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Add animation to your arsenal, even if After Effects intimidates you.

These video tutorials and self-paced, project-based online classes will help you efficiently learn motion design. Not sure how to go about it? Check out this complete curriculum.

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Start animating in just 20 minutes with my Adobe After Effects Orientation video.

Classes

Create an Auto-Resizing Text Box for Adobe After Effects & Premiere

Create an Auto-Resizing Text Box for Adobe After Effects & Premiere

Reusable motion graphics for video

Reusable Motion Graphics for Video: From Adobe After Effects to Premiere

Bring a Logo to Life: Principles of Animation for Motion Designers

Text Animators: Custom Text Animation in Adobe After Effects

Text Animators: Custom Text Animation in Adobe After Effects

Smooth Moves: Better Motion with Animation Curves in the Graph Editor

Smooth Moves: Better Motion with Animation Curves in the Graph Editor

The word expressions made of different shapes

11 Expressions for Animation Efficiency in Adobe After Effects

Octopus illustration

Animation Efficiency: Work Faster in Adobe After Effects

Avocado characters exercising

Character Rigging & Animation FUNdamentals in After Effects

Girl biking with dog in bike basket

Limber Character Rigging to Secondary Animation in After Effects

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Top 5 Plugins for Efficiency in Adobe After Effects
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Winter scene with A-frame cabin at night

Create then Animate: Beginner Workflow in Illustrator & After Effects

Animated Lettering

Animated Lettering in After Effects
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Travel icons - ticket and passport, suitcase, plane, globe, map and location pin, camera

Animating Morphing Icons in After Effects
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Underwater scene with fish, seaweed and coral

Looping Animated Scenes in After Effects
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Animated Typography

Animated Typography in After Effects: Layering Simple Effects for a Complex Look

3D Animated Lettering

3D Animated Lettering in After Effects: 9 Styles, Infinite Possibilities

Design icons - camera, color swatches, eye dropper tool, pencil, paintbrush, scissors, shape tool, photos, pen tool

Easy Animated Icons in After Effects

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Tutorials

Adobe After Effects Fundamentals

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After Effects Fundamentals

These videos & guides are designed to help you quickly learn or remember fundamental skills in AE.

3 Ways Adobe After Effects & Premiere Pro Work Together

3 Ways Adobe After Effects & Premiere Pro Work Together

18 After Effects Tips for Beginners

18 After Effects Tips for Beginners

Set up a Keyboard Shortcut to Switch Between Adobe Illustrator & After Effects

Set up a Keyboard Shortcut to Switch Between Adobe Illustrator & After Effects

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Quick Tips

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AE Fundamentals - Mattes Project File

Adobe Illustrator Keyboard Shortcuts

After Effects Keyboard Shortcuts for Beginners

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Digital Products

Auto-Resizing Text Box Preset and Motion Graphics Template