Adobe After Effects 6.0 Review 

Posted: Oct 2003

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Adobe's summary:

Adobe After Effects is an essential tool for motion graphics and visual effects. It sets new standards for motion graphics and visual effects. It delivers the speed, precision, and powerful tools you need to produce visually innovative motion graphics and effects for film, video, DVD, and the Web. And it helps ensure a smooth workflow through its unmatched integration with Adobe Premiere® Pro (Windows® only), Photoshop®, and Illustrator® software. 

After Effects 6.0 is available in two editions: After Effects 6.0 Standard provides core 2D and 3D compositing, animation, and visual effects tools. After Effects 6.0 Professional adds motion tracking and stabilization, advanced keying and warping tools, more than 30 additional visual effects, a particle system, render automation and network rendering, 16-bit-per-channel color, 3D channel effects, and additional audio effects.

Others say: Adobe After Effects is for professional cross-media delivery offering a range of features to bring your creative ideas to fruition. After Effects  integrates with Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator to help you produce professional results. Whether you're creating for film, video, multimedia, or the Web, After Effects 5.0 delivers a comprehensive set of tools for a flexible workflow that meets your many 2D and 3D compositing, animation, and effects needs.

What we say:

New features in version 6.0 include tighter integration with other Adobe programs, about 20 new video effects like warp and liquify, plus better masking and text animation tools. The Pro edition has other new features like a render queue to automate your rendering and a motion tracking tool to track the motion of an element in a layer.

See older review for Adobe After Effects 5.0