40 Adobe After Effects Tutorials For Beginners

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1. Overview of Adobe After Effects CS4:

A video tutorial by Adobe.tv providing an overview of the Adobe After Effects software. Shows how to add effects to graphics, animate characters and make color corrections.

2. How to create projects in Adobe After Effects:

Learn how to create projects, open multiple projects and import assets/media in a project. Also shows the difference between a project and a composition.

3. How to create compositions in After Effects:

Learn how to create and name compositions. Also shows how to select film presets and choose aspect ratio and frame rates. Also learn how to nest multilayer compositions.

4. Working with the Timeline:

Learn how to work with the timeline, add footage from the project panel and use keyboard shortcuts to navigate the timeline.

5. How to animate in Adobe After Effects:

The tutorial shows the essentials of animation including using the stop-watch, moving the current-time indicator, setting values and creating and modifying keyframes.

6. How to animate characters:

Learn how to animate characters in Adobe After Effects using the puppet tools. Also learn how to record and control movements and use the puppet overlap and puppet starch tools.

7. Animating text in After Effects CS4:

The tutorial gives an overview of text animation and shows how to employ various text animation techniques. Also walks through adjusting the range selector and adding animation properties.

8. Applying Effects:

Learn how to use fractal noise, turbulent noise and colorama. Also learn how to turn the effects visibility on and off.

9. Previewing Animations:

The tutorial walks through previewing animations and using the work area bar. Also explains the difference between RAM and spacebar previews.

10. Basic keyframing in Adobe After Effects:

The tutorial walks through the basics of keyframing.

11. Basic track motion:

Learn the basics of track motion in Adobe After Effects.

12. Time remapping:

Learn the basics of time remapping with this 5 minute tutorial.

13, Holding and roving keyframes:

Learn how to hold and rove keyframes in Adobe After Effects.

14. Tools for editing clips:

15. Introduction to masking:

16. Basic animation in Adobe After Effects:

17. Getting started with Adobe After Effects:

This video and text tutorial walks you through the very basics of using Adobe After Effects. It provides an overview of the interface and various elements and tools available in Adobe After Effects. Also explains the basic components of compositions and projects.

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18. Effects and animations for beginners:

Learn about effects and presets and various elements of animation. Also explains in detail how keyframes, masks, mask settings, transfer modes and transparency works. Includes a text and a video tutorial.

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19. Basic and advanced techniques:

Learn the basics of workspaces including how to create and modify a workspace. Also explains different types of motion tracking, motion tracking settings and target. An introduction to 3d layers and spaces in After Effects.

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20. Exporting to flash:

Another video tutorial explaining how to export from After Effects to flash using XFL, allowing native editing in flash.

21. Creating FLV and FV4 files:

Learn how to create and optimize FLV and FV4 files in Adobe After Effects:

22. Create elegant lines:

The tutorial shows how to create elegant glowing lines in Adobe After Effects:

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23. Create a cinematic opening title:

Want to learn how to create cinematic opening titles just like you see in movies? This tutorial walks you through it.

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24. Depth of field effect:

Learn how to use the depth of field effect in Adobe After Effects.

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25. How to use a camera:

Learn various tools and techniques to handle camera operations in Adobe After Effects.

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26. Shading effects:

Learn how to build and use the shading effects in After Effects.

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27. Shape Layers:

Introduction to the shape layer feature in Adobe After Effects.

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28. Fractal Noise:

An introductory tutorial for the fractal noise feature in After Effects.

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29. Force motion blur:

This tutorial gives an overview and working of the force motion blur feature.

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30. The pen tool:

Learn how to use the pen tool, control masks and rotoscoping in After Effects.

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31. Adjustment lights:

Learn how to control the scattering of light in a composition.

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32. Changing shortcuts:

Learn how to change keyboard shortcuts in AE.

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33. Remove color matting:

A quick tutorial on how to remove color matting.

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34. Combining shapes:

Learn how to combine several shapes to create a complex shape.

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35. Custom shapes:

A quick tutorial to show you how to create custom shapes.

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36. Echo effect:

Learn the basics of using the echo effect with animated layers.

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37. Creating a freeze frame:

This tutorial walks through the creation of freeze frame and the basics of time remapping.

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38. Remove unwanted objects:

Learn the basics of removing unwanted objects from your footage.

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39. Null objects:

Learn everything you need to know about working with null objects.

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40. Creating titles:

Learn the basics of creating titles in after effects with this video tutorial.

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User Comments


  1. felipe
    February 8, 2010

    excelent,es una ayuda importante que haiga muchos tutoriales para nosotros los que estamos comenzando