TUTORIALS FOR VFX & MOTION GRAPHICS
Free After Effects Tutorials & More Hosted By: Andrew Kramer
September 19, 2008
• Create ground destruction in 3D Max using particle flow
• Render motion blur and shadows for AE compositing
TUTORIAL NOTES:
Using a skylight is an easy solution to soft shadows but for faster rendering try using an array of point lights in a dome pattern above your scene with shadows on.
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327 RESPONSES TO "METEOR CRASH 3D P1"

by mr 07/29/2010
my family is poor.. i love special effects and animation more than all. i hav no money for study the special effects or 3d animations but now u helped me.. thanks a lot.... im so happy..
by Joel Di Costa 07/24/2010
good!

bye

Joel Di Costa
by O.Najjar 07/13/2010
Hi How are you mr.andrew ? i hope you are so fine and blessed .. i just want to thank you so much for this useful and so helpful tutorial and i don't just thank you for this tutorial , but for this amazing site and the very best way you did on this , you really help me so much , but i want ask you something please:

Could you please make this tutorial in cinema 4d ? like a PDF file or something like that ? because i lost when i try to do 3dsmax work on cinema 4d ?
Thank U so Much :)
by noname 07/13/2010
help me please!!!!
presents to me please the road_explosion
it is very necessary for once young designer!!!
I will be improbably grateful for you!!!!!****

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?????? ???? ?????? the road_explosion, ??????????? ? 3d max-?. ???? ????????, ?????? ?????????????
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by elton 07/05/2010
hey andrew....what is the use of track point in a video when we make a explosion video?...i am very curoius because i think the track point is "useless?"...i hope you answer my question....pls send your answer to my email account eltz_ton@yahoo.com
by Bjarke 06/21/2010
loved your invisible casino fun joke! n1
by Ryan 06/20/2010
And then ill punch him in the face.
by Titoun 05/29/2010
y dont have this plugin help meeeeee ===>s.saido@hotmail.fr
by danger 05/23/2010
GREAT
by ravi 05/09/2010
hi Andrew cool stuff great its helping me in many ways thanks
by Darbari 05/03/2010
Andrew,
simply awesome...(Y) only in this way i learned alot Andrew..,
by Marco 04/17/2010
hi this video is really cool what you did, but you know how to do these stones in cinema 4d?
by Gustavo 02/28/2010
YEAH XD
I like
but, I use Omni and not Skylight, cause, my computer is a s**t T_T
the only problem, is the shadow, out this... very good ^^
pretty cool tutorial
PLEEEASE, MAKE MORE TUTORIALS IN 3D STUDIO MAX!
thanks ^^
by rogers 02/19/2010
this is a tut of class man you got 3d in the palm of yo hands. thanx a bunch
by LuiSerrano 02/19/2010
Great and awesome teacher!! xD.
by Hammam 02/19/2010
are you sure this is AE tutorial ?
by Sio 02/04/2010
ur tha best
by goran 01/25/2010
Ok, now i know it, thanks andrew!
by goran 01/25/2010
why there is not project to download?
by irsan 01/21/2010
as always, awesome tutorial, i've just make my own on this one :) but i can't figure out how to create a multiple deflector though, i have a floor deflecor
by tebe 01/15/2010
thnx dude.
by aftermax 12/27/2009
superb nice!! thanx anrew!!
by kier 12/06/2009
rofl that joke at the beg , blow ur hand off sue the company , i pissed my self!
by Dange 11/25/2009
Heyy...very nice tutorial - but can you make this tutorial for cinema 4d too ... pls :D
by ishaan 10/29/2009
Andrew superb man ...... m so happy .... want to be like ya n i ll be ....god bless ya ....
by kai 10/22/2009
ur are best editer i know but i use adobe photoshop cs4 and i already made a lightsaber effect and thats all i made my own cuz i cannot inport any files u set here same as i wanted to download the crash landing files i downloaded the map 72 and 73 i can only inport the tree pictures but not the crahlanding raw and street explosion i had seen u where using quick time player so i downloaded it and made it standard opener of the files and i still cannot import it says: after effects error: cant import file street explosionl.mov unsupported filetype or extension ( 0 :: 1) it sayd the same when i import ur lightsaber the 3ds max is to hard for me cuz i am only 13 years old and a beginner i started with pause videos so i can walk trough walls xD and than the lightsaber and now i wanna have meteor hope u have a option for me how to import the files really ty and verry good tutorials u have ure awesome
by Emerson Paul 10/21/2009
Andrew Kramer is one of the best i've ever seen! he's a master! i want to be like him someday!... Goodluck!
by Philip 10/15/2009
Can i sue you for making me blow up my hand and not getiing money from the fireworks co.?
by marcel 09/07/2009
andrew, help me ,i dont have 3d max how to do this effect in my case
by sdfdsf 09/02/2009
That's POWA! Thanks Andrew, u're DA man!
by Hardi 09/01/2009
Very good!
by TARIQ 08/21/2009
nice i m big fan of you..??i m from islamic rebuplic of PAKISTAN
by Michal 08/17/2009
You are Best man....

We love you

Czech republic
by jackal 07/30/2009
it is very nice
thanx
by paul 07/29/2009
andrew, you are awesome!!
by Justyn 07/22/2009
Thank you so much Mr. Kramer. I've incorporated a meteor in my series and I'm very proud of it.

www.youtube.com/hmphreydumptee
by carvers 07/22/2009
it is so cool .thx
by sameer 07/21/2009
you are rocking andrew !!!
by SiH 07/01/2009
Hi Andrew,
This is my first time i'm trying one of your "real-life-tutorials" with my new videocamera.
I hope i'll understand the tuto, because i will brag to my parents that made this :D

<3
by Joseph 07/01/2009
awesome, cant wait to do it.

when i grow up, i want to be a Andrew Kramer
by to nviangaoä 06/14/2009
hey middle drag...you probally have 2009 if you look at the top right hand corner of all view port you have a cube... click it drag
by Gurnis 06/13/2009
Hint :)
if you want shorter render times in 3ds max instead of using "motion blur" use [blur --> radial blur --> zoom] in after effects ;)
by wdfre 06/09/2009
it is very cool
by nviangaoä 06/07/2009
what is MIDDLE DRAG -.-* (2:45)
#%&!ing shit i cant do anything!
by omoluku felix 06/06/2009
you guys are too much,how can i get your tutorials to download?
by khanjany 05/31/2009
nice dear very excelent
by S M 05/24/2009
This is amazing, i shared you'r site with a few of my classmate and now our homeworks are much better looking. since our teacher for After Effects SUCKS ASS we have to look for other ways of learning. this site is the best, you are our saviour!

All hail king andrew!
by Buchanan 05/15/2009
OMG, I just can not tell you how good you are Andrew Kramer, you have Alex Damon calling you an after effects god, you are just that good you can do anything on after effects with a free plug-ins of course.
by Eric 05/11/2009
I have the New After effects CS4, along with 3DS Max 2010. Will you be giving tutorials based on the NEWER versions?
by Erlend 05/11/2009
CAN I MAKE THE METEOR CRASH IN THE BULDING?
by lumkile 05/11/2009
I swear you are the most awesomest human being in the universe Andrew Kramer!!!!!!

Could you please post more 3ds max pflow tuts on your site?????????
by tottys 05/04/2009
very nice tutorial but
the firework company gave me only 20 dollars
by AdstedoBmxsta 05/04/2009
WOW! andrew, you never fail to amaze me lol. thanks for this amazing tutorial.

heres my attempt...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttlY1GtPvYk

thanks again
by Albanian 05/01/2009
thats impposible great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1


Thank Man Andrew

For Me You are the best just continue with the tutorials
by andy 04/25/2009
Damn, i dont have 3ds max :'( could you do a blender version, or is that to crap for it? Really want to do this effect
by Benjamin 04/13/2009
How can I do this for a mac using cinema 4d

?!
by Salvador 04/12/2009
hey this is a very great tutorial!! really but dont you wanna do it with cinema 4d??!! cuz im trying so hard to understand you with 3ds max and i think so much people more but if you can do it pff you will be the best xD
by jd 04/08/2009
greatest tutorial ever
by jason 04/05/2009
andrew your the best please keep making more tutorials
by Calvin 03/11/2009
Hey Andrew thanks for tutorial... Here is a video that i did with it

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by vidhu popli 03/09/2009
hello , great tutorial .... but i was wondering ... can u give those textures?
by Grex 03/04/2009
Incredible, i wanna learn more about 3D.
by alix 03/01/2009
AWESOME! Tutorials you rock kramer
by Farrukh 02/22/2009
Hello
You are great work.
You are the best
by Diedke00 02/10/2009
Omg andrew u rock !but now i got a 10 for school =D
by Kyle Hatch 02/06/2009
you are a god
by Darren 02/05/2009
thanks alot your tutorials are the best.
All the way from Ireland, whoa!!!
by venkatgrafix 01/16/2009
great tutorial, thanks man... from Chennai,India
by V3N0M 01/13/2009
great tutorial, i learned more about PF Sources. i like your jokes too xD
by epitoxemia777 01/12/2009
looks like u have a lot of people that love u =), great tutorial by the way
by Johnmiller 01/10/2009
that was incredible
by attractive 12/21/2008
way 2 complicated for me! cool, but a little over my head. I love the other ones though. Also i dont have 3d max cuz its 4000 bucks.
by E.N.S. 12/12/2008
Muy bueno!!!
by Ugly Max 12/09/2008
i don't know what to say...n' i'm sure u don't know how great is the task ya doin' for people like us (Africans) who don't have the chance to learn this at school even if we had money because there's simply no school at this level!!!
Man i' was nearly about to cry!!!Thank u n' god less u!!!! Amen!amen!aaaamen!!!!!!!
by Artur Goodgroves 12/08/2008
Very good!

An excellent explanation, of all the phases.
Many steps are required, but, it functions well.

Congratulations! Your pupils are very thanked.

Artur.
_____________
by cooperaerosmith 12/04/2008
Magnificant, would it be any different using Maya (Autodesk Maya) instead of Bleander, Coffe machine or Max?
by Lee 12/02/2008
please may you make some tutorials in blender, because i can't get 3d max.
by Jake7 11/30/2008
Hey mr Kramer you are Great!!

By the way, can anybody tell were i can find the plugins (from Andrew Kramer) for after effects??

by foebea 11/22/2008
I got it all tried out, great tutorial. How do you like this meteor crash? It's not mine, rather a real one that you might use as reference for your own if you like. http://www.nowpublic.com/world/massive-fireball-falls-south-lloydminster-alberta
by Kemal 11/11/2008
Hello there. Your awesome tutorials are much much appreciated. I just love it. You are a very talented man, and on top of it, you explain very very well. Thanks from Denmark.

P.S. Sometimes the tutorials won't load, I was wondering if it was my computer or if its overloaded or summin like that.

Anyway, amazing job. I might buy some of the DVD's here, your tutorials make me wanna work more with the software.
by Hemanathan 11/02/2008
HI
andrew can u show me some tutorials relating wire removal technique in stunt sequences
by koerdos 11/01/2008
hahahahaha i love the joke at the beginning
ps 'again'
dude I LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUU ! thx
by Mr. Janesch 10/30/2008
Sweet!!!
by john 10/29/2008
hi can anyone help me. everytime i hit render i get a message that says out of memory for advanced ray tracing shadow generator. please help it is driving me crazy
by colby 10/28/2008
hahaha. you said "now we press the letter 6..." hahahaha. 6 isnt a letter!

ps. i LOVE the jokes in between the tips. especially the lawsuit 1.
by suraj mainali 10/27/2008
hi andrew master of all after effect .
i have one little problem that i'm unable to watch the Meteor Crash 3D p1 video
help me i'm loosing my patient

thank u
by Gert-Leon 10/26/2008
Did'nt you have another tutorial about making a meteor completely in After Effects, without other software?
by bbeut 10/23/2008
thanks from Senegal
by Areeba Hanif 10/22/2008
Andrew you have no idea how you have transformed so many lives. I know its a strong word, 'transform', but its the only one that justifies it. Please give us Middle Easterns the chance to host you sometime soon. Dubai calling!
by fred durst 10/21/2008
hi andrew you bed work AE ! a i AE best master ok !
by ken7795 10/21/2008
I am having the same problem that sig was having in my attempt to duplicate Andrew's work precisely. I can only see the "particle" if I create at least "3". When I limit particle birth to "1", I cannot see it in the perspective view with the image.

Does anyone have the answer to why this is happening?
by Mariano 10/21/2008
Thaks so much i from Argentina and i only 13Years old and i'm a like so much after effects ....if you are reading this please you can upload a video about transformation Like transformer or a video about 3ds max for make a scene of a meteor crashging on earth and leaving a crater...thanks

Mariano
Sorry i dont talk good English...please...sorry
by francisco 10/20/2008
I Kramer,
congratulation for having this wonderfull site,
actually you are not only helping me out to get know AE cs3 but also I have improved my skills hearing in english. So for all that thanks. I am having troubles with this tutorial in way that every time I draw the chunks in Top view i see them also in prespective view. I sthat normal ?
by gzgywk 10/19/2008
thanks!!!
by david 10/19/2008
Awesome you rock
by Min 10/18/2008
you guys rock \m/_ , ur great!! thanks for all of these man !! thank you really!!
by cyberhuntera 10/17/2008
Wow.. awesome I am doing the ground breaking effect it's awesome, but I'll use it when I fall from the sky :D
by Bas Maas 10/17/2008
HAHAHAHA I lauged my ass off. Realy xD

And also a very good tutorial.
by Bailey 10/15/2008
Is there any equivalent to boujou that isn't $10,000 to buy?
by GuillianoV 10/15/2008
Andrew could you do it in Blender? cause allot of us don't have the money to buy 3ds max! :(
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