What is the best way to learn After Effects?

[Alon_a]

Without knowing what you want to do with AE (visual effects? motion graphics? compositing?) it’s impossible to give a reasonable answer. Anyway, the best way to learn AE is to use it 🙂 but if you’re asking about resources, some of the ones I know are:

– This forum (do all the tutorials)
– “Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects” by Trish and Chris Meyer, vols. 1 and 2. (invaluable, possibly the closest thing to “Best Way to learn AE” I can think of)
– Lynda.com (good for starters)
– Total Training (extremely thorough, not cheap)

Have fun,

– Alon