Adobe After Effects

After Effects was originally created by David Herbstman, David Simons, Daniel Wilk, David M. Cotter, and Russell Belfer{{cite web |url=http://cosa.com/codenames-credits.html |title=AE Codenames & Credits |website=cosa.com |access-date=March 14, 2019}} at the Company of Science and Art in Providence, Rhode Island. The first two versions of the software, 1.0 (January 1993){{Cite news |url=http://www.cgw.com/Publications/CGW/2013/Volume-36-Issue-3-Mar-Apr-2013-/Adobe-After-Effects-Turns-20.aspx|title=Adobe After Effects Turns 20|last=Simons|first=David|work=Computer Graphics World|access-date=December 26, 2018|year=2013|issue=3|volume=36}} and 1.1, were released there by the company. CoSA, whose CEO was William J. O'Farrell. CoSA with After Effects was acquired by Aldus Corporation in July 1993, which in turn was acquired by Adobe in 1994. Adobe acquired PageMaker as well. Adobe's first new release of After Effects was version 3.0.

After Effects functionality can be extended through a variety of third-party integrations. The most common integrations are: plug-ins, scripts, and extensions.{{cite web |title=After Effects extensions, scripts, and plug-ins |url=https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/scripts.html |website=Adobe Help Center |publisher=Adobe Inc. |access-date=2025-05-23}}

Plug-ins are predominantly written in C or C++{{cite web |title=SDK Audience — After Effects SDK Guide 1.0.0 documentation |url=https://ae-plugins.docsforadobe.dev/intro/sdk-audience.html?highlight=c%20%20#sdk-audience |website=ae-plugins.docsforadobe.dev}} and extend the functionality of After Effects, allowing for more advanced features such as particle systems, physics engines, 3D effects, and the ability to bridge the gap between After Effects and another application.

After Effects Scripts are a series of commands written in both JavaScript and the ExtendScript language.

After Effects Scripts, unlike plug-ins, can only access the core functionality of After Effects.

Scripts are often developed to automate repetitive tasks, to simplify complex After Effects features, or to perform complex calculations that would otherwise take a long time to complete.{{Cite web |title=What are After Effects Scripts? {{!}} Saving Time in Motion |url=https://madebyloop.co.uk/blog/what-are-after-effects-scripts/ |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=madebyloop.co.uk |language=en}}

Scripts can also use some functionality not directly exposed through the graphical user interface.{{cite web |title=Overview — After Effects Scripting Guide 0.0.1 documentation |url=https://ae-scripting.docsforadobe.dev/introduction/overview |website=ae-scripting.docsforadobe.dev}}

After Effects Extensions offer the ability to extend After Effects functionality through modern web development technologies like HTML5, and Node.js, without the need for C++.{{cite web |title=Adobe CEP APIs {{!}} Adobe Developer Connection |url=https://www.adobe.com/devnet/creativesuite/articles/adobe-cep-apis.html |website=www.adobe.com}}

After Effects Extensions make use of Adobe's Common Extensibility Platform or CEP Panels, which means they can be built to interact with other Adobe CC apps.{{cite web |title=Creative Cloud Extension SDK - CC extension resources {{!}} Adobe I/O |url=https://www.adobe.io/apis/creativecloud/cep.html |website=www.adobe.io}}

• Nuke – The Foundry
• Flame – Autodesk
• Motion – Apple Inc.
• VSDC Free Video Editor
• Natron
• Autograph – Left Angle
• Video Star — Frontier Group (for IOS only)
• Boris RED – Boris FX
• Silhouette – Boris FX
• Fusion – Blackmagic Design
• HitFilm – Artlist
• CapCut – ByteDance
• Alight Motion (for mobile devices)

While not dedicated to compositing, the open source software Blender contains a limited node-based compositing feature which, among other things is capable of basic keying and blurring effects.{{Cite web |url=http://www.blender.org/features-gallery/features/|title= Blender features page|access-date=March 19, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/tech/simpsons-used-adobe-character-animator-create-live-episode-139775.html|title=How 'The Simpsons' Used Adobe Character Animator To Create A Live Episode|date=May 18, 2016|work=cartoonbrew.com|access-date=December 15, 2016}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2015/05/gif-masters-can-three-seconds-4-colors/|title=What GIF Masters Can Do With Three Seconds and 4 Colors|first=Kyle|last=VanHemert|magazine=wired.com|date=May 11, 2015|access-date=December 15, 2016}}

• Lottie (file format), a standard for the JSON export of an After Effects animation.

• [https://www.acrok.com/after-effects-cc-supported-video-image-audio-formats/ After Effects Supported formats].

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