An approximately comprehensive list of good and current online After Effects resources

You can search for material related to After Effects or other Adobe products using the
Adobe Community Help search. (This service is in beta, so please use the feedback link to tell us how to make it better.)
Adobe provides documentation resources for After Effects on the Adobe website:
www.adobe.com/go/learn_ae_documentation.
To make a feature request or file a bug report, fill out the
feature request and bug report form on the Adobe website.
For information on plug-ins available for After Effects, visit the Adobe website at
www.adobe.com/go/learn_ae_plugins.
Adobe provides resources for scripting and plug-in creation on the Adobe website:
www.adobe.com/go/learn_ae_devcenter.
To exchange scripts, projects, and other useful items with other After Effects users, visit the After Effects Exchange on the Adobe website:
www.adobe.com/go/learn_ae_exchange.
Michael Coleman, After Effects product manager, provides news and notes about After Effects on his
"Keyframes" blog.
Todd Kopriva, After Effects documentation lead, provides... uh... stuff about After Effects on his
"After Effects region of interest" blog.
A good place to ask questions about After Effects, especially with regard to integration with 3D applications, is the
Mograph forum.
The ProVideo Coalition (PVC) website (
www.adobe.com/go/learn_ae_pvchome) contains
articles and blogs on topics of interest to professionals in the video industry. In addition to articles by Chris and Trish Meyer, the PVC website includes articles by Mark Christiansen, Frank Capria, Jim Feeley, Adam Wilt, Mark Curtis, and Scott Gentry.
The
Toolfarm website provides forums, tutorials, and other resources related to After Effects and other Adobe products. The
AE Freemart website is a division of Toolfarm that provides free tutorials about After Effects.
The AE Enhancers forum provides example scripts and useful information about scripting (as well as expressions and animation presets) in After Effects:
www.adobe.com/go/learn_ae_aeenhancershome.
Jonas Hummelstrand provides tutorials, troubleshooting tips, and insights about After Effects and motion graphics in general on his
General Specialist website.
Trish and Chris Meyer provide instructional resources for After Effects in many places, including their
CyberMotion website.
Lutz Albrecht provides a list of After Effects error codes and some possible solutions on his
Mylenium website.
John Dickinson provides tutorials and other resources for After Effects and related software on his
Motionworks website.
Alan Shisko provides insights and tips about motion graphics on his
Motion Graphics 'n Such blog.
Harry Frank provides tutorials on all areas of After Effects, with an emphasis on expressions and use of third-party plug-ins on his
graymachine website.
Andrew Kramer provides tutorials and training on his
Video Copilot website.
Dan Ebberts provides scripting tutorials and useful scripts on his website:
www.adobe.com/go/learn_ae_danscripting. Dan also provides an excellent collection of example expressions and tutorials for learning how to work with expressions on his website:
www.adobe.com/go/learn_ae_motionscripthome.
Lloyd Alvarez provides a collection of useful scripts on his website:
www.adobe.com/go/learn_ae_lloydaescripts.
Jeff Almasol provides a collection of useful scripts on his website:
www.adobe.com/go/learn_ae_redefineryhome.
Stu Maschwitz provides insights and tips about After Effects and video, visual effects, and compositing in general on his
ProLost blog.
The Creative COW website provides several resources for After Effects users. Many of these resources feature Aharon Rabinowitz:
Multimedia 101 podcast
After Effects podcasts
After Effects tutorials
After Effects articles
After Effects Basics forum
After Effects forum
After Effects Expressions forum
The
Layers Magazine website provides articles and tutorials about After Effects and other Adobe creative products.
David Van Brink provides tips, insights, and downloadable utilities for After Effects and other digital video software on his
Omino website.
Colin Braley provides tutorials, mostly about expressions, on
his website.
Rich Young maintains a list of After Effects resources on his
AE Portal News blog.
Rick Gerard provides tips and tricks on his
AE Tips and Tricks website.
David Torno provides tips and tutorials about visual effects and compositing on his
AE I Owe You blog.

In addition to Todd's list, i'd like to add a few more:
Maltaannon's blog/website, where you'll find tutorials, and custom effects (some are free, others are not):
http://maltaannon.com/
Red Giant TV, cool tutorials & discounts about Red Giant plugins, hosted by Aharon Rabinowitz: http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/videos/redgianttv/
If you leave in a french speaking country:
Great tutorials from Mattrunks, a young but yet really cool Motion Designer: http://tutoriaux.mattrunks.com/
emob, a french video formation website with free tutorial (http://www.emob.fr/dotclear/index.php?Tutoriaux-video), including some VideoCopilot trnascription into Molière's language, full blown paid tutorials (http://www.formationvideo.fr/vod/logiciel/d/0/after-effects-cs3.html), and a marketplace for users to users sell & buy tutorials (http://www.weecast.fr/).

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