I'll Teach You After Effects in 60 Minutes...

This After Effects tutorial covers essential elements you can fit into an hour, teaching how to create three scenes with different styles of motion graphics. It’s ideal for beginners or anyone needing a refresher. The first primer lesson of a 9‑week Motion Foundation course, it includes chapters such as Overview at 00:00, After Effects User Interface at 00:49, Importing Footage at 01:34, Creating a Composition at 02:19, The After Effects Timeline at 03:34, Trimming Layers at 04:39, Work Area at 05:20, Zooming In & Out at 05:51, Adding & Editing Text at 06:18, Aligning Layers at 08:06, Animating With Keyframes at 08:45, Duplicating Layers at 11:52, Mattes at 13:00, Creating a Background at 15:17, Importing Layers from Illustrator at 15:54, Composition Length at 17:30, Shape Layers at 18:24, Masks at 20:18, Easing at 23:18, Offseting Motion at 26:35, Precomposing at 28:05, Looping at 30:12, Push‑In by Animating Scale at 31:15, Parenting & Linking Layers at 32:42, Organizing The Project at 34:00, Motion Foundation at 35:22, Shot 03 Setup at 35:40, Stop‑Motion Effect at 36:42, Effects & Presets at 39:20, Hue & Saturation at 40:12, Adding Contrast with Curves at 41:10, Adding a Solid Background at 42:26, Logo Animation at 42:55, Creating a Border at 45:20, Fill & Stroke at 45:55, Create a Looping Texture at 46:05, Blending Modes at 50:32, Final Effects & Adjustment Layers at 51:43, Combining Shots in a Sequence at 54:20, Rendering at 55:23.