Adobe After Effects

Adobe After Effects
	Adobe After Effects 2020 running on macOS Big Sur
Original author(s)	Company of Science and Art
Developer(s)	CoSA (1993); Aldus Corporation (1993–1994); Adobe (1994–present);
Initial release	January 1993; 31 years ago
Stable release	2024 (24.2.1) / February 7, 2024; 9 months ago
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, software as a service (SaaS)
Website	adobe.com/aftereffects

Adobe After Effects is a digital visual 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.^[3]

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^ After Effects SDK Guide. Release 22.0.0. Adobe. October 18, 2022.
^ "9 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENTS TO BE HONORED WITH ACADEMY AWARDS". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. December 12, 2018. Retrieved 2019-02-14.