01/29/2012

I found this quite fun, but it would also be a lot cooler, I think, if there was a tutorial that showed how to make an orbiting moon, as well.

10/03/2011

good

12/18/2011

I'm using lowly CS3... any idea how I access the mode - hard light - opacity when on the fog. I found hard light in the layer - blending - hard light but no options to reduce opacity :'(

08/31/2011

Hi Andrew,

Congratulations, great job.

I have a problem with this tutorial because I can´t to link one the pre compose each other. I am using After effects cs5 full version, please check these link to help me.

Thanks.

http://screencast.com/t/NBlrKqtS

http://screencast.com/t/RchNEv32

01/10/2012

Hey Jose,

I'm sure you've already received your answer to this post as it is from a few months ago, but I was having the same problem in CS5 until I realized I wasn't holding the "alt" (option) key while clicking. I just missed him saying to do that. If this isn't the problem with yours, I hope you've figured it out by now and I wish you luck!

08/31/2011

The tutorial was wonderful... the song... so so...

08/22/2011

Thank you!

08/08/2011

Hey how do you go into fullscreen mod like that?

08/05/2011

Thanks Andrew
All your tutorials are awesome.

08/04/2011

thanks andrew kramer, i learned so much here on your site, "Brilliant Kramer", and more video tutorial ,again thanks a lot andrew

07/18/2011

How are none of the images that you drag in not ever blurry?

06/22/2011

thanks

06/22/2011

Thanks so much !!! u r addictive.. .. learning a lot

06/21/2011

Whenever I use the CC sphere effect, an annoying green x appears. How do I get rid of it? it is still there after I render.

06/22/2011

maybe you are using a older version of AE which does not have cc sphere permission to render out. I am guessing you have a trial version of it. get CC sphere at cycorefx.com. I hope this help.

06/18/2011

Hi Andrew. Thanks for these great Tutorials. I have just purchased AE CS5.5 and I have been watching this tutorial The Blue Planet.Around the 8min 6 sec mark, when its time to add the atmosphere, I think you Alt double click on the Master Earth mask. You are then taken to a screen with earth map on it. When I try this I am taken to a screen with the earth as a globe. Not sure what is happening here. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

10/01/2011

I'm sure you won't read this since it's been 3 months from when you posted this comment, but to anyone else wondering, you just need to double-click on the Master Earth comp instead of Alt double-clicking when using CS4/CS5/CS5.5!

06/10/2011

Andrew,

Thanks for the informative tutorials. I have just started using after effects, but your help made it easier to jump in and start creating video effects. It is very exciting to be able to actually branch into the world of advanced graphics. Very well done!

I had a question about the graphics that were provided for this tutorial: are they provided under your video copilot license?

Again, thanks for all the help!

05/04/2011

Great tutorial, really helpfull!! :)

05/03/2011

hi andrew kramer your tutorials are very helpful
even im only 11 years old
my mother was very happy because she was amaze when i made a disintegrate
thank u
from Philippines

05/03/2011

This just shows how great and understandable your tutorials are, thanks AK,,

Greetings from PH as well,,

04/13/2011

Whenever I make a new comp, its not called Timeline:Earth or if I make a comp out of a
Jpeg of a cat its not called Timeline:Cat

help me please.

04/07/2011

Hi andrew ;)

How can i make a big planet in the front, like you are flying over it.

Nice tutorail 5/5!

03/24/2011

Thank you very much for posting all these tutorials. I have been working in Photoshop and Illustrator for many years, now that I have learned After Effect, I can bring my art alive. Your tutorials have help me very much in school, and I show all my classmates your website. Even my teacher said he will pass on this website to his future students.
Thank you again Robrtto M

03/15/2011

Thank a lot Andrew....This tutorial rocks....I was looking all over YouTube for something like this. It also helped in learning how to make a real looking sphere with after effects. Thank a lot...

03/11/2011

Dude...I love your tutorials. You crack me up everytime! Thanks!!

03/11/2011

In my opinion you could have added fractal noise to the sun to immitate the explosions on the surface... But aside from that great job! :D

03/07/2011

wow thx! looks really simple! I'll try it!

03/07/2011

The tutorial is fantastic..but what I find contradictiry is the lens flare in contrast to the dark backgroung..and the STARS!

02/16/2011

CC - Sphere i cant get it

03/10/2011

You can get CC sphere at cycorefx.com

02/19/2011

Im sure cc spere is only available once you purchase after effects. Like cc particle world its not on the trial

02/16/2011

CC - Sphere dont see it

03/10/2011

You need a full version of the program for that... ;)

02/08/2011

Hi!

Just want to say: "Thanks! You are a very GREAT teacher!" I Love your tutorials!! XD

Wenny

02/04/2011

Try green laser pointers next time, they are more powerfull

02/03/2011

How do I make live/moving background animation, with a video of me talking in front of the background.
can you help me please.
Thanks,
Eva

03/10/2011

That's totally easy! You just need a green screen and then Keylight 1.2 to key it out. Of course you can also use chroma keys but they're not quite as powerfull... ;)

02/02/2011

Hi Sir,
you're a great teacher, you're awesome!
thnaks
Saith Shoaib,

01/30/2011

When i set the hue and saturation lightness to max i loose my skies

01/28/2011

Hi i can't find the CC sphere too

01/19/2011

I Cant Find the CC Spher

01/19/2011

CC - Sphere where can i get that

01/15/2011

Hi! I'm a girl!...And I love you!
Haha.. nah but in all seriousness, you're a great teacher. Keep doing what you're doing, 'cause you do it great!
I bought 2 of your products to support support the team and better my workflow. They're great quality stuff!

Keep up the awesome!

01/08/2011

Another spot-on tutorial, exactly what I needed for the book trailer I'm making. Thanks again for making me look like I know what I'm doing. :)

12/31/2010

Also what I needed, thanks a bunch. If you need larger or different maps for the earth like I did, check out the NASA Visible Earth site with tons of glorious free giant maps. http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/

11/25/2010

hello,
always clear, nice and funny!
Thanks so much for your help.
When I get rich, I'll buy your stuff, that's a promess!
keep going.
(a grateful girl)

11/17/2010

Andrew,

You are the funniest guy around (at least the funniest guy around who makes tutorial vids for AE). Thank you very much for the multitude of tutorials that you post on this site.

I was a bit overwhelmed trying to learn after effects before I found videocopilot.net. I had scoured youtube and found very few videos that were worth the price of admission. I happened upon one of your vids and was instantly hooked.

I hope you see this comment, because I would like to say a heartfelt "Thank you"

11/13/2010

Thank You.

10/26/2010

Can i use this template in a commercial proyect?

10/13/2010

Ya I think I would like to buy one of those rolex watches.

10/06/2010

Thanks Andrew! This tutorial rocks!

10/02/2010

Hey id like to use this effect to make a 3d baseball or soccer ball anyone know where i can get some flattened images from?

09/07/2010

I learned a lot from this tutorial when I was first starting out, but since then I've found other ways of achieving a more "photorealistic" look.

The main thing is the atmosphere. You can just make a new layer with whatever color you want, add the "CC Sphere" filter on it and set it to screen. Then make it a little larger than the planet, add a small blur, and BOOM, a great looking atmosphere. Obviously the lighting and shading setting would change depending on what direction the planet is facing, etc. And you'd also want to parent everything together.

09/05/2010

lool Dr evil! thanks alot for your tutorials andrew,am also doing 3ds max courses,believe me the tuthor is so boring,it's worse when he tries to tell a joke!!!! I wish andrew makes 3ds max tutorials it will be like awesome! good luck with your "LASER" XD

08/31/2010

thanks you!i hope in next time you will post some videos.

08/18/2010

Hey Andrew I did this tutorial and made it into a Intro! Heres the video everyone please take some time to Subscribe!
www.youtube.com/dammediafilms

08/15/2010

thanks buddy to share like this tutorial.this tutorial really help me to complete my project.

07/22/2010

thank you very much for this tutorial, I hope you could see some good in Spanish, but anyway thank you very much.

greetings from Cartago City Colombia

06/28/2010

outstanding tutorial.

I will attempt :D

my first time using AE

06/24/2010

andrew...thx a million man...
godbless u

05/27/2010

oh my god! i compose cool idea that earth eclipse but this idea already thinked by Mr. Andrew!!! oh dear .... so sad

05/26/2010

hi Andrew! man u really doing a grt job, since i've been watching your tutorials, i've grow in this man thanks keep the gud job...u r the best....

05/19/2010

Whenever I try to export this as a Quicktime to use in Final Cut, the fog layer looses its "feather", it just looks like a cut out rectangle. Thanks.

05/14/2010

Hi! I'm trying to do the solar system with all planets together, but I don't know how I can make the translation movement of the planets.
Please reply me, if you know anyway to do it.
Thanks for everything
(:

04/27/2010

every time i alt double click on the comp it wont open a new one it just shows the flatten out earth on the same comp..... can someone please tell me what to do

01/19/2011

if your on a mac it's command double kick

04/22/2010

Thanks for quarter of a song for us Copilot girls. Great tutorials dude! Keep up the great work!!!

04/20/2010

hehe u so funny , i think it's geography not geology :D

04/12/2010

Awesome tutorial! And thanks for the laugh too! Hilarious!

03/19/2010

it's amazing

02/26/2010

I took a stab at this project using AE 6.5. I had to improvise and do a bunch of manual keyframe settings; becuase, 6.5 doesn't have all the same fancy tools CS3 does - such as fractal noise and glow. I'm struggling with larger resolutions...the sphere's come out looking like eggs. Anyway...awesome tutorial. Here's my version of your project - the egg version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbce6fiARLY

Peace

02/08/2010

very good work Andrew. tanks r u fine?

02/06/2010

Thanks Andrew. I learned a lot of techniques in this tutorial. It's so great having you around. Love the personal comments!

02/05/2010

Isn't geology the study of rocks? I think geography is what you meant :) But very good tutorial nonetheless.

01/27/2010

South Africa? Did you miss the geography classes?

Sandro, from Brazil - South America

ps - great tutorial, lol

01/18/2010

guy pls help..
whenever i (alt-double click) on the Master Earth
it doesn't make another duplicate composition like in the video tutorial..
instead, the earth image shows up in the same composition.. i can't make the earth with rotating clouds with it...
and it doesn't have the (timeline: earthmap_1k) in the comp...
pls help.. (i'm new to ae cs4)
thanks!

01/02/2010

the cs4 hotkey for expression editing is (alt shift =) or you can choose animation> add expression

12/16/2009

Andrew for tutorials very thanks hakk?ni?da helal et sa?dan soldan indiridik hep senin ar?ivini

12/15/2009

Check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAchwGswxUQ

Thanks Andrew, your tutorials are awesome and hilarious.

12/11/2009

AWNDREW HELP!! im new at Ae, i have a cs4 Ae, you in the tutorial clik to parent the radius one ech other but in my version of Ae just showme the parent option in de master layer no in the efects or transform layers please help !!

11/09/2009

Hi Andrew,
thank you for your amazing tutorials, with your tutorials you built very comfortable stairs to my professional dreams, thank you for all those stairs, and thanks to your parents to gave a birth to such a great person, o.k., sorry I but I am amazed and inspired with what you are giving to people and I can't stop saying, thank you, thank you, thank you...and yes thank you for the song, I hope that you will have a chance to sing it to the end when your wife go to the shopping
Kat

11/04/2009

:)) Andrew, thank u for the song! :) kiss u and hopely ur wife in not jealous (its just a friendly kiss ;) )

11/03/2009

Thank u....

Send me more............

10/31/2009

Kramer You were excellent take care Your wife might get you i learn your tt's every day even my boss is complaining he has refuse to add my Raise and am doing him an Awesome Job, Wish i could send you some 500 bucks you are a nice and excellent tutor In kenya you could be a..... got to go my Boss is here!

10/11/2009

great tutorial, it was very funny at the ending xD

10/07/2009

Thanks man; thanks Andrew

10/03/2009

Cool!

I got a tip

you can add a turbulent displace effect on the clouds to make 'em more organic

09/28/2009

Thanks Andrew! Keep up the great work!

09/22/2009

Awesome Tutorial! Was much easier than I thought it was going to be. I ended up adding the sun and a moon to my version. Feel free to check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCgdIPHhx1k

Thanks for the great work with this site!

09/18/2009

wooooo tats realy cool ...
thank u very much :)

09/13/2009

Thanks for this turtorial! your awsome! like a yellow car passing by two kids running to the store for some ice cream =)

09/07/2009

dude u rock, 'my wife came bak'
hahahaha.
The tutorial is awesome. thanks man

08/31/2009

Dear Sir,
I m sagar from India

Thanks for nice tutorial with nice basic and very IMP tips

I have done something after inspiring this tutorial

The link is below
Do sent comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Puyu7O6VMM

08/16/2009

Hello sir, Very good stuff. I have purchased all your tools so now I don't feel like a free loader :) loving them... I would love some really good (more) 8mm fx, good burst of light with color from the film gate? I have some but I see better on TV any help there...

Anyway people, if you google the names of the .jpg files he is using like "earthmap" you will find some of the stuff you are looking for...

Thank you

08/12/2009

Man you are the best your tuto has been a great help thanks alot and may God bless you even more.

08/08/2009

you can also alt-pick whip the scale for the stars to the radius of the master earth, if you are going to zoom in and stuff

08/06/2009

I'm sorry that you couldn't blow up the moon, Andrew. :( btw, epic song... YAY!

08/06/2009

lol, thanks for the tutorial, I love the humor you insert in each video :P

08/03/2009

this vid although very cool, seems to be broken

07/31/2009

Thats nOT South Africa

Thanks from Latvia

07/29/2009

Not just this tutorial but all your tutorials are great. you,re very generous. Thanks a lot man.
Mel Philippines

07/20/2009

You can use Spherize instead of CC Shpere

07/14/2009

Something to keep in mind is that if you are going to be using this for anything other than personal use, you can NOT use Google images. It's a violation of their license. However, NASA lets you use their images for free with no restrictions. As for the rotation, to ensure that you have a smooth rotation (without any hiccups, seamless rotation, etc.), put a keyframe in the first frame, then hit End to go the end of your comp and hit the PageDown key on your keyboard to advance one frame past the end, and in the Y Rotation, make it 1x360.

07/14/2009

wow!i like your sense of humor.some guys are too serious about your jokes..lol.actually they are a big help to the tutes.jokes help eliminate some of boring moments when learning something.i love the eclipse!!!!!the best!!thanks a lot!

07/14/2009

great tito, but I have a problem, I don't know where get the Expression: Radius y I couldn't complete the tutorial, someone could help me please?

07/14/2009

Coooooooooooooooool

07/06/2009

you are great, funny and very helpful, I feel more comfortable with AE now, eh this is from a videocopilot girl :)

07/03/2009

To find the earth pictures just do a google image search for 'Earth Map', it should be one of the first results. Same thing for the clouds, just do a google image search for 'Could Map' there are a few of each, just pick your favourites.

06/29/2009

Hey thx for the tutorials i learn with you so much in 5 days do a tutorial like a energy ball how to do a energy ball if you want of course
But anyway thx Andrew
From Portugal !!!!!!!!! =D :D