Tutorials for Visual Effects & Motion GraphicsFree After Effects Tutorials & More Hosted By: Andrew Kramer
Running Time: 27mins.
61. Growing 3D Vines
March 17, 2008
• Use 3D Max to create growing 3D vines over a water floor
• Composite Z depth pass in After Effects for Depth of Field
• Composite Z depth pass in After Effects for Depth of Field
Additional Tutorial Notes:
This tutorial uses 3D Studio Max and After Effects. No project files are available. Similar effect in Cinema4D: http://www.videocopilot.net/blog/?p=158 Tutorial for Maya: http://www.jessetoulafilms.com/TutorialPages/AnimatedExtrude.html
This tutorial uses 3D Studio Max and After Effects. No project files are available. Similar effect in Cinema4D: http://www.videocopilot.net/blog/?p=158 Tutorial for Maya: http://www.jessetoulafilms.com/TutorialPages/AnimatedExtrude.html

















Greetings from Holland
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Greet. from Poland
thnx man!
Cheers
Sandy
it'll be cool if you could have more of these 3d integrated scenes. and ..maybe even do it with cinema 4d..maybe?..pleeeze.
great stuff again
- and thank you for this site!
- and thank you for this site!
thnx man!
Cheers
Sandy
i allready done similar thing before, that was i used lofting option
but that is very difficult than this
Awesome inspiring tutorial. I have been seeking out more tutorials integrating 3D Max and AE. I will get more in the upcoming DVD, but this will definitely take care of my fix for GFX and VFX.
Once again thanks Andrew.
Holla from Germany
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR8VAmiPivU
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CAn you do this too in cinema 4d please?
and great tutorial!!!
Greetings FRom Holland
I dont know Cinema4D has this Z-Depth like 3D Max i´ll check this out.
Hey whats about the Fileformats with Z-Information? Like RPF and RLA? Can´t i use them ?
And many thx for another great tutorial.
MFG Warti
you're really the KING of After Effect ...
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thanks
Great thank you !
please more like this (and on C4D please)
and C4D integration with AE
thx Andrew
Cinema 4d can generate depth maps. In the multi-pass settings you can enable depth. You then need to set up the Target distance in the depth tab of your camera.
And yes you should be able to use the RPF and RLA formats, though I have never actually tried that myself.
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Alessia
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Please consider a 3D max tutorial Dvd from VCP!!!
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great tutorial
Keep up the great work guys!
Keep up the great work guys!
What an amazing Tutorial!, Could you please do some more 3d tutorials. There isn't many good ones online that explain the basics of 3d programs. If you could explain how to use them with AE it would be even better! I love your site. Your tutorials are the best i've seen around the net! Please make more of them =)
- Esmond from Toronto.
I wondered how you made it, when i looked at twitch.
Time for me to learn 3D max
Como todos tus tutoriales.
Gracias.
nice tutorial!
May I dare to give you a tip?
It's way faster in MAX to create a box and add a SHELL modifier with a certain inner Amount, than create all these boxes.
no offence
RiotManZ
i was wondering how you did that
Gonna watch it now
Amazing as always !!!!!!!
luv u guy ! lol !!!
tks a lot !!!!
Greetings from Germany!
Greetings from Germany!
Tnx u again Mr Kramer!
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Thanks a lot,
Dario (Israel).
Thanks!!!!
Thanks a lot,
Dario (Israel).
Intergrating 3D with AE creates so many possibilities!
Thanks a lot for this tut!
Pete
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Thanks Mr.Andrew for all totourials.
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Great work...Kramer the Master...
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thought u were gonna do something like extrude along spline with an editable poly, but this was all new stuff for me, so thanks a lot, definitively very cool
also just wanted to tell you that it's "verticies" not "vertexes"
i wait sach tutorial
adel
Greetings from Germany!
i didn't really work with 3d programs, but because of you i will buy 3dMax or Cinema 4d.
Thanks
one more time u amaze me dear nice work ur r become a god of Speacial effects really gr8 work
when every i visit ur site i see a new gr8 tutorial so keep doin this effort for speacial effects lover thanks and chaoooo have gud day and time
nice tutorial ;)
one way easier to make the hall is simple create a box and put the modifier "normal" on it. If you want to change the material of the walls, ground , etc.. tranform the object into editable poly and in the modifier panel you select "face" and select the walls faces (example) and define a "material number"
when you create a new material you choose "multi map"..there Im sure you can figure out! =]
now i have a question about your productions...
what plugin or resorce you use to put HDV into after effects????
Greetings from Ukraine!!!!!!!
dont listen to the c4d guys
Amr from Egypt
you made things simple.
Adobe has to appreciate a man like you who made their products taught in very interactive way.
videocopilot will be the most productive company aimed to reach to millions of people and respect thier graphics skill
Amaaaaazzzing
Try to keep it c4d man, so both 3ds and c4d can follow you.
ive been wanting to learn how to use 3DS MAX and this tutorial shows a lot!!
thanks a lot
Thank you Andrew
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keep with the goos work
Really very Nice
great tutorial =D
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is that an autodesk software ??? (like autocad or inventor ???)
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For Warti and other interested
http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/19/858754
Oh and peter
"And yes you should be able to use the RPF and RLA formats, though I have never actually tried that myself."
I don't think RLA or RPF sequences will load into AE like PNG files do or for that matter even be recognised by AE. Then you can always convert them to PNG later.
Thanks Andrew, for brazil!
Charles "Ceo" Kelly
Epidemic Productions, LLC
Tgc from Norway
Don't ever stop to teach as all this amazing tutorials from VENEZUELA
Thankyou so much.
I shake the finger of disproval at thoses who are requesting Andrew to change his 3ds/AE tutorials to keep those with cinema 4d happy - Give the guy a break people! If Andrew is using 3DS then it is for a good reason - like the fact that it's industry standard in most countries.
most people use Cinema 4D
plz do u can make thiz tutorial on Cinema 4d.
I guess since we are fans of your work we can be called "Krammies"
Please next time cinema4D
Can u explane how RPF rendering works and how it works with AE .. coz the RPF camera dosen't seem to be workin' okay with me in AE !
anybody ?! help !!
Great job and thanks for sharing your knowledge to us.
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Bhakta Chand
If a can request a tutorial, i would like to see one with an invisible person or human torch!!
Thx Again you are great keep it up
Hopefully I can applly this to a future project!
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Great!!
Seriously You Made me laugh a lot
OMG I Just love it
Hope you some day will post tutorials with Matrix effects - The Bullet trail, sniper zoom ect.
Because you are good to the Action tutorials.
Could be nice with some more ..
Greetings from Denmark ! ;)
if you do this with wrapping edges, you can then do some cloning on the unmatched edges and it all works perfect.
Thank you so much for integrating 3ds Max, After Effects, and Photoshop all in one tutorial. I use these apps on a regular basis and seeing how professionals integrate them into each other makes the learning process that much more beneficial. I hope you do more 3ds Max/AE integration. Most VFX works uses multiple apps to achieve a good result not just one app.
Keep the VFX tutorials coming man, awesome job! If you release some AE/3ds Max VFX intgrated tutorials for purchase I'd definitely pick that up!
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thanx for it man
thanx for it man
Cya!
Sería fabuloso ver trabajos con el resto de plugins del after CS3.
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03/17/2008 - 05:12
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Greeting from INDIA.
Thanks
Aftab
The only thing I had trouble with was the Z-depth bit, but I found that I can get that working by enabling the depth of field on my camera and then get a seperate file rendered with only z-depth data using the multipass rendering
Thanks for the sweet tutorial. These vines are something I've been dying to play with for ages! Can you possibly make a quick tutorial on how you can achieve the same effect using C4D? I've tried adapting your tutorial, but without luck!?! That would be fantastico!
Thanks
Kris
excellent !
... as usual dude.
big thx
Have you tried V-ray? beats the time spent rendering raytrace in default scanline + you end up with a neat global illumination :)
Thanks
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I loved how you used and explained how to use those different programs.
Big UP from Portugal!
You're all over the world
Savage TUT!!! THX Andi!!!
Two minor remarks, maybe next time burn the texture before making it tile-able?
and scale the texture on the back wall to fit the side walls. (it looked a bit off imho);
Anyway no disrespect intended, your work makes AE easy for even the most novice user and i have alot of respect for that.
Btw Mr.Kramer lately i have had a hard time deciding whether you or the google translated comments you get are more humorous. ;)
Excellent tutorial!!!!
Greeting from Costa Rica!!!1
Believe it or not, I today discovered the z thing before I see your tutorial. AND I was looking for this growing vines effect through path in the last week!!
Anyway, I think your way is the best. Thanks a lot.
i`m realy learn many things from this tutorial
thank you andrew so much
from EGYPT
Great Tutorial! Looks totally awesome! I have one question: how did you get all the png files in one big sequence? I got like 100 loose png files, so how can you put them together?
When you set the format for the render in Max, you choose PNG and since it's an animation it generates all the PNG files with sequential numbers.
When importing into AE, you just pick one of those files and select PNG sequence in the dialog and AE does the rest for you.
Hope that explains things for you.
But needed more girls in bikini's.
And maybe some midget wrestling.
Because u used 3Ds max, We have great thirst to learn advance about 3ds max,
Thanks!
Keep it up!!!!
I was wondering how you got the text in their that said "Twitch".
Cuz I want to make a little intro for a podcast and I obviously want their to be the title for the podcast in there.
So If anyone could help me out, that would be greatly appreciated!
Kreepman.
You shouldn't be asking Andrew to do tutorials in your 3D app just because you don't understand it well enough to make this tutorial work for you.
Figure it out in your own app or SWITCH TO MAX!!!
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go ahead
PLZ more tutorials for 3d max , PLZ
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I love those tutorials more than my wife
Thank you again!!!!
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that's pretty cool
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greets from brazil
It's me again.
Like you said, this one was the best.
It was better then the real movie effects.
thanks for posting this tutorial, it was helpful a lot.
And good job
Thanks
This is tutorial awesome.
And you are multi-talented in animation programs.
thanks for updating
May your cup overflow with fruit snacks~
One & Only Andrew can do this type of tutorial
fine,
thank u
Great as per usual....Another way to make an image tileable is to use the "Offset" tool, then to clone out the revealed edge. If you ever feel like trying something just a bit different...
Cheers!
Please...anyone, I'd really appreciate the help.
Thanks
Very nice. I'm going to try this in Cinema 4D. If I can get close I will provide a link.
Please...anyone, I'd really appreciate the help.
Thanks
Nice Job!
TKS!
Greetings from BRAZIL
Can you make more tuts on 3dsmax please...I don't mean abondonng AE...I mean more tuts on 3dsmax going to AE.know what I mean..
greetings from the Philippines! Is there any chance that you and your gang come over here in the Phlippines for a kind'a AE training? That would be a great event!...if you want.
and thanks for all amazing tutorials and tips
but I'm really looking forward to the 'stabalizing footage'-tutorial too!
This is my favorite site on the web-
More 3dsmax and AE integrated tutorials would excellent.
Have bought nearly every product you guys have.
I guess I'd like to master AE before diving into something that big...
Still a good tutorial though.
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This is by far my favorite tutorial. I loved the 3ds Max integration with After Effects...
It really gave me quite a few ideas. =D
Andrew your are my teacher
greetings from Kenya.
really helpful and amazing work done..
Many many thanks.
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Keep it up!
greetings all the way from Sweden!
You can also animate the spline path by autokeying the vertexes in the path that the shapes extrudes on, that can give a great effect.
Thanks for the tutorial!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlePmBxv-J0
PORTUGAL
fogo ta mesmo fixe esse tutorial... 5 estrelas
Dru
you are the man...great tutorial
Next to a pc, i want Andrew Kramer for my birthday :P
You rock AE world hehe
Take care.
but u said it cant be done in just
I'm just starting out in 3ds max and you make things so easy to understand!! I didn't know so many things could be done so simply!!
Kudos!!