TUTORIALS FOR VFX & MOTION GRAPHICS
Free After Effects Tutorials & More Hosted By: Andrew Kramer
March 26, 2007
• Use light streaks with live action footage
• Enhanced coloring method and 3D layer control
 
 
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by ritchie 11/13/2009
galing, husay,

thanks for the tuturials...
by emerson paul 11/05/2009
hey andrew kramer, i always watch your tutorial and it helps me a lot,really, THANKS MAN! from philippines
by Saran 10/23/2009
good work andrew.....
by taps 10/23/2009
yu ar bad, yu simplify everthing man,
by tom 10/09/2009
thats so sick, but is there a way to use motion tracking instead of a null object and the postioning?
by mysticyang 10/06/2009
Nice
by marty 10/05/2009
Great tutorial i started on after effects one month ago after i found the website and couldn't believe u guys share this high level tutorial.thanks a lot
by Mustafa 10/05/2009
Hi Andrew,

Your tutorials are a great way to learn AE. I am Motion graphics teacher in Australia.

Keep it up. Hope to see more fantastic tutorials in future.

Mustafa

Melbourne, Australia
by mango 10/05/2009
Thanks Andrew. I am revisiting this tutorial. The more I work on this, the more I understand.
by ashiq 09/14/2009
it is the best tutorials
by Gill 09/13/2009
I love ur tutorials, they are clear a little humour in it. thank you so much.
by real 09/09/2009
andrew...you are the best motion graphic design...very...very fantastic tutorial...
From Jakarta,Indonesia
by Jeetendra 09/07/2009
Hi Andrew Kramer
Excellent! your tutorial, Excellent! your way to teach it. I really love your work. Please Please teach me After effect so i can stand in my life. GOD BLESS YOU.

I HAVE NO WORDS FOR YOU.

JUST YOU AND YOUR WORK IS Excellent!

Regards
Jeetendra
by WASSIM-LENS 08/31/2009
Thanks You Mr Kramer
I 'Am Sorry ( Pls Project ( What For Movie
by david 08/28/2009
i man you are make may dream real
gracias humano
by Zach 08/10/2009
One of my favorite effects!!!
by Mike 08/02/2009
This is a great addition to the things you already put out. You are truly an expert at your job.
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
by Chopa 06/25/2009
good !!

Thank you ^^
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 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 sanadi 06/14/2009
Hi buddies m from blore...really it impressed me a lot....thanks for such a nice video
by daniel 06/12/2009
you the best i ever seen to after effect in this world
by Ahmed 06/12/2009
hi friends I'm from Algeria, thank you for this greater web site, is very good...
by qw 06/08/2009
hi, I'm form China, I'm very like after effects and you are very greet!
by dongjing demon 06/08/2009
hi, I'm form China, I'm very like after effects and you are very greet!
by reiky 06/04/2009
very cool.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 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 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 NaR 05/20/2009
Many thanks from Hungary! Perfect!
by Lis 05/13/2009
Thanks god for the world wide web,
and you for your tutorials.

Huges from Austria
by jy01309622 05/03/2009
It'S really cool
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 nawaf 04/22/2009
woooooow i love it
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 hassona3d 04/04/2009
man u are the best
by A 04/03/2009
From Philippines

Nice tutorial man!!
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 R@el 04/01/2009
Great Karma Andrew!!! Your work is as awesome as it is helpful, Thank you very much!!!
by River 03/28/2009
Perfect!
by River 03/28/2009
l love it!
by i want download the progrem 03/27/2009
where i can download this cool progrem i want use it i need it ]=
by rama 03/21/2009
tooooooooooooooo good
by Tshering Norbu 03/18/2009
am loving it
by satsu 03/17/2009
it's just AWESOME !!

from Jakarta-INDONESIA
by sinae 03/12/2009
thank you. from korea
by laye 02/26/2009
thx a lot
from senegal
real tuto
big up
by junior 02/25/2009
goob tutotial espero que sigan hacsi
by Dylan 02/17/2009
In reference to the ipod ad how would you set the streaks to move with the ipod?
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 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 rheeys 02/08/2009
you are my Hero!

thank you
by kwange 01/31/2009
Good..
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 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 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 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 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 zak 01/01/2009
thank you just love your tutorial
by lavon 12/29/2008
awsome.....one day i hope to be a person who creates affter effects
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 niMBuS_24 12/21/2008
I've watch almost all your tutorials... man it's "dementors" not "dicepticons"
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 RoHiT 12/14/2008
Dear Andrew,
Gr8 tutorial with useful tips.
by makdesign 12/13/2008
Dude aswome tutorials just love your tutorials.

thanks,
MAKDESIGN
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 Waleed 12/07/2008
Great ... peace love and understanding :)
by cayennemania 12/04/2008
Andrew you are amazing and your tutorials really are gr8
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 Connor 11/15/2008
WOW your tutorials are amazing! I love everyone! Thanks sooo much!
by clee 11/08/2008
how can i download this tutorial
by Utpal 11/07/2008
wonderful tutorial....you have eased the hardwork of thousand of people...great work...God bless you...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Korean 09/23/2008
axesome
by AronD 09/19/2008
It is amazing how you teach, pretty exciting and makes wanna be an FX man.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Target 08/16/2008
Thanks, though my AE crashed when I had a nice begin>.<
by vif 08/14/2008
??????
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 Juan Pablo Adame 08/12/2008
Gracias por las tutorias en esta ocacion esto es lo que exactamente necesitaba gracias
by Mike Benson 08/10/2008
This tutorial led to this video...

http://snowboarding.transworld.net/2008/08/01/magic-flashlights/

Thanks Andrew!
by eevadogee 08/08/2008
thank bro .....
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 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 huajie 07/21/2008
>-(太强了。。。。
by Channoun 07/19/2008
Hi Andrew Kramer

Thanks 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 zzz 07/18/2008
nice
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 Michele Affronte 07/15/2008
You rock! Thanks for the tutorials. I can't wait to play with this!
by vinay 07/15/2008
Thanks friends Thank you very much...
by syamsudin 07/14/2008
kereeen banget..., nice work..
by syamsudin 07/14/2008
kereeen banget..., nice work..
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 Chris 07/09/2008
DUDE! u have the best tutorials man!!
by raf 07/09/2008
yèèèèèèèèr is good
by Farrell 07/03/2008
You're DA MAN!!
by tavitooo 07/02/2008
Excelente efecto! impresionante para aplicarlo en muchas cosas!
by thompson 07/01/2008
G E N I O de la lampara.......felicitaciones desde argentina!!
by X-man 06/27/2008
Many thanks to you Andrew. The tutorials are SMOKING!!!!
by rookie artist 06/27/2008
I have AE 7 standard and there is no keylight!!!! And it' wont support keylight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by faizi 06/20/2008
nice give me more
by Georeky 06/20/2008
your stuffs are just too good.i wish u cud come over to Nigeria.
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 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 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 Beco 06/12/2008
Thank you for your excellent tutorial^o^
A Chinese fans here
by Awesome 06/08/2008
Ok. didnt work. i have after effects for mac. said i needed to use the project for windows?
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 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 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 Land Chain 05/22/2008
你太强æ‚了~~~~.Hey,man ,you are a great guys,thx for share
by Gp 05/18/2008
Really great..nice work
by ALEXANDER 05/17/2008
excelente tutorial
by ricardo 05/07/2008
cara so tuto demais gostei pra caramba
by AnIMaL 05/01/2008
Nice Work!
by fm tutorials 04/27/2008
thank you very much .... :)
by Cadr 04/25/2008
It's the very Cool I am happy my name is Cadr I am Mongolia
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 Keyser 04/21/2008
Your the AE Master... thanks for all your tutes!!!
by Rick 04/20/2008
"The lightstream having a good time coming down the street" hilarious!
by bame 04/18/2008
ok tahnks gracias por compartir conociemientos que sirven para el motor creativo.....bendiciones para ti ...desde Chile.....see ya
by Eryck 04/18/2008
This is one of the best tutorials!
Eryck from Brazil.
by wwqubert 04/10/2008
Really great site with alot of good information!! Keep up the good work!!!!
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 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 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 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 letsdance 03/31/2008
awesome stuff, you seem to know every friggin detail of AE!
greetings from australia
by saner 03/29/2008
讲的太好了 It's very cool!!!!!!!!
by Vicente 03/27/2008
Hey man, you are the best!, amazing effects and a lot of great stuff. Cheers from Ecuador!
by moha 03/27/2008
it's not easy ; but i try and thank u
by krocher 03/25/2008
Hi Andrew,
Can you make a tutorial for something like "dragon ball Z" ball?!..
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 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 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 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 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. lolololol
dont ever stop doing those great tutorials.
your the man.
by Alex 03/17/2008
Gut, gut zer gut! Mr.Kramer
by 声小文 03/17/2008
你好,我是日本人,你太牛比了
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 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 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 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 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 Jason 03/02/2008
Whence it is possible Скачать this lesson... Throw On mail
Nyger@mail.ru
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 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 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 Ahmed Abdo 02/19/2008
very good
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 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 hexing 02/10/2008
l love you
by Raffaele 02/07/2008
so....! fantastic.....i created a video with your tutorial! it's awsome!
by a.faysal 02/06/2008
you are the beast thank u
by Scott 02/04/2008
How come I can't make straight lines? hmm
by maxx serbia 02/04/2008
thx a lot, your tutorials are great. this helps a lot
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 hamdache boubker 01/29/2008
merci
by bennie 01/29/2008
oi,

mad stuff andrew !!!
please keep this site and your work up...best on the net !!!
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 again
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 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 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 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 rafael ski 12/22/2007
i'm a brazilian guy, and i really like your job.

You're the Man!
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 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 FX Lover 12/09/2007
I love you.
by ahmed elbadry 12/09/2007
i`m really really thank you and i still consider you my inspire teacher
by Guy 12/08/2007
Great tutorial !

Big thanks from bombed Israel !
by fixator 12/06/2007
you are the man the greatest and tnx for everything :)
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 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 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 Sam 11/18/2007
Hi man really its nice
by amE 11/16/2007
greeeat :) thx you andrew
by amE 11/16/2007
greeeat :) thx you andrew
by Wolfgang / Germany 11/15/2007
Great Stuff! Thanks from Germany!
by armir73 11/15/2007

Very helpful
Thank's a lot
muchas gracias
merci beaucoup

long life to u and family
by smoke 11/14/2007

good
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 Teoman 11/05/2007
many thanks from turkey

you're the best!!!
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 loi 11/02/2007
thank you . i very like
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 krycek 10/23/2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhS7c-IhX0U
This is a particular? or something else?
by Jonathan Max 10/22/2007
Your tutorials are better than orther commercial tutorials around thanh you very much pal! YOU ROCK!
by lewis 10/18/2007
You are a tutorial machine! I love this one in particular...
by bob 10/18/2007
you are god! andrew
thanks a lot. will buy some of
your products soon!
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 daming 10/08/2007
谢谢,æ— ç§çš„分享,ae爱好者交æµçš„ä¹å›­.thank a lot from china
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 小健 10/02/2007
ç¾
by javkhaa 09/30/2007
very cool thanks a lot.from Mongolia
by M.2A 09/29/2007
you are so creative ...
by zain 09/28/2007
Can you send me the preset
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 ppvdo 09/24/2007
Good amazing.thank you
by ppvdo 09/24/2007
Good amazing
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 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 da_hammer 09/24/2007
Wow that was amazing! Thanks for the tutorial Kramer!
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 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 4drh 09/19/2007
thx for all
very beautifull tuto :d
by Kyle 09/18/2007
all your tutorials are extremely helpful. for me, this one is one of the coolest!
thanks
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 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 man.... you are amazing story taler) i'm watching your tutorials as tv shows) ... a lot of FUN) 09/18/2007
by ghasem 09/18/2007
thank you
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