# Adobe After Effects **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [August 27, 2004, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adobe-after-effects/62395 "2004-08-27T13:02:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kajinku](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/94ad74/32.png) [@Kajinku](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Kajinku)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adobe-after-effects/62395/1 "2004-08-27T13:02:28Z")
I don’t seem to find a good tutorial site to learn how to use After Effects. The tutorials are often for advanced users and too complicated to begin with. I’ve Googled and all that… am I blind or just stupid? πŸ˜‰ If anybody knows a good site, please, do tell. πŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adobe-after-effects/62395/2 "2004-08-27T13:10:38Z")
Check out : [color=#008000][www. **creative\*\*\*\*cow**.net](http://www.creativecow.net) [/color][color=#000000]they have some nice tutorials.[/color] good luck! moga ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adobe-after-effects/62395/3 "2004-08-27T13:31:10Z")
well… you can start by checking the beginners guide to AE, which is RIGHT HERE ON [KIRUPA.COM](http://KIRUPA.COM)!!! πŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adobe-after-effects/62395/4 "2004-08-27T13:55:44Z")
oooo maybe I’ll write a AE tutorial on making a light saber πŸ˜ƒ (since I did that this past week) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adobe-after-effects/62395/5 "2004-08-27T14:39:45Z")
Thanks for the link! I had no idea Kirupa had a tutorial on AE… I’ll check that out as well. > [@senocular](#): > > oooo maybe I’ll write a AE tutorial on making a light saber πŸ˜ƒ (since I did that this past week) Wheeee! Yeah! πŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adobe-after-effects/62395/6 "2004-08-27T15:22:03Z")
[http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=537795&postcount=3](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=537795&postcount=3) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adobe-after-effects/62395/7 "2004-08-27T18:09:57Z")
Oh man we gotta stick that thread up high. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adobe-after-effects/62395/8 "2004-08-27T18:14:44Z")
I made a lightsaber in AE once. My Computer Applications class was really impressed. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 12:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adobe-after-effects/62395/9 "2004-08-28T00:22:48Z")
the hardest part is just the tracking. I built my lightsaber to auto-stretch between two tracked endpoints, but toy saber it was being tracked to only had these two lame pieces of orange tape that the tracker just didnt seem to want to see (so I had to roto it :P) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adobe-after-effects/62395/10 "2004-08-28T00:52:18Z")
hehe nice sen, i remember attempting a lightsaber animation years ago and it never got past filming we just joked around too much.πŸ˜› **tutorial** here is the link to the tut on [kirupa.com](http://kirupa.com), its at the bottom of the list, reason i gave you this link was to show you were future ae tutorials will be located. [http://www.kirupa.com/motiongraphics/index.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/motiongraphics/index.htm) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adobe-after-effects/62395/11 "2004-08-28T00:59:41Z")
[http://www.ayatoweb.com/ae\_tips\_e.html](http://www.ayatoweb.com/ae_tips_e.html) enjoy πŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 1:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adobe-after-effects/62395/12 "2004-08-28T01:04:31Z")
also [http://www.thoughtography.net.au/students/](http://www.thoughtography.net.au/students/) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adobe-after-effects/62395/13 "2004-08-28T01:16:11Z")
also [http://www.google.com](http://www.google.com) πŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adobe-after-effects/62395/14 "2004-08-28T09:00:33Z")
> [@senocular](#): > > also [http://www.google.com](http://www.google.com/) πŸ˜› :ogre: Thanks for all the links! :thumb: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 9:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adobe-after-effects/62395/15 "2004-08-28T09:17:42Z")
hey, my link is the link that keeps on giving! πŸ˜‰ πŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adobe-after-effects/62395/16 "2004-08-28T13:54:52Z")
which is also the useful sources & tuts link [http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13133](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13133) that everybody ought to look at…