Looking for an After Effects guide

[Rozard]

Spelling and <b>grammer</b> (well, to be fair I never had that good a grasp on this to begin with).

Well, in this case, I'd highlight spelling too

[jonmartensen]

exactly how do you unlearn??

Get married. At least that's what worked for me in the past, there are all sorts of things I once knew that apparently I unlearned by putting on that ring. Laundry. Cooking. Cleaning. Managing money. How not to get caught with porn. Choosing my own friends. Spelling and grammer (well, to be fair I never had that good a grasp on this to begin with). Being a man. Etc.

That's great

Sorry that I didn't offer any help on the AE front beyond reading the manual. I don't have it, but I do know it can be difficult to use/learn.

[Dannywilson]

Barnes and Noble carries the AE classroom in a book, thats how I learned the basics. and YES you do have to unlearn some Premiere habits in AE.

[Ashyukun]

I'll second Danny's recommendation of the "Classroom in a Book". It's what I used to learn AE initially, and it's quite helpful at 'relearning' things. After you move past that, the After Effects Bible is a wonderful reference to keep near your editing computer. And it's big enough to help in 'learning' anyone who doesn't like your work.

[Metro]

You could start with:

Creating motion graphics with After Effects, Volume 1: the essentials

If you ever want to get fancy, you can get

Creating motion graphics with After Effects, Volume 2: advanced techniques

as well Great books, if you ask me...

Yes both of those are very good. I also have "Photoshop for nonlinear editors" which is in the same series and has helped me out alot, both in photoshop and afer effects.