Lynda.com Design in Motion Update 05/2012 (lessons 001-030)

Design in Motion is a series of creative techniques featuring short projects using After Effects and CINEMA 4D. Taught by motion graphics expert Rob Garrott, the course covers how color correction, expressions, rendering type, lighting, and animation are used in each program, and the topics are updated weekly. Using these tips and tricks, motion graphics designers will find designing to be a more efficient process. Exercise files are included with the course

Topics include:

Communicating emotion using color correction
Using expressions to control animation
Rendering type in a seamless environment
Doing more with less in the After Effects render queue
Creating bouncing animated type using dynamics
Creating realism with Global illumination
Working with Xrefs to simplify the workflow

http://www.lynda.com/After-Effects-CS5-tutorials/Design-in-Motion/85759-2.html