knock knock knockin on heavens door

Andrew GOD of creation

Hail Andrew

This is the most amazing site i've ever encountered! Thank you for allowing us to be your grasshoppers! You're are a fantastic instructor!

Kindest Regards!!!!!

Congratulations on an excellent tutorial. Your explanations are very clear.
Thanks William

Thank you, Andrew. This is another one of yours useful plug-in. Compare to tutorial #17, this is so easy and simple.

Thank you, Andrew.

http://mangoprojects.blogspot.com

really its very amazing site

i like it very much and i learned more and more from it :)

in the end special thanks for Andrew Kramer

it"s good subjets

Thanks for the great timesaver... I often wondered why AE's Mirror plugin didn't contain many of these parameters... One thing I'd love to see - Transfer Mode choice.

Also, thank you for being so benevolent about your incredible skill. You've raised the level of my work through your great tutorials.

kurt murphy

wishes from India............. u r awesome Andrew........ :)

Dear Andrew:
The plug-in couldn't to be use on the pre-compose layer.I don't know how to use the expression to tie togeter to keep the floor position lock on!
us you said in the tutorial video.

This is a wonderful

WoW! Kramer, u're the best.

very nice....

Great stuff as always, Andrew. Much appreciated.

It's just great
U're the best
Go on
DRC

thanks GOD BLESS YOU!!!

Well Kramer, now you've gone and done it. Why do I bother rolling my own effects if you are going to make everything one plug-in away?

Seriously though. Thanks for giving it to the community. I hope it comes back to you in kind.

marvellous...wonderful your tuts as like as your helping nature... thanks alot......

nice

Good!!!

JUST WANNA SAY THAT YOUR TUTORIALS ARE SO FUK*IN AWEOSOMEEEEEEEEEEEEE MAN. KEEP IT UP!

Thanks!

all hands are up for u, in nigeria , u are the best

hi, you are really great , but where do you get your images from ? like the floor layer cuz mine look like crap

shit man! this is GOOD... perfect! andrew is the GOD of effect design!

Andrew is the god of motion graphics!! his the best of the best!! xD i'm john from malaysia

THE BEST!!

this is great!!.
i have opened a new tutorial account in youtube..
http://www.youtube.com/user/AdobeBlackBelt

thank you from CUBA kramer

WOW U ARE GREAT. I WILL BECOME THE BEST MOTION GRAPHIST IN MY COUNTRY CAMEROON. UR TUTS ARE WONDERFUL. KEEP ON HELPING US. THANKS

Just a quick note/fix that I ran into rendering a comp with the reflection plugin "Mirror 1.0.13" on the Mac.

After some A/B testing to identify the culprit, I found setting anything above 0 on the Blur in the Reflect plugin - caused a render failure.

The Easy fix - don't do that.

The Better fix. Render Reflection only. Add a fast blur-type effect processed after the reflection geometry stuff is done. Then CC-Composite as shown in Andrew's tut above.

Not a big deal - but figur'd I should share the trial/error results.

I'm on Mac OX 10.6.2 with 8 GB RAM - and during this testing I tried with and without enabling the disk cache.

Tested using a few decent sized RGB, PNG and PSD, files with alpha. Renders failed with 1500 x 1500 and 3K x 3K sizes...didn't test smaller sizes.

Tested with the native AE renderer and Nucleo Pro...same.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKdi0x_O7Tc
I used the plugin in this. Worked out well I think.
Feel free to comment

Unstoppable!

Your work can't be appriciated enough with words - These tutorials/plugins as well as all of your products are godlike.

Sincerely,

Jesper Krogh

Where did you get the messy.png from please?

hello sir,
you are the wonderful teacher in Vfx.....really !!!

i learn a lot from you, what can i do for u...,
thanks a lot.................rafiq

You are like a God(Special effects God). I admire ur work a gr8 deal especially the way u handle ur tutorials, I av learnt somuch 4rm u...pls keep up this honourable job---clem from Nigeria.

wow super andrew!

Man- I keep forgetting to come every once in a while. But when I do, you always have some trick new stuff on here. Really nice!

Andrew,

I just want to thank you for the time you spent helping people like myself. Try to nav thur this stuff was driving me insane. Looking forward to viewing the rest of your tutorials

Your the Best of the Best!

VeeTheOne

Could you do a tutorial similar to "VC Reflect" except with the reflection on a lake (so you can see the title "VC Reflect", the reflection of "VC Reflect", the ripples in the water affecting the reflection, and the shimmer from the water affecting the title)?

Thanks,
BTW, I love your stuff and your tutorials.

excellent plug , thank you very much

thank you so much

where did you get the messy.png from? thanks.

Ha! Ron Popeil! I used to love his stuff, then he did that spray on hair craziness...I think he was going through a mid-life crisis or something.

Thanks for the killer plug-in

i just amazed with ur works in ae.thanks for ur tutorials . im also one of your fan

nice!

Andrew... I've been in the production business for 30 years as a production tech, producer, editor and production manager. I can say with good authority that you are a graphics prodigy. You really raise the bar for all of us. Many thanks for your generous efforts.

Wow wow !!!!
it's very very beautifull, Kramer U are the top one
of the tops. I'm Ibrahima from Ivory Coast.

How can we Download and use our free reflection Plug-in ?

Because of you m becoming a star, Thanks so much, your Tutorials are of great help, plz Keep up the spirit in helping others

Thanks Andrew this is awesome ... i make so cool things with this ...i always think you are my competitor ... i just came in this industry just 1 year ago

Man!!
you're so effy cool
you're some kind of god in my school
who we pray and go when we are in trouble
in AE
we love you man (not in the gay way)
thanks for those great tutorials
take care
we are your fans from mexico
ciao

Andrew you're amazing!
i loved your tutorials..!! thanks a lot for the plug ins
It did help me a lot!!

Hi, thanks for this amazing tutorial, pls, make one about compressiona and codecs an hoy merge AE with Premiere.

Best Regards from Lima

I'm a newbie in after effects and your tuturial helps me a lot... Million Thanks to YOU..
More Power

Nice effect. Nice plugin.

Andrew, you are a ninja master of After Effects. Thanks for sharing your art, it has helped me so much with my own work. :)

Thanks you for this great plugin.

However, I have a small problem. When I apply vc reflect effect to a 3D text layer, when I rotate a camera, reflection behaves strangely, and transforms I guess the opposite it should.

I only created camera, 3D text layer and applied VC reflect to it.

Thanks :) Any tips?

Dam, you teach nice.

Hey Andrew, great tutorial! However i have a few problems, well one actually, when I double click the plug-in, the after effect tells me: "After Effect Errors: Can't support file"VCRefelct.penguin", unsupported filetype or extension. ( 0 :: 1 ) " so.... yeah.

Hey there! really great work Andrew! all of your tutorials are freakin' awesome!! could you please make a tutorial for how to create a portal?

hello am rickie like all your podcasts have got me doin gret stuff thanx

thanks Andrew......

nice one sir andrew

Great stuff Andrew. Looking forward to your Lens Flare Plugins too! The Action Essentials and Pro Scores are going down a treat. Excellent...

Man, this is sooooo good, it should be prohibited.

Thanks a lot.

Hey Andrew, and all you wacky cats at VCP:

I watched about 5 mins of the tutorial when it struck me how useful this will be in creating accurate shadows. With the blur and falloff options especially, better and more realistic shadowing should be available in 3D space, even better if you can link the rotational values to your light source.

Is there any way to associate a custom layer for distortion of the reflected layer, ie, displacement mapping and bump mapping?

Great work fellas.

Great, thanks for sharing this!

i think this tutorial is a little bit easy, so thank you again

Hi buddy,
You are simply great!

Wow you did it. This is so cool, Wil save a lot of layers. Thanks! Great!

Hey Andrew, you're the main tittle design of Fringe?!!
Sweet!
I love Fringe!!!
You rock!!!
Could you please make a tutorial on how you did the tittle effect?
Thank You!

With all the tutorials since #65, will we be seeing a Series Two DVD any time soon??

very nice you are my hero

Hi there.
Thanks for the great tutorials.
I just downloaded Easy Reflections.
WHen I drop it on a 3D layer, I get nothing. No reflections.
The folder went in the plug ins folder and it shows up in my effects presets. However, I get no reflections. I've restarted. I'm on a new iMac intel.
Help!

hey for 100th tutorial please create something mind blowing like something awesome that will be the trademark of the videocopilot.. Best of luck mate!!

thx............thousonds of regard for you....

leader,hehe

oh it's great, wonderful

Cool, i found this very usefull. Thanks for free plug-in dn´load :D

Hey andrew u r really awesome man...u rock al the way in case of visual effects ur tuts r very helpful though recently I hav started learning adobe after effects u basic training helped me get thru very fast....

Andrew you the best! I love IT! Thank You!

very very nice And thank you for All Tutorial and plug - in
thank you Andrew
plz Andrew i need mooor tutorial 3DMax plz

Great plug-in - thank you!

thanks for the tutorials...
even though i cant buy any of those effects. hehe...
keep on creating to inspire... \../

thnx man . u r simply the best your tutorials are the best and they help students like us who have just started learning software's like after effects.
your tutorials give us a lot of new ideas and fill our minds with new logic's to work upon them,
thankyou once again .

This is a wonderful stuff which help us to make background and really very helpful
Awesome Effect

Hi andrew!!!!thanks for all your tutorials...i really appreciated your effort to do like this and to share your great idea...because of that, i earned now extra income from my different client most specially here in Kingdom of Bahrain...very helpful for me because i can support my family now for our everyday budget!!!!Thank you Andrew...your the best!!!!

Sorry guys..it sounds weird...but its TRUE!!!

from Philippines....

Thank's..Good free plug-in..

Andrew:
I'am your fan
thanks for this plug-in
it's realy good.I wish it can work on PS too.

should have watched this tutorial one day earlier! I should have saved really a lot of time with reflecting all my stuff....Very thank u!!!!

Ride on!

-design sucks-

SWEET MARY JANE! you done it again chaps (and chapesses)

Heya,

Thanks for the wonderfull stuff,
But..
I can't Ram preview, it says 'unable to render multiple frames simultaneously'

Andrew, you guys did it again, ey? It's simple, it's easy, we love it!

This is Germany saying thanx, bro! Keep bringing the good stuff. Btw, we love the crazy and gory stuff you do with Sam and hope Peta doesn't complain!

what picture did u use for the reflection on the copilot text reflection? can u please post the link... thank you for the plugin!

Great tutorial.THANKS

Actually, without the "fix" that you posed of the precomposition of text to keep the reflection with the text, the animation of text looks realistic. You just pick you "floor point" and then animate your text, and get matching reflections (e.g. falling text with "rising" reflections)

Great plugin. Thanks.

I just completed a project using this plug in, swishes and hits from your collections, twitch, textures from riot gear and the blemish removal tutorial (#7) technique. I am in your debt, sir.

really amazing plug-in and really helpful too

tip:
hey for your 100th tutorial make a awesome 3d tutorial but plz by using BLENDER (can't afford those expensive programs) on something really awesome......
just an idea

Kramer You are the best, thank You !!!!!

The plugin is gr8 but its a tuff nut to crack if ur working with plugins lyk proanimator

I love you Andrew Kramer!
I m Edris Mohammadi Form Iran

Muy buen tutorial, el plugin es indispensable
en after efects.
saludos video copilot.

Please!!Christmas tutorial..Thank you Andrew

Beautiful, Christmas tutorial!! Please Andrew!!!!!

I follow every yours tutorial… you are best.

Hello from Madagascar

Still the best, Kramer!

Yeah this The Best After Effetcs Site, Thx Andrew for plug-in.
d^_^b

Still the best, Kramer!

that this powerfull plugin is free just blows my mind - you're a saint!

The best After Effetcs Site so far..

Amazing Ideas converted into tutorials

Many thanks from Algeria!
.. i'm sure you dont know it is hahaha ;)

Andrew,

I follow every yours tutorial… you are best.

Hello from Italy!!

U rock

tenX
a very helpful tutorial

THANKS FOR THIS PLUG! You save my life with this. And I can't wait for optical lensflares. Your site is the best what happend to me for my work with After Effects.

Hello Andrew,

Thanks you your time and your energy.
I like your work, it's very impressive.

I just want to know if the file "VCRreflecs" does exist for mac ?

Thank you again.

Jean Boissinot (Paris/France)

great job Andrew
Its great plugin

www.videocopilot.net best site for adobe after effts tut...... and andrew u r the best of all

no words to say for plugins only......... thnx a lot

very very good!~

Great work andrew! Greettings from China!

Sweet! Thank you very much!

It's FREE!? Andrew, I at least owe you a beer for this, or maybe a rotisserie chicken...

Andrew,

You are just awesome giving us an early Christmas present. Thank you as always!!!

I Anrew.....thanks again for the exellent work and the....wow plug in....
really i make this with the duplication layer and speculate ...so it is really fast!!
by

makes motion expendable... thx a bunch!

Krmaer, u are the God of vfx

i'm a soder and u are the GODFATHER

so PLEASE my godfather can u tell us haw to creat this in a PROFITIONALE way :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCmIILs9a78

i don't know ho is this guy but is SWEET

Wow! Very nice

very nice with the scater effect :D it creates a realy good bumpy glassy look :)

Great work andrew! Greettings from Norway!

I have been looking for something like this for so long. Thanks a lot. And I can't believe it's FREE thanks!

I'm more excited about about the 3D lense flare plugin that you've 'sneekily' shoe-horned into this tutorial! :)

AWESOME!!Thank You!

Once more i'm here to thank you because you're such a good artist and you present us such amazing tutorials.
Thanks from Portugal, Andrew!

thanks for this plug-in :)
Cheers

Awesome stuff Andrew. Thanks alot!




quick matte plugin, from your videocopilot folder, when will be it online? I couldn't wait to see in action

always awesome stuff u gave us andrew

Wow!!!! Thanks Andrew! ???????! :)

AK I LOVE YOU HA HA HA HA HA

Hi Andrew,
Its awesome, i already started useing this plug-in in my projects Thanks a lot

cool, useful plugin for free
what can be better?

i'm not sure if u'll read this but i have an idea about lens flare...

that there be a glow from the flare that will get over other layers. not only the circles from the flare over other layers but a glow from the the core, as if i had an object right in front of the sun...

cant wait for 100 tut and next show :)

wooww!! another masterpiece from VC!
AWESOME!!

greetings from Russia, Andrew!
thanks for your lessons and for this too...
just that is necessary!

This plug in reflects your geniousity!
Thank you so much !

Another great plugin! Im just useing it right now it ROCKS :D

Hi Andrew you are a wonderful guy i enjoy the tutorial and the plugin is cool keep doing the good work.

Your a god

Thanks for the plug-in Andrew.

Great work, will save so much time

Thank you andrew! you are the best! i bet I'm the first who says this< :P

Thank you for making this plug in mate ;)
It's really useful.

Thanks for this plug in. i cant wait to see the optical flair.

Thought I would give you my big thnx for this very handy free plug-in, saves me some time on things! :)

Take care!

ANDREW KRAMER FTW!!!

As always, perfect! But where can we find those pictures

Hey Andrew Kramer, First Of All I Would Like To Say Congrats On Such Another wonderful creation, although i am still wondering where to get that star template thingy, so if you could, please tell me where to get one and thanks.

If you were having trouble loading the plug-in with AE 7 or a PPC mac with a G5 processor, try the new build. Just download the project again.

thank you so muah Andrew! You're the best, you're great!

Realy nice plug-in!
Hope there's gonna be more free ones

Great plug-in.

I'm looking for such a Photoshop plug-in.
Has anyone an idea?

Isn't the reflection of 'C' in Co-Pilot little incorrect.

Excellent plug-in! Thank you so much Video CoPilot! God Bless you all!

Someone else posted this and I too ran into this problem. Can you help? Thanks soooo much!!

Excellent plug-in one problem though i got two different error mesg

1/ After effect error: couldnt find main entry point for vcreflect . plugin ( 48:72 )

2/ After effect error: invalid filter ( 25:3 )

i have 4 * 2.5 GHZ PowerPC G5 AND AE CS3 (me too)

many thanks

Instead of duplicating the text comp and changing the transfer mode, would it be possible to just add a "Composite Mode" button in the plug-in? Would this be something we can see in a revised version?

Muchas gracias Andrew, realmente este plugin resuelve muchos muchos problemas que tenia. Me mantengo constantemente siguiendo tus tutoriales desde lo basico hasta lo experto, realmente eres un ejemplo a seguir por todos los creativos del area de diseño y video.

Awesome FX.

SUPER cool tutorial, Andrew. I check daily wondering when your lens flare plugin will be available for sale! I'm ready to buy!

pretty sweet... thanks

Awesome! Will solve a lot of the problems I was having with Easy Reflections. Great time-saver and great plugin in general. Thanks!

Nice work Andrew. Thank you for the plug-in.

Hey there Andrew!
Haven't watched your tutorial yet but this just looks pretty good so thanks again for your wonderful jobs!
Seriously, this just IS the best site for After Effects! :D

Thanks! Can't wait to use it!

thanks for the plugin and your learning ... you helped me so much

Just awesome! This plug-in is just amazing. Very useful!

Thanks Andrew Kramer for this new great video copilot's free plug-in.

It's a very good!!!

hi andrew

Excellent plug-in one problem though i got two different error mesg

1/ After effect error: couldnt find main entry point for vcreflect . plugin ( 48:72 )

2/ After effect error: invalid filter ( 25:3 )

i have 4 * 2.5 GHZ PowerPC G5 AND AE CS3

many thanks

you are the man!

Nice Plug-in... Thank You!

Thank you. Very useful.

Andrew, U´re the best. You know so much things, U are so clear and funny at the same. You rocks. Please continue like this. Thankyou for everything. Regards from Buenos Aires, Argentina

Very good! :) THX

Man! u rock big tym! thank u so much for the Tutorial and plug-in. God Bless

hey i found that cool car pic first..................on the internet yes lol ..............i lve ur plugin andrew thank u very much

Hm. Leave it AK to open-source something as cool as this... Code please... pretty please?

Thank you!!!! Andrew!!!!!!

Hi,

as usual very interesting and helpful tutorial!
Awesome.

a big thanks

A.

Great tutorial !!!
Good free plug-in ;]

Thank's so much for the tutorial and beyond for the plugin!!!

Thank you so much for this amazing plugin. You're the best Andrew!

Thanks Andrew for providing this excellent plugin for free. The tutorial shows how easy this plugin is to use, but also how powerful it is. Top stuff!

Now I wait for the guy who always replies asking about the bar graph tutorial. :)

I don't get perfect words to praise this website. Your style of teaching is simply ARPUDHAM (in our language TAMIL [India]) means something more than perfect

Great tutorial. i love this tutorial

oooHHH!!! Andrew that's looks so cool, like gel , so wet, very very nice.

I had this problem with some boxes five months ago. but I could not fix it, so a made a front view and I settled. Thanx for this tuto and the preset god bless you.

Thx Andrew! I can learn all the AE information I want to learn on this beautiful site of yours! Keep up the awesome work!

Amazing plug-in! Keep up the great work and awesome tutorials!
"And you set it! And you don't remember about it!"

This is what we really wanted haha! simply AWESOME.... thanx master!

Hey Andrew I realy appreciate your work and I loved Every single tutorial you made.You are an inspiration for us and I was also wandering if you could create a tutorial that involves a car explosion we had probelms with creating the car wreckage in our movie.
Much Appreciated Friend

Hi! Andrew, i,m from Iran and i love your tutorials.
good luck!

Is it just me or is this guy Andrew Kramer just the best! Nice tutorial and plug-in as always. thanks.

Thank you for the plug-in. I will probbly use it on my next class project.

Thnx Mr.Andrew very much for the new plug-in....
Reflection was a a a bit proglem as u showed as a an example with box of new plug-in called optical flare... but now everythig is gonna be perfect... Thnx Mr.Andrew one more time...

Thx for plugin :)

wow it's free wow

hi andrew your the best but i am having a problem with the plug in its not working with my mac

..the world would truly be a more mundane place without the likes of Video Copilot and Andrew Kramer.. Thank you Andrew, from the heart of my bottom :D

hahaha, "..i'm no physicist but this uh just doesnt look right."
that was good!

This plugin is amazing, AK making life easier one plugin at a time!

Referring to what Alex ask.

It should work Alex, but if it doesn't for some strange reason, just nest it into a pre-comp and it should work.

love the tutorial and love the plugin but
I'm getting errors when running it on my com.
was wondering if the plugin works on PowerPCs?

Thank you so much. It makes my work easier. I can't wait for your next plugin. I will buy in a heart beat.

WOW AK! Certainly saves me time! Will be getting Optical Flares as soon as it comes out. On that note I really want it for a christmas project I will be doing, but if it doesn't come out in the next week or two I won't be able to use it :( So hurry up! :D

Great tutorial and plugin, I was wondering if this could be used on a keyed out person to add depth to something like a floor they are walking on?

As always you are the best!

great plugin! great tutorial!!
thx a bunch for sharing your awesome work with us!

cheers

This is so great!

Wow! Very nice.

Thanks from Holland.

Awesome Tutorial !!! Is there a way to make 3D text In After Effects?

Again, thank you very much Andrew. Another Pro Stuff for the community! Keep up the good work and best wishes from Italy!!

Alex

Perfect timing! I will need to do a whole load of reflections on Thursday so this is going to make something quite tedious into pure joy. Awesome stuff, many thanks!

i think this is pretty sweet but in the preview that you gave us is the floor a texture and do you know where i can find a copy of it please

Andrew,thanks..It's cool.

Thanks a lot Mr. Andrew kramer..
muito obrigado pelo seu Plugin maravilhoso!!!

Thank You.
Nice Free Plug-in. I like that and also Andrew I like your tutorial. i am waiting for new plugins..

Thank you.

Wow! Really waiting for the Optical flares plugin.
Awesome tut 'n plug as allways!

Cheers!!

man, number 98. They just keep getting better.

Thanks Andrew!

very cool !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks

This does not support the use of displacement maps for the ripple reflection though?

Wonderful time saver VC! Thank you immensely!

Thanks Mr.Krmaer


I will not comment for the tutorial and the new plug-ins as I am speechless

ya, but wanna ask you, How is the new Angle

We still need to see some Photos


Cheers

Hey Andrew,

As always you keep bringin' the heat! Thanks for this really great and extremely useful plug-in—that's free!!!

Wow, this could be used to animate a perfectly symmetrical fight scene, where the fighter while run and jump out of a water surface.

Or use the skew settings and make several reflections at once.

thanks a lot, you are the best as always.

Hey I'm in Iran but my Uncle is coming from USA this year and I'll asked him to bring me a VideoCopilot hat. I think I;ll be the only Iranian having a VideoCopilot hat :D lol

It's goooooooood,but I want to know are the plugins have MAC ver.,because I am using MAC.

Thats very impressive I will use this plugin in lots of my work and to show my appreciation Im gonna buy your newist plugin as soon as I can
YAAAAAAAA Haaaha ha ha !!!!

Mr. Kramer,

Thank you sir for another amazing and time saving plug in. And another amazing tutorial to help us out. I am a film-maker, but not a VFX guy so your tutorials have really helped me understand the concepts behind after effects and allowed me to make some very professional looking stuff. You truely offer a free VFX college course "lite".

Thanks Andrew, the timing on this release is perfect. I'm editing an infomercial, and this will give it the pop I need.

Once again, you rock! I would love to have dinner with you! (not meaning to be a creep, I just think it would be a very enjoyable evening)

Thanks! You're the best!!!! HAHAHA Set it and forget it....

quick matte plugin, from your videocopilot folder, when will be it online? I couldn't wait to see in action

Awesome stuff Andrew. Thanks alot!

This cool. Awesome plug-in

thanks for the tutorial...
frome algeria...

looks good as always, gonna watch it now:) thatnks Andrew for all the tutorials

Greetings from Poland

Thanks Andrew!
from Brazil

Thanks..It's nice

Awesome! This was exactly what I was looking for! Thank you so much!

grea!t another nice plugin..

Andrew thanks for the tutorial...

How was L.A??

Cya

thanks for another free professional plug-in!!

Nice!

Hey, I'm one of the first who is looking this XD...
well... The 550st. But, you'll get my point ;)

Excellent plug with good thought out parameters to adjust! And free!
Thx a lot for doing this for the community Andrew.

Cheers

Sweet thz for the plugin!!!

Once again thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with all of us! Happy holidays guys!

Awesome plug-in!

Love the new plug-in.