TUTORIALS FOR VFX & MOTION GRAPHICS
Free After Effects Tutorials & More Hosted By: Andrew Kramer
April 30, 2007
• Animate a thin particle system in 3D space
• Use expressions to enhance particle control
 
 
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by erlyjunior 09/17/2007
ok
by patitas 09/17/2007
men you are awesome im mexican and i work to video produccer i dont know nothing of after but you techme so much with your tutorial keep doing please and i have acuestion what after you used 7 cs3 or 6.5 please tell me
by Zuto Kido 09/21/2007
Congratulations! your videos are really good, i have a QUESTION: where can i find how to use correctly those functions? when i was using this line : (z=thisComp.layer('Nulo 1').transform.position[2];
z/thisComp.width
) it didn´t work well, the program showed me a warning message 'Warning AfterEffects, incorrectly argument, expression disabled: error in line 1' then when i was trying to do this proyect i couldn´t finish it, the point with the particle didn´t work well... So i would like to read how to use those functions or if you can tell me what´s wrong with this line? i´m using After Effects 7....Thanks

PS: Sorry for the english i´m Latin-American...
by pinkcat 09/22/2007
Dear professional,

First of all i would like to thank you about your great Tutorials .. your way in explaining is very uniqe

But i have some question to you it is about
Simulation ... actually i don't have this list of CC , and sure i don't have CC particle World

so could you tell me how can i get this plug in?
and sure i'm using After Effects CS3

Thanks a million
by MAGDEY 09/25/2007
mmm
by amr saf 09/26/2007
andrew ur the best i ever seen
by eduardo gomes 09/27/2007
by ramil 09/28/2007
zillion thanks.........great tuts
im looking for this tuts
by N0R0 10/02/2007
First of all, congratulations for the great tutos... i'm learning a lot!

For te people who is having problems with the plugins, here is the link where you can find these ones.

http://www.cycorefx.com/downloads.php

Thanks! From Brazil
by hoka 10/06/2007
thank you
by JJ 10/10/2007
great tutorials thx and please keep on doing it.
by B2 10/13/2007
Wow i really like your tutorials. very interesting en cool..and funny to ...

keep up the good work me friend,

B2
by adaÅ› 10/14/2007
no ładnie panie kolego
by D 10/14/2007
Strangely this is the only tutorial of yours that keeps giving me problems, and I saw no keyframes on the project file version...

On the one I did from scratch, it sometimes looks fine before I ram preview it, but when I use ram preview it looks different than what I see from scrolling through the effect in realtime. It seems kinda complicated just to get a simple cool effect, I hope someone will develop a new plugin at some point to animate this way ^^;
by rith 10/23/2007
thanks
by sam 10/28/2007
hi love ur tuts i hate when sim ppls steal ur wrk and clames it its his
by Eldundy 10/31/2007
Dear Andrew !!!
Hail Caesar !!

We live in Cuba , and we follow every tutorial you put here, like a TV serie , like someonesaid here...the fact of you been an awesome online teacher is known already,,,,and we have certain connection troubles , but still we are learning, we would buy your package but the fact of us been in Cuba, prevent us from buying them , is there any other way of get them ?....pliz.. :(
by marco 11/06/2007
excelente¡¡¡¡pero en castellano para los brutos como yo¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
igual muy bueno ,gracias..
by Henry 11/07/2007
Nice work man, need to get my head round the expression coding as I can see how powerful it must be...

Thanks very much, keep up the good work, and the jokes ;)

Henry
by shen hui 11/08/2007
thanks i learned it.
by julio_BRA 11/11/2007
Pretty cool r. Kramer! Good work! Tks
by Nicolas 11/13/2007
Hello andrew,

please can you tell me if it's possible to remplace the ball light by a particule system from ParticuleIllusion ?

thx

Best Regards
by Tenebreux 11/15/2007
uummmm .... dude, think there is something wrong with the tutorial.... it, like, ... doesn't play.

Great tutorials though. love em.. i should buy one of your dvds
by Mayc 11/17/2007
It's realy good,where can buy it?
by ismail 11/23/2007
great tutorial ...saha koyo
by Hub 11/25/2007
i'd like you know if it's possible to creata a form or a word instead of random moves in this tutorial. Something like this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyEfksvhwaQ
by Aaron B 11/30/2007
Nice work on all of your tutorials, i am only 13 but ur lessons are easy 2 follow
by Robert 12/04/2007
Pretty kewl as usual Kramer, you really rock on!

i do have a question though, is it posssible to make the particle more smooth and round?

Cheers and thanx for a this great knowledge you share with us.
by Bobby 12/11/2007
Yo,

Thanks for a great tutorial, but I cant do the most interesting part because every time I bring the values for the particle down to zero, its invible or not even there so when I adjust the x,y,z position nothing changes so Theres no point in even creating the null object. this is so frustrating.
by walther 12/14/2007
todo esto es una basura no sirve para nada
by gauri 12/19/2007
reallyyy very very nice tutorials..... thanks 4 all tis.
by Raj 01/03/2008
I think you can better......
by kamran shaiq 01/03/2008
hey

im just having trouble when you are switching everthing in particle effects to zero... im not getting that lone single particle. its fine before i switch the production and physics off but as soon as i switch it off everything dissapears
this is torrmenting me and driving me nuts. could u please help me?>-(
i am praying there a simple switch im forgetting for this.
plz do help.
by bastien 01/07/2008
erh... link to project not working...
by warheil 01/11/2008
by sally 01/13/2008
this tot is so goode ,and i think u r the pest.
by Xtian 01/17/2008
Good Job Andrew! i've been following ur work and i get surprised each time i watch the videotutorials. So i've got a Q for u. can you give me some Tips to have a good control of the stroke path and camera?

Thnx. God Bless U
(From Colombia) XD
by ban 01/19/2008
hey andrew one more time thnx for this greats lessons.
i wonder if u can tell something about exporting video for web.
your tutorials are big size and they download very fast. wich format do you use? and settings use for?

by yacine 01/23/2008
thx alot man you are a master
by ahmed aleem 01/24/2008
You r really doing an amazing job.
Nobody could count your students, it's an immortal vitue,
May you live long.............................
by tyguy 02/01/2008
Can you do this effect in after effects 6.5?
by tyguy 02/02/2008
you can also do something like this with stroke and guassian blur
by Eddy 02/06/2008
Hey Andrew, great tuts.
I'm tried using this to make a moving line(like this: http://www.beam.tv/beamreels/reel_player.php?jqbvsptxVy&resize=1 ) but I couldn't do it. can you help me out with this? I can understand if your too busy, but i would really appreciate it.
by Richard Kay 02/07/2008
Hi man! I really appreciate that you took time to make these tutorials! Good descriptions! Plain, clear and some insight jokes/stuff There aren't any good AFX sites, or descent tutorials so: YOU ARE BOOKMARKED!!!

Richard, the Netherlands
by Alyn 02/08/2008
Great tutorials.I love them but i have a problem whit my AF 7 Pro.When i want to drag or import something in it it just Not Responding and then it crashes.:(.If somebody knows how to fix it it will be much apriciated.
by Bearpig 02/12/2008
Great tutorial Andrew!
Just a quick question - If you wanted it to wiggle and then draw a specific shap (logo for example), can you easily do this with the same null object, or would it be better to have the null with the wiggle expression finish the same frame that another one starts (to draw your shape)?

Cheers for any advice
by kieran wollacott 02/13/2008
can you show me a tutorila on how to do this.please
by Víc 02/17/2008
Hi Andrew, This is one of the great tutorials you have here, but i was wondering...
Is there a way to do something like this 3d stroke effect but with text?
by OMAR 03/11/2008
U THE BEST
by Adonya 03/16/2008
thanks alot man you are hero
by AMINE ABDALLAH 03/22/2008
thanks.
by Bambula 03/23/2008
Hi Andrew, the first time I would like to say a lot of thanks. But I have a quastion. How can I make this stroke in real 3D? I can't do that this stroke move around a object. Example if i want that this stroke moving around a text (3D layer), I cant do it. The text is always in front of the stroke. If I change the "particles" layer to 3D layer I can moving it in front of the text, but I it is always there, and i cant make a motion. I hope you understand my problem. Sorry but my english is not really good!
by hani4d 03/23/2008
thanks andrew u learn me more
by ND 03/26/2008
Hello!
I need to purchase the cycore effects - and the cycore site is for a better term 'lacking' - I am running AE7 and have basically opened it up today so I know nothing...
is 6.5 the correct version to order ($49) - or do i need the HD version ($249)
I understand that the package is on the install disk - but the support group does our installs and doesn't understand how this works - their response: "its already installed" - I cant wait 4 months while they try to figure it out :)

Thanks in advance!
by Jardon 03/30/2008
thanks for the tutorial you shared..i've learn a lot
by Laurie 03/31/2008
Hi, first time commenter, long time viewer. I love your work! I am a huge fan.
I am having a little trouble with this one and was wondering if you know where I went wrong.
I was trying to do the 3D Stroke Effect tutorial and I get as far as setting all the physics to zero and then I don't even have a spec on my screen. I see nothing, even when I continue on with the tutorial, nothing is there. I tried moving the playhead and played with the Producer positions. Only when I add gravity or velocity I see the particle. When I do that it's way to big and my streak doesn't look like a streak. Any ideas.
I am using CS3 on my Imac with intel.
Thanks
by BrazilCanada 04/01/2008
andrew..you are the best!!
you are really good teaching, and also funny (that's make you a better teacher )
thanks for all this tutorials!!
but..i'm having some problems with it, Im using CS3, I set up particular world as you said, all "0" (only logetivity, and birth rate are in defoult), the white object (solid)is not in a 3D layer, but, i don't know why, it just doesn't work, i cant see any "particle"
do you guys can help me? what can be wrong with it?
PS: sorry for my english, I'm brazilian, living in Canada, so i still learning english
Thanks guys
by phil 04/02/2008
hi andrew i have a problem with this, when i use my cc partical world, i get 4 green lines going from the centre of the flare to the four courners. do u have a solution to this if so can you e-mail thanks.
by tristan 04/03/2008
hi i'm having the same problem as some others. when typing in the equation to link the null warning messages flash up saying there is no property or method named "this comp" i keep trying differet things but it won't work can anyone help? please email me. thanks a lot!
by Gary-Uk 04/04/2008
Thanks man great tuts
by Sid 04/07/2008
You probably have heard this a million time over.. but Andrew Kramer is the best ever... I love your tutorials... They are ohh soo simple and easy to follow... You sources are pretty good too.. Love your stuff bro.. Keep it up
by Ricky 04/10/2008
Hi,

I like this tutorial, but I don't really like it if you say "with built-in tools from AE7" and it's not the truth
My CC Particle has the same green lines (X) on the screen. It seems to be not free... so would be helpfull if you say/write that somewhere so I don't have to watch the video and wake up like "huh... made for nothing"

Ricky
by Steve 04/11/2008
Good tutorial, but you neglected to mention how you made the position of the particle interact with the room lighting in the example you started with. (A very important effect for believability.) It's pretty obvious to me that you probably just parented the light you created to the null layer, but perhaps it won't be to some. Keep up the good work, I really enjoyed the AE basics tutorial series.
by Marko Sejat 04/15/2008
Hi, i would just like to know how to install trapcodes into adobe AE 6.0 , can you help me out?
by Roger 04/16/2008
Hey, remember to not enable 3d on the particles solid, as the 3d effect wont work.
by Lincoln Waldron 04/17/2008
Hey Andrew
Thanks for the tutorials.
Really appreciate your work. Keep the tasteful stuff coming. If you could do more text tutorials that would be amazing, good ones if possible, the level of JUSTICE, music videos.

Thanks a million
by ramazan acidemir 04/20/2008
thank you from turkey, you are perfect
by shaker 04/20/2008
hey it is the best as i think...
by djshy 04/28/2008
man..i think i've watch all of the tutorials at least twice!.. great work as always...
by Chris Québec 04/30/2008
Hi Andrew, AE's god!
Same problem as "brazil canada" and others, when I turn everything down to zero, everything disappears, I dont have a single particle like you do.
Keep up the good word, you're great!
by forrest sinnes 04/30/2008
just wondering,
wanting to do a video with these moving around me,
possible?
i can tseem to figure out how to make them go behind me
its not like photoshop where i can cut my self out and paste behind...
by bmacx 05/03/2008
Andrew,

Greetings from the Caribbean, just dropping you a few lines to say that I appreciate for efforts here man, I'm a print designer and have just started off in motion graphics. Your tutorials really help me along that part. Keep up the good work, you're good at it.

Thanks a mil.
by Kenny 05/07/2008
Nice i can use this tutorial in my school
Thanx
by Kevin 05/10/2008
Where did you get the "CC Particle World" plugin???
by المعتصم بالله 05/11/2008
Dear Andrew.
Thanks for the tutorials. and good luck for you .
by fez 05/12/2008
This is a fantastic tutorial!
i'm a new user of Aftereffects and my english isn't the best!...I copied from another comment...
"I cant do the most interesting part because every time I bring the values for the particle down to zero, its invible or not even there so when I adjust the x,y,z position nothing changes so Theres no point in even creating the null object. this is so frustrating!"
...regards... form italy
by Arnold Guerrero 05/17/2008
It worked great for me, but I tried to duplicate it in the same project and only one emitter shows up - any way around this?
by Carlo Mario Spadafora 05/23/2008
Man you rock.
Thanks a lot.
May God bless you
by ultramizer 05/28/2008
Love your tuts!!!
by Erik Houtman 05/28/2008
hi andrew..

first of all, thanks for the awesome tutorials.. some give me some trouble but still i can mostly use them for my school work.

just notifying also for everyone else who reades, this tutorial does not work as nice in widescreen. there's a problem with the particle height expression. i'm trying to figure it out and i'll post it as soon as i do

greetz
by erik houtman 05/28/2008
hi again,

as the result of my previous post, no formula would probably solve this, but if you do want to make a widescreen edit of this,
make sure you use a "square pixel" composition

that's that... this is an awesome tutorial by the way, definitely going to use it for school
by PRAVEAH 05/31/2008
Thank,s very much. Really you great.
Thanks Tutorial
by Adam 06/05/2008
RE-ENTER the Postion to "0", even if there is a "0" in Producer -> Radius X, Y ,Z. This will reduce the Particle to a small line like in the tutorial.

But i've got the same problem like the others, I've downnloaded the CC-Particle World from the HP für free. Don't know how to deaktivate the green lines, or is it, cause it's for free?
by digidave 06/06/2008
Dude your like the rainman of expressions!

by Bubbu101 06/07/2008
Andrew Kramer, you are a GOD
by Yann 06/13/2008
Hello,
your tutorial is very exellent. congratulation. But i've a problem when i change position effect: cc particle word. I have not the expressions option for move and whrite this you whrite.
You know solution ?
Thanks
by Shavkat 06/16/2008
Andrew! You are great. Good job Andrew. I wont to talk with you I'm from Tashkent I'm not English
I'm Uzbek ...

by libihui 06/18/2008
I'm from china ,Thank,s very much
by S_FX 06/18/2008
good tutorial. i had the same problem of the "invisible" particle. but i went ahead and did this:

"RE-ENTER the Postion to "0", even if there is a "0" in Producer -> Radius X, Y ,Z. This will reduce the Particle to a small line like in the tutorial."

-i actually did this step 2 or 3 times while adjusting Birth Rate and Birth Size until the particle looked like the tutorial.

now if I could just change the color of the 3D Particle Stroke cuz it's coming up PURE BLACK!!!?
by Jeremy 06/22/2008
I just tried this and i am using cs3, it isn't the same particle world as the one you are using here.

After analyzing the video over and over, i can't get a thin result playing with the death size and birth size.

i have done many of your tutorials, really amazing,
but this is the only one that i can't seem get to work so far, the only thing i can think of is that something has changed in the most recent version of particle world, what do you think?
by Jeremy 06/22/2008
I just tried this and i am using cs3, it isn't the same particle world as the one you are using here.

After analyzing the video over and over, i can't get a thin result playing with the death size and birth size.

i have done many of your tutorials, really amazing,
but this is the only one that i can't seem get to work so far, the only thing i can think of is that something has changed in the most recent version of particle world, what do you think?
by maddy 06/29/2008
wow this tut is very very very nice thanx to maker of this
by William 07/02/2008
I can nearly swear that there is no Z coordinate for my Null object, so the whole bit worked until the point where the expression linked them. You said you use After Effects 7, so I was wondering if it was because I'm using CS3? Nevertheless, a great tutorial! It's great that you make these for everyone to see, and, not to mention, they're all free...Well, most of them anyways.

Regards,
William
by Kay 07/06/2008
hey,

thanks! really cool tutorials here ... the only problem with this, is that, because the solid layer is not 3D, you cannot have it cast a shadow ... that's a shame, any other way i could have a shadow from the moving particles onto the floor?

regards,
k
by Hett 07/08/2008
Good! nice work :)
by salman 07/10/2008
its really helpfull web site and this one again give us help
Regard
salman
by salman 07/10/2008
its really helpfull web site and this one again give us help
Regard
salman
by marcus 07/13/2008
thanks so much. all your tutorials are amazing
by Projjwal 07/13/2008
I think everybody got chance to see the tutorials...but for me bad luck..my internet speed is 128kbps and its too slow to watch such a high quality videos.......Wish I could download..
by holly 07/16/2008
OMG
by Ethan 07/16/2008
Takes TOOO long to load!
by zabe 07/21/2008
where do i get 3D strokes for AE?
tnx
by Mark 07/23/2008
I'm trying to get more control out of the POINT null by parenting it to another null which I would offset & rotate to get corkscrew/ circular effects, but the expression wont allow it to work when parented. Is there perhaps a workaround?

Excellent tutorial as always.
by Luis_ 07/31/2008
Awesome! I have to get familiar with these expression thingies! so keep-em coming! Thanks.
I'm a buyer! I'm a buyer!
by Hector 08/04/2008
Awesome, this is a really nice tutorial
by Izuddin 08/08/2008
It's tremendously well-done! By the way, I am no good in expression and thus, is it possible to manually control movements of the 3D-stroke effect in AE rather instead of relying on expression?

Hope you reply, thank you.
by PhilippineEagle 08/11/2008
Your tutorials helps a lot. You explain things with great clarity and simplicity. Not to mention your classic jokes. Wehehe!! 'Keep it up and may the force be with you. ;0p
by Harry Hayer 08/14/2008
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by Krissan Pattugalan 08/22/2008
Hi Andrew!

I've been doing your tutorials to learn after effects, and I have to say that you are the best teacher online that I have ever witnessed accross all programs.

I have a small problem with this one though. I can get it to work every single time when I do this by itself, I can't get it to work on existing projects.

Do the calculations have to be different for PAL/DV screen sizes? The particle is still connected although it moves only extremely slightly.

Calculations problem?
by child 08/26/2008
I want to see it ,but the page be can't to watching``````
by Mario Amadeu 08/26/2008
U r very funny.
Hillarious!!!
I like your comments better than the tutorials. of course that u have know how of what u teach, we can see that 10 thousand miles away, but your comments, man makes me crack.
keep doing this awesome work, and whenever I get the chance I will telling about my friends and people that I know in the industry about your marvelous work.
From Brazil, USA, and much more, here is Mario .
Have a good one.
by Foxster 08/31/2008
Hi, whenever I do something on After Effects (or I try to get ahold of you "project") I cant seem to save (well I can but my PC doesnt reccognise the file when it saves it.. Its the same with photoshop. Any help?

Samkin@live.co.uk
by The Red Limit 09/05/2008
hey you are amazing - can you show me how to draw in real time with real motion paths in free hand - the official tutorial from ADOBE touched on it but - it was never clear - I know you would do it better.

We are using some of your stuff to build our music video.

Our tunes are at www.myspace.com/theredlimit
Thanks again Andrew and Crew!
by Arnetia 09/07/2008
Hey man, you have given me more than you know, I am now the greatest graphical designer my school has ever seen, when I look for colleges, I compare the stuff they BRAG about to the stuff that you have already taught me! I have a self worth I have not had in a long time, and you sure as hell have given me a future, thank you so much Andrew, and seriously man, God bless you dude.
by waz 09/07/2008
basically the particalls are massive,b but i have specified them to be small!

they only follow the Z of the null.

spent 3 hours on this, and it doesnt work. please advise
by Pieter 09/10/2008
hi andrew ihave tried to watch this tutorial a few times , it only runs halfway then stops ,
i enjoy your stuff a lot .
pieter south africa
by Huo 09/11/2008
so gooooood how do you do it amazing man...... lov it
by DreD 09/17/2008
Thank you Andrew! You rule! Waiting for more tutorials !
by Pete 09/17/2008
Hi Andrew I have been watching a lot of your tutorials, but this one on 3d stokes and using the particle world is just not working. The expression that you have given just don't work and I'm not getting that cool trail, when moving the Null object around. Is there another way to use the expression or another to simulate a similar style.

Cheers and thanks so far for your tutorials
by Les Rehklau 09/18/2008
guess this was created in 7.0.1 AE and I have CS3 so it has to convert, but complains that CC Particle World is missing, is this AE's particle or 3rd party.

Nice Demo
by MacMillan 09/19/2008
Thanks a lot to Andrew, Sam, and all the other guys from video copilot.net


it was a very great tutorial


thx.
by Sickness 09/23/2008
Great tutorial Andrew.
Now if anyone wants the camera to follow the particle from a distance you can do the following.
Create a new expression at the camera position and add this:
x = thisComp.layer("NullObject").transform.position[0];
y = thisComp.layer("NullObject").transform.position[1];
z = thisComp.layer("NullObject").transform.position[2]-800;
[x,y,z]

Where at z the "-800" is the distance you want it to be from the particle and "NullObject" is obviously the NullObject which the particle follows.
by RAEDEN TORIBIO 09/24/2008
im 9 yrs. old i watchin ur tutorial men thank yo
u
by Innocent Lesole 09/25/2008
Thanks a lot Andrew, keep the coming.

By the way how/where do i get more of those presets?

Innocent from BOtswana
by Marcos 09/28/2008
very good. It really surprised me

Mar
www.marcosbort.com.ar
by Ahmed Dashti 10/03/2008
What are u a Robot? wow Andrew your the Smartest person ever!! Thanks For the tutorial it helped me a lot! so Thanks and i hope you keep doing cool tutorials! Cya ;)
by yasir 10/07/2008
thax .its really good lison
by Alex 10/08/2008
Andrew... You Speack Spanish ?

I hope you can do video tutorials on spanish !

Agradecido me despido...

Espero hayas entendido lo que dije jejeje

Alex from Chile
by Shadi.Sabbagh 10/12/2008
it is a very good work
by Goren 10/14/2008
You are just great... i'm from turkey i was just hangin around then i found this web site, i'm glad. i'm not using after effects but when i saw the tuts, my mind has changed... i'll try it... you're really amazing... thanx for your prophecy :D
by dudefish112 10/27/2008
nice tourtorial like always but i have a quastion i bought adobe after effects cs3 profesional but i dont have particle world effect plz tell me how i can get it or where
by Rony 11/01/2008
I am a very poor student.I want to create different many 3d animation but i am unable because i have no plugins to create any animation. so if you give me some plugins do more free than i can do create any animation 3d/2d.My country is bangladesh
by Johnny 11/07/2008
Where can I get the particular plug-in?
by Thomas (TJ) 11/13/2008
Poor little guy trapped in the box here I'm gonna go let him out....Hey Andrew you guys and girls are doing a really awesome thing, please keep the excitement going.
by JakScorpion 11/15/2008
Hi Andrew

This Tutorial is amazing and simple(iam beginner)

All your tutorials are amazing and cool i realy learned lot in this.

Thanks for free tutorials like this...

Jak
by Theo Schacht 11/15/2008
andrew ich will ein kind von dir : )) nice work !!!!
by ewin_depok 11/20/2008
great tutorial!!!!

This is my second day to learn AE. And I got a great tutorial from you.

I am Asian, your words is easy to be understood. the explanation is so clear.

i hope i can be a pro like you in motion graphic.

Thanks for sharing
by OmaruX 11/22/2008
Estimado Zuto Kido:

Si te sale ese error es porque tienes el objeto null no-puesto en 3d
by michael 11/26/2008
hey andrew very cool tutorial

but is deare a way to make that graphic that goes around the letters like in the sport chanel?

like a circle that goes around or like a line goes around

if you know please tell me thanks

michael...
by Bajamafam 11/29/2008
ZOMG IM SO CONFUSED 2 MUCH MATH! HOW DID YOU KNOW ALL THAT?!?!?!
by kark 12/03/2008
Great tuts Andrew!

thanks from India...
by Laura 12/07/2008
Hi Andrew,

Your tutorials are amazing! I'm really new to the AE world, but quickly getting pulled in and LOVING it!! Your tutorials are really easy to follow and you learn a great deal! Even if they're not to the "t" what i'm looking for, it's a great bouncing off point and has opened my mind to so much more of what AE is capable of! You help my imagination flourish!!

Truly,
Laura Ashly
-California
by Saruh smith 12/12/2008
this stuff makes me so happy :]
my heart skips beats.

WONDERFUL. i love working with this type of stiff. and its all so fabulous.


AH I GO TO ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL IN OHIO.
by Saruh Smith 12/12/2008
by the way,thanks tuts!
it helped alot.




nothin says lovin..
like mE :D
by landy 12/12/2008
you are realy good at doing tutorials, but i have been sitting hours after hours , trying to figure a way to see that particle you see when you turning down the X,z,y, to 0. everyone to 0, then i have ignoring it , tought i would see it maybe later when i did som stuff u did, and still not seeing it. many other have also the same problem. hope you will respond this one. it would rly helped me out.

(mark 4:20)
by john antonio 12/23/2008
awesome! very inspiring!

thanks!
JA
by Austin 12/27/2008
Is there a way to control where the particles go?
i want them to be able to follow my hand.
by Thomas 01/03/2009
hello Andrew. This happend to me to:

After Effects warning: Class 'Layer* has no property or method named 'ThisComp'
Expression disabled.

Error occurred at line 1.
Comp: 'Comp 1'
Layer: 2 ('White Solid 1')
Property: 'Position X'

I did what you said with the Null object etc. but that "popup" showd up :S

I hope you will take some time to help me out here..

And once again Love your stuff :)
by craig 01/03/2009
can you leave a light streak on a moving object like a person snowboarding going off a jump
by Norbertas 01/08/2009
is this effect avaible only in 3d area or i can also do it on a filmed shot?
by jrmagic 01/14/2009
I"VE GOT IT!
Ok to fix the "invisible" particle, mess around with the gravity, do something like 0.001 and keep trying something till it shows one little particle

great great great great tutorial Mr. Kramer
by Nick 01/16/2009
this tutorial is not for cs3 after effects, doesnt work
by George 01/18/2009
Hey Andrew, your astonishing with your techniques and know-how. One quick "noob" question though. I'm trying to do the 3D stroke effect but I don't have "CC particle world" or any of the CC's for that matter. Please help!
by Vladimir 01/19/2009
Hello from Russia! =) Super, Super and Super tutorials! =) Thank u!
by Wesley H. 01/22/2009
Hello,

I was wondering if i can use this program with the CS4 Series

because i don't want to save for nothing...
I really like the programs that you and the company designed =)

bye,
by David 01/26/2009
hello

I was wondering if i can use this program with the CS4 Series

because i don't want to save for nothing...
I really like the programs that you and the company designed =)

bye,!
by Volker 02/11/2009
Hi Andrew, the tutorial itself is great as always, pressing the stop button now and then and playing around with some new learned brings out even more !

I think i've never learned so much in so little time than with your stuff.

Keep up the good work !

Thanks
by toshiya 02/26/2009
hey,i am chineseman, i love movie,now ,i found friend all the word,if you love movie contact me
let make a word just belong to our.
by Mandoolap 02/27/2009
Hello,I'm Korean.
Your tutorial is famous in Korea After Effects Users.
I really like your tutorial, and all the After Effects Users will same me.

by Monkey 02/27/2009
hey for u guys who are wondering "3d Stroke effect? where do i get it??" clcik project, you will get a file called 30.zip, and open it up, you will need to get WinRar to open .zip files, and inside it you will find the effect "3d stroke effect.aep"
by sawad 03/03/2009
plz include more 3ds max tutorials
plz
plz
plz
plz.............
by Lori Finta 03/04/2009
Dude! You are the KING! These tutorials are fantastic. I love your sense of humor as well. You move quickly, so it's a good thing I can pause! I don't have any of your company's awesome effects, but I was able to use my own picts of a brick wall, and it turned out great. Keep them comin'!
by Abhishek Goyal 03/05/2009
hii, sir i have downloaded 3d oceam and 3d stroke
but sir both are plugins are not show in after effects. so please sir u tell me how to install this. i have need of 3d stroke plugins....
by Max 03/15/2009
Hi Andrew- thanks a lot! Great and funny Tuts! I love it! Greetings from Germany.

Max
by Francisco 03/19/2009
In the minute 6:20 when he set the positions. It no appear my the icon to connect the world particule with the null object.
by Taztus 03/20/2009
Hey Andrew!

I have a problem.. i can't see a pixel when i make an particle world and set all te setting to 0.. it all disappears..

If i change the particle to Lens Convex it will go to a really strange place..

Also when i do this an a new project.. i can't see a thing when i put all the settings to zero..

What can i do, I'm just a beginner, so maybe it sounds stupid..

greetz, Taztus
by darahluvu 03/23/2009
i dont get how this help with light writing like how i see pplz do on youtube like nanno im trying to do dat
by kris 03/24/2009
does anyone know how to to this effect in cs3, cs3 doesnt have the option for simulate particle it only has particle playground which doesnt have the same options so i cant do this effect
by Bob 03/24/2009
Great stuff, as always!

I have one question though...

...

Just kidding! keep up all the great work!
by Ovash 03/27/2009
@Taztus : Same problem here, I think this tutorial was made with an old version of CC particular, I don't see any other reason. I tried every single option and there's no way I can get the effect needed...
by Remington McElhaney 03/27/2009
I have the same problem as everyone else. I can see a single particle when everything is turned down to zero, but it's when I use the expressions to link the particle to the null object that it dissapears. I'm using AE CS4 and every other tutorial seems to work fine except this one. I've linked things before to null objects by using that same expression, so the expression works but something happens to the particle. Hope someone manages to figure it out.
Thanks for all your tutorials!
by Steve 03/30/2009
Hey these tutorials are amazing and I just started to use After Effects. The one problem I am having is when you explain to alt click for the positions to be the same for the Null space. Nothing happens when I alt Click. I am on a Mac Pro machine
by Nipun 03/31/2009
Dude your the best
Thats all i have to say :)
by Adam 04/02/2009
Love it!! try adding a light solid to the head of the trail so it lightens the box as it moves... ;)
by govind 04/05/2009
thanks for the fantastic tuts its very helpful to me...thanks a lot
by small 04/21/2009
I really like your tutorial, and all the After Effects Users will same me.
by khaled 04/26/2009
you are the best, i love you Mr andrew kramer
by towkintel 04/28/2009
Ei, Andrew!
your tutorials are great and the best. your site so far was been my resource center in our little projects. hope you'll continue to share your knowledge... your truly a great thrust of after effects industry. towkintel from Philippines. (it's obvious, your works are globally recognized.) tnx.
by woot 04/28/2009
First of all your the best!
Understandable and easy to use.
Couldn't understand some of it but ill try.
Keen to watch more!

U rock!
by inga 04/28/2009
I am from Sweden, i also like this.

Free to use!
Understandable also like the guy above said!
Can you please make more?
Karna my friend even can use it! He is 12!

U do rock!
?
by chaouki LAJNEF 05/03/2009
you are realy doing a great work...
you deserve respect as a professional and for sharing your knowledge...thanks a lot...
please keep going on...
you are a great man...i think that all of the AFX users arround the world appreciate your tutorials.. but not my CPU.. due to the particles..hahaha

by oWnAgEr 05/05/2009
Hey, Guys, I know Andrew is a beast, and I paid for the Key of AE,So now I have a serial key, But I don't know where to got this folder:Riot_Gear_FX
I absoluty need this folder for the Grunge Grey :)
by Titan 05/05/2009
yo dude im 13 and i work on makin videos and i do lots of editing and i learned alot from watchin your videos .i am very grateful and hope u continue doin wat u do

word up
by Ro[N]eN 05/06/2009
thnks
by KillerBee2590 05/11/2009
at the beginning you sad there was another tutorial. Whitch one???
by kiran 05/18/2009
hello this video's are excellent
by Jack killer 05/18/2009
thnks
by Ramji Shrestha 05/24/2009
Very nice!
That's cool effects....
by someone,, 05/24/2009
awsome dude keep up the amazing work !!!! 10000/10000
by Sam 05/24/2009
www.videocopilot.com

MY HOME PAGE

The greatest tut ever

Thnkng you

Sam
by MARIO 05/29/2009
Muy ueno el tuto lastima q ste en ingles... jejeej xD no cabe duda q sos el mejor. a ver cuando sacan unos cuantos tutos en espanol.
by marko_croatia 05/30/2009
all this is nice... but how u learn all this ? :D
by Reddy 06/07/2009
hey u r tuts is superb yaar

thank u

i love u
by Corné 06/07/2009
i like this tut and found a cool thing
turn on the grafity and velocity to get a great effects
by giank 06/09/2009
very cool
by phedro 06/11/2009
stunning! hope i'll be like you someday.. apir! hehee
by mohamed 06/13/2009
hi my name is mohamed i love my jub
and thank you for prjects After Effects
thanks Andrew
by Petuchini 06/16/2009
Hello! sorry for my english). I try to make this tutor. And i find some problems. On 5th minute Andrew set a CC particle world and set producer and physics at zero. And then he show what particle stroke is builded up. But when i repeat from Andrew i can't see stroke. If only do not set to zero velocity, for example if i set velocity 0.01 then i see stroke. But in this tutor velocity 0. why it's happened?
thank you for answer.
by ALLEe 06/16/2009
sry but, for me, the tutorial is imcomplete :(
by Renato 06/22/2009
WHOOAAA MAN!!
I love your tutus! You're just awesome!! You rule ^^
by BoB 07/03/2009
Yau are a fastest MAN !!!!
Sorry how y can open the program ??? :)
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