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Adobe After Effects Fundamentals

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After Effects Fundamentals

These videos & guides are designed to help you quickly learn or remember fundamental skills in AE.

Classes

Create then Animate: A Fall-Themed Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, & After Effects Workflow

Create then Animate: A Fall-Themed Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, & After Effects Workflow

Illustrate with Shapes: Design Vector Graphics in Adobe Illustrator

Illustrate with Shapes: Design Vector Graphics in Adobe Illustrator

Winter scene with A-frame cabin at night

Create then Animate: Beginner Workflow in Illustrator & After Effects

Reusable motion graphics for video

Reusable Motion Graphics for Video: From Adobe After Effects to Premiere

Bring a Logo to Life: Principles of Animation for Motion Designers

Create an Auto-Resizing Text Box for Adobe After Effects & Premiere

Create an Auto-Resizing Text Box for Adobe After Effects & Premiere

Text Animators: Custom Text Animation in Adobe After Effects

Text Animators: Custom Text Animation in Adobe After Effects

Smooth Moves: Better Motion with Animation Curves in the Graph Editor

Smooth Moves: Better Motion with Animation Curves in the Graph Editor

The word expressions made of different shapes

11 Expressions for Animation Efficiency in Adobe After Effects

Octopus illustration

Animation Efficiency: Work Faster in Adobe After Effects

Avocado characters exercising

Character Rigging & Animation FUNdamentals in After Effects

Girl biking with dog in bike basket

Limber Character Rigging to Secondary Animation in After Effects

Abstract illustration representing the uses of After Effects plugins

Top 5 Plugins for Efficiency in Adobe After Effects
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Animated Lettering

Animated Lettering in After Effects
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Travel icons - ticket and passport, suitcase, plane, globe, map and location pin, camera

Animating Morphing Icons in After Effects
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Underwater scene with fish, seaweed and coral

Looping Animated Scenes in After Effects
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Animated Typography

Animated Typography in After Effects: Layering Simple Effects for a Complex Look

3D Animated Lettering

3D Animated Lettering in After Effects: 9 Styles, Infinite Possibilities

Design icons - camera, color swatches, eye dropper tool, pencil, paintbrush, scissors, shape tool, photos, pen tool

Easy Animated Icons in After Effects

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Tutorials

Adobe Illustrator Essentials video tutorials

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Adobe Illustrator Essentials

Learn the essential tools and techniques motion designers need to know to create illustrations to animate.

20 Tips to Work Faster in the After Effects Timeline

20 Tips to Work Faster in the After Effects Timeline

20 Must-Know Adobe Illustrator Tips

20 Must-Know Adobe Illustrator Tips

How to Animate a Logo Using the Principles of Animation in After Effects

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Quick Tips

Toolbox

After Effects Script to Randomize Selected Layers

Make After Effects Faster Cheat Sheet

Adobe Illustrator Keyboard Shortcuts

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Digital Products

Auto-Resizing Text Box Preset and Motion Graphics Template

Abstract representation of the inner workings of Adobe After Effects

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Intimidated by After Effects?
Let me introduce you.

Start animating in just 20 minutes with my Adobe After Effects Orientation video.