Hi everyone. I'm a noOb to AE, currently using CS6. I'm currently on AE Apprentice 04: Layer Control by Chris and Trish Meyer (just completed section 1, Editing Layers in Time), but I need a few advanced skills sooner than later.
I need to create animated spiritual auras, glows, lightning bolts, and even death blasts around real people and manga characters.
It looks like the Lynda.com tutorial "After Effects Artist in Action: Eran Stern's Personal Transporter" is available, but I'm not certain if that will give me exactly what I need. I know it will provide something close to what I need, but right now I'm looking for specific certainty as much as possible.
Thanks for your time.