as a very basic non-linear editor, audio editor, and media transcoder. In 2019, the program won an Academy Award for scientific and technical achievement.
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