In this lesson you learn how to do a blue-screen or green-screen key. You also learn how to work with different compositions and nesting composition as precomps into other compositions.

In this guru lesson you learn how to use the curves effect. This single effect can be used to adjust brightness and contrast and even do color correction.

In this guru lesson you learn how to use masks and adjustment layers. We give the guru a dark face and add a vignette to the clip to make it look more interesting. We also cover the per point mask feather available in After Effects CS6 and newer versions.

In this guru lesson you learn how to apply effects to layers. We create an amazing lightning effect and you learn how to animate properties with keyframes.

Do your first steps in AE. Learn how to import footage, create a composition and work with layers. Then we use blending modes to create a cool fire effect and export the final video.