Adobe After Effects 2026 for Lifetime

Overview of Adobe After Effects CC

Create animated titles, credits, and lower thirds. Start from scratch or with one of the animation presets available inside the app. There are countless ways to make your text move with After Effects, from spin to swipe to slide.

Combine videos and images to send a UFO across the sky, blur out a logo, or create an explosion — endless possibilities. There are hundreds of effects to get the look you want, from adding fog to changing colors to making it snow.

After Effects works seamlessly with other Adobe apps, creates comps, and immediately sees how they look in Premiere Pro CC with Adobe Dynamic Link. Import work from Photoshop, Illustrator, Illustrator, Illustrator, Illustrator, Character Animator, Adobe XD, and Animate CC. Use Team Projects to collaborate with editors no matter where they’re located. And After Effects is integrated with 300+ software and hardware partners.

Adobe offers a complete set of animation apps that work with all your ideas — and each other. Create cinematic movie titles, intros, transitions, and more with After Effects CC. Use Animate CC to create interactive vector animations for games, apps, and the web. Animate characters in real-time with Character Animator CC. And move seamlessly between them with the most comprehensive integration out there.

Features of Adobe After Effects CC

• Advanced puppet tools for mesh sculpting
• Get depth passes from native 3D elements
• Supercharge your animation flow
• Responsive Design — Time

System Requirements and Technical Details

• • • Processor (CPU):
      • Minimum: Intel® 6th Generation or newer, or AMD Ryzen™ 1000 Series or newer with AVX2 support.
      • Recommended:
         Intel® 11th Gen or newer with Quick Sync, or AMD Ryzen™ 3000/Threadripper 2000 series or newer
        .
  • Memory (RAM):
    • Minimum: 16 GB.
    • Recommended: 32 GB for HD, 64 GB or more for 4K and complex, multi-layered projects.
  • Graphics (GPU):
    • Minimum: NVIDIA GPU (Maxwell generation or newer) or AMD equivalent with 4GB VRAM and OpenCL 2.0 support.
    • Recommended: NVIDIA RTX 3050/4000/5000 series or equivalent with 6GB-8GB+ VRAM.
  • Operating System: Windows 10 (64-bit) version 22H2 or later, or Windows 11.
  • Storage: Fast internal SSD (NVMe) for app installation and a separate, large SSD for disk cache.
  • Display: 1920×1080 resolution or higher.