Tutorials for Visual Effects & Motion GraphicsFree After Effects Tutorials & More Hosted By: Andrew Kramer
Running Time: 29mins. 51 secs.
54. Advanced Camera Tips
December 17, 2007
• Create a Unique custom Particle System with Particular
• Use Null objects to create advanced camera movements
• Use Null objects to create advanced camera movements
Additional Tutorial Notes:
SPECIAL RENDERING NOTE: To render with DRAFT 3D use the 'Current Settings' Render preset in the Render Queue.
SPECIAL RENDERING NOTE: To render with DRAFT 3D use the 'Current Settings' Render preset in the Render Queue.


















wonderful wonderful andrew !!
keep it up mate
I loved it:D Really thanks:D Im from holland , en i used almost every tutorial in 1 film! I did get a A+ For the film and the school send it to the cinekid awards:D thats the most important filmprice in Holland! The film is about a person that founds a tombe in the forrest. Hey accidentely summons a demon, with consequences. I love your tutorials Andrew
Brandon
Keep up the good work.
Happy Holidays Andrew (master) !!!!!!!!
Keep busy, keep busy.
Thank You.
~Jay
Keep up the good work.
kewl organic movement!
Awesome video, 30 minutes, now I understand what took you so much to get a new tutorial out.
Watching. Thanks Andrew for the new tutorial and keep it up.
wish you best of luck and for your succesfull life.
please do some advance tutorial on reactors in 3DMAX
Thank you Sir
Thanks a lot for all your time and hard work.
Peace
Very Cool Sir.
Tutorials get better and better.
Thanks from London, England.
Thank you thank you thank you!
Nice one andrew...keep up the holiday tutorial spirit
42 secs into the new tutorial you say "its very precise"!
this has to be the best Christopher Walkin impression ive ever heard
Anyway keep up the good work.
Peace.
You really teach us to get the maximum out of Particular. @ Johan (sweden) you can download Particular from trapcode.com website I think. A trial version ofc. Seeing all of Andrews work, i'd say it is a must have :D
This is an other great tutorial.
Who you can do all this??
Very nice.
Morrocan man.
Good africa.
thanks man...
I wait your tutorials like the "Heroes" episodes
I wait your tutorials like the "Heroes" episodes
Yates from Germany!!!
Brazil
is very excellent tutorial thank you
thanks from NY
is very excellent tutorial thank you
"Shift" ahahahahaha
This answered so many questions I had.
Now, it just needs a "PART 2"...
How to import an animated logo sequence from MAX. Something where the MAX camera is animated a lot on the Z axis like what you have done here. It would would be great if the camera simply went from one logo (with simple animated letters bouncing or whatever) to another animated logo, having the camera stop and look at each logo and then flying onto the next. Then, how to export that sequence with camera data into AE for Particular, Shine effects, etc.
Anyway... just in case you have some free time on your hands (yea, right) I'm guessing that with a new baby girl you probably aren't even sleeping much.
Congrats by the way!
MM.
your the best man
thanks for this
Brazil
Thanks a lot!
im arabik
i love you
thnk you very muth
Australia out"
thanks from NY
Finally an easy workaround for the bad behaviour of the AE Camera, I knever knew how to handle this..
Also helpfull the hints on particular
Looking forward for ur 3D Max tutorial
Greeting from Multimedia University
Malacca, Malaysia
thx u so much andrew one day i ll buy ur dvd :p
from your french unknown child ;)
thanks Andrew
ariel from VA usa
Are you planning a new year tutorial?
Happy christmas, bless!
Greetings from Dublin BTW
Congraaaasss from BRAZIL !!!!!
You make us always excited with your new Stuffs.
Keep em comin'
In the future, could you do some Expression tutorial?
Thanks for everything, Andrew.
Amazing awesome nice ....!!!!
you are great buddy!!!!
I am 3D max User waiting for your Max tutorials as well....
From Pakistan
I Really enjoy your tutorials
PLZ someone HELP!
i have a question here, WHY MY PREVIEW ON AFTER EFFECTS CS3 ARE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DAMN SLOW?
By the way, i have an iMac intel Core 2 duo 2.16 ghz, 2.0 Gb of RAM. On Graphics it´s an ATY,RadeonX1600 (128).
I dont know if im doing something wrong, but when i view a RAM Preview, it takes like 10 minutes to view a 15 secs. presentation
PLZ someone help!
from Sweden
Keep it up
Thanks from NEPAL!!!!
from Thailand
It's Waw
Super videocopilot tutorials. Thanks from Czech Republic.
Cheers from Poland
Thanks from Dijon, in France !
from TÃ
The camera tip is just so cool.
THANKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
from France
Greetings from Serbia..
Keep up the good work, it's really inspiring.
P.S.
When are we gonna get a trapcode form tutorial? The ones on the RedGiant Site can't get more boring.
Sepan que hay un latino haciendo presencia aca!
Saludos desde ARGENTINA, SUR AMERICA
Thanks, SuperMen.
Thanks! also for the easy and super fast download after purchase of your products!!
From Montréal Canada!!
I guess beggers cant be choosers but i'll ask anyway:
how about a tutorial on importing a maya camera and a few elements, logos or something. or better yet, paint effects drawing on with the camera following it and some particular thrown in for good messure. that shouldn't be to hard, right? :/
Thanks Andrew, great tutorial
Thanks from Poland
How Can We Creat Adjustment layer In AE That It influnces to some underside layers and dosent influence to other underside layers???????
ERVINVFX@YAHOO.COM
keep up the good work.
you rock
Continue ...
BIG HELLO fom Serbia!
keep up the good work.
you rock
Continue ...
BIG HELLO fom Serbia!
as both a film-maker and teacher I take my hat off to you. You excel at both. The tutorials have helped me raise my game to a new level, which is great for my clients too. Thanks also for the laughs.
god bless and a happy christmas from Northern Ireland,
best,
Al
The Best site of After Effects...Congratulations!
Um grande abraço.
There maybe several reasons it takes so long for your "Ram" preview, but here are 2 things
that may help.
1. Go to "Edit", then "Purge", then "All".
2. In your Comp window bottom right
the "Fast Preview" button I use
"Adaptive Resolution".
See if those 2 things help at all.
To Andrew,
Thanks again for a wonderful tutorial!
- hit "a" twice on Camera, turned on Depth of Field
- click on the particles layer, but cant find "Full Render + DOF Square (AE)"
only see "Render Mode: Full Render" and "Motion Preview"
Using AE CS3
Particular v1.0.1
Great tutorial! Keep up the fantastic work.
Oh, your ultimate design collection. Super!
1 null to the point of interest
and a 2nd null to the position of a camera?
Panama, Panama
http://212.61.72.51/data/videos/randomstuff/ACA.html
Maybe you could do a tutorial on blood bursts (300 style)
Thanks Again
Little help here, for a novice
My AfterEffects does not show the Separate XYZ positon preset
I've looked inside the supportfiles and found the XML file there but
it just doesn't show the preset , what am I doing wrong
I'm doing a music video and I need the animate the Camera accurately , could you please help me out. And thanks so much for the tutorials and products. They have been a bleesing
Gracias por todos tus grandiosos tutoriales desde que descubri tu pagina he aprendido mucho gracias a ti, saludos y muchas gracias
Gracias por todos tus grandiosos tutoriales desde que descubri tu pagina he aprendido mucho gracias a ti, saludos y muchas gracias
Thanks a lot..now I'll go watch it.
Merry Christmas.
Just a question, why my particular doesnt have those preset animations?? i would love to play with that smoke
greetings from germany oneSTEP
Merry Christmas to all from videoCopilot
you should make more tutorials about vfx (like the tutorial said "the vfx site") a less of motion graphics.
My son and I visit your site all the time looking for a new tutorial and call each other when you post a new one.. we have also purchased most if not all of your products..Thanks all for your effort, it is most appreciated, I have learned alot from you, and you've helped me improve my AE skills. Please don't stop sharing your skills and expertise.. Happy holidays to you and your family.
Mark, Reno, Nevada
When I render this out, even though I have draft 3d mode checked on, text seems to retain the DOF of the camera. Ive played around with everything I know that might affect it and nothing good yet. Anyone else encounter this??
Maybe you could work around a bit
more with the trapcode plugins?!
Just like the cool "smokewrite"
in the trapcode-gallery...or somethin^^
Anyway, best wishes for christmas etc
and greets from Germany
But I have the same problem as franco... Something is wrong with text sharpness...
Thank you Andrew, is was struggeling with this for ages
"if we're gonna do it we might as well make it look cool"
Andrew Kramer.
great quote.. what a legend
keep it up pls.
Happy Christmas from Italy
Cheers.
Gracias por todos tus grandiosos tutoriales desde que descubri tu pagina he aprendido mucho gracias a ti, saludos y muchas gracias
Thanks a lot!
Muito útil este tutorial
12/18/2007 - 17:40
Hey andrew kramer this is a little off this tutorials but for your bug crawling in your skin tut can you realse another tutorial on how to make the oppisite effect like someone invisble whos walking on a beach and footprints are going into the sand or ground or whatever but you dont see anyone? ya know what i mean"
- cant you just shoot sand/snow w a tripod - then walk on it. open 2 layers in after effects and use linear wipe between the 2 layers to get rid of the person. throw in some film magic pro .. ha ha
from Brasil, Governador valadares city
Um abraco a mocada
good bye
saludos de los ANGELES CA.
cya
I worked the tutorial and I think I missed something but I came up with some nice waving coral reefs.
Thank´s a lot man!
12/19/2007 - 13:44
You spelled dolly wrong. it's dollie, not dolly. I think. But great tutorial by the way!
dolly is the right one
I AM HAVING SAME PROBLEM!!! If you find answer PLEASE POST HERE!
franco Says:
12/18/2007 - 23:25
This was an awesome tutorial, however I seem to have encountered a problem.
When I render this out, even though I have draft 3d mode checked on, text seems to retain the DOF of the camera. Ive played around with everything I know that might affect it and nothing good yet. Anyone else encounter this??
happy holiday
from mexico...
a merry christmas
and successful new year.
Thank you very much!
We appreciate your support
and can't wait for more.
ahmed H. from Somalia
THANKS THANKS THANKS!!!
next tutorial should be cinema 4d and after fx integration ;D
Thanks bud !
Happy Holydays for you, your family and all copilots !
Greetings from Brazil !
Check the top for the special Rendering Note.
Thank you Andrew Kramer
I wish you success
Thank you so much from Morocco -North Africa-...
just awesome !
Nice!
Coll!
Muuuuuito bom!
Excelemte!
I am, like others, getting blurred text when I render this out...works fine in the Comp with Draft 3d turned on, but the final render seems to disregard the setting. Looks like a few other had this problem. Did anyone get it resolved?
Thanks!
Its 7:00pm on 12/23/2007 and no way to view what you did?
Thank you so much form china
God Bless
Aftab
is fond of a lot from their tutorial , learn a lot with them , I should like in case that feasible um totorial well into Portuguese , myself would help a lot ah AND it places more tutorial as of cinema 4d drum I am fã
de ja agradeço.
obrigado!!! :)
Thank you very much for you're tutorials ! you're my master ^^
And merry crhistmas ^^
(an other fan ^^)
gimme ur brain.
Keep it up MAN...
Really Good One
is it possible we done it without 3rd party plugins, just using particle effect in ae7
looking forward 2 c ur new tutorial
merry xmas everyone happy holiday
I have all his products and they are all awesome. I hope Adobe realizes how much Andrew mean to their sales :)
Happy Holidays
David
Thnaks andrew
from south korea
Thnaks andrew
from south korea
so it's useless for me ...damm..!!
Keep continue this good tutorials
and if you can make tutorials about using Cinema 4D and After Effect and how we use our 3d project in AE
Thanxxx Guy
Thanks!~
Thanks!~
aguante tigre!
chau... veni a argentina un dia... y comete un asado de tira loco!
too professional is the rigth word to remember of you.
I have your dvds collections here, like Lucas films collections..d ou know what im talking about?? ahh i know i must to like that..sabers..kkk
yeahh.. i have your complete dvd collection here by the lucas films collection..
I hope you feel like a hero..becouse you are becomming one
take care
Bruno.
wonder how can i download it all and watch them without go thru the internet
thx u very much bro
very cool men! I'm very happy...this tutorial make me have fun to animate the camera with advance tehnique..
thanx a lot.
this another awesome one!
you go andfrew ur my motivation
..thanks for these tutorials.
I don't see this either...how do we get this working in AE Andrew?
I am looking to do the exact thing here. Make a music video(on green screen)...
Bill O'Neil Big Ten Spot comes to mind. I would love more info on how exactly he did it...
Anyone provide any more info tips here?
Thanks.
BigR
OT Says:
12/18/2007 - 13:51
Hi Andrew
Little help here, for a novice
My AfterEffects does not show the Separate XYZ positon preset
I've looked inside the supportfiles and found the XML file there but
it just doesn't show the preset , what am I doing wrong
I'm doing a music video and I need the animate the Camera accurately , could you please help me out. And thanks so much for the tutorials and products. They have been a bleesing
Bravissimo!
Wish you delated Merry Christmas
"
...and
a
"Happy New Year"
I am a big fan of your site
The Tutorial are more than words to
say
..NOT to pride you a lot
but
these things you are
doing are not only amazing,it also as an source
of inspiration for all the students like me
HOPE YOU ENJOY Inspiring US
Merci pour ce tutorial!!!
Thx from Tunisia
by the way i've gotta a pretty question about another tuto...
Perhaps i didn't understand, perhaps...
But i've gotta a pb when i Track a shoot (like your set-extension or sky replacement) parently to a null object. How do you apply the "motion track" to a matte with the null object?
bonne année
fab
the tutorial was ok, but a little boring. I think u could have showed some more things.
But hey, i still love u :)
bye man
THANKS LOT AGAIN
&
HAPPY NEW YEAR
I'm French but I like all your tutoriel I thank you for all, Andrew the king of "After Effect" you're the best of "After Effect" thank you yet Andrew.
And once again good year and a very healthy that this year is rich in tutorial
Greetings from Mexico
Eres la mera verga!!!
Happy New Year
can you do a tutorial that could demonstrate this fractal thing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFyUlXlNwKc
cheers
I love you man
Happy new year. I just stumbled on your website. I saw you tutorial. It is a great tutorial. I am a film student at Vancouver Film School. I feel I learnt something today. Thanks so much for posting the tutorial. I really appreciate your efforts. You rock. All the best in everything you do.
Kind regards
Bye
Hello Andrew, please wanted to request you if you can make step-by-step a tutorial about the web of AyatoWeb, is Text Mosaic (example 49). Thank you.
.....Hail andew