Andrew, really? You wanna know the shortcut for 'fit to screen' for the Composition panel?

Here it is for all you guys n' gals out there: alt-?

For zooming in and out I always use , and .

So nice to have our very own Hogwarts, right here, on VCP :)

Thanks again Andrew, and check out my most recent, a 15 second leader for one of the coolest festivals around:
http://www.imaginefilmfestival.nl/nieuwsoverzicht/266

hi to all. your site is very very excllent. i hope be successful forever. just go on your way.
you are the Beeeeeeeeeeeeeest!

oh... It's very cool.

I should do my best.

Where i can find the effects on trapcode>Particular shown in this tutorial???

I AM A FRESHMAN,I Learned ae a few times now ,all I stuty lesson were from you,andrew krammer ,haha,by the way ,I come from china who very like CG TECHNOLOGY ?anyway?thanks vc ?you give me so many good things

erm...Where i can find the effects on trapcode>Particular shown in this tutorial???

so...good.(bole to jhakass dude)tari to nikal paddi mammu

What can i say?
So Great, Thanks my god

ure rrreally the god of afterFX andrew...
the video size is too high can u render it a bit.. hehe :p greatefully thanx andrew n video co-pilot[dot]net 4m indonesia..

ure rrreally the god of afterFX andrew...
the video size is too high can u render it a bit.. hehe :p greatefully thanx andrew n video co-pilot[dot]net 4m indonesia..

what i like best about all the tutorials
is the "Hey!! Ann-DrewwwKramer here..."
:P
simply wonderful
thanks for your time
i know tis' not paid.
but u re doing mankind a great service.

i hope i ll be buying Optical flares soon ...
dont have the money right now. :S

my best dearest Andrew.
great job

Aahuahuahua !!! Tnx MASTER ! :)

The effect of 2012 ?
whether it is done out this way?
so,there is no need use maya to creat
particle like smoke effect?

oh--------------my----------------god.

Wow ur the man, thank you soo much... i got a contract by a film-studio all because of you u teached me things on aae4

BEAUTIFULL!!!!
You ROCK!!!=)

nice :)

Thank you Andrew !!!...

thank u video copilot

ur all tutes r really superb lots of stuff i learnt ...thankz really helpfull

smoke trail is mind blowing

Hey man. You are my mentor. You're wayyy past amazing and awesome. I hope I can work with you sometime in the future after I finish my last 14 months at this film school I'm attending, the #1 Entertainment and Media School in the world-- Full Sail University. :)

Hey Andrew, thanks for the great tutorial!
One tip for you: instead moving the background on the Z, you could put its transfer mode to Behind, so it will appear always as background.
Cheers!

smoke trail is exellent realy

Your the bomb Andrew. Or should I say missile... Very very cool stuff. Thank you for all your hard work and detailed tutorials. I'll definitely be purchasing this within the next few days.

Hi!
I just wanted to say a big thank you for action movie essential 2, I've done a couple of stuff with it and it workd great! Here's one of the video I've done for a contest:
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZhJ4y5oWpU

oh man you my hero!! im def.. buying optical flares!!!

tutorials are amazing well explain and easy to follow !!

i liked ur all tutorials . . . Andrew u r really great . . . but do some tutorials on Rotoscoping and track matte please. . . ur fan Govind.H.Dasar (India)

Andrew, you are the god of the after effects
this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTy_Y4Bx4AA

You are awsome! Are there After Effect for dummies or workshops?

soo gooddddd...!!!

Thanks Andrew, im a VPP student and everything i know i learnt from you, thanks for another great tutorial!!!!!!

score! I asked for it and here it is.
Victory shall be mine!
:)

Hey! I just love your tutorials and I learned whatever I know in AfterFX from you... Thanks so much.
BTW, Why don't you start a channel on YouTube? I'll be the first to subscribe!

i will watch all of your tuts.

excellent.

Perfect!

you are amazing dude...absolutely amazing!

u r the best and great toturails thanks

Another brilliant tut.

And a belated thanks for the bundle of products (bought it when you had your special on, made it even a crazier steal) a must for editors or motion graphics peeps. My clients are wowed by the quick mock up I can produce and quality of final product, a couple of examples: http://gorillaproductions.squarespace.com/mini-projects2/

http://gorillaproductions.squarespace.com/blog/2010/2/20/fitness-depot-olympics-commercial-keep-score.html

Cheers and keep on truckin'
Next big project I am going to collect the Optical flare plug-in and wow them some more.

Thanks from Canada

When is the next video tutorial coming?

Greetings from Indonesia!

Hi there, Andrew.

Thank you very much for your tutorials. Now I'm more productive than ever. Again, thank you very much.

SUPER TUTORIAL!!!!! You inspire us all!!

andrew you are so very nice...............
thank you......
you fill everything......

hi Andrew thanks for you awesome tutorial!! im so exicited to see you next tutorial.your are my idol.thanks!!
from malaysia

great!thank you so much

You are truly an artist. I love your work. I have learned everything about AE from your tutorials. I'm a Columbia College TV graduate and hope that someday our paths cross so that I can thank you in person. Much love from Chicago, be well.

awesome boss
u r the best
learning something,everyone does.
sharing something is diffrnt.
but thiiiiis much is awsome.
thnks for the tuts.
keep rocking.

its the best tutorials in aftereffects....i really like it..........but i have some problem to download smoke trails or whatever from this site...pls suggest me...

You guys are the best!!! You guys might think about taking this training stuff on the road. If you do, I would love to get taught by the best in person.

Firstly can I just say what an AWESOME piece of software!!!! danks man!!!

Secondly is there any chance for the future you could show us in a tut, the best way to export lighting information from 3ds max to after effects to use with optical flares!!!

Go-on you know you wanna!! Dazzle us even further AK.

Cheers

I was dead but im alive again. Thanks to Videcopilot.

thanks

AWESOME

thank you Andrew!!

Very awsome tutorial dear Video Copilot! Thanks you so much Andrew Kramer and crew!

I try to create a video with another of videocopilot's tutorial, please check 'em out guys! :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBjuLuZGO6c

Thank you so much!!
OOXXOOXXOO !!
You guys change my life! :D

hey Andrew you are aswome , this is first time , i write you , i like ur work soo much , i hope teatch us more , thank you

NICE..
once again great work, thx for that

I bet you could read out the yellow pages cover to cover and still make it sound interesting. Wish all my teachers at school where as good as you, I could have made something more of myself. Keep up the good work.

hi,andrew thanks a lot for this totorial thats am waiting for too musch specially when i see the flare product again thnks nd u make of after effects a good moment to live :))))))) ;))

Andrew, thanks a lot...Only because of you i could done my trailer for drama class....thank you...keep your work...u r da best!

i know it's lame but i just wanted to show u what ive done in 3 weeks (i was total rookie in aae). uve changed my skills a lot. thank u once again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7M0F5BoP1g

wow thanks

from Bangkok , Thailand

Awesome stuff Andrew!!

Greetings from South Africa!

Wow man amazing tuts :D LUV YA :D

I uploaded 3 new presets for Optical Flares on videocopilot's prenet. You guys might wanna check them out and let me know if you like them.

Fabian

yes Andrew, can you make a building hit by thoses missile, or something like that

( sorry for my bad english I'm just french XD )

LOL @ [markus 02/12/2010]...Andrew does have a very fine spirit of humor...please don't miss the point here..."Fun as you Learn"...lighten up...there's absolutely No Charge,LOL...way to go Andrew,great tute!

Yo Andrew...
who was ur teacher man???
ill snatch out either his brain....or urs!!!be prepared!!!!!muaahahahahahhahaaaa!!!!!(goes berserk)

From Hanoi, Vietnam: Thank you so much

THIS IS AWESOME!

Thank you so much!
From: Hanoi, Vietnam

wow 20. min i only feel is was 2 min. Great :D

awesome work with the basic trianing and further tutorials
it really helped me out
thanxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

tight tutorial, this is going to sound crazy, but this tutorial reminded me of " Book Of Eli" the RPG being fired into the house with the smoke at the back of it, will be nice if you can do a tutorial on that for your biggest fan:) make you a deal, if you do the RPG tutorial, I'll send you some really funny jokes to use in your next two tutorial...don't believe me about being funny, see this video I did using a plug-in of yours
vimeo.com/8566747. Holla

you have a good voice

now i wrote stupidest comment ever! :D

Only Thanks! A lot! Andrew I always are waiting for a new tutorial to learn something more. When you post a new class, I learn a lot. Thanks for do it and still doing that. God bless you.

wow thx very much
it's have a useful for me

Hey man I just got to say thank you for all the information you put in these tuts. Lot of sites out there but not like yours. Thanks again.

hebat tenan oi....
from central Java

good tutorial, but you make much bad jokes, please more tutorials

great video andrew really love it,keep up this cool work,you are the best i seen.

FROM HONDURAS, DUDE... THIS IS JUST AWSOME.
I HONESTLY HAVE LEARNED FROM NOTHING THIS PROGRAM.
HOPE YOU KEEP TEACHING US...
GOD BLESS TO YOU, YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
TAKE CARE

Excellent

I had a go at this but had to heavily modify it because I only own Trapcode Particular 1.5 and no Optical Flares

http://vimeo.com/9387599

Had to throw some tricks to make the smoke look as random as yours Andrew and as for the Lens Flare well would never be as good as having Opical Flares but I botched together some flares.

Love your Tutorials Andrew - but please down move too far away from basic AE plugins ;)

Enjoyed yet another tutorial. You should be a comedian. Might not want to quit your day job, but your pretty funny. Thanks for the help!

buenisimo este tuto es espectacular

andrew you are great in after effect

I did an HD update with some smoke refinements to my initial take on this. Some people were interested, so I thought I'd share.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLhcAWfxwl4

that was very cool.. and of course the optical flares plugin is very cool. I have bought and used it, so I am very glad to have it. and I agree to Ivan, being incredible at teaching..

niceman

Thanks Man! You are the person who helped many peoples from around the world who cant afford to learn such video compositing.
I became fan of yours.
Keep it bro! Thanks!

very very nice man your my man i learn everything about after effects from you. Check out my youtube channel i have alot of after effects videos (http://www.youtube.com/user/veku786). I was wondering if you could show us how to make an electric around a human being

great tutorial!!, but i cant pay for Particular 2 U_U

Here's a quick and dirty stab at it. Couple of things I'd like to fix but a pretty decent result for not a lot of work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQXRy7ymrgw

Respect bro

Thank you so much for this one!! you Rock!!

NIce job dude!!!

I just say thank you from Chile

eres el mejor Kramer!!!
lo que se de after effect is gracias a tí.

algún día te comprare uno de tus productos if I know how! :/

live long and prosperidad!

I'm a great fan of yours, i wish i could meet u someday!

Andrew, will you be at NAB 2010? i would love to see this kind of tutorial live from the master himself :)

just great....

Great job, Andrew! You're the coolest man ever!

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