New features

The new features listed here are only a few highlights from the hundreds of improvements and additions made for After Effects CS4.

For more information about new features in After Effects CS4, visit the Adobe website: www.adobe.com/go/learn_ae_indepth.

Create movies tailored to a set of mobile devices that you specify: Create compositions for playback on mobile devices.
Configure memory and multiprocessing settings more easily: Memory & Multiprocessing preferences.
Use XMP metadata and improved marker features to facilitate various stages of your work: Metadata and Markers.
Save compositions for use in Adobe Flash® Professional: Rendering and exporting for Flash Professional and Flash Player.
Navigate among nested compositions more easily: Opening and navigating nested compositions.
Animate each component of position separately: Separate dimensions of Position to animate components individually.
Find items more easily with search fields: Search and filter in the Timeline, Project, and Effects & Presets panels.
Use 3D object layers from Adobe Photoshop® Extended: Importing 3D images from Photoshop Extended and Illustrator.
Save a copy of your project in the new XML project file format to improve automation workflows: About projects.
Import or create an Adobe Premiere® Pro sequence using Dynamic Link: Importing from After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro.