Is it still possible to download After Effects 2019 in 2026?

Question

Hello, I want to download Adobe After Effects 2019 or 2020 because my laptop can't handle the newer versions. I know that the 2019 and 2020 versions are no longer officially available, but is there still a way to download them?

I stopped editing in 2021, and now I want to start editing again using the same laptop I had back then. My laptop has an Intel 11th Gen Core processor, but unfortunately it only has 8 GB of RAM. I can still run the newer versions of After Effects, but they're too demanding for my laptop, and they often crash or become unresponsive ("Not Responding").

I wanted to upgrade the RAM, but I can't because it's soldered to the motherboard. And I'm too poor to buy a new laptop right now, lol.

Kevin-Monahan · Accepted Answer

Sorry, Alodia. There is not. You might have to upgrade your hardware, I'm afraid. Let me know if there's anything else we can do.Thanks,Kevin

jefubbudu · Answer

Basically any other software will do it... except this one. It just eats RAM. For some unknown reson adobe won't elucidate, they don't want a big userbase, and only people on new hardware that can run an ever-less optimized software are welcome. Why they're okay with shrinking market share in a very competitive industry is beyond me.

I do physics sims with tens of thousands of coins, fluid and gas simulation, on a PC with 64GB of ram, and AE would suck it up and ask "where's the rest?" Just to preview some keyed footage with tracking and edge detect, and layered glitch effects.

So i went back to CS6 'cause i had a few installs left. Legally, they had to provide if possible, but i still had to make a stink on their phone line before they gave me what i paid for. I used it to migrate my edits to other software, and if you can't run adobe software, well, i can only imagine adobe is alright with you paying their competition instead. There are free nuke and resolve versions, and blender is free forever too.

Don't let one bad lisence agreement ruin your career! If Adobe won't or can't provide a software that fits your needs, that's that, and it's not your fault!

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