Adobe AECS4UPMAC

This is the upgrade path from Adobe After Effects CS3, 7.0, or 6.0 — Standard or Professional to After Effects CS4.

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.

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.

You can locate project elements instantly
With new QuickSearch, you'll find any element in your project instantly, while nested comp navigation makes even complex projects comprehensible at a glance.

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

After Effects 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.
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Features:

Navigate your projects with unprecedented ease Time-saver
Locate any element in a comp or project fast with the new QuickSearch feature. Smoothly navigate between nested comps with the new Mini-Flowchart.

Take full advantage of metadata at every level of your project Time-saver
Retain asset metadata while you work in Adobe® After Effects®. Add new project-, comp-, and layer-level metadata to streamline project tracking, and automate asset auditing and many other tasks.

More easily track the motion of elements with Mocha for Adobe After Effects Time-saver
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.

Discover more flexibility and control in 3D modeling Time-saver
Composite in 3D space more easily: Keyframe x, y, and z position values separately, and use the new unified camera, which makes cameras in After Effects work more like those in 3D modeling applications.

Smooth your workflow in dozens of ways Time-saver
Work more efficiently thanks to numerous improvements suggested by After Effects users. These include the Auto Resolution setting that renders only visible pixels when zooming in a comp view, streamlined memory and multicore processing preferences, longer layer names, and more.

Set up projects automatically for mobile device authoring Time-saver
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.

System Requirements:

Windows

• 1.5GHz or faster processor
• Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 (ServicePack 3 recommended) or Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, orEnterprise with Service Pack 1 (certified for 32-bit Windows XP and 32-bit and64-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 duringinstallation (cannot install on flash-based storage devices)
• 1,280x900 display with OpenGL 2.0–compatible graphicscard
• DVD-ROM drive
• QuickTime 7.4.5 software required to use QuickTimefeatures
• 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 duringinstallation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive filesystem or on flash-based storage devices)
• 1,280x900 display with OpenGL 2.0–compatible graphicscard
• DVD-ROM drive
• QuickTime 7.4.5 software required to use QuickTimefeatures
• Broadband Internet connection required for online services

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