Learn After Effects 2021: Beginners Tutorial

Welcome to the new BEGINNERS Masterclass for After Effects 2021 by our channel’s incredible VFX teacher Herman Huang aka Coffeelicker!

We're going to have a lot of fun learning After Effects from scratch as we take you though an actual project from start to finish.

This Masterclass is amaaazing. Honestly fam, it really shouldn't be free. But alas here it is! You will feel so empowered as you exit out of here, an hour from now, as a master VFX artist.

Wanna follow Herman?
🎥 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: @HermanHuang

**Chapters**
00:00 — Josh's Intro
00:07 — Herman's Intro
00:24 — What is After Effects?
01:03— What Will You Learn?
01:44 — Creating a New Project
02:17 — Project Panel & Importing
03:24 — New Composition
05:32 — Timeline
00:05:56 — Layers
00:09:46 — Trimming The Work Area
00:10:58 — Preview Window
00:15:08 — Transform
00:18:01 — Keyframes
00:20:09 — Easy Ease
00:22:15 — Main Toolbar
00:27:20 — Shapes
00:30:27 — Align
00:31:53 — Text
00:34:16 — Saving Project
00:35:12 — Creating Movement
00:37:04 — Ram Cache
00:38:11 — Parenting
00:39:30 — Precompose
00:40:47 — Masking
00:43:54 — Tracking Motion
00:52:17 — 3D Layers
00:56:40 — Blending Modes
00:58:48 — Glow
01:00:30 — Motion Blur
01:02:15 — Adding Assets
01:11:06 — Exporting
01:14:29 — Final Thoughts

[gargibaruah]

As a beginner who wants to learn AE, am telling you, this is the best tutorial on the basics that I have seen so far. Thanks for this. A friend recommended it.

[binhito]

Honestly, I've watched many AE tutorials and gave up because of AE's intimidating interface, this one is really outstanding, not only it makes me understand the basics but also makes me really wanna dig deeper as a beginner ! Thank you Herman!

[andreamarieloza]

This is the first time that I finished a one-hour tutorial. It's worth the time! I learned a lot! More subscribers for you guys! <3

[ANM]

Probably the best After Effects tutorial for beginners i've seen, and i've seen a lot..

[CuriousScribbles]

For anyone that may have gotten stuck @36:43 Creating Movement because your graph doesn't look like what's on screen. With the graph editor open. Click the icon next to the eye, "Choose graph type and options". In the pop up list, click Auto-Select Graph Type.

[wiemammar]

Never have I ever felt the need to put a comment on a tutorial video before but I paused at 40 minutes just to thank you for this incredible work you've done.
I've been drowning trying to understand AE and you single handedly made it feel so much easier and intriguing!
Thank you so much for this!

[GeorgiParmakov]

I`ve always feared the beast named After Effects...NO MORE! Now everything makes A LOT of sense. Thanks!

[justpixelating]

Frankly speaking if someone wants to learn something and if you are teaching them don't charge for the assets. Don't expect a newbie to spend 50 USD into something they have just started. Thanks

[Askjeffwilliams]

absolutely incredible info ....good job Herman ....take my hat off to you

[damondarrell]

Wow! I've always struggled with learning After Effects, but this was one of the best tutorials I have ever come across. My interest has been renewed in working with After Affects. Thank you and please keep more coming!

[deselef]

You are a gifted teacher Herman. Thank you for instilling the confidence to learn AE! I am still struck by the final product. Can't wait to see more of your tutorials.

[spixe]

For anyone looking in the comments to see if this is a good tutorial. Let me tell you its the best! He covers so much in a really good time frame. it is easy to understand and also follow along! Would recommend 10/10!

[bitsofgeek]

I've always been intimidated by AE and this has not only clearly explained the basics, but provided easy to understand shortcuts to reduce the seemingly tedious parts. Thanks!

[MattLloydTube]

Herman is such an awesome teacher. Chilled out but also thorough. And he's on Windows which is nice, particularly when he's explaining keyboard shortcuts.

I have also subbed to his new channel and would recommend anyone else to as well.

[Joy-hceh]

I feel like every tutorial should be like this, it's easy to follow and you speak loud and clear. Good Job and thanks for all the tips and tricks! Best tutorial out there.

[eshaansharma]

I know very little about ae. Basically only tracking that I learnt from Herman's last tutorial lol 😂. This will be a great start. I'll follow this masterclass as soon as my exams get finished and hop on to the journey of advanced learning. I fully trust herman as a teacher and his skills are truly remarkable. Thanks a lot josh for bringing so much advanced and indepth tutorials. 💯

[breavxyt]

for a person who got AE and had zero idea what anything does, i am so glad i found this video, thank you!

[MahlonBouldin]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I was looking for an After Effects overview, but something that described the interface in detail. And I scoured the internet for quite a while. Most of the search results came back with much too specific information. No real, but detailed overviews. This is perfect. You're a champ!

[Easyboycompact]

I have searched everywhere and I mean EVERYWHERE and this was the top 5 most helpful. Seriously. Thank you.

[tuyetthu]

Thank you so much, I have been searching this tutorial for days, very detailed explanations with lot of key words showing on screen, so easy to follow up, and this timeline so amazing.

Best self learning channel. Highly recommend for all beginners out there.