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dorinmacariCasaMea
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February 21, 2018
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New to after effects

  • February 21, 2018
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Hello friends. I'm a begginer...what courses can you recomend to learn...on the internet there are many videos and tutorials but I don't want lose time for bad trainings.
Maybe you can recommend the something A to Z, well structured and with good information and examples inside?

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    P.M.B
    P.M.B
    Legend
    February 22, 2018

    When you open after effects there is link to learn how to use it. Use it.

    If you miss it or cant find it open the help menu in after effects and click the item with word "tutorials" in it.

    ~Gutterfish
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    Towerguy
    Participating Frequently
    February 22, 2018

    Hi, I would suggest you start with the basics here:

    After Effects tutorials | Learn how to use After Effects CC

    I would then strongly recommend the Andrew Devis beginners tutorials at Creative Cow:

    CreativeCOW

    COW Articles by Andrew Devis

    Go towards the end of the long list and you will see "AE Basics 1" and start working through them in order. It is an earlier version of After Effects but all is still relevant. I personally find him the best tutor.

    Enjoy your journey!

    Roland Kahlenberg
    Roland Kahlenberg
    Legend
    February 22, 2018

    Stay very far away from youtube videos if you are a beginner and much the same if you are just getting comfortable. There are good but also very bad videos seemingly educational but will lead to you learning wrongly defined and poorly refined terms and techniques.

    You need a solid foundation when starting off to learn something.

    The After Effects product page has lots of links to tutorials. The series by Andrew Devis are good and much the same for any series at the COW. Then if you can afford it, lynda.com has some good AE tutorials too.

    Once, you are comfortable then venture into youtube. Youtube is great for picking up creative techniques to do stuff. It is definitely not a good place to be learning the basics - this is the case with AE.

    Very Advanced After Effects Training | Adaptive & Responsive Toolkits | Intelligent Design Assets (IDAs) | MoGraph Design System DEV
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    Axiotanor
    Inspiring
    February 21, 2018

    Well I started watching tutorials on youtube on how to make animations from

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyp3CBrBSfIynoDosN3c7g

    Mobox Graphics

    Just follow some of the videos that you like and google something if you do not know how it works.

    This made me more confident with the program itself.

    Cheers!

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