ALL DESIGN TOOLS
125. Grenade Throw
• Composite a super-slow motion grenade to live footage
• Use 2D Tracking on a camera to match a nodal pan.
• Use 2D Tracking on a camera to match a nodal pan.
Posted on Jan 16, 2012
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268 Comments
FLAME
11 years ago
I AVE a problem i cannot install my computer after effect just tell me what missed my computer to install firs
Steve
11 years ago
Just a quick question, you used real grenades hanging from sting to film a grenade effect, is there a way of using a still pic to achieve the same effect?
Altug
12 years ago
Hello Andrew,
having great fun watching your videos, learning some cool stuff..
Greetings from Turkey
having great fun watching your videos, learning some cool stuff..
Greetings from Turkey
Anundril
12 years ago
Hi
Although I'm French, your tutorials really are crystal clear ! I understand every single word you speak, and it's simply amazing ... Thanks to you, I really have improved my skills on AE and for that, i'm very grateful ...
Just keep up the good work, and I wish the best to you
Although I'm French, your tutorials really are crystal clear ! I understand every single word you speak, and it's simply amazing ... Thanks to you, I really have improved my skills on AE and for that, i'm very grateful ...
Just keep up the good work, and I wish the best to you
mokhtar
12 years ago
there you go my dear bro
thanks a lot
you are the god of after effects
mokhtar from afghanistan
thanks a lot
you are the god of after effects
mokhtar from afghanistan
Mannerlax?
13 years ago
Dudes this vid and all ofyour other ones are epic. i suggest that u guys make ur own utube channel (if u dont already have one) and i bet u will get sponsord and u will make heaps of money.
Sin74
12 years ago
I'm not sure about the gazillion dollars 
but he/they have done actual professional stuff. Read the "about us" at the bottom of the main tutorials page. Title sequences for Fringe and the Star Trek movie, and work with J.J. Abrams (which would be Star Trek, but I'm assuming other projects as well.)
but he/they have done actual professional stuff. Read the "about us" at the bottom of the main tutorials page. Title sequences for Fringe and the Star Trek movie, and work with J.J. Abrams (which would be Star Trek, but I'm assuming other projects as well.)
Carlos Santana Moss Eating Insects
13 years ago
Yeah, those fragmentation grenades do have names, chief. In order of appearance: F1, M61, and M67. I see what you did there, using the Soviet F1 for the tutorial, subtly jamming your communist propaganda down people's wind pipes, and then trying to act like you don't know the difference. Nice try commie, nice try.
Brandon
13 years ago
"hes like the bollywood version of Steven Segal" I frigging love Sam he does an amazing job on screen lol I love all these tutorials.
Garrett Meyers
13 years ago
Can you give us the download link for the other grenades!!??
Awesome work!!
Awesome work!!
Darek
13 years ago
WoW, I have just found this website and all of the stuff is just great!! I dont know anything about AE but I really want to learn and this is just going to help me sooo much, biggest confusion for me atm is all them compositions....I've been using PS for 4 years now and recently I have started to play around with video in Premier so introducing after effects will just add another dimension to my work.
Keep up the good work and thanks!!!
Keep up the good work and thanks!!!
malcolm
13 years ago
Not sure I understand why you had to set up everything in 3D? Couldn't you just have comped the grenade over the footage in 2D and keyframed it's position? Would have given very similar results, no?
Dave Rock
13 years ago
Andrew,. please help me to be my tutor 
your video its very-very perfect,. \m/
your video its very-very perfect,. \m/
BASHIR ABDUL
13 years ago
ANDREW C. YOUR THE BEST IN AFTER EFFECT
CAN U SEND ME NEW PRESSET AND FOOTAGE,PLUGIN
THANK FOR YOUR HELP.MAY GOD BLESS.
CAN U SEND ME NEW PRESSET AND FOOTAGE,PLUGIN
THANK FOR YOUR HELP.MAY GOD BLESS.
matin
13 years ago
i do not andrestand very well the inglish do you have anothe languege to i learn this but it very gggggooooooooooooooooooooooooooooddddddddddddddddddd
for exmple farsi
for exmple farsi
matin
13 years ago
that is very good I want these thank you for to the this video thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you and send email to the me pleass
jarrod
13 years ago
this stuff is really really good i have never used adobe after affects before so its going to be great when i get the whole jist of how to use it
efrain
13 years ago
im pretty new to this can some body explain the point of motion trking(sorry for bad english its not my first lenguage)
Logan
13 years ago
Now make the enemy catch the cup o noodles, and start eating it which leads to him blowing up. And scene.
bragain
13 years ago
He said Tom Hanks to see if you guys are focus on the tutorial and not just watching.
craig
13 years ago
Thanks man! LOL... Roland Emmerich, War of the Worlds, Tom Hanks.... big LOL every time!
Melvin Del Rosario
13 years ago
Could you tell me, how did you lear all those awesomes effects? you are incredible, my inspiration, i'been following since you started on it and let me tell that u're my mentol, congrats for you and your team, greets for sam, always on "the duty" for the cause!!! let's keep on it!!
Michael
13 years ago
Great Video
You were talking about the Movie, '' War of the Worlds. ''
The Actor isn't Tom Hanks mate. It was Tom Cruise, lol..
You were talking about the Movie, '' War of the Worlds. ''
The Actor isn't Tom Hanks mate. It was Tom Cruise, lol..
Ron
13 years ago
Thank you for all the incredible tutorials. Without this site my films would look a hell of a lot worse.
luke guyer
13 years ago
for the shadow behind to hand, couldn't u just duplicate the grenade footage, fill it with a black solid, then put a gaussian blur on it or something, and lower the opacity? It would stay with the grenade since it would already be tracked. Just a suggestion
nubs
13 years ago
yeah so just fyi your thinking about 2012, the move. and tom hanks wasnt even in war of the worlds.... so yeah im just filling you in and i cant believe no one else caught that.......
ganesh
13 years ago
Hi Andrew, I have learnt so many things in After Effects from your tutorials. keep up the good work
jack anthony
13 years ago
WOW guys love watching your tutorials inspires me alot ! nice work particularly love the ending
Tom
13 years ago
This is amazing man. Such clean tutorials! I got my Nikon D5100 today and looking forward of trying some of these things out!
J.Pavlovic
13 years ago
Great tutorial,awesome work,and everything perfect.
I'm just curious why didn't you put other grenades except this one.
I'm just curious why didn't you put other grenades except this one.
Andrew Ronholm
13 years ago
Hey man you've taught me a lot about after effects, and I'm glad you have. I've also bought much of your composited material. It's helped me a lot with my projects. I think you are great for sharing your knowledge. You've actually inspired me to do the same. I run a website, and right now the sub-site is doing better. This is because I'm posting all of my work in my Studio work section. And I have, here's where you come in, a tutorial section. It's going to have a beginner to expert ladder you can follow. If it does well I'll charge
Erik
13 years ago
This was awesome. I agree with joaquin. Some scott pilgrim figthing effects would be epic
Lee dong seon
13 years ago
You know actully about finger...,
I wonder why don't you applying mask directly into mov file instead link with red solid mask ?
I wonder why don't you applying mask directly into mov file instead link with red solid mask ?
Tim
13 years ago
You are a very positive guy Andrew!
And thanks for the tutorials!amazing and very helpful! Keep up the good work!
Greetings from Norway!
And thanks for the tutorials!amazing and very helpful! Keep up the good work!
Greetings from Norway!
Omar
13 years ago
Soooo... whats the word on that futuristic grenade model? any chance that you could post it for dl? or include it in one of your asset packs? even just a mov rendered on black. Great tutorial as always.
Brendan F.
13 years ago
Hey Andrew, awesome tutorial. After watching this, I thought about using a technique like this to composite a helicopter into a shot, which is something that I've wanted to try for a while now. This was a really neat tutorial, and I learned a lot from it. Keep up the good work!!!
vic
13 years ago
great stuff! tuts like this are always fun!. fukn died when the ramen noodles made an appearance!! And now, I think i'm gonna go make some! keep up the great work videocopilot team!!!
peace
peace
clancy30
13 years ago
Good job, i loved it, and cracked me up at the end when i saw sam throwing away his lunch that you got him lmao.
Thomas Newman
13 years ago
WOW!!! Oh my god man! Every time I think Ive seen it all from Andrew Kramer he comes out with something else that blows my mind! I love VCP and ALL that you guys do for indie filmmakers. There is no other organization on earth that generously gives to filmmakers the way you guys have and continue to do. Its not a surprise that Video Co Pilot has grown hugely popular in the recent couple years and you guys are now rubbing elbows with the big boys in this industry such as JJ Abrams, Spielberg and Lucas! Congrats! All the best to VCP and please keep making great tutorials! I hope to be able to afford your time to help me on one of my films very shortly! All the best and thanks for yet another great tutorial!
PS
Love the simple grenade hanging off a string tip!
Cheers
Thomas
PS
Love the simple grenade hanging off a string tip!
Cheers
Thomas
Marian Oprea
13 years ago
bollywood version of steven... )) omg... I was just having a coffee and I almost choked when heard it, damn, andrew, you're killing me )))
)) omg... I was just having a coffee and I almost choked when heard it, damn, andrew, you're killing me )))
Sean Morton
13 years ago
Thanks for the Tut!! Would you have achieved the same camera goal if you parented the camera point of interest to the Null through expression.
Augustinas
13 years ago
Hey, Andrew, do you know how many fake accounts exist in facebook? Which account is yours?
I fount too much yours and Sam accounts.
Anyway, thank you one more time for interesting tutorial. You are snappy as always
I fount too much yours and Sam accounts.
Anyway, thank you one more time for interesting tutorial. You are snappy as always
Roy Auckloo
13 years ago
awesome as usual, man u really deserve an award or maybe something big from adobe u inspire the entire world.....please check out my little music video made from the help of your tutorials
http://youtu.be/nTmj84cV3aA
http://youtu.be/nTmj84cV3aA
Benjamin
13 years ago
Ii think every single one of us realized sh*t gets serious when AK starts talking really slow and calm in the tutorial as well as very concentrated.
Andrew
13 years ago
Considering the high watermark you set this is easily your best tutorial in quite a while! great work I learned a lot!
MST2007777777
13 years ago
I wonder who is fighting against Sam??
who could it be?
look to (Behind the scenes)!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eEB0tbau1s&feature=youtu.be
who could it be?
look to (Behind the scenes)!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eEB0tbau1s&feature=youtu.be
Jatinder Singh
13 years ago
Awesome, this is just perfect timing, our media group has to make a trailer for an action film, now we have the perfect ending thanks AK.
thanks AK.
Julian
13 years ago
that was totally awesome!
you are the best!!
when my action movie is done, you will be in my credits!
you are the best!!
when my action movie is done, you will be in my credits!
Larry
13 years ago
Really nice tutorial! Thank you!
But is it not possible to do all this without a 3d camera and without 3d layers? I mean just move the grenade around and scale it up as it approaches?
P.S. Why Sam is saying the F-word at the end?
But is it not possible to do all this without a 3d camera and without 3d layers? I mean just move the grenade around and scale it up as it approaches?
P.S. Why Sam is saying the F-word at the end?
Dan
13 years ago
tdesign709 - Larry is asking about using 2d layers and a 2d camera. The content of the grenade layer would still be the rotating grenade footage andrew shot, so the grenade would still look the same.
Larry - I think you could do the same job without the 3d elements for sure. I think the benefit of using the 3d system, is once you establish a 3d space (by moving the grenade in z) you can simply tack on any extra effects and they scale at the same rate. But then again... once you scaled the grenade you could just marry any other scaling to that too.... so ... yeah
Larry - I think you could do the same job without the 3d elements for sure. I think the benefit of using the 3d system, is once you establish a 3d space (by moving the grenade in z) you can simply tack on any extra effects and they scale at the same rate. But then again... once you scaled the grenade you could just marry any other scaling to that too.... so ... yeah
Justin Kan
13 years ago
Man, Andrew great work! No doubt! I love how your tutorials keep me interested, I mean, I started cracking up so hard at the end with the Cup Noodles. I had to pause the video because I was laughing so hard! Keep up the comedy and the great tutorials!
Jonathan
13 years ago
Well done Andrew. I thought of doing that the exact same way as soon as I saw your trailer. Some of your techniques are really outstanding.
Keep it up man,
Jonathan.
Keep it up man,
Jonathan.
Akshay
13 years ago
ITS AWESOME LIKE ALWAYS...........STILL ,NEW EFFECTS APPEAR IN MOVIES AND WE THINK A LOT ABOUT WHEN WE CAN LEARN SOME OTHER STUFF
Qasem
13 years ago
Thanks you Andrew!!This tutorial is great,and we waiting for more!!Our great teacher!
Gene Fama
13 years ago
This might be your best and most comprehensive tutorial to date. Wish I knew the animation shortcuts six months ago.
Moses
13 years ago
Hi Andrew,
nice Tutorial, very helpful!
I didn't understand why you need a 3D Layer Grid in the Comp. Couldn't you archive the same result without the Layer?
The cup of noodles was hilarious! Filmed on front of a greenscreen as well?
Best regards!
PS: Any chance you'll work on JJ's Alcatraz?
nice Tutorial, very helpful!
I didn't understand why you need a 3D Layer Grid in the Comp. Couldn't you archive the same result without the Layer?
The cup of noodles was hilarious! Filmed on front of a greenscreen as well?
Best regards!
PS: Any chance you'll work on JJ's Alcatraz?
Fabiano Peres
13 years ago
Very nice tutorial.
PLEASE!!!
I want the other grenades you have.
Including the sci-fi one.
PLEASE!!!
I want the other grenades you have.
Including the sci-fi one.
Ivan
13 years ago
Thank you, Andrew!! You are the master of special effects, very nravyatsya your lessons, although it is a pity that in English, but in Russia ??????????? only half of the lessons. I would like more lessons on 3D graphics, the introduction of 3D objects in the video, animation, as in this video tutorial:
http://eat3d.com/livecg3
Live Action & CG 3 - A Comprehensive Guide to Compositing
http://eat3d.com/livecg3
Live Action & CG 3 - A Comprehensive Guide to Compositing
Pradeep.K.S.
13 years ago
Hi Andrew, I have learnt so many things in After Effects from your tutorials. A million thanks to you, keep up the good work 
Big Phil
13 years ago
You are genius AK..i would like you to be my wife as i no longer have an understanding girlfriend due to over indulgence and addiction to your tuts...Thanks
I might just replace the grenade with some sexual aids for my new movie "Big Explosions 3" with the Dir of "A2M 8" .....
Man love x
I might just replace the grenade with some sexual aids for my new movie "Big Explosions 3" with the Dir of "A2M 8" .....
Man love x
George
13 years ago
Thanks you Andrew!!This tutorial is great,and we waiting for more!!Our great teacher!
Zak Stoltz
13 years ago
Love the camera pan tracking data trick using the lookAt expression. Even when I think I know how you're going to accomplish an effect in your tutorials, you always find a way to show me something brand new!
I don't do any work in 3d software, so I actually used the "rotating element on a string" idea in my latest short, "BEARD PUNCH" (http://vimeo.com/zstoltz/beardpunch) It works extremely well everyone!
I don't do any work in 3d software, so I actually used the "rotating element on a string" idea in my latest short, "BEARD PUNCH" (http://vimeo.com/zstoltz/beardpunch) It works extremely well everyone!
Will
13 years ago
Very helpful tutorial. But it would be better if you showed us how to model the grenade in 3DsMAX 
Brad Jacques
13 years ago
King Tut:
Happy New Year! Great tutorial!
BTW... one grenade is a "Pineapple", the other is a "Lemon"! Not sure about the 3rd!
Happy New Year! Great tutorial!
BTW... one grenade is a "Pineapple", the other is a "Lemon"! Not sure about the 3rd!
Ricky
13 years ago
Really cool tutorial!
Next time try to throw it TO THE GROOOOOUND!
Seriously, good job
Next time try to throw it TO THE GROOOOOUND!
Seriously, good job
Karma
13 years ago
Great. You are God of AF. The color of the video looks awesome. How is the color correction done.
Kraig
13 years ago
Hey dude - could you please explain what the expression did at the beginning? I managed to follow along but didn't really get specifically what the expression did? Also,my grenade only lasts about 2 seconds so it disappears before it reaches the screen. Cheers anyway man! Awesome!
Jack
13 years ago
Hey, I forgot to say... I LOVE THE NEW AE ONLY ATTITUDE! THATS HOW I WANT ALL TUTS TO BE!!! AE PWNS 3d max!
Jack
13 years ago
Epic 4 sure. I wish you did this for the crystal ball... JUST KIDDING... I'm not a newb anymore.
Felipe Ramos Espinosa FX
13 years ago
Awesome Tutorial Andrew!!
MUCHAS GRACIAS POR TAN GENIALES APORTES ANDREW
SALUDOS DESDE GUADALAJARA MEXICO
MUCHAS GRACIAS POR TAN GENIALES APORTES ANDREW
SALUDOS DESDE GUADALAJARA MEXICO
Mike
13 years ago
That cup o' noodles would cause much more destruction than any grenade, especially if it's "armed" and full of hot water.
Noodle shrapnel everywhere. The horror...the horror.
Noodle shrapnel everywhere. The horror...the horror.
Christian Michael
13 years ago
Made it into the top one hundred comments.....woo hoo.....now gonna go watch it lol
Ovelyan Tigran
13 years ago
Ramzes, I agree with your opinion! Andrew please, if you has time, do it.
Andrew please, if you has time, do it.
Emad Ahmaad
13 years ago
Awesome tutorial Andrew, great ideas!
Can you tell something about the plug-in "Element 3D"...
thanks
Can you tell something about the plug-in "Element 3D"...
thanks
Ovelyan Tigran
13 years ago
Sigvartt, he used green screen, this is in the tutorial, look carefully!
Sigvartt
13 years ago
Hey Andrew nice tut! But i was wondering how you did the shot with all the grenades? Did you use green screen or 3DS MAX?? Maybe a tutorial for that shot too?? Please reply
Tom
13 years ago
NIce job! Thank you for your generous sharing of these tutorials! Were the mass grenades at the end composited in?
BLAST-MASTER MIKE
13 years ago
Dude. Haven't even watched it. But, I'm sure it's... "a blast"! HAHAHA!
Alfred
13 years ago
Really good tutorial! You make it very easy to follow you.
Thanks, keep up the good work!
Thanks, keep up the good work!
Martin
13 years ago
Oh my godness its so perfect tutorial! Thanks a lot Andrew. YOu are the best graphic designer ever
its so perfect tutorial! Thanks a lot Andrew. YOu are the best graphic designer ever
Oziel Trevino
13 years ago
That cup of noodles is EPIC... HAHAHA, I believe that you film that during you was filming the grenades and you saw this cup of noodles and your brain was like "Uh I have an idea.." hahahahaha
