After Effects for Beginners

Learn how to use After Effects in this free course. From the After Effects basics up to more advanced topics like spatial interpolation, you'll learn it all. With expert instruction from Dave Bode, you'll start at the absolute beginning and work quickly through these free After Effects tutorials into more exciting techniques.

It really is the best way to learn After Effects online. You'll start with the interface, before moving on to tools, workflow, keyframing, comps and precomping, shapes, masks, and so much more! You'll then move on and practice your new skills by building a lower third from scratch. Get started now!

1.1 Introduction.
2.1 What Is After Effects?.
2.2 Main Panels.
2.3 Settings.
2.4 After Effects Tools.
2.5 More AE Tools.
3.1 After Effects Composition.
3.2 Precomposing.
3.3 After Effects Layer Properties.
4.1 After Effects Keyframe Basics.
4.2 After Effects Keyframe Easing.
4.3 Spatial Interpolation.
5.1 How to Mask in After Effects.
5.2 After Effects Shape Layers: Part 1.
5.3 After Effects Shape Layers: Part 2.
5.4 Text in After Effects.
5.5 Text Animation and More.
6.1 What Is 2.5D?.
6.2 More 2.5D.
7.1 Motion Tracking, Camera Tracking, and 3D Text.
7.2 More Motion Tracking.
7.3 Camera Tracking in After Effects.
7.4 3D Text in After Effects.
8.1 Mattes.
8.2 EFFECTS!.
8.3 MORE EFFECTS!.
8.4 Mind-Blowing Third-Party Effects.
9.1 How to Make a Lower Third in After Effects.
9.2 Final Touches on the Lower Third.
10.1 Exporting From After Effects.
11.1 Conclusion.