Bring higher production values to your projects with the world-class motion graphics and visual effects capabilities of Adobe® After Effects® CS5.5 software. After Effects excels at 2D and 3D compositing, keying, rotoscoping, and addressing post-production challenges.

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.

Powerful motion controls

Remove unwanted movement with the Warp Stabilizer, or precisely match the motion of source footage with mocha for After Effects v2. Apply realistic motion blur. Use Timewarp to slow down and speed up footage.

Masking and keying tools, including Roto Brush

Isolate moving foreground elements from backgrounds in a fraction of the time it would take with hand-drawn animated masks using the revolutionary Roto Brush tool. Remove bluescreen and greenscreen backgrounds with the Academy Award–winning Keylight.

Responsive 64-bit performance

Work effectively on high-resolution projects — even at 32-bit-per-channel color inside HD, 2K, and 4K compositions. Use all your system's RAM to see longer previews. With enhanced disk caching, you can spend less time waiting and more time creating.

Professional results for any media type

Deliver your work virtually anywhere. Compatibility with an extensive list of output formats lets you produce animated content for media ranging from film and broadcast to the web and mobile devices.

Warp Stabilizer

Smooth a bumpy camera move, or lock a shot automatically. Warp Stabilizer removes jitter and compensates for motion-related irregularities.

Camera Lens Blur

Create soft-focus effects with Camera Lens Blur. Set iris shape, blade curvature, and diffraction fringe characteristics for beautiful bokeh, and use these same settings for fantastic depth-of-field control with the After Effects 3D camera.

Source timecode support

Take the guesswork out of source footage edits. Timecode data in QuickTime, AVI, Broadcast WAV (BWF), DPX, and some variations of MXF is read directly in After Effects, and the Timecode effect can display both source timecode and composition frames.

Tight Adobe integration

Use Adobe Dynamic Link to move between After Effects and Adobe Premiere® Pro software without intermediate renders. Import layered Adobe Photoshop® files, including 3D and video layers. XMP metadata support streamlines project tracking and asset management.

Timesaving presets and learning tools

Jump-start text animation, synthetic background creation, and more with animation presets. Use Brainstorm to experiment and refine designs. Learn fast with help, tool tips, and training resources on the web.

Broad format support

Easily use the latest cameras and share media with Adobe Premiere Pro, thanks to native support for numerous tapeless formats in After Effects. Convert film, video, and web content to the correct format for your project.

Batch rendering

Queue multiple compositions inside a single project to render in sequence without user intervention. Have one render create a proxy or source to be used by a later composition.

High dynamic range color

Get precise, predictable color in After Effects with support for high dynamic range (32-bit-per-channel floating point) color, ProEXR files, ICC-based color management tools, and color lookup tables (LUTs). Adjust and recover values above monitor white.