TUTORIALS FOR VFX & MOTION GRAPHICS
Free After Effects Tutorials & More Hosted By: Andrew Kramer
April 16, 2009
• Build a furious procedural Disintegration effect in AE
• Use displacement, turbulence and particle world
 
 
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Running Time: 46mins.


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by GDW 03/08/2010
Hey Andrew

Obviously, like everyone, I love the utorials, as well as everything else you do.

However, I am having trouble with this one. It works fine with any image, but I cannot seen to get it to work on text, or anything white.

That is, the "Hot stuff" layer in particular. Is there any way to get the same burning effect on something without colour in it?

Thanks
Glenn
by Facundo 03/08/2010
Great tutorial..... Genius!!!
by NILESH BHANGE 03/07/2010
all our world east or west
Andreew is best.
by Lawrence 03/06/2010
Andrew, you are a genius.
by Taras 03/04/2010
Hi, Andrew. Can I see the 88th lesson of human transformation into the ice sculpture.

You are the best!

Hail from Ukraine:))
by zanatox 02/28/2010
hey! wow that is so cool thanx you doood
merci pour les info
by Shawn 02/25/2010
Hey Andrew,

very nice tutorial - very useful. I tried it on old vampire footage, but the problem is that I can't use the keying correctly though previous Day to Night Conversion. Imagine its all blue colored and I want only the actor to be disintegrated - is there a chance to get the same effect by using masks? Thanks for an answer.

Bye Shawn
by Joannes 02/24/2010
muy muy bueno very good
by rah 02/23/2010
your work osam i read your tutorials a lot of time thanks ples help to footages
by DFKVids 02/20/2010
@ FILIPOTTER - Try using Google Chrome, runs like a charm.

Thanks Andreew! :D
by Rafael 02/20/2010
Man..You are THE MAN!!!!!no comments...
by Brandon Bender 02/19/2010
This one rocks. I'm going to use this style on my logo intro.

Thanks!
Brandon Bender
msevenmarketing.com
by sd 02/19/2010
thanks so much for these great tutorials. they've really helped me get familiar with after effects.
by melih 02/14/2010
amazing..! thanx 4 all
by melih 02/14/2010
amazing..! thanx 4 all
by FILIPOTTER 02/13/2010
Hey, I'm using opera and... when watching the videos, it's either really slow, or it loads slow and then gets to a part where it just stops and goes to the beginning. halp
by vious21 02/11/2010
Hey guys,
Andrew, your tutorials are the best and I've seen quite a lot of them, but for some reason, this tutorial (disintegration) doesn't load properly. It only loads about 9 seconds, and shows the bar fully loaded. It doesn't load any more. Can someone please tell me what I should do.
by Giovaribri 02/09/2010
Felicitaciones por los aportes de los tutos que nos dan. Congratulations.
by cariaga 02/09/2010
haha
by surendranath 02/05/2010
amazing tutorials. u people r doing a wonderful job Thanks a lot, looks really good
by mrq 01/31/2010
Simply outstanding!! Tutorials like this cannot be found anywhere. How to unlock the potential of an application with design and imaginative skills. Now where did I put the tissues ;) Much respect guys!!
by Viddy 01/31/2010
As usual, Andrew, this was an excellent tutorial. However, your viewers should note that the disintegration technique only works for computer graphics. I tried disintegrating my boss and it didn't work; he's still alive. Bummer.
by Ali 01/30/2010
THANK U
by vinusukumar 01/28/2010
i am from India, its great to see such a great tutorial....for a emerging VFX artist as like me....thanks
by Rizwan 01/25/2010
Hi Andrew, You are the best. Each of your tutorial means a lot to me. Thanks a lot. I hope you will continue posting more tutorials.
by jeffrey alexander 01/23/2010
es algo que realmente esta muy lindo todo lo que nosotros podemos hacer con solo mirar....


eso esta muy bien y en realidad muy vacano...
by Danz 01/23/2010
What Products did you use?
by Venom 01/23/2010
It's really cool if play this effect in reverse...

kind of like atoms integrating to form a life-form.
Maybe aliens from other planets come like this on our earth.
by Amir Zahir 01/21/2010
Hello ANDREW

WOW this is very nice all 101 training videos wow. these are all fun and very interesting. an you or anyone on this blog help me how to place audio effects on the videos, since you do not show how to do this? and GREAT JOB PLEASE KEEP IT UP.
Also I bought the 500 sound effects you have and just got it today. but very disappointed because there is no sound effects like the ones you use on your movies! why? like the FLY.WAV for the zoom out of earth? where is that? and the for the suicide head shot training where is the gun and other sound effects you use for many trainings?

Did hear each and every one but nothing found nothing i have purchased now the bullet DVD lets see how this one is.

PLEASE KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AND THANKS VERY MUCH
AND PLEASE ANSWER IF POSSIBLE!
by bharat 01/21/2010
hai andrew kreamer iam an indian and iam a great fan of yours i learnt the adobe aftereffects and its creativity from your videos on you tube i desperately want to learn how to make a slow motion bullet shooting and a car and building blast

thank you
bharat ram
by Lucas Monteiro 01/19/2010
Best tutorial I've ever seen... So funny an interesting, I couldn't stop watching! And the last video, uau! LOL
by sam 01/19/2010
hi you are very creative guy please upload tutorial of trapecode 3d stroke
by Xawer 01/18/2010
does the "displacement map"-effect require CS3?
i only have AE 7.0, and i cant find the effect.

by basha 01/17/2010
hai,i am avfx student.i want this vedio.but i cant download it.please help me.
by david 01/16/2010
Great tutorial. I am a film student. I was wondering if you could make this effect burn up a whole wall and then have the outside revealed?
Looking for effects to use in my final project to graduate. Any help you could give would be greatly appreciated.
by ?? 01/16/2010
???~GOOD ~
by Pablo 01/15/2010
Very very good tut! What a pity that I don't have the Particle World plug-in.

Keep that way!
by MarcoBbbb 01/10/2010
Impressive, very impressive, i follow your tutorials, from basic to these!!! Thanks.
Greeting from Italy.....
by Mihdi 01/08/2010
Hi! I'm really amazed with all your tutorials, are great! Specially this one!

Greetings from Uruguay!!
by udit 01/03/2010
hey buddy i wanna become like u ......
i am in 11 and planning to do B.A in advance 3d animation and visual effects from MAAC India

thanks mate for ur tutorials
by Darren 12/30/2009
Great tutorials,but where to get that picture you have/videos etc.To edit then or insert them in videos.Pls reply thx.
by Nate 12/30/2009
Andrew, dude, you rock. You have the best tutorials. PERIOD. And I'm a bit of a tutorial junke.

(Lynda.com should be all on your nuts dude)

I really hope you are making the money you deserve.
(i.e. a hell of a lot)

I support your site 110%

For all you newcomers out there. BUY THIS STUFF!!!!

Much love Bro.
by ZOHAIR GRAPHIC 12/30/2009
Fantastic
by ZOHAIR GRAPHIC 12/30/2009
great effects ^^ thanks
by Ricky_Irom 12/29/2009
I REALLY LOVE DIS SITE ............!!

ANDREW BRO ... YA ROCK .....!!!
by John 12/29/2009
This is just great, thank you soo much!
Im a newbie on after effects, I've eddited using other programs before but since after effects is so easy to extend and there is so much usefull examples and tutorials I guess I'll learn how to use it :)
by guy01 12/28/2009
can i get the finished AE file from anywhere?
thanks for all you r great tutorials
by arjun dev rawat 12/28/2009
very immpresive....thnxx andrew


Finally i got job in big vfx company..just watchin ur tutorials.....
by Sula 12/26/2009
The man who shares oceans of knowledge...you are AEgenius
by Ugik 12/25/2009
Everything you make
by ehab 12/23/2009
Thanks for the help
by Marcela 12/22/2009
Thank you!!!!, I love this site!, you are a genius!

grettings from mexico
by andrewwww 12/21/2009
where i can download ur brain?
maybe i'll thanks for that...
lol.


Nice heaven Andreewwwww.. Really great full stuff..
GREAT. arrgh
by Niels 12/21/2009
Andrew Kramer,you are a hero,
seriously, I have a lot of fun watching your tutorials, dumb jokes included ;).
Not only does it let me use AE in a whole new different way, its also a lot of fun to do...
Thx a lot for putting so much effort on making these... they rock !!!

greeetz from belgium
Niels
by Raja Pal 12/20/2009
Thanks for these tutorials.
by agmad_wa7ed233 12/20/2009
great lesson u r very smart man to render this lesson and other lessons
by tommy 12/19/2009
hey boss...ur tutorial is very nice rank S
im from philippines..by the way..are you using Adobe after effects CS3? or CS4?
by choco 12/16/2009
your tutorials are really great!its amazing! I've learned a lot of things in after effects....thank men! your great......
by boughanem 12/15/2009
merci videocopilot
by varun 12/11/2009
hi i am from india can any one teach me about this hi sathya i want to chat with u pls logn www.ibibo.com/nvarun not only sathya any of them
by Mitchell 12/11/2009
could someone PLEASE help me out? I neeed to use this in a video that's due in less than a week. I'm having problems with the displacement map; it only moves up and down, and doesnt move in weird shapes like it should. Could someone who has finished it send me the project file? or tell me how to fix the problem???

Thanks,
Mitchell
by Andrew More 12/10/2009
Hey great tutorial could you please tell me the font name of the title disintigration
by Adil 12/10/2009
Great, very excellent VFX, but icant find the .aep file
by Dalton 12/09/2009
When your talking about alt clicking on the position
on the transform effect, my computer lets me type
everything but it wont let me use that setting.

What should I do?
by rus_yeti 12/08/2009
Thank you very much! Your tutorials are great! U are the best ! ! !
by Leo 12/07/2009
Marry me?
by Bilal fareed 12/07/2009

Dear Andrew,
Good evening,i hope u wl b fine.I hvn,t much words to say about u but 2 say that u r Zindabad.this is souhtasian award from me.i am even ready to cast u a vote.do u know why world is progressing?just bcoz of creative minds and u r one of them...may u live long...
by sathya 12/04/2009
Hi. Andrew! Thanks A Lot For Being On Earth And Guiding Me To Be An After Effects User.I'm Very Very Intrested In You're Tutorials.

thanks for the tutorials there the best i've viewed on the net, keep up the great work.
by lee 12/01/2009
i very like it .
i love it
by Nicholas Ooi 12/01/2009
Hey you did a really really cool job ... learned from you a lot ...

Anisha ? are you the Anisha i know ? haha
by Stagno 11/30/2009
really great tutorial, you are the best! the final scene made me laugh a lot! :D
by Anish Nair 11/25/2009
thank's for you tutorial Sir,

your works helped me a lots
by Vladislav (Ukraine) 11/23/2009
All greetings. Show you in what format is better to keep video and what would not lose money. video size 1280x960? Write on e-mail: shema@ukr.net
by joey 11/22/2009
thanks for sharing..you are the best!
by Justin 11/21/2009
Hi,

Awesome tutorial! I had one problem tho.. My animation was really short/quick. I think it's because you have your timeline set to frame and mine is set to seconds (or the other way around), so I made it too short.. How can I change that setting ?
Thanks,

Justin
by Diego Jose Narvaez 11/19/2009
Thanks from Ecuador Andrew. Best tuts ever!!
by Evgeniy 11/19/2009
Hi Andrew!
The lesson is very useful and interesting! thank you very much! effect both on the show Supernatural! very nice and exciting! I'm just starting to learn AE, and had such an effect can be done thanks to you! I am Russian, but I understand the essence of the lesson, thanks again! 4 years studied 3DS MAX, Flash, PS:)

GREETINGS FROM RUSSIA!
by Vince 11/15/2009
This is awesome! Thanks for this tutorial Andrew.
by Aloush 11/14/2009
Great job mr. Kramer and you're Funny too LOL
thanks bud
by ram kandel 11/14/2009

Keep up the great work.
by jongq 11/10/2009
thanks for the tutorial mr.Andrew karmer.
by Grant 11/08/2009
this was an awesome tutorial thx so much for posting. This would be awesome for a lightsaber melting a door or ultra-strong sith lightning burning someone away.
by abdo24 11/05/2009
thank you
by eric agyare 11/04/2009
Man, this is some crazy sh*t. keep it up.
by Gmruleme 11/02/2009
Thanks man! This actually looks interesting.. ^^

Thus it kinda hard for a kid lyk me, i think i would start to learn from the basic when November and December school holidays! :D

THANKS FOR THE GREAT TUTORIALS, LOOKS LIKE I NEVER WASTED MY MONEY ON AE CS4 !!
by ivan 10/29/2009
hi andrew..this is the best tutorial i ever seen
by jim 10/29/2009
I wanna curse but i'm not sure i can do that here. YOU'RE AWESOME
by sam 10/27/2009
I really think this is the best tutorial yet. There's a lot of great techniques. You Rock Andrew!!!
by hanan 10/27/2009
thank you very much videocopilot , a excellent lesson
by vhirg 10/24/2009
love you Andrew Kramer!!!!

the best tutor ever!

by nitin 10/23/2009
it is the best one
i like to do it
by handsome 10/21/2009
yes i did it... thank you
by Enio 10/20/2009
thanks! great guy tutorials!
by Balaji sanala 10/20/2009
Great Tutorial. I Love this :)

Balaji Sanala
by eikira 10/19/2009
andrew kramer. your voice is solid, the comments sometimes are funny, and the tutorials are damn good!
by Fabien Lesbordes - Vectanim.com 10/17/2009
Hi Andrew,
thank you for your free tutorials, it takes time, sometimes too fast but it worths it.
Best regards,
Fabien Lesbordes
by seven 10/17/2009
your are the best thx for all
by AJ Evans 10/14/2009
Andrew,
Man, you are the bomb, dude. This material is absolutely brilliant. Your tutorials are awesome, even if they are a bit paced when you're trying to get started. But, you have done such an amazing job and you are very entertaining while you teach which keeps the viewer drawn in and lessons the monotony that most video tutorials seem to keep standard. You've managed to take the magic of movie making and bring it to the people. We are about to start shooting our first music videos and this material is exactly what I needed to add that something to the videos that make them soemthing I am proud to be a part of now which is why I have never thought about them before. I am a self-financed artist and don't like cheesey products, so I didn;t bother making videos until I had something in place to make them into mini-movies. Hats off for the work you and your coworkers have created and to you as an vert capable tutor, not to mention being cute as Hell. Forever, greatful.

AJ Evans' Group of Deviants
by Yannick 10/09/2009
Hi..I just wanted to say that I really like what you do,tutorials are powerfull and awesomes..I started to do some but I'm stuck a wee be and need an advise if you can help me..I'm tryin' to do the predator invisibility effect and the heat vision...need a wee help thanks
by dj family 10/08/2009
very cool man you are the best
I like to make a logo for my small music company that I am starting and I'm new to after effects I would like to know as home (greetings from REP. DOM.)
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