TUTORIALS FOR VFX & MOTION GRAPHICS
Free After Effects Tutorials & More Hosted By: Andrew Kramer
November 26, 2007
• Create a dying planet with visible lava and cracks
• Render with built in transparency to QuickTime Movie
 
 
TUTORIAL NOTES:
The CC Sphere plug-in is included with after Effects 6.5, 7 and CS3. Please don't ask for it.
Running Time: 13mins. 30 secs.


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by Jordan 02/13/2010
Hey Andrew, how do you get the cc sphere effect?
by atul chauhan 01/12/2010
amazing. you do it with a great ease. mind blowing
by Heath 01/10/2010
This tutorial and effect, hands down without question, was just used in a Discovery Channel special entitled, "The Sun". It was just a program talking about the sun and it's affects on earth and they had shown a dieing earth model and everything from the position of the sun to the planet and where the orange yellow glows took place was exact to this tutorial. Hats off again Andrew to saving the world one amazing effect at a time! Just had to tell ya. Wish I could find a video....
by Adrian 01/09/2010
For everyone having trouble with CS4, highlight the new "map" layer before dragging "lava map" onto it.
by Marius 12/19/2009
Oh damn! Too bad you didn't get into the advanced compositing! Seriously, if the effects artist job should some day fail. You should go stand-up comedy!
by champry89 11/29/2009
hi. im frm malaysia. can i use some of your videos in my final project? its for educational purpose only. thx. love u guys..l.o.l
by naveen 10/21/2009
thnks 4 the tutorial you rocks
by mango 10/12/2009
Thanks Andrew. Yours tutorials are books to me. I always come back for reference and redo.
by Spawn 10/10/2009
Men, this is absolutelly awesome site and tutorials... you are rock .... perfect work
by Goldy 09/16/2009
hey ANDREW ur work is awesome...i m having no words to define ur greatness ....whatever ur making us learn its a lot better for a beginner to begin with. THANKS A LOT MANNNNN
by Noah 09/13/2009
Hey tut Andrew! But wheres you get the background from?!
by Sitting-ARAB 09/10/2009
This is great Thanks a lot
by Sander 09/02/2009
I lIke this soo mach i found this site today from a video on youtube and t he amzing thing is that all of the tutroials you can do For no money (sorry for my bad enlgish but i think you understand)
by C. Edward Stewart 08/16/2009
Same as JimK, saw the shot in the Discovery show 'the sun' and it was immediately "Ah! Andrew Kramer!" whilst pointing at the tv like a moron. :) I had to get back on here and check to make sure and it's pretty much exactly the shot from this tutorial.
by DarkEntity 07/19/2009
Greetings from the Philippines!wow!really nice.i love that tut so much.i love looking at cosmic energy or the universe or something like that.A Dead Planet!that was amazing!
by mittin 07/18/2009
Just found out about your site today, it rules:)
by arcaion 07/12/2009
emm the fils just stops at 4:35???
by Rick 07/10/2009
This is a great tutorial, but I'm having probs, am using CS4 so have to keep looking for the stuff I need (cursed by the drop down menus)!

I create the planet no problem and the light, but when it comes to the lava layers, the map is in sphere and not flat as it should be, what have I missed?
by Malek 06/29/2009
Great work... I just foundout about your website last week and I got blow away by your work and tutorials.... great work man... !
by Alen 06/09/2009
Andrew you are the man!!! Never saw tutorials good as those....you are the GOD!
by Jim K 06/07/2009
Great tutorial. I saw the outcome of this in the Discovery channel program "The sun" that premiered tonight. Needless to say I was surprised to see it but recognized it immediately!
by nicolas 06/03/2009
best website ever , thanks so much guys!
i'm actually gonna buy something of you one of these days!
keep em coming!
by Jason 05/30/2009
hey!!@@@!!! It's Cool
THank's for Many tutorials.>>>
tuLOy mo Lang Yan!
by Antonio 05/16/2009
I have AAE CS4 and when u say that i should drag the "lava map" to the "map" holding the "Alt" button it takes the place, but in my CS4 it dosen't work, so how do i do it in CS4?? please answer!
by bill 05/12/2009
mine comes out (rendered) with a green cross bang in the middle. how do i get rid of it?
by Jordan Fountian 04/27/2009
Awesome Work!!!
Can't wait to try this one out.
by Bob Smith 04/24/2009
Greetings from Singapore! Merry Christmas! The turkey is almost ready. Could u pick up a tennis racquet for my brother on your way. The pigs are doing well.
by Colin 04/03/2009
your work is amazing, great tutorial.
by fabio 03/31/2009
VCS são fantasticos...
by luka 03/24/2009
i dont have cc sphere and cc glass... i dont have any cc things!
but thanks all your vidios are so helpfull!
by Adam Zwakenberg 03/17/2009
Great work! Really easy to follow and really cool ideas.

:)
by Supun 03/11/2009
Thanksssssssssssssss
I ;love Thiese tuets very muchhhhhhhhhh
thanks lot
by Gilgamesh 02/28/2009
I've used this tutorial to create Mars in this video. i hope you come and have a look. http://www.zooppa.com/jones-gaba/videos/3346
thank you
by S 02/28/2009
download the project file,this is a great tut :)
by sean 02/10/2009
How do you get the space background?
I've looked it up, but I couldn't find any brownish backgrounds
by Faraz 02/05/2009
You are amazing AK
by David 01/29/2009
Thanks Andrew, this is cool stuff. Really helps to broaden my knowledge of After Effects.

P.S. 90% of you can't spell and/or have very poor grammar. I doubt 90% of you are from other countries.
by momon 01/18/2009
Hellow, I saw you tutorial and, when i try to save it as Quick Time movie it didnt save me, so you know what the problam?
Thank you
by Vladimir 12/31/2008
Exuse me. I can`t render a picture without black backgroud, and i can`t render to Quick time movie. Why? :( very good tutorial :)
by Kay Olorunfemi 12/17/2008
This was apt for a project am working on, thanks for sharing!!!
by NiCo 12/13/2008
I need help!Where is the map of the venus?Or where i can download?PLS help!
by Martin 12/13/2008
Andrew, Youre really great! I'm making a movie and i need a kind of metheor reaching the earth very quik. Only, I have no idea how to make that. Can you make a tutorial please? that would b very cool.

Greetz Martin
by Nuuskis 11/20/2008
Simply this just amazing. Keep it up Andrew!
by koerdos 11/03/2008
thanks for the tutorial
but it seems , it wont save it as a quiktime movieeeeeeee =(!
by Patrick 11/01/2008
haaaay i remember seeing this in a dreamscene background
by david north 10/14/2008
i havent got cc sphere why?
by Wael Ali Hassan 10/10/2008
Dear AK,
I have an observation from reading comments of your tuts.
You have comments up to date even if the tutorial is v old, this means whenever any one starts watching your tutorials, he keeps on watching other ones even if they are v old and wait for new ones.
Keep on it man
You are the master
I like your easy way in explaining things as if it is a peace of cake.
I'm in video editing business for quite some time and I really like the mere progress you give to us as pros and to all others.
by Nikola Morin 10/06/2008
Hi Andrew! Really Nice one.....again...Your tutorial are always Nice anyways! Thank you!
by Littletiger 09/27/2008
Awsome tutorials! I tried to make the dead plant but I didn't have CCsphere. I downloaded the project and I still didn't get CCsphere. Email me how I can get it
by Brad 09/26/2008
Can you Do a Tutrial on how to make a cartoon and can you show the jumper tutrial
by Patryk 09/08/2008
Very very good! Thank you Andrew! :D
by hassan 08/27/2008
Great work.its really nice to see these tutorials.Keep it up Andrew Kramer and team.
by `n3xu5` 08/26/2008
weww.... very Nice
thanks very much andrew ^____^
by Lucas 08/18/2008
awsome :D
by haling1985 08/11/2008
Very nice!!!!
by robin 08/07/2008
Hello andrew, i have a problen with effect cc sphere. i type cc sph and i get 2 diffrent effect but no perspective cc sphere and the other spheres get error it say its missing effect. what shall i do?
by keith 07/31/2008
where is the venus map jpeg found which of your products
by Bradey 07/31/2008
Awesome man, I love your tutorials. I'm in film school and these really help my assignments look more professional. Keep it up!
by LorDeiby 07/27/2008
exelect class my friends my califications is 10 jejeje...i need tutorials in spañish...you friend Deiby
by aksdhka 07/26/2008
u suck
by Yan Da Man 07/23/2008
Hi-5 from Manchester England you guys rock
I dont know where i would be without you ;0)
by Payton 07/22/2008
>-( i cant find the CC sphere and i have the trial version of CS3...is that why? i'm not asking for it but if you want you could email it to me:)

oh, and... YOU ROCK!
by Tedd1 07/22/2008
You tutorials never cease to amaze me. They are so well put together. They offer tons of advice and entertainment. Keep up the good work. Sorry about the broke English.
by sean 07/05/2008
i dont have cc sphere!
by Max 07/04/2008
Very nice Andrew

I added trapcode shine to it, and it gave very good results. For those of you who got it, i recomend to try.
by ORangel 06/27/2008
hello from Venezuela i have a question, on a part of the video you used a cc sphere effects to make the planet but i didnt find it its a extra pluging? i have AE cs3 please help me thaks a lot
by whata 06/25/2008
indeed a bloody good turotial. I feel guilty to watch these for free...
by whata 06/25/2008
indeed a bloody good turotial. I feel guilty to watch these for free...
by Vinyard 06/25/2008
Very good tutorial, I really appreciate your hard work on these tutorials.
I just got one thing on my mind, I got the CC Sphere but where do I get my hands on Venusmap, spaceBG etc?
by andreas 06/15/2008
Great tutorial Andrew! Although I get one really strange problem... When I link the Y rotation to the Lava Map the Lava rotates in another direction than the other layers. Anyone that can help me?
by Mark 06/08/2008
damn, i can't seem to find cc sphere
by Dave 06/07/2008
Man, all I can say is thanks for guys like Andrew who does this kind of thing for others, out of pure love for what he likes to do. We should all learn from him. Thanks Andrew!
by hapss202 06/07/2008
thats is amazing.
by credit secure 06/06/2008
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by hi 06/05/2008
i did not get cc sphere woth mine and i got a 6.5 one.
by hamid 06/04/2008
very nice
by EcoPlast 06/01/2008
hmm why i havent cc sphere -.-
by Makarand Dongare 05/31/2008
Hey hi Andrew

i like all your stuff especially all this tutorials

last few day i searched so much for quality output tutorials
and this site is really awesome.
it gives me real production level material

i am unable to buy all your stuff but anway

THANKS A LOT SIR!!!

expecting more quality stuff from you.
by zizi 05/26/2008
wow.
this site is very fantastic!
because i can download many things,i'm very surprised!!!

thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by LandChain 05/24/2008
Thx,you bring me to a new level
by sboltonjr 05/22/2008
well mohbaitar . Tutorials like these assume you have basic knowledge of Windows , and After Effects . So of course he's going at a decent speed and that is why they make player controls so you can go back and forth in case you don't understand quick enough . He's working with there own web space as well so you can't expect hours of just one tutorial to explain every little thing he does .
by mohabitar 05/16/2008
Honest opinion: You go way too fast in your tutorials. You don't explain why your doing what your doing. You just say click that duplicate that move that on top that alpha that...its really confusing. If we were to want to create our own video using this effect, it wouldn't be that easy. We could probably replicate your video by pausing the video every 5 seconds and switching to the AE program to do what you just did, but what were learning is very hard to apply to our individual projects as not every step is not explained in detail. Dont get me wrong your tutorials are amazing. Maybe you should just do a separate video on special tricks and basic tricks, such as shading, mattes, transfer modes, all that good stuff, and focus on that. Ive already watched your basic training, but im talking about more in depth of all the tricks you use, without using effects. Thanks for the good tutorials, just elaborate more.
by Wolf 05/16/2008
ok i have a trial of after effects o got from adobe and it dosent have CC sphere and i dont have a disk.... so where can i download all these CC effects????
by Kevin 05/13/2008
Your tutorials are always awesome. You should put them up for download.
by nifflheim 05/10/2008
Extremely awesome tut :p
This is very useful for a begginer like me...
Thanks a lot buddy :p
by GeraLd John 05/06/2008
heLLo Sir!! I'm geralD from the philippines!! and when my friend introduce this site to!! DAMN so good!!

you rock bro.!! =D.. hehehe..,
hope u couLD make more so that
many will be inspire more with your works!! =D
God Blessed.. =D
by zirbat 04/24/2008
awesome dude this site rocks
by sabir jami 04/20/2008
u r great,i m big fan of u ,your tutorial are make me
extra in visual effects, thanks again with regards.
by nithin chackochan 04/12/2008
you rock Andrew i wish i was like you ! ! ! ! !
by Shawon 04/09/2008
hi mr Andrew your tutorials r realy helpful.
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thanks to all.
by Shawon 04/09/2008
hi mr Andrew your tutorials r realy helpful.
and this is my web side www.3dshawon.blogspot.com
thanks to all.
by syar 04/06/2008
wow thats coool tnx!
but i have 1 problem i dont have cc sphere in aecs3 please help
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by James 03/27/2008
Ur Tutorials are amazing!!!

1000 000 out of 10

u've practically taught me all i know about AE
THANK YOU!!!!
by Hireaman 03/25/2008

My CS3 does not have any of the CC presets and i dont know why! No CC Sphere, CC Fast Blur etc! its very annoying! could someone perhaps copy and email them too me - all the CC presets! hireaman@yahoo.com

Great Work Though, hope i can try it if my software ever works!
by dredghead 03/22/2008
are the venus maps royalty free?
by readme.txt 03/20/2008
Great Tutorial, easy to follow even for beginners.
by cakrawala I 03/19/2008
wahhhh..keren bgt (cool yeah!!)..
by Ali Productions 03/18/2008
You are the best!
by shrijith 03/16/2008
its kinda hard to find people who share thier knowledge like you ~ and thats the reason why u keep going ... on & on...
mark my words
u will go on making a lot more projects !!!
you would be known one day for your works like richard willams,john lassetter etc.
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