Motion Graphics Questions
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In bare bones situations, you can get a lot of work with AE alone, but it's definitely worth knowing C4D and/or FCP—I've been getting more situations in which employers want me to know either some editing, or some 3d along with 2d. And plug-in wise, the trapcode and sapphire plug-ins have been mainstays of mine for awhile, but there are other really good ones out there.
Regarding compositing, After Effects is actually not a terrible option for that as well—there are books dedicated to compositing, which cover both after effects and nuke as worthwhile options, so AE is a solid, jack-of-all-trades 2d program. But industry-wise, compositing is very commonly a nuke thing.
Avoid flash (sorry SoulFly/Mikotondria3)—if you know what you're doing, animation is just as easy in AE as it is in flash. Plus, importing an image sequence into another program means an additional step, and more headaches if changes are requested by a client. And aside from programmatic animation (which is honestly possible in AE), no reason to use flash instead.