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Adobe After Effects

What is After Effects?Ìý

Adobe After EffectsÌýisÌýthe industry-leadingÌýdigital visual effectsÌýandÌýmotion graphics software. After Effects can be used for keying, tracking, compositing, and animation in the post-production process.

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Cost and Eligibility:

As of October 1st, 2024, we have moved to request-based Adobe licensing.

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Important Note: Even if you have previously had access to these systems, you still need to to continue using Adobe products.

DU Staff and Faculty (including adjuncts) must use the form to get access to the following apps:

  • Adobe Express
  • Adobe Acrobat Pro DC (desktop PDF management application)
  • Adobe Creative Cloud (All Apps)

DU Students automatically have access to Adobe Express. Students must use the form to get access to the following apps:

  • Adobe Acrobat Pro DC
  • Adobe Creative Cloud

Once the request is submitted, the access will be provisioned overnight.

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How do I start using After Effects?

Once your Adobe Access request is submitted and processed, to download and install Creative Cloud.

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Features and Benefits:Ìý

  • Create your own or use presets to animate titles, credits and lower thirds
  • Animate or set anything in motion with keyframes or expressions
  • Add exciting effects, change a scene setting, add moving objects, make selective color adjustments and more
  • Create compositions in After Effects and import from Photoshop, Illustrator and other Adobe programs
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AI Capabilities:

  • Functionality:
    • Motion graphics and visual effects
    • Compositing
    • Animation
  • AI Features:
    • Content-Aware Fill for video to remove unwanted objects
    • Roto Brush 2 for isolating objects in video

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Training Resources:Ìý