after effects for mac

There is no such thing as "free After Effects for Mac". Oh, wait -- someone can buy AE for Mac and give it to you... then it's free.

There is a tryout version of AE on the Adobe web site. It DOES NOT have the third-party plugins that are bundled with AE when you buy it, like Keylight and all the CC Effects (e.g. CC Sphere, CC Mr. Mercury, etc.

I believe the tryout period is either two weeks or thirty days.

Dave LaRonde
Sr. Promotion Producer
KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA