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March 26, 2007
• Use light streaks with live action footage
• Enhanced coloring method and 3D layer control
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219 RESPONSES TO "LIGHT STREAKS 2" by ghasem 09/18/2007 thank you by man.... you are amazing story taler) i'm watching your tutorials as tv shows) ... a lot of FUN) 09/18/2007 ![]() by Eddie 09/18/2007 man your awesome i use your tutorials at school to get a's so ya, thanks for these great tutorials you actually got me to buy some of your products, looking to buy real clouds next, anyways great tutorials and great stuff. Hope you well in life and with your new baby (thatll slow these tutorials down)by Lars 09/18/2007 God damn! At the moment I don't even have AE on my comp so I just watching and learning and get ideas. It all looks so simple in some way .. Had a course in school and got kind of hooked... Cant wait to get started.. but still so good tutorials so I learn just from watching! BTW from sweden so pardon the english.. keep up the good work ... by Kyle 09/18/2007 all your tutorials are extremely helpful. for me, this one is one of the coolest! thanks ![]() by 4drh 09/19/2007 thx for all very beautifull tuto :d by EELKE 09/20/2007 Great Tutorials, yours are the most useful ones I found so far. Great you take the effort to show inside tricks, on "current" techniques, instead of showing them years after the got out of use... Thanx! by Vino Venkat 09/20/2007 Thanks a Guru, I am new to AE and I am learing a lot. Thanks a lot. Keep it up Guru. Vino by da_hammer 09/24/2007 Wow that was amazing! Thanks for the tutorial Kramer! ![]() by James 09/24/2007 This has completely saved my bacon so to speak. I've just been asked to recreate the ipod ad and was a bit stuck. What a great site you have. Many many thanks. by Julian 09/24/2007 Hi Andrew! Great site!!! Your tutorials are great!!, I´m a begginer in after effects and its pretty cool to find someone so skilled as you who Share his knowledge. ![]() I´d like to travel to any country in witch i can study CG, Do you know obout any Public School where I can ask for an oportunity? by ppvdo 09/24/2007 Good amazing by ppvdo 09/24/2007 Good amazing.thank you by Kevin Dooley 09/26/2007 Very, very nice. The one thing I didn't quite catch... Why is it easier to animate the particles with a null object? A light moves in 3D space, so shouldn't it work just as well? by zain 09/28/2007 Can you send me the preset by M.2A 09/29/2007 you are so creative ... by javkhaa 09/30/2007 very cool thanks a lot.from Mongoliaby å°å¥ 10/02/2007 ç¾ by Jason 10/04/2007 hey!!!!! I am so greatful for all your tutorials!!! thanks for making them freely available! VERY COOL!!!!! VERY VERY VERY!!!! COOLLLL!!!! ![]() by daming 10/08/2007 谢谢,æ— ç§çš„分享,ae爱好者交æµçš„ä¹å›.thank a lot from china by BoomDown 10/17/2007 Excellent tutorial. I went a step further and set an obstruction layer so the stroke appears to go behind it. BUT.... How in the world do you get it to go behind and in front, essentially circling around multiple objects in 3D space. You can do this with the 'stroke effect' on a 3d solid but it looks flat. Anyone have any suggestions? by bob 10/18/2007 you are god! andrew thanks a lot. will buy some of your products soon! ![]() ![]() by lewis 10/18/2007 You are a tutorial machine! I love this one in particular... by Jonathan Max 10/22/2007 Your tutorials are better than orther commercial tutorials around thanh you very much pal! YOU ROCK! ![]() by krycek 10/23/2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhS7c-IhX0U This is a particular? or something else? by Derek 10/24/2007 Andrew -- why can't the 3d particular stroke interact with nested objects/comps (i.e., pass behind and in front of objects)?? by loi 11/02/2007 thank you . i very like by Skull 11/05/2007 Really cool tutorial! thanks a lot! But just a question that are quite important to what I want to do: Why is it impossible to mask the particle layer in order to make the stroke go behind an element? by Teoman 11/05/2007 many thanks from turkey ![]() you're the best!!! ![]() by Iuri 11/07/2007 Oi cara so do brasil adorei esses seus tutoriais continue assim E eu quero baixar o AE agora! hehehe Hi I'm from Brazil.. i just love all these turorials keep the good job I wanna download AE now! lol by smoke 11/14/2007 ![]() good by armir73 11/15/2007 ![]() Very helpful Thank's a lot muchas gracias merci beaucoup long life to u and family by Wolfgang / Germany 11/15/2007 Great Stuff! Thanks from Germany! by amE 11/16/2007 greeeat :) thx you andrew by amE 11/16/2007 greeeat :) thx you andrew by Sam 11/18/2007 Hi man really its nice ![]() by absolom mugwagwa 11/20/2007 you are really amazing, the world needs more people like you, thankyou for sparing us time to impart some knowledge to us all,and you really are a funny dude keep it cool like that. peace ![]() by Ali Kabeer 11/23/2007 Andrew , you are awesome. Thanks for sharing such vast amount of knowledge ..... Although I am not an FX artist, I am still a huge fan of your work and your sense of humor ....... Thanks a lot by Umar 11/29/2007 Hi there,u have done some very good job ,but the video file is not working properly of this tutorial by fixator 12/06/2007 you are the man the greatest and tnx for everything :) by Guy 12/08/2007 Great tutorial ! Big thanks from bombed Israel ! by ahmed elbadry 12/09/2007 i`m really really thank you and i still consider you my inspire teacherby FX Lover 12/09/2007 I love you. by Rony 12/10/2007 Hi Andrew, as krycek mentioned http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhS7c-IhX0U probably it's made with particular as you showed us the method in this tutorial. now my question is, how can we achieve that kind of smooth curves? i don't know whether you check these comments or not. but if you check please answer this one. i'm sure maximum of us will like to know. thanks for all of your tutorials. by Joshua Carey 12/12/2007 I have a pretty good idea as to how to get it to go behind objects and such, however, I have the dilemma of using a moving camera shot. Could you please explain how I would get the stream to stay where it started, and move with the video, as if it were flying in the shot, and the camera was following it? I was wondering if you would need to track something to make it stay in place, but, with the moving shot that I'm trying to do, nothing can be easily tracked, since nothing stays in the entire scene. Please let me know if you come up with any ideas. by rafael ski 12/22/2007 i'm a brazilian guy, and i really like your job. You're the Man! by Akhil 12/29/2007 i have quick time, windows media player, and also real player, but i can't import any videos in. Please can anyone help me thanks Akhil by Matt 01/02/2008 If I wanted to Mask the effect in some way how would I do it. As it does not seem to work the usual way. Excellent tutorial BTW. by Leon 01/02/2008 Hey dude your awesome man after watching ur this tutorial i am ready to buy some of your products.... Thanx man by Tommy 01/04/2008 Really great effect but has anyone found a way yet to get the stroke to go in front and behind 3d object as just cant crack it appreciate any help Tommy by laayoune_production 01/05/2008 thank you my teach you are fabilouse with yours tuturial magic thanks a lot all arabs love your tuturials please dont stop thanks againby ramonehulet 01/07/2008 hey don't mean to bother you if u check this,anyway this just looks exactly like this tutorial and its a great video http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1518072&vid=194495 check it out by Shimon 01/12/2008 Amazing!, this tutorial is flawless and the way you explain is just too familiar and easy-to-get which makes it all much easier!. Thanks for this marvelous tutorial! ![]() by Mick 01/14/2008 Tommy, Been working on this myself, I have found that having your 3d layers above or below the particular layer determines if the stroke is in front or behind. It gets difficult when you have numerous layers as I found out whilst doing a 3d montage. I'm sure there must be an easier way? This is my first post Andrew, only found your site by chance and I must say what you do is fantastic and very generous. I have already purchased one of your products. Thanks. by Eirik 01/17/2008 Hey Andrew! I've watched all your tutorials, and yet, somehow, you manage to come up with a new and different tutorial that amazes me and everyone else every time! Thanks! Keep up the extremly good work! :) by Reno 01/19/2008 Wonderful website ! Inspires me every day... For interacting with other 3D layers, try to add an "obscuration layer" in Particular. This seems to work only for one layer by nirav 01/20/2008 this is a great tutorial ,i followed it to make similar effect in my composition ,but wat happens is that i can see the motion preview but when i switch to full render i cant see any particles ,just the under lying layers.but with same settings in different composition i can see the particles plzz help by shawn 01/20/2008 hey andrew i love the site and how you've set up this great community! i recently bought riot and gear and AME and they are both great as well! i was wondering if you could look into creating a smokey-particle trail effect, sort of like the nightcrawler effect in x-men 2. thanks again! by Yuri 01/21/2008 man, you're amazing! Great stuff! an idea for you, you could host a tutorial about lightning, the same used in the X-men movie, when the lightning is passing over the Storm's skin Please do that!!! by bennie 01/29/2008 oi, mad stuff andrew !!! please keep this site and your work up...best on the net !!! by hamdache boubker 01/29/2008 merci by Jaco 02/02/2008 man, you rock!!!i visited this site yesterday for te first time, cuz i downloaded a trial of after effects cs3 and started with the basics, and some other tutorials, and ive learned so much in so liitle time!!!! thx a lot!! you rock, keep it up! ![]() by maxx serbia 02/04/2008 thx a lot, your tutorials are great. this helps a lot by Scott 02/04/2008 How come I can't make straight lines? hmm by a.faysal 02/06/2008 you are the beast thank u by Raffaele 02/07/2008 so....! fantastic.....i created a video with your tutorial! it's awsome! by hexing 02/10/2008 l love you ![]() by Atticus 02/11/2008 Hey Andrew. your my new best friend! many nights we've spent together side by side, hahaha!!! ![]() Cool stuff, cool site cool guy. ok thats the niceties outta the way, im trying to create a heart shaped light by following the pattern of my fingers........ any tips??? thanx by Tom L 02/17/2008 Andrew, You are awesome man!!! I have sped up my Graphics light years ahead because of your awesomeness! You rock! Thanks! by Ahmed Abdo 02/19/2008 very good ![]() by Martijn from Holland 02/28/2008 Hey Andrew ! Again some asslicking here, but now from Holland. Got 1 problem...some tutorials get stuck half way. They just stop playing, so I can't finish them. You got any idea ? by Joshua Carey 02/28/2008 Mr. Kramer, I found this video, and I thought you might find it interesting. It's an official music video for Simple Plan featuring a few familiar elements. When I watched it I noticed that the light streaks looked very similar to the ones in this and in the previous tutorial. You'll also notice paint splatters from your Riot Gear product. I'm fairly familiar with them as well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn_dUR7IX-A check it out and let me know what you think. by Anto 02/29/2008 Hey Andrew! You're hands down the number one on the net!! I have a question for all of you posting here: I'm trying to work with multiple streaks...I thought I could duplicate my "particular" layer, keeping the relationship with the null, and offset it in the timeline to use it as a second streak, but it doesn't seem to work...any suggestions? Thanks a lot :) by Jason 03/02/2008 Whence it is possible Скачать this lesson... Throw On mail Nyger@mail.ru by Faisal Amin 03/06/2008 Hey Andrew.Thanks For This Nice Tutorial.If You Would Please Kind Enough To Tell Us About The Effect Used In "THE MATRIX" (Time freeze & 360 degree Camera Rotation).I Think Everybody Will Be Happy of This Tutorial.Thanks Again Faisal Amin by ortizlgnd 03/11/2008 Im amazed by your light streaks tuts ( Both of them). But I currentlyonly have Photoshop CS2. And being that After Effects is $999 and a bit out of my budget, is there any way to achieve similar results in CS2? Do you have a video tut for CS2? by ortizlgnd 03/11/2008 I am trying to achieve the flowing light beams like from the Mary J. Blige vide "Just Fine". Currently, I only have Photoshop CS2. And being that After Effects costs do dern much ($999), I was hoping that you could help me achieve similar results as your light streaks 1 & 2, but with CS2. Is that possible? by CCSJr 03/15/2008 You ROCK Mr. Kramer. So much I haven't hardly slept this weekend. I was so moved that I bought everything you have on your site. You and your tutorials(training) are the seller. Great personality to learn from and an incredible delivery. I GET IT Finally. Thanks man! You are BANG ON and you keep me laughing. I have been looking for the way to this level and your it! I have learned more in the past two days than I have in the past two years. Thanks for everything. Chuck Seay by Jahanzeb Khan 03/16/2008 Hey man i m using after effects for 3 years but ,the momment i turned to ur web site,it changed the whole thing,u r crazy,u thing out of this world!!!!!!!,kiss u! by Jahanzeb Khan 03/16/2008 Hey man i m using after effects for 3 years but ,the momment i turned to ur web site,it changed the whole thing,u r crazy,u thing out of this world!!!!!!!,kiss u! by 声尿–‡ 03/17/2008 ä½ å¥½,我是日本人,ä½ å¤ªç‰›æ¯”äº† by Alex 03/17/2008 Gut, gut zer gut! Mr.Kramer by david 03/18/2008 yo man!!! i´m from portugal and i started to learn with your tutorials. i just realised that i can make the same effects in so many diferent ways. i just wanna thank you like an aprentice to his master. lololololdont ever stop doing those great tutorials. your the man. by Bessim 03/23/2008 Hi man excuse me i have one BIG question i you give my CONFIGURATION OF MY PC DESKTOP PLEASE TELL ME ITS GOOD OR NO i know is not the best but tell me Processor: intel pentium 3.0 ram 2gb VGA : AGP radeon 9250 ( LOW ) Motherbord: Asrock 775 dual vsta (low) hdd : 80gb excelstor tv tuner asus hybrid thank you verry muchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh please tell me in my email its possible thank you verry muchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh by ste 03/24/2008 Hi, your tutorials are really good, but can you please do one on obscuration layers, maybe a light streaks 3? :) it would help a lot if you showed us how to make the light go behind certain things and people in the shot. Thanks by Adam 03/24/2008 Hi Andrew, another brilliant tutorial cheers. I second Ste's request though and would love to know how to make th light streak fly around sombody. by Rightbrainer 03/25/2008 Wow~~the website is really really great!What i learn in tutorials is more helpful than what i have learned in my institute ~!you are awesome~~Carry on!Video Copilot!you are the best~ ![]() by krocher 03/25/2008 Hi Andrew, Can you make a tutorial for something like "dragon ball Z" ball?!.. by moha 03/27/2008 it's not easy ; but i try and thank u by Vicente 03/27/2008 Hey man, you are the best!, amazing effects and a lot of great stuff. Cheers from Ecuador! by saner 03/29/2008 讲的太好了 It's very cool!!!!!!!! by letsdance 03/31/2008 awesome stuff, you seem to know every friggin detail of AE! greetings from australia by Pricey 04/01/2008 Im wondering if there is some kind of script or preset/plugin which you could add to this kind of animation (with the live footage) WHICH has the light streaks as like a audio equalizer, so they would move around to the beat of a song or have the lines as an actual equalizer which moves around....any ideas???....you have an excellent 'tutorial voice' as well ![]() by Biomech 04/03/2008 I've just got After Effects and was looking for tutorials on rotoscoping and ended up here. You take a 2D wiggle and turn it into a 3D light stream - :O wtf! I can see I'm going to be spending quite sometime here. by Jariel3DmanBR 04/06/2008 Everytime I see one Andrew´s project I think to myself " I don´t know nothing!!!!!!!!!" simple perfect.. I always search for a explained project just like this..thank U man. by c4D user 04/09/2008 Thanks guy, I don't Know how to thank you for this amazing Video Technique. by c4D user 04/09/2008 Thanks guy, I don't Know how to thank you for this amazing Video Technique. by wwqubert 04/10/2008 Really great site with alot of good information!! Keep up the good work!!!! by Eryck 04/18/2008 This is one of the best tutorials! Eryck from Brazil. by bame 04/18/2008 ok tahnks gracias por compartir conociemientos que sirven para el motor creativo.....bendiciones para ti ...desde Chile.....see yaby Rick 04/20/2008 "The lightstream having a good time coming down the street" hilarious! ![]() by Keyser 04/21/2008 Your the AE Master... thanks for all your tutes!!! ![]() by Zypher 04/23/2008 Man I love these tutorials! Im going to see what happens if you use this and the tracker mentioned all the way back in the first tutorial. by Cadr 04/25/2008 It's the very Cool I am happy my name is Cadr I am Mongolia ![]() by fm tutorials 04/27/2008 thank you very much .... :) by AnIMaL 05/01/2008 Nice Work! by ricardo 05/07/2008 cara so tuto demais gostei pra caramba ![]() by ALEXANDER 05/17/2008 excelente tutorial by Gp 05/18/2008 Really great..nice work ![]() by Land Chain 05/22/2008 ä½ å¤ªå¼ºæ‚了~~~~.Hey,man ,you are a great guys,thx for share by nitrous_pix 05/28/2008 hey dude, U pimpin' my mograph! keep being creative & i'm wait for your new fresh artwork. I always keep my attention on You in the web. You're the trendsetter one in Indonesia. Great job!by eric 05/31/2008 Great work really helps, not only the organized speech helps but also the good vibration you have making us feel the true sense of learning witch is patiente, fun and creation. Eric from Argentina by Sam 06/02/2008 Hi there, I'm having a little problem: I'm trying to use these streaks around a rotating can but the streaks always appear behind the can, something's not right in z-depth. I'm sure this is a simple setting I'm not seeing but I can't find it... Btw love all the tutorials m8! All the best, Sam. by Awesome 06/08/2008 Ok. didnt work. i have after effects for mac. said i needed to use the project for windows? by Beco 06/12/2008 Thank you for your excellent tutorial^o^ A Chinese fans here by Dream 06/15/2008 hey man thet effect thet u show in the begin id ont get thet if i download your project cane some one tell me why not :P cuse i want to learn alote of after effects i just bought it :D by Arthur (Kiev,Ukraine) 06/15/2008 Men,you so great.Thanks a lot, waiting for new tutors ![]() by Arthur (Kiev,Ukraine) 06/15/2008 Men,you so great.Thanks a lot, waiting for new tutors ![]() by Kevin 06/16/2008 Awesome tutorial Andrew! Thanks for the edits for the original light streaks tutorial! Here's my test using Andrew's techniques: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cP7dsqaGXU by Georeky 06/20/2008 your stuffs are just too good.i wish u cud come over to Nigeria. by faizi 06/20/2008 nice give me moreby rookie artist 06/27/2008 I have AE 7 standard and there is no keylight!!!! And it' wont support keylight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by X-man 06/27/2008 Many thanks to you Andrew. The tutorials are SMOKING!!!! by thompson 07/01/2008 G E N I O de la lampara.......felicitaciones desde argentina!! by tavitooo 07/02/2008 Excelente efecto! impresionante para aplicarlo en muchas cosas! by Farrell 07/03/2008 You're DA MAN!! ![]() by raf 07/09/2008 yèèèèèèèèr is good by Chris 07/09/2008 DUDE! u have the best tutorials man!! ![]() by Edd 07/12/2008 love the tutorial, but im using the lightstreaks to wrap around footage of a keyed out person and dont seem to be able to get the person to obscure the light as it travels behind him then become visible again as it flows in front of him. the image is on a 3d layer with a camera but moving the null object behind and infront doesnt seem to work. how can i do it? by syamsudin 07/14/2008 kereeen banget..., nice work.. by syamsudin 07/14/2008 kereeen banget..., nice work.. by vinay 07/15/2008 Thanks friends Thank you very much... by Michele Affronte 07/15/2008 You rock! Thanks for the tutorials. I can't wait to play with this! by Laurence 07/17/2008 @Edd: If I'm reading your description right (and I like to think that I am), this is one of those occasions when the not-quite-3D of After Effects catches you out. While it appears to move in 3D space, the particle layer is essentially a flat object, so it will either go behind or in front of your keyed-out person - not both. One solution might be to rotoscope a mask so that it obscures the particle layer at the times when you want it to appear as though it's behind the subject. Could be a lot of work, though. Good luck! :l by zzz 07/18/2008 nice ![]() by Channoun 07/19/2008 Hi Andrew KramerThanks for the tutorials... I like your work... It is too good work man!!!...In my country no one, no one and no one can do good work like you!!!!. Do you know I don't have job, i don't have money to study After Effect CS3 at school. every day I hope that I can find one job after i study by your tutorial (I like kind of this job), I can do some 3ds max. with After Effect CS3 it's my fist time for this program. My problem is I don't have some plugin like you have. EX. _ Trapcode Particular for AE cs3 _ Channel Invert for AE cs3 and some more... Can you sand me 2 of this plugin If you can your next tutorial can you come out with Plugin?. Thank you very much Good to hear from you... by huajie 07/21/2008 >-(太强了。。。。 by chips 07/31/2008 man..where i can find the yellow line?? i want to get this tutorial b7ut i can`t because i don`t have the yellow line by shabain yamba 08/03/2008 Great tutorial. thanks 4 showings us all the hidden video technicals. Keep up doing the good Job. En tout cas courage ,votre travail est d'une qualite irreprochable .Shabain .From South Africa by eevadogee 08/08/2008 thank bro ..... by Mike Benson 08/10/2008 This tutorial led to this video... http://snowboarding.transworld.net/2008/08/01/magic-flashlights/ Thanks Andrew! by Juan Pablo Adame 08/12/2008 Gracias por las tutorias en esta ocacion esto es lo que exactamente necesitaba gracias by Sebas 08/14/2008 Im using the lightstreaks to streak across streets of my city. They do it nicely but to make it more realistic it would be nice to have them glow on at what they come across. So while they go, they light up the ground and cars and such. Is this possible and how? Thanks! by vif 08/14/2008 ?????? by Target 08/16/2008 Thanks, though my AE crashed when I had a nice begin>.< by nicholas 08/21/2008 Great tutorials..would be totally lost with out them...even beter that there all within one link..just bought some products from you..well worth the money i payed for them...any way keep up the good work and keep them tutorials coming...what matt lewenski is to photoshop you are to after effects by Scalon 08/26/2008 Hello Andrew. I was exercising trough this tutorial, and i was wondering if there's a better way to make the light streaks path more advanced. The null object is a little restrictive in doing some more fluid movements. Maybe a light streaks 3 tutotial. :D Thanks anyway for this great tutorial. All the best by mixakoatlh 08/26/2008 Great job man, i really apreciate that you make this tutorials, thanks a lot, i'm gonna try to get your products soon. by JP 08/30/2008 Hey Andrew that was great...awesome tutorial really liked it I was wondering if you could create another tutorial where those light~streaks move with the camera to the next scene (not through 3D live action) Thank you once again by Edward 08/30/2008 Hi, awesome tutorial as always, maybe my comment is a little old, but as some other people I was wondering how to have more control over the movement, and in my case, the SIZE of the light, cause I used some motion tracking to follow a path for the light, and linking it with a Null object is perfect, but now the problem is I'm getting this tiny light, in which you had the same problem until you zoom into the Z axis...which..if I do that, or scale up the "particle" layer I loose the perfect trace in my BG footage, and that's no good..I've try linking back with an emitter, but seems I have same problems...so....any help here? thx! and keep on that nice creativity =) by Edward 08/30/2008 ookk..forget my comment above, I just played with the "particular" options and found "Size", lol, sorry is just that I changed that one before, but didn't notice the render was still applying, this effect really takes a little render time and having some other effects in the comp, well now I understand the usefulness of "motion preview" ..except not so much for the size you don't notice that without "full render" :p, again Andrew, thx a lot for the teaching, you get that a lot, but really thank you. by Scalon 09/18/2008 How can i link the null object to a path? Like if i want to "write" with the light. Thanks by AronD 09/19/2008 It is amazing how you teach, pretty exciting and makes wanna be an FX man. by Korean 09/23/2008 axesome by kulwinder Talwar 09/28/2008 Great...awesome...tutorials.....really im ur big fan sir...and ur tutorials help me out a lot....and u r my ideal person...thnx sir by DIR. GABRIEL HART 09/28/2008 PUTTING THE "LIGHT STROKE BEHIND YOU" It took me some time but I figured it out. The object that you want the particles to go around must contain a some alpha around the object. Take that object and pre-compse it. Then place the comp. under the particles layer. Under the particles effects controller and go under the Visibility tab and change the "Also Obscure with" to all. P.S. There is NO the 3d mask by Adrian 10/01/2008 Hi!!! I love your tutorials, I like learning myself everything I can, but I was stuck with AE for a long time, and very few people studying in Mexico have good notions of it. Probably because of you I will get a good job, haha, thanks by O Tee 10/04/2008 I also would like to know how to use this with footage that shakes a bit. It does not look good when the streak is static and the background has a slight shake. Tracking does not work because it sets the keyframes where you place your light streak keyframes. by Matt 10/12/2008 O Tee and Edward: I to was struggling with this - then I realised even if you adjusted the path of the particle emitter then you would still have a problem in that once the particles were drawn they would stay where there we drawn. We need to be able to move them after they already exist. The solution - Simple Just parent the Particle layer (the solid with particular applied to it) to a null layer which contains your tracking data. You may need the solid to be bigger than your comp now so nothing gets get of and the layer is moved with the motion track. by L8yde 10/23/2008 Great tutorial....amazing. But i want creat simultanious many streaks... how can i do it? i tried it but the first streak disappeared...why? PLEASE HELP by Ahmad Rishad 10/30/2008 Hey, Thanks Guru for such a great tutorials! From: Afghanistan! by Ahmad Rishad 10/30/2008 Hey, Thanks Guru for such a great tutorials! From: Afghanistan! by madliquid 11/06/2008 i do really like ol of your tutorials.....,im using AE 7.0 but i dont know how to use it basically,so i just watch ur videos and i enjoy watching it...it give me ideas on how to create those effects...but as of now i think i should practice more....please send me a mail im really interested to be your student...hehehehe by the way im LEO from Philippines, by Utpal 11/07/2008 wonderful tutorial....you have eased the hardwork of thousand of people...great work...God bless you... by clee 11/08/2008 how can i download this tutorial by Connor 11/15/2008 WOW your tutorials are amazing! I love everyone! Thanks sooo much! by Ky Newman 11/29/2008 Hey, could you make a tutorial showing how to attach the light stroke to your finger using the tracking tool? That would be really cool. Great tutorials by the way, I've had the software for a couple of days and already feel like a pro. by cayennemania 12/04/2008 Andrew you are amazing and your tutorials really are gr8 by Waleed 12/07/2008 Great ... peace love and understanding :) by Ratnadeep 12/12/2008 Thats really Great!!!..... you are handy Sir......I don't have any words to say now.....the perfectionist one. All the best wishes from India. :) by makdesign 12/13/2008 Dude aswome tutorials just love your tutorials. thanks, MAKDESIGN by RoHiT 12/14/2008 Dear Andrew, Gr8 tutorial with useful tips. by Shahin 12/15/2008 Hey what's up!!!! I am from Azerbaijan. I love your lessons .... You are really super people. Thank you!! by niMBuS_24 12/21/2008 I've watch almost all your tutorials... man it's "dementors" not "dicepticons" by FearlessSalsa 12/24/2008 hey these tutorials are great, but I was wondering if you knew anyway to guide the streaks so they create letters? possibly? ok yeah thanks and PeacE by lavon 12/29/2008 awsome.....one day i hope to be a person who creates affter effects by zak 01/01/2009 thank you just love your tutorial by oneman 01/05/2009 Hi Andrew K just wanna say that you are truly the best web tutor in this whole galaxy:) true man:) cause i do find your explanation very comprehensive:) and easy to follow. "Man why couldn't we have more Gods like you:)" Well gotta go but i truely see the importance of AE it has unlimited zones:) I wish to thank my friend Jash for showing me you site:) cause your tutorials just keep on making me adore AE more by jman 01/12/2009 Okay i have watched both tutorials and loved them... But I am wondering how you can get the light to track to a moving object... I can do it if the camera is not moving.. but i am wondering how if the camera is moving... for instance someone going down a hill... If anyone has seen the :magic flashlight video" if not here is the link... http://vimeo.com/1447460 .. Can someone help???.. Ps Andrew thanks a ton for makin the videos! by Bobby Lim 01/14/2009 Very sorry about that, I don't understand the tutorials,because of when starting already have all the souce, like how to come out emitter,how to come out alpha graphic. i feel very hard, try many times. can teach me?? by MykheL 01/22/2009 hey... you're great... you're not only a great artist, but also a great tutor, like a story teller.. i'm new in AE.. but thanks to you, i learned many techniques... keep up man... thanks a lot... by mewz 01/28/2009 First of all i'd like to thank you. Your tutorials are very useful. Answer alot of my questions that i had for a very long time and you did it in style. I'm looking forward to see more of your technic. by kwange 01/31/2009 Good.. by rheeys 02/08/2009 you are my Hero! thank you by Hicham 02/08/2009 yOUR ArE tHE best nUMBER oNE iN THE WORLD iN After affects I love Your vIDEO IM SORRY I DONT SPEAK ENGLISH VERY GOOOOOD BECAUSE I FROM IN FRANCE by Bob McCarroll 02/12/2009 Thanks Andrew. I've looked at several of your tutorials and have found them very enlightening and helpful....I feel better for it, too. Cheers, Bob. by Dylan 02/17/2009 In reference to the ipod ad how would you set the streaks to move with the ipod? by junior 02/25/2009 goob tutotial espero que sigan hacsi by laye 02/26/2009 thx a lot from senegal real tuto big up by sinae 03/12/2009 thank you. from korea by satsu 03/17/2009 it's just AWESOME !! from Jakarta-INDONESIA by Tshering Norbu 03/18/2009 am loving it by rama 03/21/2009 tooooooooooooooo good by i want download the progrem 03/27/2009 where i can download this cool progrem i want use it i need it ]= by River 03/28/2009 l love it! by River 03/28/2009 Perfect! by R@el 04/01/2009 Great Karma Andrew!!! Your work is as awesome as it is helpful, Thank you very much!!! by Nelson Bright 04/03/2009 u should win an after effects noble price. for your support,innovation and creativity. All the way from Nigeria, Port harcourt saying, your the man! i wonder if you have time to read all these thanks ? but thanks again, i'm about to try out your tutorial for the first time. www.nelsonbright.com www.wetclaysip.com by A 04/03/2009 From Philippines Nice tutorial man!! by hassona3d 04/04/2009 man u are the best by amir khan 04/18/2009 Thanku soooooooo muchhhhhh Thanks for sharing such vast amount of knowledge ..... Although I am not an FX artist, I am still a huge fan of your work and your sense of humor by nawaf 04/22/2009 woooooow i love it by VIDEOCOPILOT.NET 04/27/2009 Please be a little more specific as to what you are doing each time you edit, it hard and frustrating trying to imitate the exact same thing you do. by jy01309622 05/03/2009 It'S really cool by Lis 05/13/2009 Thanks god for the world wide web, and you for your tutorials. Huges from Austria by NaR 05/20/2009 Many thanks from Hungary! Perfect! by Nithex 05/30/2009 mister kramer i like you!! whats the reason i have started in after effects? you! i have learned alot from this amazing tutorials, (and amazing creator of tutorials) :) by nervoptik 06/02/2009 Hi Andrew. Incredible work with those tuts. I'm learning now, from your tuts how to work in AE, but I do have some background in 3DMax. Question: Is it posible to make the particles to work on a path ? Isn't more easy to draw a path on X,Y,Z then asign particles to fallow path ? This is how it works in 3DMax, isn't posible here too ? Thanks ! by kheekhay15 06/02/2009 This is my first time to comment on this website and it's the coolest ever!You can't find anything more educational, fun, easy-to-learn and interesting tutorials anywhere on the web than here @ videocopilot. You're the best I've ever seen Andrew Kramer! Keep up the good job! Hope to see more and more tutorials from you! by reiky 06/04/2009 very cool.thanks. by dongjing demon 06/08/2009 hi, I'm form China, I'm very like after effects and you are very greet! by qw 06/08/2009 hi, I'm form China, I'm very like after effects and you are very greet! by Ahmed 06/12/2009 hi friends I'm from Algeria, thank you for this greater web site, is very good... by daniel 06/12/2009 you the best i ever seen to after effect in this world by sanadi 06/14/2009 Hi buddies m from blore...really it impressed me a lot....thanks for such a nice video by Hobbzilla 06/16/2009 Very detailed tutorials. Very useful for someone like my self with backgrounds in other software but was never formally trained in AE. Keep it up. by haro 06/16/2009 wow kagaling mo tol!!! 'm filipino, i live in phlippines new in ur site... ur d man!!!! my idol!!! hope i can do that too... by Chopa 06/25/2009 good !! Thank you ^^ by jeff 06/28/2009 I am in South Africa, me n a buddy just started a studio on your tuts, amazing stuff mate. Keep the good work up
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man your awesome i use your tutorials at school to get a's so ya, thanks for these great tutorials you actually got me to buy some of your products, looking to buy real clouds next, anyways great tutorials and great stuff. Hope you well in life and with your new baby (thatll slow these tutorials down)

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It is too good work man!!!...