Today you will create the following scene using mask, blending modes, layers, and keyframes.
You will need at least two video clips and at minimum of one other stock footage (can be an effect)
Setting up a scene - walking towards the mountains
https://www.cinecom.net/after-effects-tutorials/introduction-after-effects-tutorial-beginners/Using the built-in Mocha tracker and a few simple masking techniques, you’ll learn how to create clean and professional fixes for shots that would otherwise seem impossible to correct. This is an incredibly useful technique for removing branding, signs, small objects, or any distracting elements you may have overlooked while filming.
Another Great tool is the Roto brush and the refine edge
In this After Effects tutorial, you will learn how to use the Roto Brush tool to quickly and effectively rotoscope nearly anything in After Effects. The Roto Brush makes the rather tedious task of manual rotoscoping and makes it pretty easy. Most of the time this tool does a pretty good job and here I’ll attempt to tackle a pretty complex head of hair to place text “behind” the subject in this video and the rotoscoped video with mask out the subject and place her above the text.
older version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESnxM819MJw
Next, learn how seamless it is to add a layered photoshop file into aftereffects and be able to animate each layer of the file.
IMPORTING ELEMENT INTO A PROJECT http://video.tv.adobe.com/v/3732/
Finally, we will learn how to create an animated title that would be appropriate for a show, school play....
CREATING A TITLE SEQUENCE EXAMPLE - https://vimeo.com/94950372
If you don't feel you are getting a good grasp on After Effects, let's review the following
If you have time, explore any of the following tutorial at this link -
https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/tutorials.html#get-started______________________________________________________
If you are having trouble with the interface, please review the following.
https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/how-to/getting-started-after-effects.html?playlist=/ccx/v1/collection/product/after-effects/segment/designer/explevel/beginner/applaunch/ccl-get-started-1/collection.ccx.js&ref=helpx.adobe.comSETTING UP A PROJECT - setting preferences,
http://video.tv.adobe.com/v/3729/ORGANIZING A PROJECT - tips on organizing files
http://video.tv.adobe.com/v/3977/