If you want to take your AE chops to the next level, you need to know your shortcuts like the back of your hand. There’s a ton of shortcuts and which ones you need to remember depends on your workflow. To get you started, Topher put together this primer which does not cover every shortcut there is so if you have some good ones to share, please do so in the comments and help make this the “Ultimate” Guide to After Effects Keyboard Shortcuts.

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People love After Effects and for the most part After Effects loves you back. But sometimes you just want to throw it out of the window because you can’t understand why something is not working the way you were hoping. In this week’s article, Topher attempts to answer some of the more frequent questions that appear in forums and comments.

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If you saw an after effect piece that blew your mind, odds particles were involved. This week Topher rounded up 15 of the most inspiring particle-based tutorials from around the web.

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I don’t know about you guys, but here at Aetuts+ we think typography is sexy. So sexy it turns us on! Great typography comes in all shapes and flavors and for this week’s roundup Topher gathered some amazing typography pieces that ranges from grungy to stop motion to found typography in nature.

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Since last week’s tutorial roundup was such a hit, we enlisted the help of visualfxtuts’ Topher Welsh to give you the scoop on who else is creating tuts and where you can find them.

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