TUTORIALS FOR VFX & MOTION GRAPHICS
Free After Effects Tutorials & More Hosted By: Andrew Kramer
May 07, 2008
• Create and animate Per-Character 3D Text in 32bpc
• Create Sparks with CC Particle world in 3D
 
 
TUTORIAL NOTES:
Per-Character 3D is a AE CS3 feature. Use quicktime when exporting to maintain color data in 8 and 16pbc.
Running Time: 9mins.


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by srinidhi 11/18/2009
you are the master thanks for helping me out.........thank you brother
by Shafi ahmed 11/09/2009
Thank u very much Andrew.Iam very Happy with your Tutorials.Iam learning good effects form this site.
by Pazzaz 10/24/2009

Thank you, great tutorial and easy to follow.
Rather pleased with my effort and thank you for
the rendering tip Leo. Learnt heaps
by mango 10/19/2009
Thanks Andrew.
by yubb 10/14/2009
very good!
by Ruslan 10/05/2009
Dude, if not for you, i wouldn't be be making motion graphics with After Effects. Thank you so much, now i know what i want to be as a job.

Thanks
by Jason 09/22/2009
Thank you so much Andrew, you rock!

The sparks is going to help me so much!!
by jadg 08/30/2009
Wow Andrew EnergieVision
by shahwal 08/24/2009
hi Andrew nice tutorial,I want to ask one question how can i find my enable per-character 3d in animate text
by shahwal 08/21/2009
Hello Andrew
Thanks for nice tutorials i have learn after effect software only for your tutorials,I am trying to learn after effect professionally.
by Sukhjender 08/14/2009
Hey Andrew u always best dude............................
by Carlos 08/11/2009
Excelente trabajos, Te Felicito , y mas aun por los Tutoriales

Is good, Excelent Job, Congratulations
by 2b2a 08/09/2009
dude, thanks! I added some cool camera effects and added wiggle so it would go all over the place, and it turned out very nice!
by Alberto 07/30/2009
Hey Andrew you rock, Merci beaucoup, Gracias, Thanks a bunch, Magnifique! keep up the good work
by Ramji Shrestha 07/25/2009
That's great tutorial Andrew!
I like so much and try it.(Nepal)
by Makar 07/20/2009
Andrew i have a ploblem,i rendered that video,and when i play it there is no shiny effect,no superbright!
Whats the problem?
:(
by DarkEntity 07/20/2009
As alwayz!!!!!the best!!!
by prabhakar 07/07/2009
nice effect
by Deepak rathee 06/24/2009
this helps me alot dude u r the best one thanx alot
by Shota 06/20/2009
great job man! didi madloba (thank you very much)from Georgia!
by Trackmaster 06/15/2009
I am a total noob, just downloaded a trial version of this, and in an hour I made that! Never would of thought I could make something like that so quickly.
by Isaias 06/14/2009
First of all thanks for teaching us man!
The problem is that when I render the final proyect and then I look at the results the sparkles are gone and insted they are white, I already checked the fast blur and yes its turned on so I dont know what to do. Can you help me out?
By the way I'm using AE CS4.
by Robes 06/09/2009
Saludos desde Ecuador ::
De lujo el material :: Gracias por compartir tus conocimientos

Greetings of ecuador, south america
Material is deluxe, thanks for share your knowledge
My english is regular but there is, whit the with support google xD



by frexis 06/04/2009
Thanks
by ssdock 06/02/2009
i cant seem to do it now but thanks:][:XD
by AlesTemple 06/01/2009
Muy muy bien !!!
Gracias !
Very nice ! Thanks !
Saludos.
by urbo 05/27/2009
hey
first of all great tutorial, but the sparks... i don't have that effect. where can i get it or how can i make it ?
tnx for help :)
by Dylan 05/17/2009
...ummm...i cant find the elipse tool. i think i have a newer version or something but i can find it.
by kowshik 05/06/2009
how can i get the particles to slide through the x-axis..if i change the position the whole bunch is getting displaced, right from the origin. i need a solution for this
by Romelq 04/29/2009
Men File>>>Export>> AVI or other formate. Ready to go !!
by sadaf_110 04/29/2009
bro plss help me how to save file in avi or other formate
mean like a video ?
by rice 04/27/2009
ai shi ni le,,,hahaha
by Amine 04/26/2009
I've got a problem... When I try to add videos it works well in AE but when I convert them in MPEG or AVI or Quicktime sequence they become green... Anyone help?
by erik vargas paredes 04/25/2009
buena muy buena la pagina pero como puedo renderizar con 32bpc?????????????????????????

porfa: gracias
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by JOHN 04/11/2009
IT WORKS REALLY NICE BUT WHEN YOU EXPORT IT, SPARKS COME OUT AS JUST WHITE, NOT YELLOW GLOWING.
I EVEN TRY TO BLUR MORE THE CAMERA AND THAT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING......CAN ANYONE HELP?
by eXTR3Me^^Mad 04/10/2009
Woohoo nice one! but a problem...: the particular thingy i couldnt download it. i went on trapcode dot com but i clicked download it sayed "url wasnt find" or something i dont remember
by remg 04/06/2009
hey is so nice, but i need the cc particle world, please help me!! my msn is

remg87@hotmail.com

thanks
by sukhi 04/04/2009
hey u r great andrew
by kaz 04/01/2009
You tutorials rock. I've learned so much from them. And I even like your jokes
by destorm 03/29/2009
5 stars on your personality alone man...dope ass tute's man!
by Luka 03/29/2009
Very nice tutorial, easy to make.
Perfect job again, keep up the good work!
by Leo 03/25/2009
Ok for those of you who are having the rending/exporting issue where your text keeps coming out pure white, the way to fix it is on the top menu click on:

-Edit
-Templates
-Render Settings

Then under the settings section click on

-Edit

Locate where it says (Color Depth) and then make sure in the drop down menu that you have

-32 Bits Per Channel

Selected.

Now what you want to do next is make sure your composition is selected along with the work area you have displayed. Now on the top menu again click on:

-Composition
-Add To Render Queue

From there you'll notice the render tab is available on the bottom where your work area is located. Just click on:

-Render

and then you should be set. Now for people who notice what happens next is that AE will create a full rendered video of your text with all the colors however the output display is in the .AVI extension and the problem with that is you run into a major data file (Mine was over 80mb for just a little over 3 seconds!!!!) That's too big! What you can do from there is just take that .AVI file and put it back into AE. Then create a new composition using that .AVI file and then from there you can use your regular (Export) settings however you want to compress it into a smaller file and more compact file extension; I like using Quicktime but you can do whatever you normally use.

That should clear EVERYTHING up... If you are still experiencing problems. Email me at:

Leokahokuma@hotmail.com

-Cheers!
by matt 03/21/2009
Great, how do you get the CC particle world?
by Jim 03/19/2009
Thanks Andrew for the great tutorial

and thanks

Lucky_rocketship 05/15/2008 for your solution to only getting bright whites.

"Ok! figured it out. if anyone else is having trouble exporting 32bpc. you need to go to your render settings under the render queue. Under that, there should be a pulldown for color depth. change that to 32bpc and you should be good to go!"

worked a treat as anyone who was having a problem with the lack of colours were not using the render queue, they, like me were using the
"file > export:" quick option.
by kadiye 03/17/2009
Wow Andrew great video.
Thanks u so much for all your cool tutorials!


/From Somalia
by xedx-simo-ww 03/17/2009
wwawww
by Danial 03/14/2009
i love ur tutorial.
hey guys, where cn i gt cc particle world.
pls, i really wnt this coz this intro is awesome.
pls help.
by Sansom 03/13/2009
dude u rule... your projects are amazing and really fun to make =D
by tailaday 03/08/2009
e/body know thts only blast by andrew
by Stionse 03/06/2009
where can i download CC particle world??
by Please read 03/05/2009
Is it posible to make an effect like this which blows out a 3d text with a snow storm? I mean like the particles in the beginning of this video!

Thanks for your answers!
by Attila 03/03/2009
Hi! I'm from Hungary and i have a big problem :S
Whwn I use CC Particle world and I turn ON the FORCE MOTION BLUR it is not works ! I try lots of thing but nothing O_O pld help me if anybody can
THX, and of course thx Andrew 4 tutorials :)
by Samy Bogdadi 02/27/2009
Hey man, I love this tutorial, but I cant get the first particle thing, the dots in my video, how can I get them. I downloaded the preset thing, but I havent got it.
by Darthfloyd 02/24/2009
you are a genius.... great great tuts.... andrew larger than life... keep up the good work bro...
by Karthik 02/16/2009
Your are the king of After Effects . . .
Thanks a lot . . .
by manuel 02/14/2009
Hey man great tutorials, how long have you been using ae, cause i dont know where you get that cretivity, well thanx a lot
regards, from peru
by I love George Bush 02/09/2009
Great job
by ravikant 02/07/2009
andrew ur great man. i am ur fan plezz one request for u plez teach me after effects i am come to us...
by Fred 02/07/2009
Astonishing! I'm deeply impressed, I managed to pull this one off. And, a question. Are these all your ideas? I mean, you're the original grounder? Or, never mind.

Andrew, this one had a special sparkle ;)
by Pedro 02/04/2009
Awesome!! Thanks

Pedro from Brazil!!

D.U.G M.V PALMEIRAS
by Ava12 02/04/2009
Awesome!!! Very nice tut! I think your tutorials are best in all Web!
Helo from Kazakhstan, Almaty!
by by ibrahim 02/02/2009
Thanx
by Ralfy C 01/28/2009
Hey AK Thanks alot men!! your awesome.
by Owen 01/26/2009
I figured out where ellipse was, but I am using CS4, and cannot find,"CC particle world."
by Owen 01/26/2009
I am using CS4, and I don't see an ellipse tool, you know where to find it?
by jens 01/25/2009
the motion blur for the particles doesn't work for me :(
any idea what the problem is?
by MeSu 01/11/2009
Wow! This will sure help me :) Thanks!
by Utpal 12/21/2008
That is really Great work. If you can provide some guide how HOLLOW-MAN vascularity effect is made, i feel obliged.
Thanks.
by Joshlorenzen1 12/19/2008
I'll never learn it without tutorials :( :'(
by aaa 12/16/2008
make a fire, burn etc.
by joao 12/15/2008
you're the man, very good teacher, im thinking forward to buy your DVD's they very useful :D but first i want to get familiar with AE by making you tutorials. In this one im having some issues, when you're going to the simulation part you select CC particles (i dont remember the exact name) but i dont have those options, i have no options for CC, is that a plug-in? how can i get those effects?
please help
thanks
by Lakhwinder Sagar 12/10/2008
AMAZING!!!!!!
by RhdzZ 12/07/2008
Hey Andrew, I'm French, Your tutorials are superb!

As against when I go to "Effects" I can not find "Fast Blur", where is it?

Thank's, RhdzZ .

by help 12/06/2008
I cant change the bpc by presing alt and the mouse button ! Why?
by well done 12/03/2008
Congatulation
by Mario 11/28/2008
Thanks for the Tutorial
Gracias! Por El Tutorial Es De Gran Ayuda
by Aidan 11/09/2008
wow. first tutorial i ever watched. Brings me back to the good old days. Not that these new days are any worse or anything. never mind.
by Magic Home Video 11/01/2008
Great! Great!Nice HUNTED tutorial..
I need more. I am addicted to yours tutorials. I recently bought all the 10 collection. When Will you release tutorial 66 and above?
Don.
by Cerhax 10/27/2008
I have 1 question, why cant i change the BitsPerSecond (bps0 to 32 or 16, i hold alt and click on it, nothing happens. thanks allready

greetz
by Wolf 10/27/2008
respect Andrew !!
by What version are you using? 10/26/2008
I do not have the "enable per character 3d" when we animate text, i have everything else though, i have the after effects version 7.0 pro
by Rutger 10/26/2008
Great tutorials man, I'm learning a lot!
Keep em' coming!
Greetz from the Netherlands
by Inga Mitinyan 10/22/2008
Thank you so much for this tutorial!!
That was my first experience in After Effects,but it worked awesome!I am so happy and it is all because of your help!
Thank you so much,
Inga
by Yasser K. 10/21/2008
Great tutorial...keep up the good work.
by Bokole 10/20/2008
hey your job is great. it has made me more creative and its real inpiring. keep it up. from kenya
by sadra ajami 10/17/2008
Hi mr Andrew Kramer i'm from iran and very very thanks for you.god with you!
by studionightbird 10/11/2008
wow thanks. I love all your tutorials. This is so damn handy its not funny. and g day from Australia ;)
by Mixze 10/09/2008
Is there anyway to paus this video, or mabye some video host site with this great turtorial I can go.
Becuase I'm not that fast and I don't want to watch this one from the start for the 20'th time :X
by Nicolas 10/08/2008
Exelent !!!!, thanks a lot ! Good short tutorial.
by Baji 09/26/2008
Thx alot to teach us..... u r so thankful...
by denniscomet 09/26/2008
Wahnsinn!!!!
Great!!!!
by AgatoNN 09/25/2008
veri nice tutorial thx
by Robert 09/22/2008
I am using this for my VisCom project...it's awesome but your voice is annoying sometimes.
by Raeden 09/15/2008
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by Lewis 09/11/2008
Hello i got as far as the CC Partical bit. how do you add it to after effect? please help me :)
by enes 09/10/2008
Hi Andrew...
Well, thank you for the guide...
But I have a little problem. My computer doesn't respond like yours. I mean with the RGB part (sorry for my bad English).
When I go to white color, It is:
R= 255
B= 255
B= 255
How can I fix it?
by Batman 09/06/2008
HELP WHEN I RENDER AFTER USING PARTICLE WORLD A GREEN LINE 'X' APPEARS AND I CANT GET IT TO GO AWAY HOW TO I MAKE IT GO AWAY?
by houdini 09/03/2008
thanks very good
by jeroen 09/03/2008
Hi there! I tried this tutorial (first time after effects), and it works like a charm! But: the particales give a strange blue beamy cross over my entire movie. I can give you a printscreen if needed. The cross comes from the particales, because when I hide that layer, the cross dissapears. Any help?
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