3: After Effects Expressions For Beginners: Linking Properties with the Pick Whip
One slider, twelve layers, zero retyping. The pick whip and Copy With Property Links make it happen, as long as you know which link type to use and why your layer names matter more than you think.
2: After Effects Expressions for Beginners - How they work with keyframes
Adding an expression doesn't mean giving up your keyframes. Learn how value, wiggle, time and loopOut build on your animation, and the one-line fix for the loop-plus-wiggle mistake that sends layers flying.
1: After Effects Expressions for Beginners - What they are and How to Add One
You don't need to know JavaScript to start using expressions, just where to Alt-click and why red numbers aren't a problem. Here's the painless first step on the exciting adventure that is after effects expressions.
Export Every Photoshop Layer as Its Own PSD File (Free Script)
In an effort to keep my After Effects project panel clean i have changed my workflow to using single psd’s and importing them as a composition. At least for images of the same kind (think team logos for sports mogrts for example). What seems like the opposite of organizing (dumping every single logo into the same psd) works surprisingly well in After Effects.
What Are MOGRTs? A Plain-English Guide for Editors Who Aren't Motion Designers
You bought a template pack. You unzipped it. Now you're looking at a folder full of .mogrt files and wondering what on earth you're supposed to do with them — and whether you need After Effects, and why one of them threw an error the moment you dragged it in.