TUTORIALS FOR VFX & MOTION GRAPHICS
Free After Effects Tutorials & More Hosted By: Andrew Kramer
June 28, 2010
• Create a cloudy smoke title with real footage
• Combine video elements with a particle system
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Running Time: 20mins.


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by canady 08/30/2010
its real good
by Marcello 08/27/2010
hi andrew
you totally inspired me to make this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qms2o_NmVag
by Marcello 08/27/2010
Hi Andrew,
enjoyed your tutorial so much was inspired to make this promo using your technique
by BigPerv956 08/27/2010
I saw this and I had to show the rest of the Kramer followers. Looks like someone that made the new EWU intro is also a Andrew Kramer fan. Watch this http://www.sportslogos.net/article.php?id=207.
by Joe 08/24/2010
Really nice tutorial. It had some great techniques that could be mixed with own thoughts and make a great intro. I watched this tutorial and made a video of my own, using some of your techniques but i used my own ideas and gave it a quite nice touch.

My video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud0hE-kg8Mw

Great tutorial :)
by Mvou Alaba 08/21/2010
Thank you sir for your help.
you make a verry good job,I'm verry happy whan I watch your jobs.
Thank you,Than Gog bless you.
by Ritwick Hadar 08/20/2010
I want 2 learn about partical,s of after effects.Can i want tutorials step by step discuse above this subject.pleace.
by Karen 08/19/2010
this is extreme! :D
by bessam 08/18/2010
i only have wisp 1 and wisp 2 with the blue background i dont know how to get it like his anyone know how please
by Taba 08/15/2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L08mY_9swtQ

my try
by 2pac 08/14/2010
Thank you that's good
by Heyki 08/13/2010
Great site !
by Heyki 08/13/2010
Great site !
by PsyCho 08/12/2010
Amazing
by Scott 08/12/2010
You've done it again Andrew. Does anyone know the text he uses to write VIDEO COPILOT?
by Brandon 08/11/2010
dude what font do you use in this tutorial it looks sick please answer :P
by TOMMY 08/09/2010
wowwwww the movie is so wowww...great but I cant see the flv movie tutorial on my win 7, can any body help me. thax very much
by Rohullah Kabir 08/08/2010
great great no comments
by Pratik 08/06/2010
Andrew sir, u have done it again....this tutorial helped a lot in my next project.
by AvizeAnimation 08/05/2010
How did you get the text on the wisps to go away?
by uchiha_nicho 08/05/2010
oh men!!! this is awesome i am a noob on this but with your tutorials is simple to learn!!! thanx keep doing this with your quality Andrew rulz!!
by Iwan 08/05/2010
Nice tutorial, Andrew... but, i want to know... where can i get the smoke video... please reply me on my email that has been given... thanx and sorry with my English...
by dineshmartin 08/05/2010
andrew you rocking man.....what next project
by AnĂ­bal SantamarĂ­a 08/03/2010
how a great tutorial!
hey... I have seeing an amazing 3d text manipulation in zombieland movie....
I would like to see a tutorial from a great teacher :D
by ed32189 08/03/2010
THANKS MR. ANDREW KRAMER.
WHAT A GREAT TUTORIAL!
if you have a chance, please check out
MY VERSION:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktdPrQYVONQ
by Felipe 08/02/2010
Hello Andrew ... I'm from Brazil, and everything I learned was due to you. I call him my master. I love your work your creativity is fantastic. thank you even though God enlighten your life with the optical flares prettiest face rsrsr hug thanks!!
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Ola Andrew ... Sou do Brasil, e tudo que aprendi foi devido a você. posso chamalo de meu mestre. adoro seu trabalho sua criatividade é fantastica. muito obrigado mesmo que Deus ilumine sua Vida com o optical flares mais bonito rsrsr abraço cara valeu!!!!
by Mark Ace Cabato 08/01/2010
Thanks for the tutorial, Andrew... I worked for like 2-3 hours with this tutorial and i'm pretty proud after i was done ^^...
by Denis Tsangamusa 07/31/2010
Wow Sir Andrew! A very excited Tutorial, i'm so proud of you. Sometime i ask my self to weither you were born by a Mom called Adobe After Effects.
Thanks for sharing your great experience and to think of new learn as i am. All the best wait for your next Tutorial.
by steph 07/30/2010
Andrew !You are the best!!! that all i can say!!!keep on doing such a great job!!
by sagar 07/30/2010
sir u r 104 plugin is realy cool
by saman 07/29/2010
thank you for great work
by WarlockSyno 07/28/2010
The font he used is:

Capture It by Magique
by Amir Hayat 07/28/2010
after a long time
watch your tutorial
its best
you are also best
no dought
by horrrorscope 07/28/2010
I used the smoked text to an intro for a forestparty! Thanx for a great tutorial.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/video/video.php?v=419107983086
by Shadownian 07/25/2010
Great tutorial...
But when I tried it I wanted to do it a bit differently so instead of a smoke puff I used fire.
Took forever for my little MSI Wind to render it...over 50 hours...but it looks nice...if anyone wants to take a look...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNxL5fDd10U

If A.K. even took the time to look it would be likke getting blessed by the hand of the AE god...lol

Thanx for everything A.K.

Shadownian
by Boris 07/24/2010
Andrew? thenk you!!!!! From Russia with respect! :)
by Kratek 07/24/2010
Andrew its just awesome! =)
by Serghei 07/24/2010
Big Thank :bluhs:
by Serghei 07/24/2010
Vig Thank
by chris 07/23/2010
the best part of this tutorial was the trapcode use, very original. I think I will use it in my next project as dirt flying up from "tremors"
by pooja 07/23/2010
i am really very thankful for your tutorials..
and you explain it very nicely..and always make all tough effects sooooo easy...
by pooja 07/23/2010
thank u so muchhhhhhhhhhhhh
your tutorials are really helpful
and wonderful...
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by Magomed 07/23/2010
Hy Andru!!! Thank s for your tutorials! I m live in Russia!!!You very good man!
by tnsae 07/23/2010
hi the is tnsae you did a great job but i want to ask you one quation by what type of program can i make effects like this.
because i seen the effectes and the i tried to make with affter effect cs3 i couldn't find the even the pictures.

so please help me.
by arina 07/22/2010
but how do I can to download wisp_01.mov????? I don't found!
by eminemchris 07/22/2010
great tutorial thank you
by alok 07/21/2010
AWESOME TOTURIALS THANKS
by Dave 07/20/2010
@Ana - Andrew is probably referring to "Trapcode Particular" from Red Giant Software. It's awesome.
by Jon 07/19/2010
Thank you Mr.Andrew for a great tutorial.
by Ana 07/19/2010
Hi Andrew,

First off, thank you so much for making this tutorial. You have by far done the best job I've seen anywhere.

I've been trying to find the "transcode particle" that you use and I can't seem to locate the plugin. I'm using the AE CS5 version 10.0.0.458. Wondering if you know an easier way than going through torrents?

cheers,
ana
by Daniel Pinheiro 07/19/2010
Thank you for all your great tutorials.
by jony 07/19/2010
i loved this tutorial

very realistic

THE RED SMOKE VERSION:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzbNijaIK58

MY VERSION OF FLOATING TEXT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2H1nZ8Lv0s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YanX8gklvJE
by Jony 07/18/2010
i loved this tutorial

very realistic

THE RED SMOKE VERSION:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzbNijaIK58

MY VERSION OF FLOATING TEXT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2H1nZ8Lv0s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YanX8gklvJE
by hardbuilding 07/18/2010
dear, sir
Andrew Kramer

peace be upon you ...
islam is my Religion ...

Thank's for your'S files since you open the site till now ,i have all honor to learn under your hand, please may i ask you what you think about islam and i hope you in the nearset future give as a project about isalm ... thank's
by Draconian 07/18/2010
I used two tutorials form Andrew in one movie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXbEBn3C71E

For the smoke i used also a Dirt Charge and a fire explosion.
by kiran 07/18/2010
i love your tut
by Ibrahim Jr 07/18/2010
really awesome :D

but Andrew, where is the download of this project?
by francio 07/17/2010
Hello Andrew
Can you put this tutoriel in download please.
Thank you very much
"un grand bravo" for your work
Francois (de FRANCE)
by zhaoji 07/16/2010
you are great,i love you,hi hi hi~~!
by Chris 07/14/2010
This is sick. You are so great.
Some times i cant believe what i see. You are to good to be true.

Greetings from Denmark!
by LOL 07/11/2010
where do i download Particular tool?
by ibra 07/10/2010
Andrew u are the man :) ur tuturial is amazing
u did realy good job :D
thanks from Norway !
by Azmy 07/09/2010
Your video tuts are the great thanks for your support
by cariagaXIII 07/09/2010
PLAY WITH THE SETTINGS AND MAKE IT GOOD OR WORSE
AND FOR ME I ALWAYS MAKE IT WORSE TOO BUT THAT'S THE GOOD THING ABOUT IMPERFECT
by brian 07/08/2010
i dont have particular 2 yet and there is no sprite option for the particle type, is there a work around for this?
by Viet Anh 07/08/2010
which font do you use for this tutorial, Sir?
by Baki 07/07/2010
Andrew thanks
by cateyefilms 07/07/2010
This is a pretty nifty trick! You are amazing! Keep up the awesome work! :)
by Walter Johnson 07/07/2010
Andrew you gotta watch the D wade segment on ESPN.. Whoever did it used your shatterize technique about 10 times... Maybe you did it? I hope so... cause dude is definitely jocking your style.... as we all are Sir Andrew
by Richard Shaw 07/07/2010
This is a completely different type of animation but uses the same technique - combining multiple video clips with a single particle system:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA8hEcK8n4o

This technique has limitless uses.
by x-master 07/07/2010
Thank you Andrew, best tutorial!
by Dilyor 07/07/2010
fine tutorial Andrew! Thank you!
by ayobboy 07/06/2010
Nice tutorial... geezzz...
anyways, im having a problem in making this separating xyz, when i try to export it the pop-up shows and it said "Cannot normalize zero vector". what does it mean. i hope you help.. thx...
by the way i'm always wathcing your tutorials and it helps me a lot. thanks agian. here's my email

majx@live.fr

ayobboy Mr. Andrew
by Dan Hostler 07/06/2010
Awesome tutorial once again, Andrew! I used that technique for a teaser promo I designed, I went and transitioned the text from both sides =]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCdNa0IQ_hw

Thanks so much for all your teachings!
by smail beldj 07/06/2010
hi there thanks sir andrew kramer for the fantastic tutorials .I want to konw how to make real fire works and fire explosion using AE. THANKS ADREW YUO R MY TEACHER FOR THE MOMENT
by Sunny 07/06/2010
Hi Andrew. Thank you very much for all of your tutorials. I learn many things and everything about AE form videocopilot. Your a great and A-List person to me and will be. (A fan form Bangladesh)
by Brad 07/05/2010
Thanks for all the text tutorials. These are a common way money is made. Thanks so much for sharing money-making tools.
by Dave 07/05/2010
This was ok, but here is what I think of when I hear "whispy".

I'd like to see more fluidity from the smoke. Instead of the smoke covering the text, it should become the body of the text.

Please view this:

http://creativity-online.com/work/dortmund-concert-hall-symphony-in-red/1212
by Alex 07/05/2010
Great tutorial Andrew, take a look at what I made, btw I just do these for fun! :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3R2mDgcX48
by Martin Bee 07/05/2010
I see you use Trapcode particular, is there an other way to make that smoke effect FROM SCRATCH? I would love to see (and it would be fairplay) something spectacular that doesn't need (but could) Twitch or Riot Gear or Trapcode p. YOU are the best at After Effects. Please, give us neebies hope that, one day, we too could be as good as you (or close to be) and show everyone that those plugins premade animations aren't absolutely essential.

Thank you.
by Emin 07/05/2010
Can anybody stop him?
I can't believe it your tutorials.
They are greets. Thanks for all.

And You are the best on the World.
by saud 07/05/2010
does action 2 works on cs5 ????
by Jabir Khan 07/04/2010
hi Andrew i m jabir khan Form Pakistan...i love ur Tutorials and ur website...
by hi princes 07/04/2010
sir u are amazing just like a god.......
i m from (india,westbengal,malda).sir please give me your some tips and tricks.....my email address is tushar.ghosh89@gmail.com.......please sir......
by Lasse 07/04/2010
how many text effects are you ganna make ?
half of the toturials are text effects.
i want to see something new now :P
by Debayan Halder 07/04/2010
Hi,Andrew, i am Debayan.. Thank you very much for your valuable excellent techniques...
by jey 07/04/2010
good ! fantastic
by Alptonay 07/04/2010
Thanks for the tips and creative attentions Andrew.. They are very useful and helpful for us. So when is the "behind scene of a tutorial"? :P
by CLANCY30 07/03/2010
this is my version i did for a moder warfare 2 clan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0kUPlALAAU
by aladdin 07/03/2010
your works excellent ,your creatives open our eyes to beautiful world, actually ,the good point of your art it's realistic touches;thanks
by RAKESH ROSAN LAISHRAMCHA 07/03/2010
Sir Andrew,
You are really great. I am from Manipur, a small state from north eastern India. I really thank you for your tutorials. I am a filmaker. I request you to kindly post some tutorials for the following:

1) How to clone a large number of armies from a few, like those in the film MUMMIES. or a large number of audience like that of the gladiator.

2) How to create occean waves and how to make water splash when it hit rocks or shore or anything.

3) How to edit a film to make it real action?
by rachid 07/03/2010
great job like always , you're the best you're the one , we always learn more and more from your tutorials thank you so much ANDREW
by FlashTS 07/02/2010
Nice AK!
Shall I try. :P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHL9SVcaFjA
by neo 07/02/2010
waw, its just amazing, im gonna see it now for sure
by ed 07/02/2010
thank you Andrew.
Green Smoke - After effects.
rate,comment and subscribe :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYob9bM5ASE
by Yasir 07/02/2010
You are doing all things very well. There is no word to say your work.
by iosef.poe 07/02/2010
Pretty good ! i love your tutorials.
I have learned
by GreedOra 07/02/2010
Yea your final Result was Magical Like an iPad ... :PP :D
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