TUTORIALS FOR VFX & MOTION GRAPHICS
Free After Effects Tutorials & More Hosted By: Andrew Kramer
October 31, 2007
• Simulate the look of bugs crawling under the skin
• Use displacement mapping and color correction
 
 
TUTORIAL NOTES:
Special Note: EXPERIMENT! Be sure to play with the matte layer by changing the size of the bugs and the opacity to increase or decrease the displacement amount. This way you can make some bugs that extrude more and others less.
Running Time: 25mins.


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by christ 08/27/2010
nice tutorial....i really enjoy this tutorial...
by Supernova 08/26/2010
Nice !
by namdev 08/19/2010
Thank You
by Chung 08/04/2010
It's a really nice tutorial! By the way, Can I make a waving flag with similar technique?
by darkjune 07/22/2010
thank a lot..your the mannn....
by Jemarcus 07/09/2010
After watching this tutorial i decided to make a test so here it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI9tgqVOnBI thanks again Andrew Kramer
by Bill Tull 06/10/2010
I really love this tutorial, gives me alot of ideas!
Thank's Andrew
by karthik 04/20/2010
nice tutorial
by Jim 01/19/2010
I have cs4 but no cc glasses help!!?
by Riddhima 01/11/2010
Hey Andrew ... Awesome tutorial .. really good .. thanks a lot for sharing it .
Also i can't download the project for some reason.
by ahmedshahbaz 01/08/2010
hi sir,i am shahbaz i am biggest fan of you because i always take great help from your tutorial when i get stuck somewhere.and rit now i wanna add one sentence for you you are great great gun..
by Asteroid 12/08/2009
Hi, I'm new at this. I'm following this tutorial as a my first contact in AE :D

I have a doubt and I ask for your help. In case that I would like to put a snake instead of a bug, how could I create a 'shape' snake and change his movement randomly, i mean in S...

If anybody knows or just wanna give me a hand, please contact me at: emotiveromance@hotmail.com

Ty all, specially Andrew.
by trevor speer 11/18/2009
don't get mad at 4:00 you were doing fine keep up good work..lol
by mango 10/09/2009
Thanks Andrew.
by brian 10/04/2009
hi there this is a great effect but what product is it on as i wish to buy it, please e-mail me thanks
by derek conroy 09/30/2009
hi Andrew just wondering would you be able to make a video on how to motion track a turning person im trying to make it so the bugs go round to the persons back from their front like they are facing the camera and the bug starts crawling from the top of their pants then goes up to around their middle then starts crawling round to their back while the person turns their back to the camera to show it crawling round from their front to their side to their back if you or anyone could show me how to do this that would be awesome my emails derekconroyno2@hotmail.com
by Daniel 09/26/2009
Andrew! the god of after effects!
by Ben 09/03/2009
It's great and easy - I was just wondering how you change the mask.
by Ian 08/30/2009
Thanks, Andrew!
by Abdo 08/29/2009
good tutorials,thanks
by Sharief 08/25/2009
You're the man Andrew, you're the man.
by ALSAHI 08/04/2009
thank you.

but can i download the program ?
by dijwar 07/23/2009
hi i can download project After Effect
by DarkEntity 07/18/2009
Ha,ha,ha...that was fantastic!looks pretty hard to do though.you're the best!
by AnupRaja 07/14/2009
thanks for your help with these tuts
by sajantk 07/03/2009
Really nice............. thkns
by shajahan 06/29/2009
good tutorials,thanks
by Shan 06/18/2009
Thanx for all those awesome tutorials, Andrew.
Greetings from India
by c.a. kelly 06/13/2009
the skin displacement looks so good! I used it in a different way for my video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eNojD6n1U0
Let me know what you think!
by Andrei 06/06/2009
Andrew you are the best...
by rowan 06/05/2009
i have tha same problem
by etrust 05/25/2009
HI,

IM USING CS4 AND I CANT FIND CC GLASS.. I FOUND 3D GLASS BUT NOT CC GLASS..

CAN I DOWNLOAD IT?
by Archie :) 05/19/2009
Is Andrew Kramer like the most popular GFX designer in the world or what?
by thomas 05/14/2009
amazingly fast, amazingly clear... amazing.
by cariaga 05/14/2009
ouch

but awesome
by Ad 05/04/2009
Again very great tutorial....
by Nick 04/16/2009
Hey awesome tutorial!!! Did I see this on Fringe?! I know you did the titles for the show, in the latest episode "Unleashed" I noticed this when the bugs grew inside agent francis' stomach. Anyway GREAT STUFF!!!!!
by Aurangzaib 04/10/2009
I Love u and ur's sweet tutorial..............
by chandra sekhar 03/27/2009
ANDREW !!! YOU ARE THE BEST AND YOU ARE MY GURU...THANKS ALOT.
by Adrian A. Biondi 03/21/2009
Gorgeous! Extraordinary effect, thank you to share it.
by new2ae 03/21/2009
hey hi ,
thank u so much for these tutorials
honestly i cant xpress myself how much do i learn from your tutorials
i mean u r my godfather .. my everything ... i mean ... i think am in luv wid u ...nd obviously your work 2 .... u r a pure genius ...before finding out your site ....all i used to do was wonder how these effects are created ... but now i can create them myself .. all thanx 2 u ... i knw u get millions of thanx all day ... but seriosuly i pray from the bottom of my heart that god should give your all the happiness and success in life .

nd yeah i bought ... evolution . riot gear . twitch , pro scores .. nd i love the stuff .. worth every penny spent ..... thank u .. thank u soooo much
by Pont 03/21/2009
Andrew, for you excellent command!!! you simply super...incredibly...!!!! Ukraine tells you BULLY for you !!!
by Drew 03/16/2009
hey 4th period class what is up. Great tutorial just need to know how to parent. Haha i love vid productions. Mr. Youngs is a great teacher
by saidfbi 03/09/2009
Cool!
by David 02/28/2009
u use ae like an extension of your body, keep on, right up.

cheers mate
by Damian 02/22/2009
THANKS dude!!!!!! I love all of your tutorials! this one is great! so many things I can do with after effects after watching your tutorials :D

THANKS AGAIN! UR THE MAN!
by abhishek 02/20/2009
i lov this tutrials but i hv some problem in that
i can see that tutrials full on .....plz can u give me full tutorials in pdf format or af project file........
by MegaMedia 02/19/2009
I love it, great tutorials man thx a lot
by Hitesh 02/10/2009
wow work very nice tutorial and u explain in such a way that its simply great
by shuva 02/08/2009
i like u andrew.you r genious.
by Dav 02/07/2009
Man this is great.. and it's used in "The day the earth stood still" at the end^^
by abhi 02/06/2009
thnks
andrew

u r only a non-stop train.....
by shuva 02/04/2009
thanks man its a nice tuterial..
by Shuva 02/04/2009
hey thats very great.i am very happy to listen this effect.thanks man....thanks.
by Eskalibur 02/03/2009
That was one nasty tutorial :D (just joking) It was great! Poor guy :D And really he's a great actor. Did you saw his face LoL :D. Thanks for this cool Tut Andrew.
~Eskalibur
by Jürgen Rabatscher 01/20/2009
Andrew, I am watching your tutorials for a couple of days now and I must say, they are an inspiration and truly bring my point of view in graphics to another level! Also I bought your Evolution and Riot Gear DVD's.... that's my THX to you!
by chris 01/14/2009
kramer, u rock! =)
by gaurav 01/07/2009
u r god for me ..only u can make my life in vfx.
by Vince Urag 12/23/2008
'Yo master wazzup you're the best!
by angur 12/23/2008
fantastic, i was looking for something like this for a while now. thanks Andrew. am wandering if you will put a tutorial up for an effect like fantastic 4. the human torch. or something like that. looking for something to put some one in flames(in video of course)thanks
by msje 12/23/2008
wow...nice ....very nice effect, how about the feeling sam?..it's hurt?.....awsome
by Rey 12/18/2008
Wow Andrew!!!its amazing!!Galing mo Pare!I hope i can do that too the same way you did..You're such a great man!You are the mannn!!!
by aly samy 12/16/2008
very nice
by Mr.J 12/14/2008
you are god~~~~~
by Bad Monk 12/14/2008
Thanks Andrew, Sammy and all @ VCP
these are fantastic tutorials and i am learning a lot!! :)
just bought riot gear, the bullet and action movie essentials as well!!
awesome!!
by tiago ferreira 12/09/2008
andrew if you were a girl i kiss your mouth!
sweet sweet tutorial,u´r the man!
by osama 12/07/2008
welcom i am from iraq and i am new in afx and where can i finde cc glass???
and androwe you are source for ideas and Tutorials and every every Things
by adelabbasi 12/04/2008
hi
tanck you for effect's
by abhishek 12/03/2008
nice tute this tute is extra ordinary i am very glad when i see the tute .and hope that next time it u will make nice tute.
thanks
by Prem 11/30/2008
Thanks a bunch for these tutorials man. I'm really inspired to learn after effects now.
by Chris 11/25/2008
Ou man. I love these tutorials.
by Albina 11/18/2008
Is that going to work for earlyer versions of After effects???
Like After Effects 6.5 ????
by fgh2855 11/16/2008
????fantastic???????but the project can't be download
by jackel 11/02/2008
OH MY ..
what the ...
ur a master/king/ruler !
thanks bro!!!!!!!!!!
by Ian 10/31/2008
Great job andrew
by michael gijselhart 10/29/2008
cool!!!!!!!

your the best man keap it up!!!!

bye

from holland, amsterdam
by vikranth royal india 10/26/2008
thanks andrew i learnt so much on the website
by frank booth 10/24/2008
Very cool. I am new to this. This is some Cronenberg shit!
by charles brain 10/18/2008
i boughtur tutorial on how you can make moving planets but i think i would prefere you explain more on the chemistry pathern and using expresions so i could understand better but anyway i really again alot on others (laugh) moving object on human body i love it thanks
by john 10/14/2008
Hii andrew...you are doing ammazing to our after effects working guyes...i am just inspired by you...and ya i wanna say you special thanx to you for giving basic training online...thank you dear..i hope you can keep coninue forever ...god bless you and as frined i just love you dear...ummmaaaahhhh....thanx.
by deptrai7490 10/13/2008
WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW , thanks you
by zandi 10/13/2008
wow andrew i wanna tell u thanx thanx thanx if u need a servent iam ready andrew i dont anderstand why movies footages are 24frames p/s not 30 fames?
zandi kurdisan
by zwarriorx 10/10/2008
I hope to try all your tutorials in the future someday, maybe when I'm all old and grey .... (reason below)

Can you provide direct links to the main .SWF files so that users can download them for offline viewing? Beats going blind staring at the screen and not doing anything else whle waiting for them to load, and that seems to take ages.

Greetz from India where many users are still stuck with less snail-pace dial-up connections.
by rookie artist 10/09/2008
if you can only make a compilation. Displacement and the healer etc.
by howry 10/03/2008
hey guys, can you tell me where to find cycore fx?
cant find cc glass :(
plz someone
by Murtada 10/03/2008
WooW Thanks its cool
by howry 10/02/2008
hey there, andrew can you tell me how you get such a good video? because mine is getting all pixels and its with a crappy quility!
im using jvc decoder 30gb hdd.
by i lik you working 10/02/2008
hi andro im khaled nofel im from jordan rely i lik see you working and you hav nice job thank you and you can seend your telephon namper in me mail
by 7up 10/01/2008
Hi , nice work !!
Could anyone tell me where I can get the cc glass plugin ?

I cant find it !!
by Corey Walters 09/20/2008
Very cool effect, I saw something very similar to this in the second episode of Fringe and it reminded me of this tutorial.
by Salman Nasir 09/17/2008
you are a god among insects... its brilliant to see that some as talented as yourself teaches people around... him...i am a humble and avid learner thank you....
by faizan ahmed 09/17/2008
that is a great tutorial...good job
where can i get film magic pro presets from
by Yaz 09/11/2008
WE LOVE SAM - no one ever says that... gr8 tutorial and sammy's actin makes it worthwhile.. well done
by kami 08/30/2008
I would like the sound with this effect. There is somebody who have it ? Thanks.
by nimo design 08/27/2008
in inglese non scrivo, faccio pena.
Però i tutorial che trovo qui...sono il meglio che si possa trovare...ho imparato un sacco di cose. ho potuto trasportare gli insegnamenti di andrew sui miei lavori.grazie grazie e grazie

English not write, I penalty.
But the tutorial that I find here ... are the best that we can find ... I learned a lot of things. I was able to carry the teachings of andrew on my works. thanks and thanks .grazie
by vishal 08/24/2008
very nice
by Glenn 08/24/2008
I put this together with some twitch effects and came out with a nice video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQizTX5i3TU

Thanks a ton - these tutorials are really great!!!

by jorge 08/23/2008
gracias por todo esto muy buenos tutoriales!! voy empezando y me has ayudado bastante, thank you for yours tutorials, you are the batter. saludos desde mexico
by Miriana 08/22/2008
really nice tutorials!!! You must come to Argentina to teach some ^_^
by kennyPHIL 08/21/2008
i want to meet andrew kramer i have a hands on in making visual effects....

fantastic
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