New features in After Effects CS4

The new features listed here are only a few highlights from the hundreds of improvements and additions made for After Effects CS4.

For more information about new features in After Effects CS4, go to the Adobe website: www.adobe.com/go/learn_ae_indepth.

For a detailed list of changes to the user interface for After Effects CS4, see User interface changes from After Effects CS3 to After Effects CS4.

• Create movies tailored to a set of mobile devices that you specify: Create compositions for playback on mobile devices.

• Configure memory and multiprocessing settings more easily: Memory & Multiprocessing preferences.

• Use XMP metadata and improved marker features to facilitate various stages of your work: XMP metadata and Markers.

• Save compositions for use in Adobe Flash® Professional: Rendering and exporting for Flash Professional and Flash Player.

• Navigate among nested compositions more easily: Opening and navigating nested compositions.

• Animate each component of position separately: Separate dimensions of Position to animate components individually.

• Find items more easily with search fields: Search and filter in the Timeline, Project, and Effects & Presets panels.

• Use 3D object layers from Adobe Photoshop® Extended: Using 3D object layers from Photoshop.

• Save a copy of your project in the new XML project file format to improve automation workflows: About projects.

• Import or create an Adobe Premiere® Pro sequence using Dynamic Link: Working with Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects.

• Use Imagineer Systems mocha for After Effects to track motion: Tracking and stabilizing motion.