What is this font called?

You get a project, want to use a font that you only have a JPG of. Huh?
Try WhatTheFont.
https://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

It's awesome. Trust me. Trust it (mostly).

Export Illustrator layers to PNG/PDF

http://www.ericson.net/content/2011/06/export-illustrator-layers-andor-artboards-as-pngs-and-pdfs/

AE Memory and performance

If you're having error messages on memory and performance, check out the following:
https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/memory-storage1.html
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/543440

IBM Design Language

Everybody animating now...
http://www.ibm.com/design/language/framework/animation/fundamentals

Want to learn C4D FAST?

Yeah, me too.

So everyone and their sister wants to learn C4D. And it's totally on my list of stuff to learn so I can pass the knowledge along. This is going to be my next(ish) career-related purchase:

http://helloluxx.com/product/learn-cinema-4d-in-one-day/

I'll be sure to post a review once I put it up.

Cheers,
Teacherpants

Followthrough and Overlapping Action

From https://www.siggraph.org/education/materials/HyperGraph/animation/character_animation/principles/follow_through.htm

Follow through is the termination part of an action. An example is in throwing a ball - the hand continues to move after the ball is released. In the movement of a complex object different parts of the object move at different times and different rates. For example, in walking, the hip leads, followed by the leg and then the foot. As the lead part stops, the lagging parts continue in motion.

Heavier parts lag farther and stop slower. An example is in the antennae of an insect - they will lag behind and them move quickly to indicate the lighter mass.

Overlapping means to start a second action before the first action has completely finished. This keeps the interest of the viewer, since there is no dead time between actions.

Here is a quote about overlapping from Walt Disney:

"It is not necessary for an animator to take a character to one point, complete that action completely, and then turn to the following action as if he had never given it a thought until after completing the first action. When a character knows what he is going to do he doesn't have to stop before each individual action and think to do it. He has it planned in advance in his mind."

Color linking

This is too good: this way all the yellow in my AEP can be changed with 1 click, all the blue, etc. Great for vector art-based animations with limited color palettes!

http://motionleague.com/2014/03/color-linking-in-after-effects/