TUTORIALS FOR VFX & MOTION GRAPHICS
Free After Effects Tutorials & More Hosted By: Andrew Kramer
October 27, 2008
• Composite 3D render and 2D elements in After Effects
• Add grunge and Smokes to final composite in 3D space
 
 
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This tutorial is part 3 of 3.
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Running Time: 15mins.


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by nasser 03/13/2010
Thanks for you tutorial
by abhishek 03/05/2010
this video very nice
by Tolga 02/28/2010
i just wanna say one thing.. You Are AweSome:)
by VoNax 02/16/2010
sweet, dude
by Leoo 01/07/2010
Itss perfect thanks very very much ::D:D
by jkghjgh 09/02/2009
Great tutorial, but when i'm exporting the camera tracking from Boujou, I can't choose for After Effects (.ma). (only maya .ma) Do I need an extra plugin for this?
by sujianto 08/22/2009
andrewww you the best...

thankss for you tutorials.....
by LCS Tutorials 07/07/2009
Classic alien statue lol
by sanchutom 07/02/2009
happy to say that u done it well.....
by chux 06/03/2009
thanks man. i really appreciate all you've been doing for us learners or beginners precisely in this game of grafix. im an african, NIGERIAN 2 be precise. down here we got no school on grafix and stuffs. its kinda tough for us who wanna do this stuff 2 find a way to achieve em all. pls andrew, you must have seen the videos of T-Pain. Can u pls give us a hint on some of the skills used there and how we can achieve them all. i've been thinkin abt them 4 a long time nw. plssssssss. ps. i appreciate. kp it up
by Stalmation 05/15/2009
Thank you Andrew for amazing stuff. I try created 3D part in Maya, here is result
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfHI4LJH_4M
by levani 05/05/2009
sony vegas tutorials is not allowed?
by maQman 04/22/2009
Man I love you Andrew! Keep up the good work cause u ROCK!
by adam 04/19/2009
hi
wow that tutorial is exellent because have much tecnique 3d and effect for compositing
thank you ANDREW KARMER
by caives 04/16/2009
I just laughed my head off when you said "What the heck" when that alien jumped out of the hole. :D
by misterl 04/13/2009
Excellent work! You can't get any better teacher!
Thank you so much for sharing with us!
by lamine 03/30/2009
Thank you
by mani 03/22/2009
amazzzing!!!!
videocopilot 4 ever!!
by Reno_CZ 03/21/2009
THX Andrew very nice.
Reno from Czech
by chris 03/12/2009
hello,
where can i find the project file?
by Josh Ortolaza 03/09/2009
hey andrew, i was wondering, since i really don't have access to the internet like i used to (I used to have your tutorials opened on the browser and watch them while i worked in after effects), maybe you could set an option to download your tutorials, and maybe in like an AVI format (my computer is funny with quicktime movies) thanks and nice tutorials.
by saikiran 03/06/2009
thank u so much
by UYGHUR ALSO 03/06/2009
Thank you!
by michael.grey 02/22/2009
very good
by great fan 02/08/2009
Thanks Andrew this tutorial is awsome
by moviemaker 02/08/2009
This is really helpful for me and my movie...
by Gleeno 02/02/2009
Great as always ! Thanks a lot, Andrew !!!
by Xylolixus 02/01/2009
Great tutorial, but when i'm exporting the camera tracking from Boujou, I can't choose for After Effects (.ma). (only maya .ma) Do I need an extra plugin for this?
by Niek 01/28/2009
Lol
i saw the alien statue layer xD
by Rudi Media 01/10/2009
Hey Andrew nice tutorial. Here is my version (http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=294rSFwXwtA), rendered out with V-Ray.
by Guilherme Rambo 01/10/2009
Okay, I'll put a human going out of the hole! hahaha
by hoteldebotel 12/15/2008
the alien scrared me!! :(
nice tutorial! i am going to have a go with it too!
by Jacque Dupree 12/11/2008
Dude u are crazee, (sense of humor) the one about the neon lights..friends not wanting to take the guy to strip club because of all the trouble he starts, haha lol, memories...but not of me of course..good wrk guy
by Rick 12/08/2008
I used this tutorial to create a intro for my portfolio. Combinded with the "twitch" tutorial i used the wires to create the carrots comming out of the hole. Result:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=970F8U1rgfA

Thnx for al the info Andrew. Keep op your amazing work. Verry inspiring!

Greets from the Netherlands
by dom 12/07/2008
flippant tant que ces tuts sont remarquables, encore bravo "j'en veux pleins d'autres"
encore merci
by Joe 12/02/2008
Hey tats a really cool tutorial... could you please make a tutorial to do the same with Maya?
by aria 11/28/2008
nice man...
i`d like your braine...
:)
www.aria3d.net
by Joe 11/26/2008
sweeeet.....

question: what video camera Andrew uses?

@Chris

Thanks
by HAROON RASHEED from Pakistan 11/23/2008
COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
by shan 11/22/2008
gr8 work cramer,it help me alot to learn, it's also helps in my projects.


thanx man

by G.S. RAJU 11/21/2008
THATS YOUR KINDNESS... GOD GAVE U A GIFT, THATS YOUR KNOWLEDGE.... YOU ARE SHARING THAT KNOWLEDGE TO THE OTHERS.. PLS TEACH OTHER POOR PEOPLES. IAM ALSO YOUR TUTS FOLLOWING THANK YOU
by lu1pan77 11/21/2008
very cool rocks
by Chris 11/19/2008
Thank you so much for the Project Files for this uber awesome tutorial. Who's the man?... You da' man... Sorry for sounding cheery. Just back from an Adobe Conference.

Can't wait for the Pro Scores. Santa better have enough fuel to make his delivery to the UK.

Anyway, just want to say thank you and to praise your awesomeness. Hope everyone is o.k. at VideoCopilot to, Tino, Tahna, and Sam - the entire VideoCopilot Clan... haven't seen them for a while.

Want to wish you all though a Happy Thanks Giving for next week.

Many thanks again. You not only spread your well founded knowledge but teach how to better ourselves through your work.
by Gabriel M. 11/18/2008
hell I liked the demon coming out from the crate!
Andrew is a lot funny :D!
I laughed a lot with the car hit-and-catch Sam in the advanced car hit tutorial too, :D thanks man!

You and all your team are doing a very nice work here!

so, huh... thanks again!

(from Brazil)
by Chris 11/18/2008
@Joe

I believe he uses Camtasia to capture the video.
by Chase 11/14/2008
@Joe

Yeah, but that doesn't contain the AE Composition and he even says in part 3 "project file coming soon"
by enishi1492 11/14/2008
please kramer public a tutorial of morphing
by Jack 11/14/2008
Love all your ure tutorials...another great one again
by michael 11/13/2008
hey andrew very nice tutorial

very cool rocks

Im just wundering how to take pixels

out or how can you bring a 3D model from Cinema 4D?

ok cheers

michael..
by Joe 11/13/2008
Chase, it in the 2nd part of this tutorial

and one question: what program Andrew uses to capture video?!?!
by Chase 11/12/2008
Just out of curiosity, when will we be getting the project file Andrew?
by adilos 11/11/2008
c cool adrew
by Joe 11/10/2008
wow, it's great.....eeeee

ps: can somebody help me? i need a converter from mpeg2 (Sony) to .mov for AE

thanx
by Chris 11/09/2008
Please, please, please oh awesome one, please may we all have the Project Files to this magnificent tutorial finally...

On another note, truly fantastic tutorials. can't wait to find out more regarding your new product(s). Christmas soon so hopefully Santa can deliver them.
by Josvo 11/08/2008
Incredibly cool tutorials!

Andrew, do you have an idea when you will upload the smoke movie? I can not find anything usefull to use instead.

Kind regards,

Jos
by Saleh 11/07/2008
wow.. great work

Greatings from Saudi Arabia
by vijay 11/07/2008
gret great great tutorial awesome
yo are my inspiration
by Sai Tai 11/07/2008
thank you very much because I have never been like that and I have no a chance to learn after effect. I try to by myself I have to edit the vdo in NGO organization if possible. U donate some education from u. and I have no a chance to join the school and no training about it.
if u have any question from me please send some message to me at sai_tai@hotmail.com
good luck
by SAHIL 11/04/2008
great tutorial...i tried it n d result was awesome

not every1 is so generous to share their knowledge with every1

thank u mr kramer
n when do we get the project files.???
by china 11/03/2008
hah! you are great! thanks
by claire 11/03/2008
wow, that's awesome tutorial for 3d after effect,great, i love your voice, very stunning and sexy, great men
by mad max 11/03/2008
great job AK.
a quick tip! instead of making debris chunks again why not merge them from the previous max tutorial. saves time and they look the same as the explosion
by Name 11/03/2008
Hello
Mr.Andrew Kramer
Tutorial full boujour ?
Thanks much
by jimmy 11/02/2008
mil gracias.... son lo mas grande..... un saludo desde PERU
by Bilal abdallat 11/02/2008
Nice ... :D
by Kevin 11/02/2008
Well here's my meager attempt at this wonderful effect. Thank Andrew. You are the man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNusy1lgGsw
by Rough Cut 11/02/2008
So awesome... especially you laughing at the alien 'that was a terrible idea...'
by R-CANE 11/01/2008
Pogs ? we call them Flippo's in Holland.
Great tutorial Andrew, always with a sense of humor.
I'm gonna try and have some toast ejecting out of the crater, maybe with some eggs and bacon.

Thanks for the inspiration and guidance

R-CANE
by susan rostoni 11/01/2008
I was watching your wonderful video, but it was twice as big as my monitor and I found myself having to use the slider to find your mouse.

How do I make your video smaller so I can see everything your doing on one screen without adjusting it constantly.

Best,
Susan
by Alex Tavener 10/31/2008
thanks for all these tutorials andrew,
i dunno if my email earlier on in the year got to you but - this answered everything that i wanted and requested so, thanks =] even if unintentional.
by jaimangal 10/31/2008
Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge!
by kamal98 10/31/2008
Thanks again man....yu a de best!!!
by Amit 10/30/2008
wooooow ,

nice work Andrew

thanks alot
by fred 10/30/2008
thanks andrew for your work
and you are a great man
i need to be like you learn and help some one.
by Daneboe 10/30/2008
Dude...the alien jumping out of the hole made me laugh so hard. What was even funnier was you kind of laughing and saying "that was a terrible idea". Oh man, I haven't laughed that hard in a while. Good show!
by Flash Designer 10/30/2008
Nice Work ......
Really Nice Work ......

by luantran 10/30/2008
Videocopilot.net number one. Thank....very... good
by Shahrooz 10/30/2008

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOhhhhhhh !!!
This is Wizard !!!!
Andrew,You are my best teacher

Tanks for everey thngs
by Jorrit Schulte 10/29/2008
There is no next tutorial,
good tip Btw
by Durval Jr. 10/29/2008
Andrew

You´re the man !!
by Billy W 10/29/2008
Awesome! Nice tutorial Andrew!!
by baby 10/29/2008
Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
by baby 10/29/2008
Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
by Gaand ka Dakkan 10/29/2008
Madarchod andrew!you are genious.How do you do such kind of things.Teri ma chod doonga main.Thanks a lot gandu.
by Huseyn 10/29/2008
Thanks man. You are my teacher.
by Romel 10/29/2008
Thanks Andrew for your work!

From Pinar del Rio (Cuba)
by Adam Sklar 10/29/2008
This is brilliant Andrew, you are my idol in these sort of things!
by Tarik 10/29/2008
Thanks a lot for this tutorial, particulary for make compositing find camera setting with Boujou, we learn a lot with you ;)

PS : sorry for ma bad english
by Thomas AL 10/29/2008
Wow ! Awesome ! Many thanks for this third part ! I wait the project files :p...
by bANKS 10/29/2008
Thank you sir for this wonderful training series.
by Teri ma ki choot 10/29/2008
Teri ma ki choot,ben ke launde...itna badhiya tutorial bhonsad ke jane kaise bana leta hai tu re.You are simply great and maadarchod no 1.Greeting from India.HAPPY DIWALI.
by Mustafa Demirkilic 10/28/2008
this is a serious compositing pro quality. i loved it.only one things is catching my eye which might be my bit of a vision impairment!.asphalt where all small pieces and hole is after all things done in 3d max don't get the same amount of light or same tone of color like background.the hole area where on asphalt looks like evening time after or just before sunset.we should see more light comes through and more sharp shadow.basically with all this experience and knowledge it could b better look, like what we see in good Hollywood movies.I hope it will be fixed in next part of tutorial.
by joey 10/28/2008
you rule man!
by Chris 10/28/2008
Pretty nice AK!
I love your jokes ^^
by Flubber 10/28/2008
aliens.... who doesn't love them?

great tutorial, awesome what you can do with 3d tracking and stuff like that

thanks again and... keep up the good work

i will see you....... NEXT TIME if aliens won't eat us...... .............. heh.... not
by k12anime 10/28/2008
i always say this...and i'll say it again...all of your tutorials are cool and very awesome! keept it up man!

greetings from makati city, philippines!
by dashmaldives 10/28/2008
GOD GAVE U A GIFT, THATS YOUR KNOWLEDGE.... YOU ARE SHARING THAT KNOWLEDGE TO THE OTHERS.. THATS YOUR KINDNESS... I REALLY APRECIATE..
by Ian 10/28/2008
omg thats so cool!

And I hope the Pogs thing wasn't a joke becaus my brothers told me about them and I've always wished they were still around.
by vfxworld 10/28/2008
At first:
Thanks for the tutorial series, it helps a lot!
Second:
The way you edit the mask for the crater in this tutorial is good, but there are better... In 3ds Max, you should turn the self illumination of the material to 100. In that way, you'll get a very clean white, which can be used perfectly as mask.
Because if you would have some more shadows in your scene, the white wouldn't be clean, if the self illumination is 0...

btw: your tutorials are great!
by hsab 10/28/2008
LOL @ ALIEN.
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