After Effects for Beginners | FREE Mega Course

Learn how to use After Effects in this free course. From the After Effects basics up to more advanced topics like spatial interpolation, you'll learn it all. With expert instruction from Dave Bode, you'll start at the absolute beginning and work quickly through these free After Effects tutorials into more exciting techniques.

It really is the best way to learn After Effects online. You'll start with the interface, before moving on to tools, workflow, keyframing, comps and precomping, shapes, masks, and so much more! You'll then move on and practice your new skills by building a lower third from scratch.

1. Introduction
00:00:00 1.1 Introduction

2. After Effects Basics
00:00:49 2.1 What Is After Effects?
00:10:46 2.2 Main Panels
00:20:50 2.3 Settings
00:28:36 2.4 After Effects Tools
00:37:28 2.5 More AE Tools

3. Compositions and Layers
00:43:46 3.1 After Effects Composition
00:52:39 3.2 Precomposing
01:00:49 3.3 After Effects Layer Properties

4. Keyframes
01:10:22 4.1 After Effects Keyframe Basics
01:17:01 4.2 After Effects Keyframe Easing
01:27:39 4.3 Spatial Interpolation

5. Masks, Shape Layers, and Text
01:35:44 5.1 How to Mask in After Effects
01:44:27 5.2 After Effects Shape Layers: Part 1
01:53:51 5.3 After Effects Shape Layers: Part 2
02:03:57 5.4 Text in After Effects
02:11:14 5.5 Text Animation and More

6. 2.5D
02:21:23 6.1 What Is 2.5D?
02:30:01 6.2 More 2.5D

7. Motion Tracking
02:35:07 7.1 Motion Tracking, Camera Tracking, and 3D Text
02:44:18 7.2 More Motion Tracking
02:50:34 7.3 Camera Tracking in After Effects
02:58:09 7.4 3D Text in After Effects

8. Mattes and Cool Effects
03:09:12 8.1 Mattes
03:20:08 8.2 EFFECTS!
03:30:58 8.3 MORE EFFECTS!
03:42:18 8.4 Mind-Blowing Third-Party Effects

9. Build a Lower Third
03:52:57 9.1 How to Make a Lower Third in After Effects
04:03:58 9.2 Final Touches on the Lower Third

10. Exporting
04:14:32 10.1 Exporting From After Effects

11. Conclusion
04:23:44 11.1 Conclusion

12. Bonus Lessons

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after effect for beginners

[Tommy-Handsome-and-Smart]

After watching 20 minutes I just paused as I had the need to make a positive comment here. You are a great teacher. Everything is very understandable, not boring at all. I did a lot of courses and you are definitely one of the best teachers. And this is all for free! For that, I want to thank you.

[egim.ginanjar]

For people who watch from mobile:
1. Introduction
00:00:00 1.1 Introduction

2. After Effects Basics
00:00:49 2.1 What Is After Effects?
00:10:46 2.2 Main Panels
00:20:50 2.3 Settings
00:28:36 2.4 After Effects Tools
00:37:28 2.5 More AE Tools

3. Compositions and Layers
00:43:46 3.1 After Effects Composition
00:52:39 3.2 Precomposing
01:00:49 3.3 After Effects Layer Properties

4. Keyframes
01:10:22 4.1 After Effects Keyframe Basics
01:17:01 4.2 After Effects Keyframe Easing
01:27:39 4.3 Spatial Interpolation

5. Masks, Shape Layers, and Text
01:35:44 5.1 How to Mask in After Effects
01:44:27 5.2 After Effects Shape Layers: Part 1
01:53:51 5.3 After Effects Shape Layers: Part 2
02:03:57 5.4 Text in After Effects
02:11:14 5.5 Text Animation and More

6. 2.5D
02:21:23 6.1 What Is 2.5D?
02:30:01 6.2 More 2.5D

7. Motion Tracking
02:35:07 7.1 Motion Tracking, Camera Tracking, and 3D Text
02:44:18 7.2 More Motion Tracking
02:50:34 7.3 Camera Tracking in After Effects
02:58:09 7.4 3D Text in After Effects

8. Mattes and Cool Effects
03:09:12 8.1 Mattes
03:20:08 8.2 EFFECTS!
03:30:58 8.3 MORE EFFECTS!
03:42:18 8.4 Mind-Blowing Third-Party Effects

9. Build a Lower Third
03:52:57 9.1 How to Make a Lower Third in After Effects
04:03:58 9.2 Final Touches on the Lower Third

10. Exporting
04:14:32 10.1 Exporting From After Effects

11. Conclusion
04:23:44 11.1 Conclusion

[twobone]

FYI for AE 2022 users: 2:25:42 - the Unified Camera Tool is now split into three Camera Orbit tools. Shift +1 cycles through the tools after you select the Camera tool. Holding Option on Mac or Alt on Windows will change it to the Unified Camera Tool. Pressing C after selecting the Camera tool will cycle through Orbit, Pan, and Dolly.

[usualvermicelli]

03:20:14 Warp stabilizer
03:22:51 Camera shake deblur
03:24:02 Lumetri Color
03:28:24 Gaussian Blur
03:28:41 fast box blur
03:29:24 camera lens blur

Chroma keying footage
03:31:41 selective color
03:32:03 color key
03:33:04 simple choker

Green screen
03:33:26 keylight
03:34:09 key cleaner
03:35:03 advanced spill suppressor

03:35:53 fractal noise
03:36:41 colorama
03:36:46 tint
03:37:15 gradient ramp
03:39:01 4-color gradient
03:39:39 checkerboard
03:40:02 grid
03:41:00 scribble

[tinycutethings]

This is awesome. No one gives a full beginning course like this. Thank you for this. This is very useful.

[cotywhite]

I am .... speechless...I think I want to cry out of pure happiness.

[amogh_theone]

After finishing this 4 hour beginner tutorial in just one day, I am shaking and shivering.

[EclecticTens]

I always see youtubers above a million subs ignoring each an every comment, or not reading it, But this guy, He gave me the skills to use After effects, and I see the comment section to know that he is still paying attention. I mean I was wondering around trying to pick which course is worthy my time and then this thing from heaven was chosen.

[graigjunior]

All in one, learnt a lot just in this course. no need to watch other several clips if you just take this one. GREAT JOB.

[OGrqspbxrry]

I was having a mental breakdown trying to figure out how to do this with unclear tutorials. This was so so helpful, prevented many tears from being shed.

[catherinebooker]

Thanks so much for making this available. As an absolute beginner to After Effects this is the best course I've found so far. AE is very overwhelming at first and this course is making it really easy to learn.

[shahinrafati]

I guess I can say the best course that I've ever seen through my 5 years of search for a course like this, the thing that I absolutely loved about this course is that he doesn't teach you how to do something like 4-2=2 instead, he tried to teach what's the subtract is and encourages you to make the experience with it and create more creative things with it... I absolutely loved the tune that he had at the course and this 4hr course didn't make me bored or tired at all. personally, I'm not the kind of person to comment on videos on youtube but I guess I have to show how much value he is bringing through this video to us, thank you so much!

[mattw]

Dave Bode, this was wonderful. Thank you providing this free FOUR and half hours worth of tutorial. Your brevity and conversational tone throughout was as reassuring (that After Effects can in fact be learned) as it was very informative. Major props, sir.

[victordabak]

I must take this course. Firstly, let me get After Effects

[petersunday]

For someone to take time to let this kind of tutorial out for people to improved themselves is worth commendations. I appreciate your kind effort. Thanks so much

[vickysakthi]

Beginners must watch the video no more words, one of the best learning videos in my life, thanks to a lot of millions Mr.Dave Bode

[serebranka]

In newer versions of After Effects С hotkey is for new 3D tools. For usual Unified Cameta Tool you need to hold the option key (alt on windows) with the rotate tool - and camera appears. Just for information to any future beginners if they get confused like I had been

[Tintedwinestudio]

I haven’t even started but reading from others and the hours of wisdom here makes me want to say that the world needs more people like you.

[mr.sharingan]

to all my bro who are searching and not finding any good tutorial to start. Just try this out, this is the course that will get you started . keep up your consistancy and progress.

[sameermishra]

For my revision:
1:53:51 advanced text
2:30:01 More 2.5D
2:46:00 Motion Tracking
3:23:10 Camera shake deblur
3:52:57 Lower third in AE