After Effects 101: Core After Effects

One basics training set overlooked here is After Effects 101: Core After Effects hosted by Richard Lainhart, a longtime user who ran the old AE NYC user group with Brian Maffitt. It was released in late October.

The training's host is macProVideo.com, an online education community similar to Lynda.com though leaning more to audio. You have to register for previews, but there is easy access at their YouTube channel with 5 previews of this title: