I looked to see if anyone has mentioned this one but couldn't find it. So I just wanted to let eveyone know about it just in case. This is one great getting started series. It really is showing the basics from the ground up.
It's from Adobe's blog pages. To be honest I don't remember where I got this. While searching for something I came across it from another site I think. It looks like it is buried on the site. At least I couldn't find it so easily.
http://blogs.adobe.com/toddkopriva/2010 ... r-eff.html
There are other great links that I think alot of you already know about too.
Under #3 click on the link "Classroom: After Effects CS5 video series". There are a series of 7 episodes that range from around 23 minutes to 32 minutes...or there abouts.
I hope this helps someone. It has certainly helped me. Enjoy!