Adobe After Effects is the market’s leading software in the creation of special effects for motion graphics and moving images.
In this sense, Adobe After Effects is like Photoshop for video. It features tools that are similar to Adobe’s popular image editor, only adapted to video. As an example, one of its newest tools, RotoBrush, works as Photoshop’s Magic Wand, enabling you to select silhouettes and place characters against any background without requiring a chroma screen.
Adobe After Effects also includes more video-specific tools, such as Auto-Keyframe, which creates key frames automatically where you apply a video effect, and the Mesh warp effect in 3D, thanks to which you’ll be able to warp and distort your video as it if was a plain image.
But if there’s something outstanding about Adobe After Effects, that’s its third-party plug-ins. Mocha, for example, is an advanced tracking system that helps you in the creation and adjustment of scenes. Another excellent Adobe After Effects plug-in is Color Finesse, with which you can work with color in your video like you’ve never done before.
The most recent version of Adobe After Effects has noticeably improved its performance. On the downside, now it’s only available for 64-bit computers.
Adobe After Effects is the most powerful, complete solution for motion graphics and video effects.
