Download Adobe After Effects and start exploring.
Create motion graphics, animate text, and more with After Effects.
Download and install After Effects
Useful resources
Get to know the app
![Get to know After Effects](/content/dam/help/en/after-effects/how-to/getting-started-after-effects_297x176.jpg)
Get to know After Effects
![Work with compositions](/content/dam/help/en/aftereffects/how-to/create-composition-animation_297x176.jpg)
Work with compositions
![Create and animate text](/content/dam/help/en/after-effects/how-to/creating-animating-text_297x176.jpg)
Create and animate text
![Repair video](/content/dam/help/en/after-effects/how-to/repair-video_297x176.jpg)
Repair video
After Effects help
![Workspaces, panels, and viewers](/content/dam/help/en/after-effects/get-started/workspaces-panels-viewers.jpg)
Workspaces, panels, and viewers
![Projects](/content/dam/help/en/after-effects/get-started/Projects.jpg)
Projects
![After Effects Composition basics](/content/dam/help/en/after-effects/get-started/After%20Effects%20Composition%20basics.jpg)
After Effects Composition basics
![Importing and interpreting footage items](/content/dam/help/en/after-effects/get-started/Importing%20and%20interpreting%20footage%20items.jpg)
Importing and interpreting footage items
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