After Effects Beginning Tutorial

This is a neat tutorial I found that deals with shapes and layers, but type could easily be substituted for the shapes in this case. The guy speaking was very easy to understand and explained concepts well as he demonstrated them onscreen. This tutorial was on a list with about 50 other tutorials. The list can be found here. I was disappointed that Digital Tutors only offered short segments of videos with the free trial, so this was a very handy resource.

Tutorial:

http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/tutorials/gsg-cast-intro-to-after-effects/