TUTORIALS FOR VFX & MOTION GRAPHICS
Free After Effects Tutorials & More Hosted By: Andrew Kramer
Jan 12, 2010 | 28mins.
• Sure Target 2 is a plug-in for controlling the AE Camera
• Features Inertia, Auto-focus, Camera Roll and more!
 
 
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UPDATE 2.0.10 Available. Word montage website: http://www.wordle.net/create
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478 Responses to "Sure Target 2"
Alexandra Ostasheva
01/31/2012
Thank you for the outstanding FREE plugin!
all the best!
Amil Neal
01/09/2012
I really wana call u as SIR, this is the most respectable word i have for you, God bless you i really pray for you from my heart, SIR i have no words to express my gratefulness, Thank you thank u thank u very much.
iraq.man
12/15/2011
Professor Andrew dear Is it possible to explain the background used in this lesson because it is very beautiful and Try it to work like it did not appreciate. I hope you can explain to the needy of this explanation, I thank you very
Tim
12/13/2011
Haha not only are your tutorials educational and awesome but your hilarious lol...

"Pretty official"
Ryan
12/09/2011
Wish you would've put up the legit project files. But thanks anyway! Amazing tutorial
Isaac
12/01/2011
You are Amazing Andrew, thanks for all your Tutorials and Help
clement
11/04/2011
this is sure one good offer
oli
10/28/2011
dude,
you're amazing :D you link fun and lesson so perfectly!
nice tut, nice plug-in! keep going!!
Louise Hughes
10/19/2011
Really helpful tutorial.
glutenfree4u
10/06/2011
thank you andrew kramer you've saved my butt again! just when i thought i would never get AE camera's down i found this plug-in!!!
Andy Nguyen
09/15/2011
Is it possible to add in video and not text? :D
Kasper Dunvad
10/13/2011
As i understood it, it works with a null objekt that is tied to whatever you wish it to.. - video as well.
- I think...
BassaM
09/02/2011
Mr.Andrew,You are Remarkable with this work
i adore it
Jonathan parra
08/30/2011
Is Sure Target 2 compatible with AE CS5?
Because it is not working on my system. I'm on a Mac and I've installed it in the Plug Ins folder, but no Video Copilot nor Sure Target heading appears in the Effects & Presets window.
Thanks
Bobjohnson
01/25/2012
Hey. I was having the same problem but I figured it out.
I'm on a 32-bit OS Mac and if you use the 32-bit plug-in in After Effects CS5 it doesn't recognize it so you have to use the 64-bit one no matter whether your OS is 32 or 64 bit. Hope that helped.
Hari Kara
10/07/2011
I have followed the steps to install the SureTarget 2.0.10 in the plugins folder. I still dont get any preset or plugin in my AE list? COuld this be because I have suretarget 1.5.1 installed?

Win 7 64bit AE CS4
Bruno
09/16/2011
Just copy the file to aplications > adobe after effects > plug-ins. Don't put it into plug-ins>effects. Ps: you gotta know if your mac is 32 or 64 though... I'm on a macbook pro , 64, running cs5, and doing ok. Works for me, so, not a mac problem.
Chris
09/01/2011
I'm using CS5 in Win7 and sure target works great.
maybe problem with mac?
Jason
08/31/2011
I am having the same problem. Installed the 64 bit into my Plugins folder and does not show in the menu. Even after a re-start and a refresh List. I am on a mac and running CS5
MaK
08/29/2011
amazing man with great tutorials :)
loboooeno
08/05/2011
men you are the best!!! and so funny!!! your plugg in is telling you how to use it!!! men the plugg in rockss!!!!
Tim
08/01/2011
Andrew, great tutorial on Sure Target ... keep having to come back to it as I forget various aspects but being a teacher ... have to say, it is Drop & Cover ... not sure where you got the "roll" but you are forgiven as you probably aren't on the West Coast. Again, great tutorials and keep them coming. :)
Jon
08/19/2011
Stop Drop & Roll is what you do when your on fire. I've never heard of Drop & cover before, im guessing by covering you mean get under someplace hard, like a desk. since that's what your suppose to do when there's an earthquake
Jimmy
08/19/2011
Tim, he's joking... Stop drop and roll is for if you catch fire. He's assuming we already know the difference lol
Karam
07/26/2011
and how did you add the new columns at 4:51?
Karam
07/26/2011
ia it possible to put pictures instead of text?
Evan
07/29/2011
Andrew, if i were a woman, i'd be in love with you for making these awesome tutorials and plugins!!!!! Thank you very much!!!
Marcus Vinícius
07/20/2011
Andrew Kramer, you're awesome! Video Copilot is a great service on web for those who wants to learn about vfx in after effects. And, it's FREE! Awesome tutorials, techniques and resources.

Great Job! I'm your fan!
John Rowley
07/05/2011
Andrew Kramer and all at Video Copilot are my hero's. This plug-in is so incredibly impressive. Thanks so much - my respect and gratitude for Video Copilot hasn't stopped increasing since I first found the site - and my initial reaction was very positive.

fariba
07/06/2011
Sure Target
Mark
07/04/2011
is there a way for me to download this tutorial? i have a slow internet connection, and im going to leave this all night. it would realy help if could download it to my computer.:) thanks.
Miguel Jara
06/25/2011
Hi Andrew,

I´ve just download this plug-in, it really seems to be really useful, I was looking yesterday at the tutorial and today I was put it on practice for the first time. But I had a problem.

I am on an animation project, in the scene I am making there is a car running in the middle of a landscape, it is not footage, it is all made by me in a 3d space in AE. The idea is that the camera focus on some part of the car while it is running. I tried to use the "sure target" plug-in as you taught in the tutorial but something goes bad.

I have made some null objects to which I want the sure camera to target, I parent this objects ith the car layer, this for the sake of follow the car in movement, but after stablish every keyframe changing from one to other of the targets in the Sure target menu, I realize that as the null objects have a relative cordinate position to their parent (i.e. the car layer) the sure target does not understand it and just go to the position each of the null objects have fixed.

I was thinking how to solve it and I think that I can solve it but It would be great to hear if you have some comments about it.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge in such a kind way,

Kind regards,

M
jayan
06/25/2011

Transformer Bumble bee ... enough people want to make a tutorial ...
Leon
06/19/2011
next time you need to find your cellphone, just call it with your home phone or something, follow the ring. Always works!
Miguel Carrillo
06/18/2011
How do you set time to each target? I'm working with sure target, and the targets are videos, so i want each video to stay on screen until it finish and then move to the next target.
Nicolas
06/21/2011
easy: when you are at you first target, keyframe it then go to the end of that target and keyframe it with the same number as the first time.
it will look like this:
1...........1;;;;;2...........2;;;;;;3.......3
with the ...'s as the time the video plays and ;;; for the movement between 2 videos
good luck =)
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