Many Adobe Creative Suite® 4 applications include online features that bring the power of the Web to your computer to help you connect to community, collaborate, and get more from your Adobe software. Some services offer full or partial functionality when you’re offline, too.

Visit the Adobe Exchange at www.adobe.com/go/exchange to download example projects, animation presets, plug-ins, scripts, and tutorials from Adobe and members of the community.

Visit www.adobe.com/go/downloads on the Adobe website to find free updates, tryouts, and other useful software.

Adobe Labs at www.adobe.com/go/labs gives you the opportunity to experience and evaluate new and emerging technologies and products from Adobe. At Adobe Labs, you have access to resources such as these:

• Prerelease software and technologies

• Code samples and best practices to accelerate your learning

• Early versions of product and technical documentation

• Forums, wiki‑based content, and other collaborative resources to help you interact with like-minded users

Adobe Labs fosters a collaborative software development process. In this environment, customers quickly become productive with new products and technologies. Adobe Labs is also a forum for early feedback, which the Adobe development teams use to create software that meets the needs and expectations of the community.

The installation disc contains various extras to help you make the most of your Adobe software. Some extras are installed on your computer during the setup process; you can install others later, as needed, from the disc.

Visit Adobe TV at http://tv.adobe.com to view video tutorials, video training, and other instructional and inspirational programs to help you get the most from your Adobe software.

Adobe and its partners provide a basic set of video tutorials on Adobe TV and in the Video Workshop on the Adobe website, in addition to excellent tutorials provided by other members of the community. (See After Effects community resources.)

Many sections of After Effects Help refer to additional video tutorials in context to provide information about specific features.

For detailed information about new features, see New features in After Effects CS4.