2D Animation

Tutorials

Learn After Effects in 10 Minutes
Learn After Effects in 60 Minutes
2D Animation Tutorials (YT Playlist)
Type Animation Tutorials (YT Playlist)

Youtube Channels:

• Ben Marriott
  
• School of Motion
  
• Jake in Motion
  
• SonduckFilm
  
• Manuel does Motion

Useful Links

12 Animation Principles
After Effects Scripts
AE Timeline Shortcuts
www.motionscript.com (Ae scripts, guides and educational articles)
GYST (Project organisation & file structure)
Texturelabs
Library Of Congress (Free archival imagery)

Plugins und Extensions

Free:

• 47 Amazing FREE Resources for Motion Designers
  

• Duik Bassel 2 --> Open source character rigging Plugin
  
• Easy Copy --> Copy and paste keyframe(s) easing. Highly recommended!
  
• Keyframe Wingman --> Easing. Highly recommended!
  
• Kease --> Easing presets
  
• Void --> Lighten up your projects with an alternative to the Solids folder
  
• Buttcapper --> Change stroke caps and joins with a click instead of 17 twirl-downs
  
• Schmeer --> Create smearframes
  
• Hylian --> Layer duplication with property link
  
• AE Juice GIF --> render GIFs from After Effects
  
• Reposition Anchor Point
  
• Dojos Sifter --> Stagger, move, and offset layers
  
• Rift --> Sequence and move layers
  
• Mover --> Sequence and move layers or keyframes
  
• Repeater --> Repeater effects but fast and easy
  
• Depth --> Create parallax with one click
  
• Quick Chromatic Aberration --> Spice up your project with Chromatic Aberration Effect
  

• Framebar --> Photoshop timeline improvements

Paid:

• Motion 4 --> Easing, create Nulls, move Anchor Points and more. Highly recommended!
  
• Flow --> Keyframe easing editor
  
• Overlord --> Push Ai layers to AE and create shapelayers instantly. Highly recommended!
  
• Timelord --> Manage Photoshop Timeline. Push Timeline to AE
  
• Ease and Wizz --> Easing and easing presets
  
• Limber --> Character Rigging
  
• Rubberhose 3 --> Character Rigging and more