ALL DESIGN TOOLS
18. Sure Target 2
• Sure Target 2 is a plug-in for controlling the AE Camera
• Features Inertia, Auto-focus, Camera Roll and more!
• Features Inertia, Auto-focus, Camera Roll and more!
Posted on Jan 12, 2010
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96 Comments
GEG
8 years ago
can someone confirm me that it works with cc2015?
after several tests it seems to have a problem...but maybe it's me
andrew help
after several tests it seems to have a problem...but maybe it's me
andrew help
Erick
9 years ago
Hey , i got a error. When i modify the "Sure target" option, Nothing goes. Somebody help-me. Please
brady
9 years ago
My text layers disappear when i use the sure target plugin, I follow along the tutorial but when I make a text layer it is invisible and cannot get it to show up, how do you fix that?
Clifford Cabel
9 years ago
I have working on it but doesn't move the pictures. I have downloaded this plugin Sure target 2. I have used AE CC 2015 anyone can help me.
sara
9 years ago
hhhhhhhh you're so funny , loved the tutorial .. can someone tell me how to add these presets into my AE , though it's CS5.5 ?
Luke
9 years ago
I'm trying to get this working with After Effects CS6 but it doesn't seem to install. Am I been dumb and missing something?
*Never mind I was been dumb I forgot I had to copy it into the plugins folder for after effects
*Never mind I was been dumb I forgot I had to copy it into the plugins folder for after effects
Luke
9 years ago
I'm trying to get this working with After Effects CS6 but it doesn't seem to install. Am I been dumb and missing something?
Robson
9 years ago
To fix it temporarily you;
1- create a new comp.
2- Create a null object and aply Sure Target to the null
3- Save the Project
4- Close AE
5- Open AE
It will fix it, but every time you aply the Sure Target Plugin to a new composition. The steps above must be done.
1- create a new comp.
2- Create a null object and aply Sure Target to the null
3- Save the Project
4- Close AE
5- Open AE
It will fix it, but every time you aply the Sure Target Plugin to a new composition. The steps above must be done.
Alade Emmanuel junior
9 years ago
hello Mr ANDREW am Manuel from Africa been watching your video and trying to learn more about after effect and 3d max I need more information on how to gain more knowledge. I will be expecting your reply here's my email address (tobby.wildmind@gmail.com) you are a master and a genius Mr Andrew
robson
9 years ago
Please guys fix it to AE CC 2015, your plugins and products are the best i've ever know. You're awesome.
Cris
10 years ago
Dea, Andrew.
Is it true that " Sure Target 2" doenst work anymore on After Effect CC 2014?
Or is there a another solution for my problem?
But it is separate from that your work is really great.
Is it true that " Sure Target 2" doenst work anymore on After Effect CC 2014?
Or is there a another solution for my problem?
But it is separate from that your work is really great.
JayIsYoda
10 years ago
Hello video co-pilot crew. I use sure target in tons of my projects and it's awesome, but I recently upgraded to adobe CC 2015 and sure target no longer works with it! Please patch sure target because I have current projects I'm working on with it, and I can't go back to CC2014!
Not working in Ae CC 2015
10 years ago
This is awesome! Do you know if this will be available for Ae CC 2015?
Chez
10 years ago
WHERE. THE. HELL. DO. I. DOWNLOAD? Why do you have to make your stupid website so hard to use?
Geekable
10 years ago
Awesome plug in! Downloaded but still trying to figure out how to make it work! I followed the instructions but I always get a "After Effects error: can't import file "SureTarget.ffx": unsupported filetype or extension" HELP!
Parvizk
10 years ago
I used the plug in V5.0 each time new problem and different results wondering if this plug in comparable with V 5.0 Good job.
zayud gomez from MULTIMEDIA ARTWORKS
12 years ago
hey andrew !! I'm Zayud Gomez from PH .. I LOVE ALL YOUR STUFF AND TUTORIALS ...THANKS !! your THE MAN !!!!
Skippor
13 years ago
Hey andrew!!! i've been a huge fan of you in ages, watched your tutorials right from the beginning. because of you i now have a job doing effects for a commercial company! please check out my own free presets here http://www.skippor.com/#!--all--/c4fk
Dan Parks
13 years ago
I can't believe this is free. Such a cool plug in. Makes animating between layers a piece of cake and man do I love cake!
Thanks for all the great work on VCP
Thanks for all the great work on VCP
nazif
13 years ago
Now, VIDEOCOPILOT is the only website that i can't close in my browser, coz there are to many knowledge & good stuff here.
Thanks Andrew Kramer for all of the good stuff you put in here! You are the king of AE!
Thanks Andrew Kramer for all of the good stuff you put in here! You are the king of AE!
Ahmad
13 years ago
Hi:
That is nice Andrew, and also thanks alot that I learned alot things again thanks
That is nice Andrew, and also thanks alot that I learned alot things again thanks
Bastien
14 years ago
Hi,
I have a suggestion.
It will be funny to create a plug-in which reproduce different sorts of "camera-moving".
For example, a war camera (the plug-in could reproduce the movement, like a camera in a war, or an interview cam (without tripod, so there is a slow movement )....
On the same way than Optical Flares, you will bring a "camera-type" and put on a scene.
PS: sorry for my english :/ I hope you understand
I have a suggestion.
It will be funny to create a plug-in which reproduce different sorts of "camera-moving".
For example, a war camera (the plug-in could reproduce the movement, like a camera in a war, or an interview cam (without tripod, so there is a slow movement )....
On the same way than Optical Flares, you will bring a "camera-type" and put on a scene.
PS: sorry for my english :/ I hope you understand
Darnell
14 years ago
GREAT TUT!!! But ummm.... The stop, drop, and roll was actually referring to when your on fire.LOL.
Michael Fantasia
14 years ago
Hello Andrew and Video Copilot team
I really enjoy all your tutorials and products. As a newbie to AE you guys are entertaining and informative.
But in this tutorial you talk about "stop, drop & roll" as an earthquake prevention technique, it is actually what you do if your on fire. "duck & cover" is for the eathquakes.
Do I get anything for free for possibly saving your lives...
A huge fan- Michael
I really enjoy all your tutorials and products. As a newbie to AE you guys are entertaining and informative.
But in this tutorial you talk about "stop, drop & roll" as an earthquake prevention technique, it is actually what you do if your on fire. "duck & cover" is for the eathquakes.
Do I get anything for free for possibly saving your lives...
A huge fan- Michael
Phil
14 years ago
Great plugin. You've saved me a ton of time technically, which I can put towards the creativity.
JJ
14 years ago
I'm a bit confused. I downloaded the all the presets but the Sure Target plugin in the package is 1.5, not 2.
How does one go about downloading Sure Target 2
How does one go about downloading Sure Target 2
Rachita
14 years ago
hi..Is this applicable only on CS5...coz i have Affect effects CS3..please help
Kodia
14 years ago
It aparently dosen't work on CS5... What a pity!! I'll have to make all the animation by my own. 
casu
15 years ago
hi sir!
I just downloaded the free presets you have but its kinda different...coz in the tutorial your talking to the version of the preset (sure target) is V2.0.10 compare to downloaded files its V1.0. so that some features is not included.
I just downloaded the free presets you have but its kinda different...coz in the tutorial your talking to the version of the preset (sure target) is V2.0.10 compare to downloaded files its V1.0. so that some features is not included.
Mare
15 years ago
I love you, guys! I am the old-fashioned person, who does not like movie-tutorials. yours - I would watch them even if I would not want to learn AE. Clear, crisp, informational, well built - any more good words out there? thanks.
oh, and you have the eye for design. good.
oh, and you have the eye for design. good.
Jens
15 years ago
Thanks a lot for this fantastic tutorial and plug-in!! By the way - when i search for my cellphone i simply call it with my other phone and listen...
Jim Darski
15 years ago
Hi, - this is regarding the Sure Target 2.
This is a great plug in. But it has one feature missing - a camera tilt angle. My text is all on one plane. I want to go to different areas of it, but on the angle not straight on. I tried to use orientation and and null objects. But they don't work right. I need to be able to actually spin the plane or in other words control the camera tilt angle in relationship to the plane. Then I want to go to different parts of the text and be able to "pan" with the same tilt angle, because text is written vertically and horizontally. Null objects (used for Sure Target) spin around their own planes, so I can't keep the same angle of the camera tilt if I go to different parts of the text. I tried to mess up with Sure Target null object orientation, but it didn't help. And I can't parent/child nulls for it changes their values. This is quite difficult to explain. I hope you got it. If not email me. Jim
This is a great plug in. But it has one feature missing - a camera tilt angle. My text is all on one plane. I want to go to different areas of it, but on the angle not straight on. I tried to use orientation and and null objects. But they don't work right. I need to be able to actually spin the plane or in other words control the camera tilt angle in relationship to the plane. Then I want to go to different parts of the text and be able to "pan" with the same tilt angle, because text is written vertically and horizontally. Null objects (used for Sure Target) spin around their own planes, so I can't keep the same angle of the camera tilt if I go to different parts of the text. I tried to mess up with Sure Target null object orientation, but it didn't help. And I can't parent/child nulls for it changes their values. This is quite difficult to explain. I hope you got it. If not email me. Jim
ddsharper
15 years ago
love your site, your tools, your tutorials. gonna get all of them!! do they all work with cs5?
buggy0629
15 years ago
Thanks Andrew. This is great tutorials. But I got the bug when "Create Baked Camera", showing "After Effects: not enough memory to create list. (70K requested 72K available). Can you help me fix this problem? Thanks.
