Add dynamic media to interactive experiences you create in Adobe® Flash® Professional software with Adobe After Effects® CS5.5 software. Use the cinematic animation capabilities and rich effects toolkit in After Effects to create attention-grabbing looping elements and transparent video.

Innovative compositing and animation tools

Combine moving and still imagery, graphics, and text in 2D or 3D space. Animate practically any aspect of each element and add sound for virtually any result you can imagine.

Unlimited creative options

Manipulate moving and still images using hundreds of effects such as stylize, distort, and shatter. Create grids, radio waves, particles, and more. Combine effects from a third-party ecosystem of plug-ins for Hollywood-caliber results.

Animated text and vector graphics

Create text and vector graphics in After Effects using familiar Adobe tools, and then animate those elements to create visually innovative motion graphics.

Video transparency

Use the Academy Award–winning Keylight plug-in to create transparency for video shot against a bluescreen or greenscreen, a host of other color and luminance keyers, or the amazing Roto Brush to matte an object shot against any background.

Creative text animation tools

Typeset text professionally and then set it in motion. Use more than 250 professional 2D and 3D text animation presets, or create custom text animations from scratch.

Flexible 2D and 3D compositing and animation

Freely express your visual ideas by using powerful 2D and 3D content creation, compositing, and animation tools. Choose from an impressive variety of rich cinematic animation options

JavaScript-based expressions

Animate procedurally. Use the pick whip to link the behavior of a property to that of virtually any other property to simulate realistic physical behavior or complex interactions. Use standard JavaScript commands and a built-in Expression Language menu.

Scripting

Leverage your familiarity with JavaScript to create a custom script to automate repetitive tasks, effectively adding features to After Effects. Use a wide range of powerful, preexisting scripts, many of which are editable and customizable.

Comp export to Flash Professional

Export compositions as layered, XFL format projects that can be opened and edited in Flash Professional. Many After Effects assets such as text and Adobe Illustrator® artwork are preserved as vectors.

Animation presets

Jump-start projects quickly with hundreds of fully customizable animation presets for transitions, color treatments, picture-in-picture effects, backgrounds, and numerous other animations.

Markers and cue point export

Export composition or layer markers as cue points in FLV files. Easily convert keyframe values into markers, allowing you to use motion tracking data and other After Effects keyframe values in Flash Professional.

Batch rendering of files optimized for the web

Create multiple FLV files with minimal effort by using the After Effects Render Queue. Manage renders for multiple compositions and export formats, including FLV and F4V files.