Adobe’s After Effects CS3 Is Now Leopard-Ready

If you want to use your Mac for video editing at a higher level than simply merging movies, cutting some frames or adding various subtitles, then Adobe's After Effects is a choice worth being considered. Primarily used in film and video post-production, Adobe After Effects uses a system of layers organized on a timelineto create movies using video footage or still images. Less than a day ago, Adobe announced an updated version to provide full Leopard support...

This latest version, labeled 8.02, can be installed in an instant using the Adobe Update Manager, if you already have Adobe After Effects installed on your computer. Anyway, some people may find it easier to download straight from a website, rather than using a download manager like the one from Adobe, so here's the link. OK, so we know how and from where to grab it, but what's new?

Well, there isn't anything new that's going to blow your mind included, but you get support for Mac OS X 10.5, P2 support in After Effects CS3, to complete the Panasonic P2 tapeless workflow in Production Premium CS3. From now on, After Effects users using a Mac will be able to import native P2 media and share it without any problem between Premiere Pro CS3 editing and After Effects CS3 composition and effects, via Dynamic Link, and all is going to happen without transcoding.

At the same time, Adobe InDesign and Adobe InCopy for Mac were also updated, to include various fixes and minor enhancements.