so i have the adobe CS3 collection, i know how to use primiere pro (sort of, a lot of the effects still are beyond me) and i've been interested in using after effects, however after looking at some of the demos on creativecow.net i was so overwhealmed by all the stuff involved i just stayed away from it. but now i'm interested again, i have the manual (all 650+ pages of it) and i'm wonderin if actually reading the darn thing helps much in using after affects for amv making.
so, i'm asking other people who use after effects if they just played around with it and figured stuff out on their own or did anyone actually read the manual and did it give some kind of better insight into how the thing works rather than feeling around in the dark. thanks
