Adobe After Effects is a powerful tool developed by Adobe Inc. that serves primarily as a motion graphics and animation platform rather than a basic video editor. Unlike Adobe Premiere Pro, which is focused on video editing, After Effects specializes in creating dynamic visual effects and animated graphics that enhance video content. It allows users to combine layers of video and images in 2D and 3D space, apply special effects, animate text and graphics, and do advanced compositing — that is, merging multiple visual elements into a single seamless scene.