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Andrew Kramer on April 24th, 2012 1:20 am
So much has been going on lately! Returned from a fun and exciting show at NAB 2012, the new After Effects CS6 has been announced and I’ve also finished some new title work.
This new title sequence is certainly inspired by the original one I created over 4 years ago and was meant to feature the alternate future represented in the episode.
I’ve added some breakdowns for the work that was involved in the title as well! Plus there may be something interesting in the last credit…
Since I’m talking about intros, I also had the opportunity to create the opening title for the CBS show Person of Interest too. Watch That here.
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Nice work Andrew. You just have to tease us though with element 3d being one of the plug-ins used! Seriously, very impressive work!
Thanks Ben! We are very happy with the new plug-in Element and I wouldn’t be surprised if a big announcement was going to happen soon. I will say no more
whooo hooo getting really excited! Awesome stuff Andrew!
Hah, exactly my thoughts when I saw it on T.V. It reminded me at once of the teaser picture Andrew twittered. Looks nice!
My other hunch about the “Fringe” letters and the cartoon pluging from red giant appears to be wrong.
Looking so much forward to try out the new CS6
I’m from Italy and every time I see Fringe on tv, I say “hey it’a an AK stuff this awesome intro”… ehehehe I love you!
Hi there, Andrew.
Your work, as always, is pretty amazing. I remember I thought you should be involved in the Person of Interest intro the first time I saw it. Your use of Plexus plug-in is fantastic, congrats.
And about the new intro for Fringe… Well, amazing, or course. The 3D layer of the “freedom” word seems a little odd to me, but this is a matter of taste, I guess. Very good work anyway.
And I am pretty sure you are involved in the set extension scenes of this episode of Fringe, right? Maybe all of them are yours, I’m not sure, but there are a few Action Essentials 2 clips in there, I promise.
Well, my last micro-creation has nothing to do against your amazing work, but maybe you guys will enjoy it:
http://vimeo.com/40533812
I hope so.
Thanks for the breakdowns, btw. The lamp clip is fabulous! And as always, excuse me for my poor level of English, please.
Yeah I’m so excited to see we’re closer to the release of the plugin that’s gonna make all our lives so much better!
nice one CROBLEX…..gr8 impressive work!!
Tease! But still amazing work Andrew. And I BETTER hear about a release for Element 3d. Like now. Or I’ll… complain on the blog! But seriously, Element is gonna be awesome, now just to convince my boss to buy it!
Thank you, vinit kalsi!
wow, I’m guessing that Element 3D was used for that water orb, the title, and all of the people in the camp.
I’m guessing Element was used for “second phase” with the spindly structures and perhaps the title coming together (maybe extruded text CS6?), but the zoom sequence with the people I don’t think would require Element as those were all 2 layers.
Yeah after trying AE CS6, I highly doubt Andrew used the extruded text for this intro
I agree with Ben on all accounts. It is nice work. Very nice! BUT, more importantly, I can’t believe Element 3D is already in action but we can’t buy it yet!!!
I’m holding my breath over here!!!
I guess you’ll be gearing up for the new Star Trek titles as well.
Both of those are awesome! Love the breakdown in Fringe. Thanks
WOW! Very nice work!!!
You know your name is Andrew Kramer when work you did over freakin’ 4 years ago inspires your new work. What in God’s name are you Andrew? Honestly? A robot?
Just kidding bro, Enjoyed the breakdown much. Hopefully with CS6 coming we’ll be getting an update on “You know what” since I’m guessing CS6 compatibility was one of the reasons holding you guys back from saying anything about it. That and being the perfectionists that all you over at VideoCopilot are.
Beautiful work and the music fits in so well. Would love to know which parts were made with element
Suppose, it is the neural net at the start of the trailer.
Very slick. I hope your new app for the 3d BGs isn’t too far away. Looks awesome.
“plugin used : element 3d”
Hum, interesting …
I want this plugin !
Amdrew you rock… I wishing I could find time and come to the states filor a one on one lecture with the master.. Keep up the good work. Can wait to get my hands on ELEMENT 3D.
hello, Andrew how did you make the particles forming into Fringe is it done in 3dsmax pls make a tutorial for that
Well, everyone is talking about Element 3D, but I am way more interested in the live footage. Any way to get that (without timeremaps)
is element 3d in python code? ..ask sergio please…!
Grrreat titles! And thanks for the NAB discount, by the way ! I ordered Action Essentials 2 and I can’t wait ’till it gets here !!
Awesome work!! That is fun to see how you made the shots, and I will chime in as well about Element 3D. I can’t wait!
hey Andrew, Nice work. Did you use cs6 for the extruded text or elements? Or are you going to leave us all in suspense
btw… I found an app with you written all over it on the app store the other day… not literally (I think).. but yea.. Bad Robot, blowing up cars and stuff. Nice one.
Lovely work. Thanks for the breakdown. Interested to hear how the light bulb is done. It looks real, naturally, but I’ve been fooled before. Some black powder in the bulb itself?
It is a special bulb that just explodes when you turn it on. I think it is called a Flash Bulb… good for horror movies!
Flash Bulb as in what used to be used on way old school photo cameras? Nice to know they’re still made in some form. Perhaps if there was a supplement to Action Essentials it may be included (hint, hint…)
Great job as always Andrew!
Btw… is the part from 0:04 to 0:06 done with element or in a 3d app? ^.^
Nice job Andrew like many times.We all L0vE VIDEO COPILOT …
That’s nice, great work! How much you will earn a job like that?
Hey, great work. And very great use of Action Essentials!
But hey, what’s this: http://vimeo.com/40926302
Great work. A lot of tracking! Love it!
My jaw dropped when I saw this on Friday’s episode. Awesome work!
Did you have any part in the new 3D functionalities in AE CS6? It would’t be surprising
that they came banging down your doors after you initially announced Element 3D. Would be awesome if it came with CS6.
Nice work and it’s cool that Fox ask for new title for it’s Fringe show but Andrew (if I may
) that’s hard to tell us you used Element for this new title after let us wait almost one year for it 
When I saw that for the first time last weekend, I thought “That’s the back of Andrew Kramer’s Head!”
That’s awesome,like always.
That’s very quilt here lately?so after your busy work lately,would you take some time on VC,i mean,give us more
suprise like before.
oooh .. I’m fan of Fringe series .. and this is epic .. and Element 3d !!!! I don’t have any words to say ((silence ))
Impressive work. Any news regarding the release date of Element 3D. Cant wait to try it!
I really like the FRINGE intros you’ve done, and this is no exception! Well done. What is written on some of the fringe fragments (looks like maybe it says fringe (I see a G and an E ). Love the concertina wire – that’s used to good effect. Nice job. Have a great day!
look nice but i like the original one
the sound is not realy match
but thanks
What a treat to see the new title in last week’s episode. I especially like the new logo and that the key words refer to what we’ve lost.
BTW, will you be able to tell us about your work experience on Ghost Protocol? Congrats on your affiliation with Bad Robot Optical! That made watching the credits worthwhile!
Wow!!! this is awsome job
Wow beautiful work
I loved the breakdown so much
really great work Andrew
Good luck
Thanks for breakdown. It’s very exciting.
EXCITED!!!! u always blow my mind with your projects. how do u imagine all this???
Andrew, any thoughts on the AE6 camera tracker vs. The Foundry’s camera tracker? Should I jump on The Foundry’s camera tracker or save my $$$ towards AE6? I just bought your Optical Flares w/ both pro presets. Your site is one of the very best for VFX education and professional resources! Thank you!
Knowing Adobe, their camera tracker is probably the exact same one made by The Foundry.
“Fight the future”? Wasn’t that the name of the first X-Files movie? ;D Anyway, great work Andrew!
Oooooo! Very nice indeed.
Looks amazing. I love Fringe and this fits so well. Can’t wait to put hands on element. This did give me some ideas for a new logo treatment I want to do soon…
Amazing work…love the breakdown at he end. (Have my credit card loaded and ready for Element!)
That’s brilliant as always! I still love the 1980s FRINGE tv intro you made, keep up the excellent work!
What camera was used for the 1500 fps shots?
I cant Wait for Element 3D!!!
I’ve got two words for you. So pro!
it is interesting. But as for as your ability it sounds years
particularly the music
Je suis français et je suis vraiment fan de tous se que tu fait cela me fascine tellement tu est monstrueusement fort et que chaque idée que tu développe se transforme en chef d’oeuvre te contacter serait pour moi un honneur =) merci
Vincent Geffray
I am French and I’m really a fan of all is that you do that fascinates me so much you is monstrously hard and you developed each idea becomes a masterpiece would contact you for an honor =) thank you
Vincent Geffray
About the dry ice and light bulb at the end – next action essentials?
Hi Andrew. When do you release Element 3D?
This is like a mini gift for my birthday, I love Fringe but more so your work!!
As always great work Andrew, hope to actually meet you some day, and maybe even work together.. Till Then, I’ll keep watching the site.
Man… I really want Elemental 3D, any release date planned yet?
:D:D:D, I CANT WAIT >:[
In which Footage is Element 3D used? By the way Most Epic Intro Ever Man
hoooooooooooo
very nice work !
I love Fringe I had no idea you did the title! Very cool. Did you use the fall off preset in the original?
Excellent work as always. I really enjoy Fringe & Person Of Interest and Andrew Kramer’s involvement and my membership of this website makes me feel a warped sense of pride & ownership.
I always say to the people I happen to be watching these shows with that, “That’s the guy from Video Copilot. He made this.”
Since no 3d program was listed, was Element 3d was used for the neurons and Fringe title?
oh, and the barbed wire!
Am I the only one who noticed how huge the guy’s head stayed while it zoomed out to the crowd of people?
Otherwise, superb work Andrew. I look forward to Element 3D.
Hi
Are You For The Release Of Element 3d Wait For the new After Effects CS6 announcing ?
akhe azize man! chi gofti akhe??na namusan chi gofti alan??
sorry guys … i think he wanted to ask “do you wait for the announcement of AE CS6 to release the plugin?”
How did you do the fly through the neurons? Were those modeled in 3dsmax? If so, how’d you do it?
So I finish a new title set, and think I have done everything in after effects. And then you throw this beautiful piece of work in. It looks terrific. Can’t wait to get element.
Is there a chance for any of this clips like the one with water and ice in special great free pack to download 1080p
?
I would like to say something meaningful but all I can think of……I am speechless. Great Job Andrew.
I. Want. Element. Great work as always and thanks for showing us a bit more on what Element can do!
It will come. SRSly. Trust me, if it came out now, it wouldn’t be nearly as good as if it came out later.
Oh I know. =) Just a little excited that’s all. haha
4-A! Awesome As Always Andrew!!
WOW! They would make AE cs6 so soon! They just came out with cs5.5! I’m tired of updating.
Hmmm A Few teasers for a few new video copilot products perhaps. Im hooked. I Think ill have to start making daily visits
Hey Andrew .. Can you say Hi to me
hey mate, great work. wish some day I could work with/for you. can’t wait to see element. I was going to buy particular but I am going to purchase element instead as I think it’s waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better.
HA… I was wondering who did the Person of Interest intro… I’m actually the one that does all of finch’s screens…
Is somebody’s new plug-in going to be a stock plug-in with AE CS6? They should swap out all the CC plug-ins for VC plug-ins
I’m half way through season 3 now and I noticed there was a Kramer’s warehouse and someone called Kramer in the show.
Hey Andrew,
Your Person of Interest clip was very impressive, keep it up man, things you don’t advertise are so good !!!!
Cool Andrew… you going to tell me everything bar the walls in this title was produced in After Effects!???
Sean
Nope.. He’s going to tell you that everything INCLUDING the walls were produced inside of AE! Good Times!
Haha. Wayne, that made me splutter my coffee.
Cs6 For 32 bits there?
It was a beautiful movie
Ill expect a tutorial?
Amazing work
did you create the neurons and the 3d text using element 3d?
OMG! Great sweet work! Incredible, fluid and nice… Someone said: -It’s all about compositing… Take my money and release ELEMENT 3D.
Regards!
Comon Andrew, ‘unleash the kraken’ and let this revolutionary plug-in change the industry
Stunning graphics!
Inspiring work.
IT IS AWESOME! i wanted to ask if it was your work the moment i saw it, but i didnt know where to post
is there a hidden message like the original one? because i couldnt find one
Good Andrew, looking forward for the original one tutorial
An Amazing work Andrew! Like ever! I’m really exiting to see your next tutorial!
Wow, motion design with an impact. Packs a serious punch! Ouch my jaw man;-)
Oliver
ok andrew your starting to scare me of how good your really getting. great work. as for the other one ‘persons of interest’, that looks exhausting just watching all the fx needed. tracking gone crazy on that one, great stuff.
I´ve been watching every single episode of person of interest and also i´ve been watching this site for the last 4 years and i never thought that you were the guy using plexus and creating this amazing intro.
Thanks andrew for the nice work!!!!
How excatly is Andrew Kramer I mean the guys awesome and works on these big projects; he can’t just be a regular freelancer right?
Sorry *Who
You’re right… He’s actually a time Lord! He just likes a little time away from creating galaxies and stuff so he does some tutorials for us every now and again! XD Thanks heaps Andrew
Has the introduction of CS6 slowed the production of Element?
great work Andrew! Did you do all the post on that or did your team help?
I love how you rub it in with the element bit. its not even out yet and you put element 3D as the plugin used! classic!
Fringe is the only show of which I never skip the intro.
Love your work Andrew, I’m one of your newer recruits on the blog lol!
I noticed on AE CS6 there is a built in 3D Camera Tracker, is that similar to the camera tracker product advertised on this site for $250? If so I think they should have a sale on it! Also is CS6 actually out yet or am I missing where it shows the release dates?!
Andrew, I took advantage of your NAB sale last week and I already recieved the Ultimate 10-Pack. What a great deal, it will keep me occupied for weeks!!! Also, it is very interesting to me that the title work for my two favorite shows are done by my favorite AE tutor. Do you happen to do the titles for “Supernatural”? It reminds me of your style for sure. I also think that the CW is hooked on Twitch for all of their show teasers.
Later Gator!
i think he do more work for Bad robot (fringe, person of interest, even mission impossible: ghost protocol.. who knows ^^)
This blows my mind that you can do this,I am truely inspired by work you do like This film. Thumbs up to the plug-in as well!!
wheres the LIKE button? =)
Greetings from Brazil!
Hey! does adobe after effects cs6 only work for 64 bit or will it work with 32 bit operation systems too????
When can we expect Plug-in upgrades for CS6?
OPTICAL FLARES ON AVENGERS THE MOVIE !!!
Andrew, can you shed some light on how long this took you to create, Concept to final render?
First Time i saw the fringe title i was surprised because they have not changed it in years (except for the old episodes) But i am kind of pissed at the fact that they have CS6 now because i just got CS5 and i don’t want to upgrade. Its like apple products they keep making new stuff before you have time to get used to it
I was just curious what camera you use for the 1500 fps slow-mo.
Andrew, those 2 guys, Orci and Kurtzman are doing damn near everything in film and TV right now. Seems like you are in like Flynn with them. I guess that is why a lot of your products show up in almost everything on camera nowadays, huh. Everybody is thinking Bad Robot but they need to be thinking Alex Kurtzman and Robert Orci for those who dont know, check executive producers for all shows/films and you will be amazed how many these guys are behind
Would you be so kind as to tell me the name of the plugin used for the node based designs behind the title at the end of the Person of Interest one? I’ve forgotten what it’s called. Thank you.
I think it is “Nodes” from noise industries.
Ummm… I thought it was Plexus, I don’t think Nodes is actually ‘capable’
Yes, Plexus is the main tool of the making of, but there’s a huge work with the AE tools itself, like traking, null objects, 3D wire nets, expresions… It’s a gigactic amount of work in there. In fact, there is a lot of work only with Plexus (the plug-in alone doesn’t make miracles).
Andrew, I hope your web hosting company is prepared for the onslaught of traffic that a release of Element will bring upon them
– Money in hand…just waiting for a link, my friend! 
-Chris
Awesome job man… You are awesome actually…
Mmmm… when comes the tutorial for those things???
Thank you very much and pllllzzzz keep up the great work!!!
You did the intro to Person of Interest?! Ah, love that show. Even though I record it, I still sit there and watch the intro every time just because it’s so cool. Probably the best I’ve ever seen besides Survivor.
Simply Simply
10/10
element… a punch in the moon=,(
very nice=) but the way it looks,very high rendering power, can you make a tut for it? quite ambitious=)
wow i love the bulb at the end, the effects inside is striking, but will take me weeks to achieve that unfortunately.
awesome job, number 1 source visual fx on the web
HEY I AM A GREAT FAN OF ANDREW KRAMMER. AND RECENTLY I STARTED WORKING ON VFX STUFF..PLEASE CHECK THIS VIDEO AND TELL HOW DOES IT LOOK…ITS MY FIRST AFTER EFFETCS AND CINEMA 4D INTEGRATION…
https://vimeo.com/41150499
Wait a damn second! Were you the man who made Eric the Midget’s head explode?!
thats strange … important news about element on the 15 of may posted on his facebook and not posted on his website .. Awkward
MR.Andrew Kramer Please Tell Me Which college you went to and what course you take in the college.
Very nice.
I was just wondering if you were involved with any of the motion graphics used during the episodes of Person Of Interest? They have lots of satellite and timeline graphics which look like they might have been given the Copliot touch.
will videocopilot release ipad app version ? cause now ipad can’t play the video tutorial. thanks
Dude, I think I’ll start watching Fringe. Andrew doesn’t get involved with anything unless it’s good.
BTW, I LOVE Optical Flares. It’s fantastic. I made a music video to the song Blow Me Away, but the band scenes were too bland, so I added major color correction and flares, and it looks so legit! THANK YOU!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54YeBEsj1OM
I’m getting ready to buy Element with CS6. Been saving up.
If you have no scientific background, fringe is quite watchable.
can u tell us which part that u create with element 3d?
very talented work AK. good job. and i saw ur name in mission impossible ghost protocol.really awesome.
Good to see you’ve included a FEMA Camp in the piece.
Even if people deny it, it’ll at least give them a sense of what’s just around the corner.
I recently started watching Person of Interest. I wondered if you had made the opener because of the use of twitch. Looks really good! Did you also use plexus?
I am excited for Element3D I don’t think anyone has ever made anything as good as it looks. Looking forward to the release.
Does the new 3d extrusion in AE CS6 compare to the Element Plugin, or is there much more that meets the eye. I guess that the mystery will live on until next time.
i’ve just came from the movie BattleShip, and in every single frame i saw the optical flares effect.It is Reely cool plugin , great job Andrew…(i know it’s irrelavent with the topic but i just wanted to say that:/ )
Looking forward to the tutorial Andrew. Very nice work!:)
the first time i saw this intro while watching fringe i remembered andrew kramer… hahahahaha now i know why…
grenades inspired by Shell Shocked
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi6ZaKy4bN8
videocopiloto.webnode.com? Videocopiloto? are you kidding?
inspirado in de vídeo co-piloto
inspired by video copilot
“Inspired by video copilot”? You should be ashamed of yourself.
Your Video is really reall really bad. It’s just a really really reall bad copy of AKs vid.
BTW: Really, you should be ashamed because of “videocopiloto”
Just wondering, when is Element 3D coming out?
Awesome as usual. Andrew I wish you do tutorials for more advanced software like Maya and 3Ds in the future. Thanks.
Awesome nice 3d action Andrew, i like the slow zoom out quality.
Great job i have to buy the CS6.
Awesome Work..^^ yeah! exactly..i thought AE was complicated but your tutorials made it easier for me…so..i would love some maya 3d tutorials which are widely used now..
Thank you..
Gorgeous and talented. Very jealous! I always look forward to the opening credits of the “out of time” episodes, and this was just amazing!
andrew….. we want element 3d…. please dnt make us wait too long
Hey, AK, was just thinkin… would you do an awsome tutorial of destroying a vehicle or falling a building like they do when shooting for accidents scenes. I would appreciate.
Thanx
what is the name of the second music?
That interested me too,,,,, whats the second Music ????
sooooooo, what about demoncam??? Did you stop that project? What about all off the tutorials you promised? Don’t get me wrong, I understand that your very busy. But it feels like videocopilot is slowly stopping the tutorials and so it feels like the old videocopilot is dying
I sure don’t hope so.
Yes you says the right thing i also notice that.We are all waiting for the new tutorial.
lucien,
See tutorials 118, 119, 120, 122, 124. All were spawned from the Demoncam project. Exactly how many were you looking for?
Wow, this is awesome. Your work just keeps getting better and better. By the way I noticed your name on the credits for the new mission impossible film.
Hello Andrew,are optical flares,twitch and sure target plugins compatible with after effects cs6 ?
Andrew, those clips are superb. It is great to know that those producers know talent when they see it and use you to create things for them. You are simply amazing.
Hello, Andrew! I’m from Russia. I write very cool song in Inglish. And I want to shot (with my friends) videoclip on this my audiotrack. Your VIDEOCOPILOT very strong changed my life, you opened for me a new horizons for new ideas. And your tutorials help me to composite what I want.
Could you tell me what methods I can to receive a glossy shots? I have the budget foto/video cam.
Thanks!
very nice…………….
hi Andrew,your work is always good and u will be always the best thanks for showing new ideas and creation in after effect
GriM, ok I agree with That but….I thought there were going to be more like the women shatter effect. But my point is That it feels that videocopilot is slowly stopping the tutorials. And don’t get me wrong i love all THE stuff from videocopilot. But the main reason I visit this site is for the tutorials.
I’d be interested in knowing how long it took to produce an opening sequence. Andrew, when they hire you, what is the deadline on something like this? Do you develop the concept with them, or are you given creative license to develop your own look? When you get the footage for the sequence, is already color corrected, or do you do that as well? I think many of us would be interested in the process, in addition to the great effects.
As always, it’s very impressive work. I must have watched the person of interest intro sequence at least 20 times pausing it at points to get a look at the various elements composited into the shots. And some of those shots are cut pretty quickly, yet still have many composited elements. Goes to show you, no shot is too small to add great design elements to.
One of these years
100 years later:
new tutorial: nothing
where are you andrew ???
well.. maybe he have a life… or maybe he have a wife, maybe two daughters and also maybe he have a job too…. So maybe he is very very busy. So respect that and be patient or try something by yourself, waiting for tutorials you just loosing money from your client because you prefer wait a tutorial than work…
Hi, when the optical flares for the cs6 will release?
thanks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lw3uI8QI2Y
share!!!!!i learned!!!
It’s nice to see that Andrew Kramer is so busy working for the big screen and stuff.
but I just miss the good ol’ times with blog updates at least every week, and awesome tutorials.
hope to see you back soon!
Please Andrew Kramer comeback soon.We miss you very much.we hope to see you and keep it up.
The heck with Andrew, I just want to see Element 3D!
Hey Andrew so I was just passing through and I’d thought you’d like to hear that I placed in a local contest! I used your twitch plug-in and sound fx in the video and thought you might appreciate having a look
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsIqX0QTdKQ
Keep doing what you do and thanks a bunch!
- John Yacano
Check Out This Video!
And report any suggestions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBIYcJSEGfs
Take a look!
Interesting video, however, I can definitely tell 80% of this was made from presents from Video Copilot. You also took the Action Essentials promo music. In the future, if you want to make something REAL good, make it original. Change up the camera angles, the flares, the music, colors, particle systems. Just because you are given presents and you change one thing doesn’t mean it is automatically considered your own creation. Think bigger. Check out one of my videos for examples of using Video Copilot advice and making original videos.
http://www.youtube.com/user/WeatherDude12345
I’ve seen that you postet already at the last blog. I’ve also seen that many many many users tried to tell you to make something own and don’t sell AKs templates as your own. No i see that you are unteachable.
My suggestion: Make something own or let it be.
This is cool and all but when are you going upload something new.
He doesn’t owe you anything. Be grateful for everything that’s up here.
we want the new 3d plug-in!
Hey Andrew is Element 3d taking so long to relees, cause jou built some Raytracing funktionality in? I think it would be great now that CS6 supports it. And you haw a early insight cous you ar a part of the beta testers for CS6
https://www.facebook.com/KolorStudio
andrew is that the back of your head in the prison camp? lol
Does anyone that went LA to see the presentation?
Any release date for element or something?
Did anyone go LA to see the presentation, sorry my bad english
Allright people…I just got back from DMA LA where Andrew presented Element, and all I can say is HOLY SH&*T…IT IS AMAZING..You have no idea what you’re in for…i’m still in shock at what he was able to do with this plug-in..GAME CHANGER
Is there video of this alleged presentation?
It was an Adobe event and no recording devices were allowed…but this thing was rendering fully rigged blackhawk helicopters with textures inside of AE..
Nice work tonight Andrew with Element3D you truly pushed the envelope. I wish I could give you my money now!!!
So… did he mention a release date?
He said it’s slated for a June release but didn’t give an exact day…
(assuming James is correct about these helicopters w/ textures )
If video copilot were to add a brain functionality to each particle … the “indie” film industry would praise video copilot for basically giving it a mini and versatile “Massive Prime” — It would definitely be a legendary.
There is a lot of ifs but its possible, anyhow very excited for this plugin! Thanks Video CoPilot team
I think intelligent crowd simulation is asking a lot from a plug in that is going to cost about as much as dinner for 2…(Massive Prime is a 20,000$ license..) But he did use the particle system to generate a city that looked pretty amazing…
Yeah, I think that’s asking a lot – by the sounds of it, dumb crowds for distant shots would be doable, but you probably wouldn’t need 3D particles for that.
My big interest is how the 3D data is being read – obj sequences are a bit clunky to export. If it supports FBX that could be interesting.
Also questions on what controls there are for the particles with regards to collision and directing them.
It looks like it would be a good companion to 3D camera trackers, even just sticking proper 3D objects in live action, rather than 2D elements.
If I remember correctly he said it would support .obj and native C4d (since they cant seem to get their obj export system right…) From the look of the interface, It looks like you could do a lot from within the plug-in without ever having to import models, although I think the import feature is very powerful.
But what I found most impressive was the render times. A lot of the examples he was showing would take days/weeks to render using traditional methods(and we’re not talking just shiny marbles here…). Element somehow achieves a near level of quality in minutes.
As far as true collision detection, that’s another feature that would slow everything to a crawl, but he seems to have gotten around the heavy calculations with very convincing trickery.
Animation of the “particles” doesn’t seem to be limited in any way….
Ok. I’ll stop get in this site for news…I mean I’l try only 1 time per day rsrsrsr
Is Element going to be awhile to market?
I’m being pressed for results right now.
By ‘soon’ my boss means, “Sometime near the end of next week.”, so… should I wait, or start working with other apps like FreeFormPro?
A couple of posts above mention June, but not when in June.
That is still second-hand, I think we would have heard if it was going to be out sooner.
GREEN…
Just got my CS6 upgrade. I had no idea there were this many changes in After Effects. RayTracing, 3DCameraTracking, really good extrusion.
Can not wait to see what Kramer does with all this!!!
If I didn’t know better, I would bet that the new promo for “Storage Wars” came from the computer of Andrew Kramer.
Hey Andrew what is the name of the song used in the slo mo shots, it was relly cool, did you or someone on your team compose this or did you find it online, and if it is online care to share the link? Awesome work BTW.
Andrew is a victim of his own success. He needs to clone himself a couple of times. One Andrew can post to the blog and make cool tutorials, one can work on cool plug-ins and the third can make cool VFX for movies and TV. Problem solved!
Oops! He needs a fourth Andrew that can spend lots of quality time with his wife and kids.
knock!knock!knock! Andrew, you dead or alive?
Temporal Subdivide.
http://www.tsdapps.com/
hey with the hand got 6 fingers??? Andrew how much fingers you have ???
Andrew has the same amount of fingers as anyone else… However, his hands are a different shape to mere mortals so that he may use AE shortcuts more efficiently
Hey are you okay
Its strange to open video copilot and can’t find new news
Thanks man for your awesome website
just missed you & your awesome work
Yo ! Andrew ! Please come back ! where are you ? We miss some new tuts or at least any news …
Andrew ! ?ome back !Wake up!
andrew, where are you?
where are your new tutorials?
its about time that videocopilot ceased to be my homepage…
wakeup!!
It’s almost been a month since you uploaded something.What’s going on?
I think After The ” Mid-Air Emergency! ” tutorial andrew
left to us a message that the copilot maby fall down!!
i hope that not true!!
Where are you andrew!!!?
i don’t need tutorials we just need to bring you back!
copilot!
Maybe he’s having a well-earned rest? Even if VCP never got updated again he deserves it.
I really don’t understand this attitude of some people who believe a site that’s given it’s tutorials somehow owes something to them.
I second that…
I definitely agree that Andrew is a hard working man and does deserve a break to relax. However I think it would be good for the videocopilot community if more regular updates were made. Surely Andrew would be able to trust a member of his team or a good friend to keep this place updated weekly. At the end of the day, the stronger and more vibrant the community is here, the more people will be invested in buying the latest products and plugins.
BTW, an update on Element 3D would be great btw
Many thanks for all your hard work Andrew.
Despite deserving one, i doubt he is resting…. most likely in the thralls of prepping for the release of Element 3D. Once they drop that then I am sure Andrew will take that long deserved holiday. Either this or he is making more magic for our screens and theatres!!!
Keep it up Andrew, we are all behind you on this one!
Huh…it’s funny how the first half section of the comments are about how cool the tutorial is and that A.K. should keep it up and the second half is about where is he and what’s he doing. And in reply to those comments many are saying positive things about him and that he deserves some time off!
I LOVE IT!
And to Andrew- Whatever you are doing, don’t give up…;D
we all learning by VCP stuff .. no one deny that..!
So We are all indebted to Videocopilot .. Andrew and all the stuff! Right!
Thanks for sharing knowledge and have fun in learning..
If we asked about andrew we just ask for Friend’s sake!!
For time that we all spent with andrew on line and he spent his time too!!
even we don’t know andrew personaly!!
That’s all about!!
Has anybody else run into this…
CUDA shows up and works in PremiereProCS6 but not in After EffectsCS6. All I get in AE is OpenGL.
Is there a trick to get it to hook in AE?
I really am convinced that the next post from Andrew will be ‘the’ release… *shudder*
FYI:
yellowguy just informed me on the Forum that AE has it’s own CUDAcardSupported.txt file.
The GTX card has to be added to that list as well as PPro’s list.
In AE it’s at: c:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CS6\Supported Files\raytrace_supported_cards.txt
this is super impressive! I absolutely love your tutorials! i look forward to new things in the future
ELEMENT? or something ? need my VCP fix LMAO
Yeah, it’s like a drug. And withdrawal is not fun!
And I, just like JJ (and many other people on here) keep coming back every day… Just to see if our ‘dealer’ has left us a package
Just saw the trailoer for The Anchorman, has the VC signature all over it.
http://youtu.be/ZOUvwOfikKg check it out
Ohmigosh, they didn’t even try, did they.
/facepalm
1 month without posting anything? concern to Andrew!
He has a wife and little kids — he’s busy working somewhere…
…trust me!
Well I think this is the deep breath before the plunge…
I´m sure Element is a real game changer. Let´s wait for that!
Soon ripe, soon rotten.
Haste makes waste.
Rome wasn’t built in a day.
It´s gonna be worthwhile…
Without a doubt! but we, fans and admirers are very anxious … no news
andrew feening for tutorial
why hath thou forsaken us? lol
come on guys, andrew if your busy, get someone else to post news on the website. I’ve been coming here since the very start and although we are thankful and happy with your success, i do feel that being ignored is a bit rude. would be nice if you’d talk to us more often, even its about the weather. anyway we will (all) keep waiting. zzzzzz
Before launching a complex software product, and element3d seems to have a high level of complexity, there´s a bunch of things to do before releasing the plugin.
This seems to be a good explanation for the lack of news on VCP
hi. im from in tajikistan! i like very much u tutorial! Thnk u Andrew! You are the best)))
@ the real smithy:
This is a NEWS-Blog. That what you´re looking for seems to be twitter.
Let the man gathering his stuff for the next big announcement.
This is one of my favorite show intros for years now and i didn’t know Andrew was behind it!!! AWESOME!!!!
Andrew I know you are a busy guy so i will just put this question out for you to answer when ever you have the time. How did you combined the animated 3d camera for say the brain strands or tissue with your AE camera? Or this is just the same camera exported to AE and then accelerated or decelerated for each shot.
thanks!
He didn’t use a 3d program for any of it..was all done inside of after effects using Element for the 3d (logo, wall, brain strands…)
But element 3d wasn’t created back when the first title was done, was it?
Hey,
Now that Andrew is busy doing something else, let US talk about something else interesting…
HOW IS THE WEATHER IN YOUR AREA EVERYONE???
MINE IS DANGEROUSLY HOT AND I CAN EVEN SEE THE HEAT IN FORM OF SMOKE LIKE IN WINTER SEASON…;D
It’s 68 degrees F with an onshore flow and marine layer here in San Diego. Winds are 5-10 mph from the NWW. I love thunderstorms and other atmospheric ELEMENTS. The nitrogen content in the air is 78%, with <1% of other trace ELEMENTS. The atmosphere is a very important ELEMENT of you daily lives, and we should take better care of it. Do you detect the ELEMENT of insinuation in my comment? Well…I’m just having fun.
WOW…nice responses! The weather here is around 97 degrees F . I guess that explains why I can see the heat ELEMENTS can be seen as form of smoke ELEMENTS like Trapcode Particular! Huh…that’s a lot of ELEMENTS, isn’t it???
Over here in Germany it´s pretty hot, too. And every evening comes another incredible heat thunderstorm. Good for capturing stock sounds…
Well, taking the opportunity … Here in Brazil, south of the country where I live, despite the tropical climate, eh colder region. Although we are almost at the beginning of our winter (between 01 and 18), has made ??summer days (20-30 °) great for outdoor shots, including the beach yet!
OK Andrew, let’s go! ‘re hard to hold the class here!
Guys take a look at this :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B5ZQta2PME
Its awesome.
Una belleza!!! Sin duda está entre los mejores que tú hiciste.
A beauty! It is certainly among the best that you did.
BTW..
most of us hade a wife – kids – work -
we have a life too..
we are not form Mars!!
but i think most of us don’t ignore friends or clients!!!
WE are RESPECT PEOPLE!
and for those who spoke as a substitute for Andrew.. are you a secretary in videocopilot or ..at Andrew life!!!
Thanks for all..
What is the Element 3D plugin release date? Kramer, c’mon dude. I’ve bought practically all of your products & I’m very grateful for your talent in creating your tuts, plugins, blogs, etc.
We miss your jokes/humor in your tuts and of course your amazing knowledge of how you explain the technique. So, back to 3D Element. Any concrete info on your release? Thanks for ALL you & your team do for us. I’m much better at AE, because of you. Thanks again!! 3D Element….3D……Ele…ment
What is the Element 3D plugin release date? Kramer, c’mon dude. I’ve bought practically all of your products & I’m very grateful for your talent in creating your tuts, plugins, blogs, etc.
We miss your jokes/humor in your tuts and of course your amazing knowledge of how you explain the technique. So, back to 3D Element. Any concrete info on your release? Thanks for ALL you & your team do for us. I’m much better at AE, because of you. Thanks again!! 3D Element….3D……Ele…ment
I saw it last night. I can’t wait to get my hands on new plugins!
where are youuuuuuuu A N D R E W !!!?
Hi…Very cool video….ANDREW WHERE ARE YOU???? Where new videos? where new tutorials???
I wonder who is moderating the comments, i mean you … yes you that wanna decide to accept or reject my comment! do you know where is andrew?? if so, accept my comment, otherwise reject it plz!
oh man, the comments are not being moderated anymore, and this is a bad news if you get the point!:(
Hey guys check it out its awesome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTqm0YsnqrM
Really very nice!
this tweet shows his upcoming tutorial .. still now news for element
http://www.videocopilot.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Jungle_w.mov
I think that is pure element!
Just Mind-Blowing ! I wish you’ll break it down in a tutorial soon…
I am a fan of the show and this intro is AWESOME
Hi sir Andrew I am a very big fan of yours and I am wondering if you can teach us a step by step tutorials on how you created these cool fringe intros just like the regular tutorials we have on the website since it’s been so long when we have the last one.
truly
-archie
I knew it! saw this a few weeks back and thought ‘Andrew Kramer!?’ You must be good if your work is identifiable. Cant wait to save up and buy some of your products.
Really nice work Andrew Kramer ,since I’ve started watching Fringe I was trying to remake the intro with all the things I’ve learned from you ,and now I’m i’m finished.Here is the link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVxLsSaFXO0 , I hope that someone will like it XD.
Andrew,
Can you please do a tutorial about creating this opening titles?
It would so great if we knew how you achieved the various effects.
Cheers!
any chance you will be showing how you did the fence and barb wire or if anyone knows any tutorials out there how to create this effect? thank you so much it looks incredible
Pls Kramer, can we get a tutorial on a flying wedding album with flipping
I would like see tutorial from this..
wow.. priceless
same old plugins , but u still make a remarkable new work every time super one 
1500 fps what camera was used to film this? Arri?
Great work Kramer…
Hey Andrew,
i have one Question.
Where did you get your music from?
Did you made it yourself?
If you made it yourself can you sell it please, because your tracks are so awesome!!!
Hope you response and sorry for my bad English
MR.Andrew Kramer Please Tell Me Which college you went to and what course did you take in the college
Andrew, I know you posted this a couple of years ago but I just wanted to say congratulations on making one of the most riveting 20 second broadcast intros in television history. Unfortunately I don’t get it where I live so I watch Fringe on Netflix. It just loaded up a couple weeks ago so better late then never having loved it. I feel Fringe will be back on the big screen. Did you also do the floating text for the show? Could you post a tut on the design of effective intros and out-tros with the art of story telling? Thank you for all you’ve done for this community through the years.
Paul