04/17/2013

This man knows how to do things with After Effects that even Adobe doesn't know are possible.

03/08/2013

You are a genius man - don't know how you solve these problems but thank you!!!

03/08/2013

I KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!!

02/12/2013

Nice work!

11/06/2012

That was sooo cool! i spent almost all day on this (most of the time fuming why it didn't work as by you LOL) but finally got it to look almost identical.
Its sooo cool! thanks!

09/19/2012

I was using the tutorial by listening in the background while using AE up in front...I actually typed in "Polar Bear" and wondered why nothing was there.

09/07/2012

how am i supposed to get the pics

08/21/2012

Loved it, enjoyed it all the way through. Keep it up man, couldn't live without you!

08/02/2012

Love all your jokes!!!! Thanks a lot for all the tutorials!

07/27/2012

In 04:33 how can I change the mode, I have no option!

09/02/2012

Top menu bar: Layer -> Blending Mode -> Screen

07/21/2012

thanks

07/03/2012

Excelent tutorial, effects and power imagination...
Thx

07/02/2012

a galaxy....protected by WILL SMITH!!!???man u're funny! :D

06/29/2012

I'm trying to do this tutorial step by step and now i'm stuck. I just precomposed the "orb" then i'm trying to move the camera. The fact is, i can use "track z camera tool" but after i'm unable to use "orbit camera" it's some kind of weird error, can anyone help me with that? i have ae cs5.5.

06/29/2012

great tutorial, awesome effect thanx for this lovely tut.

06/19/2012

how can i download this video?

06/01/2012

Thanks for the Great tutorial! One question though.. How do I render the comp to make a video file like .avi? When I try to render the comp, the camera movement isn't there.. Sorry, I'm just new to AE.

06/06/2012

When you add the comp to the render queue first make sure it is the right comp, I sometimes get that mistake. Then where it says out..just change the format type. Good Luck!

05/12/2012

and what about a caustic

04/03/2012

awsomeeeeee!!!

03/22/2012

very good..

02/22/2012

Awesome ^_^
the one of my favourite tutorial here
Thank you, Andrew

02/07/2012

Mavis is hte best! I'm leaning how to tyep too!
Terry

02/04/2012

awesome tutorial...thanks alot video co pilot

12/01/2011

lol nice men in black refrence at the start

11/18/2011

Why can't the orb in mine become 3d? It's flat, even though I already clicked the cube icon in my After effects... I have cs4 btw.

11/16/2011

where can i find the images ?

10/17/2011

And i can't enter the time and my layers won't rotate... i did everything like u...but it's just not working...

10/18/2012

it's not just click, it's click + alt on "Y Rotation"

03/23/2012

just alt click the clock icon

11/28/2011

yeah, in 4:05 i can´t make the AE shows me there where you put the time*20 .im using CS5

10/13/2011

thanks sir..............
its really so thankful for ur tutorials.......

10/07/2011

Is that AE CS5 cause i dont have any of those CC effects and im on CS4 if anyone knows about those effects plz tell me. Thank You.

09/09/2011

Hello, I need help. I am using a Mac and version 5 of After Effects and I cannot get the reflection to move at 6.38 .
Thanks so much

09/06/2011

So nice amd clean !
;)

me=500th

08/26/2011

best tuterial ever

08/20/2011

great artpiece... thanques a lots...

08/11/2011

Good for you! Mavis Beacon is a great resource! And I also want to thank you for this tutorial. It has been very helpful in my movie project where a glass orb turns 3 teenagers into fauns, and one into a centaur. Not kidding. Thanks Video Copilot! :)

10/18/2011

can you link it or something because that video sounds freaking awesome.

08/04/2011

hey when i get to 10:42 in the video you add an adjustment layer, when i do this it opens what looks more like a solid and im given a white rectangle! why does it not open as a transparent adjustment layer like yours??? im running cs5.5 btw

07/19/2011

Wow, your tutorials are great guys. I love the jokes, the topics are cool and interesting - I really appreciate the effort you put into them!

07/19/2011

Hey Kieran, i'm using CS5.5 I have CC Sphere and have finished this -Which by the way is great thanks Andrew- Are you sure you typed it right in the right place? or have you got the full version? -The demo doesn't have as many features- I am a bit of a rookie when it comes to After Effects but I know my way around Adobe.

Hope this helps a little. : )

07/18/2011

Hello andrew sir,

My name is 'bishru hexino!

I'm from India.thank you for all of your after effects & 3d tutorials...supports

07/15/2011

hey Andrew. For some strange reason i don't have CC Sphere. im using CS5.5

06/13/2011

Andrew, ive just started learning after effects and i have to say, it was daunting to say the least, but thats to VC, my life just got sweeter! Booyah!

Thankfully im already a ninja with 3ds max...well...maybe not a ninja...more like an extra in a Jet Li movie, that gets his ass wooped...

Your tutorials are simply amazing and a fantastic learning tool, but also i want to thank all of the people who contribute in the comments section as alot of my issues have been answered, god bless my ability to read.

Greetings from Scotland, and no, we dont always wear kilts...only at weddings...and down the pub...

06/02/2011

thank u very much .... its awesome .... great tuts.... thank u..from india

05/26/2011

where can i fined like the pictures your Using ?

06/20/2011

You can find the pictures in the projects files

04/15/2011

I like this Tutorial

04/14/2011

Hey, i need a bit of help. I was wondering where i would find the CC effects such as CC sphere because for some odd reason, I don't have it. I researched a little and according to others, my version(cs4 AE 7.0) should have it already. Help me out?

BTW: Your tutorials are Amazing! =D

06/18/2011

If you got a cracked version of AE all plugins don't appear. You will have to buy it. (Or get a better Crack)

05/11/2011

it is under Effect - Perspective - CC Sphere ?

04/13/2011

I had to use Mavis Beacon typing to pass 6th grade computers and it was HORRIBLE!

04/06/2011

I love this tutorial you can do so much with it!

04/06/2011

Just thank's..)

03/31/2011

Great, great products and tutorials (a new digital addict.)
Thanks, Andrew kramer!!!!

03/30/2011

Hey. I've got a problem; I'm not able to make my orb rotating forever because my AE (it's CS5 version) doesn't open dialogue space where we should enter a script [CC Sphere effect]. I have no idea how to deal with that problem.

PS: You rock! I hope you'll never stop existing ;)

05/04/2011

That's the exact same problem I'm having with most of the tutorials except I have the CS4 version. the textbox doesn't show up every time I press alt/click. :(

04/15/2011

If you hold the Alt/Option key as you click the stopwatch it should open up the scripting textbox,

04/14/2011

A White textbar appears with a code in it, just delete the code and write time*20 in it

03/25/2011

Mavis Beacon was the shiznit! I had that on my Packard Bell running Windows 95.

03/20/2011

mind blowing tut. it's not awesome at all. it super awesome!!!

03/18/2011

superrrrrrr thanku video coplit

03/17/2011

Hi! Andrew Sir

Thank you so much for all your tutorial, its really helps for my studies. Hope i'll get extra scores on this exam. I'm from malaysia.

03/17/2011

wow this one blew my mind away man... you rock!! keep it up!!

03/16/2011

Excellent tutorial. I am very pleased with my glass orbs.

03/03/2011

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for making this and all your tutorials :]

I know it's a bit late in the day but I'm trying to combine your Galactic Orb tutorial with this one and I'm finding really hard to get the two to match up any tips would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

03/03/2011

best tut ever

02/22/2011

Hi,
I don´t have the transfermode in the timeline in AE 7.0. How canI solve this prob
Great tutorial though. Thanx Andrew!

Greetzz from Germany

02/28/2011

on the mac...
RIGHT CLICK in the TIMELINE HEADINGS (Layer Name, Parent, etc) and there should be a drop down menu that reads COLUMNS. Select the MODE heading and you will be given access to the TRK MATTE and TRANSFER MODE drop downs.

02/22/2011

Very nice tutorial! I went with it step-by-step, and got very nice results! Thanx, AK!!!

02/19/2011

Hi.
Thanks a million for this very valuable tutorial which is very workable for making some advertisements and also the other communicative features. i would like strongly to make a close cooperation with you in the near future. if i take some such artistic artworks , ill share it with you. get in touch.scincerely

02/13/2011

thanks very very much. . .

02/12/2011

hey nice video and it really helped me. Keep up the good work

02/04/2011

well got the sphere to work now can't get the time thing to come at bottom when I alt on the roatation to keep it rotating.......

02/04/2011

This didnt work for me at all , lol , I brought the cc sphere and instead of making a sphere in the unwrapped comp , it didnt do anything close to a sphere...........

01/30/2011

nice tutorial andrew
when i render it i get the noise layer in the final
render any help

01/27/2011

Thanks so much for these tutorials. I've been trying to learn After Effects and your training has made it possible. For a current project I used this idea along with the SureTarget 2 and Reflection plugins that you have created. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

01/23/2011

hey man, i cant find where to download the smudge pic, can any1 help me... plzz

01/28/2011

braad:

Go to "project files" (at videocopilot.net/tutorials/glass_orbs). Then click "save" and go to the file on your PC.

-jakeroo

01/22/2011

Only thing bugging me is..
How did you make that composition separate orb <
It's my first time with AF and it's not explained that's the only part I can't do..
Now I can't edit my Spheres :(

01/22/2011

Just wanted to say I am very happy I stumbled upon your site. I'm a video editor trying to improve my after effects skills.

My internet only allows me 500mb per day and I am more then happy to use that up watching your tutorials! lol :)

01/21/2011

where to get the cc sphere i'm using cs4

01/19/2011

Hi this z Pacino From Bangalore India n thez videos helps me a lot to learn After Affects. Thankx Bro!

01/10/2011

Bro you are a so good, good work for taking time to teach people how to do this things. i wish i had money to donate to you guys for this awesome work you people are doing.

Thnks so much

01/09/2011

Andrew Kramer,,,,you are a genius.
Great work my man. I thank you and the team at Video Copilot for all your help. You guys saved my life!

01/05/2011

...nice Home Alone reference. very nice.

12/26/2010

I remember Mavis Beacon. I used to play the typing games, but I always lost...

They never taught me how to type; I learned that by getting addicted to the Internet.

12/24/2010

Hey andrew, i'm working on a project where i need to render a 3d car, and we have a very small budget to do that, so we have no equipment, i have the basic shape and look, i was wondering if there was a way to make the paint job look more real using a reflection technique, please respond asap,

John

12/23/2010

hi,
i'm from indonesia, thanks for your tutorial. It's very helpfulll ( i'm beginner in motion graphic).
Thanks very very much...

12/23/2010

First of all: your tutorials are really cool.

But I don't get what you do at 17:05. First the shadow is dark because it's Classic Color Burn. But then you move it down and suddenly it gets brighter. I don't understand that, maybe because I'm new to AE. My AE here doesn't do that.
Would be nice if someone could help me, cause I'd really wanna finish this work and don't give up

12/19/2010

ive only got the trial of after effects for thirty days to play around with, but i'm really enjoying your tutorials and when trying this everything worked fine but in my RAm Preview and final render some annoying green crosses come out from the orbs. i would prefer for this to not be there. Have You Any idea what would cause this and how to fix it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Jack Arthur.

p.s. I Thought it might be that the CC plugins that i had to download seperatly were only trial versions but it says that the contain all features.

12/17/2010

Hey Daniel Campbell, I love your version of the orbs! Everyone should check it out

12/26/2010

Thanks heaps James,

Glad you liked it, Really appreciate the positive feedback. :)

12/16/2010

Thanks Andrew, Awesome Tutorial.

Here is my version:

http://vimeo.com/17904721

Hope you enjoy.

12/26/2010

hey , how did you do the text effect

12/14/2010

Lol awesome tutorial. Laughed my butt off at the Mavis Beacon joke .. more the intonation than the reference of course. Good to know there's others out there ;)

12/12/2010

Its Great! ... thank you so much!!

12/12/2010

It's Christmas time so I've made this little intro for my work website.

http://uppk.pl/temp/orb.html

Those are merry Christmas and a happy new year from my 'company' in polish :)
Enjoy :)

Andrew, You're best on the net when it comes to the After Effects!
Keep up the awesome work!

12/30/2010

Very nice!

12/05/2010

NICE KRAMER .................


THANX

12/02/2010

Linear Whipe is not there in my Adobe After Effects -.-
Cant do it...
That sucks!!!

11/28/2010

Funny tutorial...I made this :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_A8PX9gQL8

11/19/2010

Hey i took a texture of broken glass as in Action Essentials and added a CC sphere to this layer and then turned on the screen mode. It looks cool and gives this scratched look.

11/11/2010

Hi,

Me and my friend have designed an iphone app called Magic ORB, where we have used this tutorial to do the animation in app.
please take a look at the app
http://www.oriuz.com/
or
http://itunes.apple.com/app/magic-orb/id389978866?mt=8

thanks for the tutorial

10/22/2010

Hi! I am starting Viewing your Tutorials and using AE (Radial Gradient Ramp!!!). every thing is perfect: site design, tutorial topics,.... and even your voice!!. for several days i am thinking how can i appreciate you. i hope you can sell billions of your products and get a job in great vfx movies.
Thank you for million Times.

10/20/2010

this is so good,good job!

10/12/2010

my first ae tut and i realy want 2 marry you...
please keep going on! awesome, ist just awesome!

cheers from austria

10/09/2010

Where can i find this img that he uses? :(

10/06/2010

You have no idea how much I am learning from this site. Thanks soo much =)

10/05/2010

Wow, well done, one of your best tutorials but wouldn't it be easier to make it in 3ds max, the reflections would be accurate and it would actually be 3d.

10/02/2010

I like your all tutorials.... Its all very usefull for me and i would like to thank u.....

09/27/2010

hai tutorial super its very use full to learn after effects thanqu.

09/26/2010

i have a doubt one one of the transitions of words in a movie.....could help me sort it out ? thanks andrew

09/23/2010

MAYVOUS BEACON TYPING! thats what i used to learn to type.. there was a scratch in the disk or something so every time she talked it sounded like she was dying or getting her soul ripped out.

09/20/2010

Men!you really made my day,good job!!!i really appreciate.