Get familiar with the After Effects workflow in this brief overview of the tools, project windows, elements, compositions, nested comps, effects, keyframes, the timeline, expressions, exporting and the Render Queue.

Place one symbol inside another by using a technique in Flash called nesting. Learn to create nested symbols, drag instances from the library, edit artwork in Symbol Editing mode, and use the breadcrumb trail to navigate back to the main Timeline.

Convert any piece of artwork into a movie clip symbol. Learn the differences between movie clips and other types of symbols. Understand the relationship between a movie clip and the main Timeline.