After Effects Release Notes
26 October 2021 [55]
- Hardware-accelerated decoding for 10-bit 422 HEVC
- Tetrahedral LUT interpolation
- Version number unified with Premiere Pro and Adobe Media Encoder
- Render queue export, notifications, composition profiler, speculative preview, and render queue rendering for previews, render queue export, and Adobe Media Encoder export [56]
14 December 2021 [57]
- 22.1.1 Universal text engine with support for Cinema 4D R25
68 February 2022
- 22.2 Bug patches
12 April 2022 [58]
- 22.3 Support for native Apple silicon
- Coach marks
- Constrained shapes by Shift + double-clicking
- Frame.io integration
- Scene Edit Detection
- 3D Extended Viewer
- Binning indicators for 3D layers
10 May 2022 [58]
- 22.4 Differentiated dimensions selection
- IME text entry for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean
21 June 2022 [58]
- 22.5 Fixed bugs
23 August 2022 [58]
- 22.6 Color labels for keyframes
18 October 2022 [60]
- 23.0 Track Latte Updated composition presets
- 50+ new animation presets
- Selectable track matte layers
- Native H.264 encoding
- New keyboard shortcuts for timeline navigation (Shift + J/K)
- Maxon Cinema 4D installation is now optional [61]
December 6, 2022 [62]
- 23.1 Maxon Cinema 4D 2023 bug fixes and support [63]
February 7, 2023 [64]
- 23.2 Color management with ACES and OpenColorlO [64]
29 March 2023 [65]
- 23.3 Bug patches [66]
9 May 2023 [67]
- 23.4 Properties Panel, Effect Manager, Startup & Repair in Preferences
- Redesigned Track Matte pick whip icon
- Better file sorting in the Project panel
- 3D Gizmo position snapping [67]
September 9, 2023 [68]
- 23.5 Fixed bugs [68]
August 8, 2023 [69]
- 23.6 Key Features in the Properties window [69]
Recent After Effects Version
Let’s examine the most recent iteration of After Effects.
The release 24.0.2 from October 2023 brings bug fixes and performance enhancements.
After Effects versions prior to the most recent one are automatically removed when upgrading to the most recent version.
Updating to the most recent After Effects version does, however, migrate preferences and settings from earlier versions.
For a list of known issues with the most recent release, see the List of known issues in After Effects.
For a list of the fixes included in the most recent release, refer to the After Effects bug fixes list.
Adobe After Effects 2021
However, is Adobe After Effects 2021 still free?
Indeed, After Effects is available for free download for a week. With all the features and updates found in the most recent version of After Effects, the free trial is the official, full version of the program.
No, you can only access After Effects as part of a Creative Cloud membership. With After Effects alone, you can select a Single App plan or a plan with multiple apps. We provide Creative Cloud plans for individuals, organizations, businesses, photographers, educators, and students.
Your seven-day free trial period begins when you check out. Unless you cancel before it ends, the trial will automatically convert to a paid Creative Cloud membership at that point.
No, the only version of After Effects available for free download is the most recent version, After Effects.
Free for seven days, then US$22.99 a month.
After Effects Version 18
Let’s check out the After Effects version that is 18.
Adobe has launched the most recent version of their compositing software, After Effects 18.0.
Along with Photoshop’s native support for Apple Silicon, new builds were also made available.
After Effects 18.0 carries on the 3D compositing toolset overhaul started in version 17.5 of the program.
A smaller update, version 18.0, brings a new real-time 3D Draft preview mode that was previously only accessible in beta.
It has an integrated ground plane with a horizon line and vanishing point to facilitate object alignment in three dimensions.
The ability to create motion graphic templates with interchangeable media is one of the other changes.
Additionally, Adobe has made available a different software beta build that adds support for multi-frame rendering in the render queue.