What is Adobe After Effects?

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.

How much does After Effects cost?

You can purchase After Effects on its own at £21.98/mo incl. VAT for individuals for the annual billed 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 billed monthly plan Creative Cloud Pro plan, which costs Regularly at £66.49/mo Alternatively at £32.66/mo incl. VAT for individuals for the first 3 months and £66.49/mo after that. New subscribers only. See terms, incl. VAT for the first year for students who meet the eligibility requirement and excl. VAT per licence for teams.

Can I get After Effects for free?

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.

How does After Effects work with other Creative Cloud apps?

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. Learn more.

What can I use After Effects for?

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 to learn step by step and an inspiring creative community at your fingertips.

How do I edit in After Effects?

We recommend editing video clips in a dedicated video editing app like Adobe Premiere. After Effects is a motion design and visual effects app. Premiere and After Effects are built to work seamlessly together to help you to create any film or video project imaginable.

How do I render in After Effects?

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.

How to learn 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.

After Effects

Your next move in motion design.

Create stunning motion graphics. Animate a logo or character. Add eye-catching visual effects. With After Effects, you can add amazing motion to any video project.

Get it in the Creative Cloud Pro plan and save 50% for 3 months. Just Regularly at £66.49/mo Alternatively at £32.66/mo for the first 3 months, then £66.49/mo for the remaining 9 months of your annual subscription. See terms

Plans starting at £21.98/mo incl. VAT for the annual billed monthly plan.

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Motion design

Set text and graphics in motion.

Animate still images and illustrations to create striking motion graphics. Add motion to text for cinematic title sequences and simple credit rolls. Work faster with presets or turn your unique vision into reality with power animation tools.

3D animations

Design dynamic 3D animations.

Bring depth to your visuals with a true 3D workspace inside After Effects. Create and combine shapes, apply Substance 3D materials and perfect your lighting with dynamic shadows and realistic detail.

Visual effects

Create jaw-dropping effects.

Get inspired with a wide selection of built-in effects or customise your own. Make it storm. Add lasers. Or even pop a spinning UFO into a tracking shot. Turn any idea into an effect your audience will never forget.

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Mix 2D and 3D seamlessly.

Create, import and animate 3D objects right alongside 2D graphics in a true 3D workspace made for motion designers.

Extract objects with AI.

Easily select and separate any object from the background, even wind-swept hair and transparent elements, with the AI-powered Roto Brush.

Track elements as they move.

Follow the movement of any object in your clip. Replace the screens on mobile phones, add names to moving subjects or surround a marching band with musical notes.

Remove what you don’t want.

Erase anything from an accidental boom mic to people in the background. Content-Aware Fill will fill in the gaps in every video frame so you’re left with clean, polished footage.

Swap the background.

Place a character in a totally new environment. With powerful keying tools, you can replace backgrounds, apply visual effects or add new elements to your scene.

Create Motion Graphics templates.

Design and share customisable Motion Graphics templates like animated titles and lower thirds for instant use in Adobe Premiere.

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MEMBERSHIP PLANS

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Start with just After Effects or get After Effects and 20+ other apps with the Creative Cloud Pro plan.

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The full version of After Effects, plus the Adobe Express Premium plan.

Annual, billed monthly

£21.98/mo incl. VAT

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After Effects for creating cinematic visual effects and motion graphics like titles, intros and transitions
Adobe Express Premium plan for adding captions, resizing videos, creating standout content and more
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25 monthly generative credits

Creative Cloud Pro

Save 50% for the first 3 months on the full version of After Effects and more than 20 apps. Pay Regularly at £66.49/mo Alternatively at £32.66/mo for the first 3 months and £66.49/mo after that. New subscribers only.
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After Effects for creating cinematic visual effects and motion graphics like titles, intros, and transitions
20+ photo, graphic design, and video apps
Unlimited access to standard creative AI image and vector features like Generative Fill in Photoshop
4000 monthly generative credits for premium creative AI video and audio features like Text to Video
Unlimited access to Firefly Boards for exploring ideas and developing storyboards
Access to non-Adobe generative AI models in Firefly
Adobe Express Premium, Frame.io for Creative Cloud, tutorials, fonts, templates, and 100GB of cloud storage

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After Effects

Your next move in motion design.

Create stunning motion graphics. Animate a logo or character. Add eye-catching visual effects. With After Effects you can add amazing motion to any video project.

Free trial Buy now

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