Eric Maierson

I’ve been putting in the hours with my ancient copy of Adobe After Effects. My mistress in this affair has been lynda.com.

But Lynda’s $25 monthly fee shouldn’t be a barrier to learning this amazing application.  A wellspring of free AE tutorials are available across the web.

My favorite of these is VideoCopilot.net which offers a series of ten basic lessons hosted by Andrew Kramer. Kramer keeps an easy pace as he walks through the fundamentals.

I’m also a fan of aetuts.com. They have some great looking tutorials. Many are a bit too complex for me, or require third-party plug-ins, but there are also some real gems for the beginners like how to create the JibJab effect.

Other resources:

• 1001 Adobe After Effects Tutorials
• All Bets Are Off Productions hosted by AE guru Aharon Rabinowitz
• Gray Machine
• GreyScale Gorilla