Best AE Training Course?

AndrewGentle said:
Why not free? What if the very best training course for AE is free?
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I figured someone would say this...there are lots of great free tutorials out there but I rarely see any sort of comprehensive training that is free.

i.e. Hours of training that starts from scratch and moves on to advanced techniques. Typically when someone puts in the time and effort to create this type of comprehensive training there is the expectation of being paid for their time investment.

Years ago, I struggled to learn my way around Photoshop as a complete noob reading free tutorials. I finally purchased a multi-DVD training course that very quickly brought my skill level up to a more than acceptable status.

By all means, if you know of a start-to-finish free course then list it...I will guess you don't though.

I figured I would clarify that I wasn't necessarily looking for a freebie...but the most effective training even if it came with a price tag.
 
all three of those should be what you need. i'd start with the videocopilot and if you need something more in depth sign up for lynda.com which is great and covers everything you can think of. creativecow is great for when you get stuck and of course people on this site know their stuff too
 
Total Training comes highly recommended for the type of training you're looking for. It covers the essentials, tools, etc so that you have an in-depth understanding of the program. Video Copilot and the like are great, but they usually teach you one technique, and without a deep understanding of the program, you can't use that technique for anything outside of what was explicitly shown in the tutorial.
 
I give my vote to lynda.com. Their courses are well-organized and the lessons have clear objectives. Although Chad (CS3) is not as funny as Aharon Rabinowitz, he can be amusing. In any case, he is quite good at explaining everything concisely and in a very upbeat, motivational way. Some of the others on lynda have put me to sleep. :zombie_smiley:

But I agree that copilot and cow are best for certain effects or skills and can be best used to complement a comprehensive course.
 
lynda.com is usually very good for learning things quickly, but you can fill in all kinds of gaps for free; that's how I learned, along with lots of experimenting. FXPHD is also incredible.
 
jordandov said:
Some of the others on lynda have put me to sleep. :zombie_smiley:
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have you listened to the soundtrack pro and final cut pro tutorials on lynda.com? some guy with a deep voice and dry jokes, talk about falling asleep :Drogar-Smoke(DBG):

i like how organized and everything is broken out in chapters though. i learn the best through video tutorials. my mind starts wandering when reading manuals.
 
have you listened to the soundtrack pro and final cut pro tutorials on lynda.com? some guy with a deep voice and dry jokes, talk about falling asleep
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Yeah, I've seen some of the Soundtrack Pro ones; couldn't make it through. How about the guy who teaches Photoshop and Illustrator who constantly says, "It turns out..." with everything. He really knows his stuff but it turns out that it's slightly distracting.

I suppose this is now serving to discredit lynda.com's training videos. However, despite these rather picayune complaints, their tutorials remain, in my opinion, well-crafted and effective.
 
oh yea definitely, you will learn, some presenters are just more upbeat and interesting than others. i think andrew kramer has a really good skill in being able to convey information and his jokes sometimes have me laughing. i always go to him first for AE stuff because doing a lot of those tutorials you learn the tools along the way.
 
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Hours of training that starts from scratch and moves on to advanced techniques

Actually my business sells after effects, premier pro, Photoshop tutorials and so on starting you off from the basics all the way up to advanced functions for those who are just opening up the software and have never used it before.

To check out our cheap and affordable DVD tutorials check out our website under tutorials. Prices start from $10 AUD (Australian, we ship world wide) we also accept payments via paypal.

Cheers

Michael Freudenberg
 
"creating motion graphics with AE" by Trish and Chris meyer is a good way to start. Even though it says motion graphics, its probably the best printed material out there on getting to know the guts of AE. Move onto the advanced edition afterwards and that will really give you a good insight into how AE works.
Then if you want to learn how the big players use AE, get "Studio Techniques in AE" by mark christianson.
After that, do a bunch of video tutorials at video co-pilot or whatever to practice and learn new expressions and skills.
Once you have a firm grasp of how AE works and have some pro techniques under your belt, you'll be able to come up with just about anything or tackle any problem yourself.
 
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