Rediat Abayneh
Effect Controls: Color correction using auto color, 'blend with original'
Grid and Guids: can set how many pixels apart the solid lines are drawn..
After Effects has a number of features to help you arrange layers precisely. These include the proportional grid, the regular grid, guides, as well as the Align panel.
Importing Photoshop files to AE
Importing layered phtoshop files into after effects: Import as a compsition to be able to edit the layer styles.
Understanding the Alpha channel: It usually correctly guess the alpha channel but sometimes it doesnt. Preference - Import
Motion Control Moves
Animate everything using the Anchor Point, to edit the Anchor Point, you can open up the Layer panel. rather than keyframing position, keyframe the Anchor Point,
Graph Editor
Show Animated Properties: it shows everything that is keyframed or animating.
Understanding graph types:
Motion Sketch
used Motion Sketch to go ahead and create this natural organic flight-path for this butterfly.
Quiz
Effects and Presets
Exprloring effects and presetes in Adobe bridge;
Effect Controls: Radial Blur
Saving presets: Select the layers ..
drag your preset under piece of footage and bang, it's automatically applied.
Note:animation preset can apply more than one effect.
YouTube
AE: Rain
Applied Effect controls to get a rain effects:
Fog
Uni Workshops
MAYA: Modeling, rigging and skinning.
CelAction: Character design and walk cycle animation.
After Effects: Walkcycle animation (Parenting layers).
Project (Work Experience)
Sewer Ej
auditioning, story boarding, shooting and editing..
After Effects Apprentice
Lynda
These are the courses I was certified from Lynda.com. I've found this website very helpful because the standradr of tutorial is very high and also I am able to send a question direct to the person who gives the tutorial.