when it rotates, the image is not centered :( i center it, then the other image becomes moved
any help would be appreciated
thanks

Hi, Iam Lovin Your Videos Thier Awsome!!!! But I Have 1 problem in SureTarget When i choose T1 to What i Wrote Then The Camera Moves Away Bit It Doesnt stay Still How can I Fix It Pls Reply Thnk You. And Awsome Videos!!!

I just LOOOOOVVEEEEEEE this update of Sure Target

love your passion.
I wish more of us had some and could act upon it.
wish you nothing but success.

Outstanding tutorials.

cool thanks man really awsome trick

The Download Project link does not give you the project.
Instead you get the contents of the Video Copilot Presets folder.

thanks very much and can u pls explain how u created bg for this

Dear Andrew
I am working as an video editor but you made me love after effect
thank you so much for your effort and waiting for more

I got the same bug as that last comment. I think I narrowed it down a little though. If you place your items in 3d space before you apply the camera and null (and sure target to the null) then it all goes well - as per the video. If you however, have the camera, null and sure target already applied, create a new item and rotate it in custom view before applying it to sure target - it only follows position and z rotation. X and Y are ignored. Not sure why and it doesn't occur 100% of the time.

Solution. Delete Null and Camera. Remove Rotation from problematic angles. Re-apply camera and null, link them to your suretargets (including your new one)- then change your rotation. For some reason this order works no problem - apply suretarget and THEN rotate. Watch the camera in custom view to make sure.

I have some bug, he only focus on the layer's zrotation if i edit the x rotation or y rotation he ignores it and the camara doesnt move infront the layer

What makes the particles kinda lined up when the camera move to another location?

your a true legend man, thanks so much for all the tutorials u have created and all the time you've put into them, they are soooo helpful for a beginner like me, keep up the excellent work PLEASE!!!!

and if u have any tips or ways in particular that i can improve please let me know...

With Love From An Australian Dude....

????..andy ????
I became a fun of u!
Er..you got very nice voice~
Drink more water,take care of yourself for us,ha~

dingruiyuan@gmail.com
any Chinese here can contact me~

just want to say thanks for this tutorial, its what i used for a promo for a company i work for, as well as some pro scores to add a little background music. ur the best andrew!!!

Hi, i just love that effect and i try couple of times to do it, but in ver. that you use and mine has a difference - i`m with cs5 - can u tell me is it really that diffrent ? to go back on cs4 ? i really want to do that.

thanks for ur time :)
great tuts :)

Where did you get those backgrounds from, I would like a black one.

You guys are the best!! Can't wait to buy my first product!!

Andrew is like the Bob Ross of After FX.
He makes it look soooo easy!
Oh, you don't know who Bob Ross is..
...well...
Bob Ross is the Andrew Kramer of painting.

Thanks Andrew...you're jokes are much better!
Deedz

Andrew kramer is great editor.
he is really a hardworking man, i like him, speacilly his juicy voive
i like him

long live
Andrew kramer

any one help me Sir plz send links After Effects plugins

you are so amazing!

You`r the best andrew i realy like you tutorials
Thnx

Greeting from holland

thanks adrew very nice-great yar

Andrew, it's amazing!!!!

you're the god of the after effects!! thank you so much!.. can you give some tutorials on tracking...and zooming some image..

cool nice one keep it up

Dear Andrew
I am working as an video editor but you made me love after effect
thank you so much for your effort and waiting for more

o wow I'm stupid. if you look at the energetic tiles tutorial, it explains how to make the background.

i was also wondering where to get the background, but i think i might now how to make it. i think you just make a particle layer using the particle world plug-in then put it over an orange background.

Thanks a million, Andrew!..Ground breaking!

Guys,

Can you use pictures instead of inputting text? or is there another way to do it? I am working a project for school that involves only pictures!

A special thanks to Andrew for making things easy to understand, especially for beginners like me !

Andrew you are huge man! THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'd like to ask if I can use this Presets at movies layers as at titles layers. I ask sorry again about my Eglish.You are the Best of the Best.

andrew you are ready crazy guy......

Thanks Andrew, but where can I download "Medium Orang Solid" please...

Thnaks Andrew for all! Excellent!



Minttu from india

thank u
it's nice and super
i am in starting stage can u give me some suggestion
thank u
Andrew


abhi

THANKYOU ANDREW,I LOVE YOU


From...Thailand

hiiii andrew u'r tutorial was awesome..well i got lot of help ...just b'cause u... keep rocking in d world

Andrew, you are genius!!

Can someone tell me where i can downlodad the "sure target" plugin please?

Many thanks

Anddrew,mucho gracias!!!you are the best

adrew the best BEST BEST
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hi andrew - many thx for sharing your knowledge. AE is an outstandig possibility for me to combine my field of work (photography

heyyy dude this is awesome!!! sos el mejor!!

Hey Andrew...
I lik the way u talk most... U r doin a great job Man... Kip Rock dis World lik dis... May u live long.. Tak care Man

Wit best Regards
DIGANTA GOGOI (ALEX)
http://www.myspace.com/digantagogoi
Mumbai, INDIA

andrew thanks for the awesome tutorial you are amazing.

Hi andrew it seems like when im downloading the project i just download the ``Presets

Hi andrew first i wanna thank you for being such a huge help but it seems like when im making my ``sure target`` too 2 or above nothing happens.. and the key frames are as they supposed to be :(

hi dude u r tuts is amesing ......but i have one problem .....
when i out the particle its not stable its emmitnig what i can do plzzz help me ..

hai freinds AE workspace or project

im going to try to attempt this...i need a intro to my portfolio dvd

Hi,I understand by the comments that your name is Andrew,so Andrew I just wanted to thank you for these tutorials, I just Got AE less than 4 days ago and I didn't know it was this practical once I watched your tutorials.My friends said this was a hard software to work with, and of course it looks hard when you see it for the first time and have no idea what the hell the buttons do or represent, but your tutorials make it so easy to create something that looks amazing. So, cheers for that and thanks for sharing the knowledge :D

hi Andrew

Wish you Happy New Year pal. You are the genius in this after effects thing. I tried one of your tutorial the sure target thing everything went perfect but when it came for Effect-Simulaion-cc particle thing i did not find this particular effect. So i was able to put the background with particles. Hope you will help me out

Regards
Leon

@Jacob

It sounds like you applied suretarget to your null before making it a 3D layer. This means that the expressions for y and x rotation won't be appllied. Always make your null 3D first.

I find an easy solution for autofocus is to simply add an expression to the cameras focus distance. I simply subtract the focus distance from the camera's z position and it works a treat for me.

the sure target camera movement worked but the auto rotate and auto ease would not work and i dont know why btw your tutorials have saved my life

Would it be possible to add an auto-focus control?

Dan Ebberts demonstrates a great auto focus expression on his website:

target = thisComp.layer("target");
v1 = target.toWorld(target.anchorPoint) - toWorld([0,0,0]);
v2 = toWorldVec([0,0,1]);
dot(v1,v2)

I'm not a coder, but would it be possible to integrate something like this and make it keyframeable between targets like the SureTarget? You could even have a checkbox that locks it to the current SureTarget.

Hey Andrew, your tutorials and presets are awesome, but i´ve problems with sure target, position and rotation gives error..i´m working with aftr fx in spanish. I need help please!!

AE is just awesome. You've open my eyes to a whole new world of video interfacing. I can now set my scopes on higher ground. Thanks a bunch.

Andrew, Your tutorials are the best, the effects pack here on this site has made learning how to use after effects extremely easy compared to other tutorials that I have viewed.

I just don't know how to thank you enough, the first actual tutorial after the basics was of course the lightsaber tutorial as everyone wants to know how it was done.

I did get frustrated with the masking and moving, but it was so much easier with the effects preset.

I did try to use tracking and parenting to help with the movement, and it did work a little. so proof there that I have learned something in the 2 days of using your tutorials and after effects.

great job man.

how do i get the particles and stuff because i don't have the auto rotate project?

Thanks Doogle, I scrolled down to your comment about only the Z rotation working and having to copy and paste it to Y and X rotations and then changing some of the properties and it fixed it up nicely!

Hi! First I'd like to say that your tuts is the sh*t! just love em'. But I have a problem, when I set the slider the text slides sideways, so half of the text gets outside the picture. Plz help!

Really great stuff man it helps the guys to animate things very very very easier

Hi Andrew. I´m from Venezuela. I´ve been using your presets and they are awesome. Thanks a lot and congratulations to the Video Copilot team. Today i started work with Sure Target 1.5.1. and i´m having some problems. It seems like the preset lost his auto rotate parameter and every text goes out of the frame with no apparent reason . By the way, i´m using is a intel based iMac with AF CS4. Thanx again, sorry for my english

Hey Andrew,
I don't know how you do this, but you are doing GREAT!!! I learned so much from u. Thank you!

Hi Andrew!
I have just seen the videos and they are amassing!
I am looking for some help, how may i get those presets in spanish i'm from Argentina and I find your website and I want to buy it or something?
I hope you may help me I wait for your information
and thank you very mach and congratulations for your job!
Gustavo

Thanks Andrew for these great PlugIns. You saved my Day ...again.
Greetz from Germany

Great Plugin. I did the quick tutorial last night and the control itself is so time saving!!!! I hate to say it but you should be selling this plugin - so useful!!!!

But I'm glad it is free.

Thanks,
Rich

Hi, I've been working through this tutorial as I'm wanting to use this effect for a DVD menu, but the AutoRotate only effected the Z axis. I had to copy and paste the code onto the X and Y rotations and modify the properties a little to get it to work, is this a known problem?

Thanks Andrew.

Nice great stuff! dramatic time spend!!!!

He's talking about the Comp from the previous tutorial (#82) Louis. By missing settings, the only thing that would be missing is Sure Target settings if you have an older version of Sure Target installed. Everything else is standard.

i don't get it.. i do exactly what you are doing in this tut, but suddenly you use things from "the previous comp", but we didn't make another comp! and you use some settings that i don't have.. i don't get it...

This is awesome.. AK rocks... :)
Thanks from India

It's very nice !
After Effice is very good!

Pretty good stuff u've got here. thanx

Um, I love you and your videos are so helpful and awesome. You're a god for making these free for anyone. Please have my babies.

Thanks.

Very good explained Andrew :)

Thanks for releasing those auto features because i didnt get the 1.0 of Sure Target

Amazing what you do on this site! I have just got action essentals, impressed ass hell! Hope you make many more tutorials, I'm the only one in my class that knows after effects, they are shocked.. I'm not gonna tell them where I learned it x)

Thanks from Sweden!

For anyone that was having trouble with the auto-rotate (like i was for hours) "ngambles" on the forum pointed out that the null object must be a 3d layer before you apply the sure target to it. He is my new hero. Hope that helps people like it helped me.

@ cayle, about the particles
watch this: http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorial/energetic_titles/

omg !!! your freaking asume andrew is the freaking man in the town !!

hey guys im making all the steps but i jus cant get de autorotate to actually rotate i activate it an it just keep the same.. dont rotate.. can someone help me... appreciate da tut

Can you or anyone explain to me how you make particles freeze so that you can do cool camera motions and so that the particles fly around the camera and stuff?

thanks for teching after effects

where can i take this 2 back grounds of this tutorial ?

thanks yaar this website can solve my all problems.Thanks for teching after effects

Mr Kramer.. You really are a very useful, occasionally funny

Awesome. Really useful! Thanks!

that is sick!!!!!!!!!! I love this preset alot, but I'm having a problem with it, everytime select the target it moves that text out to the side and I can't see that text. I am using AAE CS4 can you help me?

My 3d layer thing (the arrows with x, y, and z) are to the left of my word.. how do i make it in the middle

AWESOME DUDE!

I tried the preset and my German CS4 has problems with the word Kontrollk‰stchen. Thanks for all this great Tutorials

I hope that the video must be provided with the English subtitle for understanding..

Thanks

admire you,and I want to be you

Where i can download projekt file?

Awesomeness...The best!

Is there anyway to download these final products so i could just customize it because I mess up when I do it????

Andrew, if you weren't already married...

you are creative

Andreeeew your are KING!!!

Thanks Andrew, now i know alot about Sure Targets and particle systems etc..

You've been a BIG help!

Pretty cool....Thanks Sir!

Woooo !!! *dead* That's awesome man !
Thanks a lot Andrew ! :)

Thnaks Andrew for all! Excellent!

LEGENDARY ANDREW, had a really "difficult" client but one i applied the methods from this tut he was beyond happy!!! I was honest though and said "dont thank me... thank Andrew"

I'm from the Philippines..you're amazing man!!!!!!

this is awesome! i tried on some projects for comercials here and check the demo i did all based on the sure target preset

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jbq-Hr3bfQ

so nice !!!
How it the download ???

There is a problem with the German version. The check box under the easetargets-option is called "Kontrollkästchen" there, but somehow int the expressions the a-Umlaut in that word was replaced by the "per-mille-character" (‰). So this has to be manually fixed once in the expression at "Position" and twice in the expressions at "X-Drehung", "Y-Drehung" and "Z-Drehung".
But after that it works fine, thanks!

nice! thanks a lot andrew!

Andrew- Your tutorials are a key learning tool to so many! Please keep up the quality work.

Bro- for some reason I can't get the auto-rotate feature to work. I'm using AE CS4 on a Mac. Man, I can't figure out what the problem is!

Any help?
Thanks!
e~

Hello, this is the F.O.M BROTHERS A GRAPHIC DESIGNING GROUP AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY GREAT WORK IN REGARDS TO YOUR DESIGNS

AWESOME...
Deutsch: Unschlagbar :D...

Excellent tutorials. It's realy super.

Do these presets work with Mac?

Andrew,

You are the best, a mentor of note... Please keep it up!

oOoOoO.. excelente.!!!!!! increible este efecto felicitaciones ...

Hi i wonder how i make the partical background the orange thingy.

more,more,more,more,more,more
i'm come form china

Thanks a lot, pretty good job

Hey Andrew, you are the one. Regards from Torreon Mexico

Andrew your work is soooooo great. I was about to purchase book teaching AE, but with your tutorials I may not need it.
Greetings from Japan

So good, man! I'm stoked!

Hey man, great tutorials, great preset. I love that you make this stuff free!

One thing, though, I've noticed what seems to be a bug, or maybe it's just me. I'm following the original SureTarget tutorial but I'm using the new version of the preset and for whatever reason when I set the keyframes to Easy Ease (not using the EaseTargets checkbox, but regular AE easy ease) between the first and second keyframe (which are both set to 1) the position of the null jumps from my text's position back to the center of the comp. It does this every few frames and only lasts 1 or 2 frames, so it's like this quick jump effect and I don't like it. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. Please, any help would be appreciated.

I love your tutorials
Thanks Andrew, u r great :D
from El Salvador

Hi ! , when i do these tutorial ,Andrew i do the same ass you but, i trow a preview , no works but when rendering the composition d assent work
the preset sure target works ? or is broken ?

hey buddy its me well good going andrew i hope in future you gonna show some more realistic tutorials this is not good but we can make it perfect.

Hey Marc Samir,
you have to modify the anchor point of the null not the text. just select the null/transform/anchor point and mess around with that until you find something you like. Hope that helps :)

If I'm the Fat Kid, you're the cake..
I love this stuff!
Thanks!

Hey man thanks for the wonderful tutorials

I have a little problem, I am using AE CS4 and when i apply the ST 1.5.1 to the Null object and define the first 2 targets as un the tutorial, the words go out of the scene and when i try to move them back to scene only one of them is movable but the other one can't move, all the layers is 3D. what is the solution to this problem?

hi andrew... ehhehhehe,, tnx for this tutorial, i will make this tutorial f0r my new seas0n f0r Big Brother... greetings from philippines(mindanao)

thnku .........

u r GREAT

Amazing! Anywhere else a step down from this would cost hundreds (not very appealing for a student), but you've done it free!! Thanks so much Andrew and all of video co-pilot!!

Andrew you are simply the best of the best...since I found this site my interest in after effects has soard beyond limitations. You don't stop to inspire me. No other tutorial site can top what you do...I love Aharon but dude you deliver and you deliver alot...not drawing comparisons here...I know you are have different and are friends as well. I just can connect to you more and I have learned so much from this site. God bless you so much.....check out what I did with your tut...I know there are some obvious problems but I was too lazy to change them after I was done...but anyways the idea is more important...thanks buddy

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

thanks Andrew, you are great, You are my GURU

hey andrew, great video!

Hi! Great Tutorial!
Here's one for you:
I'm trying to set out some layers in 3D space, then, using Suretarget, fly between them. so I used 3D assistants to distribute my layers, only to find out that auto-rotate doesn't work! After a little tought, I realized that it's auto ROTATE not auto ORIENT!

Here's the question:
Is there a script or expression to convert orientation to rotation and/or vice versa?

Thanks,
Colin

Man...
this is awesome. Andrew, i love you :)

So I've tried it again... now it works :)

hi Andrew,

Im trying the sureTarget preset .. but it isnt working ok. When I select T1 then T2, T3, .. get the same name... as T1. I dont see this happening in your tut.video. This makes the Null object move while tweening between two compositions. Also the auto rotate doesnt work for me.. Im working with AE CS3.

No Andrew, you are simply so smart!
Those presets save me a lot of time.

Actualy a bit broke But i will support by buyng
your product soon.

Best regards, and long life to you

hi..
if u hAVE ANY TUTORIALS HOW TO REMOVE WIRES PLZ UPLOAD

i got a Question about the updates from the Presets.
ive copied them into the preset folder. but when i open Ae Cs4 with a file i downloaded it sais That the files are missing ?
please reply.

greets Jerem


Btw: sick tutorial as useal

First and foremost, I want to say thank you (millions of times) to Andrew. I'm a beginner and your tutorials really really help. My question is how do you install this preset that I am commenting on? I have a macintosh. I have After Effects CS4. Your tutorial, shows how to do it for a PC. I put the "video copilot" folder in my Adobe Bridge, inside the "presets" folder, but when I open up CS4 it doesn't show in the "effects and presets" area. Therefore, I cannot apple the "SureTarget" effect. Any recommendations? Thanks for all of your help and guidance!

helllllowwww man
At first excuse me for my awfull english.
Thank you for your tutorials and amazing products.
We are in university of Kabul Afghanistan in cinema directing course. We have nothing here but we try to do big things. and in this way you, with your work can help us. We want to make a bloody movie. (short movie ). so I wanna request you too make some tutorials about blowing head up. not the whole of head but part of it. did you watch rambo 4 . something like that. blowing head up with 9mm and sniper rifles and....I know it seems sick but we dont have anything here. even out faculty doesnt have a proper dv camera. so because we dont have special effects equpments i request you that.
thanks man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

salam.hey andrew whats up this is jalal
i am really thank you for your tutorials
it is very helpfull for me and my friends
we are in afghanistan and making short movie and
you make it easy for us.
tanx again

Simply amazing! Thank you, your team and most importantly your wife and kids for allowing u the time to help your students elevate our skills.

I'm in agreement with the DONATION button!

You're an Angel!

andrew..can you also teach us how to fix this problem? i dont know what causes this but it says that " after effects cant continue: sorry after aeffects has crashed................ " then it will ask me to save the project first..then when i try to open it.. i wouldnt but will prompt to that....another thing..i saved my project twice.. i made this part 1.. and no errors.. now that i have made some modifications i saved the project to another file then it again promted.. so i thought of opening the project that didnt crash. but it says there instead 'AFTER EFFECTS ERROR ;"Missing data in file. (33::4)".. PLEASE HELP

how u inventing it???? your imagination is realy good..

tnx dude! amazing, no need for endless tweaks to get the camera right! big ups from The Netherlands

Just downloaded this.... amazing, it's the best!

That is my goodness.

That is good.

thx share :) more ... :P

Saya sangat suka dengan desain motion graphicnya Pak Andrew Kramer.
Trims Mr. Andrew,
Tutorial yang sangat mengagumkan untuk dilihat

wow
you killing me ... keep going

but no dutch :s

I dont see autorotate in SureTarget 1.5.1 when following the tutorial??? Any suggestions? Thanks

You are Simply Awesome Man!

Greetings from India

Hi,
Your All Tutorials are Awesome.
Please Make A tutorial about 'Remove Grain' Effect
In After effect.

Great.....
thnx

can anyone do this for me here pls :( my cs4 dont work.

1 word. prents a Movie
2.word. about 5 players
3.word. exotic

Andrew ilove u thanks for tutorial

verygood!!!!!!!!!!

Andrew!!! MARRY ME!!!

lol.. Just kidding, don't worry. Amazing work dude, great presets... You are a genius!

This SureTarget preset just saved me A LOT of time setting up an effect. Thanks Andrew!

Nice tutorial!

here my sample: http://ztopmotion.blogspot.com/2009/03/facebe-promo-2009.html

Thank you so much!

hey andrew kramer.
first, sorry for my poor english ..
Thanks for this Tutorial and 4 all tutorials ..
but I have a suggestion about writting the tutorial as a text, so that we can follow steps easly, espisally if we have problems with internet connection..

Can you translate them to Russian version too?:)) thanks for your tutorials, very helpful

hey andrew kramer i like all ur tutorial, but i've got a question. could u make a tutorial of the lgiht streak aka nano to cooporate with the sure target???coz i am really doesnt know how to do it =(

hi,
andrew tis is awesome....now i am in stable mind..were i shd go...

When i click on the "Project" link I download the presets and then I want to use them with AAE, How do I get them into AAE? Plese Say in above comments

I was trying to find the zip file or download for sure target 1.5. Could you please tell me where i can find it.

gracias por todo.....
esto sitio es lo mejor..... saludos desde colombia

Great Movement !!

I start CS3 on mac in spanish and sure target presets (spanish)doesnt´t work fine.

I start CS3 on mac in English and the presets (english) works perfect !!

Spain is different ? jejejeje

Thanks a lot !!

If I do a 3D text in after effects can I do it fat? like you do in 3D studio max?

Great tutorials btw :)

AK,

I'm a newbie to the FX field and AE but since I found VC, I have learned so much from your tutorials. I'm currently deployed to Afghanistan but always checking for your latest projects.

They give me something to take my mind of being here it keeps me going when I have down time... keep them coming bro.

Super tutorial!

I have one queistion, is it possible to get the latest version of sure taret to work with precomposed titles?

Great thanks from Sweden!

Very much regret that China's IP should not see a specific video tutorials. But I still enjoy videocopilot.Thx Andrew,your tutorials are the best !!

Hi Andrew, your tutorials are the best !!

Que du bonheur!
du GRAND BONHEUR !

1000 Merci !

magnifique boulot!

right now this tutorial is a life saver.

poca madre, que chingon eres, saludos desde mexico

Trop puissant! Merci encore de partager ton savoir à nous autres, pauvres hères... :)

YOU ARE A GOD!!! I have learned more by watching your tutorials than I ever did in an 8 week class I took on after effects! Keep up the great work guy!

Peace

Great job on your tutorials

Hi there,

i've encountered a problem whilst following your energetic titles tutorial. try'd to use the 3D falloff pre-set to animate between titles, however, i find that the 3D falloff discards the transparency of the layers below it. Any ideas of why this is?

Hi,

thank you for this great tutorial (and the other tutorials, too).
I used it for a little teaser about our theater-project this summer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rKXhnjKLrc

Hey..... master ur the best.....im a begginer in after effects but wth your help i learn so fast thank you so much.... just a question... why everytim i try to make 3D the arrow is in the corner... why your's is in the center... answer me master.... thanks... SALAMAT........

Hi,

Nice going with this one its AWESOME!!!! I'm wondering if its possible to export the data from this into Cinema 4d so that I can through some true 3d text in there. Any one try that yet?

Awsome!, i like a jokes on your videotutorials! ñ_ñ

AWESOME!! thank you very much andrew!!
always with your great tutorials!!
greetings from chile!!!
bye!!

Awesome. Hail to the King of AE

^_^, i can't say again

1 week ago didn't know ANYTHING about after effects.
and now i feel like a proffessional video editor thanks to you Andrew Kramer

Greets from HOLLAND! and keep up the good work! :D

Hey, the tutorial is great but My auto rotate works only for z Axis and yes rotation not orientation can anyone help PLEASE????

This is the most useful thing I've ever seen and I can't believe it's free.

You gues are doing fantastic job infact you

thanks for this tutourial

Andrew,

I just used ST1.5 on a series of 18 Award modules. After a brief ramp up period, I was off and running. I found it helpful to start out with a base project that had keyframes for 12 targets with 1 sec moves and holds to lay in targets and then tweak them to the proper timing. ST1.5 saved me HUGE time in this project and made revisions and tweaks a no-brainer.

Thanks!

Awesome!
Thanks!

greetings from Philippines.

Thanks for putting this together.

Thanks again, From china

I was able to download your presets onto my mac, but I was not able to get them to work with my CS3 After Effects program for some reason. I was able to do it before. What could I be doing wrong?

Wow...this will save me a lot of time !
Thx a lot. You are the man !

u do really really amazing stuff. Thanks anyway.

andrew i think i love you.
marry me. :P
-d

Maybe drag the anchor point of your text layer..

Someone knows what to do if the autorotate function does not work? I use cs4
apart from that cool program!

dude, THANKS!
you're awesome, I've been a fan for quite some time now, just that I've never posted anything. I think that what you do is great, I've learned so much here (even more even than in college!)
thanks again! YOU ROCK!

I need help when I put the text on the screen and make it a 3d layer the x y z axis are in the bottom left corner not the middle like in the tutorial

King of AE

Whatta guy!

hi!!! whats up sonjib is here!

Thats how u start!! nice man. u know in my country its in bangladesh. the production people don't know how special effect work..but only through ur tutorials lots of people learning the VFX. and if im in ur position i should proud for this. although i know i cant be ur position. u r great. thanks a lot

Hey Andrew, thanks man for your tiime and efforts... here is a vid I made using your tutorial as a guide...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MizIZ3mRKSY


Kudos to you man!

Fantastic!!

I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you ! I love you !

Wow, these presets are just what i needed! I wouldnt have a job in this industry if it wasnt for you Mr Kramer. You rule

nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW thanks a lot men!! from Mexico

sos muy groso chabon!, gracias.
You are so great man!, thanks.

wow this is hot stuff
thanx a milyen

WOW...

I think I love you. Not in a gay kinda way, but in a passionate liking of your artistic AE abilities. Or something like that :P

THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT!
i'M AN ITALIAN GRAPHIC DESIGNER AND ANDREW'S FAN (OF COURSE)
aNDREW, YOUR DESIGN HAVE BEEN STOLEN! SOME ADS IN ITALY ACTUALLY USE YOURS GRAPHICS WITHOUT ANY CHANGE (EXCEPT FOR THE TEXT).

CALL YOUR LAWYER (ATTORNEY? WHO KNOWS...)
GIO

Luke, be sure to follow the instructions in order. The layer must be changed to 3D first.

For some reason the auto rotate is only following the z rotate, any ideas on how to get the x

I am sorry but I got a problem why when I put NUll object and what i wrote is not going up but in left
why so ? sorry for bad english I have after cs 4

very awesome video, brother
really great...

Holeee crap!! This is amazing!!! UR AWESOME ANDREW

this just saved me alot of animating. great preset. you guys are too cool. this could have been a product, but you gave it away for free. you guys are awesome. ill be sure to pick up a dvd to support the site.

Dude You're Awesome!!!!!
this is too much...

Andrew, you are the man! I know you probably hear that alot, but seriously, you are an inspiration! I have made leaps and bounds in productivity with After Effects since I came across your site. Phenomenal, simply phenomenal!

the best way to say Thank you is to buy one of his product !!!! dont be shy

what no jokes this time :/

Thanks Andrew for this amazing tutorial

wow. thanks so much for this. really really helpful.

wow!!!! Andrew you just amazing.

whoa.............thanks gggggggggggg

Andrew--this latest batch of tutorials have been HUGE time savers for me! If I could come up with this kind of creativity as quickly as you do, I'd be in good shape...

Andrew and the crew,

Thanks alot, this tutorial saved my presentation for my graduation here in holland! It realy made a massive impression, and I can't express my gratitude enough!

BIG THANKS!

hehe

Wow! This is incredible! You're turning AE into Windows Movie Maker! Haha

I love you sooooo much, man.

Amazing Creativity, Awesome Idea's and unbelievable visual,..
u have all of it.
Thanks again for a excellent tutorial.

excellent tutorials

WHOA!!!! ANDREW!!! YOU ARE AWESOMEEEEE!!!

I LOVE YOU MAN
THANK YOU

Thank YOU!

AMAZING! Andrew you have helped speed up my work flow tremendously with these presets! THANK YOU!

signed,

another happy customer

Hey now that was a good one! It's not really a "tutorial" per se, but a collection of handy little tools that sort of do away with the need for a lot of work. That's worth more than tutorials to me!! Keep up the good work Krame!!

Can i Borrow U r Brain
LOLzzzzz...
i have only One Word for u
WoW
i am u R BiG Fan From Pakistan..

your the best man and creative lots of loveeeeee

Hi andrew!

this is my second time to have my comment on your work! i am a cinema 4d user and honestly your such a great artist and such a big hero to many,. thnx for the great tutorials!
i learned alot since the day i used AE,. and that was this year only! haha lol but i cant believe it i learned so easily and now i like it,.. tnx again!


----multiflies
----from CDO Philippines!

thank you!
greetz from russia! :)

thank you

Awesome, but one problem. I'm still working with 6.5 as my budget isn't big time just yet. When you mentioned the versions it works with you started at 7. Does that mean 6.5 is not included in the updated version?

Simply the Best...
Thanx Alot Buddy..

This presets will rock motion grapics Thanks... "ANDREW"

you so kind...

i alway find a solution here~

Have to Post it one more time, sorry.

Kudos to Patrick and you Mr. Kramer.

I´m astonished and baffled about ST 1.5.
Don’t know, but many these days try to make tutorials to sell their products well, but i’ve never seen something that goes that decent way you guys do.

Again. Kudos to you. Amazing…

Hey I'm trying to combine the sure target with the 3d planets tutorial. It's so easy thanks to you guys.

olah..from philippines
this is very exciting and the most anticipated
preset you have been created and I am very much
excited to use it in my videos..thank you very, very much...

Andrew, you're the best!!!

thanks for all this tips and resources!!

I bow down before the video god that is Andrew Kramer!

OMG OMG OMG! I needed this like 6 months ago - but this is great! No more needless keyframing! Woot!

First Sure Target is a crazy nice preset that makes life in 3D so easy.

Second thanks for putting all the presets into one handy zip file. I was thinking about a week ago that I should go collect the rest of the presets and get them up and running. Now that took me all of 30 seconds.

Your work is very appreciated, thank you!

Also I need your aid to be able to animate a personage in 3D. I leave my mail you, the program that I can handle is the Cinema 4D. Thanks.

AWESOME!!!
Thank you

Hey, man!
Why my comment has been deleted?
Or russian comments is now prohibited?

Thank you, Andrew! Greetings from Russia!
Thanx for yours amazing tutorials!
My copy of After Effects is already fired for next lesson

This is an amazing package of stuff that makes our lives a lot easier. Thank you so much VC.

coooooooooooooool

U Rock!!

Andrew I dont what to say but here from Down under in australia I would like to tell you that you are Famous Famous Famous
we are film student and we study about Andrew kramer well done my man thanks a lot

Man! You saved about two days of my work! Thanks a lot!

You are the best!

this preset is so bloody helpful.
thanks bro.
you RocK.

Wow! Just Great, Andy! :D
u KICK ASS! :D

Coolest thing is rotation autoControl.
Not Orientation.
Rotation.

this is totally awesome!!!

Dude,

You're thr best

cool, but i am making a movie and want to know how to make a moving silhoutte as a title screen. please make a tutorial for it.

this page is awesome!!!!

Hey Krammer would be great if you do a tutorial about clone a people with hand-held camera moving, i would like to know how to tracking in this situation. Thanks

This is probably the best tool for AE I've seen since a while. I'll use it a lot !

Many thx ! You make our life easier and help us to create more stunning works !

Nico from Belgium !

Thanks Andrew you are making TV promos better everyday !

AWESOME! greetz from Berlin,Germany

that's exactly what i was trying to figure out a couple of days ago.. Tnx Andrew! ^_^

40000 views in 3 days


.....iam deeply impressed


best regard daniel from germany :D

amazing, awsome from France

keep going....

thx Andrew

I would like to thank Andrew's wife and family for allowing him to make these awesome tools and tutorials for us, they must be very time consuming.

I also would, like many others here, plead for a donation button. That way people who already bought your DVD's, Shirts etc have other means by showing their appreciation for all the new stuff you give us for free, and people that can't afford to buy a DVD, make smaller donations as a token for their gratitude.

Thank you Andrew,

Without you we would just be scratching behind out ears and wonder how the pros do it.

You support us, now let us support you please.

OMG cool preset... Can't wait to try it :P :P :P

super

cool

The most skillful After Effects tutorials ::) , You´re the best Andrew Thanx for all you doing for us.

Fan from slovakia ( europe ) :)

Andrew, thank you

your a legend.

Hi Andrew,
This preset s rockin cool...man ur the BEST....generous all the time...epitome of generosity or wat :D....love yo loads..!!!!

Thanks alot
prosk(India)

as always...

A M A Z I N G !!!

long live AK

smoooooth
I love how you say that word xD

andrew, amazing.. thats all I can say
I've learned a lot, well let's say everything I know in after effects from you

will you mary me?

Amazing man keep up the great work much appreciated!

hi ,

and greetings from germany :)

and you gain much reconfirmation by just saying that
you got 38000 views in 2 days

congratulations ^^

Thanks Andrew,

I was using the Sure Target from the previous tutorial and it was going to incredibly useful for my short turnaround project. However, I was in need of multiple targets and was actually looking up how to edit the code myself. Lo and behold, you've updated the Sure Target just in the nick of time. Thanks! Once again, you'll be saving me time. In a nutshell, thanks for all the tutorials. You make even a beginner at After Effects look like more professional.

Keep up the great work. Thanks again!

BTW, Van Damme isn't worthy of a VC cameo. Seems like Loya would kick is butt.

Very Nice

Andrew, I owe you one big time. Almost everything I know about After Effects is thanks to your tutorials.

All presets were so good and usefull, but combined they are just insane!

This is one of the, if not THE best after effects tutorial site. I would recommend this site to everybody from starter to pro.

If After effects was heaven, you would be god!

And some Cinema 4D tuts for us mac user:D
Nice work Andrew BTW. U rock.

most amazing 10 minutes I've seen in a while ! ausum!

nice job,..could u make some 3ds max tut's?

PLEASE READ:
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Please follow the directions in order for it to work properly. The reason Z rotation is only showing up is because your layer was not 3D before applying the preset.

All layers must first be 3D before using the preset otherwise the rotation values are not present for the code to be added.

arkada? hep ingilizcemi yazacaks?n?z tr li yokmu bak tr liler sizlerden tr ce yorum bekliyoruz...

andrew! you rock!!

you are like the jesus of visual fx!!!!

Its just amazing

Thanks you sensei. _*_

Awesome AK.

Thanks for putting this together.

Thanks again, From the UK. :)

O.K. Did a little research... turns out I'm an idiot. Having everything set on 3d before the preset is applied is key. Awesome preset!

I installed the preset on 2 machines, works great on my G5, but my Mac Book Pro won't AutoRotate on the X or Y axis, only the Z axis.
Anyone else get that? Fixes?
Love the preset, otherwise!

wowww man that's cool awsome

WOW! Amazing preset and tutorial. Thank you for all those awesome presets; can't wait to use them! Keep up the great work!

WoOWWWW!! CoOLL Toi 1# !!!

can some1 help me? where can i download the background for this tutorial?? (BLUE n ORANGE Backgrounds!!)

Kramer, you rock.

yeah... you are a genious... your tutorials are amazing... real good work andrew... thank you very much... yeah man...

Thank you so much Andrew ... I´m a big fan of your work. You´re the best. Thanx for teaching us with your tutorials and giving us this presets, are simply ... Perfect !!!. Gracias from Venezuela !!!

I can only say may almighty God Bless and prosper you as u hav set out to bless the TV media world and the world at large

Nothing to say Andrew!

Just speechless abt all these presets.

Now we have to do nothing to get a perfect animation....... hahahahaha

You have made things easy like easy ease.

I'm really stunned abt what you

woowwwwwww we neeed moree

Hi!!

Great tutorial, and great package of presets.
But I have been using the SureTarget 1.5.1, in the spanish version, and the autorotation only answers to the zRotation, in the expression of the null object, in the X and Y Rotation you forgot to write the expresion:

if(effect("AutoRotate")("Casilla de verificación") == 1){
ST = effect("SureTarget")("Deslizador");
Min = Math.floor(ST);
Max = Min 1;

try{L = effect("T-" Min)("Capa");M = effect("T-" Max)("Capa");exists = true;
}catch (err){
function countItems(obj) { a=0; while (true) { a ; try { eval(obj "(" a ")"); } catch(error) { a--; break; } } return a } TargetCount = countItems("effect") - 5;exists = false;
}

if(exists){ Amin = effect("T-" Min)("Capa").transform.xRotation; Amax = effect("T-" Max)("Capa").transform.xRotation;}else{Amin = effect("T-" TargetCount)("Capa").transform.xRotation; Amax = effect("T-" TargetCount)("Capa").transform.xRotation;}

if(effect("EaseTargets")("Casilla de verificación") == 0){linear(ST,Min,Min 1,Amin,Amax);}else{ease(ST,Min,Min 1,Amin,Amax); }}else{value}

Thank you.
PS: Sorry for my english, I'm from Spain!! :P

BUG IN GERMAN VERSION!

hey,
thanks for the amazing preset.
but it seems there is a little bug in the german version of the preset.
it brings up an error that caused by the utf-8 encoding of the expression, because it makes a "‰" out of an "ä" at the word "Kontrolkästchen".

Thanks Andrew ,
form IRAQ

Andrew Kramer
thx alot 4 this cooool stuf
u help me alot ^^
regards from iraq

I actually caught myself giggling and kicking my feet with excitement while watching this tutorial! And that you give this stuff away for free.. I'm nominating you for sainthood!

jd

Oh my God. OH MY GOD!!!

You're giving this for free??? I mean you could've bundled it in another DVD, and we would've bought it just like we bought your other products, but you're giving this for free????

...words cannot describe...

Andrew, you're the MAN!!!!!!

I just want you to know ur sincerity in giving all the tutorials so far are really really appreciated. You bring down Professional and Industry Look and Feel right in front of our doorstep for no cost.

For this, I truly and deeply, say Thank you very VERY much.

Should you ever come to Jakarta, Indonesia, and looking for a place to stay, or someone to just guide you around, look nowhere else :)

Keep doing this man! You inspire us all :D

This is stunning!! Great work man...

Andrew Kramer, you are the best!
Your tutorials are the reason why i started to study AE.
Thanks and good luck for future.

what fonts do you use in your tutorials and were do you get them from?

greetings from germany ;)

Thanks very much for packing thoses amazing presets iam really thankfull for ur great work man , thx thx

Cheers man ! You rock !

More !More ! More !More !More ! More !More !More ! More !More !More ! More !
More !More ! More !More !More ! More !More !More ! More !More !More ! More !...Thanx........


GIVE ME YOUE BREAN PLES

swapnil.max@idiaties.com

thanks for packing those presets to one

thanks a lot.. i am waiting for new cinema effect ..

I love your tutorials man it's really helpful and understanding. I hope see more cool effects

better harder faster stronger
thx :)

quality knowledge and goods as always. you are a good man for hooking us up with all this greatness. thank you.

Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaank you !!!

andrew thanx for not being an unselfish person..cuz if i knew as much as you do i would tell nobody let alone make tutorials about them. But i thank you for making those late nights alot shorter with these to the point tutorials and presets.

it's very very awesome

when I woke up this morning, I didn't think anything exciting was going to happen...I was just proven wrong.

thanks you have made me not afraid to use this program

Thanks A K

its just like u man

its kooooooooool

ridiculous. it was already great and now it's ABSURDLY great.

andrew, how much ram do u have on your computer? i use a mac, what do u recommend for huge projects on after effects? i have 8 gigs but am looking to upgrade. thanks

Andrew, you are truly amazing. Thank you for this preset! :)

bien al fin uno d los primeros jaj xD

Thank you for great presets.

Hey Andrew, Great tool but I'm having some trouble getting the Sure Target's Auto-rotate to react to the X

Dear Andrew.
I want to say thank you for your all great tutorials and presets.
It's really so useful preset.Me and my forum is from Turkey and we are waiting you at to our site:
www.after-effects.tr.cx
We got many tutorials,CG's and a really unfoundable friendly people.
Thank you again.
Waiting new tutorials ^^

F'n Brilliant!!!

Great stuff and all the best to you

Awesome Andrew!
I love it. Videocopilot - The best in the world!
Thanks!

Your tutorials are awesome!

wow..cool camera movement

Awesome, awesome preset.

I had some trouble getting it to work properly at first - It appears as though it may be crucial to do things (assigning targets, clicking the appropriate check boxes, etc.) in the exact order that Andrew does in the tutorials. When I did things slightly out of order, the results were undesirable.

Great work! Thanks again again again!

Holy Crap this preset is awesome. What great creativity and dynamic solution created by you and your team Andrew.
I would have easily paid $20 for this preset. Wow.
I have a similar product for Cinema4D called Steadycam Pro, but I never thought that it would see it for AE.
Amazing, Amazing, Amazing. Nuff said.

Hey !

Thank !

There isn't a project, only preset... It's normal ?

Best

infared from Jamaica saying thanks you r the real BIG MAN!! thanks and may god Bless you!

I got so much out of that one! Cheers Andrew.

thankyou

great. lov it

Dude, I don't blush over tutorials much but thanks.

Awsome stuff!!!

Just another amazing tutorial!

The pace of your tutorials is perfect! Your really keep them moving right along. Although, this one seems to be all business, I do like the internet checkers every now and then!

Thanks again for your hard work and sharing.

Wonderful effect!

SURE TARGET FTW!

Words cannot describe how cool you are for doing all of this. I have learned more from you that from any paid instructor I have ever had. Thank you, seriously so much.

Thanks so much, it rocks you sharing such great presets and wisdom. Mr. Kramer....you're a dude.

Thanks Andrew! Just awesome!

Thanks from Cuba

AWESOME!!!

Thank you so much!

You are the man!

Dude! I hope you are like a bazillionaire because you deserve to be. Thanks for ANOTHER amazing tutorial. You are the man!

yo Andrew, thanks for the translations..... and SureTarget 1.5.1 totally rocks!

Kramer is a saint among men

Andrew Kramer is the man!!!!

Awesome! I've wanted these presets but some didn't work on CS3. Thanks Andrew and team for these great updates!

Awesome Andrew!

OK, where is the Swahili translated presets? J/K. Andrew there is no end to your brilliance or your generosity. Unlike "Bob" i'm going to buy all of your free presets! Can't say thanks enough for helping us with all that you do. God bless you man.

I'm bout to go back to my room an watch thisssssss

Andrew, you and your team continue to blow me away! You give 2 of the greatest gifts that anyone can give to another - Inspiration and Knowledge.

Thank you so much.

Andrew! You are a gentleman and a scholar! Thanks a lot!!!

Your the best around!!! You are legend!!! thanx!!

Thank you so much Andrew kramer, I love these plug-ins, and now I have them all downloaded in one package. No more sorting out which one I had or not, and now a better suretarget :)

Andrew if you ever need anything a grip or dolly hand or anything let me know you have given me so much i feel that i owe you

Thanks Andrew! You guys are phenomenal!! I feel like I should buy something I already have just so I can support VideoCoPilot. You give us sooo much!! Where is the donations button??!!

Nice. Really awesome

Greetings from Stockholm, Sweden

/Marcus

Very nice....
Thanks...

hey andrew amazing love u.

that makes things much easy. i wonder if you could use this preset on 3D invigorator?

Thanks you Andrew you Rock. Hey what happen to the HUD Tutor? I would love to see it happen.

greetings from the philippines thank you so much andrew!!!!

What font you use in ur tutorials ?

nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Andrew Greetings from Mexico City

Thanks Andrew that sure saves allot of time and looks awesome!!

AK = Bolt
Me = Rhino

Bolt: Am I missing anything, Rhino?
Rhino: Just the knowledge that every minute spent in your company becomes the new greatest minute of my life!

Awesome .... really awesome !!

i love u andrew muhaaaa

Just awesome

Greetings from germany

Awesome!!

So good, man! I'm stoked!

More !More ! More !
huhuu
thx Andrew