üIntel® Core™2 Duo or AMD Phenom® II processor; 64-bit support required üMicrosoft® Windows® 7 with Service Pack 1 (64 bit) ü4GB of RAM (8GB recommended) ü3GB of available hard-disk space; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices) üAdditional disk space for disk cache; 10GB recommended ü1280×900 display üOpenGL 2.0-capable system üDVD-ROM drive for installation from DVD media, if applicable üQuickTime 7.6.6 software required for QuickTime features üOptional: Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated ray-traced 3D renderer; see the latest list of supported cards
üGlobal Performance Cache ü3D Camera Tracker üray-traced, extruded text, and shapes üconversion of Illustrator vector graphics to shape layers üvariable-width mask feather ünew Cycore (CC) effects and upgrade of dozens of effects to 16-bpc and 32-bpc color depth üPro Import After Effects functionality based on technology from Automatic Duck for importing projects from other applications, including Final Cut Pro and Avid software üimproved integration with mocha-AE ünew and greatly improved GPU acceleration features for previews and final-quality rendering üRolling Shutter Repair effect
üAll new and changed features in After Effects CS6
üHere is a virtually comprehensive list of changes, with detail beyond the summaries of the top items listed above. We’ll be posting a lot more detail over the coming weeks, and the outline below will be populated with links to in-depth articles and tutorials, so bookmark this page and check back.
üimporting üconversion of Illustrator vector graphics to shape layersüPro Import After Effects functionality based on technology from Automatic Duck for importing projects from other applications, including Final Cut Pro and Avid software üability to import ARRIRAW footage from ARRIFLEX D-21 or Alexa digital cameras
ücompositing ü3D Camera Tracker üvariable-width mask feather ünew preference: Pen Tool Shortcut Toggles Between Pen And Mask Feather Tools. If this preference setting is disabled, the G key cycles through all of the pen tools (including Add Vertex and Delete Vertex tools); if it is enabled, the G key toggles between the Pen tool and Mask Feather tool. üimproved integration with mocha-AE
üextruded graphics and 3D animation üray-traced, extruded text, and shapes übending 2D layers in 3D ü3D environment maps ünew 3D material options ünew layer bounding boxes and selection indicators ünew draft preview modes
üeffects and color üupgraded many effects to 16-bpc and 32-bpc color depth, including Drop Shadow, Spill Suppressor, Timewarp, Transform, Set Matte, Photo Filter, Fill, Linear Wipe, Iris Wipe, and Radial Wipe effects. ünew Cycore (CC) effects with the inclusion of CycoreFX HD suite, all of which use 16-bpc or 32-bpc color üRolling Shutter Repair effect
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