According to Wikipedia, After Effects is a studio designed primarily for the creation of special effects is based on overlapping images. As with the entire line of Adobe, which of those good “on the other is the large amount of plugins available that make it a more powerful tool. This is why it is a favorite of graphic designers, video producers and multimedia professionals.

If you can not use it, I recommend that you try. Learn about a new program that gives us something different to Photoshop and Illustrator is extremely interesting. For this you can see the After Effects tutorials that show in InstantShift and start practicing.