Nice to hear!

Thanks for the background info. Looking forward to the new release. Do you have a clue to the price? I want to start putting some $ away for this and I want to know the amount needed.

It’s always nice to hear where the big names got started. We’re all glad to have you following your dreams, Andrew.

Nice!

By the way I would like to see some of the slow motion stuff, and the muzzle flashes!

Like I said before, as long as there is a flying raccoon in there somewhere I am all smiles

nice

The price is $100m Les.

No wait. That’s how much Andrew’s movies will gross.

Precisely 4 years from now

By the way.. Pretty funny, 3 years later, the same month, the second version of the DVD come out

I started at 14 years old using Windows Moviemaker… Got After Effects after a good friend told me that was what he used. He then told me about VideoCopilot… Never been the same since.

-Benjamin

Great to hear the story Andrew….I found After effects in a similar manner, just wanted to do some animation on a short Documetary i was doing for Channel Four Docs in Scotland… a year and a half later somehow I’m doing motion Graphics in London… seriously could not have got this far without the likes of you mate.
Cant wait for the new pack… lets all keep going forward!!
VV

i know exactly what you mean andrew … i also did home made action movies with my freinds and now 30 years later i am still doing home made action movies with my friends and we got improved because of your upgrading in after effect thanks alot andrew !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ISRAEL send you her LOVE !

Of course, it wouldn’t really be Action Essentials unless the flying raccoon “blows up”.

Just don’t forget to add the disclaimer at the end that says “No animals were harmed in the making of this film”

and a tux…. in the desert???

Can’t wait for the new additions team.

Keep up the good work

Brendan

COOL! I CANT FRIGGEN WAIT!

Haha…short biography of Action Movie Essentials. I insist though, that it would be really awesome if you could share some of your logistic strategies to film some of those things, like I personally get very confused in some elements not knowing if they were VG renders or actual REAL stuff…anyways, glad to hear the news!

I’m guessing you also succambe to the traditional blokey stereotype while in that tuxedo (and filming gunfire) and made a James Bond impreesion?

Which format did you use to compose the awesome main title in Star Trek movie?

hey, sounds great! I started my interest in film making around the age of 7 and i’m now 12. I have recently been given the part of editing the upcoming feature film for the Young Irish Film Makers! http://www.yifm.com

I liked the story- “sorry honey, I got muzzle flash burns on my tux…”

Can’t wait for the next chapter of VC!

Did your wife wonder how sand got into the turn-ups on the pants of yur tux? Mine would have had a hissy fit!

I am 15 years old and I’m from Serbia. I started with film/video production, video editing and everything in that about 3 years ago. On VideoCopilot I’ve learned a lot of that about AfterEffects and lot of other things…. Now, i have to start high school, but i don;t know which kind of school is best for this industry :S. I don;t know, for 3-4 years, maybe i will start to love Biology . hehe…
Andrew, which school have you “finished” ?
Reagards ! !

Let’s see some of those old movies of yours!!

Can’t wait for the new secret tutorial comming soon. I hope its on making a fight scene, as last time i made one, my little brother (by accident) smaked me round the face when a “fake” punch got too close.

My jaw hurt.

But iam fine now.

Thanks.
(P.S. I look forward to the new product!)

Do you have a exact date for the Video Blog ?

I can’t wait to see Action Essentials 2…

Great story Andrew. We are all psyched about ME2. Keep up the great work!

hello I am 17 years and I love Make my own home movies, I live in Honduras and is imposible find a school about vfx thank you andrew to show us your Amazing tutorials.

sorry for my inglish XD
Gracias Andrew cuando crezca quiero ser como tu XD

The First Action Essentials was great, this one will be amazing, a revolution to FX.

You’re just teasing again an again…… TELL US A PRECISE DATE P L E A S E — MR A N D R E W K R A M E R –

How i can see, on ViDEOCOPILOT is a lot of young filmmakers, i mean, young people who wants to learn
Go a head !

Wow… you really know how to get people excited!
I’m looking forward to everything you just mentioned – the tutorial, the Action Essentials 2 DVD of course and definitely the Video Blog. I don’t have any concrete idea yet of what this Video Blog will be like – but it better be good!
And I think we all agree that we’re confident that it’ll surpass our expectations.
I’m not putting any pressure on you, am I?^^
Well, not as much as you put on yourself/yourselves – and that’s exactly why you’re the best and always will be the best as long as you keep up this attitude!

Rock on! =)

c-r-u-x

You made me cry…
Just 1 word: NICEEEEE!
BTW, the crying was a joke

Andrew,

What’s really cool is how great your site and products have gotten since you started (not that they were bad to start with). I can’t even imagine what you’ll come up with 3 years from now.

Andrew, thanks for all the tutorials and blogs. In the future, if it was possible to post infotorial on PRO-SCORS and DESIGN SOUND FX produces. Similar to Evolution and Riot Gear infotorials. It helps to make decision on this two audio produces. – Thank you.

nice! what do u do with our mail, xD, why its required?

hey andrew, that’s really cool,. i can’t even begin to imagine the intense crap that you would’ve had made in about another 3-6 years! Crap eh!

I’m sure I’m not the first to say this but you should post those movies you made as a kid. It would be a blast to see how far you’ve come.

Consider this bought and highly anticipated by me.

Oh thats really nice to hear about you Andrew. Your hardwork has given VCP such a brilliant name for AE.

You have helped millions of people like me who always wanted to learn something serious about the After Effects.

I am proud to say today, that I have learnt everything about After Effects by the one & only great man… Andrew Kramer. (THANKS A MILLION)

Thanks to Andrew & his awesome Team who has always kept me so much updated about all the new AE STUFFS & IDEAS.

And BTW, needless to say, I am also supporting videocopilot.net since from the beginning it started in Mid 2005 and I still remember the 1st Tutorial.
IT WAS JUST AWESOME!!!!!

Recently, I have also started something like you & working hard just like you to succeed one day just like you Andrew.

You are my INSPIRATION… Thanks once again…

I Love you ANDREW | and I love the Whole VCP Team…

Rock as always…

Warm Regards
Sandy

So you were in the desert shooting guns with a tuxedo on??? That is AWESOME!

Hi Andrew its nice to hear about you bro every body ask how u learnt AE The Answer s From Andrew i started Ae from ur tuts since 2006 bro now am little bit pro and also wish happy life n waiting for ur product

can we know release date of AE2 am dien to know cant wait

Last time I was in the desert I had to hand 80 grand to this guy who had my friend, but then it turned out it wasn’t my friend. The guy had the same name as my friend, but it wasn’t him. Luckily we found my friend later on, on the roof of the casino we were staying at.

Oh wait.

That was “The Hangover”.

I live in Toronto. We don’t have a desert. Lots of gunfire, but no desert.

Hi Andrew,
i love it!!!!!

Greetz from Hamburg / Germany

Precisely 3 years later? Happy anniversary!

Send a screenshot of your desktop, I think it would be cool to see what it looks like, and see what other programs you use. Then post it as a picture on the blog.

How old are you?

cool!

Video copilot is the best site ever.
Way to go Andrew

Well, you should go rent another tux and make your wife proud!

Whatever that means. o_O

Hold on Andrew, this is nice to hear and all. But you were 9 when you first started making your own films?

But back then weren’t video cameras SUPER expensive, wouldn’t only adults use them?

Also, what did you edit on back then? NLEs are fairly new so I’m wondering how could you edit your movies.

Please reply if you can.

So andrew,
Does the new one live up to your original vision?

i was wondering about the low number of blog posts lately, but that explains it and its a good reason too!

anyways, yeah, action essentials was good, i found it a little lacking though, now i see why. i am so glad that you are releasing action essentials 2, it looks like you have thought of everything for it, i doubt it will be lacking in any area! cant wait!!!

for 4 years, i used after effects to create “really cool titles” for my client’s videos. i was dying for after effects info. film school was a laugh. all they showed us how to do is add a drop shadow and a bevel. whoopee. suddenly, around the beginning of summer 2006, i found 3 really exciting tutorials that blew my mind. my high tech “titler” could replace the sky?!?! by the end of fall, my friends were calling me “the postman” because there were so many things i could fix in post (with proper planning of course.) all hail lord kramer!

All filmmakers in sweden love you andrew!

Nice. I can’t wait for the new product.

I have been waiting sooooo long for this thanks for the update.

A friend told me about “Action Movie Essentials” 2 years ago. I wondered what to do with it, started working in After Effects,…
thanks to you Andrew

cool!
I’ve been into films since I was about 11, or two years ago.
I can’t wait for this new product…

omg, I can’t believe I’ve been following this in past 3 years!! amazing

C’mon sonicballer8888, Andrew is probably a few years older than me, but still. When I was that age I was using my parents crappy old 8mm camera. There was no editing, your “editing” was done by the order you shot your shots in. You didn’t do that when you were a kid?

Awesome!!! I can’t wait to see what AEHD2 looks like!!!

Ironically, I am surprised you, out of all times, have started such a complicated and I assume costly product in this time of the recession. Needless to say I look forward to your next upcoming updates in the Action Essentials 2 and your new tutorial :]

you should put up your old films on youtube!

jeje nice story it shows how much u care for all the video copiloters xD!!! Cheers and caint wait for action essentials 2!!

Standing in the desert fire guns… in a Tux!
Is there anything more classy?

Hey andrew !
I’m glad to hear that everything is going good.
I’m still patiently waiting for your new prodcut…
By the way I watched yesterday the movie “the day the earth stood still”, and i saw exactly the same news tab !
Did you remember that you posted on your blog ?
Did you worked for the movie ?
thanks to reply…

Anyway you rock !

From Japan

“It was the idea of making my short-films better that took me into After Effects.”

that you said in one of your videos, i remember it!

Now turn back and look at all that stuff you (as a team, not only you, Andrew have created over 3 years.
It is so much. It is just unbelievable.
As we’ve always said, keep up the great work.

Nice

I look forward to this project i can’t wait… after the promo you have shown .. Just one question when can we see the action movie that you’ve created with action essentials 2 footage ?

By the way This is a super COOL project … COOL

thanks Andrew for the inspiration , can someone shoot a movie with only few equipment, what are your the minimal requirements and recommendations interms of Hardware like PCs, Camera, i will be grateful, i want to start up a place where i can shoot MUSIC VIDEOS, am good as it gets to software but i have been prtacticing from my personal computer, so that why i ask since u have been in the industry

nice man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i want to work for you!

Ur lil idea changed the world for us…
i bumped into VCP while looking for video editing tutorials… must be arnd summer 2007… have been up to date with all tuts and blog articles ever since…

U are a great guy Andrew!! Infact you are the best tutor arnd for AE!! kudos AK

We are all proud of you Andrew Kramer, and this has to be the most amazing time for the VideoCopilot family. Proud of you all. Can hardly wait for Action Essentials 2!

Andrew you changed the world of digital effects for ever. We DO love you for that!

When will Action Essentials 2 be released?

Tuxedo, filming gun fire, dessert…priceless!

Wooooooooooooooooow! Mr. Kramer, Video-Copilot and your crew are very inspirational. We share similar dreams.
I never got into after effects until seeing this site. Thank you!

Lewis Duval

looking forward to this latest release…. keep up the great work, Andrew – I’m a fan of your tutorials and products, all stellar quality!

-ken c

Hi Andrew,
You speak like George Lucas in 1977,
you have a lot of (very) good ideas
thank you for all you well job

Good to hear that I am not the only video addict who would be in the desert filming gunfire in my wedding tuxedo…I’m not married yet, but that sounds like something I would definitely be doing…I can’t wait for the release of AE II. I am definitely buying it. The promo is so cool. As soon as the water splashes, I start drooling…

Hi Mr.Andrew you are my great teacher for After Effects,
I Love every work you done in this site. I am waiting for Action Movie Essentials 2 Byeeeeee…….

Andrew,

it would be awsome to know how it all started for you. Andrews biograhphy man it would be amazing

You are the best fuel
and I support you love you!

Hey Andrew, could you perhaps upload your old short films for us to watch, i bet ‘The WORLD’ would love to see what you were capable of that young.. So could you please upload some for us.. to kill time … thanks man!

@dasnico:
I belive that this is what you are looking for – http://www.videocopilot.net/products/series_one/

It’s funny how creative types like AK and the VCP users all seem to start taking an interest at similar times in their lives. I guess our creative streaks can’t be tamed, eh?

Argh i just wanted to comment.

Wearing the tux while shooting the gun…that’s pretty funny.

Andrew,

What’s in store for the 100th tutorial?

very cool. can’t wait.

Can’t wait I love the original

Thats sounds liek awesome!

So you were hanging out in the desert shooting guns in a tuxedo …haha

Hope your bank account is going to be able to withstand the amount of dough this product will produce for you.

can’t wait

good luck

“I was already wearing it” <– hee hee!

You do great work Andrew Kramer…much success to you.

I am SO EXCITED!!!!!!!

Great Job Andrew! I don’t know where you get all your energy. More power to you (if that’s possible).

Andrew .. I gotta tell ya ..when i found your site I was so amaze of all the things you could do in after effects. it is truly amazing Iv been with ya when you did the baseball camra shake . and now look at ya. wow… your kinda like …. yoda… and we are luke skywalker… in training …. or your like Pimp and we are OH no you can gues that one…lol or your like papa smurf and we are the smurfs… lol … but you get my poient anyway i will never forget you came to new york and i sat right behind you bugging you with crazy questions.. again thanks .. for building this community.. of great people ..

Andrew … you got 9 more Tutorials left, then we will reaches 100 Are you going to do anything crazy… maybe you can let sam do a tutorials .. blowing you up … lol now that would be funny..

I follow you since early 2006, with the first page that was so heavy for the browsers and a little bit empty, with errors etc. the time it’s fast an your Videocopilot was growing up so fast too.
at the first your tutorials were emerging slowly and are now on average weekly.
The page was quite austere but now it’s full of content
At first, I was visiting it once a month or every two months
Now i’m visiting it daily, once or twice or more times.
those I met through a creativecow’s podcast that was I found it on I-tunes store.

Do you remember when your princess was born? and the pic of X-mas with her little red dress?

Now you have a incredible big family, your wife, your dougther, all the Videocopilot crew and all the Videocopilot comunity. ups I’m forgetting something. Of course, Sam Loya too.
I am proud to belong to this community.

The only thing that has been constant it’s always overcome your marks. Has always gone beyond.

So I have no doubt this time is the same with your amazing stuff, take your time, we are here waiting for it $$$ (I broke my little pig).

Video Copilot Forever Young… Cheers!!!

We need one more tutorial please!

From german your site was some hours down. I hope for a huge update. Hm, now your site is back but no change

Web was down even here in england. I had the same hopes

However, Andrew, congratz to all you amazing achievements!!

AK, I had to laugh about the title for this blog. Let me find out you are a Power Ranger…LMAO

Will be a update this week? Or can i spend my time to make other things? So i remember there was never a update on saturday or sunday.

I know thats your plan to let us wait, but a little hint could be fine.

Andrew, you teamed with mk12 in the desert? please not another blond James Bond!

AE3 3DHD 2012 ?

Was wondering where the music came from?

I wish videocopilot could do text alerts so anytime a new blog post was put up you would get a text or when a product comes out.

“I wish videocopilot could do text alerts so anytime a new blog post was put up you would get a text or when a product comes out.”

That’s a freaking great idea! How about it Andrew! Text alerts!

Or in two word: RSS feedback great idea!!… oh… wait a minute… riiiight… the orange icon that is at the left in “every” title of the blog is in fact… an RSS module! wow, they read our minds!!!… weee… (i’m being ironical here, lol, sorry)

Fabian, I hope so…

Hey I can’t wait!!

I love your little Captain Planet tribute in there with the Earth Fire Wind Water.. Just missing Heart.. But We all know a lot of Heart went into this product!

Awesome.

No updates??

Understand it when the work is hard take a few time.
Patience guys.
something awesome it’s comin’ up. I’m trust in AK and his VC Team.

Hey Kramer

This is sooooo awesome !! Can you tell me exactly when you are sending action essentials 2 out with a date Please ??? This project rocks . . . Thanks

Sebastian sørensen

cool mr kramer!

Hey Andrew,

remember on your very first website, you had a tutorial on how to create an atomic explosion over a city. It’ll be cool to revisit that one for tutorial 93 or something

3times a day am visiting ur site but nothing release it bro my money ready for the AE2 cant wait

“The Real Smithy” is right, I’ve not ever seen that tutorial before, but if you re-do it again it would be very, very nice!

Hey andrew! the comment above me is right, that would be extremely awesome..oh by the way since its saturday you usually release updates on sunday 1:00 am should i stay awake for anything special?????????

Sounds like an epic journey!
You might should make a movie about it !

Hej, Kramer

I look forward to action essentials 2 !!!! It looks very cool cant wait !!!… I would just ask if you could be nice to write exactly when AE2 comes out …. with a date Please ?? if you can of course …. thanks in advance ;D

Sebastian Sørensen

I apologize for my bad english

Last night I had a Dream About how VideoCopilot was going to look, and it was wonderful

nice work AK

Hey guys i know your busy but could you at least just spend a minute to give us a release date on the blog?

It’s Sunday

Will there be a promo deal?

almost monday in france, you should stop to “mettre la charue avant les beu” andrew^^

Why do you delete my comments?

Sorry, I think it was an internet connection problem

Andrew, I’m dying here man 0_o

I have been Checking VideoCopilot for every hour that ive been awake for the last three days. Its like Christmas is coming really early this year.

Ehehe i think i’m not alone at this time

any second now…….

So have I! I know he said sometime late this week so I’ve been checking almost every 30 minutes today. Talk about suspense! He is on California time though. Damn Californians…hahaha..just kidding!

I can’t say that we are close… but very soon. We have some big surprises for you…

Well the update is good. THx AK!!!!

I hope you’re enjoying your Father’s Day, Andrew.

Will there be anything like glass shattering footage.

wow cant wait for it to come out oh and by the way i found after effects when i was 12 my uncle had the cs3 version with his adobe master collection or whatever i was using a free stick figure animator pivot when i saw what after effects could do i had to have since my uncle owns a business and he shares the collection with my dad we were able to get adobe to accept the product and a few others on my computer a half a year i find video copilot and now my animation are in cs4 (upgrade) and I’m the one designing videos for my uncle and his company I’m 13 right now by the way and iv gotten my dad to buy evolution pro scores designer sound FX, riot gear and soon action essentials 2 this time for my birthday your releases are right on time (July 19 would have been nice but i don’t want to hold anyone up just for my birthday so go ahead and release as soon as possible).

Talk about vague! If I didn’t like you so much I would be mad!..lol

I may just have to call out sick tomorrow…

niceee….
I from brazil…
i love videocopilot…
andrewm please make a tutorial giant wave of invading the city,must learn to use in my short film

tanks

Man… how can i convince my boss that we need this, own every one of your other products but he wont get this. Surely muzzle flashes and explosions can be used in sports television graphics?

Hi Andrew enough playin bro am sleepin on my comp tabel n am waitin for the product releas it man or give us some text atleast man

Hi Mr.Kramer! Where is AE2? I’m chacking videocopilot every 5 minut. I want to sleep. I didn’t sleep 2 days(