https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS7nq-ADVJk&feature=youtu.be Portal is a Free Plug-in that makes quick buttons linking to favorite folders. Knights of the Editing Table is an awesome company, so check this out. Not sure I need this, but if you do, go ahead and download it.
https://www.provideocoalition.com/after-effects-roundup-july-2023-1/ Late as usual posting these, but they are always literally a must read.
https://www.provideocoalition.com/adobe-updates-their-video-applications-including-a-few-signature-features-for-premiere-pro/ If only I was getting the buttery smooth from Premiere Pro 23.6, for me it is bugged as hell, with it unresponsive due to beachballing.
https://www.provideocoalition.com/after-effects-roundup-june-14-2023/ Always a must read!
https://www.provideocoalition.com/fight-of-the-file-formats-pngs-or-exrs/ Quite interesting, honestly I have never used EXR's but I also don't render to image sequence, I just use PNG's for single images with alpha, but might need to rethink that.
https://www.provideocoalition.com/after-effects-roundup-may-2023/ As usual a must read and watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23egbhh-VQY This is pretty cool, check out this tutorial from Film Riot.
From this article at FilmEditingPro. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNpLY_0Qy2Q&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.filmeditingpro.com%2F&feature=emb_imp_woyt Lens Flares are always fun!
https://motionographer.com/2023/04/27/moving-from-after-effects-to-nuke/ A good article, especially on the changes of layer based vs node based compositing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6v1L_HiSM0&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fkeentools.io%2F&feature=emb_imp_woyt I was watching a video with some VFX guys talking about working on their videos and they talked about this plug-in for After Effects, and was thoroughly impressed. Now it is subscription based, so you will likely only get it when you need it.