Yup. Just as I think I don’t need to see any more tutorials… VC shows something like this. Can’t wait to see this one!

Action Essentials 2?

Haha, poor Sam! Are the explosions generated with FumeFX? I don’t think anything with that much thick smoke is a part of Action Essentials.

Totally awesome, I recommend a tutorial of this

Thank you andrew

please no action essentials 2 no money

aww poor Sam! Can’t wait till the tutorial comes out. I’ve been trying to find some good breakdowns of how to make explosions look more realistic

the last part where Sam happens to seen a mouse and jump on it…. we want how he do that, a tutorial from Sam himself will do LOL

huh, interesting, but Andrew, you may miss a thing:

the reflection on the train?

He is back
How about 3d explosion ? How about animated OBJ debris so we can freeze and rotate camera through debris ?

Excellent work.

Love the comedy at the end

GASP! NO element 3d? Hahaha…

That’s funny…

Screw you Andrew Kramer you talented mother F’er. Every time I’m working on something you tease of with a tutorial of something that can make it better! LOL.

Can’t wait!!!

smoke in 15 seconds there is no shadow

Fun !!!!!! , Action Essentials 2 ?

It looks like FumeFX. If it is, i can’t wait to see how to use it.

Andrew, Can i marry you brain?

Wow! Can’t wait for this. So are you going to make another Blogshow soon? Or are you to busy for that

wow very cool andrew!!!

The explosion is :

1:FumeFX Simulation ! —-The good
OR
2:StockFootage from FinalLight Explosion — The BAD

Please andrew make the tutorial for fumefx !

that’s fumeFX AND ELEMENT 3D

Finally! This was announced in May 2012 (http://www.videocopilot.net/blog/2012/05/upcoming-training/). This tutorial (http://www.videocopilot.net/blog/2012/08/upcoming-fx/) be ba a great follow up

Wow!
Like others i too hope it involves FumeFX..!
Any hint on that !?
Cant wait to watch this one!

Wow! What a failed jump!

Wow! What a failed jump!

Sorry people but that isn’t fumefx (at most there could be a tiny bit of FFX in the background but I doubt it) . If it is AK has has revolutionized fluid sims.
Still the quality of this scene is amazing.

waw nice i am waiting for this tutorial

or Turbulence 4d CINEMA 4D

awesome, please give us obj file for this video

Andrew you are one of the talented person. I wish, I can produce new ideas like you… Thank you for inspire us…

This looks amazing! By the looks of things you’ve used Fume FX for the explosions, lets just hope we are all right!

Simply amazing. Easily the best looking effect you’ve ever posted on here, I was blown away. Shocked that there’s no Element 3D and a little worried though..hope that doesn’t mean that instead there’s 3ds Max or something

nice one! +its funny the comedy at the end haha

Please let it be FumeFX!

I can’t wait to start exploding things! (Digitally/FX that is and not in real life (just in case this is being monitored by the powers that be!)) Poor Sam! Did he do a Peter Griffin? Ow, ow, ow, OW, ow ow ow!

Poor ! SAM … loose some weight buddy

Yeah, maybe FumeFX or stock footage. But in the beginning of that explosion, maybe Andrew used Optical Flares and masked the wagon. After that, put it together with 3D camera track plugin.

WOW!!! really awesome. I was wondering when Andrew will make tutorials like these…. Can’t wait for the tutorial.

Nice.. can’t wait for this ..

poor poor Sam .. hope he is ok

Andrew, Who is Daniel Kramer?? “Hotel Transylvania – Visual Effects Supervisor” … is that your son?? lol

Nice! Check out my last breakdown, guys. I hope you enjoy:

http://www.vimeo.com/croblex/barcelona-breakdown

Watch in 1080p on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/croblexvfx

What do we call Andrew Kramer when he’s hitting the age 47 ?
AK-47

Seriously Awesome Video! I really love you man really andrew kramer you rock without you we would have been nothing thank you and all your hard work!

This is seriously amazing, can’t wait for the tutorial!

Now wats better than the other, every thing on this site is amazing. This site is one of the best thing that can happen to both an upcoming and professional vfx artist. luv you all

whats that mean no element 3d ?

Oh, about this reel, have to say the production value is good,

I guess its particular-2 and Action Essentials2

More than epic!

Please make the full tutorial!

Hey Guys, Free Unique Element 3d “Interior” Pack made by me, for everyone! Have fun! Huge Respect for every VC member! Check it here —->
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOviZcf5t3U

OMG Hahahaaaaa!! Lol! At the end I almost fell out of my chair! Hilarious! Feel sorry for the great Sam Loya

Drama, Action, Humor and the digital brush that changes our world. I wondered if we were gonna see that train footage again. Thank you again for exposing this part of the world to us.

Hey Andrew i love u man! Now just one question even though we will see it in the tutoria how did you make that glow when the explosives went off??? Optical Flares maybe????

I think this is going to be the next Action Essentials 2

Looks amazing! Finally some explosion FX on Hollywood level!

Hi
This is completely un-related to the tutorial but i watched Star Trek last night your title on Star trek was ‘title designer’. What specific titles did you do for the film. They are all awesome.

Terrific ! maaan I love explosions… This one is totally new, you can tell by the look of the fire – AE2 still pimped up the scene though: just great. -> you can check out my modest try to reach videocopilot awesomeness (without coming even close to it ofcourse – but well);-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oQPSGsNhe8

no element 3d!!!!! so i think the train made in 3ds max………….

Tutorial pleeaasseeeee … plz plz

What Element 3D plugin was used to trip up Sam? Very powerful…..

check out my New Work i mad complete with ELEMNT 3D / Plexus and other powerful Plugins:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ocZtC6PvT_U

Sam fall…EPIC LOL!

Looking Very Nice. Lovely Fume Fx work! Nice Cinematography as well! Look Forward to the tutorial!

Sam is the Charlie Chaplin of the AE community, just awesome !

Which camera tracker do u recommend for maya or 3ds max

Yo Andrew, found this great slow-mo explosion filmed on Phantom! Right up our street for reference!

Sean

and the link is…..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZWJNqdxaao

We need to see more of Sam falling down on the job!

I would love to see something like this, but a complete start to finish with creation of the assets in 3ds Max (modeling, texturing, export) all the way to compositing in AE. Obviously I can’t be picky cuz it’s free training, but I would love to see that. I’d definitely pay for that. =)

Either way, thanks for making such great (and free!) training!

Will the tutorial require any 3d software like 3ds max or cinema 4d???????? Actually I’ve seen blender does the job sometimes but this is different… I’ve seen some smoke particles from 3ds max…… Please Andrew tell us a bit more for this tut…. Hope its comming out soon….

Holy shit!! so realistic…. super 8 train explotion production value right there..

Very stoked to see this one, really enjoy the visual effects tuts VCP posts, more on real world applications, too! And really, who doesn’t love videos with Element 3D?

Like this one:

http://youtu.be/mq8nq4N924Y

Shadows? Reflections? Jeez, this is One Big League effects shot. ’nuff said.

COOL! Can’t wait! And that fall that Sam took was soooo realistic looking! Just kidding. Hope he’s ok. It hurt just watching it, I can imagine how he felt!

Superb…!!!!
Waiting for the tutorial………

Lmfao! The end clip where Sam falls is the best. poor Sam always taking abuse lol looking forward to the tutorial even though the wipes tell me how it was done

It would have been even greater if there was some element 3D ^^

Ewwwww, that looks sexy!
Poor Sam, hopefully he didn’t lie down there for too long, who knows what would have happened :/.

Poor Sam, that looked like a real hard fall off the train… way to hang in there Sam.. what a sport!!!

particle effect with large sprites based on explosion, same for smoke, plus 2d explosions bisecting the particle field. Lens flare, one frame coloured solid with screen blend mode. Ground plane with camera mapping so that the explosion runs along the ground plane.

Or using several instances of spherize tool with explosion sprites, tons of ways you can go,

Andrew you may have to remake the tutorial,
You forgot about the reflection on the train and the smoke shadows,
And sam’s rotoscope isn’t blurry enough for his hand part.

That fire and smoke looks like some legit Michael Bay stuff going on!!
SO excited for this.
i hope it’s 100% pure AE.

Thank you again Sam for all your tireless and self-sacrificing work. So, for how many takes did the director make you fall down like that? Are you going to renegotiate your acting contract? Are you going to demand a teddy bear stunt double for some of your future action scenes? That looked like a hard fall. I hope you didn’t get hurt too bad. Next time, make Andrew take the dirt dive. It his turn right?

Does this also mean that you will ask for stock footage now from the fans?

This is INCREDIBLE! I can’t wait to see this..

Great VFX as always!!!
My guess is Roto work of Sammy and the Tanks, 3D tracking, Action Essentials Footage, some 3D element debris and clever compositing.

Why is it so funny when Sam fall down? Just kidding. Man he takes a beating sometimes…..

muito bom os tutorial sou um simples seguidor do video compilot
aprendi muita coisa com vcs,recomendo eu mesmo faço oque posso pra divulga o trabalho de vcs!! parabens…

Did you go out to the train yard for this tutorial JUST so you could do that pun?

Woah… Thats awesome. When will the tutorial be out?

Breakdown with lots of linear wipes. I will always love Mr. Kramers sense of humor.

When will this be released by?

wow!i think its a part of action essentials 3!

I can’t believe everyone is worried about fumefx and no one seems to care about Sam! I’ll ask then since everyone is insensitive. Andrew, is Sam ok? I heard the cursing get bleeped out! lol

Really great job, overly excited to see how you pulled this one off!

Most awesome looking Tutorial BreakDown!
Any 3D Application Used For The Explotion Like 3D Max Fume fx or Maya Fluid Dynamics?
And Please use Maya For Any Tutorial.

Re: more tutorials please!

Dear Andrew, 6 months ago I signed up for Adobe’s subscription plan and I have spent almost every hour since learning After Effects using YouTube tutorials. I haven’t actually counted them, but it appears as though you, Andrew, have made about one billion AE tutorials — and you are, by far, the best instructor. I have just purchased a more powerful computer to handle 3D in AE, and I will soon be buying Element 3D, but I have a problem: there aren’t enough tutorials on E-3D.

I know you are busy Andrew, but PLEASE make more tutorials showing what can be done with your new product. Perhaps a Lynda.com-type series that goes through the basics. And then other tutorials showing how to incorporate AE tools (such as Particle Playground, lighting, green screened videos, etc.) with Element 3D. You made such great tutorials for AE, now you need to make them for E-3D, maybe a few short ones every week. The best advertisement for your new product would be extensive tutorials (by you) put on YouTube showing the fantastic things that can be done with E-3D.

And would all of the enthusiastic followers who have written to this blog please consider making (long or short) tutorials showing how you have used it. There are just too few tutorials out there right now for a novice like myself to learn how to use Element 3D. Thanks bunches!

Re: more tutorials please!

Dear Andrew, I haven’t actually counted them, but it appears as though you, Andrew, have made about one billion AE tutorials — and you are, by far, the best instructor.

I know you are busy Andrew, but PLEASE make more tutorials showing what can be done with your new product. Perhaps a Lynda.com-type series that goes through the basics. And then other tutorials showing how to incorporate AE tools (such as Particle Playground, lighting, green screened videos, etc.) with Element 3D. You made such great tutorials for AE, now you need to make them for E-3D, maybe a few short ones every week. The best advertisement for your new product would be extensive tutorials (by you) showing the fantastic things that can be done with E-3D.

And would all of the enthusiastic followers who have written to this blog please consider making (long or short) tutorials showing how you have used it. There are just too few tutorials out there right now for a novice like me to learn how to use Element 3D. Thanks bunches!

I LIKE THIS.

0:43 Just click it over and over. Boy don’t we all love sam hurting himself? lol. Hope your alright sam!

GIVE US THIS TUTORIAL NOW!!!!!!!!!!!

Please Andrew let it be FumeFx and no stock footage ..

Sammy takes a real one for us!!!

It’s most likely max 3d with fume fx. To bad for the c4d community…

ELEMNT 3D MUSICVIDEO by:jess-art.ch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ocZtC6PvT_U

the truth is if it’s wasn’t for Sam Video copilot would not exist
this guy went through a lot of ass whopping, falling, hitting, killing

if im going to support someone, would be Sam!

Nice one! Looks like eather FumeFX simulations for that shot.
Might be cool if it was actually a full (3Ds & Fume) tutorial this time =)

when tutorial is coming ?

By the way, Chad Perkins just came out with a online course from lynda.com on Element 3D.

OMG It will be the best toutorial… Sooo awesom. We need to see this toutorial.

ESTOY CASI SEGURO DE QUE EL HUMO SE HIZO CON CC PARTICLE WORLD O DE PLANO CON PARTICULAR, PERO ME VOY MAS POR EL SEGUNDO.

I’m pretty sure the smoke became CC PARTICLE WORLD WITH OR FLAT WITH PARTICULAR, BUT I’M MORE FOR THE SECOND.

esta muy bueno amigo espero el tutorial. buena caida no ?

Hi guys look my new video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBtkNIy3bKY

This is amazing!!!! But when!?

andrew.. did you use the boom library for the train´s sound?

OMG! Sam totally didn’t deserve falling.. in fact, he was supposed to die
muhahahaha

Boy I never get tired of watching Sam Loya !!

Andrew only replies comment in Element 3D Video Kidding!!

This is good way.
You must learn pro technichs.
thanks.

The explosion is real, the tutorial is actually how to make it look like somebody has fallen over by using a green screen and animating position and rotation. Andrew’s just trying to throw us off the scent by digitally removing the explosion and then playing the breakdown backwards. There’s no pulling the wool over our eyes!

I would love to learn to get that kind of realism in an explosion. And with Andrew’s tutorials, you can always take more time and maybe do a bit better than the example. Though, I hope when he says “No Element 3D” he just means he’s not using a tool that makes it so easy it’s practically cheating. All’s fair in video FX, I say.

Another blockbuster tutorial I guess The outcome is amazing as usual!

Hey guys check this out, my intro of “The Walking Dead” made with my own footage in Portugal:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sWEaJvcLB0

Andrew keep up the good work!

No element 3D?? id hate to go back to 3DS Max

Ohhh that’s nice

Hope This tutorial included to show us how to make the explosion footage from scratch xD

I think he is using this stock footage

http://www.finalight.com/-/maindir/webpages/order/_EVT1_HD.php

that’s absolutely fantastic. I’ve been waiting for this tutorial. I like also the comedy at the end, I didn’t expect that. Thanks in advance Sir Andrew for sharing.

Andrew imagine a plugin for ae , for simulate fluide like fumefx ! Explosion ,water ! But i think its to impossible !

can’t wait, https://vimeo.com/55713847

I can wait for this tutorial should be another good one although you had a tutorial similar this one already. Also can’t wait to see you a AENY meeting coming up this month .

can anyone plz tell me that what will be good MAC or windows for visual effects …

Thank you for the crack videography.

Hurry and release it pleaaaaase.

Hi Every body.i think that andrew use fumefx and rayfire in this toturial.

SAM you guys are sick

When is this coming out!????

Thanks God, a tutorial without Element 3D!!!!

(Don Lafontaine voice) “Coming this Christmas, a brand new explosive tutorial from Andrew Kramer.”

3ds max and fumefx

mr.andrew thanks for all tutorial and projects
i have applcation whnen i installed element 3d v1.5 it says install GPU drivers . i had insalled it ,it says GPU drivers suport to videocopilot
my system is intel is not ehther amd or getforce.
you have mentioned PDF i had never seen any intel please help

I think they really blew up the train. And then will show us how to erase the flames…

when it will come i m waiting

I really really hope this tutorial comes out soon because i’m working on a video and i had to stop to wait for this..Andrew always get to me lol

Can’t wait to see this. I love Element 3D and all, but this is more practical for the stuff I do. I just wish I had RayFire so I could follow along. This should be awesome.

Hey Andrew!
hummmm? Is it you? Tell us the truth plz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxA3V7HSjlk

woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow

Sam!! HAHAHA dude I freakin love you

Sam!hahahahahahaahaha!!!!!

BEST element 3D helicopter. watch in HD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf1inwg38ak

it is so cool and its without element 3D,awesome

wowww!!! waiting to learn it… ? ? ? ?

Definitely need to see a breakdown of Sam’s awesome stunt work.

Great explosion FX on high level 3d modeling!

OMG I can’t wait this tutorial… thank you very much andrew..

BEST test PARTICULAR and Metropolitan combined!

ENJOY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-9kDSCED2U&feature=share&list=UUc27xo6_6P24gkRSfHSRjAg

hye andrew upload it fast i cant wait any more

Turbulence fd on cinema 4d as pretty bad and c4d are better for design s stop with turbulencefd ! Its too bad go to fumefx on 3dsmax

This looks amazing, can’t wait!

Hi guys i like to use VFX likes these in my stopmotions and the occasional live action video please check out my youtube channel and subscribe if you like the videos as i would love my youtube channel to grow http://www.youtube.com/user/l3g0m4yh3m?feature=mhee

I’m really looking forward to this.

When are you dropping “Magnum” on us, AK?

Hopefully he goes through with it!

I am looking forward to see what methods he used, I really hope whatever technique he used, its one that a lot of people can follow. =)

Anyways, keep on the great work Andrew!

Damnit, Kramer, how many times must I refresh the tutorials link before this appears!? Quit Bogarting all the talent!

i recently purchased Element 3d i use cs4 but when i load the buildings they look dark and even their materials look dark in the materials and bevel browser in the scenes tab by the lower left window where they show why is that?

this is sad……looks like tutorial will never be released.

Doritos used action essentials for explosions in this Super Bowl commercial http://youtu.be/8IXzDDsgOS8

i can’t wait for this

It’s clear that’s a 3d explosion…maybe FumeFx… so there’s no way I’m going to be able to do that in Blender

Hey VC Team, hey Andrew,

we all know you are busy. But, is there a release date in your mind? To check your site 10 times a day sucks a bit.

you are so talented guy, and so funny. Like all what you did, the best one…

It never sucks to check the site

Andrew, when is the tutorial going to come out? So excited!!!

Question : are thoes explosions made with afteburn ?

This is so much fun. Check out what I was able to to in less than and hour.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZu7nnyInA8

Thanks Andrew!

Wow! I wonder when I’ll be as good as Andrew Kramer. This is what I could do with Element 3D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mIUVmDHQYM

relese it fast.. how much i wait for this

I love the fail at the end, but check out my simple iPhone 5 commercial I did using After Effects http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sBanHsAfT4

at least give use relise date please

you are awsome . please upload it today

Okay … its a little bit long now !

relese it fast plezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Andrew my man! This looks amazing! I can’t wait! When will this be uploaded?

I hope the tutorial come out today

I THINK DAT BLAST N EXPOLSION FRM HOUDNINI OR MAYA

kos okhtak ya andrew

Well.. it seems Andrew did use infact FumeFX.
He posted on facebook that it might become his next favorite plug-in.

Took me about a month

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35HWl97s85k

I do like an action,but i want to meet you so that we can have some talking,i’m very much interested in film making,i do write scary stories which can not be done because of our low technology,fund and even government support.

very nice is like fume effects is very realistic ””’like ”’video copilot

ouch!, hope sam’s ok.

this would be great to learn on so many levels!

hope sam’s ok!

fantastic explosion FX! looking forward to the tutorial. btw: Sam is so funny!

Hi Andrew,
here are some Ideas you can make some Tutorials

Tornado
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6TJbeUGKyo

Ghost
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEM5HyN0BqU

or make some 3D Zombie Models we can do this
like Demon Face

Zombie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrN6kJwftpU

i love it great job, 1 comment the opening text isn’t centered