TUTORIALS FOR VFX & MOTION GRAPHICS
Free After Effects Tutorials & More Hosted By: Andrew Kramer
Jan 16, 2009 | 49mins.
• Use Sure Target preset to achieve advanced 3d moves
• Learn advanced tips and create "3d-looking" titles
 
TUTORIAL NOTES:
Works with English, Spanish, French & German versions of AE from 7 through CS4. The font is called NEWTOWN and is free online.
© COPYRIGHT NOTICE: You MAY use the preset in your work. However, this preset code is NOT authorized for any redistribution or sale.
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994 Responses to "Energetic Titles"
Morigna
01/26/2012
YOU GO SOOOOO FAST SLOW DOWN BUBBA!
Arbel Vaknin
01/17/2012
Hi andrew,

is it possible to download you lessons?
my internet is really slow and I hate that in the middle of all the great parts it has to buffer...

can I?
Jerome P.
12/17/2011
Nice tutorial.. it's help me a lot. thanks Andrew
Joe
12/02/2011
many thanks, I'm really learning a through the tutorials. Too bad i have cs5.5 trial so i don't have some of the plugins :-/
ivan
11/28/2011
I've been watching all these tutorials non-stop.
Argil
11/25/2011
Dude, thou art a true AE Zen Master...I was just looking for a tutorial on how to use ST and watching it learned, like, 20 new shortcuts & new ways of doing things quicker and more efficiently in AE. You have made my day. Much respect and thanks!
Chul Woo Lee
11/21/2011
It was great Tutorial...
Tanmai
11/10/2011
Great preset!!!
Brady
10/19/2011
hey man. My sure target focuses on the bottom right and not straight on my text... I've done every step with precision, what is wrong..
Corneel
11/03/2011
i have the same problem
nilkamal
10/06/2011
hey andrew provide green smoke text project files for me,i like all your design and most particularly the green smoke one so send the ae project file to my e-mail as soon as possible
Of king
10/04/2011
wow man you amazing
Richard
09/27/2011
Hey there, I am stuck at about the 3:30 mark because I am having issue with turning text into a 3D Layer. When you do it the green and red arrows or the focus point is in the bottom middle of your text, mine goes to the bottom left so when I use suretarget to go to my text it focuses the bottom left of my text.
Charles
09/14/2011
Doesn't work for CS5 i'm stuck when you set keyframes for each layer, they don't move :(
Hunter Reehoorn
09/14/2011
I'm having some problems, once i put suretarget into play, i get an error message saying i have an error in the effect sure target in the posistion. could someone please help me?
Jonathan
08/31/2011
When I turn the elements 3d except for the BG I loose the ramp colour on my BG layer and everything just turns white


any advice
Julles
08/29/2011
It works in after effects cs5
Chet Tucker
08/24/2011
HAHA!!! FRUIT SMUGGLING....God, I hope it's not were my imagination first went...BWAHAHAHAHA!!!! Poor Sam...always the butt of the joke...oh, well, he'll reap the FRUITS of his labor!! OH, I KILL ME!!! HAHAHA!!!
Ben
08/24/2011
Hey, I was wondering if you could help - when I add keyframes and change the preset, there is no movement from ONE to TWO, or TWO to FOUR.
How do I go about correcting this?
Ronnie
08/23/2011
I can't 09:15 help me plz
Jirka
08/21/2011
Hello, can i ask please? I dont understand words in: 16:23, 17:17 ... i must make a special click? Please help me... Thank you
Osvaldo
08/17/2011
Thanks for the tut....love the ending hahaha i have friends hahahahahahaahah good job man...for me you are a genius
fart
08/12/2011
wow .. so awesome
great job !!
loboo!!
08/05/2011
great, very complex!!!! but really awesome!!!!
Nick
08/03/2011
Every time I go to move the Null Object my ramp background moves with it, leaving only black in the background. I can't figure out how to lock the background in place for the life of me. Any help?
Mark
08/17/2011
you probably have your background layer set to 3D. Change it back to a 2D layer and it will follow the camera.
Kojin
08/02/2011
@ :45 I feel like i've heard that music before. Any idea where that music is from?
jeroen
07/28/2011
xD i saw this on the Tv this intro
sagars sana
07/16/2011
cool Andrew .u r too much.
Thiemo
07/07/2011
That's a fast computer you got there!
Ronon
07/05/2011
Hey, i have an problem. Im using AE CS4 but if i select the text and hold shift and than try to rotate than nothing happens.
Kevin
07/05/2011
Thanks so much for the tutorial!
1 epic thing: before the January 19th 2009 the font had about 500 downloads. The next week (After the video) the font already had 30k downloads. :)
Anton Rangel
07/04/2011
Sup guys, I'm getting an error:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YApEjrIMBxs

My After Effects is 5.5, the last one that came out. Well, when I don't press F9, the video stay cool, but when I cange the things by pressing F9 the video kind like lock for some time.
How can I fix that?
Thanks
John
07/03/2011
This is very helpful and a well explained tutorial.
Great Job!


Sam getting arrested Pic is hilarious.
Adelin
07/03/2011
Hey ya :D May you inform us the song's same used in the video (at 00:44) ? ^_^
Erick
06/29/2011
Really good TY ;D
This question that I'm gonna make u doesn't have anything to do with this video but hope u can help me. I'm doing a video in after effects, and I'm putting a bunch of Photos with frames, and each photo and frame are in a composition, so , when I duplicate this composition, to edit the image, the image of both composition changes to, so how to fix this, if I only want to edit one image? Hope u understand me, and apologize my English, I'm Spanish ;D
Heewook Lee
06/29/2011
Cool!!!

But I got a error lol

It took a lot of time to me(beginner)~

Thanks
Yume Gutierrez
06/22/2011
Steven Seagal, sure target. That's pretty funny and I heard Steven is watching your tutorials. Just kidding...
AFTER
06/19/2011
COµµµµµµµL.XD.NICE.PRIW
Luis
06/17/2011
hi andrew! i'm new at affter effects and i can't seem to find the orange background in the presets that you provided...please reply

Thanks!
Mike :D
06/02/2011
Hey,
Does the preset work with CS5.5 ?
Thanks
Breno Bigi
05/26/2011
win!
Chris
05/24/2011
Question: where do I get CC Particle World? I have some CC materials such as KernelBlur and Sobel but not the particle world? Perhaps someone can help?
James
05/20/2011
SOOO MUCH WIN
PhEoNeX
05/20/2011
then i press easy ease then it like hopping in the start of the film im makeing......annoying!
wahyu
05/17/2011
is very good your idea
q-WiLDz
05/13/2011
wheew.. I must buy new VGA card now.. hahha This tuts make me must to wait for 5 hours to rendering... hahah LOL
j-w007
05/11/2011
Please go to my website where i show you my latest videos: www.livestream.com/movies4eva
matt
05/03/2011
quick question. I'm running AE CS4. How do I position my blue, 3-D axis tool from left on an object, to the center as you have in this video. I notice the null object focuses on that blue axis but my axis is positioned on the bottom-left point rather than the bottom-middle
Da
09/29/2011
NVM, got it fixed. Just change the pivot point on the text, then we can change the null box
Da
09/29/2011
I got the same question.
Can someone pleases help?
Thanks!
Da
09/29/2011
I got the same question.
Can someone pleases help?
Thanks!
Patrick
04/28/2011
hei Andrew,
u rock... great tutorials...
tc
pat
Maxwillz
04/26/2011
I really like you tutorial.. Thank you so much. :P
david
04/14/2011
how i make the sure target presset? coud yo send me the instructions?
mydevilEve
04/13/2011
thanks a lot! you are soooooo awesome! >w<
Aradhana Das
04/13/2011
very good quality, hard work, awsome, many thanks.
musashi
04/07/2011
thanks for the tutorials! it is awesome.
unfortunately i encounter this error.


"can't import file "suretarget1.5.1.ffx": unsupported filetype or extension."

need help guys. thanks!
Crizzy
04/07/2011
awesome tutorial. thanks.
but, i cant find particle world. is it necessary to have that,, bcoz Its in the tut. and I'm lost now, I dont know what to do next.
Bryan
04/04/2011
these are awesome
Nicole
04/04/2011
Hey Andrew.
You make awesome tutorials , thanks a lot.
I have one problem and I hope you can help me.
I downloaded the project in Presets , but when I write suretarget it can't find it . I use adobe after effects CS4 . Maybe that's why It can't open it.
Your Little Helper
04/05/2011
Extract the files from the zipped folder and then place them inside the support files/presets.
DrVibes
04/01/2011
These tutorials are the greatest. I was really surprised and they helped me finish my work projects on time. Thank you so much for the tutorials.
rikesh yengkhom
03/31/2011
i really feel happy & every surprise as well as really really thanks. your webside is very useful me.

thanks a lot,
long live "video copilot".
Marco
03/30/2011
Thanks alot.
Barry
03/29/2011
I dont't have the Prests Folder! I got AAE CS5 How can i make it please help!
Uzi Ninja
03/30/2011
You actually do. C:/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe After Effects CS5/Support Files/Presets and copy the folder there. I just did it today and I have CS5.
sumit
03/26/2011
thanks for the videos :)
love to create all this....
Emmanuel Raj
03/24/2011
Hello Sir,

The above video tutorial is AMAZING and it is very help full to me in my Title Animation. Thank you for such an AMAZING TUTORIAL.
Rashed
03/24/2011
Bro U R The Best ....
obaid ur rehman
03/22/2011
RESPECT TO YOU MR. ANDREW, YOU'RE VERY INFORMATIVE
justineley
03/19/2011
this tutorial is great thanks!!!!
but still i am in a nutshell bec. im not almost perfect this tutorial!!!
samson
03/18/2011
Thanks Andrew your'e great. you've made me a great person in graphics.
Mahmood
03/17/2011
hello, sir, andrew kramer thanks from your
powerful tutorials i always follow along with
your tutorials and iam improving day by day
in after effects thanks from your nice website
and from u also thanks...........!
Kavindu Diyes
03/14/2011
I used this tutorial to create a pretty cool trailer for an event... thanx a lot Andrew Kramer and the rest of the production team. This was a great help...
rush
03/13/2011
LOVE OF LOVE AND RESPECT TO YOU MR. ANDREW, YOU'RE VERY INFORMATIVE AND FUNNY!
Abu Naser
03/08/2011
Thanks from Bangladesh.....
Love you ........
love this website.........
u r awesome.....
TxXx98
03/07/2011
Thanks for the Amazing Tutorial,
But, can you Help us when we have some problems,
I have a problem with the flare aray when i put the layer in the Promo Video The Flares doesn't work like yours, there isn't the same flash...


So Sorry for my English


Thank You From Morocco
Radha
03/04/2011
hey Andrew sir i am a very big fan of u.I didn't know that we can make such extraordinary things through aftereffects.Thanks a lot sir.U r extraordinary person in this world sir.Can u tell how u get such ideas so we can also try.We all r ur friends and fans sir.Take care)))))
wasiq manzoor
02/27/2011
u have great experiance & make good work.
i m ur also fane
best of luck
wasiq from Pakistan.
Chris Rendall
02/26/2011
Hey Andrew, here is a little ENGLISH lesson for you! Regarding the term you used 'in a nutshell', it's an expression that English people use, more to the point, Londoners. What it actually means is, complete, or there you have it, or 'as a whole'.
So in a nutshell this is my tutorial on REAL English!
Ta!
(Ta is another way of saying thanks)
GiBweiser
09/03/2011
You're a knob. He was joking. Seriously, could you make us English people sound any more stupid? Kramer is way more intelligent than you, and then some. Now go move to another country, give up after effects and find a sense of humour. TA! Fool.
Will
02/21/2011
thanks Andrew, even though I know so much about this stuff, eeven have a BA in 3D animation I have not really used it, so I am starting today! Knowledge is not everything, ACTION is :)
Daniel Marques
02/20/2011
Thanks for this tutorial Andrew! Just what I was looking for!
Utkarsh
02/17/2011
Its an awesome tut man. I just wanna know how you mastered After Effects. plz im just a novice and dont know much about it. i also want to learn this software. plz help me.
thank you!
Kjaj Productions
02/14/2011
On YouTube there is a vid of a television callgame in which they use this exact title when someone wins the JackPot xD

You are inspiring people Andrew ;)
Greetings from Holland
sagar
02/13/2011
awesome
thankyou!
jiga
02/13/2011
GREAT WORK!!! you helpd me so much!!
samboy
02/10/2011
you are awesome andrew
Menoc
02/10/2011
Andrew, you really are "The Man"!
thx a lot!
lio
02/10/2011
hi first of all thank you so much for the great job and time you are giving us:D
i am having a problem i have made 10 titles but when ever the title upper the text is kind of dark not all the titles but some of it.
what is wrong that i have done please help me.
HellBoy
02/07/2011
good thank so much
jenny
02/07/2011
what is the problem on your projectfile i cannot download it some of the files have a error.. can u give some free files.. please i really like this Video This Sure target..
Sebbexe
02/05/2011
I tried to use to Autorotate in suretarget but i can't get it to work and i'm not changing the orientation.
darshan
01/28/2011
it's very very nice ....
HuM.# `xXx _[TripLexX]~
01/27/2011
Hi everybody,
I have some problems with the arabic text :S
The text doesn't update itself cause it's in arabic :( i need your help ...
and thank's for the tutorial Andrew, you're the best, can you send to me a photo of you please :P
i'm just joking but if it's possible ... just send it lool and sorry for my english ... i'm moroccan and i have just 12 years old so ... anyway i'm mad about your tutorials and thanks good job man ^^
Daniel
01/23/2011
Great work well done!
you're a pro (-;
thanks a lot.
keno
01/22/2011
plz reply when i render out the line animation first off i cant make it a PNG file and also im using a mac so if thats what the problem is plz tell me im using AE CS4 plz help this is a school project do monday
Prinze
01/21/2011
I've never seen a really cool, efficient, and easy but yet professional way of animating a cam like this in AE... Thanks Andrew for sharing this :) Its really a sure target I can't miss it....
Cerebros
01/17/2011
I tried to follow this tutorial. When i apply the suretarget plguin and move the T1 to the first it does not center the FIRST text. To add to it i cannot manually move the FIRST text to the center.
Anyone can solve my problem. Ty for the tutorial AK u rock.
ur awesome
01/15/2011
hey one thing can u respond to this
uhh instead of making it go back to the first title you make it fade out on the last one and then the screen goes black please make a tutorial on how to do that ty :) nice vids btw
Erox
01/14/2011
My SureTarget jump to the side on a text not to the middle. In your Tutorial jump it to the middle. (Vers. SureTarget 1.5.1)
Devaughn
01/13/2011
I just getting started with AE, this stuff is great thanks
AndUp
01/13/2011
This is probably the most useful tutorial so far, wish U all the best, greetings from Bosnia & Herzegovina...
martha
01/11/2011
love it... great stuff. Fun and interesting to follow. Keep it up.

Bethany
01/09/2011
Andrew you rock. I love your tutorials, so funny :)
islamoNET
01/09/2011
is a wonderful works
thanks fooor all your tutorials Mr
and all teams VideoCopilot ... ThankYou
Rigo
01/07/2011
Andrew but ware is the second part I need back please :(

Thanks
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