This is an upgrade to version 5.0 of Adobe After Effects, the motion graphics and visual effects software. It offers a host of new features for greater flexibility. It is now possible to have composite layers in 2-D or 3-D space with fine control over multiple cameras and lights. You can animate layers hierarchically by defining a parent-child relationship between any two layers. Use expressions to define relationships between parameters so that you can create procedural-type animations without using key frames. Apply new effects such as Shatter, Radio Waves, and Vegas to create a new range of looks. This new version also allows you to take advantage of masking enhancements; you can edit masks in the composition window, assign mask colors, apply motion blur to masks, and more.