Create motion graphics and visual effects with the industry standard

Adobe® After Effects CS3 Professional software is an essential upgrade. Design vector graphics, create more organic movements, and expedite delivery with new integration and collaboration features.

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Bring your vision to life with blockbuster visual effects and compelling motion graphics in Adobe® After Effects® CS3 Professional software. Work with sophisticated tools and enjoy tight integration with Adobe's leading design applications while you deliver stunning work to virtually any media type. Design from scratch or jump-start projects from hundreds of customizable presets and templates — all from within a streamlined interface

Top features
Innovative compositing and animation tools
Create high-impact communications by combining moving imagery, still images and graphics, text, and sound in 2D or 3D space and then animating virtually any aspect of each element.

Unmatched Adobe integration
Enjoy a streamlined workflow with support for importing Adobe® Photoshop® images that include video layers as well as Adobe Illustrator® graphics that maintain image integrity. Move easily between After Effects and Adobe Premiere® Pro CS3 or Encore® CS3 software, and share animations easily with Adobe Flash® CS3 Professional software.

Text and vector graphics creation and animation
Create text and vector graphics in After Effects using familiar Adobe tools, and then animate these elements to create visually innovative new motion graphics.

Extensive visual effects
Manipulate moving and still images using hundreds of effects such as stylize, distort, and shatter. Create grids, radio waves, 3D particles, film grain, fractal noise, and more.

Timesaving tools
Start projects quickly with animation presets and behaviors when creating common animation elements, such as animating text in and out, creating synthetic backgrounds, and more. Use new Brainstorm to quickly experiment and refine designs using parameters you define. Learn fast with Tool Tips and training resources in the box and on the web, and streamline your review process with Adobe Clip Notes to create and import comments.

Comprehensive masking and keying tools
Control which portions of a layer are visible by importing, manipulating, and animating masks. Flexible auto-tracing options and RotoBezier masks make it easy to get precise results. Key bluescreen and greenscreen mattes with the Academy Award-winning Keylight and a host of supporting tools.

Powerful motion controls
Animate graphics and text using the Puppet tool. Apply motion blur to produce more realistic animations, or use Timewarp to slow down and speed up footage. Precisely match the motion of source footage using Motion Tracker, and get the look of a locked-off shot using Motion Stabilizer.

Enhanced performance
Harness your computer’s processing power with new multicore and graphics acceleration plus disk caching so you can spend less time waiting and more time creating. Distribute rendering across your entire network to maximize output performance.

Professional results for every media type
Compatibility with an extensive list of output formats lets you produce animated content for virtually any media, from the web and mobile devices to film and broadcast. Plus, After Effects CS3 Professional introduces color management tools to help make the color-correction process more predictable and preserve color fidelity.

High-fidelity color
Use standard color management tools with enhancements for film and video workflows.

System requirements and languages

Windows

• Intel® Pentium® 4, Intel Centrino®, Intel Xeon®, or Intel Core™ Duo (or compatible) processor
• Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista™ Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise (certified for 32-bit editions)
• 1GB of RAM for DV; 2GB of RAM for HDV and HD
• 500MB of available hard-disk space plus 2GB of space for optional content (additional free space required during installation)
• 1,280x1,024 monitor resolution with 24-bit video card; Adobe recommended graphics card for GPU-accelerated playback
• For OpenGL support: Adobe After Effects supported OpenGL 2.0 card (NVIDIA recommended)
• DVD-ROM drive
• QuickTime 7.1.5 software required to use QuickTime features
• Internet or phone connection required for product activation
• Broadband Internet connection required for Adobe® Stock Photos* and other services
• For recommended graphics cards and compatibility lists, see the OpenGL page.

Macintosh

• PowerPC® G4 or G5 or multicore Intel processor
• Mac OS X v.10.4.9
• 1GB of RAM for DV; 2GB of RAM for HDV and HD
• 500MB of available hard-disk space plus 2GB of space for optional content (additional free space required during installation)
• 1,280x1,024 monitor resolution with 24-bit video card; Adobe recommended graphics card for GPU-accelerated playback
• For OpenGL support: Adobe After Effects supported OpenGL 2.0 card (NVIDIA recommended)
• DVD-ROM drive
• QuickTime 7.1.5 software required to use QuickTime features
• Internet or phone connection required for product activation
• Broadband Internet connection required for Adobe Stock Photos* and other services
• For recommended graphics cards and compatibility lists, see the OpenGL page.

Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional