Adobe After Effects

Adobe After Effects
Adobe After Effects
	Adobe After Effects 2025 running on Windows 10
Original author	Company of Science and Art
Developers	CoSA (1993); Aldus Corporation (1993–1994); Adobe (1994–present);
Initial release	January 1993
Stable release	2026 (26.0) / January 21, 2026
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, Proprietary, term
Website	adobe.com/aftereffects

Adobe After Effects is a digital 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.