Adobe After Effects - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

“The integration between After Effects and Premiere Pro is perfect. you don't need to render your After Effects projects, Premiere Pro does it for you. It really saves time for all my videos and I can make changes on After Effects while the project is open in Premiere. It's really perfect.”

“When editing video projects that combine real footage with motion graphics, Adobe's Dynamic Link functionality saves so much time. Unlike rendered graphics, edits made to linked AE projects will update the graphics in Premiere.”

“I always edit the videos I use in After Effects in Premier because it is easier and faster and as I said before it is not the main use of After Effects.”

“Because after extracting the video clip from After Effects, it can be sent to Premiere to adjust the video clip and adjust the colors of the video.”

“The integration with Premiere allows users to use animations in video projects directly, without the need to render the animations separately.”

“One of the best programs for editing videos, making movies and beautiful clips, and also using it to edit my YouTube channel video”

“Adobe has tethered these two together so that you can access After Effects from the Premiere timeline. Useful but not bomb-proof.”

“Using premiere is important so we can add our composition to our project timeline. Especially useful when working with sound. ”

“Series of clips that are created with after effects can be effectively used in premiere pro to create a full edited video”

“I bring my animations into premiere from after effects using the adobe dynamic link, which has live updates as you work.”

“The dynamic link feature between Premiere and After Effects is truly a lifesaver! Thank you adobe for being awesome!”

“I use Ae to create many assets which I then export to premiere. I sometimes edit them while being in premiere.”

“Using both products is the best way to work, for me. Premiere for main edit and AE for animations and MOGRTS.”

“I create Logos, transitions, templates and effects that I then import to Premiere Pro for video editing”

“We can combine both projects file's and create and edit video's. By diynamic link.”

“After effects natively supports photoshop as they are made by Adobe and when I need to edit I picture I easily switch to photoshop without leaving After effects or exporting the image then when done automatically the image is edited in After effects too.”

“The integration is cool but is not very important for my use as exporting my photoshop images would result in the same thing except for simultaneous modifications while both softwares are open.”

“Elements you design in Photoshop are vital for helping with your final project in After Effects. They essentially go hand-in-hand to make a beautiful production.”

“After drawing or modifying the image in the Photoshop program, it can be sent to the After Effects program to move it and make it a moving model”

“After Effects allows you to import your Photoshop files and manipulate their layers which makes Photoshop highly compatible.”

“I use photoshop to create assets, like shapes and graphics, and then export them to Ae to add motion or SFX.”

“You can do what you need to in After Effects, but photoshop is helpful at times with image editing. ”

“I work a lot in Photoshop. After Effects allows live, real-time updates between the applications. ”

“To create photos as a cover page or as a thumbnail for the video edited with after effects”

“It is essential to have a image editing software to combine it with this video editor.”

“integrates perfectly for bringing in photoshop files and images and recognises layers.”

“its like bread and butter plus like I said creative cloud has both included”

“After Effects allows you to import your Illustrator files and manipulate their layers which makes Illustrator fairly compatible.”

“Being able to create illustrations and then have them ready in After Effects with a single click helps me reduce my work times.”

“The ability to add vector drawings into After Effects is so powerful. These can also be turned into 3D assets as well. ”

“I think that the integration could be better, with illustrator lines being more easily imported and after effects.”

“I use Illustratorto create assets, like shapes and graphics, and then export them to Ae to add motion or SFX.”

“Preparing the MOGRTS on Illustrator or a Character to animate, and then using AE to animate it.”

“Bring your vector designs right into After Effects to start animating them!”

“In a professional setting, when you're rendering lots of projects and assets, Media Encoder lets you render multiple videos in the background, so you can continue working in After Effects or Premiere.”

“For exporting videos, media encoder is super important and makes the process at the output of after effects easier, media encoder is a plus but after effects can be used as well individually.”

“I use Media Encoder to render and export the video files (that I edited in After Effects) in H.264 video format.”

“This software cuts down file size and render time astronomically and saves us designers thousands of dollars”

“I use this integration daily, as I mainly render my videos in Media Encoder via After Effects. ”

“All my files can be uploaded or downloaded to or from Adobe Creative Cloud, even on mobile.”

“They are the perfect blend together. Complimenting the other to create amazing videos.”

“I use music and sound in almost every project. The live, real-time features allows me to manipulate the sound on the fly.”