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November 02, 2009
• Animate a person exploding from a lightning blast
• Composite footage elements from Action Essentials 2
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170 RESPONSES TO "LIGHTNING EXPLOSION PART 2" by tetsu 03/12/2010 amazing by Ravindra Devkate 03/10/2010 nice one by ramesh 03/08/2010 can anyone tell me hw to download the video by Vanni 02/17/2010 Thank you from Italy! ps: can you attach the sample af project by alexander francis (kraimers fan club india) 02/04/2010 hi kraimer ihv gone through lot of tutorials but first timr in my life i obeyd you as a teacher in your tutorial cz u know how to teach (speacially the games you play ,sharing your lifes experiance with us )is great we dont feel like we r watching a tutorial .keep up the good job and teech us a lot alexander francis andrew kraimer fan club india by erick Castrillon 01/31/2010 I posted the wrong link :( --someone else's link. here's the RIGHT link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCf9z1fd2nU Again, this is my bulldog exploding because he ate the "Do Not Eat" meatball. Thanks Andrew. Great Tutorial! by binu 01/20/2010 waw...thanks bro.../m pro now!!! by Wrenthereaper 01/20/2010 Hey Andrew, this video is a direct descendant of this tutorial. but i believe it to be significantly more gory, while retaining realism. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCeKO13e044 by Ben Stanley 01/09/2010 Andrew... your the man..... I have been following your tutorials for the past few months and i am amazed..... I have been making heaps of AE vids and publishing them to youtube.... check them out... http://www.youtube.com/user/eternalninja0 I love how you make them so customisable and that is awesome...... keep going man... everyone loves you! by Josh 01/09/2010 Nice one! This also reminded me of what happens when people get hit by the alien weapons in District 9. Pretty cool! by orin 01/06/2010 i must also agree with troy, it does look like the effect from district 9. perhaps this tutorial could be used to recreate this effect... by Troy 01/04/2010 LOL that looked just like the lightning gun from District 9 by Grayson 01/03/2010 I just finished following this tutorial to a "T" for my personal entertainment, and lemme tell ya, it was worth it so I could see the end result in full detail. I'll definitely use this technique for blowing people up in the future! Thanks Andrew! by deepa 12/28/2009 this site is very nice. m happy to have such a nice site. thanks a lot deepa by VideoCopilot Mania 12/23/2009 Why we can't download the footage ??? :( Please post a link for downloading the video with Sam please ! Thanks for the tutorial dude ! Video Copilot are the best team !!! And Sam is the best actor :D Merry Christmas from Bulgaria ! by Asif Mukhtar 12/22/2009 very very thanks Kramer, I really enjoy by Alex Ruiz 12/15/2009 congratulations man! you're the best! Great Work! by chuckarama 12/12/2009 YOU KILLED SAM! YOU BASTARD! by Shuvo 12/11/2009 Awsome thanks for this all tuterial.. by sagar 12/11/2009 nice...dude...lovely one here is what i did... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0smAg9vWW0 by Mustafa 12/09/2009 Hi, I am Mustafa, a Multimedia Teacher in Melbourne, Australia. This a great site for my students. Every one loves your site in our college. Mustafa Melbourne, Australia by Adi 12/06/2009 thank you very much...... I like this video by Fabien Lesbordes 12/04/2009 Hello mister Kramer, A great thank for all these explainaition. I am getting better, here is my last animation. Best regards fron Pars, France. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbd6df_happy-christmas_creation by Alfie 12/04/2009 awesome tutorial, ive always liked mr andrew kramer. i worship you mr. kramer! Thanks. by ZAK 12/04/2009 thank you master for every thing by nizar 12/03/2009 hello Andrew thank you 4 ur beautiful nd amazing tutriols i just want to tell u that i'm so made about VFX and i hope to continu my study's in america or canada so you welcom nd i enjoy playing after effects thank u :) by Chathurya 12/02/2009 Wow!!! by issamlestar 12/02/2009 Awesome tutoria..... you make me feel trong ....thx teacher great tutorial by Darklight 12/01/2009 wow WOW W00t!! nice one there. and btw, nice work at the new plug-in! :D by Alex 11/27/2009 Great tutorial you are awesome :) i'm looking for a tutorial: how to make a teleport effect by Róbert Knaurek 11/27/2009 This is Beautiful VFX Here is what is made http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQPnJrCueL8 by said 11/24/2009 god bless you .. Your tutorial is great ... I was very impressed .. but can I ask you something, can you help me to display the tutorial about the bullet holes You're a good teacher .... thanks .. by sakura 11/23/2009 can you do an tennis theme by kaali 11/23/2009 sam wud have to die to make this video if andrew wouldn't have been dere wid AE...lol by Shonchoy Khan 11/19/2009 Brilliant tutorials here is what i made www.youtube.com/shonchoykhan Shonchoy Khan from BANGLADESH by TNC 11/19/2009 just great! by FranticMedia 11/19/2009 Its me again. The link i have post one post befor this one is messed up, youtube deleted the video. I have reupload it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kycuCJu8wnQ by Franticmedia 11/18/2009 This time, i have create a much much better one :D Check it out people, and pls rate/comment it. Thank you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJK4koJ9vWY Thanks alot andrew, your tuts are kick ass stuff :) by mr.gex 11/18/2009 wow thise is fantastic .ilike this by Morteza-MH 11/17/2009 wooooooooooooooooow by Jayesh kumar 11/17/2009 Thank you Andrew. You have shown us the way to Visual Effects by your tutorials. Thank you very much Jayesh kumar India by Mark Smith 11/16/2009 oh my god!!! who needs action man when you got action essentials... Andrew Kramer - The Greatest Hero Of Them All!! by christian da Silva 11/16/2009 Dear friends of the blog video copilote, I live in Rain Forest in the Para state in Itaituba, I have all yours video guardianships and learned much with them, I am thankful so much. I would like you make video guardianships on a modeling of a camera model Panasonic AG-HPX500 in 3D Max. Thanks, Christian Da Silva by Adam Fulawka 11/16/2009 Dear Andrew: My continued employment is due to your good graces. I figure I owe you about half my paycheck, so you can expect 20 bucks in the mail. by Shaani Ali 11/14/2009 Only I've one word to say for your all afforts.. awsume.. by stdio_one 11/13/2009 Wow, truly awesome, great job as always. Thanx lot Andrew by s0so 11/13/2009 u are good men! by jt1138 11/13/2009 Reminds me of that effect from District 9...just add some raw hamburger... by Jarmo Pohjaniemi 11/13/2009 Best AF tutorial period. by Isobare 11/12/2009 i am addicted for you job andrew by A-Lee 11/12/2009 all i can say is ... "wow" takes you close to an hour to do such an amazing job.. i would have taken atleast a full day to do this and still not be as good as you.. amazing job.. keep it up! (wonder if u read all these comments lol) by koko 11/12/2009 I really love your work but man but this time i'm disappointed. Why it has to be lightning and blood? That's cheap! We want to see more blood! Let's cut the head off! :/ by Mc Borie 11/12/2009 Thanks andrew !! I love video-copilot !! you're a great man !! I'm french, I'm 17 and this is my favourite site !! Good job ! We love you !! by Panco 11/09/2009 DUDE, best site EVER! by Duke 11/09/2009 Incredible ! I love this effect by atul 11/09/2009 mind biowing keep it up by Black Houck 11/08/2009 u are good man Balace to u by Abdullah Afzal 11/08/2009 This is one of the best tutorials on the net. Thanks for all the help. by zoominpost 11/08/2009 simply the best but very costly for users like me from pakistan by Rajendran.m 11/07/2009 hi....andrew .....thank u so much.. uncountable thanks to u............. by jit 11/07/2009 Many Many Thanxxxx... by daniel 11/07/2009 a great gory explosion of catastrophe... i love it! by neonknightmare 11/06/2009 You are the man. I finally used your explosion effect in a vid. In fact, see how many of your tutes you can count in this short little 2 min video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxlidechEMY Thanks dude by Shinobi 11/06/2009 awesome keep up the good work. by Josue C 11/06/2009 Gracias a video copilo por compartir tan exelente tutoria by B3T0N 11/06/2009 Well , Mr. Kramer is our big boss !!!!! thanks for everything :) by Romain 11/06/2009 Hey mate, brilliant tute here is what i made: http://vimeo.com/7470766 Thanks for everything! by kamui 11/06/2009 thanks, this tutorial is great, I will use my new proyect.you are the best, keep well. The tutorial for the destruction of a building? by ramesh 11/06/2009 hi andrew sir .. u squeezed after effects .. leave something 4 others lolz :) by Moiz Ahmed 11/06/2009 Interesting Thanks for teaching us again by Sam 11/05/2009 This was so cool! I can't wait to see what tutorial #100 will be! by Aragon 11/05/2009 I love ur work Andrew. u r awesome . my major is making movies and i learnt a lot from u THANX!!! :D by Sam W. 11/05/2009 Nice "Alice's Restaurant" reference in the beginning... ;) by Ed 11/05/2009 How did you do the flashing in the sky? by Smart Ngare 11/05/2009 I love your tutorials. This one here is awsome, keep up the good work. You are an icon by Asger Juul-larsen 11/05/2009 Awesome! :D I'm 13 years old and this is my favourite! xD THANK YOU SO MUCH! by JAKE JAKE 11/05/2009 HI ANDREW, GREAT TUT AS USUAL. PLS, WHEN WILL YOU MAKE THE BAR TUTORIALS? I CANT WAIT FOR THAT ONE. BY THE WAY THANKS FOR THESE TUTORIALS by ayal 11/05/2009 it's amazing how you make tutorial which can be like 40 min or more and its always fascinating... and you just getting better and better...keep on the amazing work by MTMaseed 11/05/2009 Dare shha means awesome in my language. i m from Waziristan Pakistan. i travel 324km to watch ur tutorials(bcz no internet facilitiy here) n i have no way to get ur products,AE software(production bundle). therfore i just watch. like ur work. Pa makha de shha(gbye) by Haron 11/05/2009 Thenks Andrew. You create best tutorial !!! by Phil 11/05/2009 Hehe, funny and very usefull tutorial! Thank you that you always spend so much time in your free tutorials! You are very unique! And thanks for the Moblur and Backround ![]() by Goldorachox 11/04/2009 what's up Andrew moustache gracias Grendizer go !! by Morpheus 11/04/2009 Oh my god, it's very nice. i do this with my kids... thanks ps, i want to see Sam, with superman costum. and run very fast... loll (the red blue blur) by aql1987 11/04/2009 haha Nice COOL!! by Sunil Thapa (Nepal) 11/04/2009 Hope sam is alive for another tutorial........if any one say which site is the factory of tutorials of adobe after effects? i will defenetly say "www.videocopilot.net :) thnx andrew and sam again from NEPAL(LAND OF GURKHAS) by Lewis 11/04/2009 Wow, amazing tutorial! I'm getting Action essentials 2 soon and then I'm going to do this tutorial! by Alexy621 11/04/2009 haha... Micheal Bay Lens Flare!!! by joey b 11/04/2009 As much as i love sam, it was a pleasure to see him electricuted. I enjoyed him shoot himself and also get proceduraly disintegrated. He is such a good sport. Excellent work once again andrew, and look forward to next tut. Im currently in school for motion graphics and video editing. I have to say, you are by far the most influencial reason for going to school. I just wanted to say thanks. Also, is there a way of performing a good and believable morphing of peoples faces in ae cs4. Thanks again Andrew. Joey b. Student in the international academy of design and technology tampa. by Robert 11/04/2009 Why is it that I find that some of your longest tutorials, somehow include same either: Hit by a car. Disintagrated. And now Blown Up. How many times can theis guy die. Great tutorial anyhow! by Tanya 11/04/2009 I hope Sam is still alive Andrew, thank you very much for the very useful tutorial Russia by hctmlk 11/03/2009 Thanks for everything! Post more please! by Leon 11/03/2009 hey thx 4 this tutorial, but why you did not used TWITCH for the camera shake and the lights? by Steve MacMillan 11/03/2009 Now I can blow up my brother! by Thechrisj 11/03/2009 Hey Andrew, I noticed you had Quick Matte, when are you going to release it? by Hernando 11/03/2009 Thanks Andrew for share your knowing!!!!. THANKS!!!!! Best Regards From Colombia by BananaRDP 11/03/2009 you forgot about the blood on the camera, but it's very easy to figure that out. great tutorial! keep it up, vc!!! by Charlie Brown 11/03/2009 roughen edges rockzzzzzzzzzz by cristian 11/03/2009 awesome colombia. by Sweden effects 11/03/2009 This was relly awsome, i have watched all your tutotials since you started the website, i have learned sooo much and im so thankfull for this site, you should work with real great films. From: A relly huge fan:) by Jackson S. 11/03/2009 haha i will definitely make someone explode for no reason now. it looks like you added some background scenery type stuff in the original... by Sunjay 11/03/2009 ThanX for the amazing tutorial (A) by RONEN 11/03/2009 ty by GDH6200 11/03/2009 Did you change the comments order? Nice tuto Btw :) by RicharD17 11/03/2009 great God, that's Awesome thank Andrew!!! by Moose 11/03/2009 Tackar tackar!! as we say in Sweden. I would like to see a tutorial where an aircraft is exploding in mid-air. (shot down). by Josh 11/03/2009 AWESOME new tutorial. Great work. by Diego G. 11/03/2009 Is it me Andrew or you didn't show how to put blood over the camera (I mean the lens)? Great tutorial Though... by Zizo 11/03/2009 Cool you could ofcourse use the sky product that you have with all those animating skies :) by vynothyma 11/03/2009 Hi Andrew It's Amazing Tuto thanks... by Luis 11/03/2009 Andrew, a quick question. How much time did you spend in this project (post-production) ? - not including the Tutorial editing. Thanks, Luis by Robbie1985 11/03/2009 Amazing tutorial! I think the CC Pixel Polly use in this tutorial could also be used in the meteor strike tutorials in place of using a 3D package. Obviously the end result wouldnt be quite so slick but if you're on a budget pixel polly looks pretty sweet. by illd 11/03/2009 cool stuff - I like the Tip with the roughen edges plugin! by ramesh 11/03/2009 asusual awesome .. n sam loya .. what a comeback !!! by matt 11/03/2009 The BEST! MY ALTIME NO. 1 TUTORIAL SO FAR! ABSOLUTLY BRILLIANT!!! the more gory ones the better! thank you sooo much! by zin_onos 11/03/2009 This is the best Tutorial you ever made! PLease make more gory tuts! by Pawanvir 11/03/2009 Great Work Once Again, You Inspire Millions of People. U are real Guru of Visual Effects by robert 11/03/2009 Great tutorial andrew, Cant wait for youre two new plugins! by Houdini 11/03/2009 Thanks Andrew Cool VFX by sicu 11/03/2009 Astonishing work there mr Kramer, very much appreciated. @calumk: if you sort of feel cheated out of a tutorial, just imagine how it would be for Andrew if he followed your line of thought ... being cheated out of all the money he could've earned by charging for the 97 awsome tutorials he's so generously providing for free. by Fernando de S. Santos 11/03/2009 One word: Amazing One quote: Just amazing One text: This is just amazing man! Awesome, incredible, the best tutorial i ever seen! by Nick 11/03/2009 you should have made the chunks and their animation in 3d........ that would have been professional... and maybe use a rotating camera and motion track it.....that would have been awesome.. by Simo 11/03/2009 Awesome Tutorial ;) by shenigami 11/03/2009 Thx andrew ,very awesome :D by woody 11/03/2009 Awesome tutorial! But 97_P2 looks bad :D by Arnold 11/03/2009 Dude,you should be making your own movies,awesome tut. by Hendri 11/03/2009 Awesome.... Thanks Andrew.... by 3DFX Studios 11/03/2009 This is just amazing if someone told me to make this effect for them i wouldn't even think about after effects until the end I'd do it all in 3ds max its amazing Mr. Kramer was able to figure out how to do it in after effects so brilliantly. by Kloma 11/03/2009 Great ! by hasang 11/03/2009 You are Great Andrew Thanks Hasan Dubai by Andrew Saunders 11/03/2009 Nice Work Andrew - As always Thanks for the attention to detail! Really makes the difference between good effects and a Great Effects!! by mario 11/03/2009 amazing !! awesome!! boooooooooooooom!! thanks a lot for his great tutorial ! But.. Could you do a tutorial like this one with some snow (please don't kill sam again !!!) I'm lookig for a tutorial "how to make very very very real snow with particles (trapcode, etc..) Do this one and You "ll be THE man ! props from France... by Breno 11/03/2009 Thanks Andrew! There is some technique to simulate stop-motion, I would like to see. Breno Alves from Brazil! by Dasuperior 11/03/2009 great great great work ,,, really am ur biggggest fan eva ... and aloha from egypt ... by Giuko 11/03/2009 Sorry Sam... nice tutorial andrew You are the best by Rich D 11/03/2009 Awwwww....that made me laugh. Poor Sam Again, another amazing tut. Thankyou by Casey Millwood 11/03/2009 Sooooooooooooo 3 more to go 'til the big one oh oh by Kike 11/03/2009 Awsome, You're the Man Krammer. by wael 11/03/2009 awesome thanks andrew by Rutger 11/03/2009 Woohoo tutorial #2! Great job Andrew we love you! <3 by krizZz 11/03/2009 Soooo Mr Kramer we finally get somewhere ;) Do you remember our short conversation (email) when I asked you to take the next step in your AE tutorials? I asked you (maybe a year ago or so) for show us how to handle 3D stuff, motiontracking etc... I think you were a bit upset about my question and told me first to learn the basics. ![]() But that's ok. I don't want to be negative! I really like to see you taking the AE Community (or VCP Community) to higher levels! You do an outstanding job and for me and I am sure for all of the people out there it's the best way to dive totally into motiongrafics and videoeffects! I want to say "thank you!" for the great tutorials and the great products! I try to support your community-philosophyie and business by buying your products whenever one of them are usefull to my projects! Well, I hope one day it will be possible to shake hands with you to say thanks personally ;) Maybe when I fly to USA one day ;) I hope YOU found this message friendly (=usefull;) and say good bye and see you next time ;) Kind regards from Germany, Chris by jakhalzmovies 11/03/2009 hey andrew this tutorial is great you are the best and almost 100 tutorials by atifqureshi 11/03/2009 awesome tutorial man... by adam 11/03/2009 Legendary Stuff these are the kind of tutorials i love motion graphics are great but live action i find so much cooler thx for being awesome by David 11/02/2009 Andrew, sorry the question but in the original video, it looks like rain splashed, in the tutorial that is not appreciated, what effect you used? by Alex 11/02/2009 Thanks man. You real PROFI by calumk 11/02/2009 Awesome.... truly awesome... Tho i must say, im not a fan of the 2part tutorial thing, i prefer it all in one, even if it is a long video.... i sort of feel cheated out of a tutorial.... Other than that! keep up the amazing work! by star.hong 11/02/2009 Very good by wwowrs 11/02/2009 OMG u are the man! by Jal 11/02/2009 Andrew, do u know the proverb that 'Even perfection has its limits'. I think you dont. by seubsakul 11/02/2009 the best of the best by Inferi 11/02/2009 epic tutorial by Paul Holt 11/02/2009 Top notch andrew...really good stuff mate by Levi 11/02/2009 Wow! That is cool! by arnas 11/02/2009 more gore than ever >:) it would be nice to see if a tutorial where the ground brakes into a lot of pieces and goes up as if it was zero gravity , is hard. the one in your blog's beginning. by sohail 11/02/2009 cool....mmmmmmm.....nice!!! thanks for this video tutorial pakistan. by David Lalrinsanga 11/02/2009 tha hle..... thnks Andrew from Mizoram by sohail 11/02/2009 cool you are a man!!!!!!!!!!! thanks for this video tutorial Pakistan. by Ramzes 11/02/2009 Awsome,as always!Thanks Andrew. by Brad Gillespie 11/02/2009 awesome friggin insane, although i kinda wish you would have actually done the blood splatter on the lens, but i can forgive you for this amazing tutorial. during which i thought of SOOOO many things to use it for. Thanks again Andrew! by Vince 11/02/2009 Awesome!!! by billyzane 11/02/2009 The Optical flares at the end looks sick as by yoeyoex 11/02/2009 Coooolll........(ikut namapang di page one) :D by Tryston Miller 11/02/2009 Makes me laugh watching him explode :D by Peter 11/02/2009 Nice Blood Explosion! i would have put some blood splatter on the garbage shed, and maybe even a chunk that is sliding down leaving a blood trace behind. Thx Kramer! by Scott McKay 11/02/2009 You should do a quick tutorial on the blog on how to make particle generated snow! by Brad 11/02/2009 Just want to say thanks very much! It's a great tutorial. I didn't know how to use the CC Force Motion blur, so thanks! by David Coster 11/02/2009 Awsome tutorial!!!! you are the best. //costerproduction by Robbie1985 11/02/2009 AMAZING! by Alcides Urrutia 11/02/2009 Cool! by willy 11/02/2009 awesome tutorial man...
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