Adobe After Effects CS4

"After Effects CS4 offers a lot of tweaks under the hood and several major new features. It's not a sweeping, ground-breaking release, but there are enough new tools to make it worth the upgrade. To me, it's worth it for the search and nesting navigation alone — it's now much easier to tool around your compositions, especially as they grow in complexity. The new 3D options, processor settings, and the camera-tracking power of mocha make the latest version of an industry staple a good buy."

Franklin McMahon, Digital Content Producer, December 1, 2008

"After Effects CS4 represents one of the most significant and useful upgrades in recent history. The new version's interface now integrates more seamlessly than ever into the rest of the CS4 suite. As the demand of most content creators and motion graphics producers increases significantly, it's good to see that Adobe is still providing tools to help make the workflow easier and more intuitive, allowing the artist's creativity to come to the forefront."

Jeff Foster, Macworld, November 5, 2008

"Adobe has included a chock full of upgrades in After Effects CS4 — 3D text, a Unified Camera Tool, and support for Photoshop Extended 3D layers to name a few. However, the two areas of improvement that I see most note-worthy is the streamlined interface and enhanced integration with Flash CS4."

Simon Yuen, Zoom In Online, September 23, 2008

"After Effects CS4 is stacked and packed to the rim with new features that can supercharge your productivity and break down creative barriers. This is the mother app of all apps, and I couldn't complete a single project without it." 

Tor Johansen, Post, December 22, 2008

"In CS4, Adobe came up with the brilliant idea of including live search functions directly inside the Timeline and Project panels. Now you can quickly conjure up project elements, keyframe-able properties, effects and more."

Tor Johansen, Post, December 22, 2008

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2008

After Effects® CS4

Macworld Magazine

4.5 out of 5 rating
November 5, 2008

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2006

After Effects 7.0

Macworld Magazine

4.5 out of 5 rating
April 17, 2006

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2003

After Effects 6.0

Macworld Magazine

Editors' Choice Award, The Eddy Award in Motion graphics/compositing/visual effects
December 2003

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2002

After Effects 5.5

Creative Mac

Macworld Pick, Motion graphics/effects
January 2002

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After Effects 5.0

AV Multimedia Producer

Platinum Award, Compositing Software/DVE Systems
January 2002

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Videomaker Magazine

Best Product of the Year
January 2002

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2000

After Effects 4.1

Macworld Magazine

Editors Choice Award
January 2000

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Videomaker Magazine

Software Product of the Year
February 2000

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Post Magazine

Post Awards for best compositing software under $2,500, best animation software under $5,000
April 2000

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3D Magazine

Wired for 3D, Editors Choice Award
January 2000

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1999

AV Video and Multimedia

Platinum Award, Compositing Software and DVE Systems
1999

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DV Magazine

DV Award of Excellence, Video Post-Production Software
December 1999

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After Effects 4.0

Macworld

Macworld's Best of Show Award, Video Post-Production Software
January 1999

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1998

Film and Video Magazine

1998 Post Production User's Survey, 1st Most Widely Used Software Product by the Top Post-Production Houses
April 1998

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After Effects 3.1

Film and Video Magazine

1997 Most Widely Used Post-Production Software, Video Post-Production Software
April 1998

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Post Magazine

Post Professionals Choice Award, Best New or Newly Upgraded Post-Production Software
April 1998

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Post Magazine

1998 NAB Professional's Choice Award, Best Compositing Software under $2,500
April 1998

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AV Video Multimedia Producer

1998 AV Video Platinum Award, Compositing and Effects Software
January 1998

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DV Magazine

1998 DV Award of Excellence

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1997

PC Graphics & Video Magazine

1997 Editor's Choice — Top 50 Creative PC Products, Compositing and Effects Software
December 1997

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DV Magazine

DV's Award of Excellence, Effects Software
September 1997

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Windows Sources

Stellar Award
July 1997

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AV Video & Multimedia Producer

Editor's Choice — NAB '97, Effects Software
June 1997

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Post Magazine

Professionals' Choice Awards, Compositing Software
April 1997

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Advanstar Digital Media Group

1997 Prime Time Products Award, 10 Most Innovative Products at the National Association of Broadcasters Conference
April 1997

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MacUser

12th Annual Editor's Choice Award (Eddy Award) — Best of '96, Best New Animation Application
March 1997

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Macworld

Tenth Annual World Class Award, Video Production
March 1997

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NewMedia

1997 Hyper Award, Video Editing Software
January 1997

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3D Design

1997 Wired for 3D Award

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1996

AV Video & Multimedia Producer

Top 100 of 1996

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After Effects 3.0

MacUser

Eleventh Annual Editors' Choice Award — Best Product of 1995, Special Effects
March 1996

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Macworld

World Class Award — Top Product of 1995, Video Production
March 1996

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DV Magazine

DV's Award of Excellence, Broadcast Design — Effects and Compositing Software