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Stephen30513916jn80
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May 8, 2025
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light weight faster and easier video and animation tools

  • May 8, 2025
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After effects is great...  But some times I need a tool that is light weight IE starts up lighting fast and is easy to jump right into...  to convert or compress a movie file to differnt formates...  Or create a fast simple animation that is a simple tween.  or text fade in....  Aftereffect is great for high power video work...  But I miss flash for faster animation work...  Or It would be help to have a super light weight converstion and compression tool where you can convert and compress files... 

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Warren Heaton
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Warren HeatonCommunity Expert
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May 10, 2025

Specifically for quick video conversion and compression, try Shutter Encoder (donationware).  It's cross platform, launches quickly, and has very broad video format support. 

David.Arbor
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David.ArborCommunity Manager
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May 8, 2025

Hey there @Stephen30513916jn80,

 

Adobe Animate (formerly Flash) does still exist if that's a workflow you're missing. Also, "lightweight" is a relatively vague term, but Media Encoder is pretty simple to use. You can ignore half of its panels (in fact, I have a workspace that's a "light mode" (see screenshot below) where I hide the Media Browser and the Preset Browser. Granted, hiding two panels doesn't change much functionally, but often you can get everything you need by picking a format and a preset. Plus, depending on how many plug-ins you have installed, AME can start up in just a few seconds. I just clocked it at 8 seconds to startup, and that's because I have several hundred plug-ins installed.

 

- David, After Effects Engineering Team

 

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