Adobe has anounced an upgrade to AE 6.0 called 6.5.

It is a very nice upgrade complete with new designer scripts which allow you to save a layers keyframe and effect settings into a file that you can recall at anytime through your effects tab. The new upgrade includes 300 of these scripts just for cool text effects. The idea behind this is to enable those long winded actions you do frequently to be called up at will with a couple clicks of a mouse. It also will open up a world of sites that sell techniques in a script or just give them away.

After effects 6.5 has come with a few more plugins to answer Apple's Motion such as a 3d partical effects generator, Autocolor and level correction which looks great, and more cool tools.

It will be out soon.

Christian