Adobe After Effects CS5.5 for Windows

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Download.com staffFebruary 25, 2026

Create groundbreaking motion graphics and visual effects with After Effects. Combine diverse media, including footage, photos, and 3D renders, to bring your creative visions to life.

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Pros
- Supports footage of virtually any size and format.
- Efficiently handles complex compositing projects.
- Native 64-bit operating system support.
- Offers hundreds of animation presets.
- Provides precise tracking and keying controls.
Cons
- Interactivity requires import into Adobe Flash Professional.

Adobe After Effects CS5.5 for Windows

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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: April 30, 2010

Latest update: February 25, 2026

Version: 0

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 10
Windows 7
Windows Vista

Additional Requirements: 64-bit OS, 2GB RAM, 3GB disk space, QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for QuickTime features

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Total Downloads: 1,766,299

Downloads Last Week: 4

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User Reviews

3.8/5

59 User Votes

A Good Software
Jacob344February 7, 2014
Pros
the designing option and ability to understand and use features is pretty easy which makes it quite a user friendly software.
Cons
Crashes randomly, but can't exactly figure our why ?
Summary
I love Adobe and everything they come up with !!
plz teach me
machinekidSeptember 18, 2011
Pros
u wont be sorry
Cons
cause i will give u this product free
Summary
if you teach me i will give u adobe after affect and i swear it is not trial version 100% works just go to facebook and send a message say i teach u my facebook email is mhammad_kamal@yahoo.com<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Sep 18, 2011<p/>ii will give u this adobe after affect pro free i will spend the 999 $ if u teach me but full teach good deal i swear iam not lieing
brilliant for special effects
lyle963September 17, 2011
Pros
amazing software user friendly tutorials readily available ram preview to display even with low gpu
Cons
plugins are hard to get and expensive
Summary
amazing software
Freezes Constantly
xDroid13August 24, 2011
Pros
It makes ok videos for a trial
Cons
It's outputs are only swf and come out at a 0:00 swf file and gives me a black screen while rendering.
Summary
i use it every day for my editing needs :) best thing
FraNetworkMay 12, 2011
Pros
EVERYTHING!
Cons
well. the price is a bit high, but worth it.
Summary
I would say , buy it, its worth it ;)
It has everything what I need
JLeeBrigesMarch 29, 2011
Pros
If you edited video before, AE will be very easy to use. It's not a program for beginners
Cons
Price is too high!!!
Summary
Good program.
Trial version doesn't open
meanmrcleanJanuary 24, 2011
Pros
none...couldn't open.
Cons
the trial download is 2 files and when trying to run setup after the install,...you get an error messege that links you to a troubleshooting analysis ...which says there are no problems detected.
Summary
If the free version is this difficult to merely download and open...why buy the the software?
Worth the money and then some...one word: Rotobrush.
MacG3FreakAugust 9, 2010
Pros
64bit, Cross Platform, Rotobrush, Improved Puppetry, Remarkable Stability, Interconnectivity All Adobe Programs, Relatively Cheap, Only 1 Version
Cons
Limited 3D, still uses JavaScript...no really
Summary
After Effects has been one of the better compositing programs for the better part of two decades. I had been using AE since the mid 90's but switched to Discrete's (now Autodesk's) Combustion in 2000. After Effects was bulky, awkward, hard to control and SLOW to boot. I refused to switch back to After Effects until CS5 was released and I had a good chance to play with it. After 11 years in the post production business I can say without a doubt that dollar for dollar there is no better program out there than AE CS5. Now before all you neigh sayers leave flaming bags of poop on my doorstep, allow me to explain. We live in a multi-platform world, we compositors must be able to jump between systems and be able to work without ANY hitches. It is a fact that no software company in the world has a track record anywhere near that of Adobe's when it comes to developing unified cross platform products. Adobe was developing for Windows when Macintoshes were the ONLY art based computers. That being said, I know that when I jump back and fourth between my MacBook Pro and my Windows 7 desktops, I can be 110% confident that I will not have any problems that slow me down or make me look like a jackass in front of my clients. This beings up another point about rendering. I have been and always will be a Mac user, but there is one problem with every Mac: the price. Since I switched back to AE I no longer NEED to buy a Mac for my rendering. I recently put together a system that has a pair of 12 core server processors, 64GB RAM and a pair of top of the line graphics cards for under $4k. An equivalent Mac would have cost me nearly 5 times as much. But since AE is reliable on both platforms, and the little known fact that ADOBE ALLOWS YOU TO INSTALL AN UNLIMITED NUMBER OF UNREGISTERED COPIES OF AFTER EFFECTS FOR RENDERING PURPOSES, I can now trust the legendary stability of the Mac for doing my work, and leave the rendering to my monster Windows server. All of this leads me to my next point, CS5 is now fully 64bit capable, which is a darn good because now my little 15" laptop is capable of doing some pretty beast effects in absolutely no time at all, AND I can take full advantage of all 24 beautiful cores and all 64 wondrous GB of RAM in my render box. And if I haven't convinced you yet, I have one final point: Rotobrush. Perhaps the most incredible tool in the new version, it allows you paint a few strokes and it automatically rotoscopes a clip for you. In under 10 minutes you can do what used to take several hours. Throw all of this in with a nice heaping side of complete interconnectivity with all of Adobe's other products and you've got one heck of a program. Don't get me wrong, it's not the best product on the market, but Final Cut Studio isn't cross platform and Autodesk's Flame may absolutely lay waste to After Effects, but I'm pretty sure there are Ferraris that cost less than Flame, I'd venture to say that dollar to dollar AE wins every time.
Strictly okay software
masbageorgeJuly 7, 2010
Pros
This software is good in some aspects.The graphic designing ended up pretty well.
Cons
Not matches the standards of the other products from the maker
Summary
Not worth the trouble.
saintjimmy960May 18, 2010
Pros
Pretty much everything except installing, as long as you can get it to work.
Cons
Every time I tried to add an effect (or anything else), it crashed!
Summary
Basically, this is the best video editing program ever... if it doesn't crash! My friend had it and his worked perfectly, so I got the trial version, but of course it didn't really work too well... Oh, well, from the other reviews, it must be pretty good when it works.

Developer’s Description

By Adobe Systems

Create motion graphics and visual effects.