I work at a technical school and have created some video tutorials for beginning After Effects users. The effects shown are not difficult, "how'd he do that?" effects, but are common effects seen on television. I chose this approach so that our students' portfolios would be more practical and marketable. Thought I would share these. Click the link below. On the main page click the Broadcast button, then scroll to the bottom of that page.
http://quickstartmedia.wordpress.com
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