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Andrew Kramer on August 29th, 2011 2:08 am
We are getting ready to release a new tutorial for the Portal effect from our Demon Cam promo video but I wanted to share one of the many additional tips you will find inside of this upcoming tutorial.
In this example, I’ve reused the original footage but implemented a system for realistically revealing the face coming through the portal. This could be useful for passing through energy fields or some sort of stargate time-travel thingy.
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Great work Andrew can’t wait for a new tutorial
It’s always an easter egg to find a mistake. Pause at 3 seconds, and look at the line on her neck below her right chin. Face separated from body.
Yes, I’m one of THOSE people.
Jordan is right and that is OBVIOUS.but Andrew is BEST 4ever
we always be few a tutors =)
Wow you guys are so sad to notice that… its like not even a second!
This will actually come in handy for the project I’m working on, can’t wait to see it!
Greetings from Holland
GO HOLLAND! haha
Holland!
Holland:D xD Andrew Youre My Hero FOR LIFE Im just 14 years old
All learned From you:D
and i do AAE projects
GO HOLLAAND xD haha, yeah this is gonna be a great project, and it already was a succes as it being a iPhone app and video teaser!
Man, I’m first
I really like your tutorials and hints.
Especially this one. I think it’s very tough to create something like smoke revealing a face, which is very organic in a specific way.
Can’t wait for the explanation.
Keep up the good work
Got beaten by Rutger
Hahaha zom yeah
This will actually come in handy for the project I’m working on, can’t wait to see it!
Greetings from Holland
oh mio dio che figata (in italia)
OMG that’s cool!! (in english)
Just a guess… But make an animated depth matte for the talent, and turn it into a track matte for the portal layer?
Harry Potter Style….. I Love These VFX…
Love this effect looks cool as aways!
I check back every single day for new tutorials or more tips . Keep making the great tutorials .
yEAH!!
Me too……
Love this site!!!!!
I do the same and my wife thinks it’s geeky. But as Andrew says…. It’s After Effects time!
O M G
H CANT WAIT
Another Great Work and great uploading time too 02:08 am.
Can you make tutorial on ‘how to create ink drop effect’
(Don’t say – ‘buy right gear’)
I want to make effect like cctv ink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2YcEJhJA34
They used Fume FX to make that video. You would need to use 3ds max or similar.
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Good luck with all that
awesome man, but plesea put the Demon Cam video in the page, i can access to youtube man!!!…pleaseeee!!!
If you cant access to youtube… (like me in china but i use a VPN), try vimeo, he upload the video there too (vimeo is also blocked in china….) or if you cant use vimeo or youtube… Try the chinese website http://www.youku.com some videocopilot fan uploaded the video for chinese people. Im sure even you dont live in china youku.com is not blocked at all.
Ohh my friend, if you now, i live in cuba, and here the internet is blocked, i only can access to a few pages one of this is VC, but any other is blocked, so my only hope is see the video here or that someone upload the video to megaupload, this last i can access and donwload.
Mate, with more tutorials from you I’ll continue to cream my competition here in P.N.G. Good stuff A.K you are a legend as always. Please make the “Organic Cam” a plug in…I’m sure you’d be able to explain the required expressions to make it work in a tutorial but when I’m pressed for time with a clients job, a plug in is always a great time-saver. VCP teams rocks!!! No if’s, buts or maybe’s!!
Nic I love it. Kind of Harry potter
U right ReganDadu
I also love hp fx
Sounds interesting Andrew, looking forward to what you got coming through the pipeline!
we need more 3ds max tuts
awesome man, but plesea put the Demon Cam video in the page, i can’t access to youtube man!!!…pleaseeee!!!
Can’t wait. Thanks for all the great stuff….
Can’t wait. Thanks for all the great stuff….
haha
see u guys in youtube..
Sweeeeeet!!
I can hardly wait for this….looking forward to this one. Blow us away Andrew.
Regards from South Africa.
FINALLY I have been trying to conjure up a way to do this!
cool, it’s awesome
thx master Andrew
This is a really great effect. I have seen a lot of these where it is achieved with a flat opacity effect but this is MUCH more effective. She really looks like she is coming out of the smoke. Bravo, Andrew.
This can be used for so many things so I can’t wait
This is my favorite shot from the video. Good to see it coming up as a tutorial….Thanks Andrew.
I’m so looking forward to that!!!!
That’s good but the hair seems to be cut on the left side at the end no ? ^_^
Oh Sweetness! I am looking forward to this tutorial!
My name says it all.
what about fractual noise where she came out from?
Just give us sneak peak in comin’ tutorial
Good stuff! I’m gonna eat this tutorial up.
-Simon
This looks amazing! I will be using your techniques in my up coming short movie series – THE ENCHANTED
Thank you Andrew for every tutorial you’ve made!You’re doing all this for free,there aren’t many people like you in these days.And for this tutorial-this is cool effect and it will be very useful.
I would assume you are creating a separate mask for the head apart from the body so you can control opacity, feathering, etc. separately from the rest of her but I can’t wait to find out a more user friendly work around…and stories, gotta have the stories, lol.
C’mon VCP, we need your tutorial drugz, give it to us, we want more, more often, stronger, yeah
and this one looks goooood
Good Job Andrew, i really like it, but dont forget the next will be in 3ds max, plz tell me a bit bout UDK Unreal Developement game!, maybe we could use the environement to put people in, plz cant wait for the tus, thats so long
really nice work Andrew. I cannot wait like so many other here.
PS. I think I would remind you to finish you element-3d project too.
Very nice AK!!! waiting for the tut
it’s very good ,nice work.
cool tutorial but u need also to create a tutorial about green screen match-moving just like u did in the christal ball
Cool !!! I al so make some things with Democam promo film and i have a other idee.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH4BWIFrtU8
I think the smoke needs distortion or displacement to really interact with the person coming thru it .right now it looks as to separate elements.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
I’ve already used some of your techniques in a project of mine. For example, I used the “demon face” to “erase” a plaque from a wall in a handheld take. But I also have some moment in the action where some guys come out of a portal (so to speak) and I think this is going to come very, very handy.
Thank you!
hey andrew, i dont know how to after effects anymore, its been 1 year, too bad. I wish i know how to after effects again
… pls reply me back andrew 
Andrew, can’t wait for this tut man! My friends and I really want to use it for our web series we’re making with Angels and Demons traveling around shadows and such! Your work has done so much to inspire and help lift the quality of our work. Thank you!
co za asy……………………………………!
hooooooo cooolllll andrew but fast i can’t wait 1 love u
The left side of her hair is cut-off! It’s a photoshop disaster!
tnx andrew ! but we can’t wait for a new tutorial … plz faster! :X
I can’t honestly wait…
Good work …
Now THAT is a seriously good effect !!!!!
Looks Great ! I have been waiting for some different angles on this. I tried to give you a plug on your action essentials 2 (best buy so far) on a basic tut for some of the ways to get a basic mist effect. I could not find any info online on how to do this. You inspired me to take a shot at making my first tut after I was asked to do a tut from others seeing my video experiments.I am no expert nor have any hd green screen footage but I thought it ( http://www.vimeo.com/26406640 ) would inspire others at least try other methods. After seeing your example today you have ( like always) have definitely inspired me . Thank You !
I currently work in a more professional and natty white smoke…
a great job once again.great tutorial.i need some advice,i need a camera that can shoot amazing looking video with a budget of 800$ know any good ones?.i am a rookie when it comes to equipment. thanks and once again great job!
oh and do you do music videos?
WAAOOOOW!!!! Get to learn so much watching your tutorial…..Hats off to U ANDREW!!
Very nice, just like everything you do. I couldn’t help noticing the rotoscoping on her left shoulder, but still amazing!
Can I get a VideoCopilot t-shirt?
@Jordan M you are not right, if you watch the tutorial it is done by dept of field. The face and uhm “boobs”/body are more in front then her neck so her neck will appear later.. and some of the smoke can still get in front of her. So its not a mistake
Hi Andrew. I have some question for you.Are you use transkoding in you works or work with native formats from dslr on PC? If you use transkoding, what formats are you use? Thank you for your job.
ow its too complicated for me i am newbie (: