Obsolete effects listing

Effects in the Obsolete category are retained for compatibility with projects created with previous versions of After Effects. When updating projects or creating new projects, you should use alternative effects and techniques rather than effects in the Obsolete category.

• Basic 3D effect

  Use 3D layers instead. See 3D layers.

• Basic Text effect

  Use text layers instead. See Creating and editing text layers.

• Lightning effect

  Use the Advanced Lighting effect instead. See Advanced Lightning effect.

• Path Text effect

  Use text layers instead. See Creating and animating text on a path.