luv u guy,u make me. tks

Hey, I'm trying to do this in max, everything works except the inital shadow. It isn't appearing like yours, mine is just appearing flat behind the text not at an angle.

ur great man

Hi, for some reason my 3D Text always appears as Flat Image when i wanna import it to After Effects.

I press F9 to render it.
Then Save Image as .. TARGA.
Then i import into After Effects and make the Layer 3D .. but its still a Flat Image.

Any Help ? Thanks !

The SyFy channel used this for their brand new logo!

Dude I'm starting to see your work everywhere. I mean, at least the foundations/influence of it.

Hey Andrew!

When I group the lights it will not show "Omni Light" in the Modifier.

- UP

Thx i just started using 3ds max and this has made it easy to start learning!

I just stumbled onto this site...awesome stuff! You guys really are talented, and you make the teaching/learning fast

@Christopher J
Depending what version of max you have press 'x'

Hey Andrew, make some more 3D Max tutorials! it's awesome man! Perhaps you can do some meteor type tutorial!

Greats kramer Thank you!

I'm new to 3d Max, I've got a problem and was wondering if you could tell me how to fix it...
the y,x and z axes won't display on my object when I use the "click and move" tool.
Do you know what I should do to able to display them again?

Dude they totally used this on the History Channel's Holiday Bonus commercial!

Saw this being used as a promo on Sci-Fi channel. Everything was the same. Pretty funny.

what the name software used??..

it's awesome ! I would like more tutorials like this.

Your wealth of experience is highly appreciated.
God will continually improve you.
You are simply the best!!!

First, thanks for the great tutorials and insights. Great site.
Second, anyway to create these "SyFy" shadows in After Effects and Zaxwerks?
Thx,
BD

Thanks Andrew

Andrew,
Can something like this be done in After Effects?

Thanks!

this is very very very very nice tutorials

any chance for more 3d max tutorials?
hehe.. this is really great..

tnx ;}

Great use of 3D in a also sutle way. Very Very Smart. You Rock!!!

great

hi andrew this is nice 1 god bless u

nice tutorial but i had to stop the video like every 2 seconds to keep up :D starting to think that 3ds max just isnt for me.

u R The BesT one!

E ai, sou Jonathan Phillip por Cubo Artes Design,
parabenizando pelos tutoriais, muito bem explicados e prduzidos...


abraço

Never thought I would hear your voice on a 3DS Max tutorial :P

Great! Make more 3D's Max tuts! Basic training tutorials for 3D's Max would be great :)

Nice tutorial. After watching i made this in Blender. Ok mine is a little bit different cause i took a freaky and grungy font and made it much darker (i just used one lamp) But it comes really near to this :)

Thanks for the inspiration Mr. Kramer

I can't for the life of me, get those lights in the correct spacing/positon. Been working on this all day, and just about to abandon the project. If anyone could help me out, I would really appreciate it. Thanks.

wargsm AT gmail DOT com

hi andrew!i really love all your tutorials in after effects! i'm currently learning 3dsmax now but i'm still in the basics. can you pls make a basic training as well in 3d? i think i can learn it better when you are the teacher, tnx! God bless!

andrew !!! really u r inspired me to work AE, thank u,

Greats kramer!!

awesome tutorial!!

la verda me encanta como esta realizado! pero a mi no me salio! jaja... se me complica mucho con 3Dmax

is it ok to use all Boujou, Maya, Cinema4D and 3DS Max? like do companies do that at all? or are they just reserved for one software? I'd like to know if anyone could answer me this.

Saw this effect used on a promo for a cable station (maybe SciFi network.) I was blown away to see it was a straight rip from the project files - down to the font used!

Do the guys who do these promos sit around their computers hitting refresh all day with the hopes that Andrew has posted another tutorial? It's cool to used a tut to get the creative jucies flowing but come on!

this program is the coooooooooooooooooool program...

This is great!!! I for one, really want more MAX tutorials! :D

Cool!

U are the Best

Aguante el Cinema 4D!!!

Saludos desde Argentina!

God is a fairy-tale, but Andrew Kramer is real!! Andrew, thank you for all you doing for us.

AK i dont knw what to really say about u but i knw God created to be creative to others , here in nigeria and mostly on MTVBase and other country i always see alots of ur work. AK God will bless u more and more and pls find solution to shipping to my country nigeria.
thnx

I used this tutorial for the opening title in a little 0:- project i made here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFdpV1lT4cE Thanks alot Andrew, i followed you since Creative Cow days, you are the best!

please,how do i get your tutorials to download?

HOLA COMO EST�N ESPERO QUE BIEN.
ME ENCANTA SU PAGINA. TODO LO REFERENTE A PRODUCCIÓN DIGITAL. HEY A.C THANK YOU FOR ALL THIS TUTORIALS.
I HAVE A PROBLEM WHIT THIS TUTORIAL I CAN'T SEE THIS VIDEO.

Thanks!
Bolshoe spasibo!!!

grande Andrew! Te mandamos un grande abrazo desde argentina! sos un grande! Gracias por todos los consejos utilisimos que nos das! te agradeceria si haces mas tutorials de 3d studio! Segui asi!

Andrew.........awesome work again...want to know that from where did u start bro?

U are the f*cking man!!! Andrew, that was amazing.

Hello Andrew, you do a great job making these awesome tutorials. I have this question, why is it that when I render my videos they're kinda laggy? they videos play part of it and then stop, the players slider bar keeps moving but the image stops.? please help

Thank you sir, this is a great tutorial...

Nice tut! But got one problem. When I press F9 i get the render of the front view, not the perspective view. And I don't kow how to change that. (How do u get the extra options where u can choose the different views when u press F9?)

Any help would be appreciated,

Thx

My friend, from Caracas - Venezuela I tell you good job, You´re the best. Thanks for give your knowledges.

i learned a lot with your tutorials.

good luck

Nicley explained, but this technique is like nearly 10 years old. There were a ton of scripts and plugs that did this, now all obsolete, you may find the right settings that will give you this, with less setup time. You just need to know how to setup in mray or vray, As said tho, Final holds the top step here, fast and no flicker.
And you could have tweaked lightracer to get it 3 times as fast as default, with no noticeable visual change.

AWESOME!!!

We would like to request also if you could give us some tips and tricks about spline how to connect and break.

I have been your avid follower to your products and its amazing what had done in my job. I am looking forward to your next launching of your new product.

Mysh

SO GOOD

WE'RE NOT WORTHY!

Andrew, make more tutorial with Blender please.

Great quality of all your work Andrew, i think you`re doing a fantastic favour to the community!
The fact that you`re an entertainer aswell makes it even better! :D

dear andrew, i'm writting from china, i've being a fan of your work and website for sometime now, but after i got back to china, i found there's no way of viewing your tutorials online, is there anyway i could download your tutorials perhaps? i really wish to keep watching your videos they give me endless ideas. thanks a lot.

u da man.

NICE !

P.S. ??????? ?????. ??? ???????.
????????? ?????

This is nice sh*t!
Thank you Andrew, luv u man!

-Pertti from Finland

Nice lightening technique for this simple letters, but in complex scenes is it unuseful. Anyway great tip andrew...

Hi...You are one of the best in giving tutorials. I have used a lot different ones and you come right at the top..

How can i do this in AE. I am not a 3D person

Thanks
HK

I haven't read all the comments so someone may have pointed this out already. To detach elements to objects automatically in Max, just convert to editable mesh use "explode" with a setting of 180.

Thanks Andrew!

Thank you very much for your tutorials. This is exactly i want.:)

Awesome :) ,with this 3d max ,AE,cool sounds,music,actors real or just models....and of course with this exelent knowledge of Andrew and VC,you can make own hi tech,hd movies.

With all respect of course we dont need Spilberg or Hudini for this ;D.

R`N`R ,its time for movies!Amen

what about the Matrix Andrew (sir)

nice one Andrew, make more tutorials for 3Ds MAX if you can. :) again great one

COOL~

Hey andrew..
I had some problems in the making of the 3DsoftShadow...
Can u gimme some correction on my vid?
Heres the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=1385GOYEgvc

Pssshhhhhhh.....I could do better. WHAT AM I SAYING!!!! *bowing down* you are the master. I just received the 10 pack bundle and WOW! Where do I start. I have been following all your tutorials since ever since and this is my first comment....but not my last.

Where do I get that plug in?

I like that ! Thx you Kramer !

hallo from geece... you are the best ..... i have the 3d max but i dont now how to use this...

nice...!!!!

so nice 3q AK

Hey andrew, great tut !

I found this one on the net : http://vimeo.com/4824948

A translation of your tut to C4D ^^

Have you looked at the free script for Max called E-Light? You should check it out, does the same thing and will save you time. Good tutorial still!

andrews plz adds mores!!!...u a innovation guy!

Awesome! i used this tutorial to help me make part of the title for my upcoming production

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZvH81y4itA

Thanks a lot!!

Good
I like what I have done

lol, ur tutorials are godly, just tried the ancient text, worked like a charm! Can't wait to try this one out!
P.S. You should be knighted. lol

You did it again. THIS WAS AWESOME MAN!!!!!!!!! THANKS!!!!!!!

HEY !!! YOU ARE SO GOOD ON AE !!! THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING!!

Wow...Thank you so much for that technique...Used it in C4D perfectly.

Is that a new Mic you're using to record your voice there?

Thanks for the Tut, just starting off with Max after wasting a month learning Blender and getting NOWHERE. The user interface is very tough to learn!

If you don't read other people's comments don't expect yours to be magically noticed. Most people like yourself, only care about themselves.


@Y, depends on which you can *afford* I'd go for 3ds max, its industry standard software and there are a bevy of tutorials to help you create "reality from scratch" tm

Hi Andrew!

I wanted to thank you so much for all the great tutorials you and your team made! Before I stumbled upon your site, I acctualy didn't dare to touch AE (I wanted it so badly though :D ), because I didn't understand a thing!
But after following the basic training and now i've done almost all of your tutorials, I'm quite familiar with the program!

Also, 3Ds max is a program wich I used way longer before AE, but still are there some great tips in the tutorials! As a example this tutorials with the nice lighting.

Keep up the good work and thank you! (And the rest of the videocopilot team)

Good tutorial... Thx again man. Personaly i want some real deal tutorials whit particle sistem ( only you can do something good) ;).

Kenji
Romania

Hi Andrew,

Just want to thank you for al those great tutorials. Amazing how you explain things in a fast but clear way. You helped me a lot! With your help I was able to make the following trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9YJTVM2R2k

Thank you very much!
Ferenc

Hi Andrew,

isn't this soft shadow called "Ambient Occlusion" at least that is what I thought, but you never use this term, so now I'm confused...

Tom

hey andrew very nice tutorial
I was just wondering is there a way to send 3D models to after effects?

from Cinema 4D and 3D max I cad find

the way do you render as alpha or as matte

ok Cheers

michael..

Very very...... nice Andrew!

Wow superb man, !! i really love your tuts, and also very nice that once in a while some very goodlooking 3d tuts come up. Gonna try this with C4D because im mac user.

so great and fantastic



from bloody hell(Afghanistan)

Nice..................

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