05/06/2012

Mac Translations:

Begin/End Bracket Shortcut: Option+[
Option+]

Home Shortcut: fn+Option+Left Arrow Key

Happy Editing!!!

05/05/2012

what is the shortcut of begin bracket and end bracket?

05/02/2012

were is the begin braket

05/06/2012

Hi ! Try Alt+ù for "begin bracket" and Alt+$ for "end bracket"
Hope it will work for u ! ;)

04/10/2012

what if i have a short keyboard for mac..what would the command be if i dont have a "home" or "end" button?

03/19/2012

i cant move on from the 9 minutes when he start talking about the the begin bracket and that stuff =S!!! HELP ME PLEASE

03/10/2012

i cant find cc ball action on adobe after effects cs5

03/22/2012

do you have the education version? I think they left out all the cc effects for education versions.

02/22/2012

Thanks Mr.Andrew
But I do not understand your comment " alt in bracket"

03/10/2012

hold alt press 9

02/16/2012

thanx Mr.Andrew

02/03/2012

After i offset them and do the strech layer to the bigingish, it doesn't fill up the video i have a big circle in the middle?

02/03/2012

Where is the Script download?

05/14/2012

I have a bunch of them they could be useful

02/23/2012

I Stupidly found it. lol

02/02/2012

Lulz, Got to love Jurassic Park. Only go with lizards,since that's what most dinosaurs were. Lizards.

01/04/2012

Lesson Learned: Shorts are no good, just follow the tutorial step by step! If I did, I wouldn't have to start all over, after thinking I was just about down :(

12/17/2011

andrew, thank you very much for the wonderful tutorial. keep up the good work.

12/16/2011

This guy thinks he's funny... and he's just not

12/16/2011

Hahahaha, couldn't stop laughing when I heard the Jurassic Park reference, laughed even harder when he said "Saving Private Ryan"

12/05/2011

i,m student i need tutorials please

12/03/2011

Its pretty bad to use commands of specific places in tutorials, I suggest at least to put on the screen the pictures of the keys you're using while using them, that could help so much .

01/31/2012

+1
Problem whit the "begin bracket". In spanish keyboards, the combination is: Alt + }

11/23/2011

Bravo Andres de verdad hace poco que encontre esta pagina gracias al twitter y de verdad que es muy buena ya esta en mis favoritos felicidadez excelente trabajo... Saludos desde Venezuela..

11/15/2011

thank you my friend for this verry goood lessons or tutorial
and i like this sit web
thank you !!!

10/19/2011

Life.. eh, finds a way

10/12/2011

Hi Andrew,

First of all, LOVE all your tutorials. It's so awesome.

Do you, by any chance, have the BOX Animation tutorial.

Thanks
Rz

10/06/2011

WHAT THE F*** IS THIS BRACKET **** ??!

Sorry, I just spend 5 hours searching everywhere to find this bracket begin bracket in thing, with no success, so i'm in a pretty bad mood.

If you have a solution for me, please involve pictures...

11/10/2011

The 'bracket-shortcut' unfortunately only works on US-keyboards. So if you come from another part of the world, its just hard work, layer by layer

10/10/2011

There is no need of doing that as you will see later. just download the ''sequencer'' script and apply it to your layers, instead of doing that. (he explains it at 14:20 or so)

10/07/2011

The bracket thing is either ( ) or [ ]. I haven't tried it yet but I think that's what he meant.

10/03/2011

Hello,
I really liked this tutorial. I'm continually getting stuck in one past of my project-@ 5:00 Animate the mask to grow out; I hold down shift + alt + ctrl and the scale of the image keeps increasing to around 2000% at frame 25.
Then also the 2cd keyframe in the timeline doesn't show up.
Any ideas on what I am doing wrong?
Thank you for your time.

09/24/2011

I have a MBP with no "Home" button. What am I to do?

10/06/2011

If you hold down fn and the left arrow that will act as your home button. fn and the right arrow will act as an end button.

09/29/2011

Buy a PC!

09/24/2011

Hello, Andrew Kramer. I use your tutorials for some movies and video shorts, thank you for them. The only thing that really annoys me about this video and maybe some other videos is the fact that i went over my presets and such and there was no "sequencer script". I tried looking for it, and i found nothing; dissapointed, i tried offsetting the layers frame by frame manually, but it does not give the same effect results for the video. Someone, or preferably you, reply and/or give a link as to where this could be found. I could not continue as to what the effect as failed.

11/10/2011

download the project files

09/21/2011

Hello and first of all thank you so much for the really great work you do.

I am currently excercising on the "3D Ball Dispersion" tutorial, focussing my work on the star effects.

I am trying to substitute the star (which is native black in png) with another symbol (which is whitem in ai), but I don't understand why, after the work, the symbol I am trying to use stays black (despite its color is white!)

I look forward for a suggestion, and thaks again for your help!

Elenuccia

09/20/2011

Hahahaha omg the cheesy joke was all worth it in the end when you said "The movie we are talking about is obviously 'Saving Private Ryan'" Hahahahahahahahahhahahhaa

08/19/2011

I wonder how you could do this with Trapcode Form...

08/18/2011

Hahaha I love it. "You have to have a star wipe or a page peel in a home video"

08/16/2011

Hello.
Thank you very much for starting this site.
Do not get tired.
Good luck.

07/26/2011

Ah! I figured it out myself!
The English "Home Key" is in Germany "Pos1".
I've never used that button before. Now
I know... xD

PS: THat's really one of the best tutorials
because I can't afford all those plug-ins
and you don't even need one for this although
it looks amazing!

(You actually might think about making this
to a new plug-in I think. Adjusting just to or
three bars and "Bam!". There you get your fully animated Ball animation)

07/21/2011

hey i have cs5 and there is no "cc ball action" how do i get it please, thank you

08/05/2011

Its a plug-in from cycore.

07/20/2011

Haha I loved the bit about the frogs and male/female DNA :D .

07/06/2011

hey andrew kramer..u r awesome.but plz tell me from where that SEQUENCER SCRIPT came from.......i dnt have it in my CS4.......can anybody tell me from where i can dnld that sript for free.....plz.......plz

07/07/2011

You're serious?
Why not read the Tutorial Notes above?

07/05/2011

what suppose to be alt + bracket on mac??

07/14/2011

option + bracket

06/29/2011

very nice for all of you

06/22/2011

what is alt begin bracket

06/18/2011

hay
I'm still a beginner in this case can help me

06/07/2011

I'm totally hooked on this site! going through your tutorials have opened my eyes to a entirely new world and I'm having so much fun!.

along the way i've encountered various problems.
but for now how the heck do i make a sequencer?
meaning there are now script when I follow! (offset by 1) thats the script I mean. I came back to tutorial 103 to find it or to see how it was done please help (at 104 Shatterize) sitting here lost on that part!

06/02/2011

xellent tutorial,,,tnx mr. hey ! whts up.........

06/01/2011

Andrew you are incredible!
Will you marry me..... ha ha..haaaa..

05/16/2011

I just figured out the alt+home dilemma, here is the fix if you don't have an fn key.

"TimeStretchIn" = "(Ctrl+Shift+Comma)"
"TimeStretchOut" = "(Ctrl+Alt+Comma)"

Literally just hold down ctrl + shift then press comma etc.

10/18/2011

Thanks! that was it! mac: cmd+shf+, cmd+alt+,

04/26/2011

where did the sequencer script come from????

05/17/2011

It's fairly simple to write a script that offsets layers in time, but there are other sites out there that use sequencer scripts in their tutorials, my guess is that it was just andrew messing around with sequence things, and found that there are sequencer scripts out there, whipped up one that he liked, and then used it to create this awesome little effect :D

05/11/2011

Paul,

It's in the project files folder. Open it up, you'll find it in there :)

04/21/2011

I'm using the effect for a logo. The logo is solid white, and I have it on a blue background. I added an "overlay" effect to the white logo so it would blend with the background.

Can someone tell me WHY after I complete the tutorial, my white logo (with the ball effect) is giving me radial STRIPES?!

04/12/2011

How do you make the title page?

03/27/2011

very nice tutorials god of after effect

03/24/2011

Very cool thank so how open and close brakets

03/21/2011

Hi

For After Effects 7.0 I got the problem solved, just by finding the After Effects 7.0 shortcuts.txt fail and changed the "TimeTrimIn" = "(Alt [)" to "(Alt 8). Thanks to the commenter belove Sandinama 10/19/2010.

03/18/2011

I cannot do this one, after 9 minute it becames too confuse :(, but.. good job anyway! ;)

03/17/2011

why am i having issues when i sequence the layers by one frame and then do the alt + [ (its around the 8 minute mark of the tutorial). the issue i'm having is that there are some balls missing. i've tried getting some answer's on the forums but thats taking forever ; ;

04/14/2011

Try changing mask expansion on all layers.

03/14/2011

On a iMac, running CS5. Spent 4 hours on this tutorial and could't get beyond the 9 minute mark. Followed your instructions to the letter, and all 25 Title Comps play in reverse order or don't work at all.

03/09/2011

this don't work with cs5.

03/13/2011

worked for me and I have CS5

03/07/2011

LOL @ Jurassic reference, great video!

03/05/2011

I'm not the first to say it, but Andrew Kramer - you're a good man.

I used a variation of this technique with live action footage on a short sci-fi film I made. (50 seconds in if you can't handle the Scottish accents)

http://www.vimeo.com/20621227

03/03/2011

When I duplicate the layers, there are weird empty patches between some dots... i dont know how to fix, please help me!

06/27/2011

try changing the mask expansion to be equal to the ball size

02/28/2011

very well
the tutorial was so good
i would like many such tutorials
thank you so much

02/27/2011

hey Andrew , i like ur work and want to know if u can make a Tutorial for the box animation with the 3d ball Dispersion. It would be great i u can give a feedback for that.

Thanks for all the other great tutorials.

;) greatings from germany

02/26/2011

I am a new learner to After Effects. It took me forever to understand how Andrew did the "animated sequence" part because I kept on delting the files. It looked like he was doing this, but he wasn't (7:13 minutes).Finally got it.

02/26/2011

hahaha I love the quip abour Jurrassic Park....but it wasn't just dinosaurs that changed their gender, some humans do as well, and when they do they become celebrities!

02/17/2011

Just giving my opinion: the video player should be in the center. just add
<center> *video code* </center> before and at the end of the html video code.
In this way my neck should feel better.

02/10/2011

Andrew.you r so great man,this is so so way good.

01/30/2011

I loved the part when you said you dont want to cut off the balls... LOL

01/30/2011

great dude...
i like so much......

01/30/2011

Hi Andrew,

A fantastic tutorial, thank you for putting it together. For the unimaginative among us please would you take a little time and show how the star and DVD wipe was done. Maybe one of your shortcut series please.

Waiting in anticipation...

01/27/2011

WOW! They've done it again!

01/28/2011

wow

01/26/2011

how to alt home!! plz :D

02/28/2011

fn+alt+left arrow

01/25/2011

05:40 we're not cutting of the balls. Haha xD

01/25/2011

learn ae

01/20/2011

i couldn't do the "begin bracket" move, but i just change my region keyboart to U.S. and that was the solution to my problem. the shortcut is "alt + ["

01/05/2011

its cool
good job my friend

01/01/2011

Superbbbbb....

12/30/2010

Alslam alikom

very very good .

thanx alot

12/29/2010

How do you do the Begin bracket thing. I do not understand that.

02/25/2011

Alt+]

01/05/2011

the begin bracket thingy is above the apostrophe and @ button on the key board and it looks like this [
just press that button while you press the alt key
hope this helps :D

01/05/2011

the begin bracket thingy is above the apostrophe and @ button on the key board and it looks like this [
just press that button while you press the alt key
hope this helps :D

12/28/2010

Hey I was just wondering how you got the title cause i learned how to do it just i want it to be 3d like yours :D
Thanks heaps loving the tuts

12/26/2010

such a weird sense of humor andrew LOL :D

12/25/2010

hi andrew i really find your tut grateful and helpful too, i'll try to use this effect for video broadcast on TV and i'll send you my result sun thanks a lot

12/25/2010

very goooooooooooooooooooooooood

12/23/2010

B_U_tifull...!!!!!....he;ps me a lot..!!THZ Andrew,from ARgentina

12/22/2010

hi! I download the project file and tried to export the it as .swf to see how big it'll be. Then I opened it in flash and it's either just an image or with the transition but without all that glow and cc ball action

12/20/2010

hey everyone! i looked up Andrew Kramer's family tree and discovered Buddha is his ancestor!

12/20/2010

it's [ALT] + [Ö] and [ALT] + [Ä] on german keyboards ;D

08/30/2011

Made my day man, thanks!!!

nearly gone crazy with trying combinations similar to the ones that all the other guys postet,... :P

06/15/2011

Thx man! That was so helpful :)

12/18/2010

wow!!! it great. i like it

12/17/2010

The Bullet

12/15/2010

love ur tut!!

12/02/2010

how do you change your name at the start of the video

12/01/2010

Haha, a norwegian company just used this in their commercial, which is sent on national TV :L

11/26/2010

Is anyone kind enough to make me a star Dispersion intro please? My after effects trial ran out, and I really likie the star intro. Contact me here if you're willing to Youtube.com/KoiiateraL

11/23/2010

Whoa andrew :O your the best !! <3 i love all your works.

11/22/2010

How do I get this plugin? I have AE cs5 64 bit and it doesn't have any of the cc plugins.

12/18/2010

you got a buy it
you got the trial buddy
don't deny it

11/16/2010

hi all thanks for this amazing tut i do have problem with alt brak as well as al in i gat norwegian kybord it wont work even if i do nothings happning .. any help

12/11/2010

Hi! Didnt work for me either. Im norwegian too.. but i found one solution, but it takes longer time.. when he tells you to use end bracket, click on only 1 of the 25 copies. drag it back to the "red line" (which is at 24f). do so with each of the others as well. took longer time, but i were able to do it..

However some dots are missing :/ ...

Hope this helped a little!

11/09/2010

hey hey
i was trying to follow ur videos
they are amazing i learn really fast but
i dont got some of the effects that u got
maybe u can tell me where i can get those?

11/07/2010

To answer a question I see asked a lot on these comments, just to help others:

The "alt-open bracket" Andrew is referring to is a square bracket which is [ or ] depending on whether you are cutting to the left or the right of the time ruler.

To practice - Simply select a layer and place the time ruler somewhere within active timeline. If you alt [ it will slice everything to the left of the time ruler on selected layers. Similarly, if you alt ] it will slice everything to the right of the time ruler for all selected layers.

Hope this helps.

10/24/2010

Hi Andrew Great tutorial, like always!
i think and i'm not so expert to do something like this and i enjoy only looking your art!
But i have discovered something that could be helpfull for other people.
I use AE cs4 and i've got Italyan keyboard i want to tell that for my keyboards Alt [ is equal to Alt ì and Alt ] is equal to Alt ù
i hope these could help other guys
Greetings from Italy

10/19/2010

Hola, para el problema de alt bracket , una solución es la siguente:

1.- cerrar el AE

2.- Ubicar el archivo "Adobe After Effects X.0 Shortcuts.txt"

por ejemplo:

C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\AdobeAfter Effects\9.0\Adobe After Effects 9.0 Shortcuts.txt

3.- abrirlo con el NOTEPAD y con el "find.." buscar la linea

"TimeTrimIn" = "(Alt [)"
"TimeTrimOut" = "(Alt ])"

y cambiar la linea por, por ejemplo,

"TimeTrimIn" = "(Alt 8)"
"TimeTrimOut" = "(Alt 9)"

4.- Volver abrir el AE

y listo!! ya funciona ;)

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Hi, for the "alt bracket" problem, a solution is the following:

1 .- close the AE

2 .- Locate the file "Adobe After Effects X.0 Shortcuts.txt"

For example:

C: \ Users \ Username \ AppData \ Roaming \ AdobeAfter Effects \ 9.0 \ Adobe After Effects 9.0 Shortcuts.txt

3 .- open it with notepad and search the line:

"TimeTrimIn" = "(Alt [)"
"TimeTrimOut" = "(Alt ])"

and change the line by, for example,

"TimeTrimIn" = "(Alt 8)"
"TimeTrimOut" = "(Alt 9)"

4 .- Back open AE

and ready! and works ;)

10/15/2010

Great stuff Anmes you're too fast to follow, some of us are really brand new to this and things need to be a little slower, we can't follow the clicks and so get lost easily.

10/12/2010

Which brackets on the keyboard you used.

is it () or [] or {}. is there any other brackets on keyboard I miss out.
This is wounderfull, cool tutorial.

10/11/2010

it's very cool! thanks for your share!

10/07/2010

Hi Andrew,
Great tutorial! Really amazing.
But at a certain point of the tutorial where you say to press control A and after hit alt home...nothing happens on my computer. Already tried the forum but there is no answer for that. It would be great if you teach another way to slide all the frames. Coz alt home doesn't work. Cheers

10/07/2010

hey andrew i seem to be getting holes through my picture any suggestions to how keep it clean

10/06/2010

Thanks Andrew for all these awesome videos :D
I love it when you go and talk about some other random topic cause they are all interesting xD