' Wrote:I suggest you play around with it, edit a small video to see the effects and so on ... it's one of the best ways to learn a program;)Good luck:)
The best in AE is that it's part of the CS package, so you will find many functions similar (if not identical) to Photoshop. Just since every effects and their attributes are keyframeable and appears on a timeline it's easy to get lost in it.