在线服务需要宽带 Internet 连接Adobe重新设计了After Effects CS4界面,将After EffectsCS3的面板标签样式改为方形。增加了项目面板和时间线面板上的搜索栏,便于随时找到想操作的层及素材。依然采用相对自由的可泊靠式的面板设计。界面亮度可调,标签颜色可调,使用户拥有一个属于自己的AE工作界面,提高工作效率。音频格式:Adobe Sound Document (ASND; multi-track files imported as merged single track)Advanced Audio Coding (AAC, M4A)Audio Interchange File Format (AIF, AIFF)MP3 (MP3, MPEG, MPG, MPA, MPE)Video for Windows (AVI, WAV; requires QuickTime on Mac OS)Waveform (WAV)静态文件格式:Adobe Illustrator (AI, AI4, AI5, EPS, PS; continuously rasterized)Adobe PDF (PDF; first page only; continuously rasterized)Adobe Photoshop (PSD)Bitmap (BMP, RLE, DIB)Camera raw (TIF, CRW, NEF, RAF, ORF, MRW, DCR, MOS, RAW, PEF, SRF, DNG, X3F, CR2, ERF)Cineon (CIN, DPX; converts to project color bit depth: 8, 16, or 32 bpc)Discreet RLA/RPF (RLA, RPF; 16 bpc, imports camera data)EPSGIFJPEG (JPG, JPE)PCXPICT (PCT)Pixar (PXR)Portable Network Graphics (PNG; 16 bpc)Radiance (HDR, RGBE, XYZE; 32 bpc)SGI (SGI, BW, RGB; 16 bpc)Softimage (PIC)Targa (TGA, VDA, ICB, VS