Every now and then I’m asked what’s the best way to get into Adobe After Effects? I started in 1994 reading DV Magazine articles by Trish and Chris Meyer, working through the Adobe Classroom-in-a-Book, watching Brian Maffitt from Total Training presenting the 10 VHS monster series “Total After Effects”, and most importantly using After Effects at every opportunity. Back then the Web was the new buzzword but the idea of online training of the type now available was still years away. These days there is a wealth of knowledge out there, some free and some fee-based. Here are some resources that I recommend for getting started with Adobe After Effects: Read more…

Cinema 4D has been rapidly increasing in popularity of the past few years, probably due to it’s ease-of-use when compared to other 3D applications and it’s strong motion graphics tools and tight integration with Adobe After Effects. The following is a list of free and fee-based resources from around the web that I have found useful. Thanks to @fmagic & @toe_fur for input. Read more…