Versions of the Video Copilot Optical Flares plug-in before v1.2.129 cause After Effects CS5 on Mac OSX v10.5.x to crash on quit.

Solution: Install the update to Optical Flares so that you’re using version 1.2.129 or later.

I’ll take this opportunity to remind everyone about the best ways to report bugs, feature requests, crash information, and other feedback.

I have detailed posts about these new resources for After Effects and Premiere Pro, but I thought that I should let folks know that there are also some new resources out in several languages for other Creative Suite applications, too.

Help & Support (English)

• After Effects
• Illustrator
• Photoshop
• Flash Catalyst
• InDesign
• Premiere Pro

Getting Started (English)

• After Effects
• Illustrator
• Photoshop
• Flash Catalyst
• InDesign
• Premiere Pro

Erste Schritte (Deutsch)

• After Effects
• Illustrator
• Photoshop
• Flash Catalyst
• InDesign
• Premiere Pro

Hilfe und Support (Deutsch)

• After Effects
• Illustrator
• Photoshop
• Flash Catalyst
• InDesign
• Premiere Pro

Prise en main (Français)

• After Effects
• Illustrator
• Photoshop
• Flash Catalyst
• InDesign
• Premiere Pro

Aide et Support (Français)

• After Effects
• Illustrator
• Photoshop
• Flash Catalyst
• InDesign
• Premiere Pro

[See the related post for Premiere Pro.]

We’ve just published some new pages with getting-started resources, Help documents, and additional community resources in several languages.

In English, the best place to start for a guided tour for beginners is “Getting started with After Effects”.

Here’s a list of additional resources:

• After Effects Help & Support (FAQ list; Top issues; Editor’s picks of most useful resources)
• Learn After Effects (Getting started; Learn more)
• Video tutorials
• Community resources for After Effects
• Search the After Effects Help document

More information on how to find information about After Effects is here: “How to search for After Effects tutorials, Help, and more”

Die folgenden Übungen und Lernressourcen, die von Adobe und Experten der Community vorbereitet wurden, bieten Anfängern und erfahrenen Anwendern einen Überblick über After Effects.

• Hilfe un Support zu After Effects (Problembehebung; Empfehlungen)
• Lerne After Effects (Erste Schritte; Weitere Ressourcen)
• Video-Lehrgänge
• After Effects Community-Ressourcen
• Suchen: Nur dieser Verweis (Verwenden von After Effects)

Ces didacticiels et ressources de formation proposés par Adobe et des experts de la communauté donnent aux utilisateurs néophytes et chevronnés un bon aperçu d’After Effects.

• Aide et Support d’After Effects (Résolution des problèmes; Les meilleures sélections)
• Se former à After Effects (Prise en main; Pour en savoir plus)
• tutoriels vidéo
• Ressources communautaires d’After Effects
• Rechercher: Cette référence uniquement (Utilisation d’After Effects)

アドビとコミュニティエキスパートによるこれらのチュートリアルと学習リソースでは、初心者も上級レベルのユーザーも After Effectsの概要を確認できます。

• After Effectsヘルプ＆サポート
• After Effects での全般的ワークフロー
• ビデオチュートリアル
• After Effects コミュニティリソース
• この参照のみ (After Effects ユーザガイド)

• Ayuda y Soporte de After Effects
• Flujo de trabajo general en After Effects
• tutoriales en vídeo
• Recursos de la comunidad After Effects
• Buscar: Sólo esta referencia (Uso de After Effects)

• Guida e Supporto di After Effects
• Flusso di lavoro generale in After Effects
• esercitazioni video
• Ricerca: Solo questo riferimento (Utilizzo di After Effects)

I just updated the following Help documents:

• After Effects CS5 Help
• Premiere Pro CS5 Help
• Adobe Media Encoder CS5 Help
• Premiere Pro CS4 Help
• Adobe Media Encoder CS4 Help

Now would be a good time to grab a fresh copy of the PDF version, which you can do from the top of any page of the HTML versions linked to above.

I incorporated information and corrections from several hundred comments. We really appreciate it when you add comments to the pages of Help on the Web to give some additional information, links to tutorials, corrections, et cetera. (One thing that comments on the Help pages aren’t good for is questions that are better suited for the user-to-user forums.)

By the way, this was my last act as documentation lead for After Effects (which I have been for several years), Adobe Media Encoder (which I have been for several months), and Premiere Pro (which I have been for a few weeks).

I’m now in Adobe Technical Support, focusing on providing online technical support for these same applications. So, you’ll see plenty of me if you spend any time on our forums. Now more than ever I will be trying to help y’all solve problems with using these applications and trying to make sure that your feedback gets to the right place. With that in mind, please read this post about how to send feedback and communicate with us. We really want to help, and we really want your feedback, but it’s crucial that it come through the right channels so that the right people can see it.