Adobe launches After Effects 5.5

NEW DELHI: Adobe Systems, Inc., a company in the network publishing arena,

has launched Adobe After Effects 5.5, a new version of the company's graphics

and visual effects software. With an impressive set of new features, After

Effects 5.5 helps users expand their creative options, enhance productivity and

work with more media types than ever before.

Adobe After Effects 5.5 has new features that enable precise control

including multiple views, colored shadows, stained glass lighting and the

Advanced 3D Renderer for creating high-quality intersecting layers.

Versatile import and output options, including Advanced RealMedia export and

integration with Alias Wavefront's Maya and Discreet's 3ds max, give users more

flexibility. Moreover, After Effects 5.5 supports additional 16-bit per channel

file formats including Maya IFF, RPF, SGI and QuickTime.

After Effects 5.5 further enhances productivity with native support for Mac

OS X and Windows XP, and Pentium 4 optimizations. The new Effects Palette helps

users organize and apply effects, with eight new effects including Color

Stabilizer, Advanced Lightning, Grid, and Roughen Edges. After Effects 5.5

continues to offer tight integration with Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop and

Adobe Illustrator to produce high-quality, professional results from start to

finish. As an added bonus, Zaxwerks 3D Invigorator Classic is included with the

After Effects 5.5 Production Bundle, allowing users to turn 2D artwork into 3D

elements without leaving the After Effects environment.

Adobe is also announcing the Adobe Digital Video Collection 6.0, which

includes new versions of Adobe After Effects and Adobe Illustrator, as well as

Adobe Premiere 6.0 and Adobe Photoshop 6.0 software. This set of tools is

capable of producing professional quality digital video for film, video,

multimedia and the Web at a significant cost savings. The Digital Video

Collection is available in Standard and Production Bundle versions.

Adobe After Effects 5.5 is expected to ship worldwide in the first quarter of

the 2002 calendar year. It will be available for Rs 33,600 for the Standard

version and Rs 78,000 for the Production Bundle through Adobe distributors -

Wipro and Tech Pacific.

Upgrades from After Effects 5.0 will cost Rs 4,850 for either the Standard

and Production Bundle versions. The Adobe DV Collection Production Bundle will

be available for Rs 1,03,500 and Adobe DV Collection Standard version is

available for Rs 61,000.