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SURE TARGET Sample Video

Here is a promo video for Sure TARGET! More of a demonstration…

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As you can see the camera performs dynamic movements with pixel-perfect-precision! Sure TARGET makes animating the camera from place to place simple and effective so that you can focus on getting the look right and not fiddling around with keys.

You may also be interested to know that this entire promo was created inside of After Effects, including the “3D” text which I’ll be sure to demonstrate in the upcoming tutorial.

Although this preset will help you animate the camera, you still have to come up with good ideas and designs… If I could make a plug-in for that…  I could finally afford to get a NEW tooth brush and maybe some toothpaste.

For best video quality, we recommend VLC media player to avoid washed out colors.

Video Copilot Products Make it Happen!

Of course projects like this, especially the more complicated presets, are possible by the support of this energetic community. So be sure to check out some of our great DVDs and keep this site strong.

213 RESPONSES TO “SURE TARGET Sample Video”

Wow, very impresive… I just can´t wait, really good…

and great

That looks awesome!

Awesome!

WOW!! I love it!! Cant wait for you to provide us with the plugin!!

Look more than great ! come on dude !! nice promo vidz

Wow this looks fantastic I cant wait! x

by tommie12P(Thorsten Miess)

Nice music, too :D Could be an opener for a star-like-show

AWESOME!!! I can’t wait for the tutorial! You Rock Andrew!!

Looks great – sounds cool

Excellent, as per normal

look sweet. Definitely a huge help.

I love that last piece of text! Waiting is definitely the hardest part to anything you are about to provide to us, but I thank you for your products.

really cool animation! I love the music… is it featured in pro scores ? It got that DaftPunk tune :D

feels like a ‘that’s what i call music! #39- totally club hits’ promo; i love it.

looking forward to the new plugin. well done- keep on it.

WTF!!! AWESOME!! I can’t wait to get it!
Thanks a lot Andrew!

this is awesome, i cant wait for it

you are the man andrew

Kudos. I’m very excited. If this does what I’m understanding it does, my life just got a little easier. I still have to get up in the morning and take a shower, though. One day at a time man … one day at a time.

Fantastic!! You never seem to amaze me….Cease to amaze me…Ha! No really you’re a genius.

Wow Nice!

Hey AK You don’t age do you?

infaas, idont think so :P
Well i hope so! Cuz if he ages and dies… then we will have no teacher as good as him :(

by videocopilotzzz

FREAKIN AWESOME!!!

I’m salivating.

Love that Dance Beat track too.

Wow!!! another masterpiece from the greatest ANDREW KRAMER!!!

Looking Cool, Looking forward to tutorial and preset…Rock On!!!

totally awesome man, you did it again

Cooooooool dude!

wow and a 1000 WOOOOOOOOOOOw

we are astonished with your good ideas and solutions

Did you used the same preset for the Promo of Evolution ??

thanks

WoooooW amazing.Cant wait..

looks definetly like fun!

Its impossible to be creative here because the only word is always “amazing” and I am never the first :(

wow!

will the preset be released with the tutorial? I think i can use it for my next project that i´m about to shoot on sundy! I´ts greenscreen and i´m working with the AE camera as well! I would like to see a tutorial how to create such presets…I´m very excited Andrew, thanks for your support to all that Video Junks around here!

Vers

really really can’t wait for the tut & the preset!

You-are-amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amazing. I was just making a promo for Tv with AE. Also 3d spaces and cameramovements around the place.
For me this preset is right on time!
Thanks andrew for doing this for the world-wide videocommunity.

Alex

This is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can wait for it ;)

Damn those moves looks clean and nice.. im realy excited about this upcomming tutorial! :)

Great work Andrew!

“About freakin time” Thats freakin awesome Andrew. I think adobe should buy your presets and bundle them with AE, and pay you royalties of course. They make life so much easier and funner!

awesome , can’t wait !

Wosh! Amazing. It rocks. Thanks for this new year’s gift!

Imprecionante o que Andrew faz no After.
Show de Bola mesmo.
Parabens Kara vc é o REI

Congratulations you are the king on after..

Hey guys did your see what time Andrew Posted
this video ?

Posted by Andrew Kramer
5:52 am on January 14th, 2009
His not sleep lol lol

man i just love it. u rox Andrew

Jonathan > The more impressive is the number of comments post in a half an hour

I…I…I can’t believe to my eyes. This video is simply awesome. You’re simply awesome.

Bye
GIanni

Nice work Andrew! Hey, I noticed that Video Copilot is a sponsor of DMALA… are you planning to show any of your products at a meeting anytime soon?

Jesus!
Even though the main topic is the preset and camera moves, I really love the way you play with the colours!! The way you change the global environment!
it’s Neat!
I love it!
thank you!

I have to admit this is more exciting than Christmas + MacWorld combined! haha

by Jacob Behunin

Way Cool. Would have come in hand for some of my other projects.

http://www.vimeo.com/gnaproductions/videos

Really impressive Mr. Kramer! I love it. Looking forward to that preset.

Andrew, will this work with a german version of ae?

your a visual effect demon!….Incredible work..just WOW! and the music is super prefect for it too..

Awesome. Can’t wait to see the tutorial! I’ve been devouring the site and learning a lot. I appreciate all of your effort!

Absolutely fantastic! I honestly can’t believe you wouldn’t charge for things like this. SureTARGET seems more of a money-getter than Twitch, and that sold like hotcakes. Mmmm… Hotcakes.

hi can you make a tut on how you make these presets and plug-ins.. ? :)

OK, ok, ok, ok, I need to remain calm… ok… calm….
I HAVE A JOB DUE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND CAN THIS BE RELEASED, AND CAMERA MOVE, AND I NEED CAMERA MOVE… NEED…camera… mov…e…

where am i?

Next time I order a product (soon, very soon) I’ll mail you a toothbrush and toothpaste. Do you like garlic and herb flavour with real pumice for that sparkling clean? :)

Awesome stuff, Andrew!

American Idol anyone?

Excellent job as usual !!!

Nice :-) I like to see the tutorial for this :-)

My pants have been thoroughly blown off!

Yeaaa! – Mr Kramer rocking 2009 already!

ANYONE KNOW WAT THE TRACK IS???? NAME? ARTIST? PLZ I LOVE IT LOL

Dude, you are one freaky Zombie. Nice work!

by Chris Bukowski

Viva la Andrew Kramer!

OH awesome !!
Join Fan Andrew on Facebook ;)

Really inspirering. I like the music too. Can you tell which Band it is?! Great Work.

Hey AK,

the video is amazing! But you should increase the number of sample frames for the motion blur. You can see a bit of ghosting during fast movements. Im looking foreward to the preset.

greetings from germany,
Til

….raised glass to the main man.. once again…. cheers..

by ömer tatlisoz

very nice…:)

i thinks i cried little there.
BECAUSE IT WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEE.

Well thanks alot Andrew, I just want you to know I officially pooped my pants.

Kinda addicting to watch!!! I find myself repeating it over and, over again!

MEDIAMAN247
AWESOME!!!

OMFG!
i just can’t wait to see that tutorial.
OMFG²
i’m going to watch that like another 10 or 20 times…
maybe more…
Andrew you rock!

Top Notch as always! Cant wait for the tut/plugin.
thanks for everything you do, you’ve really empowered alot of aspiring vfx artists out there

hey andrew, that looks like its somthing that can help me out alot. part of after effects i really struggle with is the “thinking in 3D”, hopefully this tool is going to make the process easier.

great promo too

This style is one that I want to do better at. I’ve done this style before but I find it so complicated that it intimidates me for future projects and so I’m eager to learn a better, easier, faster technique, thanks Andrew!

this is most likely the best free preset ever released and the promo is astonishing. I hope it is available to other languages.

Whoa! Amazing!

Fantabulous. As Tiffany said “You’re the Wind Beneath my Wings”…or was that Debbie Gibson…Bette Midler? Regardless, I’m so unworthy I refuse to use the letters A or K for the rest of the week.

thank you Andrew for your wonderful work for the whole VFX community! you’re the best guy out there :)

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW That is great can’t belive. Did you do this yourself?

No
I think he used a PC…^^

NICE. It reminds me a bit of American Idol. Not sure if it the music, the text moves or the combination. In any case, IMPRESSIVE.

Sorry for the stupid question. Your design is pretty nice.
Just great.

omg, really nice shit going on there! :)

can’t wait for the tutorial ! really amazing work.

What is the song name by the way? pretty cool though :P

Damn.. that’s awesome!!

its really cool ..another thing ..if u do a tutorial how u did the sample video with changing background colors and so on will be cool ..thanks very much

Looks fantastic.

BTW, just saw nice use of your Twitch on Pro Tools 8 Overview movie on http://www.digidesign.com. Man, your signature is everywhere. From Europe to America, TV channels, big brands.Great work. Well deserved.

Andrew, very nice. If you come up with this new plugin and people will start buying, you can now afford not only toothbrush and tootpaste but also Automatic Toothbrush with mouth wash. ^_^

Now that really was awesome……

dude that animation is sick, ill wait for that plug-in. maybe by then you’ll have enough money to by everyone a toothbrush.

My colleague has been working on a cloning machine. It’s not quite perfected as yet but just a heads up to know that we may be popping around and borrowing a little of your DNA ;)

Your products are incredible Andrew. Keep up the great work.

CAN`T WAIT!!!

andrew, are you gonna have a tutorial on how you made this promo? i would like to know how the background was made. are they diferent 3d layers? or just a 2d layer that change colors? thanks.

Heyhey,

this is very, very awsome! Ik really like those blocks you used in the background, and i’m also impressed by the particles. and -i guess- you used 3 d stroke? anyway, you did, again, a really good job! You keep impresseing me!

greats,
Matthijs

did I already say I pretty admire you!

Nicely done, Mr. Kramer. Looking forward to learning some pseudo-3D in AE!

Dear Andrew, I think I can make something like this using Bluff-titler for the 3D text animation, particle illusion for the moving boxes in the background, fruity loops for the music and about 24 hours of continous work, or I can just wait for your tutorial to see it all in after effects with your magic touch. Thanks a lot.

by Rich Vernillo

Andrew,

I can’t wait for the tutorial,
but how did you create the text?

Rich

Wow! I can’t wait for the tutorial! I also can’t wait for that plugin to come out.

HOLY SH…. I mean CARP!!!! This really rockzzz. sureTARGET? – SURE THANG! Andrew, please include that amazing Ae project file.

Nice!

by Carlos Beltran

ANDREW!
I am a huge fan of yours. I guess I only have one quesiton, as an aspiring designer… where did you go to school? Any way you could let me know? :)

You have no Idea how long I’ve waited for this next tutorial. Oh! and I have bought ALL of your DVDs.

Thank you so much… from around the world.

amazin

by Ricardo Sassaki

Nice colors, nice design
Impressive camera motion
You did it again! =)

wow, looks awesome, cant wait to use it!

Awesome! Can’t wait, you’re a genius man!
Thanks from Quebec, Canada!

haha that’s sweet dude. That should be fun to play with. =)

nice futuristic design of the promo! you nearly tricked me with the “3D” Text ;) just two layers of text, right? ^^

:O

Awesome! This will come in handy for any designers that want to emulate the opening credits for “Rock and Roller”

Holy Molly that’s amazing.

mind blowing stuff…only by VCP!!!

We all need this project file.plzzz spare us you file.

Thanks Andrew, every tutorial I have wanted to suggest will be answered by this plug in, so thanks again…and as a sincere tribute to your skills, I wont use toothpaste until the tutorials are ready, either.

The “3D” thing was made using 3 text layer but the rest 2 texts are moved back on Z space. If you’re watching it from the left it looks like it’s 3D. Am I right? Cool idea Andrew!

Keep it going!

oh my goodness gracious that was the best, especially the music, keep up the good work :)

I almost shat my pants watching that sample. If anyone can sell an effect, it’s YOU!

Rock on!

Stunning!!!
All hail Andrew Kramer!

heyy!! this look Awesome I hope be like you when I grow up! (I speak spanish, Sorry for my english) Saludos desde Honduras!!

this looks exciting!!

by tyler mccafferty

hahahahaa it is about freaking time. i like the ending. thanks andrew

Crazily Awsome!!!!!!

is there some way were i can ask you(Andrew kramer) some Question

thank you

I Love the Great Music!!!

For some strange reason… I Feel like I want to watch American Idol after seeing that video.. lol

Great stuff. Andrew and thanks for sharing

p.s. I want to be in the video copilot business.. email me if you are looking for investors..

That intro is sexy!!!!!!!

by Christopher Oliver

Dude who does your sound and music it’s off the hook man. I live it. You guys down at VideoCopilot must be glad of such an achievement.

you never cease to amaze me andrew
if you made a tutorial of the actual promo
that’d be fantasic!
no pressure
lol

did you make that song andrew?i like it.(i want it too.hehe)

GREAT!!!!!!!!

Simply amazing ^^

Amazing!!!

WOW!! I love it!!

why can i say damn man andrew ur the best
i really like man more than my girlfriend haha :) ^.^

I’m checking every 10 minutes new cuz we want to break the your record for your Google Analytics! lol

Awsome banner!! :D

looks very cool!!!

Simply Awesome! man i can wait : )

intimidating……
superb…….

Great!!

of of fo good*1000 job Andrew

Yep its awesome presentation!

coming son tutorial of this?

“It’s about freaking time…”

HAHAHA!!

Hi

while waiting for the preset and the tutorial, you can check videocopilot Basic tutorial on Titling especially part 2, it explains the same concept of animating a camera using a Null and how to move from Location to another,
Andrew , thanks to Andrew.

here is the Link :>>>>

http://www.videocopilot.net/basic/ae_titles.html

thanks !

Wow, that promo video is SOOOOOO cool! I can’t wait to get Sure TARGET!!!!

We all really appreciate what you do for the AE community.
It’s unprecedented and unique, and pretty selfless.
But I’m getting the feeling (maybe incorrectly) that there might be some resentment on your part because peolple have come to expect tutorials etc. from you as opposed to taking them as they come and for what they are- FREE. And done at your leisure and on your own personal time. Which is, no doubt- precious what with family and professional commitments.
But you also need to accept that you created this monster by creating probably the best, most thorough tutorials out there.
How’s business? I mean, are you making a profit? Do you need a little more quid-pro-quo from the community?
I would ask that everyone who has enjoyed Andrew’s tutorials please step up and purchase 1 (at least 1) DVD from VideoCopilot. It’s only fair.

I agree with you Winston.
If we were to have get out of our homes and go take some course or school to learn all the AE tricks we’d have to spend a whole bunch of money and not even learn half the stuff Andrew is teaching us. And there are some people here that use these skills for paid projects. I think by buying the DVD’s and other stuff it is the ultimate sign of gratitude for the man who’s sacraficing his valuable time to teach us stuff that we love so much.On that note I also think Adobe should be thankful for Andrew’s contribution to make AE the most popular program to make special visual effects.

R-CANE

I agree with you Winston Andrew has a high sense of art and must purchase at least a lesson from it
N Andrew alone matched the entire production company .

can u make a tutorial about that very well designed intro you just made that be kick ass :)

I can’t afford to buy a dvd but I would definitely donate a few dollars to the website and andrew, it ain’t much but every little bit counts.

Well Winston, I have them all and enjoying everything that Andrew’s Great tutorials. His prices are the best out there and I will continue to purchase his products.

I haven’t done a day one purchase in a long time but my credit is already in my hands for this product. Any details on release? I needed this tool yesterday…

Well when I first got the program I new nothing and I had no clue.I was lucky to find this great site and learn so much and still plenty to learn. Andrews teaching style is the best and it would of cost plenty of dollars to go to school to learn. What impressed me the most he is self taught which gives something to look forward to.I probably will never get to his level but, I am having allot of fun along the way. Who knows someday i might make some money at this!!! I am retired and gives me something to do. This level of training is hard to find enjoy it and let hi do his thing. All good things come to who wait!!

Wow!!! Great!!! Good job!

Chris

Not a bad idea Giovanni.
In lieu of purchasing a product (for those who really can’t swing it) how about a Paypal donation to the VidCo
cause? Maybe you could set something up Andrew?
You could file as a non-profit next year.

Very nice!
Hop we will see a Tutorial about this Promo :)

Nice! I can’t wait!
Especially for the 3D text part!

PS

did you know that your website is on adobe.com? its on the community sites part on the side.

http://www.adobe.com/support/aftereffects/

Oh wow. Sounds interesting especially the 3d Text part.

But whats going on with the HUD Tutorial based on the Iron man Heads Up Display? I would like to see this tutorial as well.

Greetings from germany

by alex from germany

just amazing!

VLC stands for Video Live Copilot

ha ha! We’re working hard on the new tutorials and we certainly don’t “resent” anyone who asks for new tutorials, this is our business! It’s part of the excitement we want to stir up when we create some cool stuff.

I think our tutorials and presets have become more complex and advanced and subsequently they take a little longer because we have standards now :) I can’t just play internet checkers all day.

Well, I think you’re succeeding in generating excitement. Just check your Google Analytics.. lol

very nice :) i’am realy intresting about 3d text :)

AK,
I liked your internet checkers clip!
I think $49.99 would be a fair price for your new preset.
I’ll buy it!
c

The best titles I have ever seen! WOW!

@ Winston… Hear Hear!

I’m a proud Riot Gear, Evolution, & Sound FX owner, and don’t regret a penny of it. The time I save is incredible. New year, new budget, I’ll be hitting up the Marketing VP for more soon.

Andrew you are very very organized!!

Actually the preset is FREE!

did you make the song in there? by the way B-E-A-UTIFUL

If you could setup a donate page andrew I would definitely donate a little bit if I had the cash I would buy your products but unfortunately I don’t have that much =/

There ya go Andrew!
Soon as you get the donate page up and running you WILL be able to play internet checkers all day!
You don’t have to thank me now, just send me a free copy of Pro Scores and we’ll call her even.

Can we all stop telling Andrew how great and awesome he is, We should say “good job, not to bad, you can do better next time” and challenge him to keep making better tutorials, promos, products and presets.. Because I barely have a job anymore without this guy. and if he ever gets complaisant .. I’m screwed LOL

Wow that’s amazing :) i really hope you’ll do the title as a tutrial :)

Andreeeeeewwwwwwww where are youuuuuuu??Hurry up!!I wanna hear your voice saying “Hey whats up Andrew Kramer here from Videocopilot.net” BOOOOOOOOOOOOM.

holy muffins of satin. i’m speechless.

can’t wait!

i’m guessing you made the square background pattern with fractal noise?

by Christopher Oliver

WTF BOOOOOOM lol i feel like im watching Emeril cooking lol. Today’s special VideoCoPilot. All you got to do is add watter lol.

Andrew.. I was being sincere about investing in your business.. you can reach me at jtw0728@gmail.com if you are interested in chatting

Andrew,
Can’t wait for the preset. Can you tell me where you got the music track from the video for this preset? I REALLY like that style of music. It would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

I’d just like to add my name to the list of requests for a “Donations” link. I’ve bought all the VCP goodies I can afford, but would still like to help keep the furnaces stoked!

Thanks, Andrew, for your invaluable instruction & inspiration… If ever you’re shooting in the UK and need an actor – I’ll waive my fee to try to pay you back!

This so-called 3D text is just 3 text layers on top of each other, isn’t it?

acidic project…just can say WOW!!

hey this is really cool, any one have any clue when this will be released

wow, i really cannot wait for this one to come out. i’m really glad we’re getting back to motion graphics instead of all the visual effects. don’t get me wrong at all, i am 147% grateful for VCP even offering me anything for free (which is why i buy all of the products) – it’s just what i do, so vfx doesn’t apply to me as much.

thanks VCP, especially AK!

Great work Andrew, Can’t wait for the new tutorial, this will be great for quick animations with the camera for some of my future commercial productions :)

Does the 3D Text utilise the Shatter Extrude?

AK,
Dude, you really need to charge for this. My wife would kill me if I made a product like the one you’re about to present and gave it away for free.

Okay, I’ll sign up for the donate button. Really man, I’ll donate, I already have all your products, but you should charge for this kind of thing. OMG my wife is asking me if I’m earning money right now! AFK!

@Kris Woldt
“Does the 3D Text utilise the Shatter Extrude?”

I reckon the text is repeated twice and pushed a little back in z-space, then one is coloured grey, then the last coloured black??

Can´t wait for this one Andrew. Always very inspiring stuff.

Keep up the GREAT work!!

cool dude ;)

;D

by Derrick van Niekerk

I wouldn’t mind paying $10 for this preset (even though it’s easily worth more than that),

- derrick

This will come in really handy for our ads!

Great work yet again!

Wow andrew u are everywhere… i just saw a music video showing heavily stuff from evolution, so heavily that is almost all the video! lol!… i checked in internet, and here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO23DOc-vBY

Dude, definitely im shocked how far is your presence… congrats u deserved it!!

Fernando
Venezuela

To everyone that feels guilty about getting a free preset:

Go ahead and buy a Video Copilot product! I think Andrew has been pretty clear about that. And if you already have all of the Video Copilot products, message me and I will give you my shipping address.

Thanks!

Normally, I wouldn’t make an offer like that but I can’t stand to see you guys suffer anymore! haha

IT’s AWESOME!!!

This was mind blowing!!!!
This is just what I was looking for!
BIG thanks from Norway=)

andrew: would you please show us the wallpaper on your desktop?
cheers from buenos aire!

This is going to be super nice to learn and do…but whats going on with the HUD Tutorial I would like to see this tutorial as well.

WOW!! Incredible video! VERY Nice looking.

whats the song in the promo? it gets stuck in my head every time i watch it

u’re kidding me… that’s just fantastic!! i watched it over and over again.. impressive

WHERE CAN I DOWNLOAD THE FREE PRESETS???? :(
i can’t find it in the websites. (sorry if im slow)

Click on the tutorial and you will find the button young padawan.

Fantastic A.Kramer!
You Start this year whith a mega tutorial.

Perfect camera action. I love yoy VCP (:

Totally fantastic!!

I’m a man who likes his sliced bread….but this!!

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