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You can download your app from the Creative Cloud website. If prompted, sign in to your Adobe account, then click either Download or Install for your app. For more information, see Download your Creative Cloud apps.

For solutions to a "failed to install" error, see Error: "Failed to install" Creative Cloud desktop app. To resolve other download, installation, and update issues, see this download and install troubleshooting guide.

Yes! You can download trial versions of any Creative Cloud app from the Creative Cloud apps catalog. You'll need to sign in with an Adobe ID and password to download a trial. For detailed instructions, see Download and install a Creative Cloud trial.

Read these simple solutions to common Adobe ID and sign in issues to regain access to your account.

You can install After Effects and other Creative Cloud apps on up to two computers. If you want to install it on a third computer, you need to deactivate it on one of your previous machines. Learn more about activating and deactivating Creative Cloud apps.

After Effects 17.0 works with macOS 10.15 (Catalina) but has these known compatibility issues.

Still need help? Find more download and install solutions.

Sign in to your Adobe account. Then click Change for Current password and follow the onscreen instructions. Forgot your password? Learn how to reset and change it.

Follow these Update your credit card and billing information.

Switching Creative Cloud plans is easy. Follow these step-by-step instructions to upgrade or change your plan.

Converting your trial to a paid membership is easy. Follow these step-by-step instructions to upgrade and start your membership.

Still need help? Find more account, billing, and plan answers.

Yes. Use the Warp Stabilizer VFX effect to automatically stabilize shaky or jerky shots. For step-by-step instructions, see Stabilize shaky video footage.

Realistic motion is more than simply moving an object. In this short video series, learn how to add special effects to blur motion, correct color and shadows, and simulate camera movement.

Adobe Character Animator, captures facial expressions and movement from your webcam, and animates a character based on your performance. See the Character Animator User Guide to learn more.

Learn the basics of animating text in After Effects in this three-part video tutorial, Animate a logo for video.

You mask an object so that other footage can appear within it. See this article to learn more about creating shapes and masks.

When you render and export a movie, the default settings create uncompressed or losslessly compressed files. Such files are huge and intended for post-production work, not playback. For smooth playback on your computer, compress the file. Learn more about encoding and compression options for movies.

QuickTime includes a preference for encoding legacy codecs. If the setting is not enabled, some codecs will not be available in After Effects. Learn how to set the QuickTime preference in this article, Some QuickTime codecs missing in After Effects.

Adobe Media Encoder lets you render and upload simultaneously to YouTube, Vimeo, Creative Cloud, and FTP sites. Send your After Effects composition directly to Media Encoder using Composition > Add To Adobe Media Encoder Queue. For more information, see Publish to YouTube and Vimeo.

Use Adobe Media Encoder to export to these formats. Send your After Effects composition directly to Media Encoder using Composition > Add To Adobe Media Encoder Queue. For more information, see Create H.264, MPEG-2, and WMV videos.

Use Adobe Media Encoder to export to H.264 (.mp4), the format recommended by the Adobe Flash team. Send your After Effects composition directly to Media Encoder using Composition > Add To Adobe Media Encoder Queue. For more information, see Create H.264, MPEG-2, and WMV videos.

Important Reminder:
Flash Player's end of life is December 31st, 2020. Please see the Flash Player EOL Information page for more details.

For information on known issues in the latest version of After Effects, see Known issues.

Problems with QuickTime can have many sources. Find solutions in Troubleshooting QuickTime errors.

You installed a language version of After Effects that does not match the operating system language. Find answers in this article, Error "Could not convert Unicode characters".

You can continue to render your Motion Graphics templates even after your trial version expires. For more information, see Motion Graphics templates FAQ.

If you’ve restarted your computer and the warning persists" Find answers in this article, Error "The font dictionary can't be read".

When you run After Effects, you could receive messages like, "Unable to allocate 0.000 MB of memory" or, "Unable to allocate 0.002 MB of memory." Find answers in this article, Unable to allocate memory.