knockin on heavens door

i like your work

ya just stack turbosmooths it'll be fine

This tutorial is very important because it gives a basic and fundamental knowledge about 3D MAX. Please, everyone must read this. Thanks Andrew

Hi Andrew, long time fan and one time customer, I was wondering if there is any tip for achieving camera movement in 3dmax like the one you used in this tut.Thanks to you and your wonderful work, we learned how to use camera wiggle in AE. Is there similar trick in 3dmax? I do not want to use many key frames in max for camera. I use two dummys to control pan and tilt for camera but can not make it wiggle...any hint or link would be highly appreciated....Rgds-Sam

I love Video Copilot.. everything is amazing, and my homemade movies have now many new effects, with small things i learned from you guys.. THANK YOU

hi ,, nice tut gud work

"monster sea creature doing a little dance then going to kill u ...." laughed a lot stomach aching.:)

we should salute U for making so high quality tutorials. we are please that u have to help us by providing some new effective pluggins and tuttorials for us. we try to pay u as soon as we get ur footage and pluggins.
THANKS!!!!!!

The monster is doing a little dance then he's coming to kill ya!

I laughed so hard at that, a little drop of pee came out.

Andrew you are number 1
I can't stop watching your stuff and it's amaze me over and over again.
don't stop - can't wait for your next one

awesome Andrew, maybe you could show this in Cinema 4d? still I can take these techniques.

thanks again!!!

Was the camera move done in AE or 3DSMax??

You are my god, i will buy you a beer ...

So fast but SO COOL!!!

Awesome~!~!
thanks..

Did anyone else notice he said "Welcome to another Spider-man tutorial."? lol

''and now you have some kinda, u know monsterous sea creature thats coming to kill you'' hahahahahhahahaha ROFLMAO !!!!!

hey andrew i think you should make texturs for downlode so we can have texturs like the one in this tutorial. or make a new dvd for that. that would be realy cool.

Andrew! I am new on digital world, first thanks for great stuff.And can you make tuts about for rendering to web, youtube etc, with hd hq options? I read alot about rendering settings but still having trouble.That would be awesome if you ll make some tuts..thanks alot again.

thanks andrew i wont have u tutorial

thanks andrew! this tut is a very good introduction into 3d materials! you are doing a good job also in 3d. PLEASE MORE 3D TUTORIALS - IF YOU HAD A 3D DVD I WOULD HAVE ALREADY BOUGHT IT ... chears sebastian

Can you do more 3D tutorials, Please...thanks

Nice tut mr Kramer, is there any chance you could show us The Spider man 3 opening Creds tutorial that would ROCK!=]

HI I AM ASHRAF. THANKS FOR YOUR ALL LEARNING

Hi Andrew. Thank you for share your wisdom.

merry me.

hi sir. this is very meening full project.im from sri lanka. i like to video filming

thank you alot, In arabic ???? ?? :)

Salem from Kuwait.

Wasome tutorial. Made me wanna' learn 3ds Max.
Although, I would like to see what you did in AE after you were done in 3ds max.

Creds to you Andrew, you're awsome.

This is great!

Love 3ds max projects.

Thanks again for everything you do here at Videocopilot Andrew.

Cheers =)

Wow Nice.. I Love Using This Program ..Nice Work

I Hope You Can Do A Bad ass Intro Using This And Doing A Full Tutorial

Have you ever to worked on Autodesk Maya?

some more 3d max tut.plzzzzzzzzzz..........

thanks brother.

hi,
This web side is very good for titel making of media. try good and thank to all of this

From Montréal Canada Tank You... Very nice tuto

"I think, for a split second, you actually turned into a unicorn" during this tutorial. (A quote from the movie Step Brothers). I've wanted to know how to do this type of thing for, oh, about 10 years.

Thanks Andrew,and keep up with 3DS MAX Tutorials.

I dont get it!!!Whats the program your are using.It is certainly not Adobe After Effects...Could anybody send me an anwser at p.papaspyrou@yahoo.com.THANKS A lot

Great tutorial, been dying to know how to properly do this stuff for a looong time!

Also found out that a GeoSphere works better for all the 'arm' extensions on the cell itself.

Keep it up, Andrew!

I have neverseen so many comments on one page before. This thinga magig is the real deal

This is an amazing tutorial, but I'm wondering if you'll be making any tutorials on just being funny?

I'm always telling jokes but nobody seems to laugh?
So can we have a tutorial on being funny please!

Dude, when are you going to post the next one ? :D

Why did you not working on a cinema 4d?

wow andrew! where did you learn all of that stuff?...

hello Andrew this is not a comment but request hope one day you'll be able to go through this comments(with all the busy schedule you have)and then stop to see this......not. But if the force be with you and guide you to this comment pleeeeeeeease read!.
I've been coming to video copilot for a crash course and it's been fun "serious....honest no butt kissing" the thing i would love if you can do a tutorial on someone emitting flame out of his/her hand then close his/her hand and the flame stop.....you know? he open his/her palm and boom then closes his palm no more boom. thank you shola from NIGERIA
oh yeah by the way pls use sitnisati for the fire ok.

oh very good very good coloring
your one of the worlds best man to help other people .
to sucusse

Andrew bravo!... can you make new tutorials like fantasy seens, magical effets???

Just wanted to say that I found videocopilot recently and you' re doing an amazing job.
The tutorials are great, easy to understand and made with such coolness that we cannot wait the next one. Every time I show your page to people who wants to know more about the potential of after effects they get so happy and excited.
The presets are pure bonus.
Thanks a lot from Belgium.

very cool~~I like it~~~

Thaks Andrew.
Please, cinema 4d version too

hi First: i'm a big fan of yours! your tut's are great!
But actually this one isn't what i expected...
i hoped you discuss the way you looped it...
but the rest is awsome!

Matthijs
P.s.
greats from halland

As always you're the best. First: you make a great job, 2nd: you don't have an awful accent so I can understand everything you say... yes, you have some "padawan" even in France... Merci Monsieur...

awsome!!!!!!!!!!!

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i like this

Thx///

I like this.

This is a very exciment tutorial i have an idea for it a bout cancer you will like this one i promoise thanks AK. Keep Rolling baby>>>>>

heyyyyyyy i got an urgent question...well not realy but u get the point.... if you have watched the show fringe and know the intro scene when tiny particles come together and for the word FRINGE...i would like to know how to make that

A monsterous seacreature is going to kill you, its doing a little dance and then its going to kill you. hahahahah
Great Job man

Good! very goody!

Thanks andrew!!

Bruno Adachi/macnenos

Brasil. Sao paulo.

It's amazing

hehe, nice to see you fiddling in max too, but its kind of obvious you're better at after effects.

If you wanna add contrast to a procedural map like noise, just do it by adjusting the curve in the output rollout of the noise. That way, you're not clampling ;)

how to send you my demon face project ?

very good Thanks !!
I'm Korean

How about a C4D method?

wow max is so cake...its like i could make that in maya, but it would take a couple hours to get the textures to get that nice slimy real look. awesome job haha

Andrew,
I think that it is awesome that you are now getting into the realm of 3d and writing tutorials for it. I feel however that 3d is a seperate part of post production however. Maybe having a seperate site, or section devoted to 3d work would be beneficial. Just a thought...

hey... effects -> solution particle is a plugin ?? pls i dont have this...i have adobe cs4

Awesome!

But can we PLEASE see more After Effects Tutorials or Blender tutorials? 3DS does not run on my platform (Mac)

so cool, I like it

Hi man! I'm from France and I'am a fan of your tutorial, who really help me.
Thank you and please go on like that !

Salut !
thank you, because of you I achieved my first clip, see:
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=EL1QRXCmlHM

merci, grace a toi j'ai pu realiser mon premier clip, voir
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=EL1QRXCmlHM

I want to become like you :(

Amazing Andrew strikes again!!
The tutorial 79!!
I'm sure of one thing,the number 80 will be an extraordinary tutorial!!

VERY COOL TUTO!!!
PLEASE MORE 3D ´S MAX
THANX

Looks like the Kramenator is moving from AE to 3D more... It would be great if he did a series of tutes on that! Honestly, I think he's covered most of everything in AE aside from the creative process!

What do you say Andrew? Start a set of 3D tutorials for non-noob beginners? Even if you didn't post them here and just did a DVD that would be awesome... say 10-20 lessons to get someone from AE with no 3D experience into Max or Maya, or even Blender...

Ah a man can dream can't he?!?!?

that's good thnx men

will you be doing any maya tutorials? thanks andrew

Nunca te mueras Andrew eres el mejor del mundo

congrats!!! andrew!!! u are amazing man! greetings from Mendoza, Argentina

Out standing Andrew,
I really like it when you work on 3ds Max. in fact i'm learning more when i spend 10 minutes on you tutorial then all the time i've spent before in other writen tutorials (and God knows that i've spent a looooottttt of time there)
Thank you Andrew.

Andrew you are number 1
I can't stop watching your stuff and it's amaze me over and over again.
don't stop - can't wait for your next one

U R The Best! MORE DDD MAX PLEASE!!

hey wats up andrew :) this is my first coment out of all the videos jeje ..ohh and by the way nice tut!!! keep it up :P
by the way im 16 and i could keep up to all the tuts...im the new kramer haha just playing ure the best

wow !!!!!!

gr8 tutorial andrew,
i have been awaited for this long......such a huge help....

verey gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood

kramer, you probably hear this all the time, but your are indeed fantastic, your wittiness, your humour yet so professional, you always make my day!

Krammer, you probably hear this all the time, but you are indeed fantastic, your wittiness your humour yet so professional, thanks a bunch, you always make my day!

great... thank u

nice one ... i love u

when u guys got too much time:

http://publicgaming.de.vu/

Well I'm not really a max user. More of a maya man myself but this should still be help full great tute as always thanks.

You ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks.

Great tutorial! The steps are easy to follow and jokes are of course... fun! :) Hope this was just a teaser for part 2 - I really want to learn the cool camera trick ;)

you are a great man

THANK YOU SO MUCH ANDREW!
Great tutorial...!!!

i wonder if andrew could do this in blender?

you are the special one... great.thinks

Great!!!
Thanks~~

WOW! another wicked tutorial! you've taught me all i need to know! keep it up! THANK YOU A TON!

hey andrew very cool tutorial

very nice

that looks like a cool program to learn

you can do allot of staff.

but

how do you export from Cinema 4D to after effects?

wath format

and how do you take the back round off

the black background.

off

ok Cheers

thanks

michael...

Hi Man!
This time you are doing a tuto simple but a great
in the same time.
Thanks for all.
An other time you are Number ONE in the world for me.
See you soon.
From Morrocco.

That's great man! Going on!

ahhhh. sorry Andrew this wasn't something u might wanted to do, am a big fan of u're work. a big influene to me and pretty much a lot of people but I think u got LAZY on this tutorial. but u're still the man. no doubt about it.

Could u do a TSUNAMI plugin tutorial or a trapcode FORM tutorial that would be great..

keep up the good work A' peace out hommie

Excellent tutorial

FANTASTIC! Thanks so much for sharing these tutorials with us.
And YES more 3D!

hey andrew very cool tutorial

I always watch your tutorials

but is deare a way to export from Cinema 4D to after effects?

or do you know wath format

to to export as

because every time I try to export.

like it will import

but it always shows as 2D image?

i wanted 3D

ok thanks

keep up the good work

cheers

michael...

Just awesome...

tnx Andrew keep up

Hey Andrew, I realy like your tutorials. Not only the good old technical stuff but it looks great and it's alot of fun. I was just working on a title sequence (something like this tut.) for my first short film. So thanks, it realy helps. In another scene we recorded 2 characters walking closer to eachother (greenscreen) while the ground crumbles down behind them (3Ds). In de background I was thinking A-bomb explosions forming very dark firery clouds. So maybe you can use this for a tutorial.
That would be so cool!
Thanks
p.s. Don't let your baby grow up to be an animator

Keep those 3d max tuts comin' Amazing stuff.

i am brazil : traduza adoro vocês aprendir muito com os seus trabalhos logo logo estarei ai em holliwood

Please help me. I have 3Dmax 2009.
In my Material liberty all is "Missing Matrial"
What's this? please help ;)

It looks like the DVEIN's Demoreel.
You should see it :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Oi86XKi6R4

Great tutorial man, but I need from you to explain how to make these looping without flickering or other stuff?
It doesnot have to bewith an object, we can try it first with text, then by a footage of clouds running, then by a ball rolling, so we can know how to make looping perfectly.
It is yur fault, because you are the best/

Nice...(can you make a transformers tutorial??):D

looks alot like this:

http://motionographer.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/pause_half_res.mov

was this your inspiration andrew?

amazing man! thnx

Great tutorial!

BUT

I saw a few other people ask as well...

How did you loop the camera move? Could you show that in a part B since you already have the scene?

Thanks!

You are really superb, dedicated guy..........

thousands of thanks to you

you are a BEAST

Andrew you're the best! Thank you a lot for your tutorials!
We want more 3D max tutorials to mix with AE!!
Congratulations one more time!

I hope you can make a animation tutorial of how you animated this?

how do i get it into after effects? i cant import it as a .max or a .chr, and i dont know how to save it as anything else. (im new to 3ds max)

can you use blender next time?
it will be very helpful for some of us.

very good tutorial thanks andrew!! , but can you do tutorials for blender? I need some help with that free program.

Desde Honduras un saludo, Andrew eres todo un maestro!!

Here my short clip from the tutorial!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFj1w6KBfiY

http://www.youtube.com/cathydirector

WOW!
seriously, nice work Andrew...

Great tutorial....ANDREW....Nice Stuff.....I have do learn lots of things from your tutorials.....
Thanks a billion.................

Hey Mr. Kramer!

This tut was really cool. You are always funny and that's what seperates you from the rest. Except could you please make Blender 3D tutorials?I can't afford 3D Max and can't make head or tail out of Blender. Anyway one last thought."He's doing a little dance and then he'll eat you." Incredibly Hilarious! :)

It is possible this tutor for maya?

super..can you prepare a cinema 4d tutorial...

WOW TNX !!!!!!!!!
ur GREAT !!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU FROM ISRAEL !!!

As a Mac Man I only use Cinema 4d. Any chance for the recreation in c4?

Love the tutorial like all your staff. They've given me so many ideas. They make me look really smart though it's all down to you.

Thank you and keep them coming

PS Could you put on a tutorial that's dedicated to mixing some of your fab sound FX please?

Hey! Andrew
Im One of your Biggest Fan dude.
You Just Rock!
Awesome Works!
Im a Student in IACG-India.
Thanks a Lot For Your Tutorials.
Hope You`d Write me back to my e-mail.
Thanks Again!

awesome Andrew, it's very good! maybe you could show this in blender? thank you.

for the 3d camera u can simply copy the first key frame to the last frame. TaDaa!!! Just be sure to make the before last 1 close to the first so u have a nice flow not a jumpy 1. uh...and u can use the falloff map in the opacity slot for really interesting effects 2. 10x andrew for ur work. I'm just trying to give back a little...

coooool!

Awesome tutorial... Thnks AK..

kewl work done

Texture please.. T^T

As informative and entertaining as always Mr. Kramer. Any possibility we could see some more 3ds Max tutorials from you in the future? I'd love to get more out of the program.

nice man i always liked your way teaching things (lighthearted and clear)...damn your tuts always makes me laugh in a nice way :)

that was... PURE AWESOME =D =D =D

WOW!!! dude this is great tutorial!
pls include more 3d max tutorials!plZ

Great tutorial...!!! I like 3dsMax

Awesome great tutorial, love the 3ds Max tutorials!!!

One question how did oyu loop the camera movement so it was seamless?

Gr8 tut! 1st International Teacher Award should DEFINITELY goes to A.K. !!!

post script: does ne-1 else here thnk importing .pngs frm 3Dmax to AE is equivalent to immaculate conception !?!?!?!

Great Tutorial, IF ONLY YOU USED MAYA!!!!!!!!! (life would be grand)

Awesome, now that you made this tutorial from that preview video I'm hoping you'll make that one from kinetic topography with the empty room that you showed the preview for on the same day. Keep up the great work.
-Chase

great job man !!!!
Is there something u cant create with a visual effects programm??? ;D

haha doing a little dance!

he does the most wonderfull bellydance ever seen!

thnx Andrew!


cheers Maarten

Hey! THANX ALOT for this tutorial, Andrew! :]
i LOVE your 3Ds Max Tutorials, and i really wanna improve my finishing touches with the software, like lightning, texturing, rendering.

i Just Wish those kind of tutorials would be longer! i know youre a busy man, and we should all just thank u for what u throw at us, but i gotta say, i dont wanna make my projects so automated. and create them so technically by following the steps. i would love if u could throw in a word, here and there, just explaining what u are doing...explaining the reason behind your steps, so we could use the tools u give us, for something other than creating the same exact project :]
Thanx alot! And have a great weekend,all of u! :]

Damn. 10 minutes of spot-on practical example equals 100 hours of fumbling around trying to get something to work. Modeling techniques materials sane render configuration = fabulous. So often tutorials, manuals, books are so specific and tailored to the desired "outcome" or "look" that a general application of the techniques learned is not possible. i.e. Everything works great until you move a light or tweak a render setting and then your animation turns to crap and you can't engineer a solution. Your tutorial taught me the underlying methodology and approach to problem solving which is often lacking from typical instruction. What is the functionality of the software and how should I apply it to my project.
Thank you very, very much.
Cheers,
Jim

excelent:D...i love these 3D max tutorials combined with after effects.....keep it up dude....and thank you for sharing ur knowledge..

VETTE SHIT!! GREAT ANDREW!!

hey whats up andrew i love your tutorials and i wont to have more tutprial us 3ds max bicaus with AE i mean is enough....kisss...

Is it Christmas already????? Great job...u the man!

Thanks Andrew. It amazes me watching you fly through huge programs like this with such ease. I think I drooled all over my keyboard watching 3DMax create stuff under your guidance. I can't wait until I can afford it and follow along with you. Excellent tutorial Andrew. You are amazing.

Great stuff, Andrew! I'm a Maya user, myself, but the more and more I see you demonstrate 3DSMax, the more I want to use it instead! Haha. Mostly, I'm jealous of the Materials system. It seems much better than Maya's.

Beautiful! I like andrew kramer joke. lol!

I'm glad that you made the tutorial.Nice work,congrats.

what happen to the 2nd part of the tutorial(Adobe AE)

Thank you so much....
Another great lesson from AK....
Thanxxxxxx againnnnn..

Hi Mr.Andrw Kramer. That was very very cool. Thanks a lot to you. I love you =)

thanks a lot for this tutorial that i was waiting for thanks ANDREW KRAMER

hey thx for another awesome tutorial

Man...
ideas are wery good...
anyway, very usefull material...

maya maya !!

GREAT!!!! THANX !!!

Andrew you are a great teacher,I can understand
all. thanks for you awesome tutorials.

THANK YOU SO MUCH ANDREW!!!

awnesome tute master!

verry nice tutorial!! thanks!

ps: you always like to "turn on" polygons :D

WWWWWWOOOOOOOWWWWWWW

my life is in looping now


u're great

wow, I like it. I did a little C4D copy and post it in the forum. Far from yours, but a little intent. Thanx AK (47)

very very very nice

it's doing a little dance... and it's going to kill you...
GREAT

nice one, although I work with C4d.
But next time less effecting and more jokes please :)

marvelous, pliz give us more 3d tutorials

Thanks bubby..... good tuts! but you did cruise through this like you were wanting to drink you coffee before it got cold. Glad I know what you were doing, but for someone who didnt know...they still be wondering what that flash was that was on the screen for a few minutes.

:)

love your stuff andrew!

peace out.

thank you. makes we wanna become a 3d artist.

very great good for this is nice time :)

The monster is doing a little dance then he's coming to kill ya!

I laughed so hard at that, a little drop of pee came out.

:)

Good tutorial Sir....i was searchng for this tutorial thanks A Heap :)

Good tutorial Sir....i was searchng for this tutorial thanks A Heap :)

Great job Andrew.
well done

Yep, very cool tuto...:)

Thank you Andrew.

that was amazing how fast you did that! ,and the extent of your knowledge in 3d and compositing programs is just incredible

i really hope you'll eventually do a tutorial on the shattering text in the bullet promo though :D

very simple but impressive
good job AK

make more 3ds max or any 3d software

good God Andrew, you're amazing. All of your tutorials are spectacular. Thank you so much!

YEAH! THANKS HEAPS!
LOVED IT!

hai A K i m sawad
plz include more 3ds max studio tutorials
plzzzzzzzz
plzzz.........
plz include more 3ds max tutorials

Wow, looking good.

Thanks for tutorials
I love you Andrew Krmaer

I should like to commend this web to everyone

Hello! I was waiting for this!!

Andrew Can you pls make a atomic or Explosion? using 3ds max (and Afterburn) and After Effects?

Andrew, I need your mailing address so I can send you sweet and sour pork. It's my way of saying thanks.

LOL.

it s great but a got a c4d i can t make this texture .please do u no how do that with c4d.
thank

Wow a new product announcement and a new tutorial back to back...I know you're busy. Thanks so very much as always!!!

Yes, Yes... It is a very cool tutorial but there is a thing that is missing:
The 3D Camera?

cool

very nice...
xD
thanks

brinca brinca!!!

cool video!!!

THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thnx a ton Andrew for the awesome updates.

Regards
Sandy

i think you went overly fast, and i was looking forwards to seeing how you created a camera movement that looped itself back into its original frame without looking like it did, much like u wrote on your original post. Nice tutorial but definetely not one of your best. Thanks a lot for everything though. maybe a part 2?

Nice tutorial ..

Andrew .. First post, just want to tell you I love what you do.. Especially the 3ds stuff, that is where I am trying to get better.. That is all.. just keep it up :)

Thats great stuff man. When are you going to do somthing with Maya?

wow..another great tut from AK....

More 3D tutorials!! <33!! please :]

Thanks AK!!! Great as always!!

Yes! I like 3ds

thanks boss

awesome Andrew, maybe you could show this in Cinema 4d? still I can take these techniques.

thanks again!!!

mavy you can work on autodesk maya that will be realy good

thanks good great!

sweeet

this is sooo great andrew.. as great as always..
thanks for another magnificent tut!! hope you're all right

Great tutorial Andrew... like all your stuff so much!

I was wondering if that preview video you showed us would ever make it into a tutorial. Glad to see you got it up.

It looks interesting, can't wait to watch it!

Thanks a lot for this!