Adobe After Effects Professional 7 (EN) Win32, TLP Commercial 15000-24999 54018993TT User Manual

• Speed up production by defining a parent-child relationship between layers to ensure 

the child layer inherits all transformations applied to the parent.

• Produce cool animations from scratch right in After Effects by creating layers, adding 

masks, and applying effects. Or use included project templates to get started on creating 
DVD motion menus, animated backgrounds, and more.

• Create text using Adobe-standard tools for typing, editing, and formatting text,  

and easily edit text created in Photoshop. Mix and match fonts and other attributes  
on a layer.

• Save animation time by instantly applying more than 250 professionally designed,  

fully editable text Animation Presets, or create and save your own. Use Adobe Bridge  
to conveniently preview and apply presets.

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 Create and animate blurs on a per-character basis for eye-catching text animations.

• Animate text along any path, transform or displace words or lines of text over time,  

set intercharacter blending modes, randomize the order in which characters animate, 
wiggle your text, and more.

• Export animated text as vector-based SWF files to create innovative, web-friendly 

animations.

• Use a broad selection of included effects to change the appearance of footage or to 

generate entirely new elements. Create unique looks from scratch or by using more 
than 100 new, customizable effects presets.

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 Re-create the effect of a defocused camera lens easily and realistically with new Lens 

Blur, and use new Smart Blur to create soft color effects without destroying fine detail. 
Use a variety of other blur effects for specific situations, including Directional Blur, Box 
Blur, and Gaussian Blur.

• Create textures and organic elements with Fractal Noise, which is perfect for simulating 

caustics, clouds, lava, flowing water, and gas. Use included presets to create eye-
catching animated backgrounds.

• Distort and morph footage using Mirror, Ripple, and other effects, and paint distortions 

directly onto imagery with Liquify.

• Warp and distort the full frame of your footage—as well as selected areas—in specific, 

realistic ways with effects like Mesh Warp, Bézier Warp, and Displacement Map 
(Professional edition only).

• Morph one defined shape in a layer into another shape on the same layer, distorting the 

image itself to fit the shape of the new area (Professional edition only).