TUTORIALS FOR VFX & MOTION GRAPHICS
Free After Effects Tutorials & More Hosted By: Andrew Kramer
November 04, 2008
• Create Energy particle system in After Effects
• Add facial Distortion and handy expressions
 
 
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by ramiz rahem 08/29/2010
such a fabulous tutorial i like ur group pass my regards to all of them
im from afghanistan
by Morten 08/20/2010
@LOL
I'm pretty sure that was a joke. That's why he called them "demented".
by DInesH 08/20/2010
ur the best

and can u make a video of how to make a effect in movie like iron man

i want to make suit build up effect please make 1 :)

by Rit Man 08/20/2010
ROFL - if your offended by soul-sucking, you can just reverse it and give the guy back his soul. that is my new fave Andrewism, the last one was about the guy that asked if u could do one without a black background and you were like ok, lets pick a coloooooorrrr..... DARK GRAY. that was hilarious!
by Joseph 08/17/2010
Thank you for this entire website! I have always wanted to get into video editing and effects but I had always considered the learning curve to be to steep and expensive. Thank you for leveling out the playing field!
by Lili 08/16/2010
I'm just wondering why you guys offer such great tutorials for free. This place is like going to Graphic Art school with a full scholarship! If I get ever get good at this stuff and make some bills off it, I'll sure be donating to keep this project alive. Right now I'm in uni and completely broke..so yea.

God bless you guys! Seriously.
by vkswamy 08/12/2010
nice
by LOL 07/25/2010
They're dementors not deceptacons, LOL. Deceptagons are from transformers!!!
by Noorahmad 07/21/2010
hello!
i am noorahmad i download the tutorials from video copilote after completing the tutorial will not open the take the under message.
(Unexpected end of archive)
please send me the answer of this message
thank you.
the video copilot site is very good site i always working in this site.
thans alot.
by edi 07/07/2010
keep up good work...THX 4 teach me how to apply my 3d skill in aftereffect
by Pinoypoy 07/06/2010
MAN! that was awesome., i watched several video tutorials and i was really amazed. how the heck do you come up with the steps on how to do it on your own?! haha you're a demigod man!..
by rajnish kumar 07/05/2010
i really happy with this outstanding project.
by Jack 06/30/2010
decepticons lol
those are from transformers
great tutorial ive been thinking about gettng after effects for a while now
by Philips 06/27/2010
hi Andrew. this tutorial's amazing.. but i'd need a tutorial on an ''ICED PLACE COMPOSING'' could you ?? thank youu
by sagar 06/25/2010
hi........Andrew,thanks for cool tutorial,and you are the best..............
by Ahmed Al Suwaidi 06/16/2010
Wait... Aren't Deceptigons from Transformers not Harry potter?
I think you meant Dementors XD
Anyway I love your Tutorials, Keep them coming man
by udhay 06/11/2010
i became a fan of u........
by PAWAN ARYA 05/30/2010
HI,ANDREW SIR YOU ARE AWSOME MAN I SAW YOUR WORK ON COPILOT VIDEO YOU ARE REALY GREAT.
by Wylliam Higgins 05/29/2010
I am using After Effects CS5 and the 'CC Particle World' simulation is not on it. What should I use instead?

Thanks,

- Wyll.
by Roland 05/27/2010
Hello Andrew,

after I change the particle type to lens convex, it dissapeared.And in the beginning (default), the particle looks not so big like yours...it's only little bit particle in the midle.

Tjanks before
by ganapathy 05/22/2010
thanks man ,especially to andrew kramer
by Emmanuel 05/10/2010
Geez, Thanks man, helping me discovering the great power of After Effects when i used to avoid the adobe's products lol
by Pradeep 05/06/2010
coool work bro.....
thanks a lot
by vijay kumar 04/22/2010
you are a rock.
by joe 04/08/2010
deceptacons? do you mean dementors? haha... great tutorial :)
by jay 03/12/2010
great tut man keep it up
by Jr 03/07/2010
Nice one!!!thank you!
by rockey 03/03/2010
awesome dude thats a mind freeky stuff......kool
by Ian Hendri 02/28/2010
OWESOME.. thx
by praneeth 02/23/2010
Andrew, Really U R Awesome!!!!
by Haydar 02/15/2010
Well, what can i say... It's brilliant!!!

Andrew you're doing great job.... thanks a lot :)

Haydar, Kosovo...
by Marco Zanoni 02/11/2010
Hey Andrew, thank you so much for great Tutorials like this!

Here´s a link to the Trailer of my school graduation Project on SAE Munich Bavaria.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDO2Utti5mI

We used several techniques from your tutorials and that´s our way to say thanks.

All of the VFX in the finished movie were done with a combination of After Effects an Apple Shake.

So keep going with your great work on this page

Thanks a lot

Marco Zanoni (Germany)


by Dan 02/07/2010
Decepticons. Really? Dementors dude. Plus there is no particles really. Just an orb emitting from the mouth.
by Samer 01/30/2010
I would like to thank you for this Showing videos because I learn from you everything
Thank you very much Angro Kramer
and I would more video
thank you
by Evan 01/25/2010
lol the decepticons...
by ali 01/22/2010
c parfait je vs felicite et merci bien de partager ton travail merci bcp
by joseph 01/16/2010
Calm down big boooii!! speak more slowly. this is not a race to see who can finnish!
by Alex G 01/05/2010
Fantastic tutorial, this website is awesome.
by Michael 01/03/2010
Awesome is that the effect they used in harry potter 3 when the dementors suck out your soul ?
by Bryan 12/31/2009
Since when was decepticons in Harry Potter D:
by Tushaar aka HellRide 12/29/2009
Im beginner for Visual Effects...

But for u just like to say,

ANDREW ALMIGHTY
by Assad 12/17/2009
hey thanks a ton for making a cool thing...i just knew the basic stuff in afx but was able to make it using this tut...
by steven yuan 12/15/2009
im just starting out with after effects.. but this was super helpful and really funny. thanks dude! peace.
by Samirah 12/13/2009
Thank you so much... im a graphic designer student and i'm currently working on AE. You are absolutely great! even my bro from Mauritius island is following ur tutorial. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.. not every one does this!

Keep it up!

Sam
by RoRo 12/05/2009
gorgeous! thanks!
it's very helpful. not only this. in this site's tutorials are very easy to understand:^)
by me 12/03/2009
decepticons in harry potter hehe....
the rest was great by the way;)
by Michael Yasko 12/01/2009
Absolutely fabulous
by Unknown5796 11/19/2009
love the desepticons who suck you soul and live in the harry potter world.^^
by tim black 11/18/2009
this was one amazing video! totally wicked out the sickage! loved the harry potter joke was ..lol funny
by Kylie 11/17/2009
Thats Sick!!! :)
by urbest 11/08/2009
hi andrew you are the best person i have ever seen
by Boaz Asaasira 10/29/2009
I love all tutorials from Andrew but i use i love the project files you give out and presets.
Thanks Andrew your the man
Boaz
Uganda
by mango 10/27/2009
Thanks Andrew.
by samanyu 10/21/2009
dude you simply rock
most of your tutorials are cool and easy to understand
though i m have problem with you disintegration tutorial
i do step by step as you teach but at the time you give that expression burning away grenade
the entire grenade is displaced
it doesn't work so please try and help me out!
and you are the best in the world!!
by agbor obed 10/11/2009
Andrew kramer i'm a Cameroonian, u are a special gift from God in this domain. I enjoy your tutorials very much. I am very inspire and excited by ur tutorials. GOD almighty continue to bless mightily. chao
by Javier 10/01/2009
lmfao decepticons sucking harry potters soul, nice one made me laugh.

anyways love the tutorials keep them up.
by Joeliwan 09/30/2009
Guys, seriously. Decepticons was clearly a joke. A moment later when he's describing them he specifically says "demented" to cue you in to the fact that he actually does know what he's talking about.

Hey, Andrew, maybe you can publish a Dry Humor Tutorial, since it's clearly lost on many of your viewers. But the videos are great. Thanks a bunch
by Rogier 09/27/2009
Haha lol, the decepticons are from TRANSFORMERS :D
by chiko 09/13/2009
awesome, but im kinda new to this and i have AE cs4 any1 know where i can find the plugins they used, if u do, plz send me the link at eldjchiko@gmail.com
by LP 09/10/2009
Decepticons sucking Harry Potter's soul!? Do you mean, dementors? lmao
Still, great tutorial,!
by Bjørnar 09/02/2009
Looks awsome i tryed it but didnt make it as good as you did tnx man!
by ryan 08/31/2009
hey guys when i put cc particle world into the comp the particles are small and not fountain like like andrews please help thnx
by gw 08/30/2009
Dude your videos are awesome, I just started a couple days ago, and this is the first site I got referred to so ya, Keep on rockin!
by majid alavi 08/25/2009
hi
tanx u for this tutorials
this project is very hard.

majid alavi in iran
by trevor hootem 08/19/2009
Dude your videos are awesome, I just started a couple days ago, and this is the first site I got referred to so ya, Keep on rockin!

(btw its dementors not decepticons lol just pointin that out)
by Snow 08/18/2009
Man took forever to get to the end of the comments, amazing tutorial you are amazing for letting us view these for free! Very well done.

Lol Decepticons XD I think he meant dementors
by Ayan 08/13/2009
Nice effect!keep it up.great.....
by Grumyp_Guts 08/04/2009
Dementors not Decepticons lol, Anywayz Gr8 Tut.!!! :) Luv it!
by Jonas Stenberg 08/02/2009
You're one of the funniest guys online :) Great tutorials.
by aaron 07/28/2009
haha, the decipticons...i think its dementors.
by Raul Mosquera 07/27/2009
gracias totales
by DarkEntity 07/25/2009
Nice...super awesome....Thanks a lot!
by potato 07/25/2009
Sweet! I made a cool video with this tutorial.
by NIMROD 07/24/2009
great tutorial!
by soqa 07/24/2009
great~

greeting from russia
by gunes 07/20/2009
hi andrew it is gunes from turkey we love your tutorial we try to make a short horror movie and we use this soul removal effect. thank you for adding tutorials. we are waiting for new ones...
by Da Big Boss 07/14/2009
This is a nice tutorial im using AE CS4 when I try to make the energy I cant it just dissapears when I change the particle type to Lens convex -.- any help?
by Sheva 07/12/2009
Thank u vey much andrew . you helped me with my silly movie of Harry Potter i hope u see it if you have time :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZYZhJIt4dY
by Mahamaniak 07/11/2009
Very great tutorial ! Just what i needed for what im doing ! Thak you so much !
by Siddiq 07/10/2009
Andrew U did excellent work Reall Superb and new learner also easly learn from u r Works
And one more thiong make more Tut from Max

Thanking i have learned lot
by jamie 07/08/2009
nice tut Andrew

Are you related to Tino cause in suicide tut it said Kramer on it and i wasn't sure if it was actually u and if it was he really looks like u (in this one too)
by GianLuca 07/06/2009
wow! nice turorial! you have a good sense of humor too hehe.
keep it up sir!
grazie mille!

gian luca
by Amin 07/02/2009
Andrew Kramer Rules In After Effects ;)
by Alkizer 06/27/2009
Andrew Kramer. Your Hilarious. You make me come seconds away from peeing my pants in every tutorial with your use of words. Plus, Your excellent at explaining detail and I've learned alot from you. If I had a choice to meet somebody famous(Yes, your famous) it would be you. Let's have lunch...ok...maybe not, but keep up the great work!!!
by dudewithhair 06/12/2009
you can also link the opacity of the adjustment layer to the opacity of de soul2.mov distortion layer, for an intense effect.
by feather man9 06/11/2009
i like how he says in harry potter the "decepticons" lolz thats transformers
by This Guy<-----Me 06/09/2009
Great tutorial, Thanks for all of the help!
by gismoxan 06/09/2009
Andrew genius I like your tutorial,your tutorial great.
by Eduardo Ramon 05/30/2009
Your's Tutorials are great!! tks to share whit us.

Saludos desde México :)
by DeanVer 05/24/2009
OH INTENSE SOUL EH?KRAMER BOY?
by Lirik 05/23/2009
oh my god for mee you Andrew Kramer is The Designer In All of Tyhe World.You Need o Work i HOLLYWOOD.

My Dream is Tobe Like You


I Like And Sam

is A Good Actress
by frankie 05/18/2009
Thank you so much! this is so cool!
Cheers!
by Me 05/13/2009
Amazing!
by Nate 05/13/2009
Loved the tutorial. Will be very helpful in my new project for school.
by Nate 05/13/2009
Decepticons are transformers dementors are harry potter
by haokieto0 05/12/2009
thanks for the tutorial. i revised it to my own need to create a super saiyan aura effect. its total awesomeness considering im new to this. here is the vid i made: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piN1wSovV0o
by aby 05/07/2009

Thank you very much
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by Simon Steele 05/03/2009
AWESOME Mr. Kramer

Thank you very much
by Oetam 05/02/2009
lol you said decepticons that's actually from transformers
by chico_pilot 04/27/2009
hey andrew you re the pilot of VC... thank u
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