Once After Effects is installed on your PC or Mac, you'll need to launch the Creative Cloud app.
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When you download Adobe After Effects, the Creative Cloud desktop app will download and install at the same time.
Whether you choose the free trial or one of the subscription options, the next step is to download the app itself. However the app will still open and run via the pre-installed Rosetta 2 technology, and you're unlikely to see any difference in use. Note that Adobe After Effects does not currently run natively on Apple's new MacBook Air M1 (opens in new tab) and MacBook Pro M1 (opens in new tab). The free trial of Adobe After Effects CC is only available on your desktop, though Adobe does offer a collection of free mobile apps for both iOS and Android. If you want to buy After Effects on its own, this will cost $27.62 a month on a yearly plan or $41.43 for individual months. If you think you'll use lots of Adobe apps, you can subscribe to the entire Creative Cloud suite for $69.72 a month on the yearly plan, rising to $104.59 a month if you don't want to commit to the full 12 months and just want to pay month-by-month. There are multiple subscription options in Creative Cloud.
Here’s where you can download Adobe After Effects CC for Windows and Mac, along with what you can do with the motion effects software once you’ve installed it.