TUTORIALS FOR VFX & MOTION GRAPHICS
Free After Effects Tutorials & More Hosted By: Andrew Kramer
June 01, 2010
• Add fake movement to a still and animate moving smoke
• Create a real camera movement with a rack focus
 
TUTORIAL NOTES:
Turning on the Motion Blur switch for CC Particle world applies to AE CS5 only.
Running Time: 35mins.


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by Beallover 08/17/2010
I really love Andrew Kramer.
by Matt 08/17/2010
Brilliant! I love seeing how creatively the stock effects and tools in AE can be applied, and this is exactly the sort of project I was looking for. Thanks SO much for your terrific work - and say hello to Michelle Yamazaki for me if you see her soon (you guys are doing a book together, aren't you?) I think I met you at NAB PPW 2010 with her - anyway, rock on, my brother, and thanks again!
by Slapthatbass 08/17/2010
Hey Andrew,

I was following your tutorial exactly until you got to the CC Particle World part, and when you applied it to the solid your particle was much bigger and different than mine. Mine was set on explosion, but it was very small and was not falling towards the ground like yours. Any help would be appreciated. You are awesome, and thanks for the tutorials.
by JAB Productions 08/15/2010
wow, this is amazing.
by Nazim Hayyan 08/12/2010
Absolutely amazing tutorial. Still image intro realistic, cool video.

I didnt have an image like that but had a few of my back garden which i turned into a panoramic in photoshop then made this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W5h9ceK-p4

Thanks for all the great tutorials.
by mike 08/11/2010
super super awesome.
by vikas 08/10/2010
your awwsooommmmee man.....boc of you i have learend
alot of about after effects.....you rock man...just carry on....
by yaser alhelo 08/06/2010
Hello I'm Yasser alhelo age of 16 from Jordan hobby effects on the video and I have full capacity to work in any way Thank you ...........facebook.....yaser al He lo
by Goran 08/06/2010
Nice.
by toggly 08/05/2010
hi! great job! ... it's morning here in France and it just made my day!
by preethi 08/03/2010
i love u andrew its nice
by Davo 08/03/2010
Fantastic! Cant wait to see another one. I love you man.
by Damian 07/31/2010
This is the most amazing tutorial. You guys are so giving with your knowledge it really is admirable.
by Rafa 07/29/2010
I think the simple fact of been a still image and to do all those changes to it and make it look so great, makes the tutorial even better, Excelent! thanks a lot!

Greetings from Southamerica
by DeltaFrog 07/26/2010
This blew my friggin mind.

Thanks Andrew.
by ... 07/18/2010
I did EXACTLY what you said and it still gets wrong -.-

im stuck with the 'movement' of the picture...you already had that movement...but you havent shown us HOW WE can get that movement of the pic... And yes everybody i am a beginner.
by Dilip 07/17/2010
hi guys can any 1 mail me sequencer .jsx file. im in urge.. video copilot is the god of after effects.. i have learnd many things, thanks to video copilot.. hatts off
by svs693 07/16/2010
Andrew Kramer est Deus of Secundum Presencia!!!
Translation:
Andrew Kramer is the God of After Effects!!!
by waqar 07/15/2010
great man andrew rally genious i wish i worked with him
by max donnelly 07/14/2010
hey thanks for tutorial im posting a video on youtube of me trying to do this check it out
my youtube name is themrappledude
btw thanks for making action essentials im buying it sometime this week i made some cash and im ganna get it
by luis taico 07/13/2010
FELICIDADES!...
Muy buenbo el material!... VIDEOCOPILOT->LO MEJOR!
by Baldur 07/13/2010
HAHA, that's Eyjafjallajökull!

Great as always Andrew! ;)
by Ryan 07/12/2010
I'm trying to do this with a Picture of a Dodge Viper ACR (car is not in motion) And I can never get the paint done right. I just don't understand how to do the paint.
by amershayk 07/12/2010
Cool Andrew , thank's for this cool tutorial.
by Frank D 07/12/2010
Andrew K for president!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Syed Faizan Ali 07/11/2010
Hi
YOU ARE GENIUS TALENTED MAN;}
by Jaap 07/10/2010
What is Videocopilot Dragon?
by atifqureshi 07/08/2010
Thanks very thanks Andrew


U are amazing :)



Greating from Peru =D
by Zmann966 07/07/2010
Nice tutorial, the effect is subtly stunning when completed.

As for the focus/zoom relationship you were talking about, its something commonly referred to as "breathing" and only occurs on zoom lenses. What happens is when you change the focus ring or aperture ring, the zoom ring is affected ever so slightly by friction and lens motion, giving you that tiny little change in focal length.
by Mike 07/07/2010
Beautiful tutorial !
Thanks Andrew :)

by Mike 07/07/2010
Andrew Kramer the best !
It's very intresting tutorial:)
by Mike 07/07/2010
Great!!!
Andrew Kramer the best !
by Bartholomew 07/06/2010
Hi Andrew you are awesome. I have only one question what hardwer i nead to do videos like you? same fast and quality forexample what do you hawe in your PC??

Thanx so much Bartholomew
by shibin 07/05/2010
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by addi @ Hong Kong 07/05/2010
Another great tut, truly amazing.
by john iflaire 07/03/2010
hei..Andrew.. you are awesome.. hei can i ask how to make effect like he last airbender did... ya i mean the water, the air te earth ending staff??? well i am just asking if can.. but that should be so cool hehehe
by Joe Schmoe 07/02/2010
With everybody kissing this guy's ass, it's hard to find a real comment worth reading. Yes, it was great, but (1) it would have been more helpful to just play the dang thing after every change, so we could SEE the effect the change has (instead of just hearing about it), and (2) it blows my mind that after sitting through 35 minutes of that, he doesn't even play the finished clip for us.
by moOn 06/30/2010
hey!!
thanx a lot for all u do, u're my LIGHT, I'm a real fan!!!

but i got a pb : is it possible to do this tuto without the whisp ? maybe u're expecting us to do it by ourselves, but how could I make it, by filming a friend smoking with a black background ?
would the transparency with the alpha thing (or luma i forget) work ?
maybe it's a stupid question, maybe u're gonna give the whisp soon, maybe not becoz u want to sell your products...

so just to know

have a funky evening and go on with all these crazy devily tricks...
by Inquell.net 06/30/2010
another great tutorial. If i were to reverse engineer it i'd have used Photoshop's Vanishing point. But corner pin worked just as well!
by Ribo 06/29/2010
nice ;)
by dude 06/28/2010
excellent!!!
by Sean Burn 06/27/2010
I honestly have no words to emphasize how much talent you have Andrew. I started using After Effects about a week ago, and after watching your tutorials, I just can't get enough. You have a brilliant way of getting instructions across to people who aren't anywhere near a level as you, all while delivering amazing results. I take my hat off to you, I really do.
by Rick D. 06/27/2010
Very helpful and fantastic tutorial. The screen capture you used was also very clean. Can you tell me what software you used to do this. Thank you.
by thomas 06/26/2010
very good program
by hujat 06/26/2010
hey man.... this is owesome, Andrew u r the best.
by Armando A. 06/25/2010
Like always Andrew great job and so helpful.
by Arun Sharma 06/25/2010
thankx Andrew........
thankx a lot...
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by Esteban 06/24/2010
Excellent tutorial Andrew!


Greetings.
by David 06/24/2010
Man both you and your team are the greatest , thanks to you I've love this software and wish in future to work in Hollywood :) I really like the shatterize tut which helped me in making a spot ad for my school project on Ps3, but wish to say that you guys are the greatest and will always be :) I love the Optical Lens Flare , think it's the best plugin ever created. As for this tut you've proved another amazing step in showing how powerful AE is:)
thx Adrew and Team members you guys are the BEST
by maroo 06/24/2010
super!
by Olly 06/23/2010
Awesome tut man, you could apply this to anything! Sweet stuff.
by Ade Syaffree 06/23/2010
Do u think to do such things tuto and some work to be done in After Effects
will the 8 Giga RAM and Core i7 is enough to hold complicated After Effects task ?
by the Way , It is owsome ..
by sebastian kazimoto 06/22/2010
Your the King of Kings

Greatings from Tanzania East Africa
by liyanhua 06/22/2010
great?
by yogeswararao 06/22/2010
hi this is yogi
by Foofox 06/22/2010
today i cannot see ur clip why?
by ROBIE 06/22/2010
ohhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! its amazing.. i dint expect these much of work. its really awesome dude! lot lot lots of thanx to shared a great work
by Asaf 06/21/2010
Andrew's the best :)
by Igor Nicola 06/21/2010
I have no words. you are awesome.. another fantastic and precious tutorial!!
by Nik 06/21/2010
Great Andrew................u r simply great
by elendu chinedu 06/21/2010
andrew, this is the last straw. i dont think i can endure your marvel any more.....still looking forward to your next work though! you're the best thing that has happened to the 21st century.....or maybe the first 3....or 5. keep it up
by Devendra Badgujar 06/21/2010
Andrew, You are simpliiiiiiiiii great. thanks for sharing this with us.
by javier 06/20/2010
say hello from cali colombia
by Ecomputing 06/20/2010
Excellent tutorial , you are a artist kramer
by Killingspree303 06/20/2010
Fantastic results, and you've done it again, Andrew :P
by Marley Bishop 06/20/2010
I wish there was an Andrew Kramer for every program I wanted to learn.
by Totrus 06/20/2010
This is CRAZY idea :X :D Where the hell are the people from Hollywood to take you there??!?!?!?! Theres nothing i can say :X you are kick@$$ :)))
by David 06/19/2010
Great tutorial and your effort is appreciated. Just a tad above excellent. Thanks.
by zs 06/19/2010
it is wonderfull
by ??????? ?????????? 06/18/2010
very nice this titorial ,,,,
by rodrigo cypriano 06/17/2010
I andrew nice tutorial, ive seen the new trailer of super 8 from jj abrams, it looks he uses optical flares and twitch, nice to watch and post on the blog, http://cinepop.com.br/filmes/super8.php
by creative cupid 06/17/2010
U r GREAT................!
by Kim Segel 06/17/2010
Hey Andrew, Great tut!

Just for fun, when I'm doing the rack focus, I added a little Z rotation on the "Smudgy" lens element - like I'm rotating the lens! (I had to scale it up a little.)
by Seb Castilho 06/16/2010
Oh my god.
That is all.
by Todd Day 06/16/2010
Thank God for optical flares! Andrew gave me an idea through this tutorial for a project I was working on for Ripley's Believe It or Not! Video is here: http://www.vimeo.com/12620642
by Josue 06/16/2010
Hi Andrew, I am josue and i from of puerto rico, I am very bad in English but I want tell you so your tutorial it's so amazing....in Puerto Rico "BRUTAL" jejejeje, so i want learn do a jumper effect in after effect, because this effect i like very much......please if you can make a tutorial I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks Andrew bye bye
by Peter 06/16/2010
Greetings form Sweden!

Great tutorial. I'd realy like to get OF (and various other things you offer ofc :) ), but as a student the money isn't always there, so therefor I ask if you could consider having a student price for your products?
Best regards!
by Michelle 06/15/2010
You are amazing! I'm so inspired to learn After Effects and teach it to my students. Thank you!
by Andre 06/15/2010
YO!! you killed me with the hot air balloon with helicopter sound effects - your conspiracy is showing :P
by Trey Yoder 06/15/2010
Video Copilot needs it's own helicopter.
by germiman 06/15/2010
hi Andrew:
thanx for all your tutorials.
U r the best.
I have a request for U, is possible make a light turning like a lighthouse... do you have an idea?.
Thanx :)

Ps: suretarget 2 in Cs4 for me dosen't work.
by Simon Webb 06/15/2010
Fantastic tutorial, as usual, Thanks for the tips.
by Ridgeline Creative 06/14/2010
Yeah, what is Dragon? Some special plugin for sweet Dragon effects? Sounds like a answer to Fume FX for AE? Thanks for the tut!
by Ruwan ® 06/14/2010
great tut:
@ Andrew : it's little bit difficult to handle the camera 3D in time line... which is difficult to maintain Anchor point and camera path...
and if you can give us some tips to control the camera by next tut: it may help us to make better in our life in AE.
thank you A.K

ruwan sri lanka.
by Ceek 06/14/2010
Wow_goodjob~!
by Paulo Rogerio 06/14/2010
Very, very good!
by A.G. Alvarez 06/14/2010
Hey Andrew,

I was looking at a few clips that were posted by a few that commented on the tut. Eventually, I found that you had generated a tut for a missile striking a city a few years back before the website was fully updated.

I was just wondering if you can possibly make another one or post the same tut you had done during that prior moment.

Love your tuts and your sense of humor.

AG
by Johan Sweden 06/14/2010

I find myself smiling throughout basically all of your tuts...n`believe me...that`s a good thing! :)
This was a fairly simple but yet a very fascinating and useful one! Me like, wely wely wely much!!!

:-Johan
by Tara Arts 06/14/2010
Hey there Andrew Kramer and Video Copilot Crews!!
Thank you so much for you guys now I already have 5 jobs and all of 'em are about editing!!! Just wanna say thanks, thanks, thanks!!!! I have a channel in youtube too, where I upload my videos just for fun, and we just create a new series, and we're using Optical Flares, designer sound fx, pro scores, and lots of video copilot's stuffs!! Please check it out, and thanks once again!!! You guys help me a lot!! :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWW-sig57mM
by Brian 06/14/2010
you rock man! im from kenya and around here every guy that does 3d knows your stuff. Thanx for the tutorials and pluggins. you should do something for the world cup...im sure the ratings will peak. cheers.
by prawit 06/14/2010
i like this tutorials very very"""""">>>>>>>>thank you andrew
by Tulaga Whitcombe 06/14/2010
You know what gets me? How the heck does he come up with this stuff? I mean the little tricks
by TJ 06/13/2010
Wow you never cease to amaze me! Another sweet tut from a master.
by X-Zero 06/13/2010
great tut!!
by mehraj 06/13/2010
hey andrew u awesome nice tutorial man!!!!keep it up..
by arcester 06/13/2010
_i'm arcester working for an advertising company as an editor., your tutorials are great., it's very spoon feeding., there is no way an individual won't learn., more power andrew., again it's after effects time.,
by croween 06/12/2010
great job andrew! by the way,id be very thankfull if you would make a tutorial about the old womans head shake effect in the movie "the mirrors".as seen between 05:20-05:32 in the video below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a58cYVIeTdE
by sarsea 06/12/2010
u r the man and how about a comment about cs5 and soccer animation at world cup
by afterhelp 06/12/2010
andrew i'hop you do tutorial of move of vamîpre like the scene in series The Vampire Diaries
i gues you watching this series but if you don't (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIw9QqfSWi0
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