Day 1: Tutorial 1

So before my last day of class, my teacher Steve Mullins told us that if nothing else while we were looking for a job we should at least try and do tutorials everyday. So right now I will accept the challenge and do one tutorial a day in the month of August from Greyscale Gorilla.
Here is what I learned from the first After Effects tutorial on their site.
This is with my own spin (of course)