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Features

  • Live 3D Pipeline with Cinema4D
  • Refine Edge tool
  • Warp Stabilizer VFX
  • Track Optimization in the 3D Camera Tracker
  • Pixel Motion Blur
  • Automatic Find
  • Bicubic resampling
  • Layer and mask snapping
  • Sync Settings

Next-Gen Roto Brush

A new AI model extracts objects from footage faster and more accurately than ever and requires fewer corrections. Refine your results for a beautiful composite, even when tracking objects that overlap or working with hard-to-mask footage, such as hair and transparencies.

OpenColorIO workflow enhancements

Additional OpenColorIO effects under the Effects & Presets panel add flexibility to this industry-standard color interchange workflow.

Text Scripting support

New scripting hooks for text and font manipulation save you time and effort while working with complex text animation workflows.

What's New

Substance 3D Materials (SBSAR)

  • Apply Substance Materials (.sbsar files) to 3D models and parametric meshes to explore a wide range of visual styles and achieve stylized looks.

Create parametric meshes

  • Use the new mesh tool to create parametric shapes such as spheres, cubes, and cones directly within the app, and customize or animate their size, shape, and appearance.

Enable lights to cast shadows

  • Add multiple shadow-casting Spot, Parallel, and Environment lights to your 3D scene when using the Advanced 3D renderer in a 3D composition.

Support for Variable Font Axes

  • Animate OpenType Variable fonts in After Effects, using a single font file that includes multiple styles for precise control over weight, width, and style.

Improved Illustrator layer conversion

  • Illustrator layers now preserve gradient fills, strokes, and transparency when converted to native shape layers, which also support animatable Scale and Rotation for gradients.

Import SVG files as vectors

  • Import SVG files directly into your composition and convert them into editable shape layers, ready for customization and animation.

Unmult effect for Keying transparency

  • Remove solid black or white backgrounds from footage while preserving the colors and details of the foreground for compositing or other visual effects.

Lossless Compressed Playback

  • Preview longer segments of your timeline while using significantly less disk space, without compromising visual quality.

Crop composition to selected layer(s) bounds

  • Crop your composition to the selected layers' bounds by shrinking it to fit smaller content or expanding it to include elements that extend beyond the current frame.

New built-in audio effects

  • Add new audio effects – Distortion, Compressor, and Gate to enhance and manage sound in your compositions, giving you precise control over audio directly within After Effects.

Refreshed After Effects Preferences

  • Improved grouping and preference organization for faster access and a more efficient workflow.

New expression and scripting enhancements

  • Quickly locate the keyframe or marker before or after a specific time, and read the current text value along with the full list of dropdown menu items.

Windows ARM native support

  • After Effects now runs natively on Windows ARM systems, delivering improved performance and efficiency for ARM-based devices.

Improved UI language support

  • Run After Effects in languages different from the OS display language, enter Unicode characters in UI elements, mix multiple language scripts in a single text field, and more.