Adobe has launched After Effects 25.0, the latest version of its renowned compositing software, featuring several significant updates.
This release brings a revamped interface design with multiple visual themes, a streamlined process for importing 3D models, and enhanced text styling controls via Expressions.
| Modernized and More Readable UI
The primary improvements in After Effects 25.0 focus on the user interface and performance enhancements. Adobe describes the new UI as "more modern," aligning with the design of other Adobe products. The update offers cleaner fonts and improved typography for better legibility. In accordance with Adobe's Spectrum 2 design system, users can now switch between various visual themes to optimize visibility in different lighting conditions. Additionally, a high-contrast accessibility mode is available for users with visual impairments.
The update also boosts hardware acceleration on Windows, resulting in a "significantly faster" interface, though specific performance metrics are not provided.
| Simplified 3D Model Import Workflow
Continuing the refinement of After Effects' 3D toolset, this update simplifies the 3D model import process. Only the primary model file now appears at the root level of the Project panel, with supporting files, such as textures, no longer cluttering the workspace.
| Advanced Text Styling with Expressions
Enhancements to the typography toolset allow users to control text styling on a per-character basis through Expressions, offering greater creative flexibility. New attributes for paragraph styling are also introduced, enabling control over text direction, justification, first-line indents, and margins.
This update further solidifies After Effects as a powerful tool for motion graphics and visual effects professionals, offering a cleaner, faster, and more accessible user experience.