The 3 Most Important Tools in After Effects 

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Never used After Effects before? No problem! In this video, we’re going to build an animation for social media using very simple tools. Even if you are entirely brand new to After Effects and motion design, you’ll have an awesome finished result and you’ll have taken your first real steps in your journey as a mograph artist.
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00:00 Tutorial Intro
00:44 Setting up the Project
01:55 Creating Shapes
12:28 Creating and Using Masks
15:18 Creating Keyframes
28:57 Hold Keyframes
36:07 Animating Smaller Details
44:18 Adjusting Keyframes in the Graph Editor
46:12 Check Out After Effects Kickstart