After Effects: My Rating

After Effects is an interesting program...to say the least. You can do virtually anything on it, (in terms of digital media that is) which is what I love. From what I've heard through the grapevine, it is also much, much easier to work with than Flash. So that's a plus.

I've been using After Effects now for about 3 weeks, and I have come up with a list of positive attributes that the program holds:

1. The layout is clean and easy to look at.
2. The "help/search" option is wonderful.
3. You can nicely "go back in time". So if you make a mistake, or erase something you did not mean to, you can retrieve it.
4. There is an enormous variety in terms of shapes to choose from.
5. Great "tools" option in order to create what you want to.
6. EASY TO USE.

Number 6 is the key highlight in this review. Nothing about the program is complicated. I guarantee you, you will NOT be sitting in front of this program for more than 10 minutes trying to figure out how it works. Long story short: You can easily master the basics of this program in 10 minutes. The basics being: how to write text, create shapes, make motion, where tools and effects are located, how to export projects and so on. The foundation as to how any program operates is key before you start advancing in it, and that is why I really love the fact that I can master the foundation is just 10 minutes, and continue from there.

As you've read in my previous post, I am creating a project on After Effects, and next week it will be up and you will be able to view it! Myself and you included will be astounded with the level of professionalism that was created with this program...by an amateur!

Stayed tuned for the final product!