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After Effects CS3 Professional

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Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional features unmatched integration with other Adobe products. Enjoy a streamlined workflow with support for importing layered Photoshop images including video layers as well as Illustrator graphics while preserving image integrity. Move easily between After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro or Adobe Encore without rendering, and share animations easily with Adobe Flash CS3 Professional. Within After Effects itself, Adobe Bridge CS3 allows you to work more efficiently via a single interface to search and access to your project files, preview and apply presets, run batch processes, and tag assets with XMP metadata.

Key integration features of Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional

With Photoshop CS3 Extended

Photoshop CS3 Extended integration

Save 32-bit HDR and 16-bit color values in Photoshop files. Text remains editable, and layers, layer styles, blending modes, masks, transparency, and color profiles are all preserved when Photoshop files are imported as compositions. Use Photoshop paths as masks or animation paths.

Photoshop layer style support

Vastly expand possibilities for adding texture and shading to even the most basic layer instantly. Animate style characteristics at will, going beyond what is possible in Photoshop.

Photoshop CS3 Vanishing Point Import

Import images from Photoshop with Vanishing Point data and After Effects will automatically create a composition and position the layers in 3D space.

Photoshop file creation

Create a new Photoshop file from within your After Effects project. Photoshop automatically opens a blank file using composition settings—including title-safe and action-safe guides—ready for editing. Changes appear in After Effects when you save the file.

With Adobe Flash CS3 Professional

Tight integration with Adobe Flash CS3 Professional

Work more efficiently to create and edit Flash animations. Preserve vectors from animations created in After Effects for lean and clean delivery, create Flash Video more easily. Import SWF files as vectors with alpha channel preserved and batch render Flash videos with embedded cue points.

After Effects and Flash CS3 Professional (PDF, 186k)

Import Flash animations as vectors

SWF files are imported as continuously rasterized vectors with the alpha channel preserved allowing you to scale them without any loss in quality.

Batch render FLVs with cue points

Use markers to create cue points that can be added to your FLV output. Automatically convert any layer’s keyframes to cue points to make it easier to trigger events in Flash based on motion or elements changing over time.

With Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 and Adobe Encore CS3

Adobe Premiere Pro project import

Save time and preserve project organization when working with Adobe Premiere Pro projects. Preserve bins, edits, markers, keyframed effects, nested sequences, transitions, and more from Adobe Premiere® Pro CS3 software. Drag and drop or copy and paste clips from one application to the other.

Adobe Premiere Pro project export

Export an After Effects project as an Adobe Premiere Pro project, streamlining work that involves editing as well as motion graphics and effects.

Adobe Encore DVD integration

Create elements such as motion menus and interactive buttons for your DVDs. Export movies from After Effects with markers that Adobe Encore® DVD software reads as chapters.

With Adobe Illustrator CS3

Illustrator CS3 integration

Copy vectors from Illustrator to use as After Effects masks or motion paths. Illustrator layers and blend modes are preserved, and vector shapes can be continuously rasterized (and output as compact SWF files), preserving smooth edge detail.

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