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"Adobe After Effects 5.5 enhances productivity with native support for Apple® Mac® OS X, Microsoft® Windows® XP and optimization for the Intel® Pentium® 4 processor. "
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Monday January 7, 8:29 am Eastern Time
Press Release
SOURCE: Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adobe Ships After Effects 5.5
Extensive Plug-In Support and New Productivity Enhancements Raise the Bar for Motion Graphics and Visual Effects Creation Software
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2002--Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE - news), the leader in network publishing, is now shipping Adobe® After Effects® 5.5, its award-winning motion graphics and visual effects software. Adobe After Effects 5.5 delivers an impressive set of new features, expanding creative options with more precise control. This new version allows professionals to streamline their work flow and work with more media types than ever before.
Adobe After Effects 5.5 enhances productivity with native support for Apple® Mac® OS X, Microsoft® Windows® XP and optimization for the Intel® Pentium® 4 processor. As an added bonus, Zaxwerks 3D Invigorator Classic(1) is included with the After Effects 5.5 Production Bundle and Standard to Production Bundle upgrade, allowing users to turn 2D artwork into 3D elements without leaving the After Effects environment.
``One of the greatest assets of After Effects is its global community of users,'' said Brian Diecks, president and creative director of The Diecks Group. ``The unfettered exchange of tips, tricks and solutions to problems via the Web and the many user groups is representative of one of the most generous groups of artists I've ever encountered. With After Effects 5.5, Adobe has once again raised the bar, giving us all exciting new tools for both creativity and productivity.''
Adobe After Effects boasts an open architecture that allows third party developers to create specialized plug-ins exclusive to After Effects. Numerous plug-ins including those from Automatic Duck, Conoa and Maxon, enable After Effects 5.5 users to extend their creativity even further. A complete list of third party plug-ins is available online at adobe.com.
``The Automatic Composition Import FCP plug-in suite will help users streamline the import process into After Effects and will save them a lot of time and money. We are excited to offer this workflow integration and believe that it is revolutionary,'' said Wes Plate, president of Automatic Duck.
Adobe After Effects 5.5 continues to offer tight integration with Adobe Premiere®, Adobe Photoshop® and Adobe Illustrator® to produce high quality, professional results. New features such as Real media output, 3D camera data import from Alias|Wavefront Maya® and 3ds Max(TM)(1) and additional 16-bit per channel color file support including Maya IFF, RPF and QuickTime, allow users to work more efficiently and achieve professional quality results for film, video, multimedia and the Web. Additional information on the new features in After Effects 5.5 is available on the Adobe Web site at www.adobe.com/aftereffects.
((1)Signifies Production Bundle exclusive)
Pricing and Availability
Adobe After Effects is available at an estimated street price of US $649 for the Standard version and US $1499 for the Production Bundle version in the United States and Canada. Full upgrades from After Effects 5.0 are US $99 for both the Standard and Production Bundle versions. Users can upgrade from any previous version of After Effects standard version to the Production Bundle version for an estimated street price of US $899 and will also receive Zaxwerks Invigorator Classic. A complete list of pricing is available online at www.adobe.com/aftereffects.
The Adobe Digital Video Collection, which includes new versions of Adobe After Effects and Adobe Illustrator, as well as Adobe Premiere 6.0 and Adobe Photoshop 6.0, is now available for an estimated street price of US $1,999 for the Production Bundle that includes Zaxwerks 3D Invigorator Classic and US $1,199 for the Standard version. This powerful set of tools is capable of producing professional quality digital video for film, video, multimedia and the Web at a significant cost savings.
French, German and Japanese versions are also shipping. Information about pricing, upgrade, and support policies are located on the local Adobe web sites for those countries.
About Adobe Systems Incorporated
Founded in 1982, Adobe Systems Incorporated (www.adobe.com) builds award-winning software solutions for network publishing, including Web, ePaper, print, video, wireless and broadband applications. Its graphic design, imaging, dynamic media and authoring tools enable customers to create, manage and deliver visually-rich, reliable content. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Adobe is the second-largest PC software company in the U.S., with annual revenues exceeding $1 billion.
Note to Editors: Adobe, the Adobe logo, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft and Windows are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc, registered in the U.S. and other countries. Maya is a registered trademark of Silicon Graphics, Inc, exclusively used by Alias|Wavefront, a division of Silicon Graphics Limited. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. All pricing is listed in U.S. dollars and does not include taxes or shipping.
In the company name Alias|Wavefront noted in the sixth paragraph and also in the ``Note to Editors'' in this news release, there is a pipe symbol between Alias and Wavefront. This symbol may not appear properly in some systems.
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