After Effects for noobs
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- OSFA
I've done some filtering here and checked out some tutorials and decided to play with AE. As a noob, would you recommend jumping on tutorials (effects, etc) from the get-go or should I start with more basic stuff? If so, what would be considered basic?
Also, I've seen lots of tutorials include some nice textures, effects and such, but when I check my AE, I never find any. Any recommendations as to where I can find decent stuff? I'm not looking to purchase entire collections since I am just starting...
Thanks!
- DoTheMacarena0
videocopilot.net
aetuts+should be plenty to get you started. if you can get your hands on anything from fxphd, those are excellent as well.
- OSFA0
would Lynda be a good resource?
- Lynda is good for learning the interface. Past that, look for things that are more project-basedDoTheMacarena
- that's what I thought... Their stuff sometimes gets a little monotonusOSFA
- kalkal0
Creative cow is great, you'll get practical use covering many of the tools in every tutorial.
- OSFA0
Crap! I've been checking videocopilot, but everything there needs presets and their products. Is there a way to learn these things without having to spend $ up front? Don;t want to sound like a cheap ass, but I would like to see if it works and I can actually handle this before spending... Unless you guys are in a good mood ;)
- http://www.qbn.com/t…locustsloth
- if you subscribe to the podcast you can get tutorials from there from a few years back, evenlocustsloth
- vivid0
go to http://motionographer.com/ and look at the utuorials list on the left hand side...there's loads of site on there.
Also try youtube for some video tutorials...
enjoy :)
- Ramanisky20
vimeo has some good AE tutorials as well
- itstimefortea0
greyscalegorilla.com/
great after effects and c4d tutorials
- itstimefortea0
this link should work...
http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog…
- stoplying0
search youtube also, there are some user submitted basic things on there. Some of them by 12 year old kids...
- eieio0
http://videocopilot.net/tutorial…
he does use a lot of trapcode Particular and 3d stroke in these but really there's so much free info and techniques here its great and he tries to use the original ae effects as much as possible. Its good to know all of these techniques anyway just try the demo or a substitute and you'll learn the goods. He makes the best tutorials I've seen, I actually don't mind listening to him talk.
- http://ae.tutsplus.c… and greyscale are rivaling him these dayseieio
- eieio0
yes you too can make a motion graphics cliche...
- BaskerviIle0
I'd always recommend learning enough to produce what you have in your head. Learn project by project. you can't rush learning an app, you have to know by doing, not by copying or reading
videocopilot and creativecow are both good though
- M_C_P0
pretty easy if you simply apply one of the numerous presets supplied by adobe.
with those, you too can be an instant motionographer!
- ross0
Adobe Classroom in a book helped me learn the basics...
- M_C_P0
i'm all for supporting learning and resources like andrew kramer's are great but....
I fucking hate spoon feeding. learn the basics, then cut that shit like a gangrenous limb. it'll taint you to not think originally or for yourself.
whatever happened to trying to reverse engineer a cool look/treatment you saw? learn by doing, either by yourself thru trial and error, or collaboratively with cats who know more shit than you. you'd be amazed with what you can pick up by mere observation.
i'm
- stoplying0
I always thought the Adobe resources for their own products kind of sucked. But these AE vids seem half decent
And in such a compact URL at that...
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Afte…