Hello Andrew


you are the best

Hi Andrew..

Thanks for your tutorials..you r the best out there..! from NZ

thank you

aha" keep your eye in the sky!"

great tutorial, only i work on a mac and 3ds is only pc. so:( and i've never really liked blender, im waiting for the next one!!

cheeers

Hey Andrew,

I'm having a problem in 3ds Max. I'm using the 2010 version though on demo. When I go to to load the Viewport background, all that shows up for the Camera 1 viewport is a white background.
I follow your steps exactly, and I've tried it many times, but it's still a white background that shows up, and not the image sequence.
Can you please help me Andrew?
I love your tutorials by the way. Thank you so much for making them, and letting them be available to watch for FREE.

Thanks,

Henry

Thanks for the tut Andrew! I have a question: What is rotocopying!? Please Answer Me!

speechless....

ya its great to learn basic
yu r Awesome man

I must say, you're an inspiration for aspiring designers. Thank you for your contributions!!!

HEY WHAT'S UP VENOM HERE...

YOU ARE PRETTY AMAZING DUDE!

AWESOMELY SUPER-SENSATIONALISTIC BRO!

Thanks a lot!

But it's 3DS MAX not 3D MAX... hehe!

Hi Andrew...

you are Awesome! and really Master...i learning it from you what you doing this. i would like to asking you. where is the bouju? it will include after effects cs3? let me know you. please...

Thank you very much...more bless you always.

thanks andrew you are an amazing human being

your still blowing my mind your my FX Master you know how to inspire me what other software can i use to get a 3d tracker to use with 3d max and after effects? It would be a big help
you just made me have to go and buy the bullet tutorial!!!! i can't do without it....
Bless

you are awesome but there is one problem... i cant open 3dmax project it says that crater raw_.ifl is missing... please help

Hello andrew
i have a little problem :/

in the first seconds of the tutorial, you put the "cratere scene" script, but for me it doesn't work and shows me this message:
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/8427/sanstitre2gdt.jpg


could you help me? ;(

Nice work maaan!!!!!

U R great, a really master of AE, thanks for share you knowledge.


WHTRBT4

How can I use rewind function in this tutorial palyer? It doesn't work..only play/stop/FF do work...

Andrew u rock!!! this is coming from Africa u the man thanks

HI!!! just wonder? i'm using 3Ds Max 8 and cant import the project file!:( and im'm new with it so i dont know what those mark at the very beginning is! please answer! BTW Awsome Tutorial (i did't see so much but it looks awsome!!:))

Thanks Kramer

hi andrew nice work, i was wondering if the 3D camera tracking could be done in Blender?

thank you for u answer

sir
thank you for the Tutorials
about the project scene one file
have a question
Crater Scene.ma cann't open
it's maya message
(// Error: Unable to load the image file, 'D:/Projects/THE METEOR/RENDERS/Crater Raw Seq/Crater Raw_00000.jpg', for Crater_Scene_Camera_1_ImagePlane2)

Mr. Andrew , u r genius! currentaly i m doing compositing.. n i love compositing.. but after watching ur 3d tutorials i have got interest in 3d software in dynamics part like particle system..

so.. thank you so... much

andrew you are god .........

he uses adobe after effects for the lightsaber but for this he used boujou for the 3d tracking and 3ds max to create the rubble in this tutorial then he did some of the smoke and stuff in after effects

wow! amazing! what program do you use for this? and what program do you use for the lightsaber FX?

Wow, Thanks man.
The best tracking tut i've ever seen!!!

sir i could not see the whole video for 3D Crater p2 so do some thing for that for the vfx beginers

Your tutorials have been very useful. I've used them on various school projects and I have enjoyed them very much.

Thank you!

respect!

That`s GREAT Andrew you the BEST... :D

Hey man!
Keep on the Great job! Really Awesome!
Thankss

hey andrew
thanks alot for all your work
but please please post the 3rd one
I am badly waiting for that one.

Are you that guy on Seinfeld?

Awesome!
hey andrew, i have a request for u... after you finish this tutorial why u don't make a videotutorial for make fire effects like magic power or flashing light!!
i attend yout notice
by for now...

thanks man ! greeting from Algeria !

Nice

vrey good

Thanks bro...

Kramer's the best. I've been following along with c4d. And have been able to copy most of what's been done in max. It's been tough. I want to post the work around I've found, but to long for comment section. Will post in forums. i hope it helps c4d users

Thanks Andrew.

Thanks for all the great tutorials and its a great site ever! We hope to see more of your free gifts...

Thank you for the tutorial keep up the good work

Hi Andrew. I am from China.Thanks a lot for your hard work. I have learned a lot from your website.But there is a problem here. I cannot open any of your turtorial movies and project downloads after you re-designed your website this August. Well, I can still watch the video presentations of your products. I tried on several computers, it seems not work. I wonder wether you have met the same problem from other people? Best.

Original- Czech language-
Ahoj.....Ja jsem vas fanousek z Ceske republiky. Mam rad Video Copilot... Vy jste ma inspirace pro dalsi praci s grafikou. Dekuji za vsechny tutorialy.

I translate my comment to english:
Hi.... I am your fan from the Czech Republic. I love Video Copilot... You are my inspiration for
others work's with graphics. I thanks for all tutorial

Hey I was curious as to what kind of color correction was applied to the finished "The meteor" movie? it looks kick ass and i was wondering if anyone knew the plugs or just the general techniques Andrew used? is this a stupid question?????? Thanks everyone!

thanks!!!

Maaan! if i were to own the Taj Mahal, i would have gifted you that!!!! U simply ROCK! keep it coming Andrew, specially more of 3d stuff...

How big is your brain? lol.. wow nice tut keep it up Andrew :D

hey, every time i try to open the project after i saved it, it says the file is corrupted and wont open.

Hi Andrew, I am with Sony DCR-DVD106 camera and when I import the clips and I have to convert them from mpeg to avi(I am with ImTOO Video Encoder and the quality gets worse when I convert them) can you please e-mail me a name of a good convert program wich makes mpeg to a recognizable format to After Effects CS3

Andrew! You're the best! God bless!

THATS VERY GOOD ILOVE THIS WORK

yo man, good stuff as usual for you :D
do you think it's possible have something like that in cinema 4d next time?
thanks again.

excellent work. Andrew

MR. KRAMER more people are learning from you therefore contributing to the rise of unemployment hehe! Thank you so much master!

No Dought,.... U r All Time hero........
U Rock.....

I'd love to buy more of your DVDs (any new one?) just to support you to keep making tutorials like these. Thanks Andrew..

@E Lancelot, try: http://www.pfhoe.com/hoepro.htm but if you're really cheap you could try the free Voodoo Camera Tracker: http://www.digilab.uni-hannover.de/docs/manual.html

You are to be declared as the "FATHER OF COMPOSITOR".......I had never seen such a cool dude having such a sharing mentality........you are great Andrew Kramer..........There will be no such person having a deep knowledge about the principles of compositing and the most wonderful thing about him is the mixing of colors..........

I looked up boujou, and it seems to be rather pricey.

What less pricey 3D trackers can you hook me up with?

As far as where to find it?

Kramer is the """FXMAN""". No doubts about that !

Well all I need is the air I breathe
And a place to rest my head

hey androw ^_^
I wanna ask you did u change the setting of the vedio or what its diffecult to save it to see it again without connection.. if you have Idea how I can save plz tell me it important to me

Mr. Andrew you forgot to tell us how to fix the tile problem of the matte. In your case it was hidden because the crate was big. Thank you for the tutorial keep up the good work.

"This is the part i been waiting for".thank you krammer.............with lot's of love from NIGERIA

thank you very much

@Kapilp

I know, just making a point :P

thanks!!!!!!!!!!

Wonderful

I REALLY WANT TO SEE THIS BUT NONE OF UR TUTORIALS WORK ON MY COMPUTER!! PLEASE HELP!! I HAVE A MAC

hi andrew kramer how are you im happy for your new tutorial it is very nice and expert for the new motion graphics FX oky my teatcher ah look i want say ammmm oky a jurny that begain. with my new web site www.maitfx.com

you are THE man Andrew
great great Tutorial
thx

Love it! I'm so happy that you are branching out into other programs for your tutes and showing how they all integrate together. Keep it up!

Sir Sir Sir Sir You r number one no doubt. I go through your all tutorials each and every is mind blowing. Thanks.

Your're unique man ! Next AE must be called adobe AE Ak (andrew kramer) not cs !!!

hey man u r simply awesome u tutorials r ............ no words to describe

u r a god of creativity

luv ya man

Wonderful but some time i cant download the movie plz. make it like a media to be download (make it easy)

You guys are my new best friends. Keep it up.

OMG ... that's great =) but looks very hard man ... anyway thanx :D

use cinema 4d!
please!!!

brinca brinca!!!

My mind exploded around 20 min....

A w e s o m e. Big thanks from Paraguay.

Hi Andrew
Many thanks for these invaluable set of tutorials. For those who haven't got a camcorder, could you please put the raw footage available for download?
Thanks in advance!

In the meantime I have been studying boujou, and I've found that there is a setting into the menu Edit->Preferences->3d display->Preferred camera orientation that should make the trick for 3ds max compatibility. Choose Z-up/Y-forward. Also in the tranformations toolbar, we can adjust the position of the main(reference)grid relative to ground. Hope this helps.
Keep up the best site forever, greetings from Spain.

goooooooooooooooooooood

Thanks andrew , Thanks

this is great thanks allot man

Hey Andrew very good jop. Realy nice:) and i need any Cinema 4D tutorials. Pls :D:D

Thanx,Thanx.Thanx.Thanx.Thanx.Thanx.Thanx.Thanx
u r the best

@CK
Please don't try to ingage him in baby making job. It's already late for the third part.

You are my best tacher. I think you should sell your tutorial.. i mean its free.. and sometimes i affraid if we werent too support your site financially and you will stop give us after effects tutorial. you could try make a membership maybe... but dont be so expensive hehehe

u r an absolute genious man

thanks, andrew san !

Damn wanna have your babies man!
Keep up the good work, you help a lot of us AE overs out here... :)

wow Nice tutorial once more you best guy
thanks

Oh my brain hurts!!! I think my eyes crossed several times as you moved through Max...but you are the best and really appreciate you sharing your knowledge!
Plus your ability to move through menus and settings so quickly makes Michael Phelps look like he's swimming through mud compared to your Max manuverings.
Yahoo! keep it up...and thanx!

man thats great you are so damn good i wish that you can come to our country Jordan you are so famous here,....

Nice tutorial once more. Just wished I had boujou.

Great tutorial! As usual you make it look easy :)

I am wondering though, since many of us in the design world use Mac's if there is some way to make this more accessible for Mac users as 3Dmax is PC only, and Boujou costs ten thousand dollars. Maybe a Blender/Cinema 4D version SynthEyes/Icarus.

Thanks!

Andrew, the crater you used for a depth map from NASA is called Victoria Crater and it's on mars. The rover called Opportunity has spent the last year exploring this massive body and has just reemerged to travel to an even bigger crater some miles away.

Anyhow, I'm a huge fan of your work. I've been applying the principles of your AE tutorials in my work here at JPL for the Mars missions!

Keep your good work Krammer.
you're a sample of profissional for all of us

YEHA!

AWEEEEEEESZoommme!

very interesting tutorial...my brain isnt that big to get it all at once but i`ll have to see it again and again...i like cinema 4d better...but that´s just me...a building destruction would be a cool idea for a tutorial....thanks for everyhthing you do for us...

THANKSFULLY YOUR ARE THE BEST

Thanks!

The tutorials are awesome. Especially this. But I can't just get rid of the plane to create the shadow on the street... I tried the see-through method, but it not transparent at all in rendering window, but in perspective view it's see through... What am I doing wrong?

galeng2x men

Love all this work Andrew.. However, would love tutorials involving the items in the DVD packs etc., and not involving Particular or BouJou etc., as some people (like me) cannot afford such expensive software?? Just a thought dude, but love the work on here BIG time! Neil

Yeah great tutorial but like "Jo" said, what about the lighting?

Sei grande!
I prodotti Adobe sono FANTASTICI ma allo stesso tempo complessi.
Fortuna che ci sei tu con i tuoi tutorial a darci una mano e a farci capire che in questo mondo di editing non ci sono limiti alla creatività.
Tu ci aiuti tantissimo in questo.
GRAZIE!

awsome man! Thanks!

WOW! >:), We can't thank you enough Andrew! I got a Bundle of the your DVDs and now and am a god of VFX. Keep this up dude, we gat your back, or is it YOU GOT OUR BACK :)

wow! a million thanks to u krammer

love it!!! XD

Great stuff!
I'd love to see some c4d tutorials.
Btw you didn't set up any lighting... ?!

NIce. Keep improving

Hi Mr.Andrew Kramer. Yeah that was really amazing
thanks to you. I love your all tutorials. Just keep makeing tutorials. I'm form Tashkent. Thanks to you

o my god andrew i love you

hi andrew i have a question while im watching this tutorial it stops at 7 minutes and it doesn't buffer anymore so im stuck here almost an hour now! little help please thanks! BTW awesome tutorial this is the kind of effects that i want to do! you really rock man.

wow thankyou so much u make tutorials fun

keep up the good work...

www.youtube.com/88gabe88

@angryman said: "Better than watching King of Queens"

Now you're pushing it, bra :)

I OWE YOU BIGTIME MR. KRAMER! Thanks for helping us!

yum...yum...Thanks A.C
Keep it up...

nice good job

THANKS FOR ALL THE GREAT STUFF!!!!

Better than watching King of Queens. Thank you so much, mr. Godlike.

AWESOME, thank you so much andrew

@Gil-Mac - "P on the keyboard will do that for you..." HAHA ROFL
LOL!

Shouldnt you turn off environment before rendering, otherwise isnt setting it to PNG a bit pointless? then theres the whole compositing also lol
Great tut picked up a lot of good info!
cheers!!!!!!!

Hey Andrew, you are the best of the best. I agree with all the previous positivie comments. Awesome. Thanks for all.

Thank you!!!!!! Awesome tutorial, can't wait to start working on it when I get time, keep up the amazing work and I can't wait for part 3!!!!!!!

I think its worth to mention to use I on your keyboard while making lines or something else that is out of the view when you hit I, it brings your courser to the centre of the view your using. Try it, I think you'll get it what I meant.

yea awesome tut.. cant wait for part 3 :D rather then thanking andrew i wana thank the other guys, for once, who help make video copilot the best site out there!! u all do a great job! :) big thanks from england

Love it

Nice Tutorial

Thanks Mr. Kramer you make my day :)

::::::::awesome::::

Excellent. It is great to be able to watch someone run through the 3D compositing process to get a feel for the workflow. I don't understand half of what's going on... but, I'm finally starting to get the picture.

HEY ! YOU MAKE THIS LOOK SOOOO EASY.


JUST A THOUGHT:

I THINK YOU SHOULD DO A MUSICAL TUTORIAL....

SINGING - SUBTITLES - BOUNCING BALL, YA KNOW !

LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK !

p.s. if anyone reading this wants the talented Andrew Kramer to sing his next tutorial, start your message with "SING IT BABY"

YeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaHHHHHHHHH thank you andrew!

do please the same lesson is only in cinema 4d

aha" keep your eye in the sky!"

great tutorial, only i work on a mac and 3ds is only pc. so:( and i've never really liked blender, im waiting for the next one!!

cheeers

Awesome...
i hope, the next tuto... come sooner

me necantan tus tutoriales podrias hacer uno sobre laser??, coratr con un laser??

awesome !

Beautiful :D

first off - thanks for all your tuts!!

im wondering if you chose this theme based on the kind of destruction that happens to the streets in Hancock movie??

if so are you planning to maybe do more movie/TV/advertising style effects???

HEY! increible los tutoriales que realizas, y lo mejor es que atraves de ellos se aprende mucho....
congratulation!

saludos.

"And we'll set it to pinnk.. I love that color.."

lol!

long time between prt1 and prt2 pls can u upload prt3 faster. Thx!!

You are THE MAN!

I simply love all of your tutorials!!
Keep making these, I really like it, good work btw !

- Norway

AWSOME thanks man

YEEAAAH!

Thnx Andrew.

kramer rules! ive been searching the internet for 2 years now on how to make a ground crater in either C$D or 3ds max.

thanks. you are the best of the best!

I've been waiting for this! Thank you Andrew.

Your the man Andrew... I first got on this website back in April and I've been on it EVERY DAY SINCE THEN!! Meteor Tutorial could be a DVD all in itself lol. Plus you got me into Fringe which is now my FAVORITE SHOW.

WATCH FRINGE !!!...

Tankyouuu
for your time teaching us

"P on the keyboard will do that for you..." HAHA ROFL

Thanks, you are the best!

hey kramer never got a chance to get a comment in before, thanks so much for these tutorials they are amazing, i really appriciate what you do, thanks a million

I vote Andrew Kramer for president.

AWESOME!!!

Nice FX... I wonder I can that far creating those FX...?
www.rickywilson.ws

Andrew, you're the best! You teach me every thing I know about After Effects and 3D Studio Max. You're really my hero. You don't imagine how do you make me happy with all of your stuff. Keep doing this, Andrew. Thank you a lot!

aww man finaly part 2.. man u make us wait way too long :P.. hehe just kidding worth the waiting .. waiting again for part 3 though :pp

Whoa

I fail at boujou 2d3 :/ I get tracking,solving etc problems :/ maybe low resolution of footage causes the problems? Its 700x400 something like that

heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy thank you very much andrew :d:d:d

Kramer is the best. No doubts about that !

thanks Kramer any new products

WOW man

good job andrew...kip it up!

Hey, just like to say that I enjoy all your doing for us by making these tuts. your awsome. (and first)

You are the MAN

Awesome :D Thanks Kramer