Get started with After Effects
New to After Effects? Get started with your first project—creating video effects and motion graphics.
Help and tutorials
- What's new in After Effects CC (Help)
- After Effects CC manual (help and tutorials)
- After Effects manual (PDF 14 MB)
- After Effects CS6 manual (help and tutorials)
- After Effects getting started tutorials
- Getting started with After Effects CS6
- After Effects FAQ
- Adobe Media Encoder Help
- Previous versions (Help PDF)
Top issues More
- After Effects CS6 (11.0.2) update
- After Effects CS6 (11.0.1) update
- Codecs & the render engine in After Effects CS6
- Understanding Stereoscopic 3D in After Effects
- Troubleshoot OpenGL problems | After Effects CS4-CS5.5
- After Effects CS5 known issues, bugs
- Hang with "Initializing MediaCore" status in startup screen | After Effects, Premiere Pro | CS5, CS5.5
- Troubleshoot installation | CS5, CS5.5
- After Effects and Premiere Pro CS4 for 32-bit Support Release Notes
- Install After Effects CS5, Premiere Pro CS5 | Windows Vista, Windows 7
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