Adobe After Effects
Adobe After Effects is a software for graphic animation and video editing at professional level with advanced features, such as the use of JavaScript and scripting to obtain regular movement, support of (2d and 3d) layers and customizable effects. The new Adobe After Effects CS4 allows users to quickly create eye-catching animation and special effects at cinematografic level thanks to flexible instruments that offer unmatched creative potential. After Effects is used to create animated titles, fade between images, color correction, special effects, different types of image stabilization.
Based on OpenGL, is available in Standard and Professional versions, with different prices and availability of extra instruments. After Effects 8.0.2 also supports OpenGL for Mac video cards compatible with Mac OS X 10.4.10 and Mac OS X 10.5.
The latest version also allows users to import and natively edit content from Panasonic P2, without transcoding or rewrapping. After Effects also supports the Panasonic Op-Atom variant of MXF, which is the format used by cameras Panasonic DV, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50 and DVCPRO HD media to record in P2. And thanks to this program you can create special effects such as: shooting (blood included), clones of people, electric shock, energy waves, race effect ala smallville.
Part of the package is Adobe Creative Suite Production Studio, which depending on the type of release (Premium or Standard) contains Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Encore DVD, Illustrator, Dynamic Link, Bridge and Audition. Adobe After Effects includes a complete set of tools for creating motion graphics and visual effects for film, video, data and multimedia Web sites. Users can test an unlimited number of creative tasks with high precision control as they work in 2D or 3D environment. After Effects offers seamless integration for Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, which can produce results of high professionalism.
After Effects provides tools essential for the composition, animation and added effects necessary for moving graphics professionals, Web designers and video professionals to make movies in various ways, apply and combine sophisticated visual effects, and animate objects and effects. From the most basic concepts of compositing and color correction up to the more sophisticated techniques of keying, rotoscope, tracking and stabilizing 2D, and more, Adobe After Effects provides all the resources and tools needed for creating visual effects and animation for web, audiovisual presentations, video.
Excellent are the professional-quality results that can be achieved, since the same Adobe After Effects will find other applications of high performance to optimize and facilitate your work. Included is Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Encore DVD, Adobe Audition, Illustrator CS and Photoshop CS. Adobe After Effects also lets you create exciting animations and special effects at a cinematographic level in an efficient, precise combination with endless possibilities. Many advantages, including 2D and 3D composition flexible and hundreds of effects and Animation Presets to add a new dimension to your film, video, DVD, and Macromedia Flash productions.
Adobe After Effects also offers support for Leopard and many other operating systems, and this makes it one of the best post production systems on the market today.