Tutorial Links — Advanced Course

Free videos and official Adobe guides for every skill. Adobe Help links are the most stable — bookmark them first; several cover brand-new AE 2026 tools. Links were current at publication.

Architecture & Essential Properties

Skill 1 · P1

• Precomposing & Nesting (official) — Adobe Help
• Work with Essential Properties (official) — Adobe Help
• Essential Properties Tutorial — YouTube

Vector Pipelines

Skill 2 · P1

• Convert AI to Shape Layers — YouTube
• Convert Illustrator Layers to Shapes (official) — Adobe Learn
• Vector Files into Shape Layers — YouTube

Advanced Shape Animation

Skill 3 · P1

• Animate Shape Layers with Trim Paths — YouTube
• How to Animate Trim Paths — Envato Tuts+
• Animated Shape Transitions (repeaters) — Motion Array

Kinetic Typography 2.0

Skill 4 · P1

• Variable Fonts Make Reveals Easy (2026) — YouTube
• Variable Font Kinetic Type — YouTube
• Variable Fonts Are a Game Changer — YouTube

Native 3D Meshes

Skill 5 · P2

• AE 2026's New 3D Workflow — YouTube
• After Effects 2026 Just Leveled Up — YouTube
• What's New: parametric meshes (official) — Adobe Help

3D Look Development

Skill 6 · P2

• All the New AE 2026 Features — SonduckFilm
• 2026 Breakdown: materials & lighting — VFXer
• 1,300+ free Substance materials — No Film School

Cinematic Cameras & DOF

Skill 7 · P3

• New Advanced 3D DOF & Focus Pulls (2026) — YouTube
• How to Use Depth of Field — YouTube
• Pull Focus for Cinematic DOF — Creative Bloq

AI-Assisted Compositing

Skill 8 · P4

• AI-powered Object Matte (official) — Adobe Help
• New Object Matte Tool Tutorial — YouTube
• Using the New AI Object Matte — YouTube

Match-Moving & Mixed Media

Skill 9 · P4

• How to Use Camera Tracker — School of Motion
• Tracking 3D Camera Movement (official) — Adobe Help
• 3D Camera Tracker Guide — Boris FX

Expressions, Rigging & MOGRTs

Skill 10 · P4

• Intro to Expression Rigs — School of Motion
• One Comp to Rule Them All (rigs) — Workbench
• Create Motion Graphics Templates (official) — Adobe Help

Reel & Spot Inspiration

Capstone

• 2025 Motion Graphics Showreel — YouTube example
• Best Motion Graphics Brand Ads — Yum Yum Videos
• 8 Steps to an Epic Demo Reel — School of Motion

Native 3D meshes, Substance materials, variable fonts, SVG import, the AI Object Matte and Mocha AE are all included in After Effects — no extra purchase needed.