Digital News Production Unit- Adobe After Effects Workshop

Recently I attended a workshop on Adobe After Effects. I enjoyed this, as although I am familiar with Adobe Creative Suite and Photoshop, I have no idea how to use Adobe After Effects. It is paramount that I become familiar with this program however, because this news unit will have heavy use of it with the creation of graphics and animations for the scanlines and news introduction.

I experimented with simple animations, such as making my name appear on the screen and then move off of the screen, basic things that I had no idea how to perform before. I found this to be a very useful experience in learning the basics of After Effects, but I didn't want my studies in the program to end there.
I found that there is a wealth of videos on Youtube with extensive tutorials on After Effects and so in my spare time I will be checking these out so that I can get a better understanding of the way this program works.