Download After Effects: how to get Adobe's app for free, or as part of Creative Cloud

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Want to download After Effects? Then you're in esteemed company. This versatile and multi-functional software is used throughout the media and creative industries, for everything from simple explainer animations and TV credits sequences to full-blown special effects in Hollywood movies.

For that reason, After Effects is popular among graphic designers, motion designers, animators, 2D and 3D artists, VFX artists, video editors, and people working in VR, to name but a few. In 2019, it even won an Academy Award for scientific and technical achievement. So it's well worth investigating, especially as there's a way of downloading it and trying it out for free.

Download a free trial of After Effects today

Download a free trial of After Effects today Get the latest release of After Effects, Adobe's industry-leading visual effects, motion graphics and compositing software, for free with a seven-day trial. You need to supply payment details, but there’s no obligation to buy as long as you cancel your subscription within seven days. Alternatively, you can convert to a paid subscription by doing nothing.

Adobe Black Friday sale
Save 40% on 20+ CC apps$29.99/month 40% offAll Apps plan
Deal ends 26 November 2021
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Adobe Black Friday sale
Save 40% on 20+ CC apps  $29.99/month
Adobe has knocked a huge 40% off the price of its All Apps plan - wherever you live in the world. This comes with Photoshop, Lightroom, InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Premiere Pro and over a dozen other apps – plus 100GB of cloud storage.
Deal ends 26 November 2021

Global: Download After Effects from $20.99 /month UK: Download After Effects from £19.97 /month Australia: Download After Effects from AU$29.99 /month

Global: Download After Effects from $20.99 /month UK: Download After Effects from £19.97 /month Australia: Download After Effects from AU$29.99 /month Available for Windows and Mac, After Effects is Adobe’s industry-leading software for visual effects, motion graphics and compositing. Click the link above or the View Deal button. 

Download After Effects as part of an all-Apps Creative Cloud subscription: $52.99 per month (US) / £49.94 per month (UK) / AU$76.99 per month (Aus)

Download After Effects as part of an all-Apps Creative Cloud subscription: $52.99 per month (US) / £49.94 per month (UK) / AU$76.99 per month (Aus)
Download After Effects along with the entire Creative Suite, by signing up for Adobe's All Apps subscription. This will also get you access to the full range of Creative Cloud apps, including Premiere Pro, Premiere Rush, Auditon and Animate.

Educational discount: Get After Effects as part of an all-Apps Adobe Creative Cloud subscription (first year only):  $19.99 per month (US) /  £16.24 per month (UK) /  AU$21.99 per month (Aus)

Educational discount: Get After Effects as part of an all-Apps Adobe Creative Cloud subscription (first year only):  $19.99 per month (US)£16.24 per month (UK) /  AU$21.99 per month (Aus) Students, teachers and education workers can get an All Apps subscription to the Creative Cloud at a bargain price. As well as After Effects, this will also get you access to the full range of apps, including Premiere Pro, Premiere Rush, Audition and Animate. In the second year, you can continue to access Creative Cloud for $29.99 / £24.96 / AU$43.99 if you choose.

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Tom May

Tom May is a freelance writer and editor specializing in art, photography, design and travel. He has been editor of Professional Photography magazine, associate editor at Creative Bloq, and deputy editor at net magazine. He has also worked for a wide range of mainstream titles including The Sun, Radio Times, NME, T3, Heat, Company and Bella.