Adobe After Effects CS4 software features 2D and 3D compositing and animation tools, sophisticated effects, and tight integration with Adobe’s world-class design applications. Expand your creative options by importing Adobe Photoshop® CS4 Extended 3D and video layers, and create the look of cel animation from live footage with the new Cartoon effect. Explore new creative arenas by exporting After Effects compositions to Adobe Flash® CS4 Professional software for editing, and track even the most challenging shots with the 2.5D planar motion tracking in Mocha for Adobe After Effects software, which is included. Whether you’re producing motion graphics or visual effects, After Effects CS4 delivers an uninterrupted, streamlined workflow.

With Adobe After Effects CS4 Create motion graphics and visual effects with the industry standard
With Adobe After Effects CS4 software, you can create compelling motion graphics and blockbuster visual effects with flexible tools that help save you time and deliver unparalleled creative power.

With Adobe After Effects CS4 Timelines are searchable
Use QuickSearch to instantly locate any element or even missing footage in a comp or project; navigate quickly between nested comps using the new Mini-Flowchart.

With Adobe After Effects CS4 you can import 3D layers from Photoshop
Import 3D models from Adobe Photoshop CS4, and then bring them into After Effects to composite them with other elements, adjust lighting, and more.

Adobe After Effects CS4 is part of an end-to-end solution
Adobe provides end-to-end software solutions to deliver compelling experiences on film, video, DVD, the web, and mobile devices.

• Searchable timelines and projects and easier nested comp navigation
  Locate any element in a comp or project with the new QuickSearch. Quickly navigate between nested comps with the new Mini-Flowchart.
• Compositions exported as layered projects
  Export compositions as layered, XFL format projects that can be opened and edited in Adobe Flash® CS4 Professional software. Many After Effects assets such as text and Adobe Illustrator® artwork are preserved as vectors.
• Integrated workflow for mobile device authoring
  Select devices in Adobe Device Central and automatically set up an After Effects project that targets those devices, with settings that match the targeted devices and the Render Queue setup to output to the proper codecs and resolutions.
• Numerous interface and workflow tweaks
  Work more efficiently with dozens of user-requested changes, including the new Auto Resolution setting that only renders visible pixels when zooming in and out of a comp view, streamlined memory and multicore processing preferences, and more.
• Dynamic Link between Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Soundbooth
  Using Adobe Creative Suite® 4 Production Premium software, now link Adobe Premiere® Pro sequences to an After Effects composition and After Effects comps to Adobe Soundbooth® with Adobe Dynamic Link.
• Independent keyframing of x, y, z values, plus 3D compositing improvements
  Composite in 3D space more easily: Keyframe x, y, and z position values separately, and use the new unified camera, which makes the After Effects camera tool work more like those in 3D modeling applications.
• Cartoon effect
  Instantly give live footage the look of cell animation. Stylize video by reducing the color palette of a clip and by emphasizing edges.
• Mocha for Adobe After Effects from Imagineer Systems
  Use this powerful 2.5D planar tracking application from Imagineer Systems to track the motion of elements — even in challenging shots where elements move offscreen or where there is motion blur or excessive grain.
• XMP metadata for asset intelligence
  Now retain asset metadata while you work in After Effects. Add new project-, comp-, and layer-level metadata to streamline project tracking, and automate asset auditing and many other tasks.
• Live Adobe Photoshop 3D layers import
  Import Adobe® Photoshop® 3D layers into Adobe After Effects® CS4, move them, animate cameras around them, adjust lighting, and composite them with other elements.

System requirement

Windows

• 1.5GHz or faster processor*
• Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended) or Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (certified for 32-bit Windows XP and 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista)
• 2GB of RAM
• 1.3GB of available hard-disk space for installation, plus 2GB of space for optional content; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on flash-based storage devices)
• 1,280x900 display with OpenGL 2.0–compatible graphics card
• DVD-ROM drive
• QuickTime 7.4.5 software required to use QuickTime features
• Broadband Internet connection required for online services†

Mac OS

• Multicore Intel® processor
• Mac OS X v10.4.11–10.5.4
• 2GB of RAM
• 2.9GB of available hard-disk space for installation, plus 2GB of space for optional content; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on flash-based storage devices)
  
• 1,280x900 display with OpenGL 2.0–compatible graphics card
• DVD-ROM drive
• QuickTime 7.4.5 software required to use QuickTime features
• Broadband Internet connection required for online services