Tutorial Requests...
June 28th, 2007

Okay... list em.

Consider this, I like to make tutorials that are helpful to a large audience.

Andrew Kramer
POSTED:
18 years ago
4014 Comments
Hassan
5 years ago
Need simple custum logo animation. Need the main grass logo to move like it???s getting blown by wind and while zooming out the rest of the letters fall into place. Would like wind sound effects when the grass in blowing and then die down through the video end of the video.
8 years ago
Tables privées Party Poker - Créez un mot de passe et montez votre propre desk privée.
mary
8 years ago
there is and thundering and lighting effect with pictures in the background like in the highway man music video https://youtu.be/aFkcAH-m9W0 in the last part of the video i would like to achieve this in an video i am working on can you do an tutorial on this. i would really appreciate it thanks
Claudio Marcio
8 years ago
Some time ago I saw a tutorial with walls of ice exploding with texts in 3d and at the end came the phrase coming soon. This tutorial no longer exists?

thank's
Ahmed
9 years ago
Hi andrew your tutorials is amazing your speech style is very amazing and exciting to watch the video . i need to know how to make cinematic lens effect if you didn't have a real one . if you are taking a shot with phone or simple camera lens how do you can make it seems like real like >> cinematic lens .
Ismail
9 years ago
hi andrew i am big fan of you. you are the person who inspired me about vfx learning .please can you make tutorial on iron man stealth and man conversion into hulk and also wolverine claws . i saw tutorial on youtube but i took the habbit learning from you because your work is like as it should be .
Noor
10 years ago
Hello sir thanks for the great tutorials. It's nice to learning from you
thanks for everything.
i need your help to create foggy mirror effect
you can check this image
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S893jAVHP3Y/maxresdefault.jpg
i want to create this but i can't please help to create this effect.
Obaida
10 years ago
Hi Andrew, thanks for the great tutorials. You have taught everything I know about After Effects so far. It's very fun learning from you!!!

I was wondering if you would make a tutorial about creating smoke/fire/magic using "particles" effects in After Effects, So we don;t have to learn any third party programs like 3Ds max or Cinema 4D. It's really so hard learning particle systems in those programs. It will be so nice from you making this tutorial,Thanks in advance.
Euntrell D
10 years ago
Hi Andrew, appreciate the tuts so far. You are a true gift to the vfx community.

I was wondering if you would be so dope and make a new tutorial explaining how to achieve a "made out of fire look" in after effects. I know how to make things look like they are on fire but not made completely of flames. I believe this tutorial would benefit a lot of people greatly. If anyone could i know your the guy, thanks in advance. here are some photos that resemble the look i want to achieve on video

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/329466528965174733/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/31454897368029054/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/31454897368042594/
http://hqwallbase.com/images/big/flaming_horse-1502186.jpg
Euntrell
10 years ago
Hi Andrew, thanks for the tuts so far.

I was wondering if you would be so kind in showing us how to achieve this on fire effect in after effects with any shape or object. I think this tut would be very beneficial to a lot of viewers. Thanks in advance

http://blog.photoshopcreative.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Before1.png
10 years ago
Wassup Andrew,I'm Alusine kargbo..I'm currently working on a personal project based on a werewolf transformation.I was wondering if you can assist me in creating a effect where claws slash across the screen. I'm pretty sure this might be a easy task to accomplish however I'm new to after effect, I'm more of 3D artist. Can you please help
Micheal Malcolm
10 years ago
Hi andrew, believe me ur are Awesome beyond awesome.... I would love to see a tutorial were a Blackhole Opens up in space and swallows a bunch of 3d text or logo as a transition out of the animation
The transition in of the logo or text could be what so ever u choose bro... Thanks so much....
11 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I'd really like to see how the intro sequence to The Avengers (2012) film was created. I've had a go myself in After Effects and I think I could really use your guidance in making it better. I can also see a lot of people benefiting from logo sequences. No doubt you would use Element 3D, I did

Thanks Andrew!
Mike.
DUSHYANTH
11 years ago
hi andrew,

I'd like to see a tutorial of these kind of effects, as you done like Grid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CVbQttKUIk
Kevin Saputra
12 years ago
Hello Mr. Kramer. I like you to make a grunge metal effect on After Effects as seen on this video. I want to make some kind of movie opening like that and i will be pleased if you make a tutorial about this effect. Please reconsider it. Regards, Kevin Saputra

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRwWLJH2K38
13 years ago
maybe some stuff with awesome Newton plugin and Element 3D ?
pratheksrk
13 years ago
hey andrew an u make a tutorial on perspective like shrimps to giants, falling from a high ledge with out that annoying death thing.
pratheksrk
13 years ago
i know that this request is kinda too much. But can you make a tutorial like a normal short man turning into hulk with the huge legs and body.
a guy from Germany
13 years ago
I'd really like to see some tutorials about advanced morphing with Re:Flex. Explanations of some of these effects would be awesome:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XXTRQSX4kw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrySJ4dJwBc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9r1_hYJ0MQ
Ricky
13 years ago
I've been trying to figure out how to apply a realistic chrome effect to human skin but I keep failing lol. Some good examples would be Destro from G.I.Joe or Silver Surfer. Anyway, I'll still love you if you can't get to it
roger
13 years ago
hi andrew, do you mind doing a tutorial for a touch screen phone or a holographic computer with a laser keyboard.Thanks
13 years ago
I'd like to see a tutorial of a Star Trek or Star Wars styled Space Battle.

Thanks!
14 years ago
I'd like to see a tutorial where there is simulation of a vulcano eruption starting from pics of a mountain.
Something like Etna, Stromboli etc etc.

Thanks

Alberto
Max
14 years ago
Hi Andrew,
I got bored so i decided to look a video copilot old blogs..
I found a few interesting stuff:
1) You promised a tutorial about the action essentials 2 motion grafics examples but you never delivered:
http://www.videocopilot.net/blog/2009/06/action-essentials-now-available/
(search motion and go to the last result).

2) PLEASE tell me that you haven't finished publishing the free tutorials from the demon cam video.. I can't wait for the green screen tutorials (or green orb) and for the 3ds max orb shattering and 3d scene..

3) You have done quit a lot particular tutorials but you haven't shown us how we can integrate them in our scenes. Imagine this: a man walking by and an energy ball Passes right past him and leaves an energy trail.. the man tries to touch it but it interact with him and moves as he would have pass his hand trough a colored gas or as he would have catch a fling strings or.. COMBINED! (Colored gas strings)!!!


Just trying to be creative..
Good Luck! (and hope you'll read this)
Urban Bradesko
14 years ago
i was wondering if you could do a tutorial about how you do all of your promo/trailers for your products... the one i like a lot is the action essentials 2 trailer... and i was hoping if you can do a tutorial on how to make a product like that from start to finish.
Fernando J. Gorostieta
14 years ago
Wats up andrew!! hope everything is fine... I have a few requests, i saw a video on youtube.. and its sick.. its a promo and they did soo much on it... check it out there's soo much you can pull out from there as ideas for tutorials. but choose which one would be best for video copilot.....

Heres the link...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ndqey2xDGGA

Thanks dude. you ROCK!
ashley
14 years ago
Hello Andrew,
Can you show us how to make the "flip" effect of the official music video of Rob Thomas' lonely no more?
I have been wondering how to do that for years..
THANKS!
14 years ago
Hi Mr. Kramer,
This is my first request in your Blog.
Can you show us how to make a shooting star ( or something similar ) that explodes once it gets on a ground layer.
Of course using 3D to make it more realistic !

Thanks !
TLD
14 years ago
Can you do a tuts for ae on how to make dr. who opening Titles for both christopher eccleston/David tennant & matt smith ?
Salindgren
14 years ago
I think you guys should create a plug-in for light sabers rather that a preset. It would be easier to use, and more convenient. You guys rock. I couldn't have made any of my videos without your tutorials. Thanks VC.
Jake Evans
14 years ago
I've got a pretty simple request here. I just want to know how to recreate the Star Trek: First Contact opening titles.
A preferably in 3Ds Max. Basically I just need to know how to get text to move from behind the camera to the background.
Nathan Harald
14 years ago
Hey Andrew and gang

i was wondering if you can show us how to get 3D text in after effects. Like how you have it in your banners with the shine, reflection and what not. Can you show us what to do? or which tutorial have you covered it or product? please and thankyou
Sina
14 years ago
hi Andrew,what's up?
i want to make a video and i need to break a wall(at 3ds max)
like the "energy ball" when it broken from your "Demon Cam video".
can you help me(and other peoples) and make a tutorial for us???? pleaseeeee i need it
Kosta
14 years ago
Hi,
I find realy helpful tutorial for a good looking text (2D, 3D) and animation of it.
And I would like to use Shatter Effect in the real video.
F.e. shattering wall or anything else.
And motion tracking, thats the nightmare for me...
Some tips would be helpful. Mainly for shots, where camera is moving.
Thanks a lot
14 years ago
Hello,

I'm trying to understand the working of sound with After Effects and Cinema 4d. there is a example of what i really like and would like to understand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjAjORHr4gA&feature=related

So can you maybe make a tutorial for:
Sound with particular and form (After Effects) and sound effector (Cinema 4D).

Kind regards
Ivar Spetter
TimLRX
14 years ago
Oh and how to export this tracking data to Maya etc.
Thanks
TimLRX
14 years ago
Hi Guys

I really want to purchase Cameratracker but I need to know if it can be used to track a actors face looking around. a tutorial on this would be great.

Thanks for a great website.
Anthony
14 years ago
Also: Perhaps another DOF tutorial? Except this time with people standing. That application with people laying down was a bit too specific of a situation.
Anthony
14 years ago
Twixtor! It's a great plugin!
Matt
14 years ago
Hi,

I know it might sound a little basic...but...I love the look of all your little banners on your website. I think there's a lot of us who would like to see your exact workflow when creating those awesome little pieces of work. From start to finish. 3d text and all. Your old 3d text tutorial does not look as good as the 3d text banners your putting up on the website now.
Maybe it's time for an update?

Best regards

Matt
John Crawley
14 years ago
Andrew I think you should make a tutorial about making a realist Transforming car like in the Transformers movies.
bzyciok
14 years ago
Andrew could you create a video tutorial on how to create that intro on your Basic Training?
Wayne
14 years ago
Hey Everyone,

I had to stop reading all of these requests after like #184, so I'm sorry if this has been mentioned, but I would be VERY interested in seeing a tutorial based on a scene I saw in Resident Evil Afterlife. It's the 2nd scene right after the 2 sniper dudes get it. Basically, they show the city of Tokyo and then switch to an "X-Ray" mode, they then go underground and pull back, revealing the entire facility, then zoom back into a specific control room and come back out of "X-Ray" mode. The scene starts around min 5.
My first question is: Is that a 3D model they animated, OR is it something they could have built in AE? Secondly, if so, then how? Lastly, is there a tutorial you could possibly create to at least illustrate a way in which to mimic that sequence?
Wow, sorry, didn't realize my question(s) would be this long.
Sharvin
14 years ago
I was just recently introduced to VIDEO COPILOT and I've seen your COMPOSITING BREAKDOWN tutorial for AE2. I'm a big fan of your work. I've also come across a modified version of the effects on another site.

Here is the link to the video: http://vimeo.com/18911739.

I would love it if you'd expand your tutorial and teach us on how to do the collapsing building effect show in the video.

Thanks,
Sharvin,
Dorothy
14 years ago
Would love to see how to incorporate audition 5.5, Encore 5.5 and media encoder with After Effects, Audition is a real power house for the Mac now, Encore now supports blu-ray for distribution and media encoder is really great with all the new add-ons for all the newest devices. Maybe too much to ask but it would be neat! gillie 60
14 years ago
One tutorial you don't have on your site is for a Portal, where one appears, someone steps into or out of it, and then the portal disappears. There's a few on Youtube, but nothing of very high quality. I'm sure many people would find such a tutorial useful.
Maria
14 years ago
Like my post on the forum, sorry for being so tiring..

Hello people! I will try to make it as easy as possible. Last week, my little son and I came across with a video that for some reason he loved it. Doesn't stop "how did they do that" and showing it to friends as well. Next week is his birthday, we are preparing a looney tunes themed party so...

Is it possible to make something like the video on the attachment (like the about 10 seconds from 3 to 13) changing it with looney tunes heroes (see other attachment). If there is a copyright problem, I understand, do it with any graphics.

I don' t want to tire you (a lot), so I would really like to thank you for your time and help.

The video is here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?ljvxrdrbxl7tq7h

The graphics here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?ckvducdxkq1bvc2#1

Thanks again,

Maria
(sorry for my english)
Nick
14 years ago
Hey Andrew,

A cool and short effect that would be helpful is a text animation that makes the text "flicker" on. Sort of like the letters are lightbulbs that flicker on randomly and individually until they spell out the title. Thanks.
14 years ago
Andrew! I would like to see a morph tutorial in After Effects. The only way I morph video or images is in Combustion but I would like to leave it behind and use After Effects instead. Thank You
Rodney
14 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I can never thank you enough for your tutorials and help. But being a beginner in AE I'd really love (and i know there is some beginner tutorials) a whole training CD that we can buy from you.
Thanks
Jennifer
14 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I really like if you can make a Human Torch tutorial.. please!!
LittleFootz
14 years ago
Hi Andrew
Can u make an video about how u can a video go with the beat of a song or a heartbeat go with a video like everytime the beat hit a bass note or other notes but ur video bumps with the beat if its like a speaker if u can thanks alot
Darknoodles
14 years ago
Hi Andrew,
Could you make a tutorial about creating like a crumbling floor.
I mean, imagine a scene where a guy is standing and the floor is cutting into pieces and goes slowly upward around him. With a still camera or with a moving one with 3d-tracking.
Is it possible doing it all inside AE ? (except for 3d tracking)
Thanks a lot,
and thanks again for all your so useful tutorials.
Love VC
14 years ago
hi dear mr.Andrew
i have a request for a tutorial like this two sample:

1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOnif6BC0kc&feature=related
2) http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Cma8_tuxc

please make a tutorial... you're the best in the teaching
love you so much
best wishes
.....
p.s.
sorry for my bad English
14 years ago
hi mr.Andrew
i tried 2 make link between write text and particular but i failed ... it's like this promo ... u will find what i mean in the video at 1:26 sec .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC2614zAm2o

i wish a quick reply ^_^
Mads
14 years ago
Hi.

I would really love to see, if possible, a tutorial of how to combine some of the tutorials already made, examples could be the ''Smoke Trails'', coming together forming a text, a logo or something else. Same with ''3D Light Casting''.

Sincerely
Patrick Mclean
14 years ago
Hi Andrew:

Thank you for all the tutorials and product options. I am new to this FX and After Effects stuff and really really enjoying it. One video example I saw that has inspired me to want to learn more can be found at http://vimeo.com/11226294
I love the effect of light streams flying through the air in a 3D world and after changing the angle of the camera, the beams of light form a word. I have not seen any examples of how to do this so if you like the video as much as I do, I hope you will consider exploring ways to provide a tutorial of something similar. Thks
Nic
14 years ago
Hey Andrew, Big fan.
I think a cool tutorial would be a new ink tutorial.
And i got the idea from a very cool TV-serie called Human Target.
When I saw the intro with that cool ink effect, I wonderd how to do that. It would be cool to be able to make one.

Keep up the awesome work.
Cheers.
Kenn
14 years ago
Hi,
I would like to request a tutorial about making an awards presenting intro or composition.

I've seen some shows like singing contests,when they announce the results, they play a composition or I call it a short video clip, that is quite similar to the one in the game show "Who wants to be a millionaire" which is the voting answers session(a.k.a Ask the Audience), And the clip is like a graph, it increases and decreases randomly at the start maybe to make some dramatic effects and then show the final result.

So in conclusion, I wanted to request:

1)An awards show opening or announcing-winner composition with titles and showing the winner's photo with feathering.

*This is my first time requesting a tutorial. If I posted at the wrong site or requested something which is restricted, I would like to apologize for the inconvenience. Last but not least, thanking you reading through this and sorry for the broken English
14 years ago
The movie Limitless features a very interesting "infinite" zoom, which is used quite effectively. It is unlike anything I've seen before. I have some ideas as to how it could be created in After Effects, but I was wondering how you would go about it.
T-Mac 137
14 years ago
A lift up a car tutorial would be great thanks!
Luqman
14 years ago
Hey Andrew.

You're awesome and your work is awesome.

Could you teach us how to do a Transformers effect in AE?
Both the transforming text *and* the cars-to-robots.


Thanks.
Manny
14 years ago
Would you be able to post a cloning/camera shake tutorial? I know how to clone, but watching your "Search and Destroy" video really had me thinking, how would i shake after adding clones?
Manny Villanueva
14 years ago
Or even adding pans or zooms to a shot with clones in it?
howlx
14 years ago
plz! more tutorials about 3d max!!
Scott feuerhelm
14 years ago
Do a tutorial on the freezing effect seen in the movie "The Day After Tomorrow" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hFE1itGJQw
Ryan Mero
14 years ago
Hey Andrew.
My request is for a Harry Potter spell casting tutorial. I have tried for a while now to get it looking perfect (or as close to the films as possible) using particular, but I just can't give it the same edge that they achieve. Looking at this post there are LOADS of requests for this!

On a side note, absolutely amazing site you have here. I learn't more in 4 tutorials on VIDEO COPILOT than I did in all my SFX course at University. A credit to you and the team.

Thanks so much for all your hard work.

Ryan
Larry
14 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I'm computer graphic, big fun of Video Copilot !!! You are my Yoda
I'm not professional....yet I'm working on it big time!
I have got dylema how to make video effect.
Currently I'm studing CG,animation,3D in Academy of Art in Krakow in Poland...
And I have got some project to do as the final exam project for this year. I have got some nice idea and Im working on it already but there is thing which I dont know how to get to start.
Mostly my work will be done in 3D( C4D ) and AE .In this prticullar effect I think the After Effects will be optimal solution...well I might be wrong...
I have found reference on You tube , which is here :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAXSbkSbj3k

I want as part of my animation to reach very similiar effect.
Big request to You !
Is any chance you could make tutorial how to make video effect like that ?
I will be owe you big pint of nice polish beer when you pop up to Krakow
Sorry for disturbing you!
Big Respect!

May the force be with you !
Cheers Mate!

Reagards
Larry
Brad Geiszler
14 years ago
I found this plugin for CS4, unfortunately it's not available for CS5 yet, but it's a very cool plugin. It's very complex and there's not a lot of tutorials for it. The plugin is called Turbulence 2D, they also have Turbulence FD for Cinema 4D and Lightwave. If you get a chance to check out this plugin please do a tutorial for it because it seems like you could do a lot with it.
14 years ago
hello andrew, can you make a tutorial about how to make a plugin. i'm dying to know

-Vincent
techguru
14 years ago
like to learn how to select in video text and resize it...
for example u have a sign...with text on it and u wanna resize that text so its smaller or bigger (not AE'S text...text thats already in the video)
Larry
14 years ago
Hey, I love your videos and they are awesome and very helpful! I just saw a few awesome video after effects... While I was watching the music video called "The Time" by the Black Eyed Peas. I saw this particular style they had put in that made the music video so cool and fitting to the music. They had this 8-Bit of people dancing. I wonder if this is a possible tutorial video you can make! I already searched up how to do this but there isn't any video's about this style. It would be really great if you were the first one to make a tutorial about this! Thank you Andrew!

P.S I have language barrier!
Alexy
14 years ago
hey andrew! first of all thanks for ur free tutorials and great products, also to letting us submitting tutorial requests.
So i came with that idea, that u teach us how to shoot a film but with a first person view... like the Call Of Duty's games: Like they walk, run... That would be great THX!
Tom Fry
14 years ago
A know my request is nothing new but I hope you'll eventually hear our prayers

A sleek, dynamic slideshow with some nice titles and effects would be very helpful for a lot of people, not only professional photographers

The Evolution floral stuff would be perfect for a wedding slideshow.

Oh, and how about a tutorial on some kinetic typography? That would be awesome too!

Pozdrowienia z Polski!
dcoffey
14 years ago
I enjoy your tutorials, they are very helpful. I have a small request if possiable, can you make tutorial that shows how to animate or write text by using a pen tablet.
Fame Little
14 years ago
Andrew, Can u check out this link and do a tutorial on some of these technics.

Thanks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXd2fpH3lJk&feature=player_embedded
Daniel
14 years ago
Since I've seen your new post about stereoscopy,..
then I guess I'd love to see you on a tutorial
on how to create a stereoscopic 3D in after effects,..

i want to know some of it even just the basics,..

you know, like "back to the basics" thing...

^_^
Phil
14 years ago
Dear Sir,

I would love to see a tutorial on creating animated FLAGS with AE like the ones you see on OBB of NEWS programs..
i think many people would also benefit from it and enjoy it as well.. Thankyou and GOD BLESS more power to VideoCopilot team and After Effects.
Mobin
14 years ago
Hi Andrew,
First of all I wanted to thank you for your wonderful tutorials. And second of all I wanted to request you to make two tutorials:

i) How do you do the effect where in the car appears to move through a dynamic scene but in fact is static? (You've shown it in the After Effects Basic Training in the Introduction clip.)

ii) How did you make a SWAT team with only two guys?
And how do you change the color of movies as you did in Search and Destroy, even Harry Potter movies have this dark color added to their movies, can you please show us how it is done?

Thank you Andrew for your time and effort.
Doxe
14 years ago
ello Andrew.
You've got some great tutorials there, wich is great, but theres new tech stuff comming out all the time, and i've recently got myself a nVidia Sterio 3D set for my pc (wich works better then i thought it would), however, with all these new stuff i must ofc learn how to create FX in 3D for nVidia's sterio 3D. It would be great if you could make a tutorial on how to achieve this. Perhaps you could work it in with any up-comming tuts?
Thx alot,
//Doxe
Arnar M
15 years ago
Hi i want to know how do u do a Super slow motion effect in After Effects with only 60fps?
tazztone
15 years ago
hi there
would like you to show us how to write with particles in an "economic" way.
i know one can animate the position with keyframes but that seems like alot of work. i thought there's some way linking the stroke effect "path" to the emitting light or something.
cheers, tazztone
Boomer
15 years ago
I was wondering if you could make a tutorial or possibly provide some insight for final cut users. I am a broke college student and cant quite afford after effects at the moment, and currently use Final cut Pro Studio 5. I am still a beginner at that but was wondering when I edit in pre-keyed effects, how can I keep the camera moving but make the effects stay in place. Basically, when I shoot action scenes the camera has to stay still otherwise the digital effects that I add onto the scene in post production, move where the camera does. I would like to see a tutorial on how to make a mini gun fight, or have debri fly as the star runs to another hiding place, but not follow the path of the camera. Or even some advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks a ton,

Boomer
Bryon
15 years ago
1.) how to appear to completely melt
2.) teleportation
3.) a convincing flying effect through the sky w/o using cables
4.) levitation
5.) an interesting invisibility effect (not just dropping the opacity)

thanks, hope 2 c them on here cuz I have a ton of video ideas

P.S u da bomb lol
Emeril95
15 years ago
How do you loop a "motion-track". For instance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpnLj1zNrB8

How do you make it, so that after recording one motion track of the paper moving up and down, you can continue to have the video move up and down. When I tracked it, it stops.
15 years ago
i was wondering if you could make a tutorial about a sword kill illusion or something like that and a magic shock wave tutorial if these are possible i would love to see them.

-Dabbs
15 years ago
Okay Andrew, first off, thanks for the great tutorials! Secondly, I would like to see three tutorials. ONE, on the particle shadows tutorial you did, and showed an example with a smoke trail moving down the street? I'd love to see the tut for that. TWO, The effect you use at the beginning of you Video blog where the ground flashes, then ERUPTS upward as if by in visible explosion? Love that one too. THIRD? A tutorial for a "HEROES"-esque flight ability.

Thanks again!
Kyle
15 years ago
Hey Andrew, Could you please do a Throat Slit tutorial. Like in the beginning of Mirrors. PLEASE!! I really want to know how to do this effect!
Sam
15 years ago
What about a 3D tutorial on how to simulate a realistic ping pong ball in a game, like in Forrest Gump:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvsv8-iE0Is
15 years ago
I would love a tutorial on how to streamline and speed up your workflow using the production premium suite. I know it's not a cool effect but I spend so much time guessing at what formats to use, wondering why dynamic link is messing up and hoping that someday premiere will have live playback it seems like this could help alot of people produce better stuff quicker.

I don't know, maybe it could be beginner tutorial eleven (say: that's right, my tutorial list goes to 11!). But if you could talk about conversion tricks, good formats, exporting methods and organizing footage I think alot of people would benefit... I know I would.
15 years ago
Hello Andrew and people!

First of all, your tutorials are very helpful.
I'm a productdesigner and want to pimp my C4D-animations with techniques in AE and I crossed this vid from a very genius artist. I don't want to copy his idea but I just want to now how I can light up my 3D Model with 3D strokes as in this vid: http://vimeo.com/groups/6678/videos/12613824
I don't want to do the job of other people but Iam so interested in animation etc.
What about a tutorial of this in AE?

thx Leon
Corey
15 years ago
hey Andrew first off i love all Ur tutorials and thanks to you i get better at editing and doing what i love in visual effects. as for a tutorial i was wondering if you can make one regarding the film zombieland.

heres what i mean http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBuD274GAig&feature=related

its in the first 3 seconds of that clip. all i know is that it involves tracking. and floating text
Nikolas
15 years ago
Andrew I like so much the VFX and compositing tutorials, but in my country are almost no one who knows about VFX so if you could make a blog or tutorial where you explain what are the VFX sub terms, like Compositing, 3D artist, Matte Painting (would be awesome a tutorial about that!!!) and everything else, to know (in my case) which one is my term and study more about it. Please you are a MASTER for me!

Regards x U and all your office workers!

A Fan From COLOMBIA!
15 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Would love to see a tutorial that shows some of the tricks behind the recent COD Black Ops graphics: http://motiongraphics.nu/motion/call-duty-black-ops/

Specifically the parts where the documents are panning, zooming, flickering, etc. Looks like a chance to demo more Twitch usage.

Bill
15 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I was checking out your site and noticed a few shatter video samples but i was wondering. I had an idea to have a logo smash the screen and once it did the "glass" around it would crack.

The "glass" would be considered the camera lens your looking at. So the glass would crack around the logo and outward. To best describe it, your starring out a window and the object gets "stuck" in the glass and shakers and cracks outward slowly. Like bullets in bullet proof glass i guess. I was just wondering if you would be willing and able to do a Tutorial on that. Or could direct me on the best approach. Thanks
Rúben Cardoso
15 years ago
Ok, i've been looking for the past months for a very specific tutorial, i was trying to make a RocknRolla movie effect, the black and white characters with colored backgrounds all full of wiggles and transitions that gives the sensation of "time freeze".
i noticed quite a lot of people looking for this effect and since (from what i noticed) you didn't do any drawing effect tutorial i thought it would be pretty awesome if you could do it!

here's an example:
http://www.dannyyount.com/movies/ROCKNROLLA_prologue.mov

Hope you can manage to make this tut!

cheers from Portugal!
Liam
15 years ago
could you do a tutorial on PFTrack (3D geometry tracking of the face)
TOKUJO
15 years ago
why i can't find the tutorial that have a girl modeling walk on cat walk and camera shake and color shake
where ?
Make them about explosions! They're great!
I would love to see some tutorials going in depth to Trapcode plugins. I don't know nearly enough about them.
WhiteBroProductions
15 years ago
Hello,
I think that *Color Grading* would be a very useful tutorial because not many people know how to do this correctly and how to get that good cinema look on their videos.
15 years ago
well id love to see a tutorial with cool CG
but the most important getting the CG like behind an object always having trouble with that.

includes:
;3d camera tracking
;adding cg
;maybe a little texturing a cg
;light and stuff
;compose all together in aae?
Matt
15 years ago
Hey Andrew;

Me and my friends are into making a shot films for comps and stuff. We are all into special FX and just love the things you do.

We were wondering if you would be able to show us how to populate an area with a CG crowd, for like a war or something.

Also if you could show us how to shoot Lasers from a source that would be appreciated.

We would also like to know how to put something there, that's not there. Eg if we have a recording of the sky, how would we put a jet in it?

Thanks for your time,Matt Elsley
15 years ago
DEAR ANDREW i like ur tuts i m from pakistan my english is weak but i will try to tell u what i want to say
so i m from a very remote area which was fully destroyed in earth quake 08 oct 2005.i mresident of NWFP PAKISTAN
IN OUR AREA area there is a problem of electricity i bought many of ur products such as pro score.evolution.and the bullet when i watch the tuts i become very happy becoz ur voice is like my elder brother so u are my elder brother and i m ur youngest brother i heard ur proscore music in our national channel such as PTV HOME so i m requesting my elder brother that plz let me learn after effect in urs country and please support me plzzzzz i want to learn
ur brother
saleemkhan
pakistan
Darrell
15 years ago
Just watched Call of Duty: Black Opps.
Looks like the effects came from your DVD's
Can you post tutorials for this video?

Thanks
Joanna
15 years ago
Hey Andrew,
Have you seen this video? http://vimeo.com/15395471
Can you provide us with tips on how it was made? (or maybe even a full-length tutorial? )

Thanks
Omizu
15 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Your last tutorials are more and more using 3ds max as a part of the FX (creating a particle,...) I think it could be very helpful to create a tutorial about materials in 3ds max.

For example how to create this type of noisy transparent material :

http://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/857382/dna-motion.html

I have been look to find a way and I'm complete lost in the materials in 3ds max.

Thanks.
Daniel
15 years ago
I think you should do more advanced Encore tutorials like scene selection with the moving thumbnails. Also in my case i don't have 3ds max so if you can make something with blender.
15 years ago
Hi! definitely more 2d and 3D tracking techniques, like you're doing lately, CGI objects and characters integration, matching lights and stuff, and planning scenes for that proposal, the boujou and mocha tutorial were very useful for me, cause I'm thinking about how to do something like "Cloverfield", or just put weird things into my videos... mostly that, 2d and 3d tracking... thank you! greetings from Argentina
Pilot_02
15 years ago
Your tutorials on AE are great! I need help to look like they are video representations of the following effects:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uitAUu7cVSw
As it does the effect of the principle, counter number, and as the clock moves among many more .. We learn much more
Thanks
Corey
15 years ago
Hey Andrew, your tutorials are great and very helpful.

Could you do one on how to create a still light/spotlight in a video clip (ie. the camera is moving but the light is staying pointed at the same position relative to the camera angle).
I think it has something to do with motion tracking but I can't figure it out...
Thanks
15 years ago
This might be the most mundane request...but I'd love to hear someont talk about the business end of it all. I find that trying to teach myself this stuff and somehow figure out how much to charge for my time is confusing. I never went to school for this so never had any seasoned pros explain the business end to me.

Any thoughts or suggestions for blogs, websites, etc.?
Thanks!
Daniel
Blnc9949
15 years ago
Hey Andrew, I have 2 ideas, I would really like to see how to make them.. THANKS
1) (THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE FIRST ONE) Like I'm driving with a car and then someone shoots through my windshield.. I saw that in Action Essentials 2 Pack you had some glass brokeing (windshield ver) like someone shooted those holes..
2) (NOT SO IMPORTANT AS THE FIRST ONE) Again with the glass.. how can i make someone "fly" through the glass..
Like I throw someone out the window, or hit the window with my fist and it brokes.. or whatever like that
Rolando Herrera
15 years ago
Hi Andrew, first off i want to say great work on everything on here. You make it plain and simple to understand how to get the work flow... flowing! My question is maybe a depth of field that is applied to live footage, such as... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBqwzT_rraA
... this effect is very unique and can be applied to a lot of different recorded occasions. It looks like maybe some tracking and masks can be applied to recreate this effect. That's just me saying. You are the "GURU".
P.S. I still can't figure out what camera they used!!! I think this would make a great tutorial project
Norman Yaggi
15 years ago
Hi. I found using google translator, I speak Spanish.
I have a picture of a light bulb and need to make turns. have a background texture and a title that would see the light bulb.
Greetings and thank you very much.

Original:
Hola. Estoy usando el traductor online de google, hablo español.
Tengo una foto de una bombilla y necesito hacer que se encienda. habría una textura de fondo y un título que se verían al encenderse la bombilla.
Saludos y muchas gracias.
zhangcan
15 years ago
I would like to say some "heros" effect would be so cooooooool.
Nikhail Gorbachev
15 years ago
It would be great to see some rotoscoping and more green screen work. Specifically trying to blend in your keyed out footage to the new background. Any tips for what one can do during the filming to make all this easier.
Vampyre
15 years ago
Hey Andrew ! First of all, great work, great tutorials, and absolutely stunning Star Trek credits (just bought it on Blu-Ray, and it rocks in HD !) Congrats...

I was searching your website recently to try to find how to create the effect like on this video at 00:10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmSfCCg2RBc

It looks like some tips from previous tutorial, but the animation is such beautifully done, it looks more like a morphing than two layers... And the more I search, and the less I find how they could have done it...

Would it be possible to get a rough idea on how they did ? Or even a tutorial on this technique ? Thanks (hope to see some more titling effects from you in the blu-ray I buy)
Cam
15 years ago
First off, Love the tutorials. great work.I mean really great! You Rock!

I would really like to see some tutorials about rainfall or snowfall. not just the effect on the lens or off of a window but actually in 3D space. Lets say you want a rainy scene but don't have the facility to actually simulate it. This effect would come in handy. This coupled with ground and people moisture would make a great tutorial.
XoT
15 years ago
Hey, AK and crew!

The best cam I have at my disposal is an htc evo cell phone.

I would love to know how to de-box the compression on the footage I get.

It's a decent cam (for a phone) but doesn't handle motion very well.

Weapons: CS4, C4D, VUE 8.5x, Mac OSX 10.6.4 iMac 27" i5 quad, 4GB ram ... stock but quite decent for my needs.
Caleb
15 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I just saw the new Linkin Park music video for their song Waiting For the End, and I gotta say its impressive. There are some really cool post production and effects in the video. It would be cool if you could pull something from the video and make a tutorial out of it. There's so much, and anything would be fun to learn. Take a look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qF_qbaWt3Q

Hope you look into it.
Enmanuel Brenes Rivera
15 years ago
Hola! Me encantaría un efecto de ralentización de tiempo con ondas de distorsión del espacio y tiempo(ver la física jeje!) además un efecto de campo de energía con cámara 3D alrededor del escudo del personaje! sería genial! uuuu!! también algo al estilo Origen: Inception, la sensación de la caída de un edificio de gran magnitud que genere sombras y lo demás!
15 years ago
Andrew,
As always you deserve praise for what you do for the vfx community. I have on question, do you plan on creating your own podcasts anytime soon? Maybe turning the tutorials into podcasts? It would be awesome if I could sit down and check them out on my iPhone. Let me know if you plan to release any! Thanks again for everything!

Thomas
Glararan
15 years ago
Hi Andrew can you doing tutorial how change color from red fire to blue fire?
15 years ago
Greetings Earthling Andrew!
You have made our lives so much easier with all kinds of compositing and tracking tricks. But there is one thing You haven't covered and myself can't really figure out, even though I've spent countless hours watching "making of's". I'm talking about matte painting with 3D camera movement. Just like in the "GI Joe" Paris scene and flying scenes in "Avatar".
I would like to learn how to set up a scene to give me some camera movement freedom and decent parallax. I've seen tutorials using Nuke etc, but I think it must be doable in AE aswell. I've done some tries on my own but always end up feelings someting's missing.

Please help Obi Wan...

PS - Thanks!
Trevan Austin
15 years ago
Hello, Your videos have been extremely helpfull your tutorials go above and beyond! i was just wondering if you could possibly make a tutorial on the Donnie Darko Sphere effect the effect starts around 57 minutes and 30 seconds into the movie although i have the directors cut so the time might vary on the non directors cut but anyways if you have any time i would greatly appreciate it. Email me if you have any information, thanks alot! you are the greatest!!!!
Musa Ahmed
15 years ago
Hi Andrew Kramer, I love your tutorials, they're the best i have ever seen. I just wanted to say, if you could make a tutorial on creating a ghost. That would be very helpful. Thanks
15 years ago
Hi Andrew,

my dream is to become a movie director but where i live we don't really have the resources for these things, atm im workin as a cameraman at a tv station called Net television , anyways i was wondering if you could to a tutorial on the importation of animated 3d models in Cinema 4D and then incorporating them into a live action sequence because i dnt know how :S

thanks XD
Djurre
15 years ago
Is there a possibility that you could make a video about interacting with a 3d room (like walking through it) or something like what youve done with 36. Time Freeze only walking around the target ?
15 years ago
hey andrew , i came to see the last resident evil in 3d is so cool and i want to know about a a 3d with circle polarisation ????
thanks for all . and your team to !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jimmidahand
15 years ago
Luv ya site, ur tuts have turned me into an ae master! lol
one good tut u could do is on expressions and animating text such as numbers. so from one number counting up to another number. or tricks like that.

like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o13ZoxZo2nA
Slooky
15 years ago
The new Toshiba commercials are pretty sweet as a whole, but I'm more interested in how to efficiently make the light trails spell out "FUSION X2" in this particular one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p52RYIXGdYg

Thanks Andrew

-Slook
Ricardo
15 years ago
I'd love you to do the video tutorial of the transformation of the werewolf, I've tried it in several ways, but I can not get the results of films such as:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qh1LlS8FFg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GCak3D9CzE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8tJgqNSOzQ

in these three examples are using different methods, in reality would be very grateful if you did a video tutorial, so you help me finish a short film in which been working for some months.
Ricardo
15 years ago
Me encantaria que hicieras el videotutorial de la transformacion del hombre lobo, he tratado de hacerla de varias maneras, pero no logro obtener los resultados de peliculas como las siguientes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qh1LlS8FFg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GCak3D9CzE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8tJgqNSOzQ

en esos tres ejemplos se usan distintos metodos, en realidad estaria muy agradecido si hicieras un videotutorial, asi me ayudarias a terminar un pequeño cortometraje en el que estado trabajando desde hace unos meses.
vinay mittal
15 years ago
hi andrew, create a tutorial like a car ads with cg & live action footage

1.intigration of real flow, max,c4d,bojou
2.advanced water texture
3.export data of bojou to max to real flow to ae
4.& composite them

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vpfCzQ9nq3c
Thomas
15 years ago
1. A tutorial that goes into detail about keyframe interpolation would rock my face off.

2. A tutorial about the different uses of pixel ratios would really help. But prob wouldn't be that fun to talk about...

-tm
AMcBPF
15 years ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVELTxKRoHA&feature=player_embedded#!
Any chance you could do a tutorial on the "Bike engage" effect they have near the beginning of this vid?
darsho
15 years ago
i think a STOP-MOTION tutorial would be usefull to many people ? think of doing one pleas
MightyDWC
15 years ago
PS.
The soft lights in 3DS Max tut is great for lights in max, but doesn't deal with reflections on materials, or being able to see the actual light on the object with a reflection/chrome material.
MightyDWC
15 years ago
Andrew. Posted this over on the CG Axe post, thought I would put it here as well.


"As always, great job Andrew. Lately you???ve been focusing on alot of 3D stuff. In this scene, and in the video???s for OF where you exported data from Max to AE, there are great examples of light reflecting off the object(s). I can put lights into the seen, but getting them to reflect off my objects is another story (even with a good reflection material). When trying to use the environmental settings to make the light actually visible in the seen all I usually end up with is a ball of light LOL. Simply put, A tutorial on creating lights reflecting off objects in Max to export over to AE to add OF would be great "
15 years ago
sir thanks for making all tutorials,i like all of them,i have requset that can you plz make some tutorials on alien ship attacks on city.
thanks
VideoSavant
15 years ago
I would love to see a shot by shot break down of how they composited the new live action Halo Reach trailer.
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/deliver-hope-halo-reach/703586
Maybe it's not the best tutorial but perhaps you could do it during a blog show.
Thomas
15 years ago
Hi, Andrew???
Can you show us with one quick tutorial how to make time tunel , like when you pass the speed of light .. you know ... just like stargate or something like that ..

Thanks!
15 years ago
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I would really like to see if you could animate some 2d angel wings like that movie legion!
Nuke Nagle
15 years ago
Andrew,

Please teach a tutorial on how to make a 'Scott Pilgrim VS the World' trailer. I loved all the visuals in that movie and can't quite figure out how they do some of the effects (especially the polka dot background being affected by light waves). A few tutorials done with that movie in mind would rock my friend! Just a thought.

Thanks,

Nuke

p.s. Many thanks for your incredible tutorials!
pallav
15 years ago
Hey andrew love your site i would like to learn sumethin really cool, if yyouve seen the movie sherlock holmes then at the end in the credits they do sumething really cool how they take footage and pause it and then turn into like sketch with like ink filling in it and it luks like it drawn on olda paper. . you should check it out i kno you probably know how to do it so i was wondering if you don mind making a tutorial for it thanks
exice
15 years ago
Hi Andrew and Visitors
I would like to submit 2 tutorial requests.
1) Missing limb with bloody stump. Such as arm or leg being chopped off and being able to see (Sam?) waving his bloody arm/leg stump around.
2) Crowd of angry sub-humans (Sam creatures?).
Thanks for listening. I enjoy all that you do, I appreciate the hard work and free tutorials.
PeaCe
exice
RealAE
15 years ago
Dear Andrew,

I hope you read this message.
You make wonderful tutorials, and I can't think of any except one; making pieces of a wall or building fall of with rayfire, 3ds max and after effects. Please consider making one!
example video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8KDMoL3mzY
I would really appriciate!

thanks!

Greetz
Bob
15 years ago
What about a person hit by a car, filmed from the INSIDE of the car? That you can see the glass break and all that cool stuff!
izzarshah
15 years ago
Rolling Shutter Fix

this is a major problem faced by most of DSLR Video user, an effect what they called jello effect. i found a tutorial that kinda fixed this problem but quite long and time consuming.

i even found a plug in from Foundry called ROLLINGSHUTTER that fixes this quite easily BUT EXPENSIVE (500USD ++). For a plug in??? They must be out of their mind.

if you could find an easier solution for this or even come out with a plug in, i'm sure people would appreciate it.OR even buy your plug in, if it's hell lotta cheaper.
bob
15 years ago
Andrew, you do fantastic work and I am a BIG fan of the site. I would really like to see a tutorial on 3D extruded text, created in 3DS Max and animated in After Effects. The whole process. Creating it in Max, exporting it to AE and animating it such as the preview for the Action Essentials 2 effects package. How did you do that? It's freaking terrific!! Please, I beg you pathetically. From your humble student.
Wsmith
15 years ago
I'm in need of some super hero FX added to some skits that i've started on... I figure, why not have the main character shoot small sparks of electricity on top of his body like they do in dragonball z. I think this would be a great addition to the skit
Xiao Hei
15 years ago
Hi Andrew,
Maybe, you can do a tutorial on how to create a small intro. I'm sure that video would cover quite a lot of techniques on the work-flow, from conceptualizing, designing, animating and till rendering.

I'm guessing there a lot of beginners in your audience who know the basics but want to take it a step further by combining everything they know.

Thanks so much. Blessings.
Aerandir
15 years ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=547e1WVvZBo&feature=related how to do this from a shot of normal human
15 years ago
Hey Andrew, was thinking, how bout a tutorial with some audio? I mean, yeah, it's hard to stay out of trouble with all the copyright and stuff, but you might wanna look up a free song, or any free sfx, and teach how to work with audio in AE.
blendingshadow
15 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Alot of your tutorials offer ideas that can be applied in other areas which is extremely helpful. I was wondering how you would go about 'keying' out or replacing something more static like a building or statue? Creating the assets in Maya or Max isn't an issue it's replacing footage of a building that is now destroyed or a real statue that comes to life and is then animated is difficult.
Marie Hanna
15 years ago
Hi Andrew,
Thanks a lot for these awesome tutorials. I wish you could show us how to create a 3d book and flip its pages in 3d style

God Bless you.
TC Taylor III
15 years ago
Andrew,
I have been doing a lot of tracking with AE, but point tracking doesn't always get the job done. Could you do an in-depth tut on Mocha. I have seen great planar tracking and even great roto-scoping done through Mocha. I have also seen a script that allows you to track a true perspective without distortion and really give you a solid 2.5D track, only problem is that I am clueless on using it as I am sure a lot of people are.
Thanks
Sanchofilm
15 years ago
Hi Andrew!

What do you think?Can you prepare a similar animation like the Legendary Pictures intro title?I think its great,as this sign burning.Maybe can use it with titles.
You can check the animation here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gk8-BEUGL48
(in the middle of the clip)

It would be a great help for me!
Anyway you have a great jobs, and I think you made the most creative presets, and tutorilas for AE on the web.

Thanks!
15 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I'd like to see a video wall with led's like in jason derulo's ridin solo.
I thing he used the real deal there but it might be possible to gimmick the effect with some lens flares.

I had a video. Put cc ball over it and a glow. but i just cant get it to look nice.

Well thank you for reading. Hope you can do something with it.
Nick
15 years ago
Hey, I've been messing around with particular 2.1 in CS5 and I've been trying to get that kind of blood effect like you see in movies like squibs. For example Chrono Trigger on Freddie Wongs youtube channel. But I've been messing around with it and can't figure out how to get that fine particle effect. If you could figure out a way to make that and share it with everyone with a tutorial, that would be great. Thanks
Edward
15 years ago
Hi Andrew , love your tutorials,
I really would like to see a tutorial on the BLOG SHOW opening title with the ground cracking 3d effects.
Thanks and have a nice day
srag
15 years ago
Hey Andrew...thanks for this online treasure of yours....you're the best!
please check this out:: http://vimeo.com/1371841

i think its pretty amazing...hope for a tutorial whenever ur ready
thanks...
Srag
Kevin
15 years ago
Hey what's up Andrew Kramer!
I think a valuable tutorial would be a Back to the Future DeLorean or car flying effect with lightning and fire trials. You can also cover things like a classic 80's look and old school 3D titles like your work on the TV show.
Thanks
YouAskMeIAskWho
15 years ago
Hi Andrew!
I Was Wondering If You Could Make A Tutorial On How To Animate A Circuit Board/PCB In After Effects. Would Appreciate It If You Could Help As it Is Important.
Thanks :p
EscapeTheWorld
15 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I came up with a tutorial that is very exciting and something you have never done before, I'm sure their would be a lot of people that would appreciate this tutorial. How about you do a tutorial of a car accident, what I mean by that, like a large truck hitting a car and make it maybe even do a few flips. Kind of like that one tutorial "the advance car hit" but it's with two vehicles instead of a vehicle and a person.

Thanks!
Hazem
15 years ago
hey Andrew!
first of all, thank u very much for the great tutorials, and also big thanks to the great team u have!
and I just wanned to know how to make some sort of a time machine..
I'm just wondering if it is possible to have something like a specified date, and make the values change respectively until it reaches the date i want back in time!
thanks a lot in advance!
Mark
15 years ago
Hey Andrew!

I am a huge fan and love all of your tutorials, I would like to learn how to composite somebody smoking a cigarette, or similar. I have recently been trying to composite somebody smoking out of a crack pipe for a scene. I am able to get realistic smoke coming out of the pipe, but creating the illusion that somebody is actually blowing smoke out of their mouth is my problem. It just keeps looking fake... I thought this could be a quick tutorial to make, but maybe I'm wrong.
Antovolk
15 years ago
Hi Andrew,
Can you please make a tutorial for an Earth zoom with a 3D earth, like they do in Doctor Who? This has been proven by someone on YouTube that it is possible in After Effects: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d8MX6ChkxU Thanks!
Queenie
15 years ago
Dear Andrew,

I was wondering if with the the optical flares you could do a tutorial how to make a Broadway billboard with the electric bulbs. With a running lights circuit.
vinay
15 years ago
Hi andrew this my first tut rqst,can u create a tutorial the bullet promo text blast effect
15 years ago
Hi, Andrew. Have to say, Video Copilot tutorials rock!!
There are few tutorials that I would really love to see you make, tho. The first is an effect that was done in Batman Begins, when he was training in the League of Shadows temple. After he inhaled the hallucinogen, the effect of the background wavering in and out while the foreground remains fairly steady is something I have been trying to figure out how to do for a couple years now. If you have any insight on this, I would LOVE to see a tutorial on it! The second tutorial is somewhat related to the first, and that is the ripple effect from The Matrix when Neo touched the mirror after taking the pill, and it stuck to his finger as he pulled it away. The last tutorial I would like to see is how to make realistic looking fireworks with Particles and Smoke, and maybe flying through them as they burst. Anyway, thanks in advance for looking thru these ideas, and thanks for providing awesome tutorials!!!!
15 years ago
Hello Andrew!

If its possible (May/may not of been said) but I'm looking for a nice easy tutorial on Syncing text with audio.

Giving the text desired effects, camera movements and such as it syncs with the song.

Would love to do this for my friends music videos.

Much love


Steven Ellis.
Amir
15 years ago
-Maybe it would be very useful for everyone if you make a tutorial about "Expressions" which i think is the nightmare part in the AE.
thanks.
Sameer Vankhede
15 years ago
Hi Andrew please need earth zoom in effect tutorial in adobe after effects, in your website give only zoom out effects, my mean earth to place. please urgent help. Thank you
uzairg5123
15 years ago
Hey Andrew this is not a tutorial request however it is about the tutorial 104 shatterize the problem is that in the one you made a flares isn't used to burn the title away and it is in the video tutorial so can you make an update or something similar without the flare burning it away please please please

Thanks Uzair
joji joseph
15 years ago
hai Andrew,
can you please tell me how to setup a second monitor preview in After effects...or...is it possible to setup a second monitor preview?
15 years ago
Hey Andrew! Love your videos. I'm working on a short film project right now that takes place in the 1940's/50's. I can do just about every shot for the movie, except the cars. I wondered if you could make a simple tutorial on how to make a realistic shot of a car driving by. It would be so helpful, and probably very helpful to a lot of other people out there. I only have after effects, and photoshop, so I wanted to see if there was a way that you could take an image of a car and make it drive. That would be sooo helpful! Thanks Andrew!

- Sasha
DigitalGreen
15 years ago
please Andrew, everyone here wants a realistic superhero effect tutorials please?
GuelFX
15 years ago
hi Andrew
I saw all of your free tutorials and their very cool i would like to propose a tutorial I have a project but i need like a hint.
I would like that you create angel wings on 3ds max and then composite in after efects
please if you can

thanks
S naghway
15 years ago
dear Andrew,
I saw this really amazing fire fx in a video(How To Destroy Angels: The Space in Between) and want to know how they did it, at least the major lines and what they based on to make such a cool effect.
here is a link to the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWbfgGDl6XE&feature=player_embedded

thanks.
Sepehr
15 years ago
Hi! Please make tutorial for "Virtual 360 Degree Camera Rotation" around object for example a human freeze in air. thanks a lot. I love you Andrew.
15 years ago
When you put the Payment Plan tutorial?
THX
David
15 years ago
Hey VCP, I've been working on some wedding videos for my upcoming wedding and have been struggling to motion track "sign" elements from video to insert my own footage and have quite a difficult time doing so. I've been studying the Basic Training on motion tracking along with the Set Extension tutorial but have fallen short. The piece I'm trying to replace goes in and out of frame and it has been very difficult. I did however stumble upon a piece in AE CS4 called "Mocha" which seems to work great but most tutorials on it are not up to VCP par. Any thoughts on doing a Mocha tutorial? Should be interesting for the masses, it's very powerful! Thanks and keep up the great work!
jake thompson
15 years ago
how about a way to get an after effects camera to match the position and rotation of your real camera, for example, if you have your real camera rotating around your actor and you want a particular fog to be in front of him only, there should be a way to match the camera but I'm unsure how.
Chase C
15 years ago
hey Andrew,

I would really like to see a Transformers-like effect on text in after effects. I have seen it done before and people really seem to like it. Here is an example of what I am talking about:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znG_gcWkFV4

I hope you will consider this and make a tutorial soon!
JACKSON
15 years ago
Hi ,Superman .How hot is it being in the spotlight ?
How does one creator the dementors in Harry potter ??That sort of a torn cloth look ,is there a way to fake that effect in after effects .If not a tutorial and explanation please,my humble request .I am a music composer and graphic artist ..I admire your work and creativity !!
jackson.
Sam Anderson
15 years ago
Hello,
I was wondering if you could do a tutorial on how to make a person disappear behind a puff of smoke. The actor would have a magical ball that he then throws to the ground and creates a big puff of smoke in front of the actor, when the smoke cloud slowly disappears, the actor is no longer their.
Thank you,
Sam
Ben
15 years ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbZuVF-cd3A
on 0:19

Glass Tutorial!!!

p.s.if you have time, please do another vfx in this video.
Andrew
15 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I was watching TNT the other night and saw that they had did a 3d move on a still image and it looked sweet!! it gave the impression that time had stopped. Can you take a look and tell me what you think. I know it is similar to a couple of tutorials but they did there's to the extreeme. They are show bumpers or Advertisements on TNT


Thanks
Johnathan
15 years ago
Hi Andrew

I've beeen looking a good tutorial to make a rasengan effect from the anime naruto, but the only ones ive found aren't very good. I'm sure that other people would be interested in this one and I'm sure your attempt would be much better that the other ones.

By the way your work is fantastic, keep it up.
15 years ago
Hello Andrew!

First of all thanks for the amazing tutorials! You have a way to make it very pleasing and easy to follow.

I would love to see an tutorial og workflow between AE and premiere for example. I'm nailing a lot of the AE tutorials here, but I can't seem to get good workflow between the two programs.

- Should I start with my raw material in AE or in Premiere?

- If I have a soundtrack + video in premiere, how do I sync it in AE and so on.

It would be great to get some pointers!

Keep up the amazing work!

Best regards

Marius from Norway
Raahul
15 years ago
hey can u do a tutorial on this mission impossible mask / unmask effect like this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmtY4bCg8uA
time 6.08 & 6.25 thanks in advance..
15 years ago
I would love to see a tutorial for bending elements similar to that of the Avatar the Last Airbender series.
Air
Water
Earth
Fire
15 years ago
how about a tutorial that shows you how to make a really bad accident and have a bone or two sticking out
ASHKAN ZANJIRIAN
15 years ago
Hi dear Andrew ,

i love you and your work and after effect cs4.

i want to make movie but i need some speciall effect .

it's transformers effect (car change to robbot )

can you help me ? i really need it .

Thanks for your works
ASHKAN
15 years ago
Andrew,

I learned about you and started using Adobe Products in the CS3 range. I've never had to upgrade until now. Making the move to Adobe CS5. I would love a tutorial helping in the upgrade process. I've invested quite a lot in your items and I want to make sure they all make the move in a complete state and as quickly as possible.

What is the best way to remove old versions of my Adobe Products?

I think it should also be noted that I'm personally using a Mac.

Thanks
Stacy Cobb
Water House Media
Spam
15 years ago
Could you guys do a tutorial on the CC cylinder plugin? I'm trying to make a video of flying down a tube and I can't seem to get the plugin to work for me.

thanks
15 years ago
hi Andrew.. "how do you think man" so amazing.. anyways..

Andrew, i watched a movie VAN HELSING.. one of my favorite movie..

there are two tutorial request...
1. A MAN WALK ON THE CEILING with GRAVITY of hair and cloth in Van Helsing? (this is already asked by someone)


2. how the werewolf transforms into a man and vice versa.


Thank you!
Mirec
15 years ago
Hi Andrew,

would like to know how to make this funky blur effect.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VySphrQsy1U (around time 1:20)

Mirec
michael
15 years ago
hi Andrew u have got a big fan in kenya. but have a problem have been trying to watch your tutorial on "smoke trail" and "advanced car hit" but can not.this is like the tenth trial. what can i do to have them. please help.
dan
15 years ago
Hi andrew, well this is a spot here in Mexico http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eLtMcTUrQg for the World Cup and I want a tutorial for how to turn into dust and then appear in animals, greetings from Mexico
15 years ago
Just an Idea. But might be useful for new people getting VFX jobs etc. But Perhaps, Cable removal? For when actors are doing stunts etc, and they're on cables.

What would the best techniques for that be?

Jacob
Eva
15 years ago
Hey.

I've been searching a tutorial for this all day, with no luck. So, what I'd like to get help to is creating a 3-D curtain animation, like seen in the King Arthur Trailer at the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK88iqIfQAQ

If this might be able to be done using Trapcode Particular?
Thanks.
15 years ago
Hello Andrew, Your tutorials are amazing, Great post production work!! I would like to see a tutorial where u switch from letsay your lines and speed particles and energy from one comp to another in 1 final comp, like those intro's u see,? and how would u go about making particles that look like objects? like particles flying around and then shaping into a man dancing, breaks intro particles and transforms again to another particle shape,, hope im making sense..
Marco
15 years ago
Hey Andrew, I thought it would be nice to have a tutorial where you can use a multitude of stills fly around and final fall into place to create the likeness of someone's face. Yes, maybe?
Oliver
15 years ago
Hi ! Could you do a tutorial about animation text with Cinema 4D . I mean... like in the beginig of "Zombieland", there is 3D text with including different animations.

Oliver from France
Simon
15 years ago
Tutorial request.

Hi to all at Videocopilot, love your work.

I would really like a tutorial that intergrates 3d with video footage, 3d motion tracking.

I stumbled across this video on youtube. They have used Boujou, check it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCEsCAWAjWk
Alex
15 years ago
Man, Andrew, you rule! Seriously. But you would rule even more if you make a tutorial about the werewolf transformation of the Twilight New Moon film. That would be fantastic!! Think about it ;D
Chris
15 years ago
Hey there,

I'm looking all over the net and I can't for the life of me, find the transformers effect im looking for with project files for AE. I want to make text "transform" to something else. Yes. JUST like it did in the movie. I need this in After effects, not cinema 4d or any other program. And could you please make the project files easily editable? thanks I really need this
15 years ago
Love the site, I wanted to jump on the Particles Tutorial bandwagon here... A lot of your tutorials sometimes use particles to add some floating specs that kinda shimmer or something.

I was hoping to see a general tutorial that could fundamentally explain how you do that, that can be changed to get different styles and effects. Some examples:

The Pro Scores intro; it has some floating slow moving particles that add's a type of character or atmosphere...

The 3D ball dispersion; the tutorial preview shows a green image with some cool shimmering particles.

The Evolution tutorial preview; has a red/orange color theme to it with slow moving particles that kind of glow and gently fall...

I understand that these are adjusted by gravity, size and other stuff; however you seem to create these off of a principle of steps that leads to your final result. I think this would be very beneficial to your viewers without having to fast forward to certain parts of a tutorial that may not explain deeply how the particle effect was created.
Jason
15 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Great Site! I was wondering if you could do a tutorial on the render process for FILM & RED footage? What are the best settings for delivery, how to handle color space and gamma all the stuff that's boring but crucial to the process.

Thanks!
~ Jason
15 years ago
I'd love to see an advanced tutorial on recreating any of the scenes that Buff did for Fight Club such as the garbage can zoom out, the apartment blowing up, the Ikea catalog look in the apartment, the credit buildings blowing up and collapsing at the end of the movie. Fight Club is my favorite movie of all time, and I've always wondered how they pulled off some of those VFX shots.
Reba
15 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I was wondering if you could do a video on how to make rollover buttons in Adobe Encore.

Also how to make a menus in photoshop and then import them to Adobe Encore and use them as menus.
Gedas
15 years ago
Hey Andrew,
I was watching Matrix for the 40th time and I thought maybe you could make a tutorial on Trinity's jump kick http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPtk7mweahY
and if it is too hard to make it at home maybe you could at least explane the principle of this effect. I really enjoy all your tutorials, and I hope you'll make this one looking forward to it and thanks in advance
eamon
15 years ago
could you make a shape sifting tutorial ? I would really like to see that like the one done if NEW MOON
xokako
15 years ago
Hello,
I would like a small tutorial of making Kinetic Typography

thnx and keep the good work
Sanchogrey
15 years ago
Hello,

How about some tutorials that are more about how to set up a shot 'on set' to be used later in AE. I have done quite a lot of these tutorials with the supplied footage but when you try to recreate a similar scene yourself there are always a few things, crusial things, that I forget or am oblivious to and the shots don't work. Maybe they are something for the Blog Show that you're doing at the mo.

Just a thought
thanks
15 years ago
I've wanted to learn how to create these lights streaks as shown in this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o5vXFHTj_Y&playnext_from=TL&videos=LQRSk_Zz4s0&feature=grec

Would it be possible to create a tutorial to show everyone how thats done ?

Thanks,
Dan
15 years ago
Hii Andrew,

How Are you. First off all thankyou for all your tutorials they are really amazing and i would tell you i learned a lot so thankyou very much.
I want to make a title logo animation for our company its been almost 3 to 4 months i am banging my head to make something ceative the idea is there is a man standing with holding a trialangle in his hand u can find out in our website the logo and i want to animate that man or do some thing more with the logo but i cant think of any thing like using puppet tool but i cannot do so can u please help me...

Thankyou

Pankaj
15 years ago
I am making a short film about a Japanese water god and I was wondering if you could make a tutorial on how to manipulate water. I guess the closest thing to what I want is Avatar The Las Airbender's "waterbending". I tried youtube and it was all amateur. I am looking to put this in film festivals, so I need something good, and you are the best at After Effects that I know of.
Thanks,
Tiffany.
15 years ago
How about some AE rendering tutorials? I've noticed that the videos you post are pretty clear. Any tuts in the works for rendering out these tutorials for the web or video for consistent quality?

Thanks for your dedication to videocopilot.net and providing such a great site...
Lane
15 years ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PTDv_szmL0&feature=youtube_gdata

I really like the effect of people being made of paper, but I have no idea at all on how you could do this...
0x87k
15 years ago
Hi Sir. Andrew

first of all, i've to thanks you for this great work you did and do for all of us. Your tutorial are simply incredible! Keep it up man..

Second one, i saw this one today: (FEAR3, trailer)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v8o0NE2XCw

I'd like to know how to create a text's effect like the final one, starts at 1:52 and finish at ~2:01. We seems to have a camera move, a little distortion/explosion on the E char and then the final morph from E to 3.. really cool!

I know you have a bunch of comments and requests but.. i did my homework and i leave my request too :lol:

Another big thanks to you and all your crew for the works you did and you will do for us.
0x87k
15 years ago
check out this video on youtube i found:

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

basically the guy makes legit 3d text by using the shatter effect and increasing the extrude dep. it's not the best tut and isn't really used in a cool comp. hook us up yo!
Ericson
15 years ago
Hello Andrew, I love your tutorials.

Could you make a tutorial of a person being pierced by a sword/spear through the stomach?

Making thing past through other things and so it looks good. would really appreciate it. Keep up the good work!
15 years ago
Hi Andrew! Can you show us a simple tutorial on how Jumper Effect was done We really appreciated your hard works for us.
15 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I don't know if this may be useful for others. You can deside.

My suggestion it's to create a realistic sandstorm using particular or CCparticuleworld. (A person* lost in a sandstorm/snowstorm with few ajustement)

*Maybe Sam

Thanks Andrew & and his crew!
Christian
15 years ago
Hi guys
I???ve played Dragon Age Origins some days ago and the intro is very cool. A tutorial about something like this would be cool. Like in the video here what I mean starts at 0:16 when the blood fills out the shape of the dragon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DvYHh07Beg&feature=related
Luke Gatley
15 years ago
Hey Andrew, I've been doing after effects for a long time and I'm about to upgrade to CS5 but I cannot figure out how to do an ipod ad commercial like this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CPab8U5zTU&feature=related I know how to do everything...but not the ipod and the cords. How do you make the earbuds, ipod and the cords white? You think you could do a quick tutorial for this? that'd be awesome and probably only like 6 min long.
Mario
15 years ago
Hey guys...

I just watched Blade - trinity and I´d love to see how the effect is done if a vampire gets hit by a silver object and falls into ash.


tshepang
15 years ago
hi, i really love video copilot tutorials they have honestly helped me through college but is it possible that maybe you could have some tutorials with white/light backgrounds, i know dark backgrounds look really good on screen and you can add sparkling glowing stuff and it just creates an awesome effect but i am having trouble when it comes to creating just as dynamic graphics on a white background as if it were on a darker background.

thanx

also, i would like to see a tutorial where you have scratching on the screen as if the screen was tearing like paper.
15 years ago
I would love to see how you create titles coming from a dust cloud and then the titles blowing away. I feel by learning this it will allow many variations of titles to be created in many different directions.
I found this that could be used as a source.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OtMvwwDTIM
Go to 40 seconds in.

thanks
15 years ago
More tuts using OPTICAL FLARES please!
HSA
15 years ago
Hi Andrew

I was thinking that you could make a video like Sam fighting Sam. I am trying to do the same with my friend but not getting the output i expect.

By the way VideoCopilot is the best...

Thanks..
E.M.
15 years ago
Hey Andrew,
I was thinking, you should make a tutorial for the floor to slowly crack and get worse and worse until it finally breaks apart, showing earth underneath. A bit in the style of the film '2012'

Thanks
Tim
15 years ago
Hey YOu guys i have request that is not After FX related i would love it if VideoCopilot had another site that would be ImageCopilot or something were Photoshop Tutorials are^^
Mauro
15 years ago
Hey VC staff!
Well you know, nowadays internet is full of video tutorials, but almost all of them are just crap.
I've been watching lots of Video Copilot tutorials, and they're awesome; perfectly explained. Perfectly made.

Thats why I'm writing on this forum. Though this is VIDEO copilot, I will ask however for a well done tutorial of making an HDRR image, by taking pictures with different exposure levels and then process them with Photoshop, if it is possible. If not, any other software will be OK.

Hope you can do it. Thank you for this space.
VideoCopilot ROCKS!
Nanni
15 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I am a beginner comp artist and looking to learn as much as I can. Your tutorials have been of great help and inspiration, and hopefully you will be able to help me with this request as well.

I've been looking for a while now a tutorial about rotoscoping, tips and use of tracking tool in roto, but nothing good seems to be out there. I would appreciate, if you could create a roto tutorial like this, or let me know of one if you know any.

Thanks and keep the good work!!!
15 years ago
Andrew,

Now that you've had your Canon D7 for a bit, how about some tuts related to it's use with AE. Recommended settings, shutter speeds, white balance along with best AE conversion methods (60p ??» 30 or 24p), color correction methods, special effects, camera tracking, tips, etc.

Muchos gracias!
15 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I think a tutorial on rendering work and delivery files would really help a lot of people. One of your FAQ's talks about this a little, but I think a visual tutorial would answer a lot of questions for people. What are the best settings, what is the best way to use AE files with Premiere Pro and FCP, what is the best way to deliver content, etc. Also, it would be great if you covered this for animation and live action footage. (If they are different
Jawad
15 years ago
Hi Andrew Kramer!
How Are you?
My Name is Jawad. I am new on this forum. I love VFX and I want to be VFX Artist. Continuesly I am working Visual Effects and in My Life I got the only man who helped me a lot by his web site its you Sir. I am your really big fan, I made a lot of fx using your Tutorials and I am still working, I want you to please Help me for my Future. I want to be Visuall Effects Artis please guide me what I should? I am doing BFA (Visual COmunicatio Design).
And I have a request of a tutorial of How to make Human torch like Fantastic 4 Super Hero, please guide me about it.
Thanks
Dorion2210
15 years ago
U know that special wind? that wind that makes the grass grow and greener? makes trees grow and makes a nice landscap?

u start with an dead landscape and then u follow the wind with the camera and everything around u grows.. ends up in a huge tree...

I really like the idea..
15 years ago
I love your tutorials you are like AWESOME!!!!!! DUDE keep up the good work I really appreciate it and Im sure countless others do as well!

But Andrew Kramer I have a request:
Friction in Atmosphere Effect

Like when an object is coming from space to earth and its in the atmosphere it gets all heated up due to friction. I've been researching a tutorial for this effect FOR quite some time now.. i have tried in both after effects and 3ds max but I have come to a complete fail. LOL YOU'RE MY ONLY HOPE!!! THANKS
15 years ago
I think i would be awesome to have a tutorial on particular 2 on how to make things like this:
http://vimeo:com/5716181
its the particular 2 street test
i would really love to learn how to make all of these especially the first one and the transparent one!!!!
if not if anyone could direct me it would be most appreciated
Jason R.
15 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I've been trying to figure out a way to complete an effect for a larger project I'm working on, but I'm stuck. Basically, the effect is similiar to the CC Page Turn effect, but having the object roll on from the opposite side. Example, you're standing on the street looking through a store window and the staff are putting stickers on the glass from inside the store. When applying CC Page Turn to an object, the roll on effect will always transition on from the camera side. I'd appreciate any thoughts you might have on this canundrum!

Jason R.
Stefan Myskow
15 years ago
Hey Andrew,
Now I know it's been Suggested a couple of times, but I would love to see a tutorial on the promo video for The Bullet; mainly the explosive text with the slow motion.

Thanks,

Stefan Myskow
15 years ago
If you're bored you could do a tutorial on how to animate plants to make them look like they're growing and blooming only in after effects. i attached a link to a video I found with this type of thing on it; http://reels.creativecow.net/film/the-devlins-waves. Thanks Andrew, you're the man.
Karim Duncan
15 years ago
Hi
I realy wanted to see how fighting scene are made so that they look real
Please
15 years ago
HI ANDREW

I have to say I learn a lot from your tutorials, thx for that, I'm doing a movie project where involve lots of fx and I would like to see tutorial where sam or you create a ball of water from your hands or mind whatever you like, like in harry potter voldemort is cover in a ball of water....I know how to create fire but I need a ball of water.
thx for all you have done and I hope to see that tutorial

alex
15 years ago
Hi Andrew,

http://www.spike.com/video/coke-psyop-dog/2729967

I'd love a tutorial on this style of random generated black ink illustrations animated.

Great tuts, thanks.
Eva Willson
15 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I have a tutorial idea or request. As I hope you have seen the movie trails for the (Avatar) the last airbender there are a few effects that I would love to learn and make in adobe after effects but I an not sure how to really make them myself. I have only been using After Effects for about a month now and would like to improve my knowledge.

I looked through the other tutorials and saw that the firebending idea is used and airbending is not really all that special and is really just making the wind move with no solidity. so the only other ideas would be the earthbending and waterbending.

Eva Willson

oh and how do you reverse the f10 effect on the camera (it won't let the 3D work right and I really need it).
Bjorn
15 years ago
hey andrew,

i wonder if you could do an advanced cloning tutorial and other supernatural stuff
thnx to you i started using AE and i'm really trying to become good (2 bad i still s*ck xD)
if you can make this tut it would help me a lot !!
dude your the best !!!!

Greets bjorn from the netherlands
Ryomali
15 years ago
Dear Mr. Kramer, (or Andrew if you prefer it)

I have been recently trying to create a 3D text for my "Company Name" so I've watched all the 3D tutorials you posted and you mentioned that you'll be doing a tutorial on how to integrate them? I agree with the others that you should definitely post how to create the exploding 3D text as seen in the Promo of Designer sound effects.

Anyway,

I've having trouble trying to keyframe the title and have it so that it reflects my surroundings but also plays along with my lights. It's been really hard. I own Cinema 4D and Maya and Blender.

Please post a 3D title integrated into AE!

Ryu
redvendetta
15 years ago
hi andrew would it be possible for you to do a tutorial
on a snow effect. & also 'ground floor snow'. i don't know of any effect like this

thank you
15 years ago
Hey Andrew, Love the tutorials and the embedded humor! Had a great idea for a piece (based on the open from "Human Target" on Fox). Would like to mimic that approach or effect. Basically its the ink spread effect that either has video coming through it or it is being revealed. Any time you can lend to this would be greatly appreciated. Keep up the good work! Take Care.
Chris
15 years ago
Andrew, You are the best!!!

you make learning AE fun!!

I would love to see a tutorial about how to do the Missile strike, Like the ones you have in the Optical Flares video. If you could do that It would rock.

Thanks tons!
15 years ago
hi guys,

just purchased new flares plugin well done for a break through bit of plugin funkyness. ok with the huge success and fan base with transformers and the amount of people i see trying to mimic a "transforming effect" it would be nice to see if the same could be done with an object in after effects which could then be used in many different ways and scenarios , i have created a 3d transforming text effect quite simply in cinema 4d but looks great with an animated camera, is it possible to achieve a similiar effect or style with any object like a car or a mans face turning into a women for instance this idea could lead to soooo many possibilitys , let me know what you think!
Phil
15 years ago
Evening Andrew,

As I am constantly amazed at your fabulous tutorials, I am here to ask a favour - could you perhaps post a tutorial on how to create the opening intro of Infinity Ward (or something similar)? Just in case you are wondering what it is - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-hVHlnffV0&feature=related
I know you are incredibly busy so I probably shouldn't get my hopes up about this but it's worth a try!

Thank you very much.
Matt Geezy
15 years ago
Hey Andrew this isnt really a request i just wanted to let u know in case u didnt know but i was at a Dallas Cowboys game the other day and they used ur fracture design and replaced angry monsters with DEFENCE haha it was displayed on the enormous big screen in the stadium
Denis
15 years ago
Hi Andrew.
I'm working on a project where I make a 1900 ship crossing an ocean. I made the ocean in after effects and I use a small boat with a chroma key shot. but the effect of the trace left by the ship at sea is becoming a real problem. idea of how you could make this effect.

Thank you very much.
sahil
15 years ago
hey make a tutorial like a wave power mean a man puts his hand forward and form his hand a wave or a supersonic kind of a thing comes out
or

how to do the jumper effect! hell yeah
Helge Kallevik
15 years ago
I don't know if you ever check the requests out, but I'm hoping, 'cause I really would LOVE to know how to animate mouths, like in this clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8Ev5HgGACg
Jason
15 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I would love a tutorial on destroying a building where part of it collapses and starts to crumble.
Thanks
Meme
15 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I found this animation and i'm looking forward to learn how to do it in after effects
I think it will be a very exciting tutorial.

Please find the URL below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH4cePaoM4E

Thank you and have a nice day
15 years ago
Hi Andrew,
I'm getting ready to shoot a stereoscopic film and would love some advice/ tutorials on compositing for 3d... Any suggestions?

Best,

ross
Ammr Khalifa
15 years ago
Hi Andrew

Great tutorials. I was hoping you could do a one for composting smoke and flames on a wide shot of a city skyline. I'm trying to create that shot using a static wide shot of London as seen from a high enough point and would really like to create this effect. Any help would be so appreciated.

Thanks for all

Ammr
15 years ago
Hi Andrew,
I'm a faithful student of your tutorials. I wonder if it would be possible for you to make a tutorial on how to make a glowing night effect on a landscape ala Avatar (the movie).
Thanks for your work.
Mike
Eldad Bar-Eli
15 years ago
head decapitation Tutorial i'll dare you to do this
JoePa
15 years ago
Hey Andrew,

To kind of piggyback off of JVL60, I've been looking in to how to do the pensieve effect from Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. It was done by Double Negative for the movie, and looks like an excellent way to get people interested in Riot Gear's ink drop footage, which works perfectly for the effect. I've tried a few different things and I think I'm close, but it's not quite right. I'm wondering how you'd do it.

Thanks for everything,
Joe
Michael
15 years ago
Hey Andrew!

First, I'd like to say that I'm a really big fan of your tutorials!

I was wondering if you watch the show Heroes? I know you must be pestered a lot about teaching super power effects, but I was wondering if you could give a tutorial on shapeshifting?

i know that there is a morph/shapeshifting effect on creativecow, but that really applies to still images.

i just want to see how its done to a human subject on video camera! Is the same method with still images used?


Bowing to your greatness,

Michael
JVL60
15 years ago
Hey Andrew!

I think you should make a Harry Potter FX tutorial.
I searched forever for this one, and haven't found any tutorials about it.

Bye!
Joe Krstulich
15 years ago
I'm looking for a tutorial on After Effects (CS4) "CC Simple Wire Removal" effect. Are you planning one? Is there another site which may have one?
15 years ago
Hello and good morning Mr Kramer, I would love to see a tutorial on the anim you used in the beginning of "Optical Flares & Bears Oh My!" BLOG. with the 3d VC text rising and most importantly the ground cracking up.
If this is at all possible I would be most appreciative. also I have purchased many of you DVD's and would just like to say a big thank you, so.... THANK YOU!
yours
steve parker
Fabio
16 years ago
Good morning Mr. Andrew Kramer
Iâ??????m an Italian boy and I canâ??????t speak very well English, Iâ??????m sorry for this.
I learnt to use After Effects thanks to your tutorial videos, but I still have some problems. For example when I watched this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXHZxWSsvCQ, I didnâ??????tâ?????? understand some passages. If this link doesnâ??????t run, you have to search on You Tube: Speed Painting + Animation "This Is Sparta!"
I know how create different pictures through Photoshop, like the person of the video does, but I donâ??????t understand passages that I need to create the animation. After having imported pictures from Photoshop to After Effects, I donâ??????t understand how found different pictures in an only composition. Different passages to link pictures are not explicit. I have difficulty to see what tools and buttons the person in this video uses, because the definition is low and the video is too rapid.
Can you help me indicating clearly passages that I need to create a sort of cartoon animation from different pictures of Photoshop?
Whereas I donâ??????t speak very well English, could you create a new tutorial video to put to your web site and to add to your personal collection of tutorial videos?
Thank you very much, I waiting for your answer.
Bye bye
Fabio
janole
16 years ago
Whats about a tut how to make the mac os x leopard intro?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6QcJJjeeFw&feature=related
Richt12
16 years ago
Every out door scene needs some flying birds and some flying insects , so can you please make some tutorials on making and animate flying birds and a flying swarm of insects for After Effects.

Thank you.
Arjen de Vries
16 years ago
Almighty Andrew,

First of all let??´s say that the work your doing is awesome! keep it up!

I think it would be a great idea to do some more tutorials about landscapes and scenery, it would be awesome if a normal landscape or a street would turn into a winter landscape, with snow, also the objects in the footage should get covered.

As other suggestion it would be great if you have a 3d animation of a creature (alien, orc, troll etc) and then put it in ur footage, like someone being chased or something.

Best wishes, great christmas and a lot of AE in 2010!

Arjen
john
16 years ago
Hi Andrew,
I am trying to make a fight scene with my friends here, and i am stuck on something, the effect i'm trying to make is in the movie X-Men 3 The Last Stand, the fight between ice man and pyro in the end of the movie. I and my friends r really wondering on how to make this scene, so plss can you help us with this..
thanks
renato Zanardo
16 years ago
Hi Andrew
I'm interesting to action essential 2, but what I want to know, usually I work with interlaced footages 25fps in PAL system, can I use it normally?
16 years ago
Hi Andrew,
what about a tutorial on creating custom shattering maps?
I think this feature really boosts the standard shattering effect quite a lot.
Best wishes
Andr??©
Elias
16 years ago
Hi Andrew,

i??´ve got a good Idea but i don??´t know with which program you can make it o0

Here is the Video. I mean the Begining so the Logo of The Movie Vault. It looks awesome!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_VtXRT8CR0
Sec. 1-16
mfg
Elias
oz
16 years ago
hi,

Andrew i was wonder if u could do a simple tutorial on explaining linear workflow, all that gamma stuff, RGB's, colour management, linear color, linear blending, correction in linear vs. gamma corrected space etc...

its all overwhelming.

thanx,

oz
dirtyren
16 years ago
hey there love the work and your very ez to understand.I wish making tutorials was your full time job.Ok so i wanted to know if you can show me and others who are interested, how to do the "HP hands commercial effect."
I've seen a few on you tube but know there has the skills and artistic quality you to. so please HP HANDS
THANK YOU
REN
Mr. T
16 years ago
I think a tutorial showing how to make smooth 3d cam moves using the graph editor would be helpful. I always try to make a smooth floaty cam effect, but they end up jerky.
I also would like to know if some explanation could be given for 'rogue keyframes' or 'ghost keyframes'-I get these non-existant keyframes sometimes when working in AE and want to know what they are.
16 years ago
well i think that u should do a very skillful tutorial using a 3d city!! like a zoom from one building to the sea and then to a 3d object, and while rotating around the object everything else fades out, or you could add this or not, but what about a man was walking and then he steps on a land mine, he looks down and the camera moves into the ground and the mine is reveled, and then when its just about to blow the camera zooms back out and then up to his face, shows his fear and the zooms away from him and he blows up like really cool!!
16 years ago
Hi there! I've been following your tutorials, and I should say your the master when it comes to media creativity~!!!

Well I'm here to ask, if the video I saw from the Final Fantasy XIII, US announcement trailer, used 3dsmax program. It was sooo awesome that I ended up downloading 3dsmax.

You can see it at this link: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/dynasty-doc-final-fantasy/58997

it starts at 4:39. Where the release date's rising from a plain platform.

If we can find something or find out how to improvise that, it would be great~!

P.S. Good job then again Andrew. *bows down.
Josh Miller
16 years ago
I am curious how they made the buttons form the Paramount and Warner Brothers logos in the opening of Benjamin Buttons.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMto0TyH8KM
any ideas? Feel like making a tutorial out of it?
PS
Awesome tutorials. Well Done! I tell everyone who wants to use After Effects to check out your site (and buy stuff).
shaun
16 years ago
could you make the symbiote effect seen in spider-man 3
Arun Kurian
16 years ago
I was wondering if you could create a tutorial in which you "clone" the people that are in the shot. This is an effect that is common in movies such as Lord of the Rings which requires the use of a large amount of people in the scenes with the use of only a few actual cast members. I was hoping you could teach us to do this easily with After effects.
Dazz
16 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Amazing site and you are the daddy of After Effects..Ha ha!

I would really like a tutorial to show how to move a camera around a large canvas. I see lots of this on tv ads and idents for shows. It looks like a mssive pre-comped canvas and then a camera moves around the elements. Here is an example of what I mean...........

http://www.vimeo.com/7852744

Particularly interested in how to create the canvas then how on earth you navigate round it! Plus the swift blur like camera movements.

Would love a tutorial on the basics. Keep up the good work Andrew

Dazz
Jani
16 years ago
Hi VC Team!
As some others already posted, i would also like to see a 3D Tutorial on how to create the Floor, Sky, Title, and Title Explosion + Camera Movement on the promovideo for "THE BULLET".. would be great !

cheers
ZB
16 years ago
Hi Andrew,
Can you do a tutorial on "Creating a Custom Button" in AE For programs like DVD Studio Pro and Adobe Encore?
Thanks in advance,
16 years ago
A new idea!
After previewing the thousands of "ideas" here, I see a lot of your audience are in the Blowing things up mode.
It would be nice to see some of your work that wasn't grunge based, didn't involve, fire, smoke, explosions ect.
Since the grunge thing started in the 90's it's pretty much made it's way to the mainstream and it's time for the pendulum to swing in the other direction.
Clean polished, pretty effects would be refreshing.My use of AE is not gaming or a hobby, so most of your work and products here don't help me in my real world. They are all nice eye candy, but in reality my clients are not interested in grunge or violent effects. And if I can't make a buck doing this, then I can't spend a buck on helping support your cool stuff.When I try and justify the purchase of your material (although reasonably priced) I find that the style of material you have produced is predominately related to grungy, violent effects. I see that is what your audience is looking for, and understand the need to appease them. But maybe you could bring a wider audience in by hitting the other side.
DavideNuzzi
16 years ago
Hi, Andrew
I'd like a tutorial where a man turns into a werewolf, as in the film New Moon. I am a 3d modeler so I could shape the wolf, but I understand that not everyone can do it. Then you could do a tutorial on a simple metamorphosis, using an animation already done for the animal.
Thanks
opeyemi adelusi
16 years ago
one request: please make a tutorial on how to make a hologram effect. i'm working on this awesome movie, and i kinda need it

so, it'll be deeply appreciated by thousands of people if a tutorial on hologram effects is placed on this website. thanks
16 years ago
Hi,

i would like to see this as in a tutorial:

watch 6:11min the visual effect with the birds....

http://eastanime.com/?page_id=4166
Zybrion
16 years ago
Hey, i would like to make this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5hTFPgzGpk
The language is german...

A tutorial pls?

Sorry for sooo much words I am not speaking english much.
16 years ago
Hi Andrew Kramer
would love to see tutorials of
1 - how to design a website that uses alot of after effect in it combined with flash.
2 - how to produce the tutorials you put up like the software used to record in such high quality.
3 - and last a tutorial in maya if you know the software

sorry if Im asking to much
thanks take care and great work
Saintcee
16 years ago
please, please, please do a quick vid tutorial of the exploding floor from the start of the Oct video blog, its pretty awsome, as are all of you videos, keep up the great work Andrew you really are an inspiration to the video nation.
Michael Noonan
16 years ago
Andrew Kramer did a tutorial with Boujou and 3dsmax
I'd like to see one done with Syntheyes generating a mesh
and export the maxscript and mesh to 3dsmax and then to after effects tracking a mesh onto footage
Ubaid ur Rahman
16 years ago
Hi,
Sir i'll call you sir cause you are teaching me so sir i am having a little bit trouble in creating flames and realistic fire in after effect can you post a tutorial to actually create fire with out using Action Essentials2
elements......?
plz i am waiting 4 your responce.
Thanks
Take care
Bye..!
Bolex
16 years ago
Hi:
I wonder if you can make a tutorial or give some tips to freeze objects or people like in the film â?????The Day After Tomorrowâ???

Thanks.
Ioannis
16 years ago
Hello,

My tutorial Request would be
1. A walking elegant woman that would
Dissentigrate progressively into red rose petals
that would fly spinning upwards.

2. A Running man that would progressively turn into
a human-Tortch runner.
Tanya
16 years ago
Hi
I would love to see a tutorial about the 3D camera in After Effects CS4.
I have tried mucking around with it but I still can get my head around it.
Maybe you could point me in the direction of some tutorials if you know of any good ones.
Cheers T
Zew
16 years ago
Hey Andrew!
I know the perfect next tutorial!
A awesome, good-looking morph!
A face morpf or like a full face/body morph!
From one person to another.
Keep it up!
Greetings from Sweden!
16 years ago
Hey, I was wondering how you created the fisheye effect on the title in the preview to "The Bullet" on this page:

http://www.videocopilot.net/products/the_bullet/

thanks
16 years ago
nice toturial thanks
Darren
16 years ago
hey,
I think it would be cool to learn how to make a thermal vision effect. Like the ones you see from a helicopter's perspective.
good example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWms90UCiWQ

thank you,
-darren
16 years ago
This short has an awesome effect:
http://www.offlinemovie.com/

At the beginning when the guy is touching his head hear, the camera is flying through his eye, duplicating the image and flying through it continuously. similar effect is used at the end when the white room with pillars is duplicating and moves away, then the camera makes a fly through it. it is AWESOME. Any ideas on how to do that?
16 years ago
I am in love with the "beyond" sequence in this LOTR scene. I tried to emulate it with the knowledge that I have with AE. No Cigar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bib7nLfmg0&feature=related

Here is the link....Any way to create a tutorial about how to make the "beyond" space scene used in this link?
frankie z
16 years ago
hey andrew, would you consider doing a tutorial on how to do the ZOMBIE LAND "interactive text"? it's used in the opening credits of the film. it's a great effect, and i would love to see how it's done. if anyone can show us, it's you!
thanks, frank.
16 years ago
Andrew -

I would lover to do something like the Lincoln LS perceptions video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vknwHj2VXoQ

I saw your zoom out of San Francisco video. I think this is similar but I can't figure out how to integrate the footage spot on. (chess piece, train, piano on the cd, etc.)

- Brad
Marten
16 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I just watched this show about a guy cathing a gaint snake. And when the had a fight, the showed some prety cool effects. Somewhat like the matrix camera turn. Its in this youtube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc3DK_0JThs

its at 0:02 and from 0:52.

It would be really nice to know if something like this could be realized using just after effects.

Cheers from holland!
16 years ago
Andrew,
I KNOW there has to be a more intuitive, less time consuming, and all around better-looking way to do this tutorial (done back in After Effects 6.5).

http://library.creativecow.net/articles/langley_david/3d_ribbon_text.php

I am in desperate need of a way to create cool text flowing through 3D space on a curved path, orienting correctly... Picture words flying out of a computer screen or book, spinning out along a path, around a person, flying down a street etc. in 3D waves. I realize this isn't so much a special effect as a graphical treatment, but I know you must know of a better way (and one that would lend itself to easier text substitutions than the one above).

thanks!
- The Doc
Thanks so much.
Preshanthan Moodley
16 years ago
Hi Andrew! Love the tutorials! Can you maybe do a tutorial on how to do a fireball effect with the spining spheres as seen on Charmed used by the Source & how to do an Energy Ball?

Much Appreciated and keep up the great work!

Thanks!
Edward K
16 years ago
Hey Andrew, I love your tutorials and all of your programs are awesome too! I was wondering if there was a way to combine the #40. Earth Zoom tutorial with the #41. The Blue Planet tutorial. You know, so that after the earth rotation in #41 goes to the area i need it to go to(North America) it can zoom in like in #40 to the place that i need it to go.
Thank you so much!
Oh! and if there's a way for you to make a tutorial about a meteor to crash into earth, like from a space view. So that you can see the meteor coming from out of space and going through the atmosphere and crashing into earth, so I could tie that with your #72-76 tutorials.
Again thank you so much for all of your help!
Edward Khoma
IntuQk
16 years ago
I would love to see a tutorail how to make this, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CFg76AVHTo
Kyle
16 years ago
Don't know if anyone has ever really posted about this but I always thought it would be awesome to learn how to some kind of transformation effect. Kinda like when someone changes in to an animal in movie or how The Incredible Hulk does in the new movie. Would that be more along the lines of animation or could you possibly do that in after effects?
mikdavy2
16 years ago
Hey andrew, id like to see a tutorial on how to do a time remapping effect of some sort that was done in the movie 21 in the first casino scene. Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml6fJELg3pY
Thanks,
Mike
Andrew S
16 years ago
The Oct 15 Blog VCP intro-ground crack/explosion would be nice. Not sure how this would help a large audience, but that technique can hopefully be used in other areas like pillar crack, building impact crack,...etc.
Zao-Mike
16 years ago
Andrew,

A couple of years ago you did a tutorial on how to make a 3D Ocean. Is there a way you could show how to make text come up out of the ocean? I've tried all I know-ramps, masks, fractal noise-and I haven't been able to get it. Thanks
Nack
16 years ago
forgot to post the link. so here it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrCGCBFA8L8
Nack
16 years ago
I just started using AE so be nice. Made this "car kick" video. And would like to see how the Pros would do something like that. Thank you.
SmokeGSU
16 years ago
In the next few months I'll be designing opening credits for a super hero themed staff introduction for a summer camp I work for. If I remember correctly, Andrew said he did the opening titles for one of the Spiderman movies. I went back and watched the opening credits on YouTube for Spiderman 2 and 3 (couldn't find 1, I'll have to dig the DVD up to see it) and I really enjoy the style of how pieces slide around to reveal actors' names and video clips of them. I was trying to visualize how this effect could be done in AE, but with my limited knowledge I'm basically imagining a 3D space that goes a mile back on the Z axis, but I'm sure there's an easier way to do those kinds of effects. I'd really like to see a tutorial on how effects similar to these could be accomplished in AE!
Dark Desert
16 years ago
Dear Digital Wizard,

Desert scene. Dark, misterious dreamworld.
The camera flies across the endless desert. The cracks in the dry landscape, the mountains in the distance and the dark sky gives you the chills.

That has been the scene in my mind for a long time now.
It must be quite simple to create it, considering the fact that you need a pattern (the landscape and the sky) repeating itself.

So, it'd be quite cool if you showed us the way to do it.

Adi??³s!
feitt
16 years ago
hi i'm from argentina
can u plz make a tutorial to do something like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sok-3ow3MWA
thanks
16 years ago
I have seen several amateur cloning techniques as simple as they are, but would like to see clones actually intermingling with one another. It seems that said clones aren't able to cross each other's paths of the same plane, or at least I haven't been able to figure it out. Perhaps it's due to the "heart attack" generously provided by Mr. Andrew Kramer.
Mir Ali
16 years ago
Sir 3D rain will be excellent please please something like the rain in matrix 3 ending where the rain bonces off the charector and even breaks apart on the hand please sir please
Rocky
16 years ago
can you make a video tutorial on custom 3d wall txt reveal like the one on this page: http://ae.tutsplus.com/tutorials/motion-graphics/lear-to-make-a-custom-3d-wall-text-reveal/
Temo
16 years ago
Hello, Matser Andrew.

winter season is coming
and i think its going be interesting to see how can we make snow
for example this Max payne 3D snow (The snow looks 3D as if the camera was moving through it.)

example
(http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/max-payne/the-beginning)
Digital Magic
16 years ago
Hello,

A tutorial explaining how to integrate motion tracking with the paint tools would be nice and could help a lot of compositors. Track a simple/complex shot and have the paint tools follow the tracking data to ease the pain of manually painting on every frame.
ibbia79
16 years ago
can u plz make a tutorial wen a shot is fired bullet goes into somebody and suddenly xray of body appears n where bullets gone into or same but this time some mechanical object hope u understood wat im asking
Les
16 years ago
This "might" be an easy way to give us some tuts. I am really enjoying practicing making some music scores. I use Sony Vegas as I believe you do for these.
Would it be possible for you to upload the .veg projects from you promos. If you could then we would have a dozen or so ready made tut./projects to look at, study and learn from.
Thank you for your time.
Les
Ronny Moser
16 years ago
Hey

I'd love to see a tutorial about making a News Opener or something like that!!

Thanks
Noah Sargent
16 years ago
HEY Andrew!
Its fast paced, grabs your attention, and is making the company big bucks! I cannot stop watching these videos ford has put out and am wondering if you and your awesome staff wouldn't mind making a tutorial like this one. i work for a christian group called YFC and i wanted to surprise them with a fasted passed video like this as a promo for an upcoming camp! thanks for your time.
Noah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqoHrzuut70
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xljekX8TCTY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apeeFHBCyyo&feature=related
azankog
16 years ago
Hi, Andrew...

I see all you'r work tutorials and have some idea and it's a similarly with this tutorial:

http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/audio_to_animation/

My idea is to create some 3D speakers and make animate beat membrane synchronously with a music
James O.J.
16 years ago
I BUY YOUR PRODUCTS TO USE WITH ALL OF MY SONY PRODUCTS!!! PLEASE, REMEMBER US WHEN MAKING TUTS!!!
16 years ago
Hi Andrew

I'm animating text using text animator. I want my text to "shoot" it's self on to the screen mimicking white hot tracer fire from a military type weapon. Is there a procedure for adding an effect like glow into the text range animator so it can be animated like the properties would be in range selector?
nashie
16 years ago
Smoketrail Flight Cam

http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/products/categories/motion-graphics/trapcode-horizon/examples/

I have been trying to get that effect for over a week. Please can someone help me out. I have got something similar but its not as cool and i have seem to follow the trail like he does...

Thanks
Nashie
snoozebox
16 years ago
If possible could you do a tutorial that show's an all around project composite (similar to the Bullet). which shows 3D work, 2D motion graphics and then audio/sound design in a separate program and how you would bring them all together. I've noticed in a lot of VFX sites that Nuke and Shake are used. Like 3DS, AE, ACID, Nuke, Encore. Sad to say Shake is going the way of the dodo, but an all around tutorial of how to composite all these separate elements together.

Love all the work and effort you put into everything. honestly appreciated.
Jake
16 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Got all your media and design packs. Thanks for being so empowering! Its made my company and the workflow more efficient and much easier to handle.

A tutorial I would love to see would be Titles or an object blowing away towards (Like Snow or Sand) the camera using the trapcode particular plug in's layer emitter function.

Thanks so much for all your hard work!
Jake
PINOY
16 years ago
hi
robot that trasform into a title logo like...an object like bike o whatever then it trasform into a logo or you name
Rick Morris
16 years ago
I would like to see how to use AE to build web sites, integration with flash would be a plus! but I rather focus on AE!!
Thanks!
R.
16 years ago
Hello Andrew!

First of all, I would like to thank You this web site, I've learned a lot! I mean a Lot! I've watched all the tut's. Unfortunatelly I am lost in the advanced camera handling.
I tried to make some similar to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx218F8relk&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reklamadatbazis.hu%2Fe107_plugins%2Flyrics_menu%2Flyrics_song.php%3Fl_id%3D3287&feature=player_embedded

I would appreciate, if You would come out a tutorial like this, focusing a complex camera movement.

Thanks You very much!
Greetings from Hungary! Have a nice day!
Zoli
16 years ago
Hey Andrew,
I know you tend to focus on a lot of live action tutorials, but I was hoping you could do some that are more geared to info-graphics.
I'd love to know some really efficient ways to do graphics composed of predominantly vector art or isometric graphics.

http://www.vimeo.com/3261363
http://www.vimeo.com/2285902

Thanks a lot,
Charlie
Sten A.
16 years ago
You should do the Jumper-effect from the movie, Jumper.
Maybe with a panning camera of some sort, and the Jumpscar.
I've always wondered how to properly to that.
Vankisha
16 years ago
Hello Andrew! Please do a tutorial on a thing(the rasengan and chidori) from the anime Naruto Shippuuden ,because I'm doing a movie on the anime (like the movie "Dragon Ball Z"
made out of an anime ). The company that I'm working for has a huge team for the movie.I've already made those effects ,but I want them to look complex.

Sorry about my writings but I can't speak English very well.

Here's the videos of rasengan- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn_RVh6XxNI and here's the chidori\raikiri video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJNublA3LSI&feature=related(the chidori is the lighting that's in the hand of the man with the white hair)

Please show me how to make the effects more complex.

Thank you for your work and great tutorials.

Ivan (Vankisha)
Jean
16 years ago
hey sorry andrew

the link is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u23jhI0Qyig

of a big jump...

porfavor = please jajaja

I from Chile, and here we speak spanish jejeje

please help me you are my idol jajaja, I'm basic. help me please.

PD: The tutorials of action essential 2, is very nice, very good, congrulation.

Jean
Jean
16 years ago
Hello andrew

I was seeking to do like this effect and could not, for it I show you the following video:

Http: // www.youtube.com/watch? V=u23jhI0Qyig

I not to realize it, therefore come to you in order that you help me. I that you can help me for your perfection with the program and porfavor with a better resolution.

I am of chili and you can help me...

Jean

I don??´t speak english jajajaja

thank you
Vangelis
16 years ago
Hello Andrew. Can you please create a mission briefing based on AE (3D work not needed), but more hitech than this one in the following link?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBHhMz3wMuc&hd=1
Dave Elliott
16 years ago
HI Andrew your work has definitely inspired me and the fraternity here in The Caribbean island of Tobago. i would like to see a tutorial of how you can get people to interact with graphics (captions) in front and behind them on an actual set i would greatly appreciate this thanx .
forthfriend
16 years ago
PLEASE make a video of how to do this. I have been bashing my head against the wall trying to figure out this one...

Thanks!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqmB2y02n3I&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eyoutube%2Ecom%2Fuser%2Fredeyejedicrew&feature=player_profilepage
PFX
16 years ago
1. make a dynamic explosion in 3ds max
2. track your shot(something like rounding the street) in boujou
3. composite


you could use rayfire tool for 3ds max . . .

you rock AK ! ! ! ! ! . . . . .
David Davidson
16 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I was wondering if you have ever used a program called endorphin. It simulates human movement so that you can have "virtual stuntmen" to get hit by cars, thrown down the stairs, etc. It would be great to see a tutorial on how to composite that program into video.

Thanks
zachary
16 years ago
Hey Andrew, dude i love your tutorials, they help me out a lot. I understand you get a lot of requests but i thought i'd at least try and make a suggestion that'd help me out. So i was wondering if you could make a tutorial where you have a layer of glass or something thats covered with frost, then have text melt through the frost. I don't know if that makes any sense at all. Thanks man.
armena
16 years ago
Hi Andrew, best tutorials ever made!
could you make an advanced tutorial on trapcode form!
on creating fire or similar effects!

Thanks
16 years ago
Hi Andrew,

first of all i wanna thank you for all the tutorials that you made .. there are incredible, makes me learn more and more about after effects.

I want you suggest a video tutorial on this video are lots of nice effects is a kite surfing video and i would like to know about one effect like matrix effect but is diferent i know that they shot with only 2 cameras im getting crazy to trying to solve it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyAiY6mMGaE
The effect is on time 1:34 is amazing

Thank you very much i hope that you can help me

Aloha
Yahya
16 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I just watched a trailer for a new video game titled 'Rage'

And The video transitions were so explosive and powerful that I think it will be a great tut for the masses, especially for presenting a new project that they are working on.

Please check out the trailer, the transitions I am talking about are at 1:23, 1:31 and especially the one at 1:43 were u have a bullet time freeze, an element slamming into the text and u have a resume in bullet time.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmx1KGxbKxE

Thanks
16 years ago
Hey! Andrew Kramer i was thinking a Advanced matte painting tutorial Well be Cool for this Weekends
Yossi
16 years ago
Eran Stern @ creativecow.net made a tutorial on that.
Ben Webber
16 years ago
The trailer for the new movie "Gamer" is really cool, it uses a series of twitching and color mesh ups or whatever you wanna call it. Here's the video- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ubYTIazskQ

I was wondering if you could post a tutorial on how to make this effect.
16 years ago
please please After Effects tutorial for atomic bomb explosion (mushroom cloud)!!!!

Thanks in advance.
mikdavy2
16 years ago
I got to thinking, it would be sweet to see if you could make a tutorial based on the new star trek movie transport effect, when Spock is transported down to that planet.
16 years ago
Hi!

Can you do a superhero tutorial please!

Something on flying, super streanth, super speed running, shockwave effects with your hand you name it!

This would be a brilliant 100th tutorial!

Thanks
Matt
(UK)
Anonymous
16 years ago
Could you make a video on how to make a light saber battle with 2 or more people fighting with your light saber v2.1 effect on ALL of their lightsabers as if you try to do it the saber dosn't show up for the second saber
Harley King
16 years ago
Hi, Andrew,

Killer tutorials. I enjoy them.

Watch this video:
http://www.vimeo.com/5477517

Can I do the animated columnar table data (around 23 seconds) in AE?

Thanks,

Harley
sreekanth
16 years ago
I have a doubt in after effects Guys, How do we remove the wires & How do we add some Brush effects to running video, I am add the brush to running video it will be moved. so Please Clarify and to my mail ID. I am Requesting you Sir.
Ra15
16 years ago
Hi,

I admire your tutorials with these realistic special effects - you really have to be a genious!

I look since January for a realistic firework in After Effects(probably with a water reflection and even if it's possible to write a name or a word with the sparks of the firework in the sky! - that would be splendid!!!)

You are my last hope (every tutorial I've found in the internet concerning fireworks was to obvious - totally unrealistic)

I hope you can help me

Thank you!!
Walter
mikdavy2
16 years ago
Hey Andrew

Mike here from SD, I have enjoyed every other tutorial you have done here on the VC site, awesome work man. I would like to see a few different types of tutorials:

1. 2 part tutorial on flying combined with the effect of the human torch from fantastic 4

2. Jumper effect
16 years ago
hi andrew.. my name is nazafi from sri lanka.. i ve got a project and its an emergency... the shot is all abt few kids running on top f swimming pool.. actually they have created a stage underneath the water and the kids have ran on top of that... so wat i need to do is i need to keep all the splashes and ripples as same as it is... but have to erase that stage under neath the water.. any advice andrew... please in big hurry.. thanks
Martin Kaarby
16 years ago
Okay, here's my suggestion for a tutorial!
I'd like to know how the effect seen in the toyota optimal drive commercial is done. Check youtube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctnlc3nXFSs

The reason why I think you should make this is mainly because Iâ??????m from Norway and have therefore been travelling quite far to see you tutorials!
Another reason is that I think it involves a lot of cool techniques and mixing between CG and real footage.
Luc
16 years ago
Hello,

Just received the Action Essentials 2. Can't wait to trie it out Already love it!

I would love some more tutorials on using this high quality footage to create car-explosions, house explosions, ... In short everything you can't do in real life, but only with Action Essentials 2 and After Effects.

Some advice in setting up a scene and filming (angles, positions, lights, greenscreen-placement, ...)would be nice as well. What should we keep in mind, ... in order to be able to add FX without too much trouble. So we can keep the feeling that everything we see (after adding effects) happened for real.

Congratulations on the site and products!

Luc
Jordo
16 years ago
I would like to see a tutorial on how to make a really dark, medievil sky - or something like the strong contrasting sky on 300 and show how to color correct the footage so it 'blends' in with this sky. Perhaps it could be used in correlation to your great advanced sky replacement tut.

ps keep it up!
16 years ago
I have a request, simple and useful, I just don't know the best approach.

I would love to see a tutorial, as I'm sure many others would, "What is the best workflow process between a NLE and AE?" I use Vegas and there is no real process other than, edit, pick your composite shots, export into a uncompressed .avi, import into after effects, composite the shot, export your file, import it back into Vegas, render out your final product. OR

Edit, get your footage information from the timeline, import source footage into AE, composite, export, import into vegas and render out your final product.

Is there a better way? Is it something that could be discussed in one of your new tutorials as far as workflow, instead of a dedicated tutorial? Thanks Andrew. Sorry for the long..... drawn................. out..........................................re........ quest.
David Guthrie
16 years ago
I need to know how to do the X-men special effects, such as, heat vision, telekinesis, wolverine claws, contouring metal, super speed or teleportation such as the blue dude with the tail does or like on the movie jumper, shielding, ya know. the awesome stuff... cause i'm into make serious independent films, and i'll up the movie once i get done to you...
Danny
16 years ago
hey andrew i love all of your tutorials and this website is simply amazing the only one i would go to if i wanted to learn after effects. i like how you incorporate photoshop and 3d max in your videos. maybe expand this website to cover 3d max or photoshop? ok now to the main tutorial part. i really would like to see how you make the effects you see in linkin parks new divide rsmv. it looks like they used thermal imagery and particles. if you made this tutorial any time in the future it would make me really happy. i also would like to know how you can construct like a robot in 3 max or something but i prefer the new divide special effects tutorial. thanks a lot andrew kramer you rock and i love your jokes in between the tutorials amazing!!!!

P.S: im saving my cash to buy one of your products. Probably getting Pro Scores or Riot Gear FX first
Nic Andrews
16 years ago
I have been trying to create to look of "patterned" rain reflection through a window on a side project I have been working on. As best I can describe it, what I am trying to create is the shadowed ripple look that you see when water is sprayed on the top portion of a window (rain) and the displacement shadow pattern it projects when I light would shine through it. You've seen it a million times in movies and commercials, and I even went as far as to actually shoot HD footage of a garden hose spraying the top part of a pieve of plexi glass and a bright light shining through it and projecting shadows onto a white wall which I then filmed. I don't need to "SEE" the window - what I need is that rippling shadow pattern that I can then matte onto something else. It kind of worked - but I thought there might be a way to do it completely in after effects that would make it more controlable. Any suggestions. Would that project be worthy of a tutorial perhaps.
16 years ago
i think it would be neat to show how they did the smokey/inky effect in the new Harry Potter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96QRVfto7OM something like in the trailer when they fly away.
Andrew
16 years ago
Hey, Andrew

Superpowers, that would be cool. Lightning, fire, Ice, water mayber. Maybe a superpowered fight or somthing.
Thanks!
Stu
16 years ago
A tutorial showing the Transformers transforming text would be nice.

Shown here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7InTpNWJ4HQ

@ 1:57
jabloomf1230
16 years ago
The Chromatic aberration (CA) that you get from specific lenses (fish eye, telephoto) can be masked out with simple color correction in AE and there's a good tutorial already online on reducing CA at the "Cow". But here's another approach:

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/1172671-post47.html

although it was done with Sony Vegas. It might be an interesting AE tutorial to put together.
gbea553
16 years ago
I want to recreate the A-Ha video take on me...how do i get started
Sameera
16 years ago
Please ..Andereww...Sir.,I want to know this kind of animatoin.,how to create using AE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hJ35CfpwFw&feature=related
supercabe
16 years ago
hey, andrew i was thinking the other day that it would be awsome that you make a tutorial of how to make a portal and someone passing through, it would be great, thanks and i would really love if you con make a tutorial of that
Leonard
16 years ago
3D match moving concept:

tutorial which covered complete 3D match moving process.. till now in VC there is no tutorial about 3d matchmoving.. so i hope 3d match moving tutorial is useful for all..
16 years ago
hey wassup andrew...my name is billy and you inspired me alot im a beginner in after effects and it took alot of your tuturials and purchases of riot gear and action movies 2 and more to come for me to get familiarize with ae..and i got pretty good so far the only tuturial i would like to see is glowing eyes, makeing titles morph to other titles like the beginning of transformes 2 the title opener...lol holla at a brother..my new jony 5 music video is alomost done i just need action movies ess 2..cant wait to recieve it


smackl/megateck
16 years ago
Hey andrew,
i just purchased the action essentials 2 kit and i was wondering if you could post a tutorial on how to make buildings explode? I put the explosions in but it doesn't look very realistic. Thanks!

tyler
Matt
16 years ago
hi andrew

any chance you can do a terminator tutrial. i nkow you done healer and bit of terminator was at the end. it be awsome for full tutrial on terminator face. thanx Matt V
16 years ago
What about making a tutorial about breaking a 3d object into controlled particules?
This kind of things looks really cool, and i really have difficulties to find a cool tuto dealing a easy way to achieve this kind of effect

see :
http://www.videocopilot.net/blogstuff/vc_show.jpg
Greg Porter
16 years ago
Andrew,

You should make a tutorial on adding in the effect of camera flashes and such as if someone is doing a speech.

For example, in my short film we have a scene were our main character is giving a speech but we couldn't afford to rent a proper area/stage and couldn't gather a crowd so we basically filmed him at the podium speaking and we're trying to add in some realistic camera flashes and crowd sounds but it's hard making it feel realistic.

Any help would be appreciated!
bruce s
16 years ago
how about a jumper or teleporting effect? Ive looked on youtube and other sites but they are all crap, and from what i have seen this should be no prob for you guys, so what do you think you wana show them how its really done?
Victor
16 years ago
Dear Andrew,
Please make a tutorial on superhero's teleportation and flying...
and also a tutorial about making a movie/film from start to finish, from pre-production to post production. And how to get a job in hollywood movies, like you....

Thank you,
you're my inspiration..
VS
16 years ago
Hey, i'm just wondering whether you would be able to re create the transformers text animation, for the new movie, its just so cool, and would love to be able to use it.
AB
16 years ago
Hi Andrew & Team
I know this has got to be the most boring suggestion in the world but here it goes:

I would like to a tutorial on what you what method/workflow/media/ you recommend for the long-term 'safe' archiving of footage, stock etc.

Somehow I don't think that burning everything on DVD is the best solution and a few terabytes of hard drive doesn't go very far.
Paul
16 years ago
How about a tutorial that shows us how to create the slick transitions used in CSI? It would also be cool, if we could learn how to do some of this stuff in flash.
Jeffrey
16 years ago
Hello!

Maybe a tutorial for how to make the sin city effect.
Like when everything is film noir, except 1 colour.
oliver
16 years ago
hi andrew, i found this neon light "tutorial" on the web. unfortunatly its in french and very poor presented without screen capturing.
maybe an imput for a nice backstreet neonlight.

http://kruty.biiim.com/index.php?2006/05/29/46-neon-tubes
luca immesi
16 years ago
Hi,
what about a tutorial how to create a cybernetic arm? I mean a human arm that inside has cybernetic components.
Nik
16 years ago
You should go in-depth on how you create your DVDs. Not just the main-menus, but the DVD cover and everything. That would be awesome.
16 years ago
how create a nuclear explosion (like idiana jones 4)?
thanks
R.M.C Studios
16 years ago
Blowing up a house would be a great tutorial.
Luke
16 years ago
First of all I will have to agree with most of you. Andrew Kramer you're the best!

Not only do you have the knowledge, you know how to teach! And that's a gift. Not everyone is cut out to explain things in a comprehensive manner.

And yes, I've also have a request for a new tutorial. I'd like to make a short action movie and thanks to these tutorials there are a lot of more things possible than I've ever imagined. But I would like to insert somekind of a car-chase like for instance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?vcmn32s6ZSQ

Now, it's not verry likely for me to pick up the family car and do some crazy stunt-driving
An action movie with somekind of chase however is practically essential.

I've tried to import a car made in 3DS Max in some footage I've shot before, but to be quite frank I haven't got a glue.

So much things you should think of:
There's the angle of footage and 3D camera. The reflections of the environment and the car, shadows, speed rotation of the wheels, ...


If anyone has the ability to make a tutorial for this, I would like to think it 'll be Andrew Kramer.

Best regards and keep up the good work!

Luke (respect from Belgium)
Gurnis
16 years ago
Hi,
If you run out of ideas, you can make a hologram tutorial. Like thoso in Star wars or Science Fiction movies. It wouldn't be too hard. I think some desaturate, color change, glow and couple bugs in connection would look prety good
Ali Hussein
16 years ago
Maybe you can make a dvd about enhancing an action scene
in the war movies which will contain all of things which I requested.
I think most of the people will love it.
Exordium
16 years ago
Hi Andrew!
I need something 300-like for my upcoming movie.
Like this --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAUIrk6RgP4&NR=1

PS:I got your action essentials and im using it on my project
16 years ago
Hello Andrew

I really, really need help creating interference just like on the trailer for terminator salvation. Can you help? Here is a clip to show what i mean. Really need your help with this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYc3vOmof_8

Regards
John
hany potter
16 years ago
hi
i would like to know how to make a car expolsion (6) i like this vfx
thx androw u r the best
this some of what i have learnd from u

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vZCDXspOsvg&feature=channel_page
Justin
16 years ago
Hi, u know the movie jumper? can you make a tutorial how to make the effect, thank you!
Daniele M
16 years ago
Hi Andrew,
I need to reconstruct the effect of sihlouette of Freddy coming out from the wall, visible into Fonzie's promo here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atEdx_EN34s&feature=related (at second 0:09)

Please can you help me whit another one of your fantastic tutorial?

THANKS A LOT!!!




P.S. If anyone has ideas as to suggest, e-mail me nabucodomosor@hotmail.com I NEED YOUR HELP!!!

Daniele
bellibbey
16 years ago
can u ple do, somthing like.... news them ( NEWS CAPTION, NEWS COUNT DOWN )and more about SPORTS CAPTION ,,,ple ,,,ple UR works are greate ....
16 years ago
Andrew can you make a tutorial on a 3d burn heling effect like from the biginig of VAN HELSING. i'm making a movie and i need to figure out how to do that.
monkey
16 years ago
hey andrew

can you create a tutorial where u mix live action with effects for it to become like the intro to the tv show "nip/tuck". you know where they turn people into dolls. or maybe turn a person into water, while still tracking their movements.
Justin Crowe
16 years ago
I know you already did a teleport type thing but it would be sweeeeet to have a tutorial on energizing from the j.j. abrams new star trek.
Mepht
16 years ago
Hi guys'
what up's in the awesome world of after Fx ?
It's possible to have a tutorial (on 3DStudioMax/AfterEffect) on the destruction of material ?
like this vid' :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOinjz10e5Q
(with a bridge or something else, juste for learn how break objects in studio max)

thank a lot.
And Andrew, yours tutorials are awesome!

See ya !
Ricardo
16 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Hope you are well. Am currently working on a project with Realflow and would like to simulate a water stain effect but struggle to do so because when I import the bitmap sequence of the water stain from Realflow into the materials in 3DS Max, I canâ??????t seem to get the simulated material on to my mesh. Please can you do a tutorial on UVW Maps in 3DS Max and how to use a sequenced bitmap to add a simulated effect on to a mesh?

Kind Regards

Ricardo (A true follower of Video Copilot)
Akhil
16 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Can you please try making a tutorial about Star
Trek Transporter (teleporter).
i love all your tutorials....thanks for helping us out...you are really an awesome guy...
Magnus Mjørud
16 years ago
Hey Andrew, first of all I'd like to say thank you for this awesome website and all of your amazing tutorials. They're very educational and easy to sit through, I love your small out-of-context humorous bits

Over to my request, I'd love it if you could make some more tutorials focusing on text and background designs. Your other tutorials are awesome for learning various functions and so on, and I'm planning to use alot of your tips and tricks when making the promo for my VFX team. I lack alot of know-how when it comes to wrapping the functions you present into a cool design when it comes to titles, texts and backgrounds. So it would be awesome if you could make a tutorial or two on how to make a few cool text designs, how to make a cool background when it comes to lighting and so on. If you'd consider to do this, thanks in advance

Regards
Magnus Mj??¸rud
Mental FX
Mario Spoljaric
16 years ago
Hi Mr.Kramer
I would be very pleased if U read this mail and try to help me couse I have one problem and u can solve it...so..

First of all my english gramar is like my grandma in football so please dont laught if i write something stupid or sily...lol
Im working like a camerman and like all videos who goes on dvd for someone had to pass trought post production if i want to make happy and amaze person for who im doing dvd.
So here i first need thank U for ur tutorials for After Effects couse im working post production based on ur tutorials and that helped me a loooooot.....thank u on this great tutorials.
Here is my problem.....
All my video have a lot grafic , baner,motion and animations and it look preaty good but still one pice of dvd is to bad.I dont know to made motion dvd menu.
when I insert dvd my main menu is still (freeze) image and i want to make like animation like on new movie dvd,couse my dvd menu and video is like to difrent time who dont belong together,video full of grafic and main menu is freezed and that look to poor.
Here is link wich is example what i want to achieve......................http://www.precomposed.com/products/pro_motion_menu_kits/02_enchanted_waters/
I made animation in After effects but i dont know how to put it in Encore like motion menu not like a freeze image,and problem is with buton, couse how to achieve to butons apears in defined time.
I know that i need work in Photoshop for butons but howwwwwwwwww.

Please if U can help me and make a tutorial about this,or if u are in to much job link me some tutorial who explain how to make this menu posible.....PLESE I have a headache of this try it posible!!!!!!


With respect

Mario Spoljaric

Thank You
Deepak
16 years ago
Hey andrew,

amazing work HUGE fan, but just wondering if you might be able to do a video of like building jumping, from the ground jumping up to the roof and like from roof to roof looking up from the ground. Also the idea for marvel comic super heros is really sick. Maybe using trapcode's form to do it?
crr
16 years ago
Hey Andrew...
First of all I'm a great Videocopilot fan and I love your tutorials.

I thought about using this animation (71.) in a footage. But I found out that it isn't easy.
I thought I can use a null object (track motion) to follow moving of the camera but that doesn't work because of the camera in after effects.
Another way i've found was to stabilize the footage. But I want to have some moving of the camera so that it looks more realistic.
Is there any way to use track motion or any other way?

Thank you
christian
danny cooper
16 years ago
hi andrew

would love to have a video tute on multiple clones of same person (eg.michael keaton 'muliplicity'; george michael/mary j blige 'as' video where both artistes are repeatedly cloned); and one on crowd replication such as this stunning one :

http://www.hollywoodcamerawork.us/vfx/

is crowd replication of this degree achievable in after effects at all?

hope you csn do these tutes or recommend where i might find tutes to cover these topics.

LOVE your tutes on video co-pilot.

many thanks
danny
16 years ago
Tutorial about modeling in Blender would be good.
JVR
16 years ago
Hey whats'up.
I was wandering if you could post a tutorial about how to remove black cables from a scene, like those which support Neo in Matrix scene when he's walking in the wall(the fight agaist Morpheus) without losing the background, which always happens when using masks.
DanielDWV
16 years ago
Andrew...
I would just like to see a tutorial explaining what you could use instead of the "particular" tool, for those of us that like to cut corners and cost.

Particularly, or specifically, the "colorful universe" tutorial.

By the way, your tutorials are extremely helpful, and have opened my imagination even more above and beyond anything that I thought I could ever do, for example, yesterday I created a mobile of a universe using some coat hangers and styrofoam. I also made some things in AE, like a little box that bounces back and forth between two rectangles that kind of looks like a tennis match!
FakeACrowd
16 years ago
Maybe a tutorial on how to fake a crowd from a high perspective view using particles in abode afterfx cs3?
16 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I would like to see you do a tutorial on the creation of an animated DVD menu using After Effects. Is it even possible?
edward franks
16 years ago
I think you should do an invisibility tutorial using a displacement map
jonnyracket
16 years ago
i'm trying to figure out how to make a character appear as a shadow figure, kind of like the Zales (i think it was them) jewelry commercials where shadow hands are wearing solid rings, bracelets... it'd be a great effect for a short film i'm working on. i think i could do it if i greenscreen it, but i need to shoot outdoors and that's a logistical nightmare...
thanks
ZIA
16 years ago
Hi Andrew from Sugar Land TX,
First of all, I really admire your work.
I've been watching some Jumper effect tutorials by others which are very cheezy.
Can you make a Jumper (Teleport) effect tutorial with Sam (THE GREAT) Loya.
Your Jumper Tutorial would be far more sophisticated than anybody out there.
Thanks again for the great teachings of After Effects.

Zia
javier uria
16 years ago
Hello Andrew Kremer a greeting from bolivia, I admire very much your web page since you have infinity of material, especially every tutorial that I see of you give me desire of learning + and +, and good I have some ideas that you could do as some tutoriales, since(as,like) ejmplo of the super heroes or of encourage as dragoon ball z, naruto etc.....

pd: Serious Interisante that you do on Particularlussion 3.0 tutorials

Some videoes I hope that you encourage to do them and to do tutoriales on them:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf4gBaQU3cg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpltFc8PPso

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1E2BxH41mc (The important thing appears in the minute 1:25 I am sorry it but not this one in Englishman the vdeo, but to see the effects, the sky that changes, the thunders that it goes out, the effects of the soil, which trembles, the land and that goes out rocks and exceed quite the transformation that the personage suffers, it is tutoriales on this effect but they are not very good, but that your faeces are incredible I hope that you take it to consideration and could do it. wait for your response thank you andrew kremer)


by Javier
icaro castro
16 years ago
Hello good afternoon andrew wish you could make a tutorial and certain powers of harry potter thanks
Church Media
16 years ago
I would like to see a tutorial on typography animation. http://youtube.com/watch?v=rIDdx7NPJgo&mode=related&search=
Thanks
16 years ago
First off, your tutorials are second to none and secondly I have always wanted to make a really spooky trailer and most if not all of your tutorials are for high impact essentially thrillers.

What I'm hoping to accomplish is a trailer split up by short descriptions about the game/movie I am advertising but these paragraphs don't just fade in from black, lots of particles come from behind the camera fly onto the black canvas and then as one form the sentence your trying to achieve. I think this will be a very nice generic text effect that could be used anywhere for anything and is such a nice way of introducing text than the old fade from black.

Also, my second idea is you could do a tutorial on how to go about designing interview text and by that I mean when an interview a person starts you normally get some nice graphical text appear at the bottom that writes in a wierd computer languages and then translates to English in a stylish way as if a computer was decyphering it to reviel the person's name that is speaking and which company they belong to.
sladebaker
16 years ago
Dude! Show us how you did those Star Trek titles. AMAZING! So Andrew Kramer. Congrats!
DaveVegas
16 years ago
Hey Andrew!

It would be very cool if you could make a short Tutorial about hows that work:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyparYJ7PR0

A Presure Wave!!

It would be awesome as an effect, wouldnt it?

Yeah, for a high end Pro like you it isnt really much work.

PS: The Text in Star Trek is awesome! Saw it just an hour ago.

peace dave
Antonio Mancusa
16 years ago
Andrew,

neat effects such as all the new CBS logo stuff, in order of preference:

1. logo in front reveals larger logo in behind when graphic paint strokes cross over both. I've tried this with blend modes and can't get it to work right.

2. Logo over white, splash with water bubbles wipe across and fade away leaving logo on white background.

Thanks
Paul Stewart
16 years ago
Yo, Andrew!

Maybe you could develop a tutorial on transforming Sam or Tino's body into 100% liquid, with a little rotoscoping, etc. He becomes Liquidator, Hydro-dude, you name it! If it's too hard to do the whole body, transform his arms into liquid.

U are the man!

Paul
16 years ago
What about a tutorial on how to create tutorials?
Jurjen
16 years ago
Hi,

Perhaps you can show the best RAM / Hardware settings for After Effects. What are the best settings to get as much as you can from your AE.
Paul Stewart
16 years ago
Hey Andrew

I saw this cool video on Youtube that showed the Death Star over San Fransisco along with the other Star Wars vehicles. Maybe you could make a tutorial that shows HALO's Installation 04 in the sky. Just a thought.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfqDVP_0O0c

God bless you (I mean it)

Paul
VJ CEX
16 years ago
Hey Mr. Andrew Kramer!

Brief story on my AE experience. It all started with the urge to create new material for my VJ presentations. Four years later of many many man hours and with your tutorials I can say AE is as powerful as your imagination, not only on visualizing an animation but combining the different effects to accomplish it.
My request will be a tutorial focus con the VJ community, I don't ask for a specific interesting effect nor for a flamboyant trickery... I mean raw vector dinamic animation.
Since i starter messing with expressions and tracking the results have being frustrating but promising...
I wish you will try creating some 3D parented world with some interaction expressions.
Much more interesting than a simple particular or form bg.
In the VJ "realm" usually we compose live. The use of 5 or 6 layers blending on the music beat and interacting as the different audio frequencies are read, or the multiple Freeframe effects...

so 3D World with interactive expressions and tracing!

I salute you GURU KRAMER

Cesar Jurado
A.K.A VJ CEX
organicoman
16 years ago
Hi Andrew,
Can you make a tut about How to make AE use ARABIC text.
Thank u
and keep doing your amazing tuts.
PS: sometimes your jokes are funny but the most time they r boring to death
Mike L.
16 years ago
MORPH!! cant believe it hasnt been done yet!
16 years ago
Hi andrew
i think this one is pretty cool and useful.
Is it possible to create this effect (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgaQsO9l4Ng) on Greenscreen footage or even a regular above water scene? where the camera pans from below the water to above it and the water runs down the camera lens. also if its possible, is it possible only in AE?
Paul Stewart
16 years ago
Hey Andrew Kramer!

I'm your #.1 fan on your kool tuts. If possible, do you think you could develop a tutorial on blowing up a building in AE in the 3D city tutorial, like in The Dark Knight? Don't worry. The building will have been evacuated. Don't forget the Action Movie Essentials plugins.

God bless!

Paul
Laxie
16 years ago
What would be cool is to make like a text effect where the text comes in and burns away then from the ashes the other text comes up. That'd be cool.
Surya Darma
16 years ago
Hai, I am Surya from The most Beautiful islands country in the world.
Suhu(Master Teacher) Andrew, I would like to give U, some inspiration :
1. Fx walking on the water
2. Fx replace one face to another face like Mission Impossible
3. Fx Flying Man like heroes FILM
I hope u can make it happen A.S.A.P.
tHANKS
God bless U, Suhu
Solsar
16 years ago
Could you make a tutorial of a sky laser attack and realistic building explosion kind of like the ones in Independence Day?
Chico
16 years ago
How about a free tutorial on making the jump to lightspeed like in Star Wars when Han Solo makes the jump to lightspeed after leaving Tatooine.
eyad
16 years ago
make the bullet video free please
every one needs it specialy me!
SuperMario
16 years ago
Hi from Sweden

" sean126 wrote:
I still say a "super hero tutorial" DVD (or free tutorials) would be cool. Like how to transform into the human torch, how to make Wolverine's claws come out of your hand, how to transform into the Ghost rider ect......
With all the marvel comic movies coming out it may be worth while idea. "

I agree with sean126 100%
supermarius
16 years ago
i love tutorial like meteor, or can you to do tornado storm? i love them...
supermarius
16 years ago
Hi Andrew!
I'd like to see a tutorial for to do a compositing between a cartoon and a real footage like the movie who framed roger rabbit or space jam.
Doug Rowland
16 years ago
I really like the effect they use on Discovery commercials now. The one where it looks like there are bunch of cards being held up and they turn over to reveal a new picture/video. This is also the same effect you would see at a football game where the crowd has white cards then they turn over the cards (never all at the same time) to show the logo on the other side....
Lavender
16 years ago
Hey whats up Andrew,

Love your work, keep it up!

Would love to see a tutorial for CYCLOPS' OPTIC BEAM, from the moment its closed to the moment he flashes them quickly, just like the scene in XMEN3...the lake..

thanx!
16 years ago
Maybe some kind of "morphing transitions"

Its an really awesome looking effect - impressive, it kind of ... "flowing" transition (im german an dont know the right word sorry)

thats what i mean:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9brW4jv8nLw
(Metallica - I Disappear)

This is really so well done!!! But I really dont get the idea to create something similar.

Thanks!
Ariel Quintana
16 years ago
Hi Andrew.
First, your tutorials are a pure learning pleasure. AE is indeed a powerful FX tool but also becomes a nightmare when used in conjunction with FCP. For me, AE becomes useless if the round trip FCP-AE-FCP doesnâ??????t work. FCP to AE usually works fine but AE to FCP is a complete mess. Iâ??????m aware of the color space problem (YUV-RGB) and Iâ??????ve tried all the solutions Iâ??????ve read about in forums. Stay native from FCP to AE, export and reimport with animation codec, work with 16bcp in AE, change the AE color space to Rec.109, etc. Nothing works. Back in FCP, or the image quality degrades or the colors are messed up. Maybe itâ??????s asking for the impossible, but would that be thinkable to develop a preset that allows us to make the round trip without so many problems? Itâ??????s just damn frustrating having a powerful tool like AE at hands and not beeing able to use it.
Thank in advance.
Sue
16 years ago
Just wanna know how they do thing like this:

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

Is it only 3D or there's some After Effects too?

Thanks,
By the way, you're great AK!
16 years ago
Hi Andrew
Awesome disintegration tutorial!! love the way it works with titling.
Not sure if you doing anything special for Tut100 but i thought maybe you could do like a mini movie (as in the meteor tutorial). But based on the movie 300, but its called 100. i was thinking it could incorporate something like compositing 100's of characters into a battle scene from just 2 0r 3 actors or just some kind of epic composite.
always wanted to know how to do that.
thanks for all the hard work in making us the grapics artists we are, you're work always inspires me to learn new things and try my own techniques.
Zah
16 years ago
Hi Andrew,

First of all, I would like to say that your tutorials are great. I am just getting into the whole editing and special effects. I have recently watched a movie called "Inside Man". At the begining of the movie you have a charachter sitting in a cell, as he is talking the background (Wall) is zooming in (Vertigo effect I believe), giving the effect of the wall closing in on the charcachter. A tutorial on this would be great.
16 years ago
please make a tutorial on how to make animals talk like in doctor dolittle etc
George
16 years ago
I was hoping to see a tutorial on a vehicle explosion with the vehicle debris flying outward and or a tutorial such as the sequence in fantastic 4 where the thing braces for impact leaning into the truck, I'd like to see that type of vehicle crash/wrap around. I know in films they drive the vehicle into a green column of steel and cement and then remove it through green screen as well all cg the crumpling metal, can this be done?
Scotty
16 years ago
The ending credits from "A Series of Unfortunate Events" ha.
Ali-STyle
16 years ago
effects from famous movies
andi
16 years ago
THE SCION CRAZYNESS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2VZYmaEygs
eXchange
16 years ago
Hey Andrew, a few weeks ago I saw the movie"jumper" and i was very surprised of the jump effect so i thpught about making one by using After effects, I saw that its possible "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B8_h3_QPSk&feature=related" or sth. like that, a tutorial to make those cool locking effeckts would be very nice.

greez eXchange
Rick
16 years ago
Hey Andrew , i wonder if you can tell us how to create a TV effect, like turning on the tv, Tv Snow,?

Cheers Thanks
Neo
16 years ago
Hi Andrew

I would like to know how to make ink bleeding effect in after effect. Please submit a tutorial for this. it's very helpful to me. Thanks.
Min Kwon
16 years ago
Hi, Andrew. I am working on a project and I really need your help. I am doing a HUGE project on astronomy (life cycle of stars) and I really need to make a quality video of the star's life cycle. I really want it to be 3D, but the problem is, I can't. That's why I really need your help!!! Just a really good 3D sun would be nice too. So please!! Do a tutorial on how to make a 3D space filled with stars!!! Thanks!!!
Ronald
16 years ago
Hi there, were planning to buy the Real Clouds and Pro Scores but we can't find a tutorial here regarding the Real Clouds - how to apply this effect using final cut pro.
Dee
16 years ago
Hi Andrew, how about 3d virtual sets?? like have a rendered 3d scene and include people on it using chroma, i??´ve tried importing an rpf camara to the comp and making my footage ( keying) a 3d layer, but doesnt work, any idea?
16 years ago
I do a lot of titling and im always looking for new ways to animate text on. I would really like to do something like what they did in th eopening to the movie The Prestige. that was pretty awesome, it could be incorporated into another tutorial i suppose, to attract a wider audience.
ipN
16 years ago
Andrew,

Your tutorials are amazing any I'm in awe of everything you put out. But, here's a suggestion for not necessarily a tutorial but something that you and even your following could be involved in. I understand that the folks over at Digital Juice may be entertaining a new product line of After Effects Projects/Templates. WOW! How about getting the jump on them and releasing your own?
16 years ago
Greetings,

I would love to see how you do workflow from what is shot, to a rough edit to effect, to final render. I am always worried that I have rendered to many times before I go to a final, and would love to know how a final project should/could be broken down into shots, and then assembled on a time line. A real start to finish once over for those of us beginners. Especially when it comes to HD effects, and 24p effects. You could call it "into the flow", or even go for the retro Madonna "Get into the Groove..."

Think about it!
Paul Manestar
16 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I really love the way your incorporating more 3D Max into your tutorials, and have found a great video tutorial set on how to animate a little walking robot found here :- http://www.tysonibele.com/Main/main.htm
The problem i faced was with the whole process of creating the texture map using UVW unwrap. I sent Tyson an email and he responded with another tutorial he found on how to map a rusted metal object found here :- http://www.arildwiro.com/ in the tutorials section, but the problem is that without a good understanding on how to string it all together, it makes it quite difficult. I'm not saying that you go out and rip off the idea from these two guys, i'm saying that you put together a tutorial on how to create/animate and paint one of these objects, from the design, the animation, texturing, and finally bringing it into after effects. Might be a bit too big to put into a tutorial for the website, but i'd be quite willing to pay for it if it was released as a DVD much like the Bullet DVD you created.

Cheers
16 years ago
Andrew:

I would like to know how CBS Sports does their NCAA on CBS logo that explodes out into spheres. It looks like they use Trapcode's Particular or Form.
16 years ago
Hey Andrew, i recon it would be great if you could make a tutorial where u fly through 3D tunnel corridors kinda like your 3D stroke tutorial but with winding corridors.
Hope u can make one, cheers Georgie.
PS. keep up the awesome jobs with the tutorials.
Maheez
16 years ago
I think it would be awesome if you could show us how to make a virtual set. For example, a spaceship setting, or a virtual news desk.
wilky
16 years ago
how about a holigram made from video?
i thought i remembered seeing one at one point but can not find it.
Israel Palmeros
16 years ago
Hi mr. Kramer, weel, i would like you consider a tutorial about this:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAsASCFtjhI


well, i think is chroma, but the light of sun looks realistics over the characters,its fantastic, i hope you can do this tutorial, o explain the procedures to do this kind effects
mama
16 years ago
Multipass rendering and integration with AE.
Martynas C.
16 years ago
Hello Andrew,
I've had this idea, making different weather on same footage (sorry for my bad english..) for example it's a sunny day but suddenly it starts to rain and then thunder comes in... or something similar.
Home you'll atleast read it...
Phil
16 years ago
Hey Andrew

Was wondering about a tutorial where a logo shatters, slows down (the pieces), stops and go backwards to form another logo or slogan. I have an example that I got from one of Richard Harrington's tutorials in Creative Cow.
http://www.quickshare.co.za/files/paf5ccrm/example.avi.html
This was coded in xvid so i hope you can view it.
If not, then check out one of his tutorials at the end, you'll see what i mean.
I think a tutorial like this would benefit everyone.
Thank you in advance
Phil
16 years ago
Hey Andrew. I was kinda wondering if you could do a tutorial of... I really dont know how to name it but like rust moving away or so. My thought was to have a room clean then rust starts growing in it and darkens the room to a more scary type of room. Thought it might help everyone as it wouldnt have to be just rust it could be more things like snow or stuff. What im kinda getting to is a part in Silent Hill in the bathroom. The dead guy touches the wall and a rust like stuff grows on the wall. Before that it was a regular bathroom then the walls melted and everything turned dark. I was just hoping maybe you could make a tutorial to show us how to do those kind of effect please thank you for readin this if you do.
Heres a clip of what im trying to learn and that i think would be helpful for many others to use. Go to 1:38 seconds. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66t_2tnlLKA&feature=related I hope you understand what im trying to get at.
Sorry for posting a long reply/message.

TauntDevil
16 years ago
hi andrew u did a great job congratulations to u and all u team. i wanna share a cool video has been made in after effects. in this web site (http://www.trapcode.com/gallery.html) i have curiosity how they make PSYOP cocacola ad. the movie wich start with a dot and draw so many things is cool video i hope u guys have any idea how make this video and thanks for u time

greetings from Atlanta
Phil
16 years ago
Hi Andrew Kramer,
Thanks for all your awesome work. Can you do tutorial on Retro Text, I watched Harry J Flank and he is not as easy to follow as you.
Thanks
Phil
Fabiano Peres
16 years ago
Hi there Andrew.
First of all, congratulations for your escellent work. You always help me.

My suggestion is a photo gallery like the one in iPhone with the albuns.
It would be great for us to do with our friend's photos, then they would think we are "the one". you know what I mean...

I was trying to create an expression for the camera, so as we move it, the pics would do their job.
But I'm not good with expressions and I thought...
Andrew is the man, he can do it at a blink of an eye.

So here is my suggestion for you, I'll be very happy if you can help us with this one.

Once more, congratulations for the excellent work.
Hugs from Brazil.

(Sorry for any grammar mistakes)
Andreas
16 years ago
helle Cramer!!!

a Tutorial that show us how to make humans with powerfull ninja like fistfight. Like The new Dragonball evolution Movie, or somthing like in Naruto, when Hinata and Neji have a fight(se those two on youtube and you have an idea of what i mean)

if you could do that, it would hve been awsome
Stéphane from France
16 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I buy the bundle of your DVD this winter and it's rock !!! Thx for sharing your knownledge ! Great Spirit !

I would make a basic effect : unfold an image or a video like meava sequence (secret story 2 on youtube) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NElZinTX4fA&featurelayList&p=35AF46B9035CE2A6&index=0&playnext=1 in this film.

Perhaps could you make a tutorial with it.

Thx a lot,
St??©phane.
Gyaba
16 years ago
Thank for Andrew Kramer. Andrew Kramer, I saw your video tutorial with combination of Autodesk-3Ds Max and adobe after effect. I am vety very intreset with combination in AutoDesk Maya and Adobe - After Effect. Please try this type of video. I am so much appreciate your video tutorial.

gyaba
MasterDesignTeam
16 years ago
So hello and i need little help Im designr and Counter-Striek Lover and i se some cool effect but i dont know how to make pls help

Link to video :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFxu8ALlmPM&feature=channel_page

effect starts on 0:08!

pls help me Andrew
Lawrie
16 years ago
Mate you gotta do a ghostly silhouette figure briefly spooking a human. It should be brill

Ta big boy
16 years ago
hi,i think Andrew shud make more 3ds max tut's.
like how to make a simple Transformer.
not how to model the car but just the basics of get the cool look of the main transforming part.
MM
(sorry bad English from Norway)
Yasukin
16 years ago
Hi Andrew,

your tutorial have been really enlighten me, it was great and inspiring! In regard of your tutorial 37,38, & 39. I saw a great footage in: http://www.erik-lauritzen.com/lbh.mov and wondering on how if you could show how to do it.

thank you Sir Andrew,

Regards
Michal
16 years ago
I love all the tutorials for after effects. I start to learning this program and tutorials helping me in meny problems. I'd like to see tutorial about how to create realistic hot air on the desert or the hot air comes from jet engine.


Yours

Michal
keith
16 years ago
Please create a tutorial for the Evolution opening. The one in red.
Ofir
16 years ago
Hello to you andrew.
I'd like to ask from you a basic tutorial with Mocha and and After effects(Tracking motion).

Have a nice day,
Ofir.
evnaftilos
16 years ago
Dear Adrew...

Here i am again, to make a suggestion.
Cound you manage to create a tutorial with the wavy motion on ps3's default BG? that will be very amazing. I Think that should be a banch of code in a programming languange and a real time renedering, but can you give your best shoot????

Thanks in advance Adrew....
K. WUD
16 years ago
I would love to see how to make the echo or echo space function operate in an after effects 3D environment. Check out http://www.syndromestudio.com/directing.html , the video labeled T-Pain featuring Chris Brown "Freeze" pushes the echo back on the z axis giving you the opportunity to freeze the effect and rotate your camera around the shape that is formed. I can do it using tons of layers and the cell phone tutorial you published but I'm sure there is an easier way of doing something like that. They also track the echo effect with Chris Browns feet giving you the ability to see his previous steps. Thanks for all of you hard work on these tutorials man. I must say, this site has taught me how to use after effects better than most of the graphic design majors..interesting.......

Oh yeah, the 3D elements within a DVD package would be great if you ever decide to do one. Kind like evolution on steroids...lol
16 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I would really love to see a "superspeed" tutorial. I have always wanted to do little shorts about comic book heroes like the Flash, or that speedster in the Heroes tv show. I have seen a couple of other tutorials, but they really dont explain things very well, and I know you guys would do it justice.

And just wanted to take the opportunity to say that you guys (Sam Loya included) do a FANTASTIC job on your website. I introduced this website to a friend who knows nothing about after effects, and he is starting out too. I always thought that your tutorials explain things very very well, and I always recommend it to anyone who wants to learn AE. After a few more tutorials, I am definitely going to order some stuff from you guys (Especially the explosion stuff) so I can start making some little shorts. Thanks, I hope you guys know that everyone here really appreciates the amount of time and energy you guys put into these tutorials.

Thanks, but yeah, if possible, a Superspeed tutorial would be awesome

-C
muthatrucka
16 years ago
Hey Andrew!

Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Sooo much appreciated!!

Can you pretty please put together a tutorial where you apply some of your stunning effects on an already existing vector logo. Describe the workflow from Illustrator into AE, using existing paths, what to keep in mind regarding that and so on. Basicly some neat tips n tricks. That would be simply awesome!

Keep up the GREAT work Andrew!

Greetings from Sweden
alexander lopez
16 years ago
hi andrew ( sorry about my english ) your work is awesome congratulations. }
trying to make a posible request y like you think in post a tutorial about some work with

..

its very interesting to see with your style a nice tutorial fusioning 3ds max after effects and real flow
it's veryinteresting too, see about texturin maps and colorin 3d objects in photoshop return to 3ds max render and put in after effects to great effects, think about.

from an hispanish talk friend
LEX
16 years ago
WOW!....I am speechless.............
Weston Carter
16 years ago
Hi Andrew,
Great job on all the tutorials! I have a request. TNT did the "Let It Rock" video for the All Star game recently and I saw several elements that you have previously covered in your other tutorials. I am curious how they did the effects from the 0:13-0:20 mark in the following video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7YUETVY1EQ

I know how to create the circles/squares in photoshop, but I don't know how they move in the video. It seems like there is more to it. I also don't know how the players were cut out from the rest of the video (possibly rotoscoped?) or is there another way in AE. They don't exactly look "cut out". A 20-30 second tutorial would help out tremendously!
Marten
16 years ago
Hi Andrew,

First of all, thanks for the great tutorials. I really love them, they have helped me a lot so far.

I have a intresting request. I would love to know how the made the scene in the movie "Wanted", where the guy jumps trough the glass.

Like this: http://www.accesshollywood.com/content/images/41/400x400bd/41046_james-has-a-smashing-good-time-on-the-set.jpg

Is there any chance you could make this one into a tutorial?

Thanx.

Greeting from Holland
Matt
16 years ago
Hi there andrew! Please do a super hero tutorial (or a whole string of them). Please remember that not all of us can afford after effects AS WELL AS a 3d modelling program. Howabouta tutorial on Blender?

Best regards
Angel
16 years ago
Hi Andrew,There is one type of effect which me and many people will love to see. It's about TERMINATOR Time Travel, specialy from the 3-rd movie.
If you can make a tutorial or give some information or guidance about how to make it in 3ds max and after effects will be great too.
I hope i dont spam sending this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BavbX6K9HCE&feature=related
This is the exact effect which i try to achieve,but i don't know exactly how.
Thank you in advance.
Cheers from Bulgaria
zhan
16 years ago
Hi, Andrew, one tutorial I would really love to see and believe that many people will benefit from is the "crowd duplication", say in a parade scene with banners (so you have people in the fore, middle and back grounds and banners should make 'em more realistic). It would be highly appreciated if you can help out. Cheers from seattle!
Gerard
16 years ago
Hey Andrew, absolutely obsessed with your tutorials. They are astounding. Just what we need on the net!
My request would be on how to do a skyscraper getting smashed by asteroids and collapsing to the ground.
Thank you so much if you can help out.
Cheers from Australia
Frankie
16 years ago
Hi Andrew, one tutorial Iâ??????d really like know how to do would be cartoon like animation. Any suggestions on how to accomplish that.
Looney
16 years ago
Hey Andrew; ive been waching your heal tutorial bunch of times. But i really dont manage to get to that terminator effect at the end. Would be really great to have a really short one about it.
Thanks anyway for all the free work, you re great.
Life s better with A.Kramer
16 years ago
Hey Andrew i was wondering if you could have a tutorial or any materials on motion tracking on glass panels and stuff and also works from titles such as minority report or HBO movies. really hope if u could help.cheers and thanks
darinprater
16 years ago
hello. i have a few ideas for some (some of which have allready been started...). i think that you shoud do and iron man tutorial on the 3d integration effects of the suit that he wears. that would be AWESOME!!! and also, i think that you should try the jumper effect aswell. i tried to recreate it my self but i was only semi-successful....these would be great!

thanks
-DARIN
16 years ago
hey andrew!!! you got a lot of requests,

looking at requests, i have one that may test the avid user of after effects, now im looking to create a motion tracking heavey scene, like that when tony stark is deisgning the arm for his new iron man suit, when he places his hand into the arm and the hologram follows his hand, being on the same terms of the new hud, it would be cool to do like a minority report style wall or hollgraphic computer, that rotates with the movement of the camera.

let me know your thoughts, also being a huge mac user, i find it hard to find a lot of tutorials like your bullet tutorial that will work with mac software like cinema 4d because i cant get studio max to work, so to see a bit more compositiing in 3d packages that can be used on a mac also, would be great, i was going to buy the bullet dvd, and i had to cancel the payment cause i thought it was in 3d studio max WHICH i dont have so if you could let me know if there are tutorials on that dvd for the same effect in cinema 4d that would be great.

great work, be nice to see a showreel form you soon.

Marc

obeko.com
16 years ago
I think that more tutorials like the meteor would be GREAT.
I love integrating 3d with ae.
Lunatic
16 years ago
Fast & Furious tutorial

http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/fastandfurious/

watch it at the end of the trailer.
16 years ago
Hi Andrew, Love your web site and your tutorials.
Great sense of humour to boot.
How about one of a missile exhaust trails also use of heat signature effects on terrain. Sort of things used in movies like... Behind Enemy Lines, True Lies etc. Keep the Great stuff coming.
EasyCheetah
16 years ago
Kramer!

Let's get some dynamic lighting tutorials goin' on! Flashbulbs, spots, etc. You cover a lot of ground in building cool-looking text and texture effects (which is awesome) but I'd like to see where you can go with the other side. AE can do some cool stuff with lighting. Let's explore that!

-A
Eric
16 years ago
Do you have a tutorial on how to create the titles in the Bullet promo for cinema 4D with the exlposion text.
16 years ago
Andew,
Please help.
I would like to know how to make this effect in After Effects. I looks like color channel separation with some jitter and scaling applied it it. I can't quite get it right.

You can view the effect here:
http://www.thoughtequity.com/

it the transitions between clips on the home page.
Thanks,
-D

p.s.
I will name my first and third born children after you.
Erik Peterson
16 years ago
Hey Andrew I made a previous request but I thought of another one. Since you have a mac I'm guessing you have iTunes. I just updated it (finally!) to version 8.0.2 and they have a new visualizer. IT'S CRAZY! Please check it out! could you make something like that? it doesn't actually have to be that long or that much, just the basic idea. It doesn't even have to be in sync with any music. You could probably make it look better than I ever could so PLEASE!!!!!
Reni2040
16 years ago
Hi Andrew Kramer

My name is Reni and am a new member to this Awesome website... am a fan of yours....and i really love After Effects a lot...your tutorials helped me a lot to create mind blowing projects....and now am here to request you about a tutorial on "Creating HP AD" which i found to be interesting.....i found the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVyofNRyGzA Please Check it out....Hope you will release a new Tutorial for that....
Darkrai
16 years ago
try a tutorial on making an ocean wave break
16 years ago
Help us move to the next level with photomotages by breaking down what Erik Lauritzen is doing to achieve his startling effects. You're the only one I know that can break the code.

www.erik-lauritzen.com/lbh.mov
Vinny Ferranti
16 years ago
hi Andrew...this is Vinny..
im kinda new to AE ans going through your tutorials one by one.
let me just say ...your work is amazing... your tutorials inspire me so much to do my best.. im 23 and im a helpdesk tech for some advertising comany..
i really want to get into motion graphics and become an artist like you.i hope my skills will develop over time..lol
my request is that of from your promo video from "Proscores"....the last part when it looks like your flying through space and stars... thats look so crazy insane cool..
i dnt know where you come up with this stuff but its amazingly attractive and beautiful..
let me know if u can make one tutorial of flying through space with the titles or just give me some steps...


P.S.--- i have bought all your DVD videos and they are greaat!!!...i just have to learn how to put them to use..lol
PK
16 years ago
Hi could you possibly do a tutorial on how to morph text in a good and relatively easy way? Thanks
16 years ago
i would like a tutorial that explains how to put this together.
taking the info from the footage and re-applying it in a grid form
and i'd also like to know if there is a way for the content in the grid
to change depending on the shade/colour/strength of the footage.
and be able to use various pre comps as placeholders.

link here: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=N5XVeENmLMk

big fingers crossed, i know you are good but is this possible. have i set
you a challange or what?

look forward to hearing about this one please

ps. you are very good at your skills sir!

kind regards
graham
NIR
16 years ago
Hi Andrew

My name is Nir chen and I live in Israel.
First â?????? I would like you to know that I am a big fan of your work, and that I follow your tutorials on a regular basis. They assist me in coming with new ideas for my own work.

I have been an after affect artist for a few years now and I try to accomplish the assignments that I get in the best possible way.

Recently I've been asked to animate a book / notebook so that it will open like in the old Disney movies.
I was surprised to find out that it is not as simple as I have first thought, and frankly, I can't seem to find the right approach for this project.

My question is this â?????? would you be able to create a tutorial that will demonstrate just how to create this animation?

Thanks in advance

Nir.

NIRCHEN41&GMAIL.COM
Magico
17 years ago
Hey, I'd really like you to make a sound tutorials, i mean, how to put sound effects (that you get with AE, not with any of the plugins you got here) in videos.
Phil
17 years ago
I'd like to see a tutorial, if possible, on how to slice somebody in half, like in Underworld. You know, when Selene slices Victor at the end. That would be cool!

Phil
Carlo
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

First off thanks for all the great tutorials.

I'm not sure if this a new commercial or not, but I just saw it for the first time and was wondering if there's a way of recreating it in AE that you might be able to make a tutorial for... This is the link to it on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvBV7V0pNZc&NR=1

Thanks
James
17 years ago
I was really impressed with the scene located at 00:36/00:48 in the evolution promo. The "Advanced Gallery" scene.

I would like to know how the reflection of the web page was created. I can't seem to recreate any reflections in After Effects.

I think a tutorial on this scene would be helpful to a large audience.
17 years ago
marvel alliance movie & marvel ultimate alliance movies my christmas wish a request for all marvel movies featured on scifi ch 40 a movie called marvel universe written by STAN LEE OF MARVEL IN 2009 to 2013 2020 UNITED ARTIST . sincerely yours. written by timothy oxley
Lee
17 years ago
Your tutorials are the best!

startrekmovie.com has a navigation menu that is awesome - I think it could be useful for many people if we could do something like it.
17 years ago
a nuclear explosion
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I think it would be really cool if you did several tutorials about fire and explosions. Like fireballs and epic explosions. (A missile hitting a building (with fire and debris etc.) and a nuclear explosion (if it's possible) would be some examples)

Thanks,

Qii Xii
17 years ago
seams redundant, but combining the light streaks demo with the animating audio demo.

so basically animating a light streak to a path with the addition of animating the light's static path to audio.
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Wasn't there a tutorial supposed to come out based on Frosted glass? I seem to remember where you had several photos and it would zoom out and finally one glass image was left with video co-pilot in the center. How did you do that? Here's an example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1tm7_lb29A

Rion
ned flanders
17 years ago
sometimes when looking at vieo game job listing, they want after effects experience. can you show us how video games use after effecs? can you import after effects layers into development software? also if u can, maybe showing us how to make projects using photoshop and after effects in collaboration.
Mark Lee
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

This one may be a little different to the way many of your tutorial have gone recently. I'd say this was more design led than FX.

It's the intro opening credits to Guy Richie film Rocknrolla. I've got an idea how to do a lot of the stuff in this and i know you've covered this in a lot of your tutorials but i find the camera moves for such an extensive piece quite difficult and could really do with some help. Also some help with prepping the screen grabs before turning them into vector images. I've used Illustrator's Live trace extensively on a "remake" of the opening credits to Dirty Harry but i haven't been entirely happy with the results. And i've found my self getting bogged down in over 80 layers of illustrators comps when in AE. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SYHw_h1YdkA
drew24
17 years ago
I am working on a video, with alot of masking text, and i am wanting to add a silhouette vid, to add to this. How do you make this?
Tobsta
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

have you seen "Jumper"? I liked this movie a lot. Have you ever thought of showing these jumping SFX? Especially when they jump with the whole flat.

Best regards from Frankfurt // Germany

Tobsta
17 years ago
I would like to know how to create an intro like the one to House Md on Fox / USA. Not with all the real footage, but more where the body parts and names are. I dunno why but I just think it looks so cool and the music just adds to the effect. Heres a copy of the intro on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbPpbThLU5U

I hope you can help, if not dont worry about it
could u plz do a tutorial on coloring a high def video for ntsc tv
Vin Morreale
17 years ago
how about the person to smoke effect seen at the end of Order of the Phoenix?

Or, perhaps even, the smoke monster from LOST.
Roberto
17 years ago
Hi Andrew!

Could you watch this video from autodesk companie products and create a tutorial to create some of those effects with after effects? It would be great!

This is the link http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=10788610 The video is in the marketing and development division. Thank's again for your greats tutorials!
17 years ago
Whats up Andrew!
Please watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swgKt5GsKVA and send me tutorial how to make audio box in bottom left corner,please!
P.S.
You are making great tutorials!!!!
Tom
17 years ago
I reckon a tutorial of how you make the writing shatter in the bullet promo vid would be awesome as a tutorial but i also think that a human torch effect tutorial would be good like off fantastic 4!!!!

Best tutorials ever =]
Dav
17 years ago
I purchased riot gear a few months back and was wondering if i could achieve the same effect as seen in the link below. Any suggestions?
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZO8qsulYTA
Nando
17 years ago
The bullet promotional video...Teach us how u broke the letters...It can benefit a lot of us
17 years ago
I'd like to see a Tutorial that teach us to make some effects like in "HEROES" OR "smallville". Because that's cool and useful. ThankS.
Kristaps
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, i was wondering, if you could make a tutorial, with nice Fx what looks like - Nightcrawler teleportation FX (From X-Men movie). Ive been watching your tutorials, almost from beginning, and i like it realy lot. I like your style how you can explain things, especialy latest tutorials, with 3ds max. Ive learned really much from this tutorial site. This is definatly the best online tutorial site. So about the request, im wondering if it's possible to make that kinda 3d teleportation fx, i wanted to create on lot of stuff, but i cant do it. Im sorry for my bad english spelling.
Regards Kristaps. Thank you
Erik
17 years ago
Hello Andrew. I would like to see you make a tutorial on ground crackling and falling to hell kind of like from Inadiana Jones and the Last Crusade. I already have a good Idea but I'm sure you could improve it. I was thinking along the lines of cutting the floor out as a 3d layer and keeping it at the same angle and aplying shatter. I can't figure out exactly how to perfect it though because it's as flat as a pancake. PLEASE HELP!
Andy
17 years ago
You guys do great work and I love everything. One thing I would like to see though is just a simple list of all the expressions you've gone through. It would be very helpful
Mohamed Kamel
17 years ago
I'm sure this wont get through all the 10000's of other requests but what the heck, here i go. I was hoping for a tutorial on how to achieve a flawless scrolling vertical text like for credits but one without any flickering or stuttering, all the tips are appreciated..preferable seconds needed, font etc. i have tried everything and im aware that alot of people are suffering from this issue, so even if Andrew has no time for this and anyone out there who knows a solution or a link to a walkthrough; please your help is much appreciated. Moh.Selim@gmail.com

Thank you.
raysor
17 years ago
Um maybe make some super hero tutorials, and if you do make a realistic jumper effect tutorial
Moonraiser
17 years ago
Hey Andrew! Man I love your tuturials. They are so informative, fun and detailed. If you don't, you should get paid to do these because they are so well done. I'm a big fan of this kind of stuff, but I have never messed around with A.E. Until recently. Man is it cool. I have a request for you. I need a way to incorporate the tools of A.E. with a costume. To explain, I am creating a werewolf costume, to top all werewolf costumes, and would like a way of making it look as if I'm transforming. (Realisticly of course.) I don't know if you've ever messed around with something along those lines, but I would very much like a tuturial, or at least some pointers on how to accomplish this. Thank you very much for your time. Keep up the AWSOME work!

Moonraiser
Will
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I have always wanted to know how to "hand yourself an object".

Just like in Back To The Future when M. J. Fox hands a glass of orange juice to himself.

Split screens are easy, but how do you "give an object" to another piece of video?

Will
Milan
17 years ago
form an object out of slope of wather...
DirectVOR
17 years ago
I have 3 requests (please do within AE only pleeeaaase!):

- Nuclear blast with mushroom cloud

- Superman movie-style titles

- Stars and a warp/flying through space effect as seen in various sci-fi.

Thanks and keep up the great work.
Proofray
17 years ago
Hi Andrew

Love the site. I have a few suggestions for tutorials. Some Superhero effects like in Smallville or Heroes.

Space effects like in the NEW STAR TREK TRAILER

and anything similar to this video here
http://www.exopolis.com/client/xbox/xBox_720_H264_Credits.mov
Matthias
17 years ago
I would like to see a tutorial on advanced compositing, rotoscoping etc
Of course it should be 3Dsmax altough C4D is very good too
mike watson
17 years ago
How was the effect done for the pictures in Hewlet Packer commercial. Also saw it done again on youtube for Kings high school video year book video.
Kai
17 years ago
Hello!
I love all of your tutorials.
Could you possibly make one on how to make the Matrix raining code effect?
Thanks in advance
Kai
Sean
17 years ago
can you do a tutorial similar to the time freeze one you did already on your site. I believe it 's the allstate insurance commercial where the car drives by and hits a piece of wood and then the footage is freeze framed and the guy walks in front of the car and grabs the wood pieces out of mid air and then the footage starts to roll again.

thanks!
Gregus
17 years ago
Andrew,
I'm a noobie in AE, and am shooting a short indie film.
I want to have an explosion appear inside of a house, and been seen thru the windows on the initial blast.
Help!!!! Can you direct me to a tut that will show this?
Thanks,
Gregus
Raymond
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,
Your tutorials are great. I appreciated very much tutorials in Designer FX. In the Score tutorial, you tell that AE is not the program to work Sound. And you talk about soundforge or I dont remember to work sound. In a animation I think sound is important. You made some tutorials with 3dsmax to integrate it in AE. I would like a short tutorials where you work sound in a better application than Ae to integrate it for a final result in AE. Maybe a revisited Score tuto.
Thanks a lot
Tim Feijth
17 years ago
Hai
why don't you make a tutorial about making a little guy 2 a big muscle guy like the hulk
17 years ago
Hey guys. Would there be a tutorial to see how the camera follows these particles? Would it be a 'Trapcode Particular' effect or a 'CC Particle World' effect? I was just needing help with how it was created.
http://www.clusta.com/v6/clusta_intro.html
bla
17 years ago
tino ore sam fly effect flying superman!
AB
17 years ago
Hello Andrew
I would like to take the meteor tutorial a step further, How could we show the meteor coming from space just like the bullet in the bullet tutorial? Using a 3d camera to follow the meteor showing as its coming towards the camera and then it pans heading to earth. I think this would a great effect to your meteor tutorial.

Thanks
AB
Tiago Levy
17 years ago
Hi Andrew....
al yours tutorial are the bomb....
i wonder if you could make me a nice intro...
and put here also as tutorial...
im still a nooby..AF is hard but a great prog...
see ya...

Tiago
BA
17 years ago
Hi Andrew, I have a request ..when you make a tutorial about a blood splatter and like a person is being shot on a wall and the blood goes with the person down, that would be helpful ...sry for my english its not so good
17 years ago
hi, andrew
awesome site
i'd like to see a tutorial on how to turn a building into a burning building
is this possible without filming a fire beforehand?

ben
17 years ago
hi, andrew
awesome site
i'd like to see a tutorial on how to turn a building into a burning building
is this possible without filming a fire beforehand?
Keith
17 years ago
What a great site! I would really love to know how to get text to follow the contours of a 3d object?
lalit
17 years ago
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=7V1LoJt7IZw

plz see that add and publish a tutorial related the trick which is used for making a flyover, home, shop, car etc.

thanks
lalit
17 years ago
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=7V1LoJt7IZw

plz see that add and publish a tutorial related the trick which is used for making a flyover, home, shop, car etc.
Wally
17 years ago
Andrew,
First of all thanks for all you and your team do. Can we get a tutorial on combining the "long hallway" with the "nano streak 2 (live footage)" Something where the streak is going down the hallway as a separate element and isn't effected by the hallway camera movements. It just travels down the hallway in it's own path.

Thanks

-Wally
17 years ago
hey andrew! my company is going to be filming a scene with a drunk driver and we thought it would be cool to do something similar to those VW commercials. The ones where it's a profile shot of the driver or passenger and the car gets t-boned by an oncoming vehicle. any help would be greatly appreciated!
matt cori
17 years ago
Here is something that I think a lot of people would be interested in, since it uses A LOT of ink elements from Riot Gear. When you look at it you'll see 2 main aspects; ink movement in 3d space & track mattes for the titles (as far as I can tell). Together it makes a fantastic sequence. I'm always blown away by Alfred Brendel's title.

So my request would be to see a tutorial on how YOU would accomplish something like this.

Thanks for the amazing work you've done so far.

Link:

http://creativity-online.com/work/view?seed=648a7f9a&playlist=606

-Dave
griffo
17 years ago
I have some video incompatibilities, after effects doesn't import some formats so I convert them but when I reproduce them doesn't play to great.

You could explain about extension, converters or codecs, or the essentials of playing videos in after
Greg
17 years ago
How about the Seinfeld HP Commercial where he has a gazillion things appearing and disappearing? How about a twist to the magic? Something like an over the shoulder shot where the hands are pulling stuff out of a computer...in the same way the Seinfeld piece(s) were done. Too challenging..?
woody
17 years ago
Hi ANDREW
i need to see you make the video tutorial . Ae with maya program.. plz
3d max i never try before

sory for my English.
Brad Geiszler
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, I have one request and one request only can you do a tutorial for a Nuclear Explosion. I have some of the elements already, but I am missing that last bit of realism the cloud of smoke that comes rushing through the city. I have particular, but I can't seem to get it just right. You are the bomb...no pun intended. (yes, I know that was cheesy)
17 years ago
ANDREW KRAMER! you are my Savior, just so you know. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be passing college because my teachers are stupid and don't teach the software. Anywho, I desperately need your help. Do you know how to make a fake teardrop in AE? I'm doing this TNT bumper, and in it I need to show video inside a teardrop. I already shot this footage of me looking sad, with lines where tears have fallen, but I want an actual tear to fall out of my eye, and run down my cheek. I hope you can help!

Thanks!!!

*Lieze
TheVirus
17 years ago
I want to see a tutorial to make a text fire like this :

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=b2d389b8e927891ed2db6fb9a8902bda

Please
Kang bear
17 years ago
I want to see a tutorial on some of the kool somke effects where figures come out of the smoke like in this hip hop video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xUdnKmBaV4
Leon
17 years ago
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE AN EFFECT LIKE IN THE MATRIX WHEN THE GROUND WOBBLES BEFORE NEO FLYS AWAY
Joffa
17 years ago
Cant you make a tutorial about trackmotion and pre compose? I know.. its easy.. But I have never seen a tutorial about that.. And I really hope you can make a tutorial about that.. Because its important that you know that..
17 years ago
A transition where the camera moves sideways, then through a wall into another room.
Sorry I couldn't find an example but I hope you get what I'm trying to say.
Thanks, keep up the great work
Federico Scienza
17 years ago
Dear Mr. Kramer,

I would appreciate to see a tutorial, which explain how to control video quality using text and camera.
The problem is that when I zoom in to the text (a mix between different kind of elements, such as Illustrator text and After Effects path text), the quality looks very bad for the path text.

Thank you.

F
17 years ago
hi !

I think it will be a great idea to make a tutorial about how to create a cool introduction with diferent people, adding some cool effects, a little bit like in this video : http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=a_bGzva_Uug

Cheers
Sameet Ahmed
17 years ago
Hello Mr. Kramer,

I was wondering if you could please make a tutorial on how to managed to animate the Fringe-Intro video. I thought it'd be very interesting and could definitely make a great logo-opener for some people.
Fatcontroller
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,
Could you put together a tutorial that shows an inanimate object (eg. coffee cup, glass) in a kitchen to begin sliding itself across the bench top and fling across the room and smash into a wall.

Cheers
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I've seen it mentionned a few times here, but what would be great is some ideas one how to make a good looking electricity effect. Not as in lightning, of force lightning, but as in electricty energy going through and object, a wire, or part of the human body (up someone's arm...).

I've tried to play with AFX Lightning, but have never managed to get that "energy travelling through something" look.

Regards,
Fred
Simone
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,
I'm very interesting in two kind of tutorials:
1 - How can you do the esplosion of the text as in the Fringe?
2 - Have you ever seen the Batman 2 teaser trailer?
http://video.google.it/videoplay?docid=5867122289234673992&ei=9xrOSIS1A4n-2gLx2tzKAg&q=batman+dark+teaser&vt=lf&hl=it

thanks
Xing
17 years ago
Hey Andrew
first of love your tutorials, but there is one tutorial that i have always wanted.
In the Star wars fan movie called Ryan vs Dorkman 2
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-is63goeBgc
They have an amazing lightsaber wall effect that starts at 3:10, i was woundering if you could make a starwars extra effects, you have made a good lightsaber movie. But if you made a movie whit those effects it would be great.

They talk about the wall effect here, but i did not understand it all..
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=lOwajckzeGM&feature=user

Hope you make this tutorial, because i am working on a Star wars movie.
Cheers Mate
Brian
17 years ago
First of all, thank you very much for all your wonderful tutorials. They have helped me immensely. Second, I was hoping you could do a tutorial on creating/compositing wings onto a character (i.e. X-Men: The Last Stand or Dogma)

Thanks again.
Mark Davis
17 years ago
I would like to request a tutorial on how the â?????After Effect Basic Trainingâ??? promo was done.
I know that in the series tutorial number 8 goes over some of the aspects of how it was done,
But the promo is different. First the Star field is way different and second there is some camera movement that was not toughed on in #8 tutorials.
Andrew, even if you just touched one these two things, that would be much appreciated.
I know there are a few of us out here that would like to know how this was done.
Thank you again for all your help and just so you know, you are greatly appreciated.
17 years ago
Hello videocopilot.
I was watching this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qPtx819idI&fmt=18

And I loved the Text Effects in the video.
Can you make some tutorials about some of the text effects in it?

Keep up the good work.

- Yeatric
17 years ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VH56WMEkYI

where the real objects turn into blue prints.
Homer
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, I'm trying to do a short film with my friend and I was doing some fx tests to see what could work out.

So, I was wondering if you could do a tutorial on showing fireflies flying around in the air and maybe around a person?

I would appreciate any help you could offer, thanks again for all your help!
Gike Peterson
17 years ago
Andrew! Have a rest)) Or you like to be engaged in charity? You have already enough worked!
Eric
17 years ago
I think it would be really cool to have a tutorial on Kinetic Typography. This seems to be something that is very useful, its seems, in today's society.

Examples can be seen here.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=kinetic+typography&search_type=

Thanks. Your tutorials always amaze me. Keep them coming...
michael
17 years ago
www.hadlowpro.com
There is a movie where they make a virual 3d camera movement around a kitesurfer. Check it out. This is awesome!!!!!!! If you could make a tutoriol, that would be great!!!!

michael
Hey Andrew,
Maybe as the next project in a series like the Bullet Time DVD, you could make a collection of apocalyptic and disaster events like in the sample link below.

If you make it, I'll buy it. I've happily purchased everything you've made to date and it's raised my game quite a bit.

Particles a little 3D and Pink Floyd. After all, we all knew that Pink Floyd would be playing in the end.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1828851
Charles Agnew
17 years ago
I would like to know, how you would do a title sequence as featured in Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ETCxqOYMQk&feature=related


Charles Agnew
London, England
David
17 years ago
I was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of how the Gatorade "League of Clutch" commercial spots were done? I'm trying them now but I seem to be missing something. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Hampus Wahlin
17 years ago
Hi Andrew! One tutorial I would like to see would be how to make an realistic explosion. I??´ve tried that before but it looks like it??´s impossible!

I think that could be a wonderful tutorial!

Hampus Wahlin

Sweden, Stockholm
17 years ago
Dear Andrew I bought all of your dvd s and they are amazing..

I have a suggestion for you. How about create something similar to the Carnivale series Opening. Flying through the taro cards. The video is here.. It s amazing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMqLks7qnew

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
Chris Dunlop
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I was wondering if you could make a tutorial on how you did some of your promo work, and it could be like a special tutorial that only comes out like every few months but it would be like twice aslong due to the fact that some fo you promo vids are quite detailed I.E you Series one promo vid, im like WOW that was amzing i want to make sumin like that with all the particles and swoshes plus flare effects... but im relitively new to the program so i wouldnt know where to start technicly.

So could you please put this on the back burner, because i think this would be a really cool idea.

Thanks for you time,

Chris Dunlop

England, Hampshire
17 years ago
I would really love to see how to do the opening opening credit scene for the old James Bond films.
alejandro
17 years ago
have the bolder crush a person i love that or jumping over a car lol
Stephen
17 years ago
Hey, I would really love to see how to use the puppet features on after effects...
17 years ago
hey i would like to see some dvd in how to make the smallville effect wrere superman runs hyper fast...

hey Andrew you should check the bonus DVD of the Justice League: The New Frontier they use your riod Gear Effect in one menu... pretty cool uh! congrats.. even the "pros" are using your material...
Victor
17 years ago
Yes, @Harmeet Singh. a Music video tutorial and shooting tips would be great. Something that will make it looks expensive and professional
Bassam
17 years ago
How about, a Fire tutorial thing, Show us how to make realistic fire, Burns in the wall, or, a fire the blazes through the screen, and when it finishs, it shows a word, which I'm sure will be Video Copliot, but the word would be, I dunno blackend, like a burnt paper, and it would countinue burning, that would be good ^^
Eric Sheffey
17 years ago
It would be very useful for my next movie to know how to construct a UFO in 3ds max, then import it into after effects and blend with footage. Thank you for your time. - Eric Sheffey
Harmeet Singh
17 years ago
Hey can you please do a tutorial where you show us how to make a music video? I've been really looking all over the net. I want to know what I should record and how to put it together and have music over it. Like a real music video you see on MTV or any other show. Please Email me with an update if you do decide to do this or not.

Thank you
Pete Valcanas
17 years ago
This isn't really a tutorial request but I'd like to know what app you used for the video rollovers, I'd like to do that for a family web site that I'm putting together but just using still photos.
Thanks in advance for any info,

Pete

BTW, any tutorial you do is fine by me!
Bram
17 years ago
I would really like something like a Dragon Ball Z tutorial where some guy goes super sayian and does some sort of blast or something.

Bram
17 years ago
PS, also what about some fake motion blur?
17 years ago
Andrew:

-the title sequence for the bullet
-I tried photos flying past the camera to create an animated photomosaic (or whatever its called) but it didnt come out awesome...
-Animated blue light glints/flares on text like used in so many sci fi films
-3d objects (logos, text etc) created solely in AEX, maybe some zaxwerx or similar (blufftitler?) work?
-making grungy text work well

--would all be awesome for tutorials!
17 years ago
I would love to see something on how to make flames. I know this might be beyond After Effects work but maybe you could figure something out. I'm not talking about the million dollar effects they use in features but perhaps a way to cheat it that looks good. I've seen alot of people trying to fake it and it looks terrible. I was just wondering if you could show some tricks using some crazy combination of effects that looks decent. Or maybe using Blender if you can do it without getting to complicated in 3D. Just a Thought.

John
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Just a thought I had was to set up a forum, like vBullitien or something. A place were everybody could collaborate and share work and ideas I think would go over great. Plus you could get some new jokes

Chris
Michael
17 years ago
You should make a Tutorial about making a video looking like a Trasnmisson like the persons Voice sounds a little staicky, and the video is braking up things like that.
Michael
17 years ago
I would love to see you make a Tutorial on super powers like making a Energy Blast. Like in Dragon Ball Z where they would shoot Super Strong Energy Blasts At each other and they Basts would hit each other and they would be in dead Lock just trying to over Power the other person.
tedd1
17 years ago
How about a tutorial on how to capture videos to your computer with the best settings. I would hate to think I am losing video quality in the capture stage
tod
17 years ago
i would like to see movie style color correction like in the "bullet" movie and other better quality films for indie films on little to no budget.
thanx!
17 years ago
I think that it would be beneficial to a large audience if you made a video tutorial on human flying without the use of greenscreen.
Chris
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Although I may be able to figure out how to create this on my own, it would be cool to see a tutorial on the car crash shown in your reel.
17 years ago
Andrew, I have followed all your tutorials and like them much. I have an Idea (question) regarding your Blue Planet In 3D. I used your script to make a planetoid and was trying to use particular, or any particle system, to build a trail of smoke moving from behind the sphere to the front and then back again. However, there seems to be some discrepancies between the particular 3d space and the CC or aftereffects space that does not allow for Z Depth composition?

Any way, thanks for the works
Thanakrit
17 years ago
Hey Andrew!! I have a tut request haha. So have you seen the new iTunes ad.? Featuring Viva La Vida by Coldplay? Well, go check it out on youtube. I think that the effect that was applied on the people in there is similar to the Silhouette (mind the spelling) thingy, my question is that how did they make the smoke effect ( the one that is around the hand of the vocalist) and the one that comes out of the drums when the drummer hits it. It would be great if you make a tut on that. Thanks again for all of your stuff Andrew!!
Kris
17 years ago
Hey andrew i now you already made the tutorial about a car smashing into sam. but i have an idea. maybe you could make a tutorial about a guy jumping of a building and then he hits ground. Smash. it could be really cool Hope you like and if you dont.. then you dont
Darren
17 years ago
Hi,

I would like to see more advanced effects using Trapcode Particular and Form.


Apart from the 3d bird the these intros were created using After Effects with Particular and Form. This is what I would like to see how it is done.

http://www.trapcode.com/gallery/zen_images.mov

http://www.trapcode.com/gallery/nanodesign_h.mov


cheers
kooch
17 years ago
Hi,

Just wondering if you can create a tutorial in how to build a rendering farm?

kooch
17 years ago
Hi !
I recently found out this video
http://www.fubiz.net/blog/index.php?2008/07/17/1911-revolve-2008

There's some great "bullet-time" effects doing just with 2 cameras ...

I just wanted to invite You watching this movie ... and maybe tell us how to do transitions like that !

Thanks.

David.
DarkerVisions
17 years ago
Andrew
Your test films always seem so well produced that I would be willing to purchase a DVD or series of DVDs in the style of "The Bullet" that had to do with your entire production work flow from planning to lighting and shooting to editing and post...

I would also be willing to pay for a set that took a more in depth look at virtual set extension, 3d camera tracking and virtual 3D sets.
Digital wire removal and tracking marker removal (from the backgrounds and actors).
Tomer
17 years ago
Hey Andrew!
I'm sure everyone here want to see a tutorial with falling meteors!
Aaron
17 years ago
Well let me explain what Im sure everyone is dieing to see. FIRE FIRE FIRE!! Yup thats right, I mean even a pre-composed video format thats a simple drag and drop and you can explain different ways of using it. I purchased your dvd hoping for something like that in 'Action Movie Essentials' but there was only the explosion file. Disappointed I came here for answers!
Marvin
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,
Would??´nt it be great to make a free tutorial about how to use that "shatter" effect on a text just like in the promo of "the Bullet" when the text explodes into small splinters and you go around them in slow motion and they look inside like glass or silver. (sorry for my bad english i hope you know what i mean, in case you ever read this and spend atention at it. I mean the first 10 seconds in the bullet promo.

Marvin
17 years ago
can you try to make the effect when will smith in his new movie hancock flies away and lands with destroying the street with his landing. thanks
Stephen
17 years ago
I have been trying to create a 3D hurricane in After Effects 7.0 using Particle world and the twirl plugin. Unfortunately I am not having much luck.

I'd love to see what someone with some real AE savvy could do with it.
17 years ago
Hi Andrew.. heres a link to the flying tutorial i found..

http://fxhome.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=34618&sid=

can you make one on after effects?

Thanks!
David
17 years ago
Andrew,

I think a cool tutorial would be making the video 3D and use 3D glasses and looking at the video and it would be 3D. Something like in IMAX.

Can't wait for the new Website!!
Adrian
17 years ago
Hey man, thanks for your amazing work. love your tutorials and your products.

I was wondering if people would be interested in a tutorial with the "Shatter" effect.

I've seen a lot of people trying to use this tool and not quite getting it right (Myself included)

Thanks again for your great work! you're an inspiration to us all!
17 years ago
I'm new to AE after years of using photoshop professionally only, your website is proving to be a godsend, thank you.

For the life of me, I cannot find tutorials on 'Textacy' or motion text, I'm sure this is a simple process...once mastered.

Any help with this would help me sleep.

Cheers
jack grundy
17 years ago
hey andrew,

looking at the 3d tests for the up-and-coming 3d tracking footage and its impressive to say the least. anyway, im going into my final year at university in the U.K. doing special effects and want to end my time there with a big bang (literally)

im making a short film based on The Death Of Superman story and am wanting to include the landing of the character Doomsday. he crashes to earth in a meteor and i want to be able to film within an open space as the meteor hits but for obvious reasons, cant get that close to a big explosion. is there any chance you could include a meteor crash tutorial as part of the new 3d tracking tutorial series your doing?????

cheers,
Angshu
17 years ago
hey AK, ..u r my favourite. i would like to see a tutorial where a subject or a person in reallife color but the whole background in that video is in single monotone or BW. so only the character stays in color or maybe his red T-shirt only be in color.* i know its a piece a cake for u..but hey need knoe the trick.. help me plz.
Alemão
17 years ago
Hi!!

im looking for two effects on of them is a scene from the movie Blade where the vampires turn to dust you can see it here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9OFgZQabR3g&feature=related

and the outher one is from the movie constantine where lucifer walks between the broken glass:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aOQhVu1I0aU

ty
Homer
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, I was wondering if you could do a tutorial on creating a 3d object which can be rotated and animated and such without the use of extra 3d software and only using After Effects and possibly Blender 3D (only b/c I can figure out how to use this program).

Thank you so much for all your help with your past tutorials!
Antonio
17 years ago
Hi, i'd like to watch a tutorial to make an effect of painting in a video or picture, just like this http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=aiGxDQhKmec
Thanks
Jesse
17 years ago
I was thinking it'd be cool if you did an underwater tutorial. Not recorded under water, but an effect that sort of 'dives' into the water, and possibly have some text/images on top of the water that can be viewed from a camera in the water. Ignore this if you've done it, but I thought it would be kind of cool. Oh yeah, jokes are a plus too.
Chris Sperino
17 years ago
Stereoscopic video is starting to be a big hit, with more and more RealD theters opening up all over the country. Unfortunately, there is almost nothing out there as to how to edit/merge the video from the left/right cameras. I would really love to see this done by a pro. That's you! Thanks.
17 years ago
Is there a way (and if so, will you do a tut on this) to use a matte (black & white image) generated in another package (like Mocha) to automate mask creation in AE?

In other words, can After Effects use the edge data of a matte to automatically animate splines. Giving you the same rotoshape data in AE that you created in the other package?

This would be most helpful when YOU didn't create the matte but would like to refine it a bit. Any response to this would be great. thanks
Dan
17 years ago
I'd like to see a tutorial about working with sound in After Effects, for the life of me I cannot figure out how to do it.
great job guys!
Bojan
17 years ago
Andrew i think that you should make a movie a shor movie like 20 mins long and put all the special effects into it and at the end show what you used and the products you used then you would have a lot more people buying your DVDs and it would really be cool thanks for reading
loopz321
17 years ago
yeah morphing! with a moving person, not pictures,,
17 years ago
Hey, Andrew,
Im finding it ridiculously hard finding any information on how to create a lightning storm and or rain along with it. (eg. int. coming in through windows and doors and ext. brightening a house and surrounding landscape.) One scene in my movie involves removing a driveway, telephone pole, and yard from around a house and replacing it with an overgrown wooded lot, then producing a realistic thunderstorm. It might be easier to remove and replace the house into another clip. Any info would be incredibly awesome.

Many thanks!
17 years ago
it would be cool a tutorial about 3d text floating in real room (like the tv spotts when a text appears on the walls of a real room, with the camera moving, or the ones when the t-shirt of a guy switches designs...etc...) i tried to do that but i dont know how to erase the markers on the footage....help please!...saludos desde mexico
Basit
17 years ago
Hi Andrew, I was wondering if you could do an advance tutorial on flying effects.
I've gone through the ones on youtube but they are nothing special and last about 1 or 2 seconds.

check this out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7lDhfX9yU8&NR=1

Thanks!
17 years ago
morphing would be a cool topic
loopz321
17 years ago
it would be very useful to the movie starters like me, if you make a hancock jump and oh. a kamehameha-dragonball ^.< thnx i hope you'll pick my request..
Matt
17 years ago
Hey I was looking back at old news archives and at one point (I think February of 2008) you said you were gonna do a tutorial on this:

http://www.videocopilot.net/burn.mov

I was really intrigued by this and was wondering if you were ever going to release a tutorial to make an effect like that.

Thanks!
Billy
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,
Like someone said above, 'please consider making a tutorial of how to blow a wall out/up in after effects'. I would love to see a tutorial where you teach how to make a realistic scene where it looks like there has been an explosion in a room of a house and the wall gets blown out and there is smoke, fire, dust, rubble, class etc. That would be amazing if you could make that as I need to include a scene like this in a short film im currently making. Thanks soo much!

-Billy
17 years ago
Hi Andrew, take a look at this technique. It involves SynthEyes and i think you will love it because it's a very tricky way to reach a MOCO-like result.
This is the link http://ssontech.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=464 the author is Jim Arthurs
17 years ago
hey

you hsould consider a tutorial of how to create the same effect seen in the JUSTICE video - D.A.N.C.E , when they move and the thirts change.

or another great productive idea, would be to try and mimic the same effect on kanye wests video GOODLIFE

regards

marc healy
Director - Obeko.com
Beran
17 years ago
Could you make a tutorial on the "300 Effect" and possibly a tutorial on the "Hancock Jump" (The awkward way Will Smith jumped and flew in the movie.)
LP
17 years ago
Hey Kramer & Crew:

I just purchased "RIOT GEAR" and must say that it's BETTER than your commercial -- i really like the OPEN-BOOK TUTORIAL

I also REALLY LIKE that even though i ordered the disc, you made it DOWNLOADABLE IMMEDIATELY for AT LEAST 5 TIMES! (<-- savvy business ethics Kramer) (or did Sam come up with that one?)

As for tutorials, can you guys show us amateurs how to make a commercial?

I'd buy a disc of tutorials in which you guys showed how to put a larger project together -- not just how to actually "do the effect".

(don't worry, i'm a lawyer and could never compete with you... but i do like to compete with certain family members on family-video-type projects)

(and thanks to VIDEOCOPILOT, i'm always embarrassing them)

So please think about tapping into ENCORE-DVD production tutorials, and how to make a nice finished product (including de-interlacing) (great early tutorial)

Thanks,
LP
Brad
17 years ago
I like those smoke titles on Brick, it'd be really interesting to see how that's done. Also the 3d titles used in the designer sound fx trailer. Something else I haven't seen much of is the audio part of all your work. I notice all the trailers on the site make excellent use of sound, but its never really explained how you arrive at the decision to use one sound over another, or the editing and overlaying of those sounds. That's my #1 pick for right now.
Darren
17 years ago
I'd like to see a tutorial on recreating the 2oth Century Fox Logo, with the search lights.

I could probably use ZaxWerks for the 3d text but I would like to know if it could be achieved in After Effects alone?
Jas
17 years ago
hey wadup Master Andrew...
I would like to know more advance motion tracking bothe 2D & 3D...
If u have Time please make tutorial fot that...
Keep up the Good Work...
Thanks for teaching...
magicman
17 years ago
hey i have been wanting to learn how to do the teleporting effect from the movie "Jumper"

maybe were you jump from one place in a scene to another and interact with something...if you even get wat im talking about

well thanks
Elwood
17 years ago
hey Mr. Kramer i was just watching Speed Channel and the Show intro to 101 Cars you Most Drive was made using the Tutorial 27. 3D Room April 9, 2007
I figures you would like to know. Keep up the great Tutorials. you need to start changing a monthly fee. to much talent and work to not make money, these are the best tutorials, thanks
Pedro
17 years ago
I'd really like to see how to make text in to smoke or vise versa.. using particular

thx

P
17 years ago
Hey Andrew + co,

So i was watching this video on uTube, and i got this idea for some motion graphics. So my question/wish for tutorial is, is it possible through scripting in AE to make something like this, where every point/light source is connected to there rest of them like a mesh, so when moving one point downwards the rest will follow in a linear order or in softer curves like bezier curves? i hope u have some idea on how to approach this.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVhVClFMg6Y"

Thakns Jeppe
"Kay"
17 years ago
Hi, Andrew!
I was wondering if you could figure
out a way to make a effect like the one in
the intro of the video to Phil Collins song
Can't stop loving you, and then make a tutorial.

Thanks in advance, Me ;P
17 years ago
Hi...
In reading a lot of these requests... I'm going to re-iterate a few other requested tutorials that I'd like to see.
1) Laser Blasts (from a canon or other source)
2) Realistic Fire (without using particular... I'm poor and can't afford it... and the demo leaves a watermark)
3) Force Lightning from fingertips
4) Jumper Effect (from the movie)
5 a) Predator cloaking deviec
5 b) Predator cloaking device - shortting out from getting wet.
6) Shoot realistic fireballs from hands
7) Shoot realistic energy balls from hands
8) Create Ice like in X-Men 3 when Ice Man cooled a beverage for logan or something along those lines... like, if you watch the sci-fi channel and you see the little snippets that turn the word "IF" into "ScI-Fi" and the guy has a pet penguin and changes the lake to a frozen lake.

I think that should tide me over for about a day.
Noddy
17 years ago
Drew, any chance of you please revisiting the old thought of incorporating new footage into old classic footage like Forest Gump?

You mentioned it a while back, and I for one am still extremely interested in your technique.

thanks for all the effort VCP!
spookfish
17 years ago
excellent tutorials Andrew....Mr Kramer, sorry

i don't know if it's been asked before, but tutorials on flashlights/rays of light emanating from a pumpkin or a keyhole would be good, also that background tremor from the scarecrow scenes in batman begins and fight club.... and maybe another advanced 3d eyeball tutorial on an arc of movement, like a head looking from side to side, if that makes any sense (eye moving in 3d to match up with a 2d clip bakes my noodle :S)

anyway, thanks for the spiffy lessons, and keep it up
Jules
17 years ago
oh... a ps.: The 3d tracking / motion graphics thing is very prominently used in the major motion picture 'Stranger Than Fiction'.
Jules
17 years ago
Hi Andrew.

I've been very much into 3d tracking and motion graphics lately, and have tried it roughly on some internal business presentation films. I would love to see a tutorial on how to use 3d tracking data (speaking for myself, I use PF Hoe, it comes at below 100$ and is pretty straight edge but the results are great) in AE correctly, maybe even connected with a word or two on the new Trapcode plugin, 'Horizon'.

Also interesting for me is the possibility of importing rla or rpf files and use their 3d camera data, be it for an actual AE camera or as an animator for, say, particle emitters.

Thanks for your consideration and keep up the marvellous work!

Sincerely
Jules
Corey
17 years ago
man the apple commercials are really sweet, with the silhouette, and nice background shapes, and isolating the headphones from the body, thats pretty prime if i must say!
Jorge
17 years ago
how bout more tutorials with actual raw footage. like your get hit by a car tutorial and the bullet training dvd or the ones with your action essentials product. just more tutorial would be nice.
17 years ago
hello it would be so useful if you could explain how to make digital counters such as sto watches etc. or for graphs and statistics, i`m in the process of making an ecological docu. and i could really use this. also lines with arrows but not a line that draws out its trajectory and the tips apears and arrow that makes the trajectory. please consider these requests pleeeeeeease haha thank you

manuel martin venezuela
June
17 years ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqpA5Acc8-c

ANYTHING in this video!!! THE EFFECTS ARE SO COOL!!!
17 years ago
ADVANCED GREENSCREEN WITH TRACK POINTS!!!

Hi Andrew! I wanted to learn more about advanced green screen WITH the tracking points. Sorry for my english but here's some example: The music video for the band Your Favorite Enemies for the song Open Your Eyes

Green Screen Shot: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=LmHAploGOYo
Final Shot: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=c3fbceUPPHk

I know they must be using more powerful software like Shake or Combustion but I thought we might do something with After Effects! Thank you!

Sokso
www.myspace.com/sokso_studio
Maxljub
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I was thinking can you make a tutorial about how to make a nuclear explosion if you know how, using built in tools in After Effects. I need it for my future projects.
Greetings from Serbia.
17 years ago
hi
17 years ago
I've been experimenting with After Effects a Lot, and your tutorials have taught me everything i know about AE and I have been trying to make a realistic meteor Flying from the sky and passing just next to the camera(Like in superman), however my creations do not look so good. I hope you can find time to do this tutorial.
Thanks,
Tommy
17 years ago
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kXnELk6pZVk

Effect found in the new Terminator Trailer.
Henry
17 years ago
I would love to see a tutorial about making rotoscope cartoons, or to achieve the stlye of cartoon in those charles schwab commercials. I know there is a tutorial on this at creative cow, but it's not really the same.

Thanks!
Justin Fernandez
17 years ago
A fire tutorial would be really helpful. Maybe some way to use particular or particle world to create an explosion or flame. It could really help create a lot of different things.

Car explosion (The fire under the car that lifts is. The car itself could just be rotoscoped and such, but the explosion underneath)

Fireball (Some sci fi fantasy stuff

Explosions (Various explosions that need to be tailored to a certain area and/or motion)

Either way thanks, keep up the great work!
Vern Foster
17 years ago
I would love to see a tutorial on a persons head replacement. this would be great for taking a stunt video and adding your characters head on another body. Your tutorials are great.
17 years ago
Hey Andrew. I am making a movie and I need an effect which includes a explosion in water in AFX and Blender, or maybe not Blender if there is a way of doing it only in AFX. Thanks
17 years ago
Are you ever going to finish that tutorial of 2D text emulating 3D text-- you posted 2 blogs on it then never anything else.
17 years ago
Hi there,

There are a lot of tutorials online about creating explosions, but they never tell you how to make a realistic glass shatter effect whish is obviously a side effect of an explosion.

And it would also be cool to make like a shock wave, created by the explosion.

Thanks!
Mike
17 years ago
Hey andrew,
hows it going? I was just wondering if you could make a tutorial on editing video game montages such as halo 3. It would cover the basics like the flash, masking, screen shake, etc. Maybe you would know even other cool effects to put in a montage. If you would like a reference on what i mean go here. http://gameroom.mlgpro.com/view/sulpYvQXHTQWYY html
17 years ago
Hey,

I've always wondered how exactly certain lighting effects were created in a lot of recent high-end motion graphics pieces. It seems to be what helps sell the 'realism'.

Here's an example:
http://trapcode.com/gallery/Degauss_Intro.mov

If that's not interesting, or not enough, I'm also curious how a lot of work now has wonderful color overlays and quick camera lens flares that seem so real.

1 Example (although most have a purple/blue overlay, this one doesn't)
http://www.creamyorange.com/template.php?page=raymondjames1

I'm sure that could be done using a combination of color effects and your 'Twitch' product.

Thanks.
pierrot
17 years ago
Hello Andrew

I would like to request a tutorial. How can I create a bullet hole in the head of someone using
photoshop and after effects and probably animate that ?
Andy
17 years ago
Hey Andrew (same name, woo!) and the Video Copilot people, I've just got into AE and am learning at a fast and determined rate.

I love the videos, they've been so useful is connecting the dots between knowing what AE can do TECHNICALLY and seeing it work PRACTICALLY so thank you very much!

I would so love and really really appreciate it you were to do a video on creating backgrounds for a music video - i.e. taking footage of a band performing against a green screen, which has been pre-keyed before the tutorial.

Then, you guys create some awesome backgrounds and motion graphics and awesome comps to make the music video look awesome.

One thing that bugs me so so much is that I see some awesome music video and knows they were done against a green screen, but I just can't work out HOW they were made, i.e. the actual practical application of AE's awesomeness!

It's super bugging me and I'd really love it if you were to dedicate some time to showing how to do something that incorporates some stock footage (such as from one of the VCoPilot dvds?) and AE to create some awesome movies.

Much love and fingers crossed!
jeffro
17 years ago
how about a stop motion effect using expressions?
http://www.glossyinc.com/psyop/converse.html not sure how they did this, but very cool effect.
Robert
17 years ago
I wounder if you can make a tutorial of this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6KeypeQqMLQ

Please
Connor
17 years ago
hey, wow there are a lot of comments here,

but i would like to request creating a tutorial that uses trapcode form, preferably on something such as titles etc, because i have the plug-in and there seems to be relatively few tutorials on the net for 'form', and a lot of the tutorials shown use trapcode particular, which sadly, i do not have.

thanks very much!
Coco
17 years ago
Hi, I was just wondering if maybe you could make a tutorial on how to break walls and stuff. I mean for example this guy punches into a wall and breaks it. plus a man jumps and lands but leaves a crater. oooh... that'd be soo... cool

thanks man. you are the best
Danman
17 years ago
I'd love a Photoshop section that would be awsome even tho i know photoshop itll be nice to learn some new things! and im sure everyone else would too
17 years ago
Yo i was wondering if you could make a cool tutorial on how to make your own dvd menu or something if its possible. that would be great
Jon
17 years ago
I would LOVE to see how to do the SONAR effect from Batman: The Dark Knight.
kenny
17 years ago
sorry about double post messed up one letter. tried to fix it but it already posted it
Kenny
17 years ago
Hey i would like to see a tutorial on how to make a man become liquid then move than maybe become solid again like in this Direct Tv Ad http://sarahconnorsociety.net/2008/07/11/new-terminator-2-direct-tv-commercial/

i would also like to see more of useing cc particle world instead of trapcode particular cause i can't buy trapcode particular.
Kenny
17 years ago
Hey i would like to see a tutorial on how to make a man become liquid then move than maybe become solid again like in this Direct Tv Ad http://sarahconnorsociety.net/2008/07/11/new-terminator-2-direct-tv-commercial/

i would also like to see more of useinf cc particle world instead of trapcode particular cause i can't buy trapcode particular.
Slipstream
17 years ago
Hi Andrew, keep up the good work.
ok, i just watched the last tutorial with the enrgy stuff on the street in NY. I would love to se more of a tornado. Maybe a intro where the tornade comes in and the drag the text away in the air. atleast i thought the tornados where cool.

Keep up the good work once again
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,
The new tutorials are nice..thanks for your efforts.
How about one creating a kaleidascope gemlike effect like the on in this clip

http://www.eonline.com/videos/index.jsp

Keep up the great work
Monroe E.
17 years ago
I'd liek to start off by expressing my thanks for your videos. I knew nothing about AE until I stumbled upon this site! Here are some of the things I would LOVE to see in upcoming tutorials!!! :lol:

1. A tutorial on the various Trapcode plugins... recently you mentioned "Shine" and used "Starglow," but I've only managed to use Particular successfully.

2. Like many have mentioned (even though you do AE tutorials), maybe a tutorial on amateur camera tips (those of us without dollys, trucks, etc.). You always have really nice shots to work with, but we dont

3. I would really like to see tutorials on Fire and Water tricks, whether it be creating your own explosion w/o stock footage, titles underwater with bubbles (particular?), or splashes of water. Even making a scene rainy from footage that is sunny...?

4. Can you tell us/show us how you make/get those cool BG plates you always use? Not just the ones you can purchase (i.e. Riot Gear), but the ones you use in tutorials such as the new "Speed" particles (and reverse video).

5. Either a tutorial or otherwise solely about Expressions. This is important, because I realize just how important Expressions are, but you seldom explain them (except for the Wiggle and Linear Value Remapping expressions). If not a tutorial, maybe a reference page with the syntax of uses for different expressions?

And with expressions, can you explain what is with the semicolons and, and the fact that you have to use new lines after "wiggly brackets" {} in "If, else" statements?

Thank you so much. I'm not trying to be needy, but these are some suggestions that I would love to see in upcoming tutorials, or even products! A Trapcode product.... hmm... :]
Fx
17 years ago
Hi Andrew !! well just before asking you my question i apologise about my bad level in english cause i am a frenchy frog !! so sorry if i write mistakes about what i want to ask to you .. I saw yesterday the serie movie called " Damages " with Glenn Close .. and the opening of the serie was really interesting in terms of VFX ..
I would like to know how they do the VFX lights of the town by night at the end of the opening of the serie cause i found them really great .. so if by chance you can explain us the trick, i ll be really honored !! Thanx a lot !! This website is a really good way to learn with a really skilled teacher how to use after effects !! Again Thanx a lot !!

Fran??§ois from france
( best cooker in the west of france !! huh i can give you some tricks in food if you explain me how to make these lights !! good deal no ?? ;D I am sure that Sam should appreciate !! XD)
AE LATINLOVE
17 years ago
I would like to see an underwater scene tutorial ( undewater particles or effects)
theboss
17 years ago
plz could u make a tutorial for puppet tool
its wonderful tool
but i dont how to use it

thanx alot
Lorenz of the Philippines
17 years ago
hi andrew! im from Philippines.. i would like to request for the following tutorial:

1 jumper effect
2 human torch effect
3 300 blood effect
4 transformer effect (how to make that robot)
5 silver surfer effect


thanks you so much in advance andrew! MORE POWER and GOD BLESS!! i hope you could visit Manila and have some seminars here!

INGAT =take care in filipino
17 years ago
I would like to see a morphing tutorial.
Or i would like to see a tutorial to make this effect like in this vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJP5MqniJZo this weird camera movements
Max Power
17 years ago
Hi there is something Id like to say your take on. I have been trying replicate some effects (as lame as it sounds) from Harry Potter. The last movie, order of the phoenix there are two similar effects. Towards the end, both the villians and heroes are teleporting around the room with a pretty neat glowing foggy trail. Similarly as the children are training they are casting spells with a similar effect to the light trails tutorial.. however.. more.. robust and blossoming than straight lines. Suggestions?
Tommy Cockerell
17 years ago
I would love to see a tutorial on how to do the Predator effect. how he goes from the distorted invisibility into the visible action sequence. I really enjoy watching these and I don't even have after effects yet. it is on my list.
Brix
17 years ago
Hi Andrew Kramer,

I really like all your tutorials and I respect you a lot. I would really appreciate if you can please make a tutorial on how to make fire/flames in After Effects 7 or CS3 using Trapcode Particular. I would really like to know how to make it look realistic and how to make the flames bigger and faster and control the shape of the flames (example fire on the cooking pot, fire on the head) . I would like to know also on how to make the flames follow the path of the pen tool that is created or tracking. This clip really inspired me and hope you can be inspired you too, I read an article that he created it on after effects using trapcode particular. Please have a look at this site:
http://www.trapcode.com/gallery/Fire_flower_h.mov

*I really like the scene 0:12 where the flames are rolling down on her back side and scene 0:58 where it looks fire is all over her.

I really pray that you can make this kind tutorial because I have been trying to make this for a long time but i get no result, so i came to the conclusion to just email you. I hope you can make something like this video in your tutorial. We believe in you!

God bless you Andrew and your work.
Keep up the good work. Thanks again for all your fabulous tutorials.

Brix

P.S sorry for nagging you.
gogo
17 years ago
could u please make a terminator vision tutorial,u know,with the scanning and everything,i have a school project and i donâ??????t know how to do it,i would appreciate if u could help.
gogo
17 years ago
could u please make a terminator vision tutorial,u know,with the scanning and everything,i have a school project and i don't know how to do it,i would appreciate if u could help.
Edgar Voit
17 years ago
i would really like to learn some advanced 3d matchmoving stuff, serious 3d intergrating like explosions, meteors, lots of damage etc. I understand its hard but u could consider making a DVD . I ??´mostly enjoy al the 3d stuff in movies and clips.

Great site!
take care,
Dave
17 years ago
a Ramped slow-mo tutorial
Jordan Vogt
17 years ago
I would like to know how to make a title like the ones shown in the Bourne Ultimatum. how do you make a color fade in and out in certain places on the title. thanks and your tutorials have helped me a bunch in my films
17 years ago
Hi Andrew, please can you make a tutorial of some "real look" explosion? The explosion with debirs,soil etc. flying around. Like in this video from Transformers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29kQjlhhOH0 ... On 0:46.
This explosion could be very useful in a lot of war movies or action movie. Thank you very much, i love your tutorials.
meliokan
17 years ago
hi

Babylon ad.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyhEHKB6cmY&feature=related

1'38 minutes ..... explosion and fire around a woman.......WAOOOOOOO,
Bakhbach
17 years ago
here is another one:
the needle effect in the short moie "Lucky"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hgYykXgwl20

pretty amazing. I presune it is after effects at its best with tracking.
Matt Parosns
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,
First off, you're the man...this site has helped me out tremendously. I was wondering if you could do a tutorial on "The Box Trick" found on at http://www.stupidvideos.com/video/just_plain_stupid/Box_Trick/#1105
I just can't figure it out, and it's probably more simple than I thought.

Thanks so much!
sparviero94
17 years ago
Hi Andrew!
I would like to see a project like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-3IZz5A1-Q&feature=related
infinitely thanks
Nickon
17 years ago
Hello Andrew.
I'd like to record a short (about 10-20 minutes) movie from series of Dragon Ball Z. It's so simple to make energy blasts, but more difficult is making auras and other effects. I won't tell more, just look^^

http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=OcNA3-Qx-4g

I like his aura and hair. Nearly in real DB^^
Bakhbach
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,
I like your jokes.
here's is one from me espcially "expressioned" for you... ( I hit alt twice for that).

I think the guys who did "Ryan vs Dorkman" are smarter than u in after effects. Unless you can prove me wrong by doing a better severed hand than their severed hand that they have in their R vs D number II.
here is the link baby:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-is63goeBgc

bring it on !!

(just kidding)
myst production
17 years ago
hi andrew i'm making amovie for my studies and i need your help please make atutorial like this please from eldad from israel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2KEME0o7nQ
mmartinovich
17 years ago
Hi guys!

I was wondering if its possible to achieve car turn into a transformer...
That would be so cool and useful for other similar things!!

THX!
G318
17 years ago
A realistic meteor crashing down to Earth would be cool
Jon
17 years ago
Hi! I would really like to learn how to do a blood spatter effect on text like the Sweeney Todd credits.

Thanks,
Jon
Chad Robischon
17 years ago
I would like to see a gun being shot at a wall and all this stuff flying every where and the guys ducking but (fake) stuff is falling ll over him like wood chunks and concrete dust that would be cool and helpfull
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,
It would be great to see a tutorial on how to preserve skin tones after color correcting them in AE. I've heard of the plug-in "Aav6cc" that does this for Vegas, and was wondering if AE can do anything similar.

Thanks
17 years ago
Hi Andrew! Can you make a tutorial on how to make your hand burn? I have seen it on youtube, but can't figure out how to do it
Kyle
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I think it would be great if you guys did a tutorial on how to make someone fly, like what is used in very many superhero movies....such as, Spiderman,Batman,Superman,Hancock..etc. IT doesnt look hard to pull off, but it could be a big challenge making it look more realistic, but i think you guys could master it.

Thanks for your time guys.
Steve Dodds
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,
I don't know if you can pull it off using strictly After Effects, but could you show how to create the Human Torch from the Fantastic Four. Thanks.
17 years ago
'm currently at a tech camp right now doing a special effects course and we were trying to do the effect from the movie "jumper" but there were no clear high quality tutorials. So anyway I think it would be great if sometime in the future you made that effect or just how to make those gravity waves
i alex macx
17 years ago
Im sure this would be a fairly simple one, judging by what you can do! but still it would be very nice to see you doing it ridiculously well as you do everything else, but a tutorial (or mini one?) on making steadycam, dollying, jibbing movements within After Effects from say, footage captured without those systems.
hmm?
Junan
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

How to make a ghost effect. i try to figure it out but i never make it.
how to make a people to look like a ghost ???

thanks
17 years ago
Hi Andrew!
I have a 2 tutorials request that sound maybe a little basic or easy but... whatever.. #1How to make the power jump like in this pub: http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=vVUsAXo615c&feature=related&fmt=18

These ninjas jump and flip over a high wall and the first one land smoothly with a little cloud of dust around him.. I saw many video with this kind of effect but no one was that clean( they are too fast or too blur) The character is slow down before the landing.

#2 Tutorial for sword fight scene like blade cuts, arms, legs and head decapitation or knife throwing

Thanks for your great tutorials guyz, they are simple to learn and they have a professional render thanks a lot
Keep the nice work!
Tim
17 years ago
I think it would be interesting to create a person or an animal talking with either video footage or a picture.

Thanks,
(I always enjoy the tutorials with interegrated video footage)
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,
Great site you've got. It's been a pleasure going through your tutorials. How about a tutorial explaing the method of creating a "flying man" taking off with the shockwave as seen in Heroes.


Also a morping effect ala X-Men would be cool.
Keep up the great work.
Scott
17 years ago
Andrew...
Could you work with footage to make it appear 3D through anaglyphic or polarized 3D glasses?
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I use BouJou and Syntheyes. But I feel I really only have a very basic understanding of 3D tracking. How about a 3D tracking tutorial?
Nathan
17 years ago
Andrew,

I have been trying to figure out how to create a realistic looking mushroom cloud effect in after effects. The mushroom cloud is a classic symbol of a nuclear explosion and would love to know how to create one.

Besides who doesn't want to know how to create one?

Thanks buddy
Chris Murphy
17 years ago
Hi Andrew, love your work. Are you familiar with the voodoo camera tracker, does 3d tracking and is free and works really good. Maybe you can incorporate it into one of your tutorials in the future.

cheers
Unpluged
17 years ago
Hey, greating from Macedonia...

im realy loving the simplicity in your tuttorials Andrew, so i would love to see you make animated line character. There was a cartoon but im not sure for the name of the cartoon to help you understand me what i mean ^^

PS sorry for my poor English
Joel Kanda
17 years ago
How about a Jumper effect? Especially with a moving shot.

Please?
Josh Johnson
17 years ago
I would love to see a match move tutorial......Maybe something like Syntheyes, C4D and AE.
Robert DiVito
17 years ago
Hi Andrew, just discovered your sight and I am really enjoying your tutorials. Your expression DVD is outstanding and I will be ordering it. I need to make a demo reel which includes many still images. I wanted to create some really interesting motion/3d transitions between stills...similar to this:

http://www.ayatoweb.com/ae_tips_e/ae49_e.html#

not that i'm asking you to videocopilot the tutorial verbatim, but perhaps create a tutorial that incorporates similar features where one texture morphs into an underlying text/graphic elements. (I am having trouble following the instructions as he doesn't have the same command or flair for the english language that you do.)

what da ya say?

many thanks,

RD
FJ
17 years ago
How about taking the Vines to the next level and have them interacting with real footage. Imagine them wrapping around an actor arm or so?

How about doing the vines thing with some real stuff, like plants, wood, etc?

and THANKS A LOT for the amazing work you share with all of us.

+ Adobe After Effects CS3 : $1,120.95
+ A cup of coffe : $5
+ Having Video Copilot's
tutorials to bring ideas
to life : priceless
PantherNation
17 years ago
I have two ideas in mind,

1. Morphing from a human to an animal (old animorphs days)

2. Is there a good way to do more with fire, example being like pyro in X- men, if that is possible to do in after effects. (make it follow your hands and all)
ashley
17 years ago
hi Andrew, your videos are the best on the net i honestly meen that! i was wondering if you could do a tutorial on how to do the ipod effect. here is a link for the other tutorials but they are not clear.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cd7es9My44

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKDuLvcur6g&feature=related

cheers
Martin
17 years ago
HI !

Desintegration effect of Jet Li in "The One " was awesome.

Maybe try to reproduce that effect with both of 3ds and AE can be done ?

Thank you.
Undeadish
17 years ago
3-Dimensional "space"


http://www.ayatoweb.com/ae_tips_e/ae29_e.html#

Basically this in an awesome Andrew Kramer version, explaining it good and on video(unlike ayato's guide which is so confusing).
17 years ago
Hey Guys,

I wrote a script in Shake that mimics crowd duplication. It only works really far from the camera. I did it using crowd stills,bump maps, fractal noise, and Idisplace.

Seems to be pretty popular effect these days, maybe come up with something cool.

CR
Meister
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,
your tutorials are looking fine.
I think the intro of The Bullet is very cool. I am interesset how you do that -> Textanimation 3D with Particle, Light Effects and camera movement...

Greetz from Germany
Meister
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,
your tutorials are looking fine. Also if think the intro of The Bullet is very cool. I am interesset how you do that -> Textanimation 3D with Particle, Light Effects and camera movement...

Greetz from Germany
Alex
17 years ago
Hi andrew, I love your tutorials, they are the best ones I ever seen...
But I would like to know how to simulate fire, or something else about 3d integration, I can??´t find a tutorial about it. Can you help me?
Thanks for everything!
jon
17 years ago
A while ago on the blog, you posted some stills of a bridge you modeled and collapsed in Max. I think we would all be down for learning some physics and particles in a 3D app. I'm sure it would be far too complicated for a single, free tutorial, but I for one would definitely be down to buy the DVD.
BaeRRa
17 years ago
Hey Andrew!

I just wanna say thanks for all the free tutorials you're making, each one of them are great. Can't wait for the ones coming this week

Anyways, now to the request
I'd like to see a tutorial on how to create a realistic explosion with glass and other stuff being thrown down on the ground. A bit like this one : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80-P6dX9QMs&feature=related

Thanks in advance
Chris
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, you by far have the best tutorials out there. i was wondering if you could do one like the human torch and /or ice man transitions? ive seen a bunch on youtube but they are horrible. hopefully this one could be useful to a big audience because i always see people looking how to do this.
Tom
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, I have been wanting to know how to do something for awhile maybe you can help. How do you think you could add gravity to an object for like a flying scene or someone getting blown up
i mean with out wires or anything like that but just with a green screen could you create the effect of some one being blown away from a explotion or something but make the motion seam real?
check here to see my attempt http://youtube.com/watch?v=vOGOotRPmHI

oh an yeah loved the energy tutioral
17 years ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLr0hiN3TCM&feature=related
enough said man.
No but seriously I saw this and i was impressed.
If you can make this happen. You're THE man. Thanks
Tom Coster
17 years ago
Hi Andrew, I donâ??????t think this has been posted but I was wondering if you could try do a tutorial on a effect thatâ??????s in the matrix when neo is about to fly away.

The effect is where someone or something heavy is rippling the ground beneath them though jumping or 'pressure' towards the floor.

I would imagine that its a combo of liquify and shadows, now i would go try do this but Iâ??????m new to after effects and donâ??????t think id even come close to pulling it off

Thanks
Chris
17 years ago
I had a "duh" moment and figured it out! (in case others were interested) I had to step back to a more physical approach then apply the virtual approach:

1) Build your 3d comp,
2) create two identical (virtual) cameras, eye width apart as you would filming in real life for 3D and lock them together
3) render each cameras' views as separate files
4) import both files using the AE 3D glasses plugin and Voila!
You can now create your anaglyphic 3D title sequences in AE (where you are comfortable and talented) for use in your standard 3D projects!

...still worthy of a tutorial though I think, and a quick easy one at that!
Arnold Clarke
17 years ago
Hay Andrew, I'm a big fan of your work, inspiring, there is something that really beats me is that jumper effect from the movie "JUMPER" it would be awesome if you did a tutorial about it, one tutorial i really like is "THE HEALER" sick for days or months or eternity Any way yeh keep doing what you do sir, but if you can take a hit at that "JUMPER" FX one other thing i saw the new DVD "THE BULLET" that looks so Cool i'm gonna Get That DVD Thanks Alot.
Dudeguy
17 years ago
PLEASE PLEASE PROVIDE A TUTORIAL ON BOUJOU. ive spent countless days trying to get a decent track.
17 years ago
Can someone please show me how to utilize my camcorder that records avchd video files. They seem impossible to edit, unless you get the specific programs that support it.
Chris
17 years ago
3D Glasses. I know the AE plugin can output footage from two sources in the standard way, but how can I take a wonderful 3D (2.5D) composition done completely in AE with a moving camera and export it to anaglyphic red/blue footage? I have an AE 3D title project, and a source for bulk paper red/blue glasses but no idea how to export the 3D channels I need...

...maybe make a DVD and include 3D glasses in the packaging? oooh I can hear your brain juices flowing already Andrew!

Cheers,

Chris
Brian Backhaus
17 years ago
How about a bullet Shell Casing ejection effect with AE...
delali
17 years ago
...me again...itd be nice to see a tutorial on the nervous system as in medical series like house...
delali
17 years ago
hey anrew...u the man...ur tutorials r crazy.

how about creating the effect of a guy fading out like smoke whisps beign blown away by the wind. or a guy disintegrating as dust and blown away by wind. thanks.
17 years ago
I would be very happy if you could make a tutorial for a floodwave or tsunami, or just water splashing, i have tried in a long time with particle illusion and particlular, but i cant get it to look realistic, so could you please make a tutorial about that,


sorry if i spelled some of the words wrong, i am from denmark, i just lernard english

By the way, you tutorials helped me alot, they are great,

do you have a filmstudios or something, i like to see your creations,

best regards Daniel Holst
Angel
17 years ago
I would like to see tutorials on creating killer commercials.
YOU GUYS ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Filippo
17 years ago
Hi, i write from italy, so my english is not good
i would like to see a tutorial of Boujou and After Effect, or better, boujou - after effect - 3d Studio max

thx
Caleb
17 years ago
I've always wanted to see a quick tutorial on how to make the end credits from The Bourne Identity.

Keep up the great work. Thanks!
JC
17 years ago
hey andrew, just my first post here and so I just have to thay thank you very much fro the inspiring stuff I watched here at videocopilot. Very nice
If there are tutorialwishes for free, Iwould like to see more stuff like http://xplsv.tv/movie/2059/ for example........
3D (hopefully C4D) & Aftereffects motiongraphics-setups would be soooooooooo great...
Thx! Keep it! U r great.....
JC
Maxime Proulx
17 years ago
Hi Andrew!

I've been working at Ubisoft Montr??©al for about 4 years now and I used a lot of your awesome tutorials. I checked everywhere before finding your website and you're simply the best around.

This week, we found a pretty cool video editing made by Andy Gordon about kiteboarding and we wonder here how he did the multiple sequence effect found at 0:38 in this video: http://www.hadlowpro.com/ I'm not sure if it's simply by masking the guy frame by frame or using a way to comp out the background...

If you could please explain it in a tutorial, it would be awesome.

Thanks in advance!

Max
Billy
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Iâ??????ve been searching all over YouTube and other websites for tutorials on how to make it look as though a section of a building has exploded. Heres an example - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2FkU6gLQdas&fmt=18.
I know that most of the building explosion videos are made using a still photo which is made to look as though it has been filmed. They use photoshop to edit the building to look damaged.
Heres a video someone made which shows how he did it but not in detail. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=24bAqJradMg.

If you could make this into a tutorial that would be EXTREMELY helpful.

Thanks mate!
KillerHIS
17 years ago
What about doing an (nuclear) explosion using particle filters
Drei Anthony
17 years ago
Hi Mr. Kramer, I just want to ask how you made that whispering voice from Evolution. Is there a software for that or it really is an actual voice?

Thanks!
MARTY
17 years ago
The Necromonger Way. Would love to see something similar to the effect in The Chronicles of Riddick where they show the way in which the Lord Marshal moves. I realise this is a bit involved.....................but hey, we gotta push those bounderies. Thanks for all your hard work Andrew. Very much appreicated.
Hal
17 years ago
I've been using blender for about a month now(2.46), and would really like to see a tutorial on compositing 3d models realistically into natural environments using matchmoving software like voodoo, matching the lighting and incorporating after effects into the final composite. You kind of did that with the bullet tutorial. Blender seems to be maturing at a pretty decent rate and I think it's hard to ignore it. The physics stuff alone makes it worth a try. Plus it's free, which ultimately redirects the flow of cash money all up into the mad boom diggity copilot products......what can I say it's a thug life(as he reaches for a glass of 2%)
17 years ago
I was thinking you could do a tutorial on how they did some of the key elements in the new Coldplay/Apple commercial. There are a number of things you've done that would go into this such as keying and what not but I'm sure everyone would love to know some of the secrets behind this commercial. Check it out here: http://www.apple.com/itunes/ads/sonic/

Thanks!

Devon
Carl
17 years ago
Hi Andrew - Great Site!

How about a tutorial on how you create the flash tutorials step-by-step, from capture using camtasia, editing the result, adding voice-over and intro music, and the flash settings that you used, including flv viewer etc.

I've got the Creative Cow tutorial disk that covers much of this but can't seem to get the hiqh-quality results that you deliver.

In terms of SFX, how about a T2 type effect with Sam turning to metallic silver and back.

Keep up the excellent work!
Seth
17 years ago
Hey Andrew-- Great tutorials. A lot of people seem to be asking for more 3D application tutorials. For some reason 3D apps just don't click with my brain. I especially love the AE tutorials you do that show us how to make convincing 3D looking styles in the AE world.

I was wondering if you had enough magic up your sleeve to do a tutorial that shows us how to construct a vortex/light tunnel/warp/slit scan effect-- like the opening titles of Dr. Who, or the Stargate effect.

I've found a few tutorials online that do an okay job at it, but they are pretty static and one dimensional. Apple's Motion has a great slitscan tunnel effect-- but again it is just straight. Is it possible to do one of these with twists and turns in AE? I so, you're the man to figure it out!
Dale
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I would like to suggest a nice ghost effect. Something that builds on the typical transparent effect. Thought it would be great for people making horror flicks. Just a thought.

Thanks in advance
Kay
17 years ago
Hey, Andrew!

If it's possible, could you try to make a kind of a "sequel" to the
earth zoom clip and make sort of a zoom into the streets so you
go from over the city to 1:st person view. I would need it to a
movie that I'm filming now. If you could, I would be most grateful.

Thanks in advance, Kay.
Justin
17 years ago
Im sure everyone would like to see a tut with the Hulk Effect. enough said
fareez
17 years ago
dear Andrew,
I'm really enjoy watching all your awesome tutorial! Actually, I'm really looking forward to see if you can do this kind of effects. I want to know how are we gonna make a flying man(like smallvillve) in AE. Teach me,please,sifu andrew!!
Stephan
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, could you do a tutorial on animating menu's for Encore, so far i haven't found (m)any good one's.
Zony
17 years ago
9. Select the layer with your Horizon gradient, as a Trackmatte for your text layer

EDIT: it goes the other way around lol

9. Select your Horizon layer, and choose your text layer as a Trackmatte..

woops
Zony
17 years ago
Hey, this is not really a request, but a helpful tip for an upcoming shortcut maybe?

Well here we go :

I just found a cool way to create some nice and "shiny" 3D titles in after effects CS3 ( maybe older too ) by using Trapcode Echospace and Trapcode Horizon, ( YES Horizon woot )

Well lets see if i can explain in plain text.


1. Create a normal text layer and write something
2. Turn on the 3D switch
3. Create a Camera
4. Apply Trapcode Echospace and kinda extrude the text layer like we do when we create 3D text in Maya, 3DS MAX, C4D etc.
5. Create a new layer
6. Apply Horizon to the new layer
7. Use Horizon to create a small gradient with black and white in the distance ( when i say distance, you i mean like whatever its called what Horizon does )
8. Choose your text layer with Echospace applied to
9. Select the layer with your Horizon gradient, as a Trackmatte for your text layer
10. At this point, you should be able to move around your 3D Camera and you will have a nice reflection on your "3D looking" text. This Reflection with follow the camera movement, just like of you were using a 3D Software and used Raytrace whatever, on your text model.

From this point to make it looking even better you have alot of opportunities ofc, but maybe create a new solid, and rotate to be a flat plane that your 3D text could stand on, and then add a light to your Composition and adjust it so you will end up having a nice shadow of your text layer on the "plane".

You could also duplicate your text and rotate it 180 degrees and pull down the opacity, and fade it out with a mask, to create a reflection on the plane too.

Hope you understand, and hope it helps - I thought you could you this tip for your upcoming 3D text tutorial maybe? - If you do i am just happy to help, and tell me so


I got this idead just from playing around with my shiny new Horizon, damn it owns.


Cya all!
Mitchell
17 years ago
hi i hope that you will do a lightsaber hitting a wall and burrnig it effect like in ryan vs dorkman 2

also i would like to know how to create 3d ships and hologram effects thanks andrew for all the helpful videos


-mitchell
Rafael Guerra
17 years ago
it would be really cool if we had a matchmoving tutorial
it is useful, in my opinion, the most advanced technique used in movies...
Silent
17 years ago
hi what about a blade movie effect where a human turn into dust thats a nice tutorial to chalange.

ty
Mel
17 years ago
I'd like to see a convincing Nuclear Explosion/Mushroom Cloud - always a great way to end your indy movie when the story starts to drag or you've run out of script. Seems like you would be able to create something good using the inkdrops from your Riot Gear DVD.
Tyler
17 years ago
Hey i think a holographic look like starwars would be cool.
Jordan
17 years ago
How about a meteor? The camera would be a mid shot of a person and then in front of him a meteor would have a parabolic arch into frame and slam into the ground in front of him. causing an explosion and debris to come flying towards us. OR causing a wall of smoke and debris to gradually come towards us and eventually consume and take out the camera.
Sketch
17 years ago
What up Andrew? hey man, I got to say, the tutorials you put out are great. One tutorial I'd like to see is a fire tutorial. Something like the human torch type of thing. I'd also like to use that effect in editing football scenes like adding a fire tail to the ball after its been thrown or making a player be on fire. Well, looking forward to a similar future tutorial and I appreciate the ones you've put out.
Juan Carlos
17 years ago
HI!! I was thinking like a tutorial to make super powers like for example to run fast or some x-rays or a heat vision, stuff like that. That will be awesome!
Leeman555
17 years ago
Hi Andrew, I've always wanted to know how to make a large crowd scene in Adobe After Effects, something similar to the battle sequences in Lord of the Rings, and Narnia. Could you consider making a tutorial on doing this please?

Thanks

P.S. I know there's already software called 'Massive' to do this, but it seems rather massively expensive and out of my price range.
17 years ago
Hey Andrew I love your work, I know how to use AF because of you, so thanks alot. Any how I was just going to give the suggestion that you should have an option in the DVD bundles to make your own bundle. Thats it. Great work and keep it up. Your guys rock!

Troy
Jan
17 years ago
I was thinking about a good one about force-lightning. Easy to do some say, but I think you can come up with really something else. Making explosions in 3D program and how they can be used, in like destroying a house.
And the liquid effect in T2. That would be cool.
Jason
17 years ago
Hi.
Like the guy above me said, you could do bullet wounds on someones skin/clothing that lasts for the shot. Also like he said, painting fire or explosion damage onto a building in photoshop and adding a realistic explosion in After Effects. Thanks for your tutorials Andrew..they have helped me soo much!
mitch
17 years ago
any type of fire or explosion effect would be very useful but how about modeling a shotgun shell in 3ds max and maybe some tips on compositing it into footage.
and how about some bullethit debri with particular?
or flaming debri for an explosion?
or a custom blood splat in 3ds max (for when the ones from action movie essentials don't quite work)?
or blood particles (like the small particles comped in with the blood splats in the call of duty pictures you had in an old blog) ?
or a bullethit on wood, with debri and splintered wood (the sparks from action movie essentials just don't get it done on wood) ?
or the same thing on concrete, with little chunks of debri, etc.?
or how about painting fire damage onto a building or car in photoshop?
or a really good one would be blowing off a body part like a leg or an arm
or how about blowing the back of someones head off?
or painting a bullethole onto someones forehead?

I'm sure I could come up with more but with these effects coupled with the tutorials you've already done, not to mention the serious effects dvd and the bullet dvd (I have both) should be more than enough to do about any effect needed for a good action movie.

Thank you for helping to make my low budget action masterpiece possible with just the tutorials you've done so far.
WalterWarhol
17 years ago
Hye Andrew.
First of all i would say thank you for your incredible tutorials whick make me learn easily some AE tips. And sorry for my english but i'm a froggy
So i would submit a request for you :
http://www.paranoidus.com/projects.php?p=215

This video use an interesting effects which perhaps is easy for u but i can't find the way to do this.

Thanks again for all your work andrew. I find my new passion thanks to you ^^
jR
17 years ago
Hello Andrew,

Here are a fe tutorials that I have in mind:

-animating a logo that whips around 359 gegrees on the y-axis to reveal somehing
IE: 2008 NBC Logo - check i out

- whip of a pan history such as in Wanted

- Matrix whip around such as in your 3d Bullet Promo
Sam
17 years ago
How about a DECENT lightning effect tutorial, theres a few out there, starwars imitations etc, but all lack quality. Please bring a decent tutorial on the Starwars type lightning effects seen often in the films, as many would use it.

Thanks man,. great vids and tutorials. Aswell as Awesome products

Sam
Lucy
17 years ago
How about a tutorial on how to create a text that explodes into a glass like feature.
Joshua
17 years ago
Hi Andrew.

Like one of the people said above.. it would be REALLY good if you could make a building explosion tutorial. I need to use a scene like that in a mini movie im making but cant find one single tutorial. BTW, thank you for all the tutorials you've made and i'm glad to see your still making them!

Thank you!
Tristan
17 years ago
Hi!

I was think of a tutorial about the movie Narnia with the White Witch. You see, in the second movie there is a scene where a huge ice wall is forming with the Witch.
A really cool effect.
Link of the scene:
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=1yRdTCTkFUE

Thanks from the Netherlands
Tristan
Macnimation
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,
I'd like to see some more tutorials based on the Evolution DVD.

I'd like to see a tutorial where there is a brick/Stone wall, and the Flourishes move up the wall, but are creating a type of pillow emboss on the wall.

Almost as if the Flourishes are chiseling the shape out of the stone as it moves up the wall and small pieces fall away.

Thanks
Calvin Bramlett
17 years ago
I've been looking everywhere for a tutorial!
I would love to have a tutorial for the HP commercial/ad.
like at http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=fsE0g-8CDQo&feature=related
Pete
17 years ago
------------------------CLOVERFIELD STYLE TEXT---------------------------

That digital interference, pixilation, static effect that is seen on the trailers for Cloverfield.

It's a very useful effect that can be applied to many things.

Thanks

-----------------------------------------
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/cloverfield/
17 years ago
is there a way in AE to track points for a roto mask? like in flame or in other high end compositing software? with expressions or so.. spline control...

i know combustion got it.. i thought maybe you know a way or plug for AE..

Greetings!

Erico Fantastico

Amsterdam
the Netherlands
Austin
17 years ago
It's a little late now but some cool realistic looking fireworks would be cool. They could be used in a Fourth of July video or something. I would defiantly use it!
Silent
17 years ago
Hi Andrew!!

I Think you have to do more stuff like the energy tutorial. Futuriscic stuff really you do a very good job with your tutorial you help me alot with my projects.

ty

Pedro
clemdubos
17 years ago
Salut, je suis fran??§ais et j'esp??¨re que vous arriverez ??  traduire ce message. Tout d'abords je tiens ??  dire que votre site est super et les tuto, g??©nial, et original. Je trouverai cool de cr??©er un tuto pour cr??©er une ville la nuit anim??©e (voiture, lumi??¨re...) ^^

Et encore bravo pour tous le travail que vous fournissez.
cl??©ment
BrandonHowe
17 years ago
How about underwater explosions?
You know; Depth Charges and such.
Watch U-571 and you'll see what I mean. I'd love to see a tutorial on this.
Thanks!
Johan
17 years ago
Hi Andrew and thanks for your hard work with these great tutorials.
I was wondering whether you would consider doing a cool tutorial about lower thirds (titles identifying a talking head), with cool reveals and motion.

Anyway, thanks again!
Marko
17 years ago
Hi.

Me and my band want to make a music video soon and I think it could be very helpful to have some suggestions for lip-synchronization and things like that.
So maybe this will be a good idea for a little tutorial.

Bye.
17 years ago
Great stuff Andrew! Keep up the great work.
I'd like to see a flame effect, like Sam's arm on fire. How to create the flame and how to track the parent object for the emitter.
Thanks!
David
17 years ago
How about a tutorial applying the new "sampleImage()" expression included in AE CS3? As usual applied to a real and practical situation as you normally do.

Best,

D.
17 years ago
I AM A REAL BIG FAN OF COLDPLAY THEY HAVE A NEW ALBUM WITH A COMMERCIAL with Apple's Itune Its Cool Maybe You could Do this I know You could



http://www.apple.com/itunes/ads/sonic/hd.html
Billy
17 years ago
Hi again,

I've got two more ideas for tutorials.

1. Meteor strike. Heres some examples - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VZctyFN7HuI&feature=related and http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BBuCYuJ8pzc&feature=related and http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xIv4RLd-x6Y&feature=related.

2. Slow-motion knife throw. Heres an example - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2pss3x6bmU. I know the guy who made this used 3Ds Max (which I have) but for those who haven't got it, i'm sure you can do it using blender.

Thanks again Andrew!
Billy
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I've been searching all over YouTube and other websites for tutorials on how to make it look as though a section of a building has exploded. Heres an example - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2FkU6gLQdas&fmt=18.
I know that most of the building explosion videos are made using a still photo which is made to look as though it has been filmed. They use photoshop to edit the building to look damaged, and use Trapcode Particular to make the explosion.
Heres a video someone made which shows how he did it but not in detail. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=24bAqJradMg.

If you could make this into a tutorial that would be EXTREMELY helpful.

Thanks mate!
Frank
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I think it would be great if you can create a tutorial that can give a person that feeling of being a Superstar!! ...An awesome tutorial effect that can put any person on a cool, dynamic Stage that pans through the tens of 1,000's of wild fans watching you perform on stage....i saw one tutorial online that attempted to create this effect on after effects...but i think with your skill & ability to teach, u can take this Fame tutorial to the next level to everyone who may want to put themselves as a superstar on stage..

thanks
17 years ago
i dont want to have to use a 3D modeling program...is there any way to create moving 3D tendrils (like that of Carnage from Spider-man) with Particle World/ Playground....if not, is there any other way?
Johnson
17 years ago
Andrew maybe tutorial about those effects like here http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=7LrL6GRr2xA

or something like HP Hand.
Tolik
17 years ago
Sup Andrew ..
i wanted to thank you for your all guides ,really awsome ..
but would you like to make a tutorial of back to the future car effect ?
like all the sparks and then the fire coming out ..

thanks again .
17 years ago
Hello Videocopilot,

I'm curious to know how to create a good workflow for animations that are longer than your average short animation? I like the tutorials very much, but they are usually for animations that are actually very short.

Thanks a bunch
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I was wondering if there is a way to use a particle generator (Trapcode or one of AE's) to form an image with its particles? Ex: I want to do a Batman promo with Batman standing in the foreground. In the background, I want an image of the Joker's face to form from a swirling cloud of bats. Is it possible to assign images of the bats to the particles and then control the particles over time to form the face?
LucierBrandon
17 years ago
Ok well id like to see lightsaber or other burns because all the tutorials i've seen aren't clear like yours.
Marc
17 years ago
Hello Andrew & Co. I??´m a follower of your web from Barcelona (Spain).Ask you if it is a possible, more tutorials of your intros in text. I like it!!I am a projection man in a discotheque.And i need more ideas and i admire your work.My english is not expensive...he he.Thank you for your job.And recieve a greeting from Spain.

Marc
17 years ago
Hey Andrew! First I'd love to thank you for all the tutorials You've given.. you solved alot of questions I asked abt FX in Movies..

But Here's a new FX I've seen in the latest movies.. and wish you can help us around with it..

If You've seen the Movie "HANCOCK" 08 Movie.. or You seen "Jumper" 08 Movie too.. They Jump or Disappear .. and the whole place shakes and they leave Cracks on the floor.. or when Will smith Jumps.. he Jumps sooooooo High !..

and I'd also love to see the effect of making a Human torch like Fantastic 4 Movie..

Thank You Very Much Andrew.. you can't imagine how much I love this website and I really appreciate your work...

Thank You,
Ahmed N. Tharwat
scott
17 years ago
Perfect results when rendering is something that ive been determined to accomplish for some time now.

could you maybe do a tutorial on rendering and what composition packages/settings you use, I recently did an animations for a stationary company only 60 seconds long, I used softimage (final softimage rendered file size was 32MB) and after effects and when I rendered in window media, no compression, it was over 5GB, then I had to shrink the animation onto DVD which holds 4.7GB and my gradients became less smooth as a result.

What is your opinion on compression to get that fantastic Movie quality?

Kindest Regards

Scott.
U.K.
17 years ago
Hello Andrew,

Have you seen the music video: Justice - DVNO ?
It is a typographical masterpiece, done partial in 3D.

I would like to know how he did this. Hopefully you will do
a tutorial about the video.

Thanks.

Xander
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I really love the Tutorials in which you create the particle lines with trapcode, like in tutorial 62 and 54 ! If theres any possibility to make particles like that with the included plugin CC Particle World please make a tutorial for that!
Thanks a lot and greetings from Germany!
mitch
17 years ago
Great tutorials, I bought and loved the bulle dvd. I recommend it to an;yone reading this, it's great.
I think a great dvd would be breaking down a car explosion or a building.
Or just a tutorial on compsiting free explosion footage from detonationfilms.com with a little bit of debri in 3ds max.
Thanks a lot
myst production
17 years ago
hi andrew my name is eldad and i from israel
im a huge fan of yours.
you are the "GOD OF AFTER EFFECT".
i making a movie on a isreali superhero "Solomaon's Kinght"
a few tutorial that i love to see from you is a Meteor fall and crash into abuillding and ruins everyrhing in is path.
another one is how to use particleIllusion and master it like aprofesional
make an effect like the mummy whan he become to sand.
irelly love your work keep up your good work and again you are my god.
cheack this cool site and see some exsempels:
http://www.bogeyman-productions.de.vu/
soory for my english
waiting for your replay
Tomek
17 years ago
Hello! You have some really great tutorials here. I wonder if you could try to make one about an effect like this http://youtube.com/watch?v=n3Da4L7iiOQ (from Hollow Man movie).

Once again thanks for what you've done!
Mattias Olsson
17 years ago
Hi Kramer

A tutorial that shows how to make a cool ghost effect, like in The Ring when the girl comes out from the TV. That would be something to impress my buddies with!

And I just want to say Thank to You and the "Team" for a fantastic work(!),
greetings from Gothenburg, Sweden
17 years ago
Hai Andrew!
How can I make a text blow like a smoke which looks realistic
which has fluid properties. without using any fluid simulator or 3rd party
plugins.
Is it possible
thanks.
Chris
17 years ago
I think the Jumper effect from the movie Jumper would be an awesome tutorial
Steven X
17 years ago
Oh another idea... how about a dramatical transformation of a scene? I'm talking about taking a shot made in a normal cam, add some effects that goes with the scene and then make the magic work and turn it into a low tech footage... examples? a footage that looks it's coming from a vigilance camera, or those clips recorded from a plane showing a building taking down with a missile launch.. imagine take a shot from above a building, mix with one explosion from action movie essential, add some particles exploding, and then when this is done, start morphing the full color HD shot into this greddish infra red, over saturated, grainy, with scanlines clips. Sorry but english is not my first lenguage so excuse if it have some errors.

The example that sparkled this request is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl_djxUq6Dc&feature=related
Steven X
17 years ago
Hi Sensei Andrew... I was watching Speed Racer and I thought of you inmediately because they use so heavy motion FX and postproduction. So, I definitely would like to know two things: how they make those nice bright colors of the movie and how they make some backgrounds to fade into a blur, but at the same time the blur is only horizontal, so when the effect have some seconds playing, the background passes from any given scene into a set of horizontal lights thats looks awesome because is not a simple motion blur turned upside down. Well, I don't know if these things are stupid or a challenge for you, but I think they would be a nice pair of tutorials. At least the coloring, because honestly, I didn't see this in any other movie, grungy yes, greendish yes, opaque yes, but superbright violet-orange-red? eh.. nope.
Eric
17 years ago
Hello, I have two suggestions for tutorials:

1) A tutorial on how to create the glowing/neon coloured sweat (prominently seen in Gatorade commercials).

2) A tutorial on how to create the effect apple uses in their iPod commercials. The creating silhouette and background is fairly simple, its the ipod and ipod wires that I would like to know how to create.
BillyW
17 years ago
Hey Andrew! I would like to see a tutorial where you make it lookes like someone is jumping and falling out of a window from like a 100 story building. It would be cool to see splattered glass everywhere and have the camera effect of following that person down towards the ground, if you know what I mean. Hope that you do it soon!
Billy
GARY DOWNING
17 years ago
HEY ANDREW, LOVING ALL THE TUTORIALS... THIS SITE IS TOP!!!

PLEASE CAN YOU MAKE A TUTORIAL ON A METEOR TRAVELLING... HITTING AND MAKING AN IMPACT ON a STREET OR A BIG OPEN SPACE OR SOMETHING???

I KNOW TRAPCODE PARTICULAR IS THE KEY BUT PLEASE COULD SHOW THE WAY ITS DONE??

THANKS VERY MUCH ANDREW

GARY
17 years ago
Alryt Andrew i've been working on a low budget short film for a while now and have been trying to work out ways of creating a slow motion running away sequence from a big explosion! u no the cheesy running until the explosion happens then dive to the floor dramatically schwarzenegger style.

Anyway i've been using after effects cs3 and your action movie essentials to do this but i've had no joy as of yet maybe it's just me i need your expertise hoping you'll do a tutorial on this if not any tips will be gladly recieved.

thanks
west
Jack
17 years ago
Hi, i would really love to see a realistic 'Human Torch' (from the fantastic four movie) tutorial. I ask as many others i think would agree, this page is flooded with Human torch requests

Please consider Andrew Kramer

Thanks
Jan-Erik Mok Undseth
17 years ago
Hi Mr Kramer.

Can one make a simmilar text intro like the one used in the ending of the trailer for the new Prince Of Persia game? It looks very cool and all, but again it also looks very complicated to achieve in AE.

(The Prince Of Persia trailer mentioned above)
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/34503.html
Chris
17 years ago
i'd like to see something where you get a multiplane camera effect

thanks!
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Could you teach us how this is made; http://youtube.com/watch?v=MEBHMd51b44

I've tried using displacements maps, but it doesnt look that good..

please help
Salu
17 years ago
Id be so glad if u'd do the human touch fx (fantastic four) and fire composition. Seen some samples vrywhere but nt so good, i believe the kramer way wuld just b the way to go!
ur a great guy!
Edd Black
17 years ago
My request is for a "Soul Sucking" tutorial.

EXAMPLE: The soul gets sucked out of a persons eyes, nose and mouth into the soul suckers mouth.

You probably would come up with something much more original, but this is what I think of when it comes to soul sucking.
Dave
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Love your site, you have made me a much better AE user. One thing I would love to see you address in either a tutorial or maybe just a blog entry is the strategy and thinking you use to decide when and where to pre-comp. That just seem to be a hangup for me.

Thanks for your brain!
MediArtists
17 years ago
hello sir andrew

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE THE SIN CITY EFFEKT,....

AND A SAW4 ATMOSPHARE....

please make tutorial for this effects

god bless you
Jon Enge
17 years ago
I'm sure you've seen the "Bloody Omaha" video on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRS9cpOMYv0

You've done a lot of stuff about adding camera shake and I'm pretty confident I could get that going but about 3 minutes in these guys take a static shot and do a swish pan.

I would love to see how to do that in AE.

thanks

Jon
chad
17 years ago
I didn't read all 3,140 posts here but I think a cool tutorial would be how to achieve the effect seen at the end of The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer where the Human Torch helps the surfer by stabilizing his board as he begins to destroy Galactus. For a few seconds you can see Jonny's face really well. So, basically how would you realize the "Flame on!" effect.

Thanks
17 years ago
The first several minutes my next film, Sharpshooter, are based in Iraq. I live in Virginia and nothing around here is very Iraqi so I have to use a green screen and build some stuff. But it's really hot in Iraq so I wanted to reproduce that with some heat waves (like on the hot desert surface).

So my tutorial request is HEAT WAVES
17 years ago
Robert Rodriguez with alot of other directors did alot of faux trailers for the grindhouse films.
One inpaticular from the director that did Shaun of the living dead, called
DONT. The titles with the overlays in solid colors, was absoultly amazing.
Would love to see some of this done.
Fan for life!
michael
dtr films
houston,tx
Xexxas
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Can you post an tutorial how I make a energy ball or a fire ball??


keep up your amazing work!!!!
martin
17 years ago
A Advanced trapcode horizon tutorial would be great
Rico
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I saw a clip on youtube, so i want to know, if you could make a tutorial of this explosion or give me a little tip.

Maybe someone else got an idea.

The clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3X4CVl_UgI&feature=related

the explosion which i mean starts after 10 seconds.

keep up your awesome work...and big greets from Germany!!!

Rico
Chris
17 years ago
hey andrew, can you give us an idea how to do this kind of video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aS3O1AHuVM

it's a music video but what i'm interested is at the effects like at around 2mins and 5 sec.

and can i use still images for this effect?
thanx in advance.
the effects in the video that madnas showed are wicked.

how the guy is moving in slow motion but everything else isn't and the camera zooms in and stuff.

that would be a wicked tut andrew

keep up the good work

-Andrew
madnas
17 years ago
hi mr kramer.

wonder if u could make a tutorial on the effect seen in this video http://www.hadlowpro.com/

it's kinda like ur previous freeze time tutorial only that when camera freezes then it rotates around or to a certain degree...something like a matrix rotate effect....really cool if could make a tutorial on this one...appreciate all ur free tutorial mr kramer...
Preston
17 years ago
A really useful one: rotoscoping motion-blurred objects and preserving the transparency.
michael
17 years ago
love your stuff
good work

well i wold love to know how to use some of the CC effects better from CS3 e.g CC split, i guss an over view would be cool.

and another one which lost of people seem to want is realistic fire can not seem to find a good way to do it on the net that looks good
if posable do it with ot trapcode (only built in FXs)

thank you please keep up the good work

p.s i am waiting to get the bullet in the mail at the moment can not wait for it!!!
17 years ago
Dear Andrew,
Kudos to your tutorials. I have created alot of great visual eye candy thanks to your informative tutorials. As I was watching a certain movie I saw an effect that blew my mind and was wondering if you could do a tutorial on it. Its from the movie "Hannibal" in the opening sequence where the pigeons formed the face of Hannibal then fly off in their different directions. It was amazing and I would like to do a shot like that in a crime film I am working on. Thanks and keep up your wonderful work in helping out the rest of us.
~Sterling E. Smith
SESFilms
17 years ago
Hello Mr. Kramer,

Got The Bullet and it's great. I have a suggestion for a tutorial. How about one on green screening in a vehicle. What I think makes these shots look fake (other than poorly matching light and color to the inside) is that the outside footage is missing the abberation caused by the glass. They're perfectly flat backgrounds where around the window edges you should see a little bending and warping. Could this be fixed using the keyed footage as a matte and applying cc glass? And how about the fact that the lighting never changes inside the car? How in AE could you produce a screen to simulate shadows and glares passing over the actors?

Thanks,
Darren
haney
17 years ago
Hi Andrew, I want your buy products but i need you number account or other type of pay. I not have card`s page.
Thanks, bye
Caitlyn
17 years ago
Hey,

I think that a good idea for a tutorial would be that if you had vampire fangs that grow form your teeth start from regular teeth and grow out to suck your blood anyways its a cool idea and there are many possibilities

Thx hope you take it onto consideration
Caitlyn
17 years ago
hey i really think it would be cool if you could make a tutorial on how to make like vampire fangs grow onsomeones teeth you know like start as normal teeth then have fangs growing out...that would be cool and there are many possibilites

Thanks hope you take it into consideration
rafal
17 years ago
Hi mr Andrew!

1) I allways wonders how one particular effect is done, when time slows down and finally freeze while camera still moving and rotating around objects or peoples!
If it`s too complex to achieve it, could you at least explain how it is done?


2) Replacing river`s water with bursting and flowing lava could be something interesting.
Wayne
17 years ago
1) Green screen moving car
2) Wire removal
3) Energy ball
4) Some other tutorials in 3ds Max about creating characters/people/bodies

Thanks,
Video CoPilot
Igor
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

First, thanks for all!

My suggestion:
Recreate the medic beam visible in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH4D7Uod4Cg
I think this will be interesting to learn particle/beam effect, create deformation, motion tracking, ecc... i've tried but i'm too newbie

Thank you, bye!
Sam
17 years ago
Hey andrew, hows about a Burning logo type thing? like branding a cow? where the image hits a surface then comes away leaving a burn outline of it?

thanks man, great work
meliokan
17 years ago
Hello Andrew,

Im french and love your tutorials, i try to make this effect:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97CeJbltWJ4&feature=related

but it's difficult, can you make a dvd same as 'the bullet' or any tutorial effects approching this movie ?
contact me to 'yes or no', please, thank you

david
17 years ago
Is it possible for any motion capture? (not just face capture)
So you could add motion to a virtual character just by moving in front of the camera
17 years ago
Hello Andrew. Love the website and the tutorials. You've given me a lot of ideas for filmmaking and video production. I have some ideas that I don't know if they're possible for you or not, but here they are

1. An X-ray effect like the one used in Romeo Must Die when Jet Li breaks a guy's arm.

2. The rotating camera effect in Matrix when Trinity does the kick in the beginning
17 years ago
I read what Ross wrote (June 22nd, 2008 at 11:27 pm), and that was just amazing footage! You should look into it

Otherwise, 3D 3D 3D
Ihab
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,
I really love your tutorials, very useful and exciting, and I would like to see your way of making a human torch, Thanks for your tutorial and greetings from Egypt.
Gds
17 years ago
Hi, Andrew
If possible , I want a tutorial about after effect and cinema 4d integration, in order to do some broadcast design. It's very important , I found many tutorial about this but I want a great tutorial in your way.
Thanks for all member
cyberhunteRa
17 years ago
If you can do a tutorial where there are coming thunders from someone s hands like Lord Sidius from Star Wars.
Japsar
17 years ago
Great toturials!
I'd like to see a tutorial about the HP - the computer is personal again - ads. ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K8GYl5-xrM )

thanks!
Tony Lopez
17 years ago
Sorry to post again, but also add in to the tut on how to make multiple bullets come out and fly by as well, thx

-Tony
Tony Lopez
17 years ago
I was wondering if you might make a tutorial about how to make the bullet, like you did in the dvd, but make it transition all the way around and hit some one, with a real piercing hole and blood and all that, to make it realistic as for a complete scene, so it would come from the gun, fly by then hit someone. Thx in advance

-Tony
Steph
17 years ago
http://www.hadlowpro.com/
watch this video please, and show us how
ps. i know rotoscoping is involved...
Zach
17 years ago
Hi Andrew! I LOVED the latest tutorial. ANyways, I'd like to you to make a tutorial on how to make it look like a guy got hit(or thrown) across a room. Like 50-100 feet, cause that would look AWESOME!
17 years ago
hie mr kramer, very grateful, you have helped me alot with your tutorials. i just started using it bout 4 months ago and now i'm no longer an amateur. i guess there is no way else to thank you except purchase your DVD's which i have done so. Evolution and The Bullet. really great. i'm now looking into buying you designer sound effects...

before i leave. could you do more C4D tutorials interrogation with after effects.
thanks alot, cant wait what you gt next
ianpabayo
17 years ago
hey. first i'd like to say that your tutorials are awesome!

and i'd like to request a cloning video where the clones overlap each other. i mean where they pass each in front or behind the original character.

keep up the awesome work and thanks in advance.
teixd
17 years ago
Would love to see a tutorial on a logo landing in water with a splash effect.
Thanks VCP!
17 years ago
Hi all at copilot

This is the best A E website that i can find. ha ha ha. All you have done in all of your free training clips are for look's but there are non with measurements, I am trying to make movie's that look's like this (http://www.rockwool.co.uk/sw60723.asp) but in AE.

This all come down to, how do i put snap on with 3d photo's ?????

thank you
bear

p.s.
if any one should now please please email me on brad@wilhams.com.my
thankyou
Gustavo Resendiz
17 years ago
PREDATOR Invisibility effect or FF4 invisible woman.
GREAT WORK ANDREW!!! Thanks.
Gustavo Resendiz
17 years ago
You know what can be useful? I am planning a movie where an alien visits Earth (how original, right?). I don't have the ability to create monsters CGI, so instead, I thought of having the alien be human, but in his alien form have the "PREDATOR" type of invisibility, that way, if I put props on the actor like a scary looking mask, wings, etc, they would make the guy look like an alien in the invisible mode. Something like the invisible woman in FF4, where you can see her facial expresions, not just the silhouette. Also I need to figure out a way to make the transition from invisible alien to human form with a transition like the "random cards" from the AFCS3 presets, like "blocks interlocking, forming the face and body of the human. GREAT WORK ANDREW!!! Thanks.
Scotland the Brave
17 years ago
Seen the new coldplay album?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgCHb4hBiRI&feature=related

Lots of coloured smoke, particles, colour explosions, so on.
I think this would be a really popular and helpful tutorial.
Spence
17 years ago
I know you know about motionogrpher.com but check out the BBQ LEXUS Hybrid Drive commercial and then click on the Trapcode user gallery under the screen shot on Motionographer and see how they made it. Pretty much entirely in After Effects!
Very cool!
Patrick
17 years ago
Hi Andrew. I was just wondering in one of your short-cuts, you could demonstrate how to make a preset.
Thanks.
delali
17 years ago
hey andrew! itd be realy nice having a tutorial on color correction and grading. like say im working on a music video or a serie like heroes.

p.s ur tutorials have been really helpfull
Peter Jackson
17 years ago
Hi, This may be complicated to do on AE. But I'd like to learn how to make a realistic flame.

Two types:

Single flame eg from a candle

Multi flame, eg burning firewood.

The best I've seen so far was made on the plug-in real flow.

Regards
Johnson
17 years ago
Hi Kramer!

Tutorial about changing the color of the eyes like in the movie " Hulk the incredible " ,
G-D-M
17 years ago
Andrew Kramer:

Tutorial - Jumper Effect
Wer2005
17 years ago
I recently saw a video called: "dstrukt" http://www.dstrukt.com/_movs/Dstrukt_2008_Showreel.mov

And there was a scene after the middle of the video. Some kind of energy-explosion.
And I thought this is a good Idea for you guys to do an new tutorial

Greedz
scott middleton
17 years ago
Hi Andrew Iâ??????ve been scouring the internet for a tutorial in after effects for creating a comet crashing into the ground I know it can e done with particular but the tutorials always look fake this is the best video Iâ??????ve seen unfortunately itâ??????s not a tutorial but itâ??????s very nice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cflZhkBrd0 please could you look into doing a tutorial on this if you have time thanks.
mike
17 years ago
Hi, Love your tuts, I learned alot.
However there is one video that you can make and mabey have some fun making is the hardware end of things.

If I'm building a computer to run AE and 3d stuff, what video cards should I consider? How do you get around the 2 GB limit on XP, how to set up a render farm?

you know stuff like that.

Keep up the good work.
eric
17 years ago
how to make a hulk transformation in then animate him while he's the hulk
Ziran (Joe)
17 years ago
I am working on a project and I need actors to bleed in close up shots. I want to know could you do a tutorial on digital blood and bleeding in after effects. I don't want to use makeup. I have all the footage and it would be a pain to reshoot.
Kristoff
17 years ago
Andrew Kramer, do I have a challenge for you. I just recently saw the movie jumper and thought, I wonder if someone has a tutorial yet? They don't. I've seen a few videos based on the same effect, only one of which was any good.

I now challenge you to figure out a way to recreate this "Jumping" effect (teleportation) from the movie as best as you can. I know you and you team can do this based on what I've seen before. It can use 3D effects if you want to nail the recreation right on the head, or you can go for a more simplistic effect but one that looks good none the less.

Good Luck,
KFF
Ross
17 years ago
hey
i think that the bulit time is some sort of morph between 2 clips taken at the same time (for most of them)
http://www.hadlowpro.com
iv looked everywere and cant find a tutorial on how to make them, would be a good tut for anyone wanting bulit time and dosnt hav heaps of stil shot camras
start times of bulit time shots
0:38
2:19
4:57
5:41
5:44
6:20
10:01
10:32 (this is the shot i think is from 2 times, because in the first shot the camra is facing the beach and second camra is on the beach but he dosnt turn to much in the change)
11:05 (u can see the first camra form the second one in this shot, with no extra camras between)

thanks a lot
Tariq
17 years ago
hii Andrew...
I dont know if u will notice my request or no...as ican see u have lots of requests lined up for u... I am in need of a tutorial on how to make a Video film negative reel rolling out of the circle and make a word out of itself into a letter like M....I would be very gratefull to u if u respond to my request...I need ur help Andrew...!!
17 years ago
PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP"

What's up i love this web site
Video Co-pilot explain After Effects better that my Teacher

I have brought Evolution , Riot Gear & Twitch
Series One DVD also i have supported Video Co-Pilot

My question is ,right now I'm using green screen how can i
create the ipod commercial like a Cold play, Mary j Bilge, Eminem,
do a tutorial on how to do 1 of the 3

please make a dvd like that i will buy it also "JUST GREEN SREEN"

"PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP"
17 years ago
"PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP"

What's up i love this web site
Video Co-pilot explain After Effects better that my Teacher

I have brought Evolution , Riot Gear & Twitch
Series One DVD also i have supported Video Co-Pilot

My question is ,right now I'm using green screen how can i
create the ipod commercial like a Cold play, Mary j Bilge, Eminem,
do a tutorial on how to do 1 of the 3

please make a dvd like that i will buy it also "JUST GREEN SREEN"

"PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP"
17 years ago
Hi,
I am From Israel.
I love your tut's, and ill love to learn the trailer\promo\intro industry
Like how do they do it the timing music etc..
SO PLZ DO THIS TUT.
17 years ago
hey

try a disintergration like the one thats about 25 seconds in on this clip :

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mIkeGx9zvnM&feature=related

thanks !
Abhishek
17 years ago
thanks VFX-A... i have a quite powerful system but sometimes when i have max, photoshop and afx rendering at the same time i kind of face this issue... but i now know how to fix it... thanks a lot
dannygman
17 years ago
HEY ANDREW... EXCELLENT TUTORIALS! PLEASE COULD YOU POSSIBLY DO A METEOR TUTORIAL... WHICH WOULD PROBABLY INVOLVE "TRAPCODE PARTICULAR"?

THANKS VERY MUCH

DANNY
KevinJ
17 years ago
VFX-Anolmoly or anyone else,

Can you suggest what settings I can change to make AE run faster or direct me where to look.

I have a MacPro Dual Core 3ghz with 11GB ram and a Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT graphics card.

Thanks,

KJ
João
17 years ago
Hi Andrew..
First of all let me say I love your tutorials and they have teached my a lot.
I'm trying to make a short movie with some friends and we were trying to create a rocket laucher effect.. but we've been having some problems.
I think it would make a pretty good tutorial in videocopilot.
Sorry if my english isn't very good, but I'm portuguese.
Thank you for all the tutorials so far.. great work!
Greetings all the way from Portugal
17 years ago
Hello Andrew,

I hope you get to read this sometime - I would love it if you did a tutorial combining many of the best editing techniques with ONLY the effects supplied with After Effects. I hate it when I follow a 20 minute tutorial of yours for 15 minutes just to find out I need some $400 effects software to do it right.

PLEASE make a tutorial for those of us who have the basic package of AE!

Thanks mate,
Jack
17 years ago
Just want to start by saying that you tutorials are very useful. I have just recently began playing with AE and am looking forward to incorporating it into my future projects. I am in Pre-Production on a short film which will require me to have a burning building. It would be great if you could do a tutorial on how to achieve this look so I don't have to burn my house down. Just kidding, for now anyway...anything for the shot right?

Hope this makes it as a tutorial and keep up the awesome work.
SilentD
17 years ago
Would like to see a tutorial how to put a man in a cryostasis chamber and freeze him. Prefferably with camera movements (dolly, track)
Tony
17 years ago
Your tutorials really are amazing and great and have saved my skin in multiple instances. Lately I've found myself following all your tutorials just for the fun and experience. Once I felt confident enough to "take off my training wheels," I started exploring AE on my own, replicating any cool effects I've seen. I was doing alright... until I got to a title sequence from a short film I wanted to recreate.

The sequence is from the video Ryan vs. Dorkman 2 (http://youtube.com/watch?v=-is63goeBgc). That very series is actually what first got me into VFX. Anywho, the fly-by's were no problem, but I really ran into a brick wall when trying to imitate the metallic-like texture on the text, as well as the 3D text itself.

Is it possible to do this all in AE? Does it require a 3D program (I have 3DSMax 9)?

I suppose that, should you make the tutorial, you would really just have to show us how to make the text--your fly-by text tutorial is all that would really be needed to finish the effect. I think that everyone would benefit from learning a cool little sequence like this.

Sitting with my fingers crossed,

-Tony
VFX-Anomaly
17 years ago
@ Abhishek,
a ram preview is just that, it is using your systems ram memory, if you do not have a lot of ram it can not preview it, you can lower the resolution all the way down to a hird
and depending on how complex your comp is you may still not preview a whole minutes worth, your best bet is to get more ram, and of course having a dual quad core 64 bit system you can get a ton of ram..., and be able to use it all
There is also GridIron Nucleo Pro that will help utilize your renders and previews in AE.
Andre
17 years ago
Hi Andrew! You have my name! Can you do a mini-tutorial to recreate the 300-look movie effect? I'm not talking about time remapping, I'm talking about the colors and the glow. Please answer
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, first let me thank you for all the wonderful tuts you have worked on here. Totally awesome.

There is ONE tutorial I have been hoping to see.

You have seen movies like Chronicles of Narnia,...right?

well I would love a tut mixing live action, with CGI to create a Centaur type character!

I would love to know how a guy in green pants, ends up having new legs...

all that stuff.

Hope you can blow our minds with that one!

cheers!
17 years ago
I'd like to see a tutorial showing the compositing techniques used in the TV show "Numb3rs". While each show is different, there are many techniques that repeat using some very cool visuals.
Mathieu Cormier
17 years ago
Hi Andrew first i whant to say thx! i realy like your tutorial you realy help me a lot! but i have a question some week ago i see the movie (jumper) and i whant to know if you can put a tutorial how to teleport like this movie. Thx again for all you great tutorial and i hope you gonna do this one
Abhishek
17 years ago
hi guys... i have a little problem.

when i do a ram preview of my composition (1min 45sec) the ram preview breaks and stops after 30 seconds of preview... I can preview any 30 second of composition but not more than that at once... is this a feature of AFX and is there a setting to do a full ram preview ?
Josh B
17 years ago
Hey Andrew!
Your tutorials have helped me out so much with video editing and really got me interested in it even more so. I'll cut to the chase, in a movie I'm making there is a super computer (basically just a large screen) kinda glass like and futuristic looking. I personally am going to be using it as this gov't computer which gets 'hacked into' and someone takes over control of a bunch of missiles (I've started on this by modeling a 3d missile already)

I think it's kind of hard to explain what I'm going for, but they do this sort of effect in hollywood all the time. I was going to set up a green screen on a wall by a keyboard and mouse, among other things, and I need to make this futuristic computer monitor that I can put some bs data on and models of the missiles and where they are being launched, so on and so forth.

A tutorial on something related to this would be great, possibly something more general it applies to more people.

Another good one that would be relevant to my video and possibly many others is doing something with missiles or nuclear explosions.

Thanks a bunch!
-Josh
Justin C
17 years ago
I always wanted to know how to make an explosion without getting into the pyrotechnics. I saw some tutorials but the explosions looked fake. (either does not fit into the environment or looks like a huge fireball) Most explosions in real life look like a cloud of dust while sending pieces of its surroundings in the air. I'm assuming you would make a particle animation of and explosion, color it the same as the ground.
joseph
17 years ago
I want to make an effect like this.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TCRBiZ5iSxU

The second part(the one with the checkerboard).
Naveed Mahmoudian
17 years ago
I really want to no how to do this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLrvGCl5x0s Basicly it is the awesome effect of simulated or fake or magically put into the shot with AE CS3 ping pong balls!!!!
Aravind
17 years ago
Andrew My Lord,

You got do a tutorial on 300 movie style BLOOD EFFECT!

PLEASE, PLEASE , PLEASE, 300 MOVIE STYLE BLOOD, Man how they did that, still a secret?

ANDREW SAVE US,... You are the Mahatma, please save us.. DO 300 MOVIE STYLE BLOOD EFFECTS TUTORIAL, ...
PLEASE, PLEASE , PLEASE....

You are the only one who can break that secret. (Searched a lot on the net, but no one giving the 'in depth' tutorial). So please.. DO 300 MOVIE STYLE BLOOD EFFECTS TUTORIAL, ...
PLEASE, PLEASE , PLEASE.... PLEASE, PLEASE , PLEASE....
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,
thx for all the good AE tut's,- ure the best!!

What about a mega explosion,-
such as Nuklear Missile hits straight into New York City
I mean a big explosion (maybe birdview, or groundview),
wich has first an energy ring hitting out,
and then it beginns to throw up dirt from the center of the explosion...
From Birdview u must see, how the landscape destroyes,
and from the groundview u must see the dirt coming towards the cam...
And now - making it look realistic

Cool, but far to difficult i think?! I had no success in it

Thanks a lot Andrew, and thanks for making it FREE for us!!
Greetz, Michael.
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Love the tutorials! You are entertaining AND informative! Really great stuff! Currently, I'm working on a project that requires me to shoot a scene around a campfire. Problem is, my wife won't let me actually set the backyard on fire. Bummer, I know. So, what types of tricks do you have up your sleeve for simulating a person (or persons) around a campfire. Obviously, this would include the campfire in front of and/or behind them, in addition to lighting effects on the faces of the people around the fire. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks,
Chester Maple
17 years ago
Hi, I'm planning to do a music video for my band here soon, and i wanted to make a 3d nuclear explosion go off at one point in the video. I think a lot of people would dig a nuclear explosion tutorial. That would be awesome!

Thanks
Alex T
17 years ago
Hey Andrew. Could you maybe do a meteor crash tutorial? I saw a really good video on Youtube where a guy made that effect but he haven't done a tutorial for it.

Here is a link for the video I was talking about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WLd_dVXXhg

I know he is using a particle system and you like to play with Particular so I thaught that you might be interested. ^^
17 years ago
No one makes tutorials like you, you're the man!
I know a lot of people would like to create monsters or robots or whatever in their movies, but doesn't have the 3D skills or the time to get the skills.
So why not play around with Maya, 3D studio or Blender? I know there are also people not wanting to deal with 3D and thinks your tutorials should be on After Effects only. I disagree, bring on the 3D !!!
Simply amazing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxKxPy5oeOs
xerealis
17 years ago
Hey I would really appreciate it if you could make a kinetic typography tutorial...It will really help lots lots lots lots of people with their intro and credits....
Thanks
Any question email me
Lexx
17 years ago
Just purchased the ultimate design bundle and cant wait to get into those, so... some friends and i were trying to replicate certain elements of the "007 casino Royale" intro sequence but to no success. Making actors appear polygonal and the punching and falling down 'shatter' effect would make a great tutorial !

humble A.K. student,
~Lexx
Hysteriah
17 years ago
Hi once again... I'm so sorry... I told you the wrong timecode on that pink video. I guess that's a bit confusing. I mean from 0:25 to 0:30:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx10ZrVeKBk

Thanks once again
Hysteriah
17 years ago
Hi Andrew and thanks a lot for all your great tutorials. They are all really AMAZING!!!

What I would like to see is a tutorial on how to create "invisible transition" beetween two different shots. I really don't know how to explain it but you'll get a clue of what I'm looking for if you take a look at this video of Pink:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx10ZrVeKBk
(1:25 to 1:30)

You can see pink moves from the class room to the wardrobe without really noticeing it. I think it's amazing how they do that. And I notice that this effect is being more and more commonly used in a lot of musicvideos and comercials now these days... so I guess there's a lot of people around that wanna know how to create something like that. I guess you're the right person to ask

Thanks a lot... and keep up the good work
And sorry for my bad english
highdefw
17 years ago
I feel Match-moving is a very important topic to cover with anything involved with 3D. I have found other tutorials, but your tutorials are by far the best in presentation and content.

-highdefw-
Lau Andersen
17 years ago
Thanks a lot for the great tutorials.

It would be really cool with a tutorial on doing timeslices.

Check out www.hadlowpro.com

Some of the timeslices shown here I belive is shoot only on two cameras.

Keep up the good work.

Cheers.
antuman
17 years ago
Hi Andrew, can you make a tutorial about Particle Illisuion 3 to After Effects?
I found a tutorial but I did not like it. It was not useful. I want to learn this from your tutorials, they are very efficient...
Thank you
Jan
17 years ago
Corb, www.realflow.com you can find tutorials about water droplets here. And you can download trial version.

Jan.
Corbs
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I have been looking all over the net for something but alas, it is nowhere to be found. I would love a tut on making realistic 3d-esque water droplet (particles) perhaps with a reflection map that a camera could orbit around them. For example, zooming in on a photo that has a fountain or a sprinkler in it and then being able to zoom around and through ray-traced, reflected water drops/spray would be sweet.

Your site is fantastic. I am amazed and humbled at your skill. Thanks for your work, keep it up!
Karl
17 years ago
How would you do to recreate a simple 3D world like a car park underground , train-station , empty room and incorporate a person or an object , (old games are made this way) i mean a blu screened person (or an image with transparent background) into a world u can build with after effect !?

and would you make a list of wich tutorials/Bonus are in your VC package, could help these guys asking for what you've already done

And another challenge , (T-shirt style) with some samples that everyone could use to present every tuts and capabilities of Kramer's Power !
Ian
17 years ago
A recent convert to the alter that is all things After Effects.
Tutorial suggestion, check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVHLpDAPTME
Thanks
Ok first off Id like to start of my post with saying... WOW I love your work.

Alright so here I go, as you might have seen if you go onto youtube and search Adobe After Effect you'll come across several videos teaching you how to shoot lightning from your hands, make energy balls as well as beams, and all other kinds of super hero type skills. Well I was going to make little shorts of me and my friends where each of us have our own special kind of powers like, going invisible or camaflauging, fly, move really fast, control objects, explode random objects at will, control and binge consumed of fire, morphing, shot fire balls and engry balls around making creaters and making explosion (which Id also like to learn how to make and look good), melt objects, and anything else you can think of, so I was wondering if you can make some kind of like super hero section or something on those lines? I would like to know if you like my idea and if made in to an actual series a donation of it free for the idea would be killer I know there will be tons of people interested in all of that. As well if you'd like help on ideas or maybe just want to reply and leave a comment saying yeah you'll do them or what not you can send them via email to maniefat@hotmail.com or of course just put them here cause Ill continously will visit this site. Thanks alot, and keep up with all the good work.
Blake
17 years ago
Hey there Andrew

I was wondering if you could do a tutorial on how to create the effects(light bursts, light flames, light smokes, etc.) seen in the new apple commercial for Coldplays new album "viva la vida" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QulYSXQPC2Q this would be superduper cool of you could show us how to do this!
thanks so much for all your great tutorials.
Rob
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Your tutorials and software are amazing... Tutorial idea... On the music video "My Generation - Limp bizkit" about 3/4 the way through the video there are some really cool water FX... its one of the best video effects i have ever seen.

Thanks Rob
Tim B
17 years ago
Probably unrealistic for AE, but a fairly convincing nuclear explosion would make me want to party like a rock star. Limbs being blown off and perhaps falling from heights could be cool too. These would be great effects for a romantic comedy idea that I have. By the way, thanks for the tutorials.
Lee
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, I was wondering if it were possible if you could do a tutorial for something like the Kayo Corporation "It's Official" bumpers as seen here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsABF1nTQf8 (1:20 for ex)I know there is a preset that can be downloaded but at the moment I am working with 6.0 and can't afford the upgrade anytime soon for the preset to work. This may or may not be possible but it would be great if you could consider it.. thanks a bunch.
Homer
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, could you also please do a tutorial completely showing what the puppet tool can do...like maybe a couple interesting things, or one big effect which involves mainly this tool.

Thank you once again Andrew!
17 years ago
Changing the head of a person would be fun to learn! Imagine a grown man's head on the body of a little boy, like in this musicvideo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJVcEdEC-Bo
17 years ago
I think you should make some more CG/Video Tutorials, like making an action scene with explosions and stuff.
Homer
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, could you please do a tutorial on how we could show a guy punching through a wall and the debris coming out or punching through the edge of th wall. Any help would greatly be appreciated .

Thanks for all your help on the previous tutorials, they've helped me out so much in my videos!!
shajahan
17 years ago
how to import a camera from 3ds max..
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, I really appreciate your tutorials and your generousity (of sharing your knowledge). I really would want to know, even a simple steps would be fine, on creating the effects which are similar in the new iTunes ad. (featuring Coldplay). Effects such as the blowing smoke, vibration light (idk what it's called) etc. Thanks for your time mate, Cheers
nachou
17 years ago
I andrew

i think that this is a real challenge about particles.
i dont know if it was made on a 3d or FX app, like houdini, maya or max with a strong particle system, but i wonder if it can made in After Effects.
this is the link of the FX, its a comercial of a Disco here in Spain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yui6-tI_Z-s

I know that isnt really an easy secuence to do, thats why i think that you can make some really good tutorial of this.


many thanks of all the support and help that you give to the comunity.

cheers
andre
17 years ago
I was wondering if you could post a tutorial on the falling effect...like when your actor is falling from a building or another high location....
Peter
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Well I found your website about a month a go and it's helped me understand the capabilities of AE. I was wondering if you could do a tutorial on how to make a video black & white, but certain things in color. For example, in T.I.'s music video "Why U Wanna" every thing is black & white, but eventually the people stand out ny having color. This would be a really cool effect.
Kyleif Cade
17 years ago
Hey Andrew im filming a short film and want to do something like the movie jumper. so if you could do a tutorial on teleporting it would be really helpful
Phil Johnson
17 years ago
Hi Andrew

Thanks 4 all the great tuts, They really make my work so much easier.
Just another mention about a tut where someone walks thru a wall or a door
and also the 3D effect that you made with The Bullet preview (the stone and the text exploding) would be nice.
Thanks again for all your hard work.

Cheers

Phil
Fernando Araya C
17 years ago
Andrew, first of all, hi all the way from Costa Rica, I found your site a couple of month ago, and let me tell you, since then, my post production company has rocket here , thanks for that, because your tutorials and products have help me alot to improve my work. Any way, a tutorial i really will like to see is exporting cameras from a 3D application such as Maya or 3D S Max into AE CS3.
Again, thanks alot for your time and your great tutorials, keep up the good job

Fernando Araya C
ARCA Producciones y Dise??±o
Motion Graphics and FX
San Jose, Costa Rica
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, i found your lightsaber Preset's and turorials a very helpful route, and saved me alot more time, that rotoscoping them myself, so thanks.

One thing I still am yet to learn however is a text , or title animation method
the methos is seen in many things, one of them being the infamous ryan vs dorkman 2, where the 3d camera, passes through the visually appealing 3d text
and slows down as it passes through this

Im aware i may need more than after effects for this method, but if possible, is there anyway that you could show this too us, by just using after effects, if not use more than after effects, im so anious to know how to do it.

Im sure alot of people speak on myt behalf
Also there is nothing wrong with you text tutorials, but when working in a 3d space, and moving the camera around, i find it looks really lame when the text is still 2d, it defeats the object really, your help would be great.
Jeremy Sizemore
17 years ago
HOLY CRAP! 3030 'suggestions'

i doubt you'd even get around to reading mine with that many on here, but i will throw it out there anyway.

I have about 150 hours of footage from various sources all within my battalion i was in in iraq. i have been tasked out to put together a deployment memory video.... kind of a highlight real of our combat expierence.... problem is most of the footage is from night time, with huge hallogin bulbs giving the light around base. these lights, running off gasoline generators, mixed with the shutterspeed on various consumer digital video cameras, there is an annoying pulsation of light on the film....

so my challenge to you, come up with a pre-set, or plug in of some sort that could compensate for that.

i dont doubt you..... if you come across this, im sure you can do it.

-SPC Jeremy Sizemore
2/135th GSAB
US Army
BaeRRa
17 years ago
Hey Andrew. First I'd like to thanks for all the awesome tutorials you make.

And now to the tutorial request. A tutorial on how to create the 3d text in Blender like you did in 3ds Max and Cinema 4d would be really cool since many of us cant afford max or c4d so we use Blender
Eddie J
17 years ago
Another very useful tutorial you could put out there us the grafix for "LOVE STONE", wave lengths.
Dave Rx
17 years ago
- ASTEROID IMPACT
- MAN WITHOUT AN ARM OR LEG
- ADVANCED COLOR CORRECTION AND COOL TONING EFFECTS
Sam
17 years ago
Hey andrew,

Following from your Bullet dvd, which i've bought, i wanted to make a CSI type effect, where the innerworking of the gun are seen...
the camera zooms in and we see the bullet being hit by the pin, then shooting down the barrel? following from the bullet scene in our dvds
i hope you understand, as such an effect is featured often in CSI and i would really like to re-create it

thanks
Casey Millwood
17 years ago
Hi Ak,

recently i watched the making of Ryan v Dorkman2 and in the scene where the lightsabres cut into the wall a 3d Plane was matched to the wall/ camera movement. Essentially working in 2d but then applying a 3d effect. The working plane had a chess board like appearance.

Ive tried searching the help files but nothing i could find explained this. I believe this could be a very useful tutorial.
17 years ago
Dear andrew,
i spotted something quite interesting on a clip on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPu2j3JVmnw&feature=related
(from 06:49 till the end)
would be cool if you would create a tutorial for this, or post a short explanation on how to create something like this.

thanks and all the best
Sergey
17 years ago
Hey !!!
i wached everyone tutorial, but i not find lesson where showed how create bang!!!
really bang!!!
may be : particular, cc particle world .....
but i tried 100000....000 times but without succes....
Can you help me?
may be i'm not only....
Chaz patch
17 years ago
Hello i have been watching and leaning of your videos and i was wondering is they any way to make water effects such as a place flooding in After Effects CS3

-Chaz patch
Brandon
17 years ago
An advanced shatter tutorial. like on The Bullet thing
Tom Fallon
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,
This site should be required viewing for anyone trying to learn After Effects. I really dig the "hands-on" and experimentation vibe that you encourage in your tutorials. It keeps me thinking creatively - some other tutorial sites, they'll teach you how to create a particular effect, without actually showing you the mechanics behind it, thus limiting it's usefulness.

Ass-kissing aside, I thought one thing that your users might find useful would be a few compositing tips for model shots. A badly-shot model is noticeable straight away, but I reckon you could show people how to make it seamless. I'd love to see how you go about perspective matching and all the rest of it.

Stay cool
mena
17 years ago
1- if you can set tutorial about how to morphing people , other thing and how to convert from normal person to fire man or water man or solid man , I think most of after effect user need this .

I have plug in called reflex used for morphing . but i don't know how used it .

I so sorry for may bad English.

THANK YOU for your tutorials
Nikan Ansari
17 years ago
Hello i would be really intresed seeing a Tutorial on

Missels-Like a Missel Hitting A Building and Exploding teh Building.

Wave-a Huge Wave hitting a City

Underwater-How to make a Underwater sceene WIth Charachters in ir.

and yeah thats it i would really intrested
Aaron Clark
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I just purchased a bunch of your products, the bullet, ame, dse, rg, evo, se&c etc.

I thought they were all great, and really helped me in many different aspects.......just wondering though, if you could help me out I'm trying to work out how they did the effect for the titles in the 'Miami Vice Trailer', It's a kinda police siren light effect but cannot find a way of creating a relatively similar effect.

Of course it would be a waste of your time to create a tutorial just for me, but if you get any spare time, now that you've finshed making the coming soon site, to send me an email explaining how you would do the effect or if your know anyone else (maybe creative cow) who may have an answer?


Thanks if your read this
Aaron Clark
Maikeul
17 years ago
For the people wanting to know the flow for making the Sprite Advertisement effect; I found a link about the behind-the-scenes which might inspire you....

Good luck for making it though, as this studio required 6 months to shoot this advertisement! haha.

Here is the link: http://www.gangfilms.com/films/SPRITE_M_O.mov

Cheers,
Maikeul
The Jaydog
17 years ago
I really would like to see you try and tackle the nightcrawler effect from X-men 2 and or the Jumper effect. I have an upcoming movie in mind and I don't know where to start on these effects.
Rasty
17 years ago
Hi Andrew!

I purchased Action Movie Essentials a while ago and it's awesome. But now I got the explosions, the only thing that's actually missing is a sort of missile. Perhaps you could make a tutorial of how to create one of those monsters.
Gaider
17 years ago
Maybe will be good to do tutorial to Star Wars Wall Effect. If you cut the Wall with Lightsaber it do nice (yellow Orange) solid with nice glow... pls do it
Chris
17 years ago
hi! i have this 3d bullet tutorial from video copilot and i'm just wondering if it's possible to use live footage instead of panoramic images?
17 years ago
Hello great people at Video Copilot. First off I want to say thank you Andrew for all of your hard work and creativity. It gives young designers like myself great resource growth and outlet for our own creativity.

I have an issue that I'm sure a lot of people struggle with at first and that's creating interesting and realistic 3d camera animation. Now, I have seen the awesome tutorials on your site regarding controlling cameras through nulls and such But, was wondering how can I maximize on this. Sometimes my animations are just too rigid. I pray you can help.

Much Love & Many Blessings

Wynton
Jules
17 years ago
how about this one
most of you people have seen a movie like Lord of the Rings, or Troy.
those movies all have a huge fighting seen, with millions of soldiers
i saw the "making of" of one of those movies, and it turns out that that whole army was made out of 30 men.
maybe you can make a tutorial, how to do this
if you can make millions with 30 people, i think you can make 10.000 with 5

Keep up the good work
greetz, jules
sammy c
17 years ago
Somthing outrageously cool, i trust u'll think of something
17 years ago
Hi Andrew, first of all i'd just like to say i've learned so much from your awesome tutorials which have really taken my homemade movies to a whole new level! Thank you so much!!

One tutorial i'd love to see is of a meteor crashing into a field or a building or something like that. - a bit like armageddon, for this small project i'm working on. heard somewhere that could done with particular or something. think it would be cool.

anyways keep up the great work!!

Mark S
Constantin
17 years ago
Hi, I'm Constantin, I'm belgian, i speak english but not like you explain the tutorials. I'm going to write in french, i hope you'll understand. But if not, tell me and i'll translate it then.

Voil?? , j'ai regard??© une grosse partie de vos tutorials et je dois avouer que c'est du beau travail, en clair je suis impressionn??©.
A la base je fait des ??©tudes en arts appliqu??©, tous ce qui porte sur le dessin,la composition... Par apr??¨s je vais faire un cycle de deux ans pour faire l'infographie en pr??©-presse. Ensuite peut ??ªtre si j'ai le courage, faire une licence en cinema comme cadreur voir m??ªme designer en effet sp??©ciaux.
Pour le moment mon but c'est de savoir reproduire exactement ce que les tutoriaux montre, ainsi je me familiariserais mieux avec le logiciel et je pourrais commencer ??  changer les option tel quelle me conviennent.

Ma petite id??©e de tutorial c'est comment prendre une prise en subjectif ou par derri??¨re de quelqu'un qui se regarde dans un miroir sans voir la camera dedans. Un peux comme dans Doom le film. Voil?? 

Sur ce ??  un de ces 4

You can answer me in english i'll understand
17 years ago
Was wondering if you could make another "short". Dont know if it would be short, but I was interested in that dragon ballz instant teleport thing goku does. Seen a few kids do it on youtube and it looks fun, but I wouldnt have the slightest clue where to start.
17 years ago
hay Andrew,

I would really like to see a tutorial using evolution that has tattoos that grow on a persons skin. I think this can be accomplished with evolution but I have not found a solution that makes it look real.

Just a thought if you have time
VDF
17 years ago
Damn your 'the bullet' intro is so nice, plz teach us how to make the explosion effect
Ken
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, the name's Ken ... firstly i love all your stuff i remember watching the first tutorial you had back with the 'old' Videocopilot website (yeh the one with the jet anyways ive always wondered how to use tracking markers from a shot sequence inside of 3d studio max to add a 3d background to. (i know it seems ambitious but thats what were all about right?) Maybe your next product release might have something like this in it? Keep up the good work mate.

Ken, Australia.
panayiotis
17 years ago
hi andrew i'm panayiotis and i'm from Cyprus and i'm 16 years old! I don't think that you have a lot people here from cyprus! I would really really want to learn how to create the Torch effect from the fantastic four or how to throw fire to things like the one seen in X-Men!

P.S
I have watched every tutorial that you have in just 2 days and really man you have some awesome skills! I hope that i can catch up on you some day!
Carlos
17 years ago
hi, id like to see a tutorial abour making ....... mmm.... like MUSE??´s "knights of cydonia" videoclip... with the band apearing in a bar like holograms, with bad tv reception fx, n other.. i reeeeeeaaaally like to learn that... its so cool!!
sorry for bad english
thanx videocopilot
Vers
17 years ago
Hello, how about a tutorial for creating a nice background world for greenscreen? like buildings, street and stuff like that! Maybe the buildings are bouncing to a beat?
All your great tutorials helped me for creating cool musicclips!

So Keep up the good work!

Vers
17 years ago
how about this one. it's a sick movie with some of the vc stuff in there. but still some nice fx for a tut.

www.hadlowpro.com

with some good led zep

regards CT
Kelley Muro
17 years ago
HD motion graphics.
Jay
17 years ago
How about a tutorial on how to do the teleport effect like in the movie, "Jumper" and "X-Men 2"?
17 years ago
i think you should either do a tutorial on how to make water or a person in blender....or make a person made of water
17 years ago
Please Andrew, I want to make a videomusic.... ALL is black & white but one of my cloths are the real color, and every time when hits a bit from the music sound the color of the cloth transforms black & white and then quickly back.....

Please! you are my hope! I have learn a lot from you

THANK YOU!!!
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,
I would LOVE to see a tutorial highlighting some of the VFX found in this video.
http://www.hadlowpro.com/
If you haven't seen it, PLEASE watch the whole thing, its pretty cool.
Really nice work, and with in the grasp of After effects users. Thats the exciting part!
(The 2.5D freeze shots in the air in particular)
This could raise the bar.
All of your tutorials are awesome.
Your generosity inspires!
Aloha, Bruce
Alberrrt
17 years ago
Well Andrew, i think many amateur film maker would like to know how to make a film roll effect. Like have a strip of film like the one's used at movie theaters move across the screen. Hope you can make this one.
Prashanth Sritharan
17 years ago
Hi Andrew Kramer,

I like every of your Tutorials and I'm also studying, how you come to all these ideas like this.
Also my question is, can you make a Tutorial about video transition, like in your Evolution promo. Because I need this immediantly, while in the school they make a contest about movies and the second team think, that they gona make everything with movie maker.
And our team want to knock them down.

Thanks

ur Prashanth
Ruth
17 years ago
Hey andrew, guanoguru's idea of a basket ball-pool tutorial sounds interesting,
i'd be interested in seeing this.

Thanks, your tutorials are awesome

Ruth
Robert
17 years ago
Hi Andrew.(sorry for my mistakes,bad english)
I like so much your tutorials,i make all effects myself using your tutorials you realy cool guy.I dont know if here is this offer similar than me ,becouse i dont want read all ideas .My offer is: Know about little people in huge world,like in film where father redused his childres with his laser.I want to offer ,can you make tutorial about it,egzample: make video film in some area (sample) , room,
and make your actor verry small person walking in huge room.
17 years ago
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/6241/ps3wallpaperyz4.jpg

See this picture - How to create this effect as an animation in After Effects?

Anyone who has an idea?
Ton
17 years ago
Hi, Andrew. First of all, Thank you very much for such great tutorials.
My name is Ton. I am teaching Communication Design at Bangkok University, Thailand.
My student came up to me and asking that, if it possible to use a video clip or animation as particles in "trapcode paticular". The thing is he would like to do something like a flock of crows flying in the sky but he does not know how to use 3D apps.
I don't know if this possible, so I think may be you would have some ideas about this.

Best regard
Ton
The Kramster Rocks!
17 years ago
P.S. Do you still read this forum anymore?
The Kramster Rocks!
17 years ago
Could you tutorials on

1. Force field
2. Matrix Bullet Rings Distortion
3. Jumper Teleporting

Thanks! Your Bullet DVD is just totally all-out awesome!
bryan
17 years ago
hey, love the jedi saber. its mint , but you you make a preset for the bullets now, i had a poor attempt at them going off the saber but with the motion blue and stuff it just does not work.. idk it might be a neet ad on ?:
17 years ago
any thoughts about jumper tutorials ?
17 years ago
I love Tanner's idea for a tutorial (posted in December 2007) about the basketball court that turns into a swimming pool. That would be really cool.
But I was very dissappointed after reading the post in your blog, Mr. Kramer, that you wouldn't be making a tutorial on how to make "The Bullet" trailer. It was awesome!!
Noka
17 years ago
Im currently in the midst of trying to create a zombie clip which i want to shot in night vision now i have tried to use the nightvision filter but its just not working for me was wondering if you could do a tutorial on nightvision?
17 years ago
VCP, I was wondering if you could demonstrate the use of multiple cameras in a scene. I can't really think of any practical reason to do so, but maybe you've an experience where this was useful.
Caernac
17 years ago
Hi guys @ videocopilot,

your tutorials are really helpful. I have been trying to crash a church organ for some time now (I have nothing against religion, but I just had to do it). The only effect that I could think of (without having to model the organ in 3D and crash it there) was the shatter effect. It works, but not a 100%. See:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaSfOx43ykQ

Isn't there a way to make it collapse in a more fluid way (like in building demolition)? Couldn't you do a tutorial on realistically trashing really big things in AE? Because I have some more big items on my wish list.

Thanks, Caernac
Paul
17 years ago
I agree with the idea of a tutorial for the human torch or somthing with fire....or maybey ice!THAT WOULD BE AUSOME! Everyone would love a tutorial on the human torch!!!!!!
Patrick Kakambong
17 years ago
hi andrew n the great team...

i'm from indonesia,...
just want you to know,...
i read post tutorial request one by one, many people want you to make some tutorial from ayatoweb,..

if you have free time please look ayatoweb n please make some tutorial from that's web,...

since 2 month ago i want to request you to make some tutorial from ayatoweb,
but i' think that's not respect...
but today when i read tutorial request and search anyone want you to make tutorial from ayatoweb, i see there are many people want it,...

hihi i'm sorry my english not good,..
thx for read my post,..

waiting your answer bro,...
have a nice day,...
and keep make great effect,...

Gbu
Malpa
17 years ago
Andrew hi form Venezuela ..
I wish to know if you can create an instruction manual to do something like this


http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=UbwXnFbCTDA&feature=related

Malpa
17 years ago
Hi Andrew I'd love to see even purchase a tutorial on How To Create A Tornado Effect maybe utilizing 3D Max & After Effects. A cool yet obtainable sample can be found at this youtube address I know you can do it. Thanks Bro. The Youtubers Name is: Swansea Met Uni 3D Animation-Tornado Effect.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R34MU6MsNU&NR=1
Donovan S.
17 years ago
Hey Andrew...since u bounced Sam down...how about you blow him up in a car now? lol. Camera movement during the explosion would be an added bonus.
Anyway keep up the good work.
kenny
17 years ago
i would like to see a tutorial on how to make the colored sweat they use for gatorade commercials
Sheaker
17 years ago
Realistic rain and drop of water... Like in POLAR 2007 trailer by Pierre Michel...
17 years ago
I'd like to see an Advanced Cloneing Tutorial, showing how to clone people like they did in The Island or like with Agent Smith in Matrix: Reloaded.

Basicaly having the same person interacting with his/her VFX clone in a shot that has a moving, and not sationary, camera.

That's oomething I'm really interested in learning how to do.
Jimmybob
17 years ago
Hey, i've seen requests from loads asking for the Sprite basket ball pool effect, its awsome, but i can imagine it being very hard to do? out of your league?? i doubt it!! i'd appreciate a tutorial on this as i really would like to start making my own version of this cool effect

Thanks Video Copilot team!! your awesome

Jim
17 years ago
Hey VC-Peopleâ???¦
ever thought of making a â???žForce Jumpâ????? - tutorial. Right now we are making a small advert like â?????What you could do after enjoying one of these power drinksâ???¦â??? To get to the point a person who really jumps high in the sky an lands on the ground with a heavy impact. Examples of what I mean are all over the place like here. :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KHn8Ln1C_0

I would really be appreciative.
Keep on the good work that saved many people much time. Thanks for all.

digitalping
Luis
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I was hoping you would do a tutorial that explains color correction and how to use the scopes in Premiere. I know it has nothing to do with after effects, but maybe you can tie it in with some type of other tutorial.
Charlie
17 years ago
okay so I'm kinda making a 28 days/weeks/hours whatever short, and i was wondering (because someone gets hit by a car) how i would make a shot of a person on the front windshield, slamming on it with a huge crack in it while the car is moving. (The camera shot would be from the drivers point of view) I think it'd be a pretty cool tutorial, also.
lee
17 years ago
hello

ae god, one tutorial ive heard alot of people ask after is a force field tutorial however there only seems to be one out there and lets put it this way not easily followed it would be great to see something like this even as a short
many thanks
lee
mike
17 years ago
I would love to see a tutorial showing how to do a 3D phone in AE. You can get vector art from istock that illustrates every side of the phone. Could you extrude the vectors or map the art on to a box?
here's an example;
http://idlemode.com/2008/05/12/htc-touch-diamond-interface/
MX Studios
17 years ago
love ur tutorials

i dont know how hard this is but could you doind a flying tutorial

also a matrix type tutorial which could even be intergrated with the bullet

thanks
--------------------------------

Andrew Kramer is God
James
17 years ago
Sorry forgot the link, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1latJ7K8zc
thats for the sprite ad
James
17 years ago
Hi andrew, i saw a previous request of the effect from the popular sprite advert, and was also greatly interested in recreating this effect in my own movies, i'm guessing its something to do with texture overlay type stuff, but i'm not the best in AE, so a tutorial would be greatly appreciated
17 years ago
Hey,
I was wondering if you could make a tutorial for the sprite advert basketball pool effect?

The video is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1latJ7K8zc

Hope you make it,
Thanks!
Koenig222
17 years ago
Hello andrew,

Your Tutorials are very good. I love all your work. So i can you make a tutorial about the Gun Barrel sequence from James Bond, like the sequence from Die Another Day.

Thanks for all your works and good luck for the next.
Isaac
17 years ago
Can you make a tutorial like flying or fast run of smallville
like make Special Effects from series
thank you
satforce
17 years ago
I have an idea Andrew ..

We want to meet "Video Copilot" Team so I sugest that VC manage a short courses (after effect advanced training) for 1 week in one Hotel and we apply for it .. after we can have a certificate from VC ..

It's an Idea ... I don't know what do you think ..
Walter
17 years ago
Greetings from Lima, Peru. Congratulations Andrew!! You and your team are the best! I have an idea of a tutorial, can you do the james bond gun barrel scene?? thanks!!
rex
17 years ago
hai hii andrew whatz up. i love the way u explain u voice and u r style...
hay man can u send me the foot age of planet explosion i count find the project in u r site do send it man
Ryan B.
17 years ago
I'd love there to be a series of tutorials or DVD showing from beginning to end of shooting live footage, building a 3d element, then compositing the 3d element into the footage.

i know you did the bullet dvd but that was more of a specific effect.

I'd like to see something more like modeling a moving/crashing UFO/Car/whatever and compositing in into live footage. Including how to set up the footage for it, building the 3d model and scene, tracking, and compositing.

Thanks! Love your work.
Jay
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

How about energy blasts (blue energy projectiles, Hadoken, Kamehameha wave,) like you see in the show, Heroes, the video game series, Street Fighter (and countless other games), the anime, Dragonball Z, and a ton of other superhero comic books.

Thanks for your tutorials. They are a valueable asset.
17 years ago
Hey everyone...A really neat technique that I have been hearing a lot about is layered bubbles...you could also incorporate panoramic photography into this. ways of creating vast environments with advance parallax for virtual sets/ extensions without heavy 3D renders.
Jack
17 years ago
realistic fire on objects and or people would be great.
Denis
17 years ago
hey...
i would like to see a tutorial where you show us how to create those black graphics that are destroying everything (like madonnas video - 4 minutes)...
please, can you do that?????
i really need that for my school project!

btw, sorry for my english (im from croatia)
bye
Luis
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I love your tutorials and I have a request. I was hoping you can make one that demonstrates how to make a film burn effect like the one seen at the end of the Nine Inch Nails music video for the song Closer. I'm hoping you can guide me to a plug-in that does it fast or if you can do it from scratch or even both. The only thing I can think of is Artbeats' stuff but it doesn't have any mattes for the film burn clip. I've tried one from tinderbox or from CC, but it doesn't have that burning plastic look and it doesn't flicker like the effect seen in the Closer video. Well, Thanks for letting me post this. Hope to see that in the future.
moha
17 years ago
Hello,

I was thinking why VideoCopilot do not manage a short course for advanced after effect ...
17 years ago
Andrew,

How do you export a vector based AE project into a .mov file that can be scaled without losing it's vectors? Tutorial?
RAWR
17 years ago
I was thinking if you could make something really quick...I just want to know really bad how to make the RGB seperate in to seperate single parts to make a part in a video look cool.
weillis A
17 years ago
Would like to know how to make a very realistic flamethrower in AE.
Harold Gamba
17 years ago
Hello Andrew would you post a tutorial, with a satelite orbiting arrownd the world
DJK
17 years ago
Hey I love how you do your tutorial they are very helpful theyve help with my high school competitions and what not
But I just watch the movie jumper and wanted to know if you could do tutorial on how to do that thx.
Kyle
17 years ago
I would love to see a tutorial on how to make something similar to the new Coldplay commercial that is running. It's pretty awesome, I think and it looks to have a lot of AE in it. Thanks!
Sam C
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, i've been following these tutorials for a while now, they're awsome keep up the good work very easy to follow.

Would it be possible to have a tutorial featuring such effect seen in, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1latJ7K8zc
Apparently water is fairly tricky to mess about with, my guess is its filmed in a pool then the ground is placed over it, basicaly.

Well i hope u can fix somthing up, but it looks hard so good luck
Xerxes_Sangco
17 years ago
Instead of program tutorials, I would really love to see some video recording techniques, such as lighting setups, indoor and outdoor. Your video clips always seem to have some really great lighting and great color correction!
17 years ago
Hey Andrew Kramer,
These are two things I really want to learn how to do.
For one the stock elements you created and put into evolution are great, but I would like to know how to make some of that growing flowy stuff myself.
Also, the title effects that we see in the bullet promo with the text breaking into glass and the camera zooming in past it I would really like to know how to do that. Also, I think a lot of the title stuff is apparently becoming a big request for a lot of people.
-Thanks
Paul M.
17 years ago
Hey Video Copilot!
I loved your bullet time tutorial and would love to know how to make a similar effect
seen in films such as V For Vendetta in which a Knife similarly slows down
and is seen with "KNIFE TRAILS" that seem to almost glow and trace the knife. This effect is amazing and would love to know how you could do something similar in AE.
Accoding to Computer Graphics they
Used Maya and Layers of geometry extruded from tracking curves and rendered with textures composited with various levels of transparency to create the knife trails left by V ....
http://www.cgw.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&typeublishing&modublications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id011D63AA4CA45679AB0C1E17E171AF5
jjohnson293
17 years ago
Would it be possible to make a tutorial for people wanting to learn how to create the force-lightning effect as seen in the Star Wars movies?
17 years ago
In response to Jarrod, the woman gets sucked out of the frame to the extent that only her ankles are left, it is at this point where the composite takes place. She is physically lifted out of the shot in the same way that FX guys use to simulate the punch that a shotgun blast has when someone is shot at close range (wires that literally pull her up into the air and are painted out later). At that point where she leaves the frame the green screen composite of her throwing her self around on wire's is placed in the timeline. Itâ??????s then just a simple case of scaling and keyframing position. Throw in a bit of colour correction pick an appropriate blending mode and bobs your anti Mary, sorted. Thatâ??????s the way I'd do it anyway.


John
Sam C
17 years ago
Hi, i've tried and failed to recreate the effect featured in this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1latJ7K8zc
could u guys please help.
I've followed each of your tutorials easily, which reflects you guys as these are awsome. thanks loads
james green
17 years ago
hi all,

this is a tutorial request/any advice welcome haha.... i basically want to animate a 3d stroke but have a camera follow it along the path. i seen tutorials on animating cameras along paths but it doesnt really work to well with the 3d stroke plugin. like i say if anyone has any advice or tips they are much needed. i will continue to try and work it out. Andrew, if you dont know the solution i think you will have fun working it out!! haha

Cheers guys

James

p.s my email if you have advice etc is jameshbgreen@hotmail.com
Kevin M
17 years ago
Please put closed captioning in your tuturials. I'm hearing impaired and would love to get 100% of what being said.

Thanks,
Kevin
Sam C
17 years ago
A previous suggestion was a tutorial for a similar effect in the sprite advert, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1latJ7K8zc
i would also like to see a tutorial on this technique.
Sam C
17 years ago
Hi, i'd like to see a tutorial featuring water effects specifically things such as,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4fSk5bcEZQ
its hard to explain but on watching the video i'm sure you'll understand what i mean
Thanks
Alan
17 years ago
Sam recently being hit by the car has made me think of another car related tutorial I'd like to see. How about recreating a believebale wheel-spin from a car pulling away with smoking tires etc?

Alan
GT. Richardson
17 years ago
hey,

what about a tutorial on turning a shot from sunny to rainy, so you have like wet asphalt, rain that sprays from under tires, an overall environment change. in the city, particularly.

=Graham=
17 years ago
Hi guys,

great site. I love your tutorials and have used quite a few in some personal projects of mine. I've been looking for a specific effect for a while now, and have had no luck (short of hiring a full fledged post-production house to do it with extensive CG). I don't know if you guys have ever seen a movie called The Forgotten (2004). It was a sci-fi/mystery flick that featured some "abductions." They used a fairly unique effect that made it appear as though people were sucked upwards into the sky with great velocity (almost like what it would be like to watch a fish get caught from the perspective of the other fish around it)

I'm sure there MUST be a way to accomplish this with After Effects, but most of my own attempts have been less then convincing. After watching your tutorial for getting hit by a car, I'm convinced you guys can come to my rescue and figure this out for me (and everyone else who make be engaged in a sci-fi project)

I wish I could show you an example, but all I could find was a short clip on youtube (http://youtube.com/watch?v=1Ti_FbgdU3s)

Thanks guys and please keep up the great work
17 years ago
Advanced explosions + better use of action movie essentials!!!


Advanced explosions + better use of action movie essentials!!!


Advanced explosions + better use of action movie essentials!!!


Advanced explosions + better use of action movie essentials!!!


Advanced explosions + better use of action movie essentials!!!


Advanced explosions + better use of action movie essentials!!!


Advanced explosions + better use of action movie essentials!!!


Advanced explosions + better use of action movie essentials!!!


Advanced explosions + better use of action movie essentials!!!


Advanced explosions + better use of action movie essentials!!!
17 years ago
Advanced explosions + better use of action movie essentials!!!
17 years ago
I just can't get the time remapping to work properly to get the effect like in the movie "3OO".
Also some advice for the camera shake would be nice.

Thanks, Unrach
Abhishek
17 years ago
can someone help with a problem as i have just started learning last week. i am creating a camera movement using a Null object where the null object... trying to create an effect like scrolling to another page with 3d mode on...

problem comes when i want certain effects (particles or probably anything based on a solid layer so far) to stay in front of the camera all the time. I parent that layer to the null object so ideally it should move with it and stay visible but that doesnt happen... parenting to camera also doesnt work... my particles dissapear after the null object has moved from the initial screen

but: if i have an element like an image or a movie and i parent that to the Null object it works fine...

please guys.. this is driving me mad...
MiC
17 years ago
BEST TUTORIAL REQUEST EVER:

show us how they made that Sprite commercial where the guys jump into the basketball court that is actually a pool. I love that ad.
Rob T
17 years ago
A tutorial like in harry potter where when he writes something on paper and it cuts the words onto his skin.. something like that
serwet
17 years ago
Hi Andrew...Initialy thank you for this site...you have been teaching many things here..thank you again...my tutorial request is a short life story like HP commercial...like Jay-Z acting or paulo coelho acting...i hope you understand what i mean...thank you again...keep up good working...we need this
Gregory
17 years ago
No one that I have asked this request ever really tackled it (effectively). The â?????Minority Reportâ??? effect is an oldie but goodie but no one has provided a good tutorial for it from start to finish. Where a man/woman stands in front of a glowing (fake) panel and makes gestures as if they were moving dials around. People not really experienced have given me every answer in the book but it seems like you guys know what youâ??????re doing

Thanks Much!
dan
17 years ago
hey andrew, can you show us an easy way to create hundreds of clones with out having to manually clone them
JoHnNy
17 years ago
Hey Andrew first of all you website is really awesome... you helped so many people with your free tutorials you got a good soul... i would like to know how you did your other car hit the one where you were driving talking to the camera and truck hits you that looks really cool... that would be great for your next tutorial
Kazebail
17 years ago
Well hi ... iv' always been wondering how to do those cool sketch things well you know ... so could u please make a tutorial from that
AeRo
17 years ago
First I would like to say you rock!
I would like a tutorial in how to make a total war scene like the one on the blog, its called bloody omaha. Or how to make an action movie, like shooting all the time and that stuff, that would be awesome.
And I just want to know where did you learn all of those cool things, because I think your work is fantastic.
Thanks!
Steve
17 years ago
Andrew, first I gotta say, LOVE your professional and friendly quality tutorials. I'm learning so much so fast, and your free Basic Training series is great. Thanks for helping me add good quality special effects to my video productions!!

My suggestion for a tutorial I would like to see would be how to do the ghosting effect used for the Nazg??»l kings in Lord of the Rings. Specifically what I mean, is the scene from Fellowship where Frodo puts on the ring and can see them in their true, ghost king forms, all white and silvery and undead lookin. Is there a way with After Effects to get that wind blown ghost look? They aren't just ghostly looking, but they seem vaporous and blown by the wind.
A very similar effect is used in the Nightwish music video "The Islander" on the ghosts @ time 3:18. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2sd8UMUaIk
I love that smokey wind-blown look.

If you've got the interest to use this for your next tutorial, I would be very excited! Thanks again for your great work Andrew.
-Steve
17 years ago
How to create the Leopard Intro:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbOLGs855gQ
Rishi Chavda
17 years ago
hi, errm i would realy love how to pull of the "flying man" effect lol.
hears my atempt of it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW-aa9S6Aoc, if u like the idea but dont want to make it into a tutorial can you please give me some tips on how to improve it? thanks anyways andrew and crew/cast. (Y)
17 years ago
I have an idea how about a tutorial on how to actually make muzzle flashes like from scratch like in action movie essentials! or how to make explosions from scratch (not adding already made ones actually making them) Please!!!



-Ryan
Milan Mitka
17 years ago
Dear Mr. Kramer,

I have a suggestion for a next tutorial. I don't know if you've seen the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire... I hope you have... so there were credits in style of flying papers from the Goblet of Fire with names those blend on them. It was really cool made and I would like to know how to do it.

Thank you for a chance to suggest!

Best regards

Milan Mitka
Reno the french
17 years ago
hi everybody,

Reno the french is here for another tutorial proposal... I'ma a beginer and i think a complete training serie (or a full dvd) about camera moving techniques will be great and useful....
A dvd where all your different technique about this tool are compilated with explanations about basis and examples.....i let you imagine...but i think these things are very important to understand and be able to know before using after effects like a pro...

thank you for all God father Andrew!!!
see you soon
Reno the french.
TeTeman
17 years ago
I would really like to see a more detailed view on the last minute of The Healer, with the Terminator picture, because I just can't get it to work and I really want to use it for a documentarie I'm making for school.
17 years ago
I have seen a ton of crappy vampire stakings on youtube. I would love to see a quality vampire staking/ashing effect with 3d skeleton ala the Blade movie with glowing ember particles.
Stian
17 years ago
BIG fan of u guys man. Please take a look at this INSANE visuel effect video

www.hadlowpro.com Can u Please explain some of the effects he use here, its so Sick.
Nick
17 years ago
I would like to see a tutorial on how to take a moving object or person out of the screen without a green screen. The only way I know how to do this is by masking every frame but it takes so much time it isnt worth it.

And I want to thank you Andrew because until I watched your tutorials I didnt know crap about After Effects and its really nice how you take time to help all of us out with your tutorials!
Margarita666
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Just bought your 11 pack DVD set!
I would love to see few tutorials when you have time :

1. In this music video at Youtube there is a angel scene from seconds (056 - 058) and (2:42 - 2:46). Can it be done in AE CS3? Here is the link:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=W2aO5cGwhMM

2. There are some cool smoky creatures in a movie THE DEATHS OF IAN STONE (here is a link at Youtube and if you see scene at 2:55 seconds and 4:14 seconds you can get an idea of my request:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pdrAZc8PhmQ&feature=related

Thanks for all your great tutorials and bringing Hollywood at our desktops.

All the best!

Cheers,

Margarita666
17 years ago
A collapsing building would make a really cool tutorial!
I mean, it could cover some really cool things like matte painting, particle effects, and color correction. Possible even some 3d elements.

Keep up the awesome work! Your tutorials are the best!

Thanks,
Chris
17 years ago
I want to learn how to get tahna's Heart.... just kidding..


uhm... i want to learn the Following:

1.Bullet Time Effects (Like In Matrix Movie)
2.Bullet Dodge Effects (Still in Matrix Movie)
3. Super Jumps Effects (I Think Its Matrix Also)


All Matrix Stuff's.... I Want That...

Pls Andrew.... I Want To impress my friends... thx... ^_^ just let me know if it is finished..


PS... Why Dont U Make Another Plugins Called The Matrix... So We Can Buy That Products.... hehehe.. Like "Actione Movie Essentials, Riot Gear etc"

Promise... i Will Buy That Product....
Maikeul
17 years ago
Hey everyone!

@Sam: this tut' will satisfy you (a main subject 'frozen in time', and people walking around seemingly pretty fast): http://library.creativecow.net/articles/stern_eran/Time_FX.php

Andrew, maybe a tutorial about rendering settings? How do you make those crisp videos for internet publising?

Thx for consideration!
Cheers,
Maikeul
17 years ago
I'd like to see some stuff on volumetric light. I've tried to make volumetric light several times and certain techniques are easy enough. For example having thick shards of dense light shining 'through text' (this has only worked with text) at the camera is no probs and even through a layer from above or to the side is easy enough. the problem I had on a recent project was when I tried to recreate the effect of a door opening and light flooding in through the widening crack 'towards you and casting shadows on objects in its path' as the door opened and then engulfing the room. I just couldn't make it work for some reason "shine" "lux" and other plug-ins didn't seem to want to create that effect. Think "Close Encounters" the scene where "Dreyfus" walks onto the space ship at the end.
Simon
17 years ago
Hi Andrew

I really want to know how to make a person jump of a tall building. i have tryed myself but it looks crap!

cheers
James Green
17 years ago
Hi guys,

Short and simple request... Camera tips and tricks!

Cheers

James
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

i was wondering if you know a way to use the 3d Camera in AE in (i hope i call it right) object-mode. Because normally the camera is as if it's on place 0,0,0 . so if i orbit around, it orbits around it's own position but i want to orbit it around an object i select (as it normally works in any 3d program).

i thought about placing a null object near the object i want to orbit around, and then link my camera to the Null and then rotate the null instead of the camera but i hope there is a more 'normal' way to do this.

Thanks in advance,
Giso (holland)

ps. i like it that you are more getting into 3d programs and compositing tutorials

ps2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTNNxE7HGQU
Aaron Pitcaithly (OACC)
17 years ago
Hey all AE fans! I work for a company who produces special effects for performances etc. I recently viewed an advertisement by the car company "FORD" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMy8aRR8rsc). I was quite interested by the effect with the hands walking in the landscape and took some time to nut it out on my computer. I would love to see Andrew and the team tackle this one! Took me a few nights, quite tough but im sure Andrew could make this into a VERY QUICK TUTORIAL for all who use AE. Thanks!
Sam
17 years ago
I would love to see a tutorial for how to create the effect where someone is in a large crowd of people but the crowd is moving extremely fast but the main character is moving at normal speed.

Also, a variation if this, if eveyone is 'frozen' in time but th main character is moving around.

Thanks!
Abhishek
17 years ago
Hey guys...

OMG... great job on the tutorials.

I am a 3d artist working for a gaming company and i wanted to create a showreel. Came to your site, and stumped by the quality of your tutorials. I have watched all the tutorials online. Without wasting any time, I started looking for the starting title sequence for my reel. And my favorite one is the Special FX... no no, not the actual tutorial itself but the initial creative cow slides and the credits... Its simply GOOD. As I have never ever touched AFX before it will be really cool if you can explain a little bit (in less than 5 mins) how can i achieve that... Love the music too in that one. Did you create that using the Sonic software !!!

abhi
Karl
17 years ago
another request

How to recreate a crowd with just 4 persons , like this lil movie at Omaha Beach , if u remember ..not that i want to recreate the scene , but i need knowledge , and you're the best teacher !
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I've Lurked around here for awhile, love your stuff, the tutorials are all great. I'm currently trying to break into VFX freelancing, and I'm looking to upgrade to a workstation level PC. I was wondering what kind of a setup you have? Did you build it yourself? Buy it turn-key? If so, from which vendor? How much did it cost? How often do you upgrade? Do you have any recommendations or cautions for others who are getting a rig set up? Where do babies come from? Is the moon really made of cheese?

I know that isn't exactly a tutorial request, but I thought it would make a good blog entry.

Thanks for all that you do,
~Seth
17 years ago
I'd love to find out how this "spiralling particles" effect was done:

http://www.barbecue-design.de/index.php?article_id=62

I read that expressions were used (or some sort of script, anyway). It's all AE and Particular.

Thanks and keep up the awesome work,

Steve
17 years ago
Hello Andrew,
I Am New to after effects and i have been using it for about a month now, i have finished with the basics and now all that seems easy, i would now consider myself almost an intermediate user, but i would really like a Thouroughly explained tutorial on Navigating around after effects and what the best ways are to get around and all the different shorcuts and just easyier and quicker ways around after effects. Please do this tutorial it would make it so much easier for me and a lot of other people out there, It Would Be Very Appreciated And I Just Want to say Thanks For Putting all of your hard work into this. And I am very greatful.
17 years ago
A running trail effect similar to the one in Smallville. (ex: http://youtube.com/watch?v=e2xpUR4Ktyw )

Thanks.
17 years ago
Really nice work Andrew. One of the most difficult parts of AE and 3D is camera moves. I think that the camera movement is an art form in itself and a hard skill to master. Lens pulls, depth of field, tracking in 3D, smooth 360 degree spins etc.. A tutorial in the nuances and concepts of the best ways to manipulate the camera would be great. I have purchased several of your tutorials and love them. Best wishes.

Dylan
steven
17 years ago
i would really love it if you could show how to make an itunes shillouette commercial typoe thing including proper keying and background replacement and how to make the wires and the ipod white. i would be very greatful if you did that i wanted to do it for a school project and couldnt figure out some stuff -thnks
17 years ago
Hey there first things first totally awesome work!!!
And now the request with a big please around it, i would like to know how you render your TuTs that they are so small and still have the quality that they have....
and as a second part to the question i would love to know how render videos for a platform such as YouTube to get the files small but keep the quality cause i don't seem to get it right

Kind regards
and BIG thanks to your work keep it up!!
17 years ago
ok im sure you've heard this one before but i could not find it in the list so i think you should do some effect to make it seem like you are underwater
DiggerDave
17 years ago
Hey There Matey !!,

Been working hard on my bullet since downloading you fantastic DVD, so far my boy has shot everything with every style of bullet and then swipped at it with his lightsaber created from your fantastic presets.
Well down to it, I'd like to request a tut on how to do the 'zoom in and pull out effect', I think it's know as the Hitchcock effect after the great man himself. I know it can be done with dollies and zoom but there must be a way it can be done in software and your just the man to show us !!!

Cheers and keep up the cool work.

Dave
Sizzlik
17 years ago
Me again quick...i just watched the green(horn) beginner tutorial site..and what tutorial i in generall miss for all Adobe Products is a tutorial for the different effects..like an explaination wich are the most common used effects, what are their possibilitys or for what to use them best. I Dont mean text effects..more the colorize, transform stuff. Dont get me wrong..i know there are Effect tut's out there..but they just explain what a effect is or how to use them in general. But it would take years to find out wich effect does what and stuff. So a tutor about the most usefull effects or about the ones that are used a lot.

I guess its a dumb or impossible/useless idea..but maybe someone thinks the same^^
Thanks anyways
Sizzlik
17 years ago
Hey Andrew and the rest of VCP Staff. First of all..thanks for everything. Your Tutorials are allways a pleasure to watch. Esp. when youre lost and start talking about your wife, wedding and looking like a caveman . You all do a very great job and its a pleasure for me to order your products one by one

Now to my Request..
I would love to see a tutorial to make exes in a video glow like a monster. Like in the footage shot its just a face shot..with eyes open, closing, and then open bright glowing again. I dunno if its better/easyer to create a mask and move it frame to frame or try on motion tracking. I learned to make crazy eyes / retnas in Photoshop. So i wanna lay them over a videoshot and make em shine.
Maybe you'll find some time to make a short one

Keep up the good work^^
confused AE learner
17 years ago
hey andrew!
i was wondering if you could make a tutorial on something exploding, using the shatter FX. ive been trying to figure it out, but i keep on screwing it up...
alright, thx!
Brian
17 years ago
Hey,

How about a tutorial on how to add weather elements to a scene to add atmosphere, such as rain or snow? Might go nice with the frosty breath effect. Could be helpful to people who can't afford the risk of getting their equiptment damaged but want some kind of weather in a shot.
17 years ago
Hey!
I would really love it if you could do a Blender explosion on how to make an realistic big explosion.
Please please please!!!!!
Thank you,
Cole

p.s the bullet dvd is stickin awesome!
steisimo
17 years ago
Hi Kramer.
First I must say that I LOVE you`re site.
Was wondering if you could make a tutorial where you 3d tracked some live footage in Boujou, matchmover or syntheyes, and then show how you use the tracking data inside of after effects?
Please help.
Loved The bullet!!!

Best regards from Norway
John Borenius
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I just gotta say that I appreciate your work tremendously much.

I would like to see a tutorial on how to do the cover art from "The Bullet", or maybe a "Lens breaking"-tutorial.

Greetings from the Aland islands (a small island between Finland and Sweden, in northern Europe)
17 years ago
Hi, Why don't you make a tutorial about the Jumper Effect ?

Like that http://youtube.com/watch?v=8z-4bmrdz5c

Thnak you.
17 years ago
hello from venezuela! it would be great if you did some flowing arrow tutorials or othet tuts involving trajectories.

i have created the "line" part with particular, stroke even a masked vector but i can`t seem to figure out a good solucion for the tip of the arrow :S

thanks for everything
Bojan
17 years ago
and the link to the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqqY07OZWps
Bojan
17 years ago
Hey Copilot crew! Usher's new video is just fabulous...I wonder how its made...all those light effects...volume lights, lens flairs ect.
Could you give me a hint what's behind it coz' is soooo nice.

Thanx for your time and creative inspiration

Best regards from Slovenia!
17 years ago
Hi Andrew
I really wanna know:

1) ANIMATED TATOO - like evolution

2) MORE 3dsMax/AE Techniques

3) I'm Working in a stupid fanmovie, it's just to learn how to work in AE, the movie is really bad... but can i put ur name and VIDEOCOPILOT.NET on special thanks? lot's of my skills i learned here with ur free tutorials.
DAN W
17 years ago
Hey Andrew I keep seeing this title sequence on video's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_-z8ClANxo
at the start there is a line then it flips over and produces another word please could you make a tutorial on how to do this.
thanks in advance Dan
Dylan
17 years ago
Hi, I was just wondering if you could make a tutorial on turning regular daylight footage into stormy footage incorporating realistic rain with particular, color correcting skies and addng lightning flashes, rain drops on camera lens etc. Or even just a general color correction tutorial for beginners on transforming regular footage into different moods etc.

Thanks for the great tutorials!
Chris Smith
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, just a quick tutorial. I'll try and find out for myself, but if you achieve it a quick tutorial would be cool. Is it possible to make text reflective in after effects?
Lucasberg
17 years ago
I would love to see an advanced partial or full head explosion for a gun shot wound.

I would also like a composited knife stabb where you see a real knife go in and out. Obviously composed.

Love this site.
17 years ago
Hello Andrew, First of all I congratulate you for yor web site im from bogota colombia and let me tell you you video tutorials really helpme a lot.

I want to know if some day are you going to do a RE:flex Morph video tutorial. and Twixtor Video tutorial?



Thanks for your time.
17 years ago
Hey andrew,

I think you should model for us in some of the tutorials because i mainly only watch them for your amazing voice, if i could see you to i may wet myself. Thanks

max
AllOutAnime
17 years ago
Please make a tut how to cut out a person or a thing from a klip without a green wall.
17 years ago
wow, you'll probably never get this, its all good though. your website rocks my socks off... literally. oh yeah, the bullet is amazing thx to you being wise to run through the motions w/ blender (double awesome).

that small ville freeze frame via "The Flash" episode would be dope if there is not a lot of prep time in shooting. curious as to how you could achieve that effect. maybe you need a moterized camera crane and dolly? idk, thought it would be dope boi fresh.
17 years ago
I would love to see something on the new coldplay Apple iTunes commercial
M.
17 years ago
I'd really like to see something similar to the medical zoom but with a bullet. Maybe use some of the blood splatter as internal hemorrhaging.
Nick Leijenhorst
17 years ago
Hi, I'd like to see how to make a explosion or bomb drop in a neighbourhood.
Or some sort of UFO fake video.
That kind of work, Maybe a flyby of a jet when you are filming your neighbourhood.
luuk
17 years ago
pleas show a turtorial how you make the first 5 seconds of this video http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials.html?id=52 because it's a realy cool effect.

i really like all those turtorials
angel
17 years ago
I would really like to see a tutorial on sky replacement that causes a menecing scrolling clouds effect
AHMADiTo OrTeGa
17 years ago
Dear Andrew.. I was wondering if you could show us how we could split the sea.. kinda like what Moses did but in AE

... one last thing... love your work, as always man
17 years ago
well i recently watched a music clip on youtube and I saw a really cool thing that i think will be useful to many people who like to make movies! this is the link to the youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1K4BN0tOoc
look from 00:20 to 00:27
it transforms the buterfly to a scorpion and the backgroung becomes darker!!
id really like to see a tutorial on how to achive this transformation here!!
if u make a tutorial on this please let me know!!! thnx a lot! and sry for my english (im from greece)
Ben
17 years ago
A tutorial on perhaps a comet (with a tail and flying debris) Or a tutorial on a nuke?

or perhaps a comet hitting earth?

or maybe a tornado

but yea
John
17 years ago
hi andrew. Just wanted to say you are the MAN! I was just wandering if you can make a tutorial on how to create the hp HANDS effect. theres a tutorial on youtube that someone made on how to do it but he is a very bad instructor. NOt clear like your tutorials. If you do make a tutorial on it please let me know. THanks andrew.
17 years ago
The Stargate Worm Hole
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP-YGHNzuLI&feature=related

Great effect and would love to know how to do this
Kevin
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,
how about a tutorial for a invisible glass, filling with beer?
Would be a great idea.

Greetings
previn
17 years ago
I would really like to see Sam Loya turning into a werewolf tutorial and how to put it in your video. watching your Demon Face Warp tutorial inspired to me ask.
Please can you do it? it will mean much too me since iam thinking of to make a low budget film. Can you email me back if your are please? thanks x
17 years ago
Can you please do a tutorial about the "Jumper-Effect"? Thatwould be pretty cool.
All tutorials i found, were very dificult, and the effect wasn??´t as good as in the movie.
But your Tutorials are great, i know, you can do copy this effetc perfectly!!!
Simon
17 years ago
Would be cool if you'd do one on portals as in the game portal, with a arm half in and half out you see? (and of course see thru)
josua
17 years ago
hey andrew, i luv ur tuts
i was wondering if u could show us how to create a car crash scene without actually wrecking the car. would be awesome
Shane Holloman
17 years ago
Would love to get a look at the bullet promo titles!!!
mohabitar
17 years ago
Ok, first of all you must see this video. If you remember the opening scene from Saving Private Ryan, this will look familiar. 3 guys were able to replicate that scene perfectly with over 1000 extras by duplicating themselves over and over again to make that effect. Heres the link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=gpIt1UcRPwU

If you can show us how to do something like this, that would be the greatest tutorial ever! Very helpful too!
Guillaume
17 years ago
neon animation from France

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=fKyg13bkKFg
AeRo
17 years ago
I would really like a fantastic four human torch tutorial or just a tutorial on how to make a realistic fire for movies and how to put them in your video.
Sorry if I am boring, but it will mean much too me.
Thanks!
17 years ago
And here is what I got so far on my small slow speed trail effect in case it gives you an idea what I am trying to get.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=34795463

Mathew Kelly
Kaj
17 years ago
I know you have a lot of things to do. But I just thought I'd try this.

I've always loved the Human Torch effect. I've seen some do it quite well on youtube and would just looove to be able to do that. I haven't been reading much through all the comments in here, but I've noticed one already has requested human torch.

Anyhow ... Would be great if you get the time to do that, OR just make a dvd with that ... I'd buy it!

Thanks for all your amazing stuff.

Kaj
17 years ago
This one seems to be very very popular and I got close I thought many of times creating it, but never to where it always looks right or to where I can be sure it will even work, if anyone can figure it out, I bet you can, I am sure you can do a dvd on this effect and many will buy it, the super speed effect, but not the motion blur speed that you see everywhere, but the cool trail of distortion he leaves behind and the whole effect in this scene, sort of 3d effect you did with your still in the indiana one, but the trail is so cool, I want to know how to do this so bad, or can you bump me in the right direction so I can try a few ideas if you dont have time for a tutor, I will try any ideas you give.

Sincerely Mathew Kelly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snYF7ZjMFbk&feature=related
vianz
17 years ago
I think human torch is what we need to see right now.
Good job man!
Jeff Briant
17 years ago
Hey guys.

Andrew Kramer did incredible work with the earth, but what about more?

If you already have the planet finished and still on your HD, why not combine dead planet and Earth into a meteor hitting earth? He could do it because he's Andrew Kramer... and I mean... come on... he's Ethan Hunt in disguise.

Here's some inspiration

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/73841.html

enjoy

-Jeff Briant
Neel
17 years ago
Hey Andrew!

I'm not sure if you've seen the latest iTunes Coldplay commercial, but you can view it here:

http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/ipoditunes/2008/ads/apple_ipoditunes_sonic_20080520_r560-9cie.mov

It uses some really cool effects that they haven't fully utilized before. It seems like the bright streaks in the background and the colorized smoke was likely created by something similar to Trapcode Particular like in some of your previous tutorials. Can you please make a tutorial that outlines some other ways to get the same effect?
MaxStudios-Alkeseroâ„¢
17 years ago
Please Andrew: You are doing a hard work, you posted over 65 tutorials, a lot of presets and products:

Please Please!!!!! Make a tutorial of a HUMAN TORCH OR ICE!!

Thanks Man!
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-MaxStudios-Alkeseroâ???¢
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, I think your work is really good and has inspired me to get into motion graphics etc.

Just wondering if you could make some more compositing tutorials and also, I was wathcing your reel and wondered if you could do some tutorials on some more of the stuff included, i.e. dvd menu, the baseball flying at the camera, and the silverback advert at the end with the can

Thanks for all the great work so far, please keep it coming

Aaron
simon
17 years ago
Re: Jake D'Onofrio Says:
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:24 pm

Hi Andrew, can you please make a tutorial on the human torch or iceman. what i mean is how to make someone in turn on fire or ice
17 years ago
PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! make a tutorial on the human torch. I want to know how to create the effect of fire everywhere and i cant figure it out. Please show me because u r the man!!!! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE!

duhhan Says:
04/18/2008 - 13:17
any tutorials about fire please? car on fire, explosions, human torch hehe. some thing about fire. thanks and keep up the good work

see andrew we need this tutorial!!!!!!!
Jose
17 years ago
I would like some basic tutorials on Cinema 4D and how to import the models into After Effects. Thank you for your time.
Eric
17 years ago
I would like you to post a tutorial showing how to pre key footage like you do with your products.


Sincerly yours,
Eric
17 years ago
First of all you are the best !!!
Pls make more tutorials with 3Ds Max and AF together
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torcapio
17 years ago
hello andrew OK with you? well first of all I want to give the paranbens you and your team, vcs are the best, and I call fernando and I would ask if you can pass a tutorial showing how to make a film that has the type youtube which is the robocop x exterminator , Or robocop m x neo ... as they do this
composition of images? How a sticker legal in after with audio.!
you for listening
17 years ago
To Andrew

hi.
well I have a tutorial to you and some things that I hope you'll maybe be able to get something done with me about this home!

Tutorial:

could you have made a tutorial in which you explained the ??¥ssen to make laser weapons shot?
in other words, I have tried to use the laser sword effect account to create one and it works well as long as you have something to follow.
I believe that in the clip, I tried me on so there's coolest line when you shoot and go to watch for it.

here is the clip I've tried me out in:

If you do not have this line to f??¸kge after so I wonder how to get the same thing!

I hope this is something to make a tutorial.

the other things to the home page here:

turotial's all you have posted on the site is extremely instructive, BUT it is not all tutorial's that we can not make themselves without having to download any additional files, and they think I am a little difficult to get in.

Is it possible to be able to add direct links to these files (effects) that is not condition for a Field in each of the tutorial's that is there now?
where it says "see" and "project"! add maybe something such as "to file" or "missing files"
the same applies to all images that are used in the tutorial's

so that we / I can try to make the same services that you have made!

I hope you can get done any of this soon ..
Shah UK
17 years ago
Qs. How can I start a fire by rubbing 2 rocks together, do they have to be special rocks or can they be any rocks and where can ...... just kidding.

Tutorial Req for work/business/school presentations. You know how some presentations can get really boaring. I found this cool software (Electric Rains: Standout) that, well, makes your presentations standout by using unconventional n creative slide designs!

Was wondering if AE can be used at work or school to spice us boaring presentations?

Cheers
17 years ago
duhhan Says:
04/18/2008 - 13:17
any tutorials about fire please? car on fire, explosions, human torch hehe. some thing about fire. thanks and keep up the good work

see andrew we need this tutorial!!!!!!!
17 years ago
PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! make a tutorial on the human torch. I want to know how to create the effect of fire everywhere and i cant figure it out. Please show me because u r the man!!!! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE!
Ryan V.
17 years ago
Hey, just wanted say that i agree with Darius Wilhere! i think a tutorial or dvd on how you make your 3D titles and backgrounds like off of your dvd intros would be pretty great!! keep up the great work!!
--Ryan
Ryan V.
17 years ago
Hey, just wanted say that awhile back i asked for a bullet tutorial or project, like the one you made and you actually made one!!... YOU ARE AWESOME!! thanx so much for making one and i cant thank you enough and im definitly planning on buying it!! thanx alot andrew and everyone else on the team and ill be sure to spread the word about you guys and your website!!
--Ryan
Vladimir
17 years ago
Thank you for 1 million worth of knowledge! Every tutorial is a pearl!

I would be happy to see tutorial on Bullet promo, especially the floor. How did you make that wet boardwalk?

You are the best and I mean it!
mb2000inc
17 years ago
Hey, Andrew! Keeping in line with what birs93 said about wanting to see realistic fire... I found a tutorial by one of your counterparts on Creative Cow (Maltaanon), on how to emit flames from your fingertips using particle playground (link: http://library.creativecow.net/articles/drozda_jerzy/ParticlePlayground.php )... however, it kinda looked cheesy.... I'd like to see what you could come up with on that.

Thanks,

-mb
Clay
17 years ago
Have you seen the movie WORLD TRADE CENTER? There is a part in this movie where Jesus appears and he looks glorious, he's all bright and shining, but his face is dark. How could I make this same effect? The glowing light all around his body seems very awesome!

If you could post this tutorial, I'd be super grateful.

Thanks!!!
17 years ago
Hey Andrew.
I saw a posting (on creative cow) for someone asking how to do the soundspeakers at the beginning of the genarts sapphire effects show reel. It's an awesome effect and thought it could be very helpful in a lot of environments.

http://www.genarts.com/genarts-demoreel-qt-small.html

It could be used for music, or a magic charm, or as a ripple time effect maybe.
Thanks for entertaining my thoughts!
17 years ago
Hello, Mr, Kramer. I have a tutorial idea. How about showing how to upscale SD to HD without the use of plug-ins like Instant HD, Resizer, etc. There really isn't that much out there about it. Come on, you know you want to be a trend setter (kind of like an Irish setter, but much cooler).
Karl
17 years ago
another idea for a next dvd if so

Some premade .mov with "bolean effect" , things you can see when people turn into sand or evaporate or disapear/teleport ... well , i guess u know what i mean


have a nice day
birs93
17 years ago
I would realy like some kind of tutorial where you show how to aciheve relistic fire in after effects cinema 4d or blender
mb2000inc
17 years ago
Ok, quickly glancing at all the comments left here about tutorials to be seen, I didn't find this one:

keeping in the Star Wars Fashion (after watching your lightsaber creations)... I want to be able to shoot lightning from my finger tips.... (well, even in real life, I'd like to be able to do that, but on video for the time being.)
17 years ago
Wow, you have a lot of requests! Bet you got four-five members of your team sitting day and night pressing F5 at this page while taking notes

My request is 3D in After Effects, like this, only much better Kramer style: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqTSiHGvr-Y
chadmanman11
17 years ago
Can you make it seem like someone has broken their arm or another limb?
Jonathan
17 years ago
Have you considered making a tutorial for a harry potter style duel effect? I think now with the harry potter movies that effect is as in demand as much as lightsabers, which you have a preset for already. if you search "priori incantantem after effects" or something similar you will see several videos, and people (including me) are always asking for a tutorial. So far no one has posted one yet.
17 years ago
Andrew, Thanks for all you do...it is appreciated! Ok. Now that we have all of the emotional stuff out of the way, I would love to see a tutorial that demonstrates Kinetic Typography using the parenting function in AE. I'm sure you are familiar with this sweet effect. If not, you can do a search for it on youtube.com and see what I am talking about. (That is for the people that don't know really...cause I know you know...don't you?)

Anyway, I would love to see your take on this...thanks again!!!!
Laura Weiler
17 years ago
Oops, that meant to say DID NOT follow the contours/movement of his face.
Laura Weiler
17 years ago
I really love the Demon Warp Face tutorial. I used some of the techniques on my student film... However, I'd like to see a tutorial on how to apply the texture to the face in a 3D space. Every time my actor moved, the texture stayed static and did follow the contours/movement of his face.
MrJedi
17 years ago
Hi Andrew. I'd be really gratfull for 300-look tutorial like in Time Remapping tutorial. This effect is GREAT!
DC Freer
17 years ago
Watched a recent Creative Cow tut on a shotgun blast using AE and 3dsmax. I'm not convinced you need Max for this effect. You may not want to re-do someone's tutorial, but I think this could be achieved easier and better. It something of a copy of your bullet tut anyway. Here's the link.

http://library.creativecow.net/articles/park_michael/shotgun_1.php

I would like to see other options for this effect, especially for those without Max.
17 years ago
Thank's for tutorials
You're the best!

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=ayiR2ncG1RI
Reecey Baby
17 years ago
it would be good if you could show us how to make a video similar to that of kanye wests - through the wire. where the camera pans around the board with video playing in the polaroids.

thanks.
A
17 years ago
How about creating ink reveal effect in 3D?

The example can be seen on "Aly and AJ-Potential Breakup Song" music video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqpA5Acc8-c

I know how to do it in 2D with camera orbit but the layer would stay flat instead can it be done on AE without using 3D software?

Thanks,
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,
would be great if you could make a tutorial about:
1. compositing video footage characters into 3D animated world
2. the Stargate teleport rings effect

have a beautiful day and thanks

Gideon
FAN
17 years ago
LORD ANDREW KRAMER
I hope you read this this

Please make a tutorial on how to make a rain effect using trapcode
yousaf sekander
17 years ago
Salam Andrew

if you could include more use of Trapcode stuff in your tutorials please

oh and we need a VC Rehab Center.... there are videocopilot addicts everywhere !!!!!!
Blair89
17 years ago
JP says : "I like to see as a character moves on fast speed between several characters or objects who moves in slow motion"

Maybe you should take a look at http://library.creativecow.net/video_tutorials.php

and try Eran Stern's tutorial named "Blend and Bend Time"

I think this could help you to succeed in. Maybe or not ; let us know ...
JP Spitzer
17 years ago
Hi guys, my name is JP, Iâ??????m fron Santa Fe, Argentina.
One tutorial Iâ??????d really like to see is the creation of super speed, but not like they do it in the tv show Smallville, I like to see as a character moves on fast speed between several characters or objects who moves in slow motion.
Thanks.
Johann
17 years ago
Plz!! post a tutorial about a Boulder Rolling down a slope.
Maybe you would need another program to create de 3D boulder but plz make the tutorial, or at least how to create the boulder you made on the end of the Action Movie Essentials promo video.
thx.
Gabriel
17 years ago
Hey andrew i was wondering if you could do a mini tutorial on how to do a force field.youknow like in fantastic 4. tips on displacement mappingand such. andrew rhoinbitts has a tut. on pitfalls but dosent show how to do it. hope u help me!
17 years ago
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Hey, I noticed there are over 30 requests for doing more with action movie essentials.
I think thats a good idea cause i bought it, and you dont have a tutorial for explosions, like the ground under the explosions turns to black(burned)

So that would be very nice, waiting for it myself a long time!!!

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JAcob
17 years ago
Hi Andrew, if you have a time, meaby u crate in SHort-cut's a Slow Motion tutorial ?
Ben
17 years ago
hey all, i have a idea!

how about wielding fire by using a ink drop or something?

or,

or for a title, you could have text that disintegrates and flouts away as sand/dust.
Hernan
17 years ago
Just only one word

GROSOS !
Julian Krick
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,
what I would really like to know is how to create a realistic-looking fire-effect, in other words to burn a certain object in AE. I already created a DVD-menu-transition where the menu is burning away and the next one appears behind it (like Bonanza), but it still doesn't look very realistic if you look closely.
I know, it's almost impossible to animate fire, but what about this new "Form"-plugin from Trapcode? They have a short video on their website with the letter A burning and a quite realistic flame.
Or would it be better to integrate real-fire-footage into the scene? For example if i want a book to burn without sacrificing it (or without the book even existing, just animated), would it be possible to burn a black cardboard box in front of a black wall and then overlaying a video of it with the add-mode? Just an idea.
I think they used a video of real fire in the Final Fantasy movie when this planet of the spirits gets destroyed, but well, it looks very very unrealisic I think.

So after all, what's the best method?
And well.... Thanks for all your really great tutorials!
17 years ago
Hi, i REALLY love your tutorials! and to my suprise, some of them include tracking as well. which inspired me to ask you something (that youâ??????ve probably havent done before) is to make a tutorial of face tracking and! add effects (like bruises and black eyes) to it. as well as reanimating facial expressions, very much like this video (i know this isnt ur product, but i could not find anywhere else as close to this nor did the user responded to me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8aZVQouJyQ

it would mean alot to me if u can help me on this. i would really appreciate it!

hope to hear from you very soon. you are such a life saver to all of us!

(P.S. Previous post did not have correct email address)
Dennis
17 years ago
please, if possible, make a tutorial, how to transform one face to another. There are many video clips with this effect. May be you remember for example the end part of Michael Jacksonâ??????s â?????Black Or Whiteâ??? clip...
Thanks a lot
Syed Abbas Hussain
17 years ago
Great Tutorials Dude,
Please provide us a link to download.
I cannot able to use internet in my remote area.

Regards
Johann
17 years ago
Hi Andrew!!
I suppose you have seen the jumper movie, how can we recreate a teleport effect with a shaky camera? i'ts really easy to accomplish with a static camera.. but when we add the shaky footage i don't know what to do.. and probably many other people are also wondering about this.
Please if you can post a tutorial about this topic it would be great.

Thanks
Brendan Pike
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I think a quick AE tutorial on the different setting for rendering would be helpfull,
Maybe give rendering examples for Web based Video thru to DVD and HDDVD.

Great Site.
Jakub Foglar
17 years ago
Hi Andrew, I would like to see, as already mentioned here,

Some fire (realistic)

To clone some people into a very huge crowd

And you could show us some Exopolis stuff, how they made it - all their work is so great, I'm wwatching it over and over!
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, let my start off by saying i have basically watched every one of your tutorials, and i believe you are FANTASTIC. VERY FUNNY and a great artist. Now i'm not asking for a whole tutorial, im just wondering if you could explain to us why you use the specific 3d camera's that you use for different things, what makes the 35 mm better for some things and the 20 mm better for others?

Thank You.
xero
17 years ago
Hey andrew.
thanks for all the tuts. all helpfull.

can u make something like burning something or somone?
maybe em.. sam is on fire ? lol j/k
just anything about flames and fire would be nice. thank you
Maggie
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,
I have a great Idea for a tutorial. How about one with the wire removing technique, you know, how hollywood removes the wires of people when they jump etc. Or how the the removal of things in footage, for example, an unwanted boom mic, someone's bracelet, or anything unwanted. That would be great!!!! Please? Love ya Andrew. I would marry you if I could
Jeff Briant
17 years ago
Hey guys.

Andrew Kramers work on stabilizing footage was great and helped alot. Although, footage where the one object is in the frame is quite easy, but how about footage with multiple objects? For example a panning camera at a race track revealing all the racers from car 1 to car 50 at a pace of 2 - 3 cars per second or so. Any tips on nulling and keeping a good strong technique for stabilizing a panning jib shot with multiple focuses?

Just a thought. Thanks.

-Jeff Briant
Chase
17 years ago
My idea for a great tut. is a puzzle piece like wall with a couple pieces coming out with like a bright light behind the wall
Johann
17 years ago
Hi Andrew!!
First of all THANKS for the great Tutorials! u rock!
can u plz do one about 3D-motion tracking? with any kind of program.. Icarus , Boujou, Voodoo, and importing it in After Effects to apply it in a video.
It would be great!

Thanks for all, Cheers!
Paul Chamberlain
17 years ago
What about another type of tutorial called "Krammer Khallenges". I am not suggesting that you turn Klingon, but for effects that people see on TV/Film and want to re create, we post them to the After Effects Messiah that is Andrew Krammer and he finds a way to make them...My first "Khallenge" would be the Tracking Text effect in "Stranger than Fiction"...I thinkhow they do it is track the motion of the object and then apply that to a layer...but I might be wrong...Keep up the good work guys.
Simon
17 years ago
Hi Andrew

can you please make a tutorial on the computer console and window console interface shown in the Ironman movie
17 years ago
Hey,

I im making World War 2 movies for about three years now.
With my friends we always try to do better and better, but this time we want it real!
a Year ago i bought "Action Movie Essentials" "Riot Gear" "Designers sound Fx" "Film Magic Pro ".
So my question is: I dont think i can use Action Movie essentials at is best i think.
There are no Tutorials for realistic explosions and so on.
Also I do wanna know if i can use Film Magic Pro in Adobe Premiere(and Maybe Adobe premiere ellemnts)
So Tutorials for War movies are welcome(i Also see on youtube how many of your fans want this so...

Thanks a lot for reading xD

Greats from Belgium( a small country in europe (lol))
Brian
17 years ago
Hey, I saw in your effects reel some guy getting hit by a car. A tutorial on doing this effects would be great. Thanks
Brian
17 years ago
Hey, I saw in your effects reel some guy getting hit by a car. A tutorial on doing this effects would be great
Travis O'Donnell
17 years ago
Damn lol lots of requests....

Mine is a tornado, I just got done watching the movie Twister and up till now it amazes me how to pull this off. Also maybe objects being flown out of the tornado at the camera...

Thanks!
highdefw
17 years ago
Something that a lot of people are looking for when it comes to 3D and After Effects is compositing. I'm not sure how much you cover in your upcoming Advanced DVD "The Bullet", but maybe a few tutorials on compositing 3D elements with live footage would be awesome.

Also maybe some tutorials on blowing stuff up would be awesome (ex. like making buildings blow up)
Troy
17 years ago
Hey, Andrew and Crew. I was wondering if you could do a tutorial that would explain project workflow. For instance, I am working on a music video and only sections of the video am I creating effects on, but I don't think the best way to accomplish this is to cut out portions of the video and import that portion, export it again into the NLE to edit back into the original video. I'm just not sure how to work properly on longer projects. Even on shorter project I find myself running into many, MANY different layers and then my computer is so slow trying to keep up. I'm just at a loss for how to work these issues the best way. A tutorial would be really helpful! Thanks in advance for any light you might be able to shed!

Troy

BTW, your site and products ROCK! Thanks for all the help and the great tutorials both on Video-Co-Pilot and the Podcasts!
17 years ago
Hey Andrew I have a request for help in making this animation possible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w8fNW8pD4s
Could you give me ideas for this one.
Martin C.
17 years ago
Hi Andrew!

You rule!

I`ve been trying to figure out a way to apply your "demon warp face" tutorial technique on a camera pan + moving subject towards and out of frame footage. (like emily rose`s exorcism). Getting close but not quite there yet and i can sense frustration getting closer... oh my god it`s already here! nooooooooooooooo!

anyway,

I think a lot of people would be interested on something like that.

Thank you in advance,

Martin.
17 years ago
Hello Andrew!

I have seen a lot of your tutorials and they are amazing !

But there is something that I can't manage to make workL. I wish to see a little tutorial just to exlplain how to make particle (trapcode) so they stop creating themself (but stay visible) we can animate them in 3d...

Like the video http://www.videocopilot.net/basic

Sorry for my bad english...

Thank you in advance!

Hugo
17 years ago
Was wondering if anybody was interested in open source tools (Blender/Voodoo/gimp) to AE video tutorials . . . think of it as a nice baby toe to Andrews tutorials . . . with the same feel . . . and the best part, free (of course buy the Bullet!)
Angel
17 years ago
Hello Andrew! You are making great tutorials and I need your help for one special effect.
Can you make Harry Potter spells? I think it is very easy to make,but for now I cant do it very good.
Thank you in advance mate
dogimo
17 years ago
hi guys,

just wanted to know if possible, a little shortcut regarding camera and nullobjects positioning and movements. I always have problems with those, ending with odd results, I still don't get it that's why I'm asking for this as shortcut tutorial, just simple examples of positions and movements with cam and null.
thx a lot for the great work you provide.
legobenj
17 years ago
I count about 60+ tutorials requests on morphing. Would probably make a good product, like your bullet one that's coming out in a week. An example of that would when an agent takes over a body in the matrix.

The jumper technique would make a good one too. As a short cut, you could make a visible laser. An example that come to mind is Riley's super powered laser used to set off an alarm in National Treasure 1.
17 years ago
What about Blowing Smoke Rings! make a nice short cut.
Hamppe
17 years ago
u know when smallville runs hyper duper ultra fast ; ) go check on youtube if you don't know what i mean but a tutorial of that would be great.
17 years ago
A shaft of light strikes thru the darkness landing upon "Buffy" the Vanpire. She screams as she rapidly ages and turns into ..... a smoldering pile of ash.

Whadda think?
Eric
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,
A tutorial on Twixtor would be awsome!
http://www.revisionfx.com/products/twixtor/
muts
17 years ago
how to clone more than 2?
please help
muts
17 years ago
how to clone?
please help
Bill
17 years ago
thought of an idea for one of your short cut videos. how about a quick tutorial on a title slowy flying away from you from up close and has some movie footage playing in the letters like at the beginning of every star wars dvd menu. pretty easy short cut tutorial, right? thanks for havin an awesome site.
Lasse Veng
17 years ago
Would love a tutorial that shows how get the same person into the same shot twice (Like in your Time Freeze tutorial) but also how to make the first person give something to the other.
Like i the Friends tv show where Phoebe (Or whatever she is called) gives something to her twin (That is played by the same person).

Sorry for my bad english and thanks alot for all the good tutorials
Jemsel
17 years ago
Hi! MAsTer Kramer!! heheheh!!! thanks for all your tutorials!! helps me alot!!!

How about creating Elements such as! Lightning effects, Fire, Water, Wind and earth! eheheh!!! and its not yet in your tutorial collections!! ^_^
Marcos Zannelli
17 years ago
Hi Andrew!!!! watch your work every time, awsome !!!!!. You always say that tutorials should be helpfull for a large audience right? how about this: how to configure or setup of the fast previews, there are a lot of options, open gl, interaction only, moving textures, wire frame, etc. Olso how to make a watch folder work right (can??´t make it work). Its good for making a render farm, remember not every one of us have powerfull computers like yours jajaj (joke).

Anyway, thanks for evrething, thanks for existing !!!!

PD: if you plan to came to Argentina to shot some action movies with some, I`ll be more than pleased to join you jajaj
Danny
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,
I just saw the new movie; Kung fu dunk.
The movie has some cool effects where the main character picks up a soda can and throw it into the garbage can from a long distance ^^.
Could you make a tutorial how to do that? Would be really cool, and i guess that effect could be used with a fotball, basketball and many other things .
Maikeul
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,
I had another idea for a tutorial which seems to be asked by a multitude of people throughout time:
- Compositing (green screen stuff) and motion tracking. How about a more advanced version of 2.5d tracking?
- Incorporating 3d material into a '2d' footage etc.

Cheers,
Maikeul

PS: keep them coming! Your tuts are better than drugs!
nick
17 years ago
hello. i was wondering if you could do something like the new dc comics logo. like what you see in batman begins, or v for vendetta. where it is the lights that blend into comic stills that turn into a series of lights which forms the dc logo. that or something like it would be amazing. thank you.
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Possibly the 'Stargate' burst opening and the Back To The Future car teleport would be awesome !!!
Valerio ( Roma, Italy )
17 years ago
HI Andrew Kramer!
I am a boy of Rome...I have the passion for the special effects, and I have a very cool and interesting Effects to propose....
Do you know the film "Jumper" (2008)?
In this film, we can look a very fantasctic teleport effects, and I think that create it can be very fantastic!! So we can become "Jumpers"!!

OK, bye by Rome!!
Malte
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,
I am busy with learning Trapcode Particular at the moment...it would be great if you would do a tutorial about this...
Bo
17 years ago
Hey there Andrew.

I've noticed a few Smallville requests on this page and I have one I'm dying to learn. The effect of the rippled wavy looking distortion around Clark as he moves in slow motion. I've tinkered in after effects, scoured the web, and I was recommended to try Trapcode form...which I haven't a clue how to use yet. If you could consider a tutorial like that I'd be eternally grateful. Have a good weekend bro.
Mickey
17 years ago
I'm with the 12 other people who'd LOVE a Buffy vampire dusting tut! You could actually involve a lot of techniques into this, like rotoscoping, greenscreening, some more motion tracking, and possibly integrate some Blender. I dunno! Haha, I just reallyreallyreally want one.
17 years ago
I don't know if anyone has seen iornman recently but i would love to see how some of the effects like the computer console and window console interface could be made in after effects
17 years ago
Hey Andrew!
My name's Cosmin and i'm from Germany.
I have to make this really really important project for school and sure wish I dont dissapoint anybody. But my problem is... I dont really know how to do what I want to do... . You see, I need to make a building look as if it were in flames. And i've got some really nice videos and animations of real flames that even fit nicely in the windows and everything... but I would be so thankful if you could make a tutorial and show us how that's done correctly, including the lighting and making the flames fit into the atmosphere of the scene and...you know, your magic. Maybe even make animated flames from scratch?
I'm new in AE and all i managed to do so far is place the flames where they ought to be, but I think there are many things missing for them to look the way they should. Please help.

Greetings, Cosmin
Sam
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Is it possible for you to make a tutorial on the virtual screens used in Minority Report . im trying to look for a tutorial on it but cant find anywhere, i would really appreciate it if you could.

Thank you
Slawek
17 years ago
Underwater effect with all that picture distortion that we may see, possibly with sunlight light going thru water, some dirt floating in it and such.
Richard W.
17 years ago
A 'Cartoonification' (to use a Creative Cow phrease) tutorial would be great.

I managed to produce this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlRJfYzoMfo - but it's very much a work in progress, and needs some tweaking. I'm no AE expert, so I'm very much just playing with settings until I get the look I'm after. Obviously, Andrew and co, if you want to know how I did it, feel free to mail me at richardpariswilson@gmail.com

Flat Black Films are obviously the leaders when it comes to this rotoscoped cartoon aesthetic, but I'm pretty sure there's a clever manual way which can achieve a similar effect.
Jim Crown
17 years ago
It would be cool if you could do a ground shock wave like in the 2nd matrix.
david
17 years ago
Andrew,
Can you do an example of this please?

http://www.trapcode.com/gallery/emlogo_h.mov

It's very very nice effect and usefull for movies intro.

Thank you for all!!
Mathew Kelly
17 years ago
How about a nice spiral galaxy like you see on the science channel shows, all thick and full of glowing stars and clouds in a nice spiral shape with glow at center.


Sincerely again
Mathew Kelly
Mathew Kelly
17 years ago
I have the coolest idea, I would like to see the matrix bullet effect, SO HURRY UP WITH THE BULLET!!! LOL

Sincerely
Mathew Kelly

p.s. your the best. keep them coming!!!
17 years ago
Hello Andrew

I am Wagner Brazilian.
And I need help to track motion
I need to do a track in an image of zoom out.
Ex. TV camera closed in on a TV outside the framework comes in and zooming out to reveal all the TV.
Using the track in the Z axis (this is possible)
is there any expression or any tutorial that can use as a basis

Thank you and I await a response my e-mail ++++ wantonelo@hotmail.com

sorry my writing because I am using an online translator of Portuguese to English

Wagner
17 years ago
Dear Andrew Kramer,

I would like to ask for your kindly tutorial:
Making a 3D animation text like title of movie : Golder Compass, the 3D text model from their title really impress and luxury, its shining, blade, that was look easy but for me that was not easy at all, and look for the golden compass which animated a lot while the title begin.

Please reply a tutorial like that in C4D or 3D Studio Max.

Sincerely,
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Rotoscoping FBF would be a nice tutorial or say maybe a Combustion tutorial since you've covered 3D Vines with 3DSMax

Or problem solving stuff like footage taken on a dark night with minimal lighting and dark clothing, how to identify or even make use of night footage...maybe an infrared/night-scope effect.

Cheers,
MannyV
Ollie
17 years ago
HI Andrew!
A tutorial on how to make a city look flooded would be great, or maybe even water rushing into a city.
That would be awesome!
Markus
17 years ago
Hello,

I would like a tutorial on using illustrator paths in after effects. I want to take illustrator paths and text put them into after effects, and then be able to create an illusion that they are being drawn. I have worked somewhat on it but cannot create something i like. so far i have made outlines of my text in illustrator and then copy and paste into AE. Then a add a stroke effect, but it does not look all too natural to the text... here is a link to an example for what i'm talking about. Thanks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7e1uFwpE2o
saveyourskin
17 years ago
hello, i`m pretty new to after effects, I came from the "3D visualization" world, and your tutorials are really good, I`ve learned a lot in a very short time using it, like many others in here, i was wondering if you plan to make a tutorial abou creating growing vines like in evolution, since many of us use this kind of graphics in our designs, i`ve done something similar using stroke masks, or animated paint strokes, but specially the "grow" effect in the leaves is the one I find hard to do, i`ve done something similar too, but i would like to see "your way" yto do it.

And, for the 3D people, something about using G-Buffer channels inside after effects (objectID, Zdepth, MaterialID,reflection channels etc), but maybe something about it cames in your next DVD, the bullet.

thanks.
philip
17 years ago
a tutorial that shows true 3d tracking integrated with Cinema 4d would be great. i.e PFHoe, etc.
17 years ago
Hey i was wondering if you had any plans to cover a little more about scripting and expressions in a tutorial. Not necessarily going in depth on the javascript language...but just some other scripts (besides wiggle and other random gen.'s) youve found to be useful in production and would be a good tool for given situations.
Dan Hobbs
17 years ago
Andrew,

Any chance that you could show us how to make really cool logos like this one below.

http://www.trapcode.com/gallery/emlogo_h.mov

This was from Trapcode and I think it is using Trapcode Form but I am unsure.

This would be really helpful, as I have a bit of a thing for really well made Logos and would love to be able to make my own one day.

Regards,

Dan
dan
17 years ago
How about making a tutorial on creating a large crowd out of just a few people..for example creating a concert crowd of thousands of people with just only using 9 or 10 people. Thanks.
Iggy
17 years ago
How about a medical zoom to a broken bone?
Max
17 years ago
more 3d stuff and particles pls^^
Guillen
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, I just got After Effects cs3 as a gift and I am done covering some basics and I was wondering if you could show us how to do the "speed" effect of smallville or should I call it superspeed. I have seen a couple of them on youtube but none of them is a tutorial with a full description.
Thanks
John
17 years ago
Hello Andrew Kramer,
Please consider making a tutorial of how to blow a wall out/up in after effects. For example, there are many instances in Band of Brothers, Saving Private Ryan and numerous other films where some sort of wall or part of a build is being blown to bits. (Parliament in V for Vendetta for example). The list goes on and on, however the demystification regarding all this would help a lot of people, including myself out.

Since i'm aware you are already bombared with requests, and many compliments I leave you to your fantastic duty without diverting you any longer. Thanks in advance bro, great tutorials
Jesper
17 years ago
hi andrew,

i was just wondering how they make those 3d films. i tried a little bit to make a picture look 3d with those 3d glasses, but i cant make it work...
maybe it could be worth showing us in a tutorial
Oliver
17 years ago
Hello Andrew Kramer!
This might be already in here somewhere and perhaps not that sophisticated, but I think it would stretch my boundaries of understanding AE. How can I "wrap" particles around a specific, perhaps complex (in shape) objekt? For example the ghost riders' head surounded by (or emitting) flames?
Best regards and greetings from Hamburg, Germany!
Oliver
David
17 years ago
This might be a little out dated but I am going one of those (HP hands) video for my church and would like a video on how to track without having to key frame everything i.e. if someone is picking up an object and need it to look like they are grabbing it. Thanks for any help from anyone that knows how to do this; you can e-mail me at reelmedia@nbichurch.com
Tony
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Eternally greatful for Video Copilot i have found your tutorials invaluable in my journey through digital video.

I was watching a film the other night and saw an effect that i thought was impressive. A guy was skating down the road in the snow as if on rollerblades or ice skates but on closer inspection he was floating about 3 to 4 inches off the ground in bare feet. I think i have an idea how its done but i could be way off. Would like to know any insights of yours into how this effect is achieved.

Thanks
17 years ago
I would like for you to recreate this harry potter type shot using Trapcode Particular. ( http://www.ryan-w.com/ryan-w/personal_projects.html ) I've tryed every which way to do it, but have been unsuccessful in doing so. This would give everyone here alot of new techniques and experience with Particular. I would prefer that it be taught with a locked downed camera that we you would be able to exclude the 3d tracking involved.

Thanks,
Andrew Farris
Alan
17 years ago
How about a tutorial for camera moving towards and into a TV set, a la Matrix style?
17 years ago
Trapcode Form - please please please with a cherry on top
Stein Harald Melbye
17 years ago
Hello Andrew, nice tutorials!!

I was wondering if you could make a tutorial about the effect seen in the opening credits of the TV show Carnivale? It's like a zoom effect or a camera flying through many layers of still images, creating a cool depth effect.

If you don't know what I'm talking about, Carnivale opening credits:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMqLks7qnew
Anthony Brooks
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I have an idea for a tutorial. I'm shooting a short that is going to be a professional/studio film that is in first person POV. I need to be able to create an "eye blink" every so often, but AT WILL. I was wondering if there is anyway to do this in after effects that didn't make things seem like I'm just "letterboxing" open and shut really fast...it doesn't look authentic to me. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank You for indirectly teaching me tons of after effects tricks thus far.
James Green
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,
i was really impressed with the short cuts tutorial using bump matts. When watching it it kind of reminded me of some kind of alien/reptile skin, so i decided to create just that. i think it turned out well but i wanted to add a bit more realism to it. i tried to add sweat running down it to also and add a heart beat but it didnt look quite right. so theres the tutorial idea! a longer bump matt plus those ideas. if this idea isnt successful do you have any ideas for the sweat and heartbeat. i tried using cc murcury for the sweat and the bulge disort but its not quite real enough.
thanks very much for your time
James Green
London, UK
Matheus Santos
17 years ago
Hi Andrew! First of all, you kickass. Second of all, VideoCopilot kicks ass. Third of all, can you make a tutorial about a TV opening? I wanna do one!

Thanks a lot!

Brazil kicks ass!
David
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,
first, congrats for your tutorials, really great.

I would like to ask you to do a tutorial using rotate shapes with reflections like Resident Evil 2: Apocalypse final credits.

You can se here:
PARTE 5 http://www.pandoteca.com/resident-evil-2-apocalipsis 3:35 m.

Its looks so good animation, I tried some methods to get similar effect but I couldnt get it.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us
Leonardo
17 years ago
Hello Andrew
I was thinking in face replacement.
You know!
Change people faces like in the movie ''The Little Man''.

Thank you for all tutorials
£€W¥$
17 years ago
Hi andrew.
What about the new stuff in cs3? like the poppet?!
Or more things about green screen?
Thanks!
Very good work man!

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Bjorn
17 years ago
Hey,

I was just wondering if you could create a video on how to create and animate kinetic typography in After Effects.


Thanks,
And keep up the great tutorials!
A.Wood
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I was just wondering if you could make a tutorial on how you made the presets for Evolution, with the swirly line stuff (for lack of a better term). I know that you'd probably use a technique much like the one you did with the written graffiti tut, but I was wondering if you could go a little more in-depth, like maybe make a tutorial on how to make a growing vine or something along those lines.

Your tutorials have helped me soo much!

Thank you and keep up the good work!
Raj
17 years ago
Hi Andrew... your tutorials are GREAT!!

Is it possible you can show us a tutorial... "swiming under water" in After effect
(with any plugins) ???

Thank you very much
BillD
17 years ago
Would be nice to have an in-depth morphing tutorial similar to the "Demon Face" but using a replacement face such as a wolf man etc...

Thanks

Your work is superb!
teakwood
17 years ago
there are two that i'd really like to see, both are somewhat similar. The one is a master card commercial where the words are part of the action a boat runs into some then a guy is on a horse and falls off onto some words as if the word was a mattress. The the other is a compositing of a open room with a giant wall and the guy is walking past i can't think of what the commercial is but everything behind him is in 3d
Johann
17 years ago
Hi Andrew!! your tutorials are GREAT!!
could it be possible if u make a tutorial of a meteorite crashing to earth? with a shaky camera so that 3D motion tracking could be also applied.

Thanks! looking forward for more tutorials
Simon Sweden
17 years ago
Hi Andrew!

I took the job or whatever you want to call it as a editor for my friends ski movie. I'm done with the entire movie except for the intro. He wants like an animated intro and I was thinking of making simple domino effect in 3ds max, for example a ball starts rolling down a book or a hill or something and then starting to hit things that starts new balls and then add some texts in after effects.

The problem is that i know I can keyframe the move of the ball but that takes hours or even days to do.
So i was thinking if you can do a tutorial of what i'm going to create, if it's possible to do in another easier way like when you creates a line and it follows it like in the 3d vines tutorial or something.

Thanks from Sweden!
17 years ago
Hello Videocopilote crew, in special way, Andrew.
My work is making underwatermovies and edit them.
I'm doing this for more than 8 years.

Sins the last two year i'm folowing you great tutorials, and i like them a lot.
I'm hafe so muge fun with it, THANX !!!
I'm also waiting on an tutorial somthing with tekst and water, i meen specialy under water effects.
A lot of the tutorials is spacy an plannets and technical looks.

I hope it is posible to make a great speacial tutorial, somthing like an intro for al the editing people how are filming under water.
Somthing with Riot gear together with Twitch and Evolution.
So what i can do is try to remake your water effects for my opening untherwatermovie.
aspecialy the 3D parts i like them a lot.
I hope it's posible to make somthing exiting, astoneging, collorfull things/effects with 10 meters down under with lots of collor things and wile we are sending down some spooky depth things and special effects.

Editing is no problem annymore, but making a special underwater effets intro with great audio seems stil to be a broblem for me.
I hope there are anough people waiting on something like my explanation above.

Sorry for my bad english, but i hafe never had it on school.
Greatings Stef Hilhorst
Eric Harrison
17 years ago
I'm back, and your back, and I'm sure youv'e seen IRON MAN!!!

So go ahead and develop some tuts on that cool 3D Holographic interface,
The tut can include advanced tracking skils and filter/material settings to create 3D hollographic meshes and combine them with sprites and such,



PS, You know that his ntire house from the outside was CG right?
and you probably know the method behind the "How big are your hands" scene? (Plugging in of new chest piece)
17 years ago
Please make a tutorial on how to make someone walk trough a wall like a ghost or something.
David
17 years ago
Andrew! You should do a tutorial on how to do a machine gun leg like on Cherry in Planet Terror!

That would be awesome!
Tovo
17 years ago
I remember a photo commercial where people would hold an empty frame only to have it stay in that position... like putting it over their necks and whatnot... i'd like to see how thats done...
ollie
17 years ago
What about an Alfred Hitchcock dolly-zoom effect down a 3D hall?
Tibor
17 years ago
Hey Andrew! Truly appreciate all the work you put into your site. I second Maikeul's suggestion of a tutorial for the weather change over the baseball stadium in your reel. I'm particularly interested in the lightning effect in the clouds. Cheers!
R3D
17 years ago
hi andrew,

btw your work is facinating - but i would really like to see sth. like this:

"http://www.studiodaily.com/main/searchlist/8355.html"

maybe you have the time, the energy to do sth. similar.


Thanks!
17 years ago
hi, i love your tuts, learned alot from those, so i want to learn more here is an idea for your short-cuts series, wich should be very helpfull to a big audience:
hopefully you know flash: motion path, i'll try to explain xDD
you let an object follow a path (pen tool..) using the curve, this is possible in 1-5 minutes, right? xD at least in flash, but how in AE?
17 years ago
Oh yea... writing that appears on blank pages that are being turned over (like in "Pans Labyrinth") would also be extremely cool!
17 years ago
I would really like to learn how to make a "realistic" ghost. Semi-transparent spectre like Edwart Norton in "The Illusionist". A ghost that reacts when it walks through stuff. A de-materialize/materialize-effect. If you know what I mean :p

Another cool tut would be a face (or body) melt, where the skin dissolves and runs down the face, then the muscles and fles go, and finally - the bone crumbles and falls.

Horror/action-tutorials are always a blast!

Thanks
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

We have been checking out this video at work from Gatorade and have been trying to figure out how this one was done. I'm refering to the 3d turn 16 seconds in. The effect is what looks like a 3d turn to 2d pics. Here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPrSeRey3SI
Maikeul
17 years ago
Here is another illustration of the HP ad effect, but a little more advanced I guess....(almost all your effects are inside )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oaybo46kMC8&feature=related


(Sorry for the triple post)
Maikeul
Maikeul
17 years ago
Hey Andrey,
(sorry for the double post) But....I got a nice idea for a tutorial:

The HP Advertisement with Jay-Z....I guess its a mix of all your previous tutorials together (3d pictures etc.) with some additions...

Here is the link with the ad and effect:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsE0g-8CDQo

Cheers,
Maikeul
Terence
17 years ago
could you show how you made your bullet in blender
Maikeul
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,
I saw in your reel the weather changing in the baseball stadium....any chance you might want to show and explain us how that's done? Really Really awesome! hehe.

Your reel is so stunning, I noticed you were hit by a van Very well done!

Cheers,
Maikeul
17 years ago
Hi,

I would like to see a camera tutorial to make similar camera moves like "24". Where the camera zooms and focus.

Energi Design have incredible camera movements like zooms and focus and such and I'd like to know how to make this.

Just look at their demo reel, there's one at the end with the pictures hanging on somesort of a clothesline, and the camera zooms and focus. Looks awesome.

thx.
Adi
17 years ago
Hey Andrew! I'm a fan of all your tutorials! I was wondering how this particular effect in Matrix Reloaded was done. Its like the camera is zooming into the two trucks during the freeway chase sequence. Its there in this video at about 7 seconds and goes on for about 5 seconds aftewr that.. How could we do it in After effects? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br9sEtyvWf8
Thanks!
Xistel
17 years ago
Hey Andrew! first of all let me congratulate you on the best tutorials ever! secondly, iâ??????d like to ask if it is possible for you to create tutorials on 3ds max, in the same fashion you have done for After Effects. You see, you are such a great teacher and through your teachings it would become much easier! Thanks
adrien
17 years ago
Hi Andrew ,
First I'd like to thank you for all the great work you achieved , your tutorials have been very helpful and I've learned a lot throughout them .

I'm making a music video for a school projet and I've seen a very cool effect in some music video such as "let forever be" but more specifically in the last naive new beaters music video.

In this music video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlmhlwLQyzU ( great one by the way) I'd like very much to know how they go from a place to another by entering into a screen .
You can see this effect at 2'40'' in this music video.
I've tried different ways with motion tracking but it doesn't look good at all.

I hope you can help me on this one because it's very frustrating .
Thanks for reading my post and I apologize for my english .
keep up the good work!
Patrick
17 years ago
OK...How about this...
a retina scan...
like a security device for entering "top secret areas"
so where the eye goes near a scanner and these blue line thingys come out and scan the eye...it's on NCIS
thanks...appreaciate muchly if u do it!!
love ur work
Anthony A
17 years ago
Hi Andrew

I have to say that your tutorials are by far the best on the net for after effects.

The effect that I would love to see into a tutorial would be the jumper effect from the movie jumper.

Or at least how to use displacement maps to get that gun motion effect

Well those are the two that I think would be awesome to see
thanks for taking the time to consider everyones tutorial ideas
syaf
17 years ago
hello andrew.thanks for the tutorial you've have been creating.

can i request a tutorial in dealing with too many mattes for compositing 3d?
such as occlusion mattes,specular matte,etc...and how I do achieve control
the output for each of matte that is being control?

example: control the lights for lights matte..the bluriness in rgb/black and white depth matte?how do i control each footage that has been given specific matte?(like i wanted to put glow and bluriness in some corner-controlling it via matte).does pre compose helps for complicated track mattes?

any help is appreciated.thank you.
17 years ago
I'd like to see a tutorial on putting together a demo reel in AE, how you'd handle animating that much text onto the screen when listing clients, etc. And how you'd handle multiple clips. Something more exciting than a slideshow style, hopefully.
Ryan Castlemaine
17 years ago
How about a tutorial on how to sync 3D max camera movement with video camera movements? To be used to composite live actors into a 3d environment and vice versa.
Kris
17 years ago
Im only a beginner but seem to be picking things up really well and would love a "human torch" tutorial to play with!

ps. your tutorials own

Thanx

K
Josh
17 years ago
Andrew-

thanks for all the tutorials thus far. the one i really want to see however is how they made they kanye west video for his song "good life" you can check it out here:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=su_zrW9WBVk

hopefully you will consider this as a possibility of one of your next tutorials...thanks and keep em coming!
Kelley Muro
17 years ago
Some color correction tutorials please, making the shoot look crisper, nicer, real nice.
Marco
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

first of all: I love your tutorials! The way you combine humor and information is awesome.

I have a little question about expressions like the wiggle-one.
Is it posible to delay the start of the wiggle or any other expression?
For example: I have some camera-movements in a 3D envirement for about 5 seconds, at this time there should be no wiggle. After these 5 seconds the wiggle should start for the sake of an smooth ending of my into.

Thanks
Marco
Berlin, Germany
17 years ago
I would really really like it if you make a tutorial all about blood effects. I think it would be a really cool tutorial that a lot would benefit from.
Thank you very very much
You and your team have greatly inspired me with a lot of my projects.
eri
17 years ago
hey Andrew

i want to know the integration of realflow to any program 3d (3dmax or cinema 4D) and integrate the after effect?
Kyle
17 years ago
For testing purposes I made a plane move across the screen 900 frames long and it took up 1.5 mb. Most HD DVDs take up how much now a days? 1.2 gigs? there has to be a compression method they use to get a 1.5-2 hour movie down to that small of a size with all those effects and keept it at HD quality. any idea?
Shawn Fields
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Kind of stumped on how to make the whippy ghost trails that fly all over the place ala the new Mercedes commercial. Could you enlighten me? Will Form do it?
Jonny
17 years ago
Curious to see how to recreate the character stop motion effect as shown By the creepy lil girl in The Ring or the Maab character in Merlin. Is there anyway to do it with just the after effects release software?
Rafal
17 years ago
hey andrew, you provide awesome tutorials. would you be able to make a cloning tutorial on how one can play catch with him/herself?
CJ
17 years ago
Could you do a tute on crowd replication? Thanks. Keep up the great (not good) work.
BäRRa
17 years ago
A video tutorial on how to create the "human torch" effect, seen in fantastic four, would be really nice.

Greets from Sweden
Michael K.
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I think a widely appreciated tutorial would be on integrating After Effects with Illustrator vector images, such as the ones found in the Go Media Arsenal (http://www.gomedia.us/arsenal). Thanks for your consideration,

Mike
Fenomen
17 years ago
I'm interested how to make thet effect of falling :

http://img532.imageshack.us/my.php?image=skok1xi2.flv

or

http://img532.imageshack.us/my.php?image=skokkt8.flv

i think that it is such an amazing stuff.
mfakira
17 years ago
hi
i love this porfessional tutorial
i want from you to put tutorial how to create 3d page roll animation in afterEffect by which filter can create this animation

because i see in many flash template designer many creativity animation but
because i am still beginners in after effect i see than is difeclute

i hope to guide me to what i want
thanks million
17 years ago
I'd first like to let you know you have an amazing site and the knowledge you spread makes humanity better

I know I'm in the extreme minority and that it probably wouldn't be worth your time for your target audience, but I'd love to see what you do translated for Shake users. Even though it's a dying program that's being rolled into motion and everything, I have been trying to translate your tutorials to Shake and I just can't seem to wrap my head around the translation. I get both programs well enough, but my head hurts from the effort

Even a AE > Shake translation segment would be cooler than other things that are less cool!

Thank you for your resource and working toward world peace (or something).
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I was just wondering about a few possible tutorial ideas. Here's what they are so far:

1) Maybe a series of effects that show you how to create some really cool fireball effects (Like a wizard throwing one) and having someone kind of deflecting it (Like have him move his arm and a like blast of "air" comes out and hits the fireball before it hits the other guy...kind of like things wizards would do in a battle).

2) Another possible idea that I really want to learn how to do are some really cool title and credit sequences. I love the ones that you have on here, I just can't manage to make them have that "BAM!" effect on people, like "wow..that was amazing". I am working on a film with my friends, and we are really trying to find some cool ways to do text at points and in credits.

I don't know, those are just some ideas. If you choose to do any, that would be absolutely amazing. Anyway, you're tutorials and products on here rock man, keep it up. This site never disappoints me haha.
17 years ago
I was wondering if you could figure out this one for me.
http://www.idiotbox-tv.com/main/?p=51

Thanks. It's on this link.
17 years ago
i would like to see one where you have an object, say i baseball
and it hits the camera and it shatters
and you show us how to have get the video all refated and such as to where you
see a bunch of the same images, one in each brocken "section"
Jason
17 years ago
Hey Andrew!

i would love it if you could please make a tutorial going over your color correction processes. why do you use curves instead of hue/sat. for changing colors, for example; and when to use levels as opposed to curves. i'm looking for more advanced training in color correction. i think anyone can grab the basics just by watching you work.

and any tips or things we gotta know about going into broadcast work, as far as graphics and video goes, not getting a job there. all my stuff so far has been for DVD, but i would like to do broadcast work soon.

THANKS!
17 years ago
Shattered Glass Techniques

I have and idea for a project were at the beginning of it , A big window shatters. Later in the project i wanted to have pieces of glass slowly falling with images showing up on each pieces as reflections. I just hope what I'm asking for is possible with out footage of glass falling.
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

in some projects I need to align a camera or light target to a motion path, like a circle for example. I animated null objects by hand with a circle-showing layer in the background and then attached the target with expressions to it.

But isnt's there another, kramer-like way for animating targets on a path/shape, etc???

Greetings from germany!

Francesco
Hello Andrew,
I would love for you to take a look at the demo real from GenArts site for their Saphire plug ins. There are so many cool effects on that one in particular is a cool comercial with a boom box that looks like these sound waves are coming out of the speakers, or when these people look like there spiri#%&! are going into each other. Very cool stuff and I am sure you can come up with a lot of ideas watching that real because they are all relevent of what is cool today and us indi guys want to compete with the big boys! Thanks Andy. Can I call you that? I feel like I know you but you don't know me so I better just stick to Andrew or Mr. Kramer.
David Samuel
Alejandro
17 years ago
Hello Andrew!

I was thinking about all the amazing effects that I have seen in movies. there are a lot and you have done some... Could you do the effect of transmorming a car into a big robot? Yes! like the transformers film (2007) These effect is the best!!!
Please try to do it man!!!!

That would be very very awesome!

Well, say hello to your family
Harry
17 years ago
I think a "bullet time" effect would be awesome.. I'm doing a small action clip.. and wish I had a way to add the bullet time effect from like the matrix!!!
17 years ago
How about some tips on using after effects with anime or other cartoons?
Matt (Vader for Friends :P)
17 years ago
Hy to everybody of VideoCopilot. There are amazings Musics on this site, for example the Soundtracks of your products or the playground of the tutorials. I like very much! Can you make a cd or put the tracks on this site?
Thank you.
Tadas
17 years ago
Hey,

how about some x-ray effects? Thank you.
delali
17 years ago
i asked for this over n over again...im still askin...will ask until i become ur co-pilot...IM SERIOUS!
1). how about a guy moving at high speed beign trailed by sort of liquid displacements or shadow clones or ghost trails.

2). a guy punches the ground a nd sends out a shock wave...u could add earth displacements to make it cooler... thanks man
delali
17 years ago
this is one a lot of guys down here have problems with... removing ropes on the actor from scenes. for instance...in the x-men storm is moved around on ropes...no chroma shots there... when its out, the ropes are gone.
Courtney Collins
17 years ago
Hi Andrew!

I was watching your reel and there was a shot where a baseball player throws a baseball at the camera. I was wondering how you did that. So if you have the time could you make a tutorial of how you did this because I think it would be beneficial to a variety of people.

Thanks!

Courtney
Clay
17 years ago
I don't know if you've seen this Oliver Stone movie, but I'm asuming you have. So, with that said, you know the part where Jesus approaches them and He's carrying a bottle of water and He's bathed in a glowing white light? Do you know how I can make this same effect with Adobe After Effects? (I'm using version 8.0) I'm totally stumped... how do you make Jesus appear bathed in a glowing light, as He is in this movie? This would be an incredible visual effect!!!!!

Thanks!
Kelley Muro
17 years ago
Some indepth color correction tutorials.
Jimmy
17 years ago
Hi Andrew, I saw the Evolution and Twitch's trailers, so cool. How did you do the shaky move? Is it with the camera? Please help =_______=
rollie szpond
17 years ago
i was wondering if you could do a tutorial with the puppet tool?
17 years ago
Hi the master of VFX Andrew Sir,

I would like to request you for tutorial for your fans...
i,e... How can we make change the color of the CC RAIN, and how can we make wet the person with the CCRAIN?

and.... what about the snow?i tried them they fall nicely but even they didn't stick to the ground to the person who is standing as well... could you please make a tutorial for that please......!!!wil it be possible?

And this one is for my seniors....
did you guys edit the full movies in AE? or using 2/3software? m very new in AE.
Eddie
17 years ago
Camera through walls and ceilings
Superhero effects (Super Speed, flying, heat vision)
More things with a green screen
Paul Manestar
17 years ago
How about the techniques used to make this clip?

http://www.uniquepeek.com/viewpage.php?page_id=1807
17 years ago
Hey, Andrew. Ok... You've made the Day to Night Conversion Tutorial. It was great.
Now I think you should do a Dry to Wet Conversion. I am already trying to do that and I think it is a good idea.

Take care.
Luke
17 years ago
Hi andrew, cant wait for the advanced training dvd. Can you make a tutorial about making the floor breaking like there is an earthquake? A man standing (or walking down the street) and suddenly the earth shakes and the floor starts to crack and spread. If you know what i mean. That wood be very cool. Good luck with that dvd and stay cool. Please respond. bye bye. And tell Sam i said hi to him
Russ
17 years ago
Iâ??????ve been trying to take the video from your â?????Earth Zoomâ??? tutorial and add in a meteor (or comet) streaking through the atmosphere (camera behind and to the left of the meteor) towards the ground (Samâ??????s house?). I just canâ??????t get the effect to look right though.

I think this would be a cool add-on to your Earth Zoom tutorial.
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, you make this? in minute 01:04

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=rlzXU8QDGiE

Thank's
Lyn
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I'm making a Sci-Fi movie for Uni. in a scene near the end of the movie I need our hero to face the camera turn and walk into heavy volumetric light "Close Encounters" style but cant seem to make it work. I have the Trapcode plug inns "Shine, Lux and Starglow" but cant figure out how to get the shards of light to engulf the subject as he walks into the light. All I seem to be able to do is make the subject appear pasted flat on top of the effect. Please help and I'm sure this is a great one for lots of people. Still loving the DVD's I bought from you last year they help a lot.

all the best
Lyn.
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wrath/

How about a tutorial that teaches us effects like the glowing eyes with the mist coming from them, or the 'liquid magic' effect on the blade? Or the light shining through the characters on the blade? Or even the cold breath from his mouth!?

Now that would be cool.

Aidan
JimF
17 years ago
Hey Andrew
Love your work and your dedication in creating new graphics
Nowdays I try to create spell effects inspired from the Harry Potter movies,
I think a tutorial about making for example the "avada kedavra" curse would be
interesting hihi !

Keep up the good work
Cheers
Ray
17 years ago
hi Andrew, i have seen all your tutorials many many times and one thing is missing and its maybe a great vfx for the whole communitie to learn about.
what i am talking about is the following :

the heinz advertisement from tv i am sure its in a few countries on tv. the one that has a tomato plant and is growing until the vegie grows tomatoes and grows in to bottles . A great transition and perhaps something to post about. or better yet a tutorial.

and thank you for building up this great communitie.
- a friend from holland.
Homer
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, I was wondering if you could do a tutorial of an object reflecting in someone's eye - in other words, could you have a scene of something and then have the camera zoom out to reveal the image in someones eye? Thank you very much for all your help!
ce
17 years ago
hey i was wondering if u could do a tutorial like that sprite video where the basketball players jump onto the court but it turns out to be a pool but the surface looks like a basketball court
17 years ago
Perhaps you can do another tutorial in 3ds max and show how we can make golden text that we animate and then bring into aftereffects and add a motion blur to.
Cody Wilson
17 years ago
I'm a big James Bond fan! So i think it would be cool to see how to do the intro.Like the gun barrel and the blood

Thanks,
Cody
Sebastian
17 years ago
Hey man,
this might be the wrong area to request this but w/e
could you make a composite of dripping/running blood/liquid tutorial for AE?
thnx
-sebastian
Benjamin Leonard
17 years ago
Hey, it would be cool if you could do an abtract type tutorial. With the abstract swirls. I'm not sure how to explain it, but it would be cool. Also more tutorials on titles would be good.

Thanks,
Ben
17 years ago
Hi Anrdew, mi english is to bad, sorry.
I Buy all videocopilot and I see all the tutorials in this web, very cool and amazings explanations.
My question is.... I see a tutorial in creative cow in were see an object fall to water, but in the tutorial is too especific to the objects used in this tutorial.
You can help me in this "problem"?
it is to say you can to make a tutorial on objects falling to the water?
we go realistic water effect
ufff...I hope to me to have explained well
bye and thanks so much!!!!
Gustavo Murawczik
Brandon
17 years ago
hello i have bought most of your dvds, and downloads, i walk most of your tutorials aswell, now you've created a good rain on the lens effect, but what i really need and can't figure out, is a rain dropping effect, like if you watch 28 days later, when it rains near the end in the intense scene, you can see the rain falling fast but you can actually see all the drops and it looks amazing i would love to see if thats possible in adobe after effects, thanks for your time, hope to see a tutorial if you can, THANKS AGAIN
Dead-Rabbit
17 years ago
Andrew, I (we) would really appreciate a tutorial that would detail (soup 2 Nuts) the techniques used to create photo-realistic rain using trapcode particular.
You're a amazing teacher, thanks for all the tutorials and products.
Xistel
17 years ago
Hey Andrew! first of all let me congratulate you on the best tutorials ever! secondly, i'd like to ask if it is possible for you to create tutorials on 3ds max, in the same fashion you have done for After Effects. You see, you are such a great teacher and through your teachings it would become much easier! Thanks
Rob
17 years ago
It would be cool if you could take like a still photo of a plane and animate it to make it look like it was flying. As we all don't have access to planes in our shoots.
Nick Rock
17 years ago
hey Andrew , im a big fan of you ,i love your tutorials and the way you explain things in them, i would like to see a tutorial about realistic building explosion,
thnks for your time
-
NR. Productions
17 years ago
Hi Andrew, i'm a vfx artist from Sri Lanka and a great fan of your tutorials.One day i wanted to animate a particular emitter around a 3d object in Ae.its was very dificult to do in Ae 3d space.so i'ver found a easy way. what i did was i drew a path around my 3d object in 3dsmax and i animated a free camera along that path (spline conversion->convert from path),then i render out that as a rpf seq with camera data.after that i imported that rpf seq to aE and created a AE camera using rpf camera data.rest is simple
i linkd the particular emitter postion to Ae camera.Thats It.hope it will help u guys...Cheers!
Dnash |Vfx
17 years ago
Master A.K, the one and only!

I would love to see a tute on where BRAINSTORM is used. (Adobe After Effects CS3 brilliant new feature)

For those of you who do not know what brainstorm is please check out the new features of AE CS3. This feature is sure to blow your socks off...

Yours truly,
MARS
SM Productions
17 years ago
Andrew,

Love your tutorials, very very helpful. Through reading many websites on rotoscoping lightsaber. We have yet to find a tutorial on motion tracking them. After many attempts and many failures, and watching countless hours of your tutorials. My crew and i have finally figured out how to do it.

Thanks so much for your indepth tutorials

the crew @ SM Productions
JJ
17 years ago
Hi, Andrew!
In The Healer tutorial you showed that Terminator thing. You could make tutorial about it, because i just cant understand how to make that Terminator thing.
Jay
17 years ago
Like those computer advertisements, the one where the devices give a full 360 spin on their base.... Is it that they film it and key out the background?
17 years ago
How about a flock of birds with particular that is integrated for depth into your set extension tutorial. (Every time you wonder if there was a matte paining in a film just look for a flock of birds)
Davor
17 years ago
Realistic hit by car tutorial
giriprasad
17 years ago
hI ANDREW I LIKE TO SEE IN UR TUTORIAL HOW TO DO WIRE REMOVAL TRICKS PLESE




GIRIPRASAD ,kUWAIT(iNDIAN)
Darin
17 years ago
Hey Andrew. Thanks for all of the tutorials; they have really helped me gain a lot more experience in After Effects. After watching the last two tutorials, I was curious to see how I could possibly use the same technique but for a different effect. Have you seen the movie Resident Evil: Evolution? The scene I am thinking of is in the desert when the main character destroys all the birds in a huge fireball that is above her head and the camera is dollying around the actor (I got a screen shot but no way to attach it). Anyway, I was curious to see if using the same technique with the smoke clouds and particular, but instead some of the Action Movie Essential explosions and particular to make the same effect? What do you think?
Ben
17 years ago
Hello Andrew, 1st I have to say: I love your tutorials.
That been said, I wish you could create a tutorial which shows how to create a DVD-Case box rotating or even entering to the display area with an effect, this would be great to build DVD menus, perhaps with a small promo on the DVD-Case box for each movie and such...
Thanks.
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

My Idea for a tutorial is "Camera Through Walls"
(for example - in the Videoclip "Sparks - by Royksopp")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uofx-I0TiOU

When It seems like the camera is moving into the wall/floor
and to the next shot.

So cool.

How!?

thanks,
Elad,
Israel.
petebitch
17 years ago
hey pal, hope your goin great. I've been trying to dream up a fake time splicing where the subject rotates in front of a green screen and the backgroud spins behind him/her. Probably more of a fake dolly orbit than a time splice but u get the picture, If you could incorporate 3d particles into the scene that would look pretty wild?

thanks man -
vfx_guy
17 years ago
Thanks Andrew for The Healer tutorial, and here is my result:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5COyRjDlh_Q
Chuot Chu
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

How can they did the shot A MAN WALK ON THE CEILING with GRAVITY of hair and cloth in Van Helsing?

Thank you!
chris
17 years ago
there are 2 tutorials i'd like to see, and i'm sure lots of people would like to do in ae.
1. the superman titles(the glassy echo effect behind or in front of the flying or zooming titles)
2. the harry potter intro(a logo breaks through the clouds and zooms past the camera)logo/cloud interaction
17 years ago
what info for new editor re salary per hour, per video, per job, as well as how to set up your business end for tax purposes advertising whatever it takes to get a job
marco
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Your web site is incredible! A great thanks for your tutorials.

A new tutorial about this music clip would be great:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1upou_justice-dance

This clip is awesome

I think it use motion graphics. I tried to do the same but my skills are very limited

Thanks

Marco
b_foote1
17 years ago
A lot of people are wondering how he does it. Pierre Michel has life like particles down to a science. I have never seen trapcode particular looks so stellar. PLEASE take a look and see if you can explain how he pulls off such perfection.

http://pim.showreel.free.fr/

Thanks.

Brian
Joe
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

You have some great tutorials here... I've learned a lot from them and look forward to learning more from you. So I've come upon this music video that have these animated tears in them and it looks pretty cool how animation was combined with video. So I was wondering if there were any tutorials or could you do a tutorial on this type of style...

The video is Mark Ronson - Stop Me
the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRG55KnZkqc

Thank you for your time and knowledge,

Joe
17 years ago
Hi Andrew

I was wondering if you could do a tutorial on creating effects for WW2 films. e.g explosions, bullets whizzing past the camera, or whatever you could teach us would be great. Thanks again for all the help!
luqman
17 years ago
hiii sir i need to know how do the jurky effect on basic 2d animation line test, means i have to know how creat more jurk on line in animation with the help of after effects


pleas reply sir i realy need the trick


take care and god bless u alot

ur fathfully

LUQMAN
17 years ago
Andrew

I have had AE for 48hrs and i am already doing some cool stuff thanks to the tutorials. SO many thanks for the time and effort.

I was thinking about how you might go about some organic text - i mean imagine some video footage of some grass or dirt and together with the Twitch package, almost creating an earth quake where the text rises up out of the ground (some 3d box text with a shadow).
Almost like the white door in A Space Odyssey. .

Anyways, thanks again for all the effort!
Ben
17 years ago
Oh and maybe something to add to the whole muzzle flash deal... how about the shells ejecting from the gun? Just an Idea.

And maybe.... just maybe for those people that wanna film in public with airsoft guns... but wanna take out the orange tip... maybe use the orange to substitute for green screen? just another idea...
Isabela
17 years ago
Hey Andrew!

Make a tutorial with the Sims City Movie effects

Thanks You
Ben
17 years ago
You should Totally do a tutorial on how to do Grass effects on a road.... like the tall grass on the streets of new york like in I Am Legend!!!

Reason why?

Not Sure.

But that would be perfect!!!
17 years ago
I was trying to emit particles from a EPS image sequence layer, with Paticular, but it didn't work, is it possible? Or, can I emit particles from a video leyer? That would be awesome! Can you make a tutorial about it ? I wander if you'll ever read this!

thanks
Iva
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I would like to ask you if you would be so kind to show us all how to do some basic morphing and warping stuff on AF.
Kind Regrads,
Iva
Deelan
17 years ago
Hi Andrew.

I would like to see..or been curious on how they made a viral clip of people chucking cans into the trash from awkward distances or impossible angles. Or throwing sun glasses from a distance only to be caught perfectly on the face
17 years ago
Hey Andrew!
I would love a tutorial on how to make your action movie essentials blend more into my video! And how to make your own plug-ins! Thanks!
Fossen
17 years ago
Hi VideoCoPilot!

First of all, you rule!

Anyway, i would think it would be awesome if you showed us how to make the bullet time thing in matrix.

//Fossen
17 years ago
I doubt this comment will get noticed amongst the quadrillion other ones, but ill still ask.

I think it would be great to have an advanced tutorial on a window or glass break. Such as a bullet or person breaking a window, but with the camera moving, so you can't just use flat stock footage. I'm thinking it can't be done solely in AE... but even a multi-software tutorial would be great.

I've been looking for a long time on how to do this and haven't found a good solution yet.

PLEASE READ WHAT I WROTE!!!
Ancient1
17 years ago
hey andrew, im back working on my new ideas for thing and one thing crossed my mind that you may not have done and i have seen a few others who have done some stuff with it but i thought you could do better so how about a Telekinesis Effect tutorial for thoses of us that would like to use the force or what ever. well anyway thanks
DonAmi
17 years ago
Hello Andrew,
Thanks alot for your fantastic tutorials, please take a look at this video and hopefully you can make a tutorial for it, it definately will come handly for everyone.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6xf9gRyjIfk
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I would like you to make a tutorial on how to make those nice teleporting effects like they do in jumper, or a regular good looking portal. Would allso like to see a tutorial on how to change a persons apparence, fat or really small or muscular

I love your tutorials because they are usefull, and you really take your time to explain things, not everyone does that sadly
Hadid
17 years ago
Hello Andrew!

I have a request for a tutorial. I think lots of other filmmakers just like me have thought about this.
I was wondering if you could make a tutorial on how to get a nice, typical Movie Look. Now let me explain how I'm thinking. The pro filmmakers get the right colors on the film and stuff like that. I was hoping you could make an tutorial showing us how to play around with colors and probably give us an detailed explanation about this. I know that Film Magic Pro has a lot of colors for special type of movie genres but they are so strong and abstract! That's why, I would love to get more information about this!

Regards, HD!
Seth
17 years ago
Hi there Andrew,
i was watching this trailer the other day : //www.apple.com/trailers/universal/wanted/trailer1/wanted_small.html
by the 3/4 of the trailer there is a cool effect of a man going throw an image and he break apart to peaces.
i thought it would be a cool effect to cover on a tutorial.
Thanks.
17 years ago
First off, some of the stuff being requested has already been done by vc, some of the others can be found, like the video wall, go to motionworks, but I have request, I've been asked to come up with flames coming down a pipe with the camera in it like out of a muffler and maybe rolling around the sides and top and then over take the frame and zoom to, maybe the back of a motorcycle. Does that make since?
Ofir
17 years ago
I would love that you will make a shockwave tutorial,something that seems like the shockwave on "Transformes",on the beginning there is a robot that explodes a base.
Connor
17 years ago
Hey, it would be really awesome if you could do a tutorial on how you achieved that boulder crushing Tino in your Indiana Jones film.

I know you briefly went over it in the Blood Spurt tutorial but if you could do a whole tutorial on it that would be great!

Thanks,

Connor
Pete Mo
17 years ago
I saw the Gatorade commercial yesterday and wanted to know how they had the sweat run down their face in different colors. It is supposed to be the Gatorade and might be a simple f/x, but wanted to know how it was done. Thanks Andrew and keep the great tutorials coming!
mfakira
17 years ago
Mr. Andrew kramer I like your tutorial very much it's very professional
. wana form you to put tutorial about how to make the page roll animation like i see in many flash template

i hope you understanding what i mean , and put tutorial about what i mention
thank million
enzo
17 years ago
I am currently making a little movie on school, i'd like to implement some really cool effects. I already saw some awesome usefull things here on videocopilot, but could you make a tutorial on how to make a superman flying effect?

like so: http://youtube.com/watch?v=_KjCO-YpXvk

i made this vid myself, but i'd like to know how to improve it. please?

thank you for all the tuts you gave us
17 years ago
I was doing your Smoke Screen tutorial, and I didn't have your Riot Gear (sorry, strapped for cash). And I wanted to figure out an alternative, but on that could go on for quite a while, then, it occurred to me... heres a little trick if you ever want to use it:

>Create a new solid (leave it 2D)
>Apply Fractal Noise
>Create a new camera
>Twirl down both properties
>Under Transform in the Fractal Noise layer, alt click on the stop-watch of the Offset Turbulence, and parent it to the position of the camera.

If you want to take it farther, parent the Scale, to the Z-Axis of the cameras position.
As well as the rotation ect.

Hope you find this useful.
Dean
17 years ago
I would like to see a tute on when a gun is fired and you can see the bullet in the barrell with fire behind it, blowing it out of the barrell.

And maybe showing the bullet going through someones arm.

And a matrix effect when neo (in the first one and second vid) stop bullets in mid air.

Oh and please some 3ds max tutes (using after effects aswell of course).

Thanks Andrew, oh sorry i mean Sir. lol
17 years ago
I think Compositing 3D Elements is a big fat question mark on internet...can't reach any resources
What I mean is-> Rendering passes and putting them all together in AE
"Beauty pass-reflactions-refractions-ambient occlusion-shadows etc.....so and so"

and specially the "Z-Depth" pass which has to be imported to AE =...
----
Compositing 3D Elements (render passes) will be helpful for large audience
---
and thank to everyone there, for these brilliant online tutorials which solved so many problems and for the presets...
17 years ago
Well, I know some might think this will be cheesy, but I'm going for "real world stuff". All of us at one point or another has to do projects because they pay the bills, but not we might not want to do.

I was wondering if you might have some ideas for wedding video titles. All of the stuff that is out there right now, is just so cheesy, and I was hoping you could inspire us all with some more "subtle" yet still "cool" motion graphics.

I have a particular job right now, that is quite frankly, gorgeous, in terms of the footage. I want to give this couple some very cool titles that are a little more on the softer side. Does AK have a softer side?

Sorry, that got creepy.

Thanks!
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

i am one of the million fans out of germany ^^


I really love your open source tutorials and your dvds.
but i search a tutorial for a smoke mask.
which allows me to fade a text or better a picture in with the mask of a smoke
or some mist,

i know this is so easy but i dont know how ^^

the other one is that i really want to know how i can create such wonderfull effects out of spiderman (DNA of Peter Parker).
or a magical movie like Lord of the Rings with the mage effects of their spirits or something like that ^^
Jerome A Franks
17 years ago
I recently purchased Evolution and was sad to say that even though AK you specialize in AE CS3.. I use Motion 3.. I would love for you to make a tutorial of at least one of your templates in Evolution in Motion 3.. Or something a little bit more in depth with Evolution in Motion 3 outside of what you did in Evolution.. You treat Motion kids like a stepchildâ???¦ LOL just kidding AK.. But I would love to see a little more Motion 3 infused with Evolution or some of your other products.. PLEASE AK MAKE A TUTORIAL FOR APPLE MOTION 3.. NOT SOMETHING MINOR LIKE YOU DID.. SOMETHING BIG LIKE PLEASE!!!!
SiAtkarz
17 years ago
VideoCopilot.net - best site ever

I have a question - probably it was here earlier - but I can`t find it...
I want to make something like this :
http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=S7eKS5IEl3E

You know - the guy is grabbing something from nowhere Hp effect
This is my idea
Greetings from Poland ;] peace.
Kevin
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,
how about a tutorial for the really cool bullet time video you made?
This would be the ultimate tutorial.

Greetings
irish
17 years ago
yoyo
please please, i seen one of your bullet time videos with your friend sam loya. please make a tutorial on that. thanks
Glenn Benton
17 years ago
Was wondering if you could show us how to make flys, flying through the air, as if over a corpse. Thank you for your help.
17 years ago
Making the camera act like your walking... tutorial/presets
hey Andrew!

It would be awesome if you could make a tutorial, showing us how to do a realistic lightning hit.
17 years ago
Dear Master AK,

The guru of after effects...I am wondering if you could do a tute on a sonic boom-energy field, nuclear bomb explosion effect using TRAPCODE FORM.
I know I may be pushing it a little, but all the more challenging for you.

I am studying a degree level course in Multimedia and the lecturer seems to not know anything about anything in visual effects. Your site is the one and only...

MARS
Greek Doctor of Medicine
17 years ago
Hi Andrew. I really love your and your tutorials.

Is it possible, when you have the time, to think of a tutorial of graphs.

Like the ones on Excel & Powerpoint (Bars, Pies etc) only better looking (with reflections, transparency, a liquid (mackintosh like look)) and of course 3D and animated in the 3D space with added graphics. logos, shadows etc.

I didn't find a good image/example to saw you, but anyway here's an image from a gallop in Greek television.

http://ekloges.politis-news.com/photos2005/20060512_mega.jpg

Imagine that moving in 3D space, the bars increase their height etc.

I know, there is a plug-in named "Data animator" http://www.digitalanarchy.com/data/data_main.html
but isn't that great.

Maybe you can help us making some broadcasting quality graphs...

...when you have the time and the ideas.

Thank you.
Tyler
17 years ago
Hey,

I was wondering if you can make a tutorial of something in front of a green screen (animal, person, object) holographic, like starwars
Boub
17 years ago
Hey,

I have been wondering could you make a tutorial which shows all that rendering stuff and encoding movies to their final format etc. Also if you have some tips to get max. quality to movies.

Loves Boub.
17 years ago
I'd love to see an all-round motion graphics tutorial maybe for title sequences:

- principles of dynamic motion
- transitions
- Sound synching

etc.

Thanks
Ben .M.
17 years ago
hey Andrew, i thout aboat a tutorial wich will be more like spcial effects.... for biger movies... :
1.making a 3d envierment (like a street or something).
2.making a 34 worm... or any juient monster jumping
3.adding this shatter effect from the planet explosion tutorial.
4.putting all of this elements in 1 frame.

what is the tutorial means:
a worm coming out of the street rode with some buildings background,
when tha worm is coming out the cemra shakes.
Julian
17 years ago
Hey Andrew

I was hoping to see a tutorial on how to integrate 3d elements into live footage. An example is if I had a 3d object made in 3ds max, How would I incorporate that animation into live footage where I can match the lighting and such between the two?
17 years ago
Mr Kramer rocks.

Would it be possible to do a tutorial where everyone is out of focus blurring past (in front of subject and behind)and the one person seems to be stationary and in focus, And how do they do they do this with a moving camera?
KOLEA_04
17 years ago
Hi andrew I would like to see the jumper effect like in the movie
SORRY for my English,,,
17 years ago
all i can say is lets see some hardcore action scenes .cinematic shots compained with great VFX like never before lets see sam as hard boiled or splinter cell -hitman-lets see sam as gorden freeman haha,you need stunts you need a new face you need a vilan against sam you know where to find me.lets unleash hell and make a chaos. damn iam charged right now.
JC
17 years ago
Hey, I was wondering if you could make a tutorial showing us how to make a fireball explosion of somesort with particle. I've looked up but havent found any good ones.
If you could do this it would be great.
Thank You,
-Jefte
Sal
17 years ago
Hello Andrew,

Recently on Motionographer.com they featured some amazing end-title sequences from Garson Yu of yU+co. Specifically, the title sequence from the movie "300" and "Enchanted" caught my eye.

On some of your previous tutorials you covered some of the basic elements used in these sequences such as your Evolution tutorial. The thing I don't understand and is how they move from scene to scene so gracefully. I think you can make an incredible tutorial covering this topic.

I want to thank you for your indispensable tutorials. Because of you I have been able to expanded my creativity into motion graphics. I have watched many tutorials but nobody comes close to yours. Your teaching style is wonderful.....BIG THANKS.......Hope you can post a tutorial on this topic.


Here is a link to the title sequences I am referring to :
http://motionographer.com/features/interview-garson-yu-of-yuco/


Kind regards,

Sal
Reno the french
17 years ago
Hi Andrew, Reno the french here!!!

I think a tutorial about Muppet tool (in AE CS3) could be an excellent thing. For example, you could make a butterfly flying around? Isn't great?

See ya later

Reno
17 years ago
Around your beautiful and useful site/blog I saw Sam in a scene in which he shoots with a gun. And a bullet comes in the camera.
And the camera follows the bullet.

It's very cool.

But... you have to create the bullet with a 3d program?
Or what?

Thanks.
17 years ago
ANDREW!!!... It's me again!

I was thinking... a tutorial about a man without head?
Yes!...
the speaking head under his arm... or on his hand...

It could be cool.
17 years ago
Hi Andrew.
I was thinking...
The Demon Face is great, but...
...if the actor has hairs on the face?
Is it possible to do however?

It may be useful and interesting to make a demon face like... ahm... the ring's child. With hairs on the face.

Thanks.
And go on.
You're precious!
David
17 years ago
How about making explosions using particals and afterburner in 3DSMax and taking that rendered footage and applying it to real world footage.
Ganesh
17 years ago
Hi andrew,
i wanna know how to become "you".. thats right i want to be you..
I am 20yrs old and just completed my post graduation.. I live in india.. I want to know how bwcome an special effects expert like.. what course should I take up.. please help me.
thank you, hope to hear from you soon..
PatDonnelly
17 years ago
How about a tutorial about how to use the puppet pin tool?
Robert
17 years ago
hi Andrew, I'm Robert from Transilvania and i'm very gratefull ,thamks for all tutorials, i have learned much more from you than from the video class teacher
(i'm attendig a visual arts college here in Transilvania , they are trying to teach us visual communication-foto video), and i been watching those hp commercials on youtube and the new fanta commercial on tv with those vector drawing animated on the t-shirts, and i'm wondering would you be so kind to make a tutorial on the tehniques used in these commercials? i know that you covered up keying and tracking in the basic training series,but those are just the basic stuff, i'd like to see a more complex tutorial on those if it's possible.
Thank's
17 years ago
Hey...I saw the aurora borealis the other day, and though that it would be a very cool effect to re-create in after effects. I tried myself, but a tutorial by you would be much better, since mine didn't turn out so well.
17 years ago
HEY ANDREW............


A TUT ABOUT .........


Dynamically scrolling,zooming,fading and generally fading static images into each other, in a VERY flexible and appealing way.

Like seen on the ROYKSOPP Flimclip.


Or anything similar.


A technique to really put static images too use.......


Cheers Mate.
17 years ago
I think it would be cool to see an AK take on a NEWS opener. They're usually so generic and filled with stock animations.

I wonder if it would have a vignette?
Michel
17 years ago
Hello Andrew, I'm Michel from quebec and I realy enjoy all your video. Then I have a suggestion for you and I'm sure you can do it. You already have done some actions movies's stuff with weapons and blood and shooting guns and alot of those things so,

could you make a scene like the matrix or another film in what there is a bullet follow in action at is shooting since the end of its path?

3ds max?
After Effects?

It could be very nice and if you do it, that could be realy helpfull for my project in French class. We have read a book "L'ombre du vent" and we must now do a movie of a part of the story. I chose the part when some polices get shooting and where there is a lot of blood. Realy nice project that can be upgrade seriously by your help if you do it.
So Thanks to read me!
17 years ago
this:

http://www.vimeo.com/646107

I don;t even know if it's possible in after effects, but it sure is beautiful.
Ash
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I am a veterinary student hoping you could make a few more medical related tutorials. I've been milking the few I have seen (3ds max zooming, ECG simulation from creativecow, and healing tutorial you made using Sam's face (and terminator effect at the end).

I really don't care what you make... as long as you make anything that COULD be used in animating medical stuff (or at least if you could mention a possible medical use for an effect in future tutorials, that would be great).

Some random requests:

1) Character highlight..... when video is following a bad guy.... it goes to a still frame... and random facts pop-up on the right hand of the screen (used in movies a lot!)

2) Multiple screens (like at a command-post or headquarters (that one is probably a quickie).

3) lip synching (this may be an effect using 3d software, but you do have your ways of working magic.

ULTIMATE REQUEST: If you can show us how they did the effect in this ludacris (rapper) video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=uJWalTPRkhM (at time 1:39)...they use AE a lot in this music video... anything MORPHING TECHNIQUES you have in your bag of tricks would be really useful!
Emil
17 years ago
Hi Andrew!

i have tought about an effect thats similar to the movie Jumper when the actors jumps in time..

In the movie when they jumps between time they leaving a shockwave distortion and I would like to know how to recreate that effect you maby take your time and come up with something

Thanx man from sweden, you are the best!
Frank Fradella
17 years ago
Hello! Thanks for all the great tutorials and products so far. I've actually bought all of them except for Twitch. You've been my sole education in After Effects and I just love the site.

If you get around to it, I'd love to see a tutorial on fire and ice effects. Specifically, I'd like to see a tutorial on simulating someone being on fire, or freezing someone with ice powers. Preferably both. But not at the same time.

Thanks!
Bryan
17 years ago
I was wondering if you can do a tutorial with some kind of glowing sphere, like the palantir in Lord of the Rings, or the purple glowing balls in Star Wars Phantom Menace, and also so that it could be used with real footage like someone carrying it around. Thanks, and you're stuff is the bomb.
17 years ago
You should make a package called "GORE FX"

with explosions of heads
3d arms
blood
long blood spurt
3d eye balls
blank head explosion
bones
ETC!!

tutorials!
it would be epic!
Patrick Duffy
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I was wondering if you know how to go about creating an effect of what looks like a piece of crinkled paper unraveling and is it possible to do with video?

Thanks for any consideration.

I would like to personally thank you for all the hard work and effort you put into all your tutorials and for sharing them with us!

Patrick
Matte
17 years ago
can you make a tutorial to make a vertigo effect with after effects?
MiC
17 years ago
How bout a great fire tutorial.
17 years ago
NUKES!!!! I want NUKES!!! I have trouble finding good tutorials for this big bomb so I really hope you can make a mushroom cloud/nuke tutorial, I think that is something everyone needs even game developers.

And yes, you rule man....

Best Regards

Xandrius from Norway
17 years ago
Hi there...
How About a tutorial about â?????Wire Removalâ??? ;
Thanks...
Benjamin Mydland
17 years ago
Hello! What about you show us how to animate a 3D figure and modelling it and animation?
Antti K
17 years ago
Hey Videocopilot crew. I always wondered how can u make heat-haze effect like you see behind turbeen of the airplane.

If you can help me would be great.

Im sure you can.

Thanks.
Antti
17 years ago
integrations... with flash, 3d max.
you have a the talent for video tutorials, get more people into the community be adding some tutorials with those programs... or maybe another VideoCopilot web.
Jon
17 years ago
Wouldn't it be great to be able to take that fabulous Dead planet tutorial with the sun and have a camera that pans in between the planets all across the space within flight with a lot things that you will spin aout of your chair!!. Showing action not suited for mere mortals! 3d planet panning.
A scene took from a level and make it into a CINEMA level sequence rising the bar even from the Universal movie intros or George Lucas's intro pan scene.
Difficult? You know, we do the impossible everyday, miracles just take a bit longer. If anyone can do this i bet the only one is Andrew Kramer.
If i were myself i would try but the first issue is how to make a planet 3d suitable for panning. That's the tricky thing on this.
I'm sure you can!
17 years ago
First, ide just like to thank you for this amazing website, i check back daily to see whats new in the tutorial's section, i always try to make my videos using as many of your techniques as possible.

Anyways... on to my suggestions for tutorials, i have 3.

1. i would really love to see some 3d animation mixed with live video material because (a) i dont know how to do it, (b) your the man with the talent and your tutorials are easy to follow, and (c) your really funny.

2. After watching your showreel on the blog i saw the effect you did with the storm coming over a baseball ground, i think that would be a nice one to do.

3. Again from your showreel, the guy getting crushed by a giant ball, something in that nature could by fun.

anyways, thanks again for this great site and i will continue to check back daily for some more great tutorials.

Big Matth (Wales, Uk)

http://www.youtube.com/user/bigmatth1986
orhabas
17 years ago
hey Andrew!

i would like to see a tutorial about how to make realistic fire effect.
im looking for that for a long time online but cant find any helpful tutorial like yours.

keep on the good work!!
17 years ago
Hi!,

Love your work! Just amazing and very well done

I just wondered if a tutorial about 3D tracking like this video:

http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/64sfBXPuuW70r6ovg" rel="nofollow">Link to the video

could be possible. This will be so great.

Thank you very much for the answer^^

Greetings from switzerland

Yves
karthik
17 years ago
what happened to the bullet trail tutorial ...i cant wait to see it ..thanx andrew..
17 years ago
Hi Andrew!

Love your work. I would love to see a tutorial on creating clones like in Bloody Ohama clip that you posted a while back. I have tried many different techniques, some similar to your procedual matte and different blending modes, even some plugins from foundry that are meant to matte stuff, but unable to get anything.

A tut on something like this would be sweet. I noticed that there are also a number of requests for similar tuts with clones.

Thanks muchly!

Greeting from Sydney, Australia!
jayen
17 years ago
how about you share the wealth of making adobe after effects faster

http://generalspecialist.com/tutorials/ae7_ram.html

heres is one idea

i am guessing that eveyone would to make rendering time a little faster

thank you

and remember you are the man
digitalping
17 years ago
Making Titles or Objects Turn to Smoke and Disappear

I read the tutorial by Tobias Lind but it is very short and for a beginner not so easy to understand.
I really would appreciate to see a tutorial on how to do this. I think it would be a good one for the community.
Thanks and greetings from Germany.
sonny lloyd
17 years ago
Hi i love you tutorials

ANY way down to the point

1. id love to see how you could import a c4d model animation into AE ( not as a pic or video, as a model)

2. well id love to see how to freeze objects in the air and the camera rotates round 360 , for example the matrix when he jumps and it gose slow motion/freeze and moves 360 round that would be a killer of a tutorials and you could have a product to do with 360
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Are you going to post how you made that bullet video? That was really cool. I suspect it is like the shot gun blast using 3d max?

Thank you.
17 years ago
Hey Andrew and team! I've got a great requests:

3D in live DV footage, aka. CGI! You can use the 3D studio you prefer the best, but it would be cool if you made the character/object in ZBrush! I've tried learning it by myself, but it's really hard.
Take a look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY3m3A7R1XA
I'm really impressed by the car explosion and the robots and would LOVE to make something like that myself, and I know the rest of your fans would too
17 years ago
i was watching constantine the other day and i thought it would be great if you can make it happen and its a good apportunity to use twitch with it ,
where you have lets say sam doing something in a normal frame rate and the world around him going crazy like dust or storm shootout somthing like that.
thanks
Lyndon
17 years ago
OKAY ALL I GOTS TO EXPRESS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MOTION TRACKING WHILE PANNING IDEA? A LARGE AUDIENCE MIGHT NOT SEE THE BENIFIT UNTIL YOU PUT IT INTO MOTION.

sorry about the big txt thing, im sure its hard to get your attention at times

thx for your consideration and i have very much enjoyed the two products ive purchased from your site. YOU DA MAN DREW!
Homer
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, I was hoping you would do a tutorial on maybe a small part of the bullet slow-motion you posted a little while back. I know you said you would make an advanced DVD, but in the meantime could you do this or maybe give some more information on it?
Thanks for all the help!
Eric
17 years ago
Hey Andrew!
Thanks for all your great tutorial!
Since your last tut was for color, i thought it would be awsome to do a black and white tutorial with different lightnings, im sure twitch could be used for this
Check out this great adidas comecrial of the new zeeland rugby team All blacks, it must be one of the coolest comericals i have ever seen!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJY9k6w5cUs&feature=related
17 years ago
I was wondering what you thought about Zaxwerks. I know that its a pricey plugin.

But may you in your genius could possibly show people how to do things that don't require it.

I find Zaxwerks to be powerful, but very resource consuming.
steve
17 years ago
hi guys first off your tutorials are amazing

here goes, on Advanced Sky Replacement tutorial is there any way i can use real clouds time lapse movies instead of a jpeg. im trying out a project and would love this effect. i seen it on a movie called "crossroads"(1986) it happened just before the final guitar sequence were the devil meets willie brown here's a link

the effect im talking about is seen @ 6.58

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRiyCqLp1F8

thanks in advance for any input, it would really help me out
Sylvain
17 years ago
Hi Andrew!
How can we make a HEAT TURBULENCE EFFECT for example for your planet explosion or for a plane reactor. I tried with Fractal noise, Displacement map playing with Luma and Alpha but I didn t manage to have a great result.

And Why don t you act in your videos?

Thanks for your job!
Shaun
17 years ago
Hi andrew I was wondering if you would ever do a tutorial on 3d matchmoving into say 3ds max. I know your primarly an after effects artist but I think a lot of people would benefit from having a tutorial on how to get say camera solve infomation from boujou and using it in 3ds max or after effects. I say this because a lot of people want to know how to do this and always end up failing. There are virtually no tutorials for this on the net. I know it would be welcome by everybody trying matchgmoving with a 3d matchmoving program.

Think about it please.

thank you

shaun
Christopher Capriles
17 years ago
Hi, make a video tutorial with the effect like Sims City Movie
lee
17 years ago
hi andrew

just quick question how could you create electricity runing through a wire that follows the contours of the e.g. wire
and that looks realistic.because it might just be me but the built in generator doesn't quite seem to do the job
cheers in advanced
Liam
17 years ago
How to seemlessly integrate multiple shots to appear as one, fluid long take (i.e Irreversible, Oldboy...). Carefully planned shots are necessary but how would one go about working it out in AE?

Thanks for the inspirational site and your revolutionary contributions to the moving image.

From Canada.
Michael
17 years ago
Although it's relatively easy to replace a background, as shown in your 'sky replacement' tutorials, I have a bigger challenge for you. I need to replace someone's entire face or head, if only for a couple of seconds, but the actor's looking to the left and right as well (in 3d-space).

I think it's very difficult, if not impossible unless you've got a lot of money to spend on special effects, but perhaps you could think about it, how something like this could be achieved? You don't have to make a tutorial about it, mentioning it in your blog would be okay too!

Thanks very much!

Michael from the Netherlands
Kevin [KruSh]
17 years ago
Hey, i love you man! ^^
Very Nice Tutorials, good explained, good voice quality, etc.

In this moment i try to get some of your tutorials (as final work) in my design.
ill try to put them in my header and save it as swf.

but i cant find something thats good for a header.
maybe you can create something cool like this with a animation: http://www.designnation.de/Media/Galerie/47d971317a418,Abi-09.jpg
just a example.

i would be pleased when you do a tutorial for a nice flashheader in style like the picture (scoll up for link)

so long,
krush
17 years ago
Hey Andrew I think A Great tutorial would be camera tracking for 3ds max like if you had 3d text and tracked it with a shot from the real world . I think there are endless possibilities with that.
17 years ago
Move the oldest suggestions in other category they are to mach for one page.

I will be happy to see more tutorials 3dmax + AE. You can make a competition "BEST TUTORIAL SUGGESTION". Awards can be from you products. And i suppose they will be a greate suggestions. You can make people add some images next to their's ideas, so the idea can be more visual. Then you can make all users vote for "tutoal you want to see".

This is a good idea becouse give users something to anrticipate. And good ideas will rain to
Andy
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I would like to say firstly that you are awesome, all i know is because of you
but there is one thing i need to know and can't find anywhere, is a tutorial in making bits of paper caught up in the wind.


Thanks

Andrew
Simon
17 years ago
Hey guys

Arturo u have to buy the DVD "Serious FX & Compositing". its on that DVD.

I just wanna ask u when comes the DVD "Matrix Bullet effect" & "First 50 Tutorials" out?
Arturo
17 years ago
Hi, Andrew, i like to know how to make the JUMPER effect of the movie, when the guy teletransport, thanks
Ben
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

The matching a CG camera to real camera movements would be a fantastic tutorial.

Also, what do you think about a Tutorial on creating 3d blood like in the movie 300?

Cheers mate,

Ben from Australia
Egan
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, A CLONING tutorial would be off the chain please consider it!
Herman
17 years ago
Hey Andrew. Your tutorials are totally awesome.
I'm studying motion graphics and I've actually learned just as much from
your tutorials as in class.

I would loved if you could make a tutorial for moving water.
I've seen your water drops tutorial (wich is a great one), but I've been wondering for a very long time how u can make water surface.

Thanks for your great effort. It is very much appreciated
Gianni
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

first of all thanks for your precious support and for your product. I bough all youar products (Riot Gear, Evolution, Twitch and so on) so could you please prepare other tutorial using these products?

A tutorial as seen in FOX chanel will be very appreciate.

Cheers from Italy...
Gianni
Adam
17 years ago
What about a tutorial integrating DVD STUDIO PRO, Like how to make a opening for a dvd. That would be exceptional
Leo
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Lately I'm watching TV chanel FOX Life, and I love their spots between episodes,
Can you make tutorial how they done it (any spot)

tnx
oh, btw tnx for all great tutorials
17 years ago
hi Andrew,

i'm looking for this for a while ( like a few weeks ) and i can't find it anywhere
im looking for a tutorial about how to creat an nuclear explosion...
you know that thingy with a big boom ! hahaha hopes you creat one.

keep up the good work : Rick
Alpha
17 years ago
hey
can you please make a tutorial on matching a cg camera with a real camera
cepi
17 years ago
hi, i??´m write from chile, your site is great.

you should have more tutorials of 3d studio max integrate with AE and secrets of 3ds max for motions grafics

thanks for all


bye
Hello Andrew. I have a current project i am working on for watercross racing and was wondering if you could do a tutorial on splashing water effects. I really like the tutorials you have done for reflective surfaces using displacement map and fractal noise but I would love to learn how to do more with the liquify effect. I already purchased Riot Gear, Action Movie Essencials and Designer Sound Effects and im saving my pennies for Twitch. A freind told me to buy a plugin for AE called Panopticum but i would rather buy another one of your products and just learn what i need from you hint hint.... Let the Tutorials Begin! Thank you for donating these awsome tutorials Andrew.
matze
17 years ago
I`M SURE SOMEONE`S ALREADY POSTED THIS VIDEO; BUT ANYWAY; CAN YOU MAKE A TUTORIAL VOR THIS ONE ?

http://www.break.com/index/guy-shoots-his-own-hand.html
ejunyor
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, Sorry I missed you in NY - I am in Va Beach (about 6 hours away frim NY)...

2 requests:

1. more 3Ds max tutorials that can integrate with AE

2. some 3Ds max basics like you have for AE.

and yes if you created a product for sale on these I would definitly buy...
Flatoshop
17 years ago
I'm pretty sure u can do amazing things with the sapphire plugins + ur after effects knowledge, the plugins are great, easy to use, but, there isnt any good tutorial that show us how make really cool stuff, they have an amazing demo reel on the site, but the tutorial really suxs.

what about 3d match moving, some 3d titles + the composite in after effects?
Bob
17 years ago
KINETIC TYPOGRAPHY (TYPOGRAPHY IN MOTION). THESE VIDEOS ARE AMAZING AND I HAVE SEARCHED AL OVER FOR A TUTORIAL AND I HAVE YET TO FIND ONE.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xAuQmJzt_q0
http://youtube.com/watch?v=syf8olcM0z4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=c6Q0dfrbr10
MUSIC
17 years ago
Where would one start looking to find that choir-type music (not the sound effects) like that used in the Twitch promo. The Spiderman3 promo also uses a similar type of music. ...I think it's awesome!
Wes
17 years ago
Hey Andrew. First off, I love the tutorials, and I have your sound effects and they are great!

The tutorial that I would find interesting would be the effect shown in this Guitar Hero 3 commercial. (LINK BELOW) I think that it will be pretty obvious which effect I'm talking about. I think that if you could do this, it would be a sweet tutorial.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-ILs__bqfOQ

Thanks,
Wes
Mikkel
17 years ago
First if all: I have learned a lot from your tutorials. Thanks!

Im looking for After Effects Tutorials in combination with Maxon' s C4D.
Often I have to make projects where I use a combo of programs.

I think its is really needed: `After Efffects used together with C4D`-tutorials
17 years ago
Hi Andrew & the VideoCopilot team,

Still loving the site and enjoying Twitch just now.

You recently blogged about adding 3D content into live footage, using shadow mattes etc.

I'd really like to see some tutorials that explored camera tracking and compositing 3D footage in with photos or live camera footage.

There's not much on the internet which covers this and it looks awesome.

I've been experimenting with RPF files and extracting camera data in AE and that's also a lot of fun.

I don't always need to create the same effects which you show in your tutorials but I watch every one of them to study your work flow and I always take away something new which I can apply to my work.

VideoCopilot is the most impressive and best thought out tutorials online. Another greate resource I use is www.psdtuts.com
:)
17 years ago
when will you finish this http://www.videocopilot.net/blog/?p=141 ?
17 years ago
Andrew first off you rock. Your products and tutorials are the most conceice ive ever seen. More and more commercials now use the BW style w/ one object in COLOR. I would love to know how this is done. When a red dress is highlighted... or maybe just the product in someones hand. The matte created for each of those pieces is impecable and obviously not done with traditional spline masks?!? TUT ON THAT?
17 years ago
Hey Andrew ,

I just wanted to start by saying thank you for all of you and your teams work. Without it, editing for us average Joe's just wouldn't be so easy.

I wanted to know if you could show the best way to render out of After Effects for youtube.com quality videos. I have put a lot of videos on youtube but I always seem to lose quality when I render and upload to youtube. Its probably just a simple fix, but I was also wondering what you use Adobe Premiere for? It seems to me you can do most of your editing in After Effects, do you use Premiere for anything?
Cektor
17 years ago
Hey Andrew...

Could you make a tutorial about somebody cutting himself with a razor blade or something like that... i mean, simething similar like "The healer", but backwards... instead of the healing in the skin, something that actually seems like the character are cutting himself

THANKS
THIS SITE ROCKS!!!

PD. Sorry about my english... i know is not too good...XD
Elisabeth
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

is it possible to use AE to make a firework rocket explode into a certain image or logo, like the party tree in Lord of the Rings? If so, I would love to see a tutorial about that.

Keep up the great work!

~Elisabeth
Kasey
17 years ago
hey can you do a tutorial or give some tips on how to make a slow-mo bullet cut through the air like the sam talks video or what ever it was
Fabrizio
17 years ago
Hello,
What do you think about matrix 3 revolution, when Smith die and the glasses broken with light??
Toby Rocke
17 years ago
Hi Andrew, what I'd like to know, and see, is if there is a simple way of creating a walk cycle from a first person perspective. That sort of "bobbing" effect, maybe in the context of someone being chased. I have played with camera movements but can't seem to get anything particulary realistic looking. Thanks in advance.

Toby
PoisonBill
17 years ago
Yo, Andrew im a rookie film maker who likes making pistol films im wondering if you can make a tutorial showing how to make a film with cartridges flying out of a Pistol/Rifle. if you already done such a tuturial pls show link
Reno the french
17 years ago
Hi Andrew, it's Reno french boy here. I 've got another tutorial idea for you....You could explain how to create kind of Butterflies flying....everyone independant with their little moving wings and they follow themselves in a queue, like a dance.
How to create that? 3d? not? intersting i think.

Best regards to all of you
Reno the french
Adam Palmer
17 years ago
Since the latest film 'Jumper' hit the cinemas, theres been a lot of interest into pulling off a believable teleport effect some what like that used in the film. I was hoping that you would be able to figure out how to do an effect like this as your tutorials go into a lot of detail, making it easier for people to understand and complete the effect themselves.

Here is a trailer to show you how the effect works, the best looking part would be the teleport that he makes towards his fridge...

http://movies.apple.com/movies/fox/jumper/jumper-tlr2_h480p.mov

Thanks a lot,
Adam
JOHN PYATT
17 years ago
MY PARTNER HAD ASKED ME ON THE TRAIN RIDE BACK, WHY YOU LIKE HIM SO MUCH, I TOLD MOST PEOPLE WHEN YOU GO ON SET OR YOU GO ON A WEBSITE YOU HAVE TO BEG TO GET THE INFO, MOST DP'S WHEN YOU ON SET DONT TALK TO A PA, OR A DIRECTOR DONT SHARE THE TRICKS OF THE TRADE AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE TUTORIALS, THEY NOT TEACHING YOU OR SHOWING YOU HOW TO USE IT IN A REAL WORLD WAY, MOST IS TO MUCH INTO THE TECH THING THAT BY THE TIME THEY GET TO IT IS LIKE DUDE YOU LOST ME, SO WITH ANDREW ITS LIKE HANGING WITH A ROCK STAR AND HE YOU GIVES THE THREE CORDS TO MAKE A HIT SONG ITS JUST NOW UP TO YOU TO MAKE IT WORK. HE LIKE YOU AND ME HE'S LIKE A FRIEND THEY SHOWS YOU LOOK DO THIS TO MAKE IT COOL, IN FACT YOU COULD LOOK AT EVERY THING HE SHOWN YOU IN THE TUTORIALS AND MAKE A SHORT ACTION MOVIE, WHAT OTHER PLACE ON THE WHOLE WID WEB DOES THAT.

NO PLACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ANDREW, YOU THE TRUTH!!!!!!!!!!
ANDREW, YOU ARE THE TRUTH!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU A LOT
JOHN PYATT
17 years ago
YOU GUYS MISSED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I JUST CAME BACK FROM THE AFTER EFFECTS NEW YORK THING
SINCE I LIVE IN THE BRONX, AND MAN I REALLY HAVE TO TELL YOU I WAS LIKE A DAMN SCHOOL GIRL... LOL. MY PARTNER WAS LIKE DUDE YOU OK, YOU KEEP ROCKING BACK AND FORTH LIKE YOU HAVE TO PEE, I WAS LIKE DUDE YOU HAVE TO CHECK THIS GUY OUT AND VIDEO COPILOT, ANDREW IS THE TRUTH. I WAS GOING CRAZY AND THEN HE SHOWED SOME NEW STUFF I COULDN'T HOLD IT NO MORE SINCE HE WAS SHOWING THIS NEW, (I HOPE ANYWAY) A TUTORIAL OF A CAR HITTING ANOTHER, I SCREAMED OUT I LOVE DUDE... LOL NOW I'M NOT A STAR STRUCK TYPE OF GUY SINCE I BEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD DOING ENTERTAINMENT, I USE TO SING, AND PLUS I'M 37 AND I DONT THINK A GROWN MAN SHOULD BE ACTING THAT WAY... BUT DAMN THAT BEING ON THIS SITE EVERYDAY AND LEARNING FROM HIM, I FELT LIKE I WAS STANDING NEXT TO A DAMN ROCK STAR FOR REAL. I WANTED TO ASK HIM SO MUCH IT WAS CRAZY, BUT BEING THERE I DIDN'T WANT TO COME OFF LIKE A FOOL... LOL... MAYBE THAT WAS TO LATE BUT I'M ALMOST SURE THAT WOULDN'T HAVE MATTERED SINCE EVERY ONE THERE WAS REALLY FOR HIM, AND THE FUNNY THING IS I EVEN TOLD HIM, LOL, "I DONT EVEN KNOW HOW TO USE AFTER EFFECTS", I WANT TO BUT I'M A DIRECTOR AND A DP. SO LET ME TELL YOU GUYTS FIRST HAND... HE'S COOL AS HELL AND FUNNY JUST LIKE ON THE TUTORIALS, I WANTED TO ASK HIM TO DINNER SO I CAN PICK HIS BRAIN, THINK OF IT LIKE THIS, YOU WALK IN TO A BOOK STORE AND MARTIN SCORSESE OR GEORGE LUCAS WAS THERE TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT FILM MAKING, YOU GOING TO WANT TO PISS YOUR SELF, HE EVEN SIGNED MY COPY OF ACTION MOVIE ESSENTIALS AND WE TOOK A PICTURE TOGETHER. THERE WAS OTHER PEOPLE THERE TALKING AND GIVING TUTORIALS AND YOU COULD JUST TELL THAT EVERY ONE SITTING WAS BORED, IT WAS FUNNY CAUSE EVERY ONE WAS REALLY THERE JUST FOR HIM. NEW YORK LOVES YOU DUDE FOR REAL, PLEASE COME BACK, EVEN THOUGH THE ROOM WAS HOT AND SWEATY... LOL OH YEAH YOU WANT TO KNOW JUST HOW COOL HE IS, THEY WAS GIVING OUT SHIRTS AND TOSSING THEM IN THE CROWD I SWEAR ANDREW WALKED OVER AND SAID THE GUYS IN THE FRONT AND SOON AS HE SAID THAT THE GUY THREW A SHIRT AND I CAUGHT IT...NICE, YOU THE FREAKING BEST MAN I SWEAR IT. YOU KNOW WHY HE THE BEST CAUSE HE GIVES THIS STUFF OUT FOR FREE AND HE MAKES IT EASY WHERE JUST ABOUT ANYONE COULD DO IT, ITS REALLY THERE FOR THE LITTLE GUYS, ANDREW YOU THE FREAKING BEST.

NOW IF I CAN JUST LEARN THE DAMN AFTER EFFECTS... LOL
Michael
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,
just wondering could you post a tutorial on hpw to do the complex camera panning that follows the words being typed,used in this typography video on pulp fiction

Thanks Michael
Sean
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,
I found this "flowing title" tutorial on Creative Cow, but the tutorial calls for presets that i dont have...i really want to know how to do something like this, if you have a different/better way of achieving this look, i would be forever greatful!

Sean

http://library.creativecow.net/articles/polevoy_george/flowing_title.php
Jerome Fanks
17 years ago
I recently purchased Evolution and was sad to say that even though AK you specialize in AE CS3.. I use Motion 3.. I would love for you to make a tutorial of at least one of your templates in Evolution in Motion 3.. Or something a little bit more in depth with Evolution in Motion 3 outside of what you did in Evolution.. You treat Motion kids like a stepchildâ???¦ LOL just kidding AK.. But I would love to see a little more Motion 3 infused with Evolution or some of your other products..
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Firstly, thanks for all the hard work you put into these tutorials. It's apreciated.

Quite a few people seem to want the Vampire Dusting affect from Buffy and I'm definatly one of them

That and any other Sci Fi effects from show such as Supernatural/Smallville etc would please me.
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I was wondering if you could provide a colour correction tutorial? It would be great if you could show how to match multicam footage, for example show us how to match exposure and colour tones from two cameras that don't match. Also if you could show how to meet broadcasting standards when doing this and how to calibrate a pal monitor?

There are a lot of tutorials out there for colour correction but I have to say they are all brief and not very helpful.

Many Thanks
Josh
17 years ago
Ideas,

There are a few things I would like to learn about. Something explaining interlaced and progressive footage would be nice. Also a tutorial for working with low quality DV footage from personal camcorders would be nice along with any tips and tricks for those of us running on low budget home movie cameras with no exposure adjustments.

It would be cool to learn what settings you use to record with camtasia only because when I try to record my video lags bad. Im using integrated graphics with hardware acceleration disabled.

Lastley a video of your work station and editing room and equipment would be really cool for those of use that dream of having nice equipment.

Keep up the great work, I would of never gotten into this if it wasnt for you. My dream is to be so good that one day we work on a project together.
mentee
17 years ago
Hi master AK,
thanks for all the tutorials, can you teach us how to make a nuclear explosion?
thanks and may the force be with you....
Ron
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

the human torch tutorial would be helpful to a large audience,
I cant find that kind of tutorial anyware...your the man of AE.... and I know you
can pull off that effect. which would be great.
Marcos
17 years ago
How does the "predator" moves with his camouflaye? its a displacement map?
saludos from Argentina !!!!
GeeNee
17 years ago
Ya, Know what would be cool, a city blackout. try making a tutorial about a city blackout
Edd
17 years ago
Hi Andrew.

A tutorial on how to animate / import 3D text, from Cinema 4D / Maya or 3DS Max into AE, then compositing it with some effects would be great.
krycek
17 years ago
http://www.youtube.com/v/kuPeiCmq3WM&hl=en

What is this effect??
particle flow? particular?
Felix
17 years ago
Maybe a City explosion
Andrew
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Don't know if this needs a tutorial but I am trying to recreate the Indiana Jones titles from the trailer in After effects. So far I have the 3D looking text working and the smoke in the background (using your riot gear ink flows mixed together with some blurs and stuff).

The problem is I can't get the lights rays to look right.

I know AE doesn't do proper lights like a 3D program (which they probably used for the titles). But Iwas wondering if you could cheat it. Currently I am using a customised version of the Glow Rays preset that comes with CS3 which I have massively tweaked. It looks alright but I can't seem to be able to change the transfer mode of the layer (ie I can change the mode but nothing happens).

Any help would be great.

Cheers
Andrew
Mr Higgs
17 years ago
Getting camera info out of Maya and into AE or vice versa.
bob
17 years ago
Marcel, if u want to learn 3ds max, u can check out the tutorials at www.lynda.com They are not free, but might be able to get a 7-day free pass to the website. The application's help viewer is also very helpful, so try tat out too.
Marcel
17 years ago
Hail up from Jamaica , Andrew Kramer your god sent, i used to use Sony Vegas to do all my motion graphics and i still do actually but now my work as a heavy AE cs3 influence thanks to you and it is paying off. BTW Do you have any recommendations for a video tutorial site for 3d studio max.
Konstantin K
17 years ago
Ohhh my Gosh!!! So much ideas!! Andrew, I suppose u need a lot of time to create all this tuts) somewhere about 1000 eyars)))

And here is an idea from me)) "Invisible Man"!! I supose it's a good idea to make invisible Sam effects ..... especially invisible Sam under rain

Maybee it can be done by using glass effect ))
Cameron
17 years ago
Look, about twenty different people have all said the same thing: BULLET TIME! I can already get a slow motion bullet from one angle, but not the 360degree rotate about a fixed point.
Petitgnome
17 years ago
I have internet only in one computer and it doesn't support after effect, so I think downloading tutorials is a good idea.


PS: sorry for my English I'm french and I'm 15 years old.
uzair
17 years ago
hi andrew i love this site & learned everthing from this site, but could you pllssss keep it up with more 3ds max tutorials & could you make some tutorial about how to add a 3d model in a movie in after effects like they added 3d transformers runnning in movie. you can look at this picture & understand better that what i mean.

http://maxupload.com/img/4618C431.jpg
Bryan B
17 years ago
Hey it would be totaly SICK if you could come up with a tut like the hp commercials.
17 years ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjRQpgm3vc8

dale_G is right this would also be a sweet one
17 years ago
It may seem like a silly idea but i would really like to see how to change a single color such as a paintball splat from yellow to say...red


Also i would like to see how to make video black and white and expose a single color to make it seem more pungent upon the black and white surroundings. in example say someone running through the woods(b&w) then shot to reveal a super pungent blood spray
Aonghas Anderson
17 years ago
Hi there,

If you have time, take a look at this 1min video http://beohm.com/identica/newzealand/TV2_Montage_60.mp4 It's the new TV2 ad here down in New Zealand. I was thinking of creating something similar using Trapcode Particular, but I don't know how to create masks for particles so they can weave in and out of things and go behind objects. Also I don't know how to motion track these particles with live footage. Maybe a tutorial linking motion tracking, masks and these particles would be super.

Thanks heaps,
Aonghas
RA. Elliott
17 years ago
I ctrl-F'ed the page, and itd seem that a lot of people want what I want... Typography... Like on AMC.. Why am I explaining it? YOu are basically the He-Man, Master of the effects universe...
Dale_G
17 years ago
Here is something I'm sure EVERYONE would like to know once they see it.

You ever see those little clips on the Sci-Fi Channel? Fantasy clips, that are really cool. They're only about 15 seconds long but they have amazing effects. Like, theres this one where it's literally raining cats and dogs, a man who unzips his skin it seems and is a woman, pretty cool stuff.

Check it out on YouTube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjRQpgm3vc8

Me and alot of other people I'm sure would like to know how this is done!

- Dale G (Proud owner of ALL 9 VCP Products!)
Willie Wonka
17 years ago
How about a simple tutorial on how to make a Simple CG Object, and how to put it into After Effects, or Final Cut?
Anton
17 years ago
Hello!!!!!!
My name is Anton and I'm from Russia.
I haven't seen any tutorial about motion capture with after effects. It's not just motion capture that you use almost in every tutorial. I'm thinking of motion capture by after effects and then using your results in 3ds max. May be my English is not perfect because I'm from Russia, but I think that you'll understand what I mean.
Thank You for Your great tutorials!
17 years ago
Hey maybe you could show us how to create materials like these in 3ds max: http://www.rebelthink.com/html/products.html
or maybe you could create plugins for max, because they are only for max 5-7 and those aren't the newest versions^^
or maybe you could make a tutorial on how to use older plugins in newer versions
i know the last point is more programming work, but maybe one person of your team is able to do a tutorial on this
nz0301
17 years ago
Hi Andrew can you make tutorial about importing camera from 3D MAX to AE using RPC format? Thanks in advance.
p.s. sorry about my English
Ricardo Adriano Mantovani
17 years ago
Andrew, lacks to a video lesson of Slow Motion in the After effects, congratulations for the success.
Daniel
17 years ago
Could you please do a tutorial on making professional looking title sequences for television? The titles that you have so far are mostly suited to action film, but what about a serious news programme, for example?

I'm getting involved in student television in the UK and they're desperate for some professionalism! I've never seen any tutorials for television programme titles on the internet, so you'd be hitting a large nich??© market!

Thanks,

-Daniel
Masoud Faqirzada
17 years ago
Dear Andrew Kramer you are the best.
Could you please add some more 3ds Max tutorials.
I am really interested to learn that.
Thanks

Masoud from Afghanistan
Geoff
17 years ago
I was wondering if you could take a look at some of these stunning works from PIERRE MICHEL. I would think a tutorial on how to achieve some of the effects he uses in his pieces would truely be a plus to the community as a hole. I know he uses a series of TRAPCODE plugins but WOW what a great series of TUTS this would be.

http://trapcode.com/gallery/Fire_flower_h.mov

http://trapcode.com/gallery/bandemo_h.mov
Mike
17 years ago
I would like to see a tutorial on shattering glass from a bullet. You have tutorials on shattering, but for a bullet the glass needs to shatter inwards with the force of the bullet. Would be interesting to see how to create that.

Also, how about some bullet time?
Matt
17 years ago
I would like to see a video wall of some sort.
This could also include how to use a camera and do moves with video in a PIP format.

A concept some what like this

http://www.revostock.com/FileCloseupAE.html?&ID=23472
and
http://www.revostock.com/FileCloseupAE.html?&ID=32479
Kimak
17 years ago
Hey Andrew!

Love all your tutorials, they are the best!

I see lot of questions on the web for creating realistic 3D clouds..
I've tried Aurora sky, but thats way out of my legau. Awsome if you could make a small tutorial on creating and walking trough clouds.

Greetings Kimak
17 years ago
Hmm... a tutorial on making your own presets would be really nice
mickoin
17 years ago
Ok so here's the ultimate list... for now

1. 300 slow mo fast mo (easy I know) but how can you blend that in with different shots or footage from a different angle???

2. Matrix bullet time check this out - http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Enter-the-Ghetto-Matrix-DIY-Bullet-Time/

3. the earth zoom horizontally - like up a street - and could it turn corners too?

4. Blowing up a building or blowing out a brick wall

Sweet tuts by the way,
lots of love,
- Australia
Dan33
17 years ago
Thought it would be cool to see a tutorial on a 3d pop out book like the ones when we were kids. There is a commercial by Shilo Design, http://www.shilodesign.com/shilo_new/video_templates/video_template_new.php?project_id=327 the first part shows this idea.
Kirk
17 years ago
Show how to layer multiple copies of one actor walking on the same ground to simulate many actors walking -- like in the Normandy Beach WWII AE work done by those 3 BBC guys. Clearly they did not use a bluescreen on the wide beach area yet they somehow layered multiple shots of themselves running across the sand in mass invasion of dozens of guys. How did they drop out the the underlying beach layers and keep the running soldiers?
MasterCA
17 years ago
please make a tutorial of shooting stars, you know a shooting star in the night sky
Cameron
17 years ago
a tutorial that show how to use the 3D glasses plug in
17 years ago
Hi would you make more tuto about DVD motion menu?
Ben
17 years ago
Heya,

The other day I saw the videoclip 'Clumsy' by Fergie. Terrible song, it really gets into your head... Anyway, they use somekind of 3D fold-out / flip-book effect that is pretty cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN9vm95SocU

Maybe you could do one of your great tutorials on this topic? Add a little Twitch to it to plug the product...

Take care!
bo bo
17 years ago
i was wondering how you guys made those awesome presets available for download on this site. im interested in making my own. could you do a tutorial on that please?
Kenny
17 years ago
I would like to see a tutorial on an effect that makes metal look like its melting. Somewhat like what they do in star wars with lightsabers that stab into metal
Fizwhizbiz
17 years ago
How Would I Create A 300 Look in after effects?
Fizwhizbiz
17 years ago
How Would You Create A 300 Look in after effects?
Mardoqueo Harrington
17 years ago
Hey great tutorials, thanks they have really helped me out where I work. Iâ??????ve never considered myself an editor or AE guy and getting hired as one... well thanks to this web site Iâ??????ve been able to keep my job.
Now I have a question, or suggestion for a tutorial. Have you all seen the Gatorade â?????League of Clutchâ??? commercials (http://www.gatorade.com/film_and_downloads/commercials/)? The black and whites (well they do have some color, just a little amount) with a lot of still imagery. Does any one know how they do that?
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,
first time poster - long time fan
I was wondering if you could do a tut on flying..
using a still frame of subject and have the camera pan to where he would be flying (if he could) I have a couple of examples here ones in the middle of vid and other is the last one. my problem is the subject always looks 2d. i am trying it again using a ae camera and a panning shot (2 layers)spliced together and rotated at the degree of the pan.. not sure what im talking about..... heard it on a master zap tut but it was so vague.. I really appreciate what you do.
keep on truckin'
Kippyjoe

example video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1kPsGKmJgM
mitch
17 years ago
oh yeah everbody looking for the smallville superspeed effect, and flying effects search in youtube, there's plenty of them out there, Mr. Kramer won't waste his time if the tutorial already been done by a bunch of people.l
mitch
17 years ago
Hey, great tutorials as always, I'm looking foward to the stabilazation tutorial, and if you remember from your blog awhile ago, you said you would post a tutorial on how to turn your video into cartoon. I know that there's a few methods out there but yours has looked the best to me so far and I really like to know how to recreate it. Thanks.
Ca'Mareo Waller
17 years ago
What about a superspeed effect, like the Flash or Superman? or Creating a live action comic book, with a 3d camera moving over each video-panel, etc?
Brandon
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,
One good tutorial idea I came up with is, teaching us how to make a person fly or hover in After Effects.

Thanks.

Brandon
17 years ago
First off all, you create awesome high quality tutorials & products!
I would really like to see a tutorial, on how to create the jumper effect (Jumper Movie)
Where they teleport and leave a jump scar. (http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/jumper/)

Thanks!
RA. Elliott
17 years ago
Hey,
I was just wondering when we would be seeing that 3d shadows tutorial? Remember? Death Man? Greats film never made?
Ollie
17 years ago
Hi Andrew!
Love the tutorials.
I'd love it if you'd make a tutorial on how to make a HUUUGGGEE explosion, like the one that blows up new york in NBC's Heroes.
Also, someone taking off to fly. (Flying is easy, it's just chromakeyed) but i mean how they'd take off from the sidewalk into the air.
Thanks.
Ollie
17 years ago
I think it would be the super cools, if you could do a human torch effect.
Your tutorials have been a huge help, I will buy many dvd's when I have money!!!

thanks,

-Lokiel
Fatih
17 years ago
Hello from Vienna!!
Andrew, Can you create a tutorial of how to make a realistic looking 3D Photoalbum with lots of pictures with the pictures moving within the frames.

PLEASEEEEE
Stefan
17 years ago
Hi Andrew i would like to know what's going on with Dead man tutorial it looks great and i hope that you're going to post it online soon
Cheers from Bulgaria!
Tim
17 years ago
Hi!

I would like to see how you created the flying bullet. Just like you showed with Sam.

Thank you
Tom Raynor
17 years ago
I would love to see more tutorials using 3ds Max in conjunction with After effects (like the 3dvines tutorial). That was a great tutorial and it is really interesting to see how the two pieces of Software can be used together to create somthing really POWERFUL.
eye design
17 years ago
flash tutorial about the proper way of encoding a FLV file and uploading to a website like yours and then puting it on a webpage like a myspace.com webpage
LPardue
17 years ago
Dear Kramer and Crew:

Would you consider creating a tutorial -- or series of tutorials -- which reveal the secrets within the video at the following link?

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http://youtube.com/watch?v=CD1mBDg3M6k

---

You guys are incredible (but you already know that). Thanks!
Greg Harrell
17 years ago
Rather than me explain it....the "drug infusion" part of this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAuQmJzt_q0
17 years ago
@Artur: C'mon, this are basically some 3D-Objects and a Camera moved through them. I think we need for EVERYTHING a tutorial Andrew just wants to show us what is possible, but you should try making vfx on your own...

BTT: More 3D/Afx Tutorials would be REALLY cool

Greetings
Sullivan
17 years ago
oh and btw i think think will be helpful to a large audience because everybody likes to play with slo-mo and guns and bullets.... lol
Sullivan
17 years ago
hey andrew...
i've been watching your tutorials since you first came out with that one about the sky replacement and you have done almost every single thing i can possibly fathom wanting to see...
is there any possible way you could post a tutorial about bullet time... with a gun and it shoots a bullet and then everything goes into a sort of "bullet time effect"?
if not could you somehow tell me if this effect is acheivable with after effects and a green screen?
thanks alot andrew it means alot to me that i can go here and watch your tutorials
Grim
17 years ago
AK,
I'm curious to see an advanced tracking tutorial that uses the "scale" option along with "position" and "rotation".

Oh, and FIRE. Some kind of logo treatment using fire. I've yet to see a REALLY convincing fire effect in AE. Most use the fractal noise generator and colorama and it looks pretty good, but I need more! Let's Burn Something!! (insert evil, ominous cackling)
Artur
17 years ago
Hi Andrew.
I propose you to create a tutorial from this sequence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QETLOCTW64 . I hope it will be interesting for wide group of people.
Kev
17 years ago
I thought this was a cool look. People dissolving into particles in an HBO Happy Holiday promo (2008). Nice song too...Best Days by Graham colton

Will you do this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EQTB3cmwrg
17 years ago
hey really want to say hi to all the crew of video copilot .net and please i`d like to see a tutorial where we can become invisible!!!
Setesh
17 years ago
I've seen some requests for this in the past but i thought i would add my own.... I'd really like to how to use MAX and/or AE to re-create the "KAWOOSH" effect (unstable wormhole vortex) from Stargate.

i have some ideas of how it could be done but none of them are quite on par. I know when they did the effect they filmed a water tank while forcing focused air through it.

just food for thought... thanks dude.
Joshua
17 years ago
One thing I notice is some of the tutorials use 3ds max for the 3d element. Is that the only thing you guys use or you able to do some tut's usig maya? Just a simple thought. BTW I enjoy the site. Very cool doing what you guys do.
Hirasu
17 years ago
Hello,
emm i have a question, i don't know to make this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6nXwgzBHJ0
this is nice and my questions is , can you make a tutorials for this effect please qq?

(sorry for my bad english)
Alfred S.
17 years ago
Hey Andy,

I really liked the "Andrew Kramer Reel" where it showed you being hit by a truck, in a bad car accident and Sam getting shot up. Those were great effects and I would love to see them on the upcoming Advanced Training DVD or in future tutorials.

Yours,
A
Artillusion
17 years ago
I would like 2 see the bullet time effect wich is the name of the bullet effe in Matrix. Also I would like 2 see something like invisible man or human torch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeTJVwpdUis&NR=1
Fizwhizbiz
17 years ago
That Will Be Awome To Create A 3d Bullet Effect!
17 years ago
Andrew,
How would one achieve the effect of having cracks appear in the ground like this: http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/050124/050124_inoquake_vlrg_4a.widec.jpg

Thanks a lot!
17 years ago
Andrew, you know how this effect of Sony tv is done?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb5bnh_14N8&feature=related

thanks from Brazil
Tom from Poland
17 years ago
Hi!
Andrew Can You make for us some effects from a Matrix movie????
pleaseeee
James Cadden
17 years ago
Hello Andrew

I was wondering if you could simulate 2001: A Space Odyssey's Stargate sequence in After Effects, I have tried to do the slitscan effect before but I have not been able to match the way it looks in the film.

Thanks,

-James
edmund
17 years ago
hello, andrew nice work i really appreciate, i was wondering whether you can do a tutorial on editing (for example a commercial or music video) in after effects DJTV does some but i think i would follow your tutorials better
17 years ago
Hey Guys. I come from a Shake background and am relatively new to After Effects but I am picking it up quickly. I have reviewed many of your tutorials. Great job by the way. My main interest in digital compositing is 3-D matchmoving and tracking. I work mainly with Syntheyes and Boujou, but am trying to learn A.E. capabilities. I was wondering if you could point me in the direction of some tutorials that work on advanced Tracking techniques in A.E. Particularly extended or continuous tracking of a scene. (I was wondering how to continue or stictch the track in A.E. when you lose your tracker due to a long pan). I am not sure if you have covered this in any of your tutorials. Thanks for your time. Once again, Great Job.

John
Bryan Darrow
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, love your stuff. It's helped me a lot. I was wondering if you could do a tutorial on how to make something like the opening credits of "How I Met Your Mother". It has some really cool picture effects, and I have been looking around forever for something and have found nothing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-bvZAIImvY

thanks,

Bryan
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I was just watching the movie "GHOST" last night with Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore for the first time in years, and I was wondering if there might be a way to create the same or similar effects on AE. Although the film was done before CG the effects still work. Anyway, I figured if anyone can make a "GHOST" go through walls, doors, trains and other such elements on AE, it would be you.

Thanks again and keep up the awesome work!
Jim
17 years ago
Andrew,

I would like to know if you could set up an effect like Nightcrawler teleporting in X2: X-Men. I don't have the full grasp of how Particular would accomplish it, but I feel it would be something along the lines of a mash between your #54. Advanced Camera Tips & #22. Fun with Ink tutorials. I figure using Particular to generate the smokelets with trails at a high speed, keyframing the speed to a snail's pace (but still moving), affected by wind, random motion, and the particles "dieing-off" as the smoke dissipates; the work area would be trimmed to the frame where the speed is cut and end when the smokelets are all gone.

I have seen a couple other amateur vids doing an effect similar to this and they used a pre-gen smoke with colour correction to get their effect. Quicker and easier perhaps, but with using Particular, the smoke clouds could be pre-generated, but with differing values offering some variance to the effect, not the exact same cloud every time.

If you could offer a hand on this one, I think you might be seeing a few more vids with people teleporting about. As a side note, by dropping the opacity and changing the colour of the smoke you *could* wind up with an effect similar to that used in "Jumper" if that wets your appetite about the idea.

Thank you for doing these tutorials, you've given me inspiration and education for putting together my own "masterpiece."

Sincerely,

-Jim
ariel
17 years ago
i dont know if im going off the limits but it would be really cool if you could make somethin like this

http://www.beliefdesign.com/stage/index.php?section=work&project=01.Featured%20Work&id=02.HERBAL%20ESSENCES.480x360&extension=mov&width=480&height=360
Herman
17 years ago
Hi Andrew! I just wonderd if you could make a tutorial of how to make the teleport effect like in the movie "Jumper"......But tanks anyway!!
Martin
17 years ago
pls make tutorial how you make this http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/895/gffgxi0.jpg
Eric Harrison
17 years ago
Sorry, the diagrams above were spaced out, but when I posted my idea, they snapped to the left. Does this work?:

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Eric Harrison
17 years ago
Hey,

I like the way you give these tutorials so freely. That's very nice.
I had an idea for a tutorial that I wanted to make, but I don't have enough experience or time to get it right.

I wanted to make a fire effect that could be added and minipulated to the user's will. I used Particular to do this. I took a fire ball texture (just a small random fire pic, in my case I used one from Half-life 2 - Ep2) I used Particular's default fast flame preset as a base for mine.

Id let lots of fire custom particles emit from the emitter, and random their size.
They'd spread up and to the sides, but not much:
# #
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# # # # # ## #
# # ## # ## #
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{emitter}

# - custom particle

then when I saved it and clicked and moved it around in the particular test box it looked good, but it was missing something. After I added it to a Comp, and added glow and a faded blurred ghost ofset it looked much better, but still not perfect. My actual idea was to have a flame generator that worked like this:

In your light stream tut, you showed that when the line moved over the line the spot where they cross would be brighter, something to do with the alpha i think, so I wanted to make a genarator that had very transparent lines of streams emitting from the emitter and moving randomly, but not break up. Like peace of lint tid around a floor vent, or a lint tied to a fan. So when the lines cross, they'd make more visible parts that would glow better and had more colour.

| | | |
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{vent}

| - tied lint

I basicly had the same idea for smoke, and tried to use the explosion effect from Particular for a base. didnt go well, couldnt figuer out how to have light shine on the smoke, to have actual thick smoke. not simple ".gif"'s floating around.

If you see what I'm trying to let you see in your mind, (seeing as I don't know how to send you my files) don't you agree that this would make a good tutorial and solve the timeless question to creating realistic fire effects?

Thank's for your time, good luck (if you choose to use this).
Keep up the great work.

PS, do you work for an effects company like ILM or something?
Johnny
17 years ago
Hey Andrew i would like to see how you can make a person teleport like the movie Jumper, i dont know if you never seen it but check out the trailer in youtube... thanks
Christian
17 years ago
Hi Andrew would like to see a good tutorial on optimizing plates (matching blacks, using the levels and curves) matching foreground elements to background and working in the individual channels display. I know its a basic request but would love to dee your technique on this! Thanks.
Bill
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

We're looking to make a realistic tornado in AE and haven't found any good tutorials that make a believable looking tornado. We're looking into using a 3D program but would prefer to keep it AE. I hope you can help us out. Maybe this will inspire you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbF6VcjMF5U&NR=1

-bill
DUDZ
17 years ago
Hey, i would really REALLY like to know how you did that PARKING LOT in your TWITCH promo. you know...with all the columns. i know its probably similar to the 3d room but it would still be a great "step up" from the original.
17 years ago
It would be very nice if you did a tutorial on making realistic fire. I have struggled with this for a while, and you do a great job of making things increadibly clear, simple, yet astounding.
frenchboy
17 years ago
Hello, Andrew you are my god , lol,
i need to know how to make a quick transition video like the end of "saw" the movie , where we see very lot video quickly and just for 50ms or less i don't know, and i think it's possible to preset this switch effect , no ?
dan allen
17 years ago
ANDREW KRAMER!!!
GREAT IDEA.

you know you have your after effects basic training.
well wouldnt it be a great idea to release 3ds max basic training!!!!

it just suddenly hit me coz i realised how bad i am at 3ds max and i cant find starter tutorials anyware.

oooo and on your andrew kramer film reel where can i find the tutorial on getting hit by the truck? and where the car smashes in to the side of the other car? genius!

cheers dan.
Infaas
17 years ago
Mr.Kramer probably needs a rest after twitch,,that was some deadline...phew
But we hope he strikes again sayin... Hey this is andrew Kramer for v c p . net....
Joe
17 years ago
A first a little practical suggestion you might want to put that "Leave a Reply" mask on the top of the site. I am very lucky I got this mouse wheel I got to push and then move it down and it scrolls down automaticaly. For some time I watched the process then went to the bathroom, made me some coffee, had a chat with my sister and when I went back it finally reached the bottom of the page.

So what was my tutorial reuest. Ah, well I wanted to ask if you can make a tutorial is Bob Ross style. You know just using all his vocabulary while explaining. Maybe this could be some holiday special episode or something. Just a fun project maybe you want to do. It really will crack some people up. Just a quick idea of a fan of your amazing work.

Joe

PS: It should include happy little blood explosions.
Owen
17 years ago
Rotoscoping techniques or would you use another program
Tadas
17 years ago
Hey,

how about more AE tutorials integrated with 3D where Z channel and RPF file type could be used.

Thx.
17 years ago
MUST look at this /////////////////// http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZGWkdNWFZiI
MSDION
17 years ago
Andrew, Andrew, Andrew. What are we gonna do with you?

1st, may God bless you and your beautiful family. 2nd, dude, your site is freakishly awesome. I mean, I've been visiting since beginning of '06 and you still amaze me. I've learned so much from you, and although you hear this everyday... THANK YOU!!!! I truly hope it still "means" something coming from a noob you've helped find the way to AE success.

That being said, all of the requests are good, the car thing especially, but I don't care what you do next, JUST MORE, MORE, FASTER, FASTER. Ahem, sorry about that. I meant...MORE, MORE, FASTER, FASTER, Please. Just kidding, actually, could use more greenscreen tuts. Please continue to share and inspire. Thanks again.

P.S. VA loves you!!!!!
tigermask25
17 years ago
Can you please post a tutorial on someone getting hit by an automobile or a tutorial on wire removal. Love the site .
Mynx
17 years ago
You should make a tut on a fake suicide, like in 2:37.. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2:37) The scene in particular is here ---> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZoS8jkYvPE&feature=related)
Adi
17 years ago
I've seen this musical video in http://youtube.com/watch?v=lzHwRcOsDNw and I wondered how they do such effects of a wave under the skin...
17 years ago
Ever seen PS3's photo slide show function? I've never seen it in person but it looks pretty awesome. Maybe a tutorial on this would be cool.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wIoljGM-XO0

Bones
jj123bb123
17 years ago
is it possible to make a tutorial that shows us how to controll the speed of particle world
Infaas
17 years ago
hey if anyone reads my request for a new tutorial ,n if it sounds useful do comment please cos Mr.Kramer only does tutes that are helpful to a large crowd...

*Thnx again for all your support Mr.Kramer....
Landen
17 years ago
HEY ANDREW. I KNOW THIS IS OFF TOPIC BUT I JUST BOUGHT TWITCH AND I LOVE IT!!! I LOVE ALL YOUR PRODUCTS AND YOU!!! LOL. MAN YOU ARE THE BEST. You really brought light into my life and made my dreams achievable. Apart from that, I have some cool ideas for tutorials if you want. You know those HP ads where they talk about what they do and stuff. I would love to learn that. Is it possible?? Also, this skateboard commercial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhpX8heD-0U. If you cant I understand, it would be cool though! and helpful, thanks again LOTS!
Infaas
17 years ago
always great to see that theres an impact or shockwave alongwith some BANG!
Makes a scene more cinematic with that wiggle expression u add.

I was wondering if you would include a tutorial that is related to something similar as
in the Matrix-P1 movie where (almost at the end of the movie) a helicopter collides with a building and theres this great Shockwave along with some great particles of glass just spreading off the point of impact â???¦ i realized that it could jus be possible after watching the planet explosion tutorial, but thet tut is not that advanced or..i don noâ???¦to do something of this nature

This should help : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h8QC0VjDyI

And thnx for the great productsâ???¦n Tutiorialsâ???¦ love VFX
AE boy
17 years ago
it could be nice, if you made some more 3d max to after effects tutorials, i am starting to lern 3d max, but its hard to finde professional tutorials on how to mix 3d and after effects like the professionals do... pleas make some...
if there is a man who can make them in the world it is you, andrew!!..
1000 thanks for the tutorials you alreaddy made
rctheaet
17 years ago
It would be great if you could teach us some hardcore gore effects- heads exploding, zombies with half their heads blown off, etc. Awesome website!
Daaave
17 years ago
Hey andrew, 1000 thanx for your contribution to us. For sharing your knowledge and helping us who are learning to understand this program a lot better.
I think that a great tutorial for the website would be for Proper Color Correction on video, making it look as cinematic as possible. The film magic pro is great but, is there a way to make video sort of like film using after effects default plugins?
once again
Thanks a lot.
Bless.
Petter
17 years ago
Make a ninja/matrix style like when you can jump in the air and the time freezez and the camera turns in a orbit around the actor! a kinda cool clone effects or earth zoom! kinda...if you understand what i mean^_^
love what u can do with particles in ae! bye!
love from Norway
Cyberstorm
17 years ago
You have to post a tutorial of how to do this in after effects. Its a human torch effect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmD7ysB62P8&feature=related
17 years ago
This isn't really a tutorial request, but more of a format request.

It'd be cool to have these tutorials available in an iPod format. So, when you bought a DVD or bought a digital download, you could also have the option of getting your hands on a version to sync to your iPod. Just a thought
17 years ago
A NEW AMAZING APPROACH OF ANIMATED TEXT
http://yuxt.com/artist/Typography

OH MY GOD IT WOULD BE BEUATIFUL TO DARE ANDREW CREATE SOMETHING LIKE THAT
Vanwolf
17 years ago
hey im a big fan and a complete noob to after effects but im watching your videos and slowly learning the interface...

I was hoping to see a tutorial on how to emit fire around your body of project it from you body.. or even other way to manipulate elements such as earth, air, and water... would be much appreciated...
riyas
17 years ago
hai andrew,

tutorial to make dark night with thunder effects will be realy help full.
Michael
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, I was wondering on your new TWITCH Package could you possibly make a Cinema 4d Tutorial for that amazing text you made? I am not into 3d/4d animations with characters really but I do wanna learn 3d/4d for Text. That text you made with the water was amazing. I am a super noob on Cinema 4d I did see that one 4d tutorial but on a mac 4d is so much different. Anyways I really wanna learn how to add water/like you did with twitch and to transfer it to AFX. I know its a lot but im sure a lot of people were amazed on the twitch text..
Stephen Davidson
17 years ago
How to make "Predator cloak"

States, Cloak on, Cloak off, cloak damaged.
Harry
17 years ago
I love all the tutorials, but I'm wondering if you will ever have any for Final Cut Pro??

I am a After Effects users, however, for our film classes we only use FCP.. and it just totally sucks, because we can do all these effects on aftereffects, but it's harder to implement them in FCP..

Other than that your tutorials rock.. but maybe you can have one that shows use of a double role...

maybe showing how we can do more action stuff... eg. bullet flying at slow speed at a person as they dogde it etc.. etc..
montrej
17 years ago
well, maybe some basic tutorials about cinema 4D / 3Dsmax . Cause I saw that sample where Sam Loya shoots and the camera looks around the bullet. It looks cool and I bet you used some 3D applcation for it. I want to learn more about 3d programs
Robert
17 years ago
How about the liquid filling effect from the movie Galaxy Quest. It is the transport tube the aliens used to bring the crew from Earth to the space ship.

Ive been trying to figure out how to make a mask around my green screen actor and fill the mask up from bottom to top with water.
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, you make tihs?

http://www.videocopilot.net/reel.html

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17 years ago
Show us how to do some liquid or water compositing. I get asked to create underwater scenes, liquid pouring and water splashing - but I don't always have the resources (stock footage) to do so. Using plug-ins is fine but understanding them and using them takes more time than what I am usually given. I would rather enjoy your take on the subject (even with plug-ins). You do such a great job on your tutorials and I cannot count how many times I have used your tutorials to create some really great motion graphic pieces..

Please, pretty please do water?
Andrew Fowler
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Cheers for all the great tutorials!
Is there a way of creating a 'dolly zoom' in after effects?

Best,

Andy F
Jarrod Renaud
17 years ago
Maybe throw down one about WORKFLOWS. There is so much scattered opinions about using CS3 AE and PREMIERE. Especially with 24p stuff (ive got an HV20). How, why and when to use which programs (Ae, Pr) and what outputs for what reasons. Boring stuff but freakin important!
JerryM
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,
Just wanted to find out if u could make or show or link a tutorial with
a mix of sound designer riot gear & evolution. that would be
Tanner
17 years ago
It would be cool if you could do a tutorial on how to do this
dan allen
17 years ago
ANDREW KRAMER!!!
GREAT IDEA.!!!

you know you have your after effects basic training.
well wouldnt it be a great idea to release 3ds max basic training!!!!

it just suddenly hit me coz i realised how bad i am at 3ds max and i cant find starter tutorials anyware.

oooo and on your andrew kramer film reel where can i find the tutorial on getting hit by the truck? and where the car smashes in to the side of the other car? genius!

cheers dan.
Martin
17 years ago
I would like to know how to create a human torch. Waiting for it.
Fizwhizbiz
17 years ago
I Always Wondered How They Made Bullet Time... Can U PLease Make One of those?
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, I love you tutorials,
Could you make one that shows us how to make a Macbook Air style video....?
This is my attempt of the macbook air ad parody: http://www.vimeo.com/767151
I'm having difficulties keying the green out and I have NO idea how to make the transparency effect...

Could you make a tutorial about this...?
Thanks in advance
Nils
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I would like to see you create a tutorial on an motion graphic DVD menu, simillar to the one on your video at, http://www.videocopilot.net/reel.html (fast faward about 17 seconds into the video)

I think this tutorial will appeal to a large audience.
17 years ago
It would be nice, If you put to your tutorials some subtitles for other non-pretty-good-english men thx...
17 years ago
Hi. I wonder how many of these requests are do-able, there are a lot of good ones I'd like to see here too.
My own addition is the effect used on the Muse music video Unintended where people seem to be warping around each other, how the heck did they do that?

See here for what I mean
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYJEKh9OqEY

Thank you for all the amazing work you've done so far, this website has been brilliant for learning how the programs work. I'm currently making a little video of my nephew and niece having a light sabre sword fight, It takes ages doing it with rotoscoping though so for the second sword I downloaded your Light sabre preset thingy and have been using that
17 years ago
I was viewing some of your fantastic tutorials and discovered your biz location is maybe 10 miles form me.

It would be great for those of us in So. CA to get together once in awhile, kind of like MGLA does with their sponsors and a guest speaker etc.

Since I brought it up I'd be happy to offer my time to coordinate a get together, we might even consider a live webcast to everyone else?

Just some food for thought.

Ron Blanchard
Sun City, CA.
17 years ago
hello!
Sorry for answering after 7 months.. but.. A zombie thing, like the demon but zombie looking thing. Blood on face and that..
//DiiLMaN
17 years ago
Okay Andrew here's a sweet one.

How about showing us how to create "pulsating" text/images like in that NFL promo seen on TV. I'm trying to find video of it but its difficult to search. At the end of the commercials they have the NFL logo pumping like a heart while someone says something like "I love this game!"

I would LOVE to animate something like this to the beat of a song. It would be like the text or images or whatever you use would be dancing to the music

Bones
Neonkovala
17 years ago
How bout a video wall that would be really cool Thanks for all the tutorials and products ive purchased ure amazing teacher but plz look into video wall
Nathan
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,
First i would like to say thank you so much for your tutorial, but i have a question for you though. How do they do those commercial you see a beaver dancing on blockbuster commercial or gico commercial, how do they do that? can you please give us a tutorial on that please. Thank you Andrew.

Nathan
17 years ago
Gain back your health...

Information on how to stop smoking...
PoisonBill
17 years ago
Yo, Andrew im a rookie film maker who likes making pistol films im wondering if you can make a tutorial showing how to make a film with cartridges flying out of a Pistol/Rifle.
17 years ago
Hi Andrew

Creating a 3D world, using maybe photoshop for texturing the buildings, or a stage, or an arena, and creating the 3d world in after effects. I know there's zaxwerks but, I seen someone do it with just Photoshop and After Effects but he just won't share. There are texts and loads on this but, I just can't figure this one out.

Even after of hours of trying and months. If this will benefit a lot of people then hey, be great to show this kind of tutorials because many just haven't got thr camera rigs.

I'm going to keep trying till I figure it out. Just hope you do something like this as it's a big question in motion world. Thanks.
Sinjinsmiley
17 years ago
Heya Andrew,

Great work on the tutorials, they're incredible and helped me a load.

I noticed your post regarding the AME effects in COD4 so I assume you've seen all of the cutscnes

I was wondering whether you'd be able to make a tutorial on how to create the satellite zoom effect used in between the levels, as seen at the beginning of this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REyBRYwBK2U

Its got several components with all the zooming around, focusing and unfocusing and then the additional text and windows with pictures.

Thanks
Sinjinsmiley
17 years ago
Andrew!! Big up from London, I'd rather say Scotland but I had to come into the auld enemy to make some cash... anyhows I'm a film maker and visual effects guy but I adore your approach.
Listen I was wondering if you could maybe get Sam to do a tutorial, you know, on directing and getting the best from actors. Remember that scene in Stanley Kubrick's 'A Clockwork Orange', where Alex and his droogies steal a car and are speeding through some English countryside to encounter some 'ultra violence'...?
Well needless to say the countryside flashing behind them is flimsy and fake compared to todays keying and compositing... but you don't really notice because Malcom Mcdowell's acting is so engrossing!! His chilling and cheeky smile just freaks you out. Tell me Andrew, how do you get the same results from Sam!? We need to know this as its the apex of filmmaking!! Great visuals, great acting, great fun, great website.

Well done the VCP team...

The vidvillain.v.
Nathan
17 years ago
Hi andrew, just a thought, I'm a young teenager and still love superheroes so i was thinking about flight and super powers. Why not make a tutorial on flight? I also like the flame effect in the fantastic four movies for the human torch.

Thanks for reading
dan allen
17 years ago
ANDREW KRAMER!!!
GREAT IDEA.!!!

you know you have your after effects basic training.
well wouldnt it be a great idea to release 3ds max basic training!!!!

it just suddenly hit me coz i realised how bad i am at 3ds max and i cant find starter tutorials anyware.

oooo and on your andrew kramer film reel where can i find the tutorial on getting hit by the truck? and where the car smashes in to the side of the other car? genius!

cheers dan
Wersa
17 years ago
Andrew! THX for your awesome tutorials and for this page What about to adding 3D look to Evolution set & Twister? I mean 3D surface maybe with CC Glas like in healer tutor.
Hanshi
17 years ago
hello. my english so bad, but i'll try to explain.
1) i want to thx Andrew for all tutorials. they r very powerfull
2) for tutor - for example: U have image (with saw or someting like that) and how to animate this image. maybe i mest tutorial like this, if not - will be nice see it

hope u understood
17 years ago
Id love to see how you created those tenticle things in the twitch promo! that was freaking sick! But what else is new when your dealing with the master A.K.
N0b0dy
17 years ago
when u type at google "fumefx tutorial Human Torch" this page is at the top
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17 years ago
#1. TYPOGRAPHY - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o1U4o1bc2k


#2. CYBER JORNEYS - http://www.artbeats.com/collections/631
http://www.artbeats.com/assets/clips/movies/CJ1/CJ104H.mov

#3. ANYTHING OR SOMETHING - http://www.hzdg.com/reel/view/index.html
http://www.makemehuman.com/mkme_reel_2006.html

Really Real REEL is what everyone in your audience wants to create with outstanding tips, tricks, creativity inspiration and fun.

Respect!
Alex
17 years ago
Hey Andrew. Your tutorials are really great and I would really like to know how to create a blowing up fire like in the "Supernatural Season 2 & Season 3" Intro.
Season 2:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMX9kKeso0g
Season 3:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v8cW_JpUstY
the season 2 one with the Pentagram would be really awesome.
Andrew
17 years ago
How do you create the growing vines in the twitch promo?
Brian
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, could you maybe show us how to make a car explode! i have some ideas myself but they kinda suck... i would like to make reflections of light show on the ground or maybe a puddle of water on the ground.

Thanks
17 years ago
Andrew, love the site. I am just getting started in AE and motion graphics. I'm mainly an actor and a little writing but branching out. Your tutorials are helping me learn my way around AE. I will one day buy some dvd's. Keep up the awesome work. Had a thought for a tutorial. Saw the effect on a show and was curious. How do you make one object(in this case a person) be the main focus of the scene and appears to be doing things at normal speed while everything and everyone else around them appears to be going warp speed. I hope this description makes sense.
Homer
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, could you please do a tutorial on some aspects of the new - amazing - Twitch promo...such as the growing vines or wire things and how you created the underground parking lot, listing the different features of Twitch.

Thank You so much, Andrew and Videocopilot!
jim
17 years ago
HEY ANDREW,

YOUR TUTORIALS ARE THE BEST.I CHECK THE SITE DAILY TO SEE WHATS NEW.
WOULD YOU HAVE SOMETHING UP YOUR SLEEVE ON HOW TO PRODUCE A SPARKING EFFECT SUCH AS A LIVE WIRE OR STATIC ELECTRICITY. i'M STARTING A PROJECT INVOLVING THE WORD SHOCKER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Can you please make a tutorial on how to make a plugin for after effects. I would like to make my own plugins and experiment with the complicated things about AE.

Thanks

Clinton Jones
Chris Leach
17 years ago
I would like to see some tutorials about breaking down certain aspects of AE in a standard version, other than a Pro version. For instance, the Exponential Scale function that's only available in the Pro version of AE. Is it possible to get the same effect in a standard version of AE? Just a thought, could make for some interesting tutorials. Thanks Andy for everything that you do!
Tobias Fries
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I really like your Tutorials, they??´re a great help or information source sometimes.
But let??´s move forward to my Tutorial Request:
I think stuff like CSI-Look or anything comparable are not very interesting.
I would prefer to see something like a 360??° Greenscreen shot and some ways to put it into a 3D-Scene especially with Methods for composition, coloring and shadowplacement.

With kind regards
Tobias (from Ulm - Germany)
James Nguyen
17 years ago
Thanks for all the great work. I've learned so much. I just recently saw the movie JUMPERS and wondered if it was possible to do that teleport effect with after effects. Would love to learn how to do that. I hope to see a tutorial in the future. Again keep up the great work.
Zach
17 years ago
As I look at some of these at the top and bottom, didn't really go to the middle I see pretty much the same thing as I would like to see.

I love the twitch promo and the pre-release video you had where it was just the sign twitch that you did in 3ds and then added in particles and fog in AE.

I would love to see something like that. I love the integration with 3D because it really can be used together to create great things.

So I would love to see 3D integration with AE, especially something that is detailed in the 3D part. The blood cell video was mostly AE and was simple stuff in 3ds. I think it would be great to see something very detailed and in depth in the 3D program and then spice it up in AE.... I know time is an issue but that would be great if you could do something like that.

Thanks for the great tutorials!
Joshua Carey
17 years ago
I would kinda like to see a tutorial on how to do cell shading in a video, like in the movie A Scanner Darkly.
jeff
17 years ago
some cinema 4D/ 3ds max tutorials and AE integration
Peter
17 years ago
I meant to add to my last post that I think 3d studio max tuts are great and I don't think anyone would have a problem with them if they were integrated wirh After Effects, especially if you supplied the files with the AE project.

Pete
Peter
17 years ago
This isn't a request but I was wondering if you have thought about adding a forum to this great site. It seems to me that there are many, if not all, visitors to this site that are much more AE literate than I and being able to discuss or help each other in a forum would be great.

Just a thought!

Pete
dan allen
17 years ago
ANDREW KRAMER!!!
GREAT IDEA.

you know you have your after effects basic training.
well wouldnt it be a great idea to release 3ds max basic training!!!!

it just suddenly hit me coz i realised how bad i am at 3ds max and i cant find starter tutorials anyware.

oooo and on your andrew kramer film reel where can i find the tutorial on getting hit by the truck? and where the car smashes in to the side of the other car? genius!

cheers dan
Donald Andersson
17 years ago
I Came up with this AWSOME Idea, a real -videocopilot- tutorial. How bout make a scene where you can STAND ON WATER? Are you pro enough to handle it?
17 years ago
Hey Guys,
I think a person who dominate the fire would be cool. Like the one from Fantastic Four. Or with water or something like that...

THX
Cody from Germany
rio
17 years ago
hi Andrew

can i request tutorial bulletHD from u blogs?

thx
Randy
17 years ago
Hey, Andrew.

I didn't see my post on the board, so I'm doing it again to make sure. I want to the Devil May Cry 4 site: http://www.deceiverdeceived.com/ and saw something that I would like to see a tutorial on. I'd like to learn how to make bullets come out of a barrel of a gun in slow motion and be followed by the camera until it penetrates a target.

Adobe user in training,
Randy
Randy
17 years ago
I have an idea for a tutorial, Andrew. I've seen the "blow-back" effect with an airsoft gun and muzzle-flashes. What I would like to learn about is bullets coming out of the barrel in slow motion. There is a good example of it at the Devil May Cry 4 site that I saw and I want to do. Thanks!
Michael
17 years ago
Hey i've been using after effects for a few month now and have done all your tutorials and i was wondering if you could do where the camera is like traveling through a
electricity cable. Mainly because i need it for a new film project but i think it would look cool anyway.
Chris Byrd
17 years ago
Hey awesome tutorials,

Could you do one on making realistic fight scenes?

-Chris
dan allen
17 years ago
ANDREW KRAMER!!!
GREAT IDEA.

you know you have your after effects basic training.
well wouldnt it be a great idea to release 3ds max basic training!!!!

it just suddenly hit me coz i realised how bad i am at 3ds max and i cant find starter tutorials anyware.

oooo and on your andrew kramer film reel where can i find the tutorial on getting hit by the truck? and where the car smashes in to the side of the other car? genius!

cheers dan
Jacob Behunin
17 years ago
I tried to do your "Camera Shake" tutorial in CS3, and it doesnt really work the same. So perhaps a new version of that?

Jacob
nabaf
17 years ago
How about dvd menu it will be very nice
17 years ago
A tutorial using Riot Gears TV Noise effect!
Thanks!
M!K
17 years ago
HI,

Sorry if my English is bad, I'm french


A tutorial that would be interesting : how to do cool ribbons. It's not totally what i want, but an example at 1'58 :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_XzCR2MbrU


What i'd is an animated 3d-like ribbons. In After effect, of course.

Thanks.
Dominic Ottaviano
17 years ago
I have learned how to make a pretty cool effect of a spirit coming out of a corpse. Maby post one about that so i can learn how to make it look better. Its a bit choppy.

Thanks,
Dominic
James Schoonover
17 years ago
This music video was awsome and it has inspired me to try it. I have an idea of how it was all done, but a turtorial would be great.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1qxP5yEMk3k
Matthew Grunau
17 years ago
I can think a few tutorials which would be very. One would be the effect of when Frodo puts on the ring and goes into the alternate reality. Another would be the Nightcrawler "Bampf" effect when he teleports, and lastly, the jump sequences from the movie the jumper.

Also, effect like throwing a firebolt or electicity, having som kind of psychic or energy shield showing impacts would also be neat.
Jeff
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I have an idea for a tutorial. How about someone staring at themselves in a mirror and the reflection walks out of it, while the other backs away surprised?
Fernando Yanes
17 years ago
Hey Andrew! Your videos rock man, I don't know what I would do without them. OK anyways, this tutorial request is for one I've been looking all over the internet and haven't found it. It is how to make a lightsaber burn mark on a wall. If you watch Ryan vs. Dorkman 2 in youtube, there is a scene were they make a lot of burn marks on a wall. I hope you have time to make this effect!
John D
17 years ago
Cinema 4D / After Effects tv show intro with camera import would be hot.
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,
First of all, thanks for all those tutorials, they are more that useful, they are simly OUTSTANDING!

Now a little request...

How can I realize an intro/animation, similar to the one used in the "MARVEL" films like x-men, ironman and such? I mean just the "MARVEL" intro (the one that looks like the flipping pages of a comic book that fades at the end into the MARVEL logo)...

I was thinking about it for the last couple of weeks, but I can't figure it out...

Well, if you could help me, I will be in debt!

Best Regards and greetings from Italy
-George
vincent
17 years ago
hi Andrew
First of all,thanks a lot for all ur hard work put in for all of us.
just need a tutorial in which 3d characters,scene etc and aftereffect can merged in a dramatic way.
spatuule
17 years ago
I spent the last 3 hours finding out about HDR photography, and i've been really amaze by the results. Now I wonder if the same effect could be acheived in AE.
Christian Barrett
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,
I am an Independent Film maker in Utah on my first movie called The Darkness Within. I know you must get a million requests for a vast variety of different effects but here is one that I could really use some help on from you or possibly your following.(hey when your this good its bound to happen!) What I am really trying to achieve is changing the color of one paticular actor in a scene to black and white and leaving everything else in color. My video is shot in color with no filters and I am really looking for a "Sin City" look. I am currently using Adobe After Effects CS3 I believe this is possible but am unsure as how to proceed. Any and all help on this subject would be greatly appreciated!

All the best,
Christian Barrett
Jack G.
17 years ago
hey andrew, my name is jack, im studying special effects at university in england and have found you site very useful in teaching me the basics of AE.

i'm currently working on a script i've wrote that involves two identical twins, and they meet up in a coffee shop for a conversation. now being an only child and identical twins being rare and not falling off the back of a truck onto my doorstep, i wanted to film this scene using my actor (me) playing both roles in the scene.

anyway, on to the point i'm trying to make, i would find it very useful if you could perhaps post a tutorial on some ways to make the scene appear as though both parts of the footage look as though they were filmed as the same shot. i hope im explaining this clearly enough.

i myself know of several ways to do this, some easier than others i.e. green screen background and composite footage of outside into the shot, but to really give my scene that sense of believability, the characters need to interact with each other e.g. one picks up the sugar pot,uses it then places it down then the other character picks it up etc. i don't expect you to explain a long process of how to shot the scene as such, just tips for people on the site to use if they ever need to create a shot such as this.

the majority of the tutorial would probably be heavy on the use of masks but i think it would give many people the opportunity to not be limited by actors, or even creating a large crowd scene using footage of a small group of people and duplicating into a larger scene.

sorry to rant on so much ( i am english though) but just wanted my request to be clear. thank you for your time on reading this.

p.s. another idea that hit me was to maybe create a shot were the person grows older over time.
Justin Von Konsky
17 years ago
Yeah, I think a fire (like adding fire to firewood) tutorial would be pretty good. I'm not quite sure if it's possible, but if it is that would be great. Thx in advance
Dirk
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I am triyng to find a good tutorial setting up and importing a camera from maya to after effects and vice versa.
And so putting 3D in real live action footage.
There is one,but its rather old.
cslep
17 years ago
Fire...show us how to make some cool looking flames. not only regular fire but some fire with different color flames like blue or green. Thanks for your help
JayDee
17 years ago
First of all thx for all you tutorials. I was wondering if you can do a Kinetic Typography tutorial.

Like those ones for example:
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=c6Q0dfrbr10
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=syf8olcM0z4
Fabian VS
17 years ago
Could you make a flying/super jump tutorial such as http://youtube.com/watch?v=OoDdnBAyveo
James Walker
17 years ago
the 24 title intro.

you know with the number 24 in digital form, and each piece flashes a bit ect ect
Alexander Jeferson
17 years ago
Hey there! I just want to say that i love this site and all the tutorials!

So, today i saw "Jumper" on the cinema, and i would love to see a tutorial on how to make those cool teleport effects. There's a smoke or something in the air after this dude teleports and it looks so nasty. See the movie and you'll get it. (If you haven't already, that is)

Okay, i would love to see this tutorial.

Alex.
francis
17 years ago
hey andrew...i really appreciate all the free tutorials and is helping me with my media stuff at college. i hope that you will create a tutorial showing how they acheived the jumper effect in the movie. it will be great if you can show us. thanks
ra.elliott
17 years ago
I didn't think about it until I was watching the healer tutorial, but I'd like to know how curves works. I know its small, but maybe you can sneak it in on the next tutorial? Effects-wise, I'd say some more weather effects. I really liked the rain one, but how about snow falling and sticking to possible 3d elements in the video? Or lightning in clouds, or hey! How about natural disasters, now that you are making a dvd about higher scale effects. Like a tornado, or a typhoon? That'd be awesome. Did I mention curves?
Lee
17 years ago
Igniting a mans hand with fire (or some cool frost or plasma effect) as he prepares to throw a fireball or some such.

A news or broadcast televison open animation sequence. (this would be in depth but would make a good sellable DVD tutorial)

Tutorials which do more integration across apps such as after effects>photoshop>3ds Max or some combination there of teaching us to use these programs together more fluently. I know you have a few tutorials which have some elements of this already, but keep em' coming.

Tutorials which explain the concepts of render passes a little bit better. Though there are a few out on the net for how to export render passes into a compositing program most are not for after effects and those that are assume the user knows alot about render passes and how to make them properly in the first place.
Syeef
17 years ago
A motion typography tutorial, please, thnks!!!
Josh G
17 years ago
Can you do a poor man's version of Toon It!
http://www.digitalanarchy.com/toon/toon_main.html

Looking at the demos, I'm sure it can be done with the default filters in AE.
Tommy Hodges
17 years ago
One more thing.....

TV show effects......
Think about it.
The effects in the TV show "CHARMED", "CSI:MIAMI", "BIONIC WOMAN", "HERO" and the SCI-FI shows like "STARGATE ATLANTIS". All of these shows have to quickly make their episodes. So the effects they are using can't be that time consuming and costly. Most seem to be particle based or some type of lighting effect.
Think about it.

Tommy Hodges
Raleigh, NC
Sean
17 years ago
Although there are a bunch of these requests already I thought I should add mine. I would really love to see how to make the Stargate. The "puddle", splash, having someone/something go through it etc... Please
Tommy Hodges
17 years ago
Apparently my "ful" keys are not working in my previous post. Ha ha ha.
Tommy Hodges
17 years ago
Hello Andrew.

Dude you and your crew are doing one heck of a job. My hat is off to you guys.

I think the Camera Movements in After Effects are probably one of the most powerful tools in After Effects. I think you and your crew use them beautifully in your online product promotions. I think more of those are a sure bet.

I would suggest creating more advertisement tutorials with the use of camera movements.

Another "hip" thing you could try is the Narles Barkley music video. I could see a lot of potential with that tutorial. After all, it would be a wonder way to promote your "Evolution" DVD (which will probably be my next purchase).

I placed an order with you guys today. I can't wait to see the dvds.

This is the first web site that has truely inspired me to go out and persue my dreams. I would like to thank you and your crew for a wonder and inspirational web site.

Good luck to you, your co-workers, and your company.

Tommy Hodges
Raleigh, NC
Saad
17 years ago
Hi,
Andrew you helping alot of poor students i bet ! including me who cannot afford any good training school, dear Andrew i would like you to make a morphing tutorial if you get time.
LeoR
17 years ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yimdi6QOSAc&feature=related

There is a tutorial fior REAL 3D in After Effects without a Plugin!!!!

Pls. Andrew make a Totorial with this Technology!!!!

LOOK AT IT!!! ITS GREAT!
LOOK AT IT!!! ITS GREAT!
LOOK AT IT!!! ITS GREAT!
edgar
17 years ago
Hola!!
Me gusta mucho tu trabajo!!!
este es un videoclip que he hecho, ok?
Edgar

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=yu5wdQumwUs
Roy
17 years ago
Hey!

I;m from the netherlands and i wanne say i enjoy watching your tetorials
(sorry for my bad english)

I had to re-instal after fx and now i mis some files
like i donp;t heb the "particle world" anymore in my presets/effects

Is that downloadabble

Thanx from the netherlands

One to watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR0U1nyQlD0



And:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvUXkchVTjc


Tracking?
Matt
17 years ago
Thanks for all your effort!

Can you possibly give a person a super power, like being able to shoot fire balls or ice, maybe have crazy aura around the person.

Also a big question I had, is it possible to bend footage, say the camera is looking at letters that are flat on a chalkboard per say. And from the camera angle you can see the letter getting up, off of the chalkboard and start walking around the room or something.

Thanks again
Bruce
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I found a video on youtube with some really nice 'camera shot' effects.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1CbCYEn4lg

perhaps you can teach us how to do something similar!

Thanks bro,
tom
17 years ago
though it might be robbing from riot gear, how would you come about making bullet holes and simple explosions?
joe
17 years ago
Well a tutorial with â?????the Matrixâ??? effect would be nice,I mean the effect when the action stops and the camera rotates around the actors, also a flying tut

PLease

thnx for your time
Cole
17 years ago
Hey Andrew!
Can you make a composting tutorial. Not Keying but rotoscoping?
17 years ago
ive been putting people flying in alot of my movies, but it never looks great. how can i make flight look real.
Jerome Fanks
17 years ago
I recently purchased Evolution and was sad to say that even though AK you specialize in AE CS3.. I use Motion 3.. I would love for you to make a tutorial of at least one of your templates in Evolution in Motion 3.. Or something a little bit more in depth with Evolution in Motion 3 outside of what you did in Evolution.. You treat Motion kids like a stepchild... LOL just kidding AK.. But I would love to see a little more Motion 3 infused with Evolution or some of your other products..
17 years ago
How about a nice displacement map tutorial? something like realistic heat coming from the street or maybe invisible effect or a ghost, etc..


Or maybe a nice and realistic electricity effect, i mean, the lighting effect from after fx kinda sucks hehe, looks too fake...
17 years ago
hi andrew >>>> thank you for every thing u give
i would like if you show us how to make bullte with its motion from the fire gun to the way of target with it`s rotation .
Reno the french
17 years ago
hi andrew,

i would know how to do the glowing animation with numbers of the opening of jack bower's 24H chrono like this with after effects:

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=Thp8A0sao4U

thanks you
Jeremy
17 years ago
I think a great tutorial would be to show something like the Dark Knight teaser trailer. It clearly involves use of Particular but what id like to know more is how your break apart something more controlled (the Bat symbol). Although Im thinking that may have been done in a 3D program.
Wersa
17 years ago
And it will be very interesting, I think, dry to wet VFX transformation. For example dry rock surface and Andrew make it wet and it rainy day, cold, dark clouds and lightnings above clouds, yeahhhhhhh... What do you think about it
Wersa
17 years ago
Cool Healer tutorial! What about scratches (like very dry Earth) appearsand going thru all head skin?
17 years ago
Hi, It would by great to see a tutorial "How to make meteorite" or some thing about like that:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXUInE_MFYI&feature=related

or better will by this maybe:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4q1k28GZ28&feature=related

thanks
Peter Wong
17 years ago
It'd be great if you taught us color-correction skills and other stuff like how to clean up really crappy DV footage

Not everyone can afford expensive cameras, so it'd be great if you can teach us how to clean some some low resolution footage for some people who film with low budgets
wahid mahadoon
17 years ago
hi, the healer tutorial was fantastic, i would like to request on head replacement
Kevin
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Great tutorials, fun to watch and funny too

I would really love to see a tutorial to make a car explosion effect where real footage of a car is taken and the car exploding is done entirely in post.

Basically what I want to do is just film a car then make it look like it exploded.

keep up the good work dude
Jacob Behunin
17 years ago
HP Commercial Style Effects
Abhinav
17 years ago
Andrew, phenomenal website. In your basic training videos, the little montage in the very first training video, there is a scene of a guy getting hit by a van, how do you achieve that effect? Have you done a tutorial on that?
Solidghost
17 years ago
I just remembered the transition effect in Will Smiths video Miami where the transitions stands out. I know many people have asked on the internet how they do them but no answer have been given.

Here is a link to the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vGFilK4Hjj4
Luis
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I would like to request tutorial on Indiana Jones, they show a map of the plane flying over the map showing a red line indicating the location. I know it has to do with masking, but i am weak that area. More text tutorials. Also, is it possible to your tutorials on podcast so i can and learn your techniques while i'm traveling with my ipod. Doing a great job of making these tutorials, its fun, friendly, and easy to learn.

Thanks
Luis
Nina
17 years ago
Hi Andrew
maybe is not a bad idea to do a techinque of making some cool music videos...for example something like:
Jamiroquai-Little I,or Kylie Minogue-Come Into My World...or something like that!
Keep a good work and thank you for everything you've done for all of us!!!!
louis
17 years ago
how to make ghost rider meaning the skull and burning head
wahid mahadoon
17 years ago
hey andrew !
i would like to request tutorial on head replacement also
thanks
Aaron. B
17 years ago
hey andrew! i know you might not have time to do this tutorial but.... could you make the Harry Potter scean with the lightning and plasma?? and I under stand if you don't have time. thanks man!! keep up the good work!
Atnas
17 years ago
I forgot.
you should not mind using other programs than after effects. really. go ahead.
Oh, and for the more impossible requests, i would like to add the mirror thing that is in matrix 1 before he gets out of the matrix.
Also, would you please explain how to do bullet hits in 3d and slowmo. I guess by using a mix of shatter, particular, and riot gear.
Atnas
17 years ago
First off, love all of your tutorials. The way that you do them, it is just... GREAT!!

I would really like if you would do anything matrix inspired, like lobby shootout, bullet time, sunglasses and blue screen. Anything. please
xTracer
17 years ago
Pierre Michel, his clouds and rain effects, would love to see the workings behind that
Solidghost
17 years ago
Hi!

A tutorial with the effect from the movie "The ring" where someone can move their hand or entire body through a mirrior or a TV.
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, escribo en castellano por qu??© en ingl??©s lo hago fatal...
A ver si pudieras hacer un tutorial de atropellar a una persona, ok?
El efecto es guapo i esta muy trabajado...

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=IDTMdFv29bE&feature=related

ok? Thank's
Kenneth Norden
17 years ago
Would you post a flying effect tutroial? Beacause your after effects tutroials are so cool and u can make effects easily.
Oliver
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Something I'd like to see are some of the cool effects
just like Pierre Michel created in his Trapcode Gallery,
especially this amazing glass-break-explosion-effect as seen in
his video called "bandemo".

Keep going with your good work, regards from Germany
mack
17 years ago
anyone can tell me how to improve my transition during the process of making motion graphic in AE....i wanna improve myself in AE....can anyone pls tell me what should i do and which website is suitable for me....thanks....my email is wengcheong_y2k@yahoo.com...
Garrett
17 years ago
Hey, good job with this site. Awesome work, and you're doing a huge service to the industry. So I was trying to find a cool way to make fake animation and I found nothing good (including Aharon R.'s crazy Illustrator/livetrace tutorial). Anyway, here's what I came up with:

http://revver.com/video/683635/mock-up-for-an-old-sketch-coming-to-life/

If you'd like to know how it was done I could give you the basic details for a tutorial. I think it'd be appreciated. Let me know.

-GWG
Michel
17 years ago
Hi Andrew!! thanks for all the great tuts out there pretty usefull!! ans so is the dvd's!! thanks a lot!! what i'd like as a tut would be a tut on some animated background or some seamless stock footage like the abstract artbeas or something like that!! usually by some when i need but would lik to create some when we have music performance on the show!!

All greetings from Montr??©al Qu??©bec!!

Michel
junior viber
17 years ago
you already it thought about making a tutorial one in the style of the ayato? it makes good tutorial, but with a more advanced level. if you he could make at great length would be excellent...

sry for bad english... Brazilian greetings
Cyberweasel
17 years ago
I would LOVE to see a good tutorial on the Smallville/Super Speed run effect as seen here..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2xpUR4Ktyw&feature=related...and on the actual show here...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzdoa5ToWYU&feature=related. There has to be an easier wya to do this than frame by frame and masking with a blur effect. If you could post a tutiorial on this it would be much appreciated. Thank you.
Dwayne
17 years ago
make a video on how to use trapcode particles to form a logo like whats found on ayato...
his is outdated
17 years ago
This is more of a DVD idea but I would love to see something with film pops, scratches, glitches, cigarette burns, etc...I cant tell u the number of times Ive tried replicating that kind of old gritty film look with no success. It'd be awesome to own a library or that kind of stuff.

Bones
Roberto
17 years ago
I would love to see a tutorial on how to shoot a musical video and then edit and synchronize the music according with the time of the shoot. if you can do it i will appreciate very much. and excuse my english, thanks in advance
DamageFX
17 years ago
Wow , there is a lot of request, but I'm gonna go ahead and saturate it further
Andrew my request is a simple one " Diamonds" , raining diamonds

I'm working on my music video and at some point a girl will be singing and I want tiny little diamonds raining down and smashing up like you have in the banner at the tutorials section. I will like to do just one diamond render and bring it into particular to do the rest. preferred 3d app (3ds or C4D)

I have a fair knowledge of maya though I'm still learning, i use to do designs for money but I've quit just to learn properly before I start marketing my services again and this video will be great for my portfolio when I go back to college to start my education on digital art.

what's your opinion of Fusion
17 years ago
i think a utmost successful tutorial would be audio / video compositing

like fe. sync sound to video and the other way around
or a -how to approach - kinetic typography and the likes

theres a nice 'tips & tricks' on creative cow, but it doesn't really adds to the basic knowledge of using video/sound, i mean its pretty straight forward. An actual working case scenario would be perfect to see the harmony of sound and video to its extend.

best regards
Jeremy
17 years ago
The nanomorph would be a great tutorial to recreate, like used in the early "James Cameron" films such as (Terminator 2) or (Stargate). It was the pioneer of effects, and was really where photoshop was first used. I think it would be a great tribute to the effects world.
wahid mahadoon
17 years ago
hi,
i would like to request tutorial on vedio morphing
Thanks
Lior
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

You are doing great job ! thank you for all your efforts .

what i would like you to explain some time is these issues,

A. workflow. concerning the ways to work with audio synchronised with the effect on the screen.

what is the right order ? (i hope you know what i mean)

Thanks.
Lior
Israel
QsX
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,
first sry for my bad english second it would be nice if u make a tutorial of " how can i make a good introducing for movies" the idea came as i saw your little movie for evolution it's nice, but I'm sitting here don't know how I can change the backgrounds, in your movie u change e.g 4 times the background with light effects, I've tried with 0 object but i got problems each time...IT would be so kind of u if u make an whole introducing not as evolution but so 30 sec. with different situation...

I hope u can understand what i have meant soo have a nice day, thx very much if u do something like this
Karl
17 years ago
how about how to create Videocopilot character in southpark style , Sam Loya as keny , a-k as cartman , etc..

easy to create in PSP/After effects , isn't it ?

just kidding but here's an idea :p
Sean Miller
17 years ago
A tutorial I have been looking for, but can't find one anywhere
Watching your tutorials im sure that it would be easy and quick as you're obviously a professional.

What I suggest is a fast run effect, example would be of smallville
the way clark kent runs at super speed.
Considering you have a tutorial of time freezing, as seen in the heroes.
Gave me the idea that maybe you would be interested in my suggestion.

But yet again its only a idea would be a great tutorial and I'm sure everyone would enjoy it. One of those out of the ordinary effects.

Here is a video from smallville to give you an idea:

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

Thanks,

Sean Miller
Reno the french
17 years ago
hi, Reno the french here!!!

first of all, sorry for my tutorial request about basic training series trailer, you explained it in episodes "titles 1&2".

This time, i ask you to have a tutorial about Countdow in after effects (mix with an animation behind in the comp). A countdown with DAYS/HOURS/MINUTES/SECONDS....
How to do that????

Many thank
Best regards
Reno the french
Donovan Williams
17 years ago
I know you guys have done teleporting before, but i think you should make a tutorial on teleporting on how they did it in the new movie JUMPER, that was cool
Twisted13
17 years ago
Hi Andrew, can you show us a tutorial about making the animals talk? how to make their lips move. Like in the movie Dr. doolittle or Airbud, Babe..etc...thanks alot. ??¼
Mike M
17 years ago
Hi I am having trouble on how to make a force field around someone. So that they would be trapped inside. So maybe you could make a tutorial about it. Thanks.

Mike
Jake P.
17 years ago
I don't know if this is the right place to post, but here's my question:

Lets say I have an edited movie, in my case its around 30 minutes long, I would like to color correct it in after effects. What is the best and most efficient way to do this?
I'd like to see a tutorial or maybe a simple blog post about what your workflow would be if you wanted to color correct a long movie. Thank you very much

Jake
Owen Coughlan
17 years ago
Great site -- fantastic work!

I'd like to see a Slit-Scan tutorial. Slit-Scan was the effect used in 2001: A Space Oddysey for the star-gate sequence. It uses timelapse, early motion control, and high contrast abreact graphics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slit-scan_photography
There is an AE plugin, but it is old and isn't great.

Just a suggestion.
mark
17 years ago
How about a transitional background tutorial where the subject in a video stays constant but the only thing that changes is a sort of transitional blur into a new setting?
Anore frank
17 years ago
the Celine Dion"s Video 'If the wall could Talk' Camera Pan effect is wonderfula. just wondering the secret employed in creating it. Andrew and anyone else pls help out. But pls, refresh by wathcing it (again).
Narinda
17 years ago
Could u pls make a high quality render tutorial ? that isn't a huge file ?
Keenan Van der Griend
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, I was just watching some trailers for World in Conflict and it is a pretty creative way that they presented it. Now the effect that they used in the trailer to make it seem a bit more of a space age drama was to use that video disturbance type effect. It's kind of like a frame that runs onto another frame during the viewing, but I guess you'll have to see it to actually know what I'm talking about:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZK_6Hxjg0_s.

Anyway, I thought it was a pretty bad ass effect. Thanks.
Casey Millwood
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I was wondering if it were possible to do a glass shattering tutorial. For example shooting at a moving car and the bullet hits the glass. So far all I have been doing is finding images on the web for shattered glass and keying/ tracking them to the shot. Was wondering if you would have any ideas.

thanks in advance.

Casey
Cesar
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Requesting a Super Speed tutorial

I usually dont like to post on websites, and im a big lurker, but there are those rare instances where you just have to. i just wanted to say that your website and tutorials are great! I have never seen anywhere else that does these awesome tutorials and for FREE (Hopefully I didnt say anything incriminating) And I do appreciate the fact that you guys are doing this. I am still taking the basics, but after I'm done with that, i will definitely buy the "guns" package. Ok, as far as tutorials go, I would like to see more "Super powers" tutorials, especially a Superspeed tutorial (Such as The Flash). Ive seen a couple, but they dont explain it that well, and there is some type of soundtrack. Which, I have to say, you guys do an AWESOME job of explaining what you do and do it step by step so that anyone can understand what you are doing. Its very clear, and I think this website is one of the best. Keep up the fantastic work, and hopefully you guys know that you are very much appreciated!

-C
Steve
17 years ago
Have you seen that cool effect with the shimmering glimmering circles as in the Paula Abdule video (dont stone me now). In her video it is obviously placed on top and not motion tracked so it looks like a layer but it is truly a gorgeous effect and one I would expect you to pull off amazingly
charl
17 years ago
hey Andrew,
nice job u 've been doing for us...
please can u do something of a guy impaled with a sword like Heroes, where Hiro impaled Sylar...
thanks
Dustin James
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I have a spot that I really like by Pierre Michel. He uses a mixture of caustics and trapcode particular to create great looking water effects.

I would like to learn a little about how the caustic plugin works in AE. There is a semi walkthrough of this spot here: http://www.studiodaily.com/main/technique/casestudies/8355.html

A tutorial using the caustic plug would be great. I don't really care what the tutorial is about, just as long as I can get the basics of how caustics work.


Thank you.
Reno
17 years ago
Hi Andrew, "Reno's here!!!".

First of all, i want to sorry about my bad english, i'm french!!! I want to congratulate about your work and your help. Videocopilot is my favourite website.
I'm trying to learn about AE and all of the tutorials are what is good for me.

I would want a tutorial about the making of the After effects Basic training series trailer!! it would be great to have this???!!!

thanks for all
best regards,
Reno the french
Jared B
17 years ago
if someone hasnt said or if someone has i will repeat it, i think you should make a tutorial on how to make a iPod commercial, that would be cool. Im have some difficulties with it, WITH SONY VEGAS PRO 8. or just send me some ideas/advice. thanks for the tutorials they've helped
Nina
17 years ago
Rotoscoping technique tutorial would be a great thing to see.
Thank you for your previous work.!
17 years ago
Hello and sorry, but I have already said that my English is very bad ...... You could make a tutorial to run down someone?

Thanks for listening to me, you are the best!

Edgar
Matt Weeks
17 years ago
Make Sam Fly!
17 years ago
My english is very bad bad bad....i'm catalan, from Catalonia
Your you could make a tutorial trample on someone?


Thanks for listen me, you are the best!

Edgar
17 years ago
Hi, My name is William Colon. I'm currently a student at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA. If you haven't heard of it (a lot of people haven't) it's small liberal arts school. I'm studying animation and video production and I wanted to thank you for all your help during the semesters (we've bought every one of your products).

I was recently watching the old Bond Movie (Die Another Day) and at the beginning of the credit sequence they have a very nice effect of a woman kind of filled in with lava, except it's not like a matte, it kind of moves with her. as if it were mapped on, but it doesn't seemed to be animated in 3D(you should watch it again). We are at the beginning of kind of planning out our "thesis" (Hampshire doesn't operate the same as a real college), which is going to be a remake of an old film, White Zombie and we were wondering if you had any input on how this was done and how we can achieve a similar effect. And by "we" I mean me, visual effects artist for our very small small three-person company Big Penguin Productions.

To sum that up, a person on fire, basically.
17 years ago
Hey! First, thanks A LOT for great tutorials and inspiration!

So here's the request. In a lot of movies where there is 3D animation, the picture have been sweetened a lot, using (what I think) DOF, lens blur, lens distortion, colorgradients?

Take a look at the examples below and you will now what I mean.

http://xplsv.tv/moviePlayer.php?id=2502

http://www.shilodesign.com/shilo_new/video_templates/video_template_new.php?project_id=2

http://www.shilodesign.com/shilo_new/video_templates/video_template_new.php?project_id=26

This soft sweet feeling of an image would be great to learn how to do. Maybe as an preset?
Tanner
17 years ago
it would be cool if you could show us how to make a i pod commercial and how to acualy make the ipod that allways stands out white when your black
herald laze
17 years ago
heyy what i was realli hopin to do was puttin a couple of ur tuts together to make a laerger scene but i wudnt kno how to do it...i wud like to put together ur earth zoom to the planet earth to destryoed planetd and then the planet blows upp...i think that wud be a great tut to sho how to put comps toggether
Kevin Platt
17 years ago
My request is a comment/modify one of your recent tutorials. The one you did with Sam walking down the road and the raindrops on the lens... I have photographed raindrops on a windsheild and when you focus on the drops, the scene in the background is actually inverted. Can this be done in AE?
17 years ago
I would love to see a tutorial of a bomb going off, something similar to the planet with the shake effect, but at a street level, maybe like the bomb from the 24 show...

http://www.newtek.com/lightwave/profiles/24/index.php

and yea - keep up the good work...
17 years ago
what about a tutorial of a kamehameha i can't find one like that on the Internet !

can you help me please
17 years ago
how bout this one Andrew?Here's another idea for a shot.

A camera move that starts off what seems to be right side up, but pulls back, and as its pulling back, the camera starts to rotate in a smooth manner 180 degrees to reveal that our subject is actually suspended upside down......nice....
17 years ago
I would like to know how you flash from one textured background to another with that fast blurry thing that you do (like in the textured elements section of the Evolution promo). I can think of a couple of ways to do this, but I would rather see how you do it, since you're the guru.
trancifranci
17 years ago
hi andrew

waht about teach us how to do a job like this? (type with AE) it could be your new product... couldn't it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiKXVYF6-hY&feature=related

i think it's pretty cool!

lovin' you, you're the best

f.
Andrew Falk
17 years ago
How about a tutorial on a space tunnel...like in the stargate series...(going through a space tunnel in space, after they enter the stargate) also ..maybe one on animating you camera along a path in AE....something like following a roller coaster type thing..
Terry Demco
17 years ago
Walking through objects. like a phantom maybe.
jeremy
17 years ago
I would like to see a T1000 effect, like from the terminator 2 movie done with reflections showing from the background on the image.
17 years ago
Hey Kramer,

Working on a music video and would love to see a tutorial with your thoughts on creating a flashing light wall behind a keyed actor. Like the "DIDDY" behind Puff Daddy in this video:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7rtr--lybkI

I would guess you could take a text layer and apply CC Ball Action and then some sort of glow that pulses to the beat. I think what would sell it would be the reflection on the floor and some smooth camera movements. Any thoughts?
Jeff
17 years ago
I would like to see you take a cool poser/DAZ3D model like this
http://www.daz3d.com/i.x/shop/itemdetails/-/?item=4171&spmeta=ab
(The Kings Pass) and take Sam or someone and make them up like a Pharo and wall thru there (greenscreened or cource) and add movie style lightin and see how realistic you could make it. I have lots of poser DAZ3D models and wonder just how realistic with greenscreeing it could be made.. or even any of the SCI-FI construction kit DAZ3D models...

Thanks yout tutes are the best, now I just gotta upgrade my PC for all the CS3 rendering power....

Jeff
17 years ago
Hi, i would like to say that you guys are making an amazing job...really!
I would like to know how are 3D animators are making energy balls or lightning coming out of a source (sort of like Heroes Series?) and stuff like that.
I'm mostly interested about adding super powers in humans, since this is my school project and i could really REALLY need your help with that.
Thanks in advance, merQree
Herman
17 years ago
And if you have seen the movie called "The Fantastic Four: Rise of the silver surfer"....you could make the effect when Silver Surfer fly trough things!!(In this case a person go trough a wall or something)
Herman
17 years ago
If you have seen the series called "HEROES", you may have seen all the superpowers... If soo it would be very cool, if you had maked tutorials of how to make those power...That would be cool!!!
Brandon
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I was watching Alien vs. Predator 2 the other day and was thinking how cool it would be to take footage, maybe something in like a crowded mall or during awesome game of pantball, and have it appear to switch between different visions such as infra-red, heat signature, or night-vision just like the Predator mask does. I figured it would be a cool way to see in first person perspective through the use of the mask, glasses or goggles if at all possible. It would also help with a few school projects I got coming up.

Thanks for all the tutorials, and keep up the good work!

- Brandon
17 years ago
I have no idea if you'll see this andrew but Im writing a script that calls for our character to wake up in a vehicle thats been flipped on its hood. I dont have the money or pull to shoot this sort of thing for real so I was wondering if taking a picture of a car, flipping it in photoshop/make it look like its been in an accident, and comping that into my wideshot would do the trick. I dont want it to look cheesy though. What do you think? maybe a tutorial on something like this? Compositing 2D photoshop elements into your live action. Thanks
Cory
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,
I just went to go see that new movie called "Jumper". I think you should see it. It would be amazing if you could figure out a tutorial about the effects in that movie.
Thanks in advance!

-Cory-
Rob vd Spank
17 years ago
Hi, I would like to see a tutorial where you show us to get out a part of some footage like a logo and make the gackground transparant so I can import it into Vegas and put this ..logo.. over my own movie.

Thanks
Rob
Newbie
Casey Ward
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,
You tutorials are great, its the way i learned AE. I was wondering if you could do decapitation with a knife or something that would be really cool!!
Dbonez
17 years ago
I'd love to see some more cinema 4d stuff. Maybe some cool advanced music video effects.

Great site by the way, really helpful.
17 years ago
Howdy, Andrew.

I've been using After Effects since the CoSA days, version 2! You've well surpassed my abilities and I enjoy your tutorials. I'm currently working on a short film that needs the lead actor to be engulfed in flames the entire time he's on screen. Was hoping you could do a video on how to make realistic fire. Not so much human torch, but John Carpenter's The Thing.

Thanks!
Ouraboros
17 years ago
A straight on Sword/Axe Decapitation...Nothing more I need to say. Us horror guys need it. Also, some advanced blood spatter stuff would be great.

Thanks
Celso Destefano
17 years ago
Hello Andrew! First of all i would like to thank you for the tutorials, they are very helpful and it was that way i've learned AE.
I would like to see a tutorial based on wire removal, i never tryed this at home, but i will.
For now i can only imagine how to remove wires in AE, it would be a great class.

Thank you again!

Celso
17 years ago
can you explain me how to make a led wall / video wall? like the one from the clubs and on the videoclips.
Hal Teasler
17 years ago
I love your site. Snoop Dogg has a video out called Sexual Seduction. At the end of the video there is a part where he has trace lines coming off of him and the shapes change color from Orange to Yellow. I guess this probably uses expressions. Here is a link to you tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFoBkjdNEck
it starts around the 3:20 mark.
If you would dress Sam up like Disco Stu and show us how to do this effect I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
Arnel Reodique
17 years ago
Teleport effect from the movie "Jumper"!
arnonymous
17 years ago
Please make a tutorial on how to teleport like in the movie "Jumper" wherein the character is teleporting with all the camera movements and leaves a trail of thin smoke effect.

Thanks!
17 years ago
also this would b a nice 1 to learn...The All-American Rejects - Move Along
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSbGur1dz9k
macdaddy909
17 years ago
i kno this is prolly a lil tricky but in the movie elektra theres a character called tattoo.. they did some pretty kool effects with his character like tattoos coming out of his body an then flying off... if ya could lemme kno if this tutorial is something that could b done or not..
17 years ago
would deffinatly love to see a tut on the effect used in the jumper movie
17 years ago
A tutorial on how to teleport like it is done in the movie "Jumper" that just recently was released, would be amazing!
17 years ago
It would be nice to make the characters of a film to look computer-generated.
Like they do it in Need for Speed Most Wanted and Carbon
something like this:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_pyzUzZ5K-c and
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-fWD4BNgTDw&feature=related
Eric
17 years ago
Hi Andrew
First of all i just want to say that your tutorials must be the best ever made,
I thought it might be pretty cool if you made a Terminator tutorial, when Arnold??´s scanning people, for instans in this amazing parody of terminator when he scans the three wise men! Thanks for all your work, keep it up!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnq7N6X4x84
17 years ago
OMG your advanced training dvd is going to be so coool

what about showing us some of these effects
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v7otnEhZx2k
Bryan
17 years ago
Could you do a video on rendering out into different formats. It seems there are a million types and settings to render your final product, and which are better for size, quality, etc. . . Thanks.
herald laze
17 years ago
hey andrew im new to ur site but im already learing alot from it...now i was wondering if u wud be able to do a teleportation tut bcuz im tryin to make my own lil videos and that wud help me alot
17 years ago
Hello Andrew!
I wonder what/why and when you should "Track Motion" and then "Scale". What is it used for? Where is the best places to put it on? When is it useful? That would be great if you could help me

Have a good time!

//Ruben
TJ Cooley
17 years ago
Not so much a tutorial, but something to be included in a tutorial - much like your small but helpful tips, trick and shortcut comments that are in many of the tutorials.

My issue is - video that I have captured in Premiere, imported in to After Effects, modified and brought back in to Premiere is now a bit fuzzy.

I am sure its just one little thing I am missing and if you have spoke of it in a past tutorial forgive me, I missed it. If you haven't could you make a comment on it in one of your future tutorials?

Much Thanks,
TJ Cooley
asaf cohen
17 years ago
it would be great if you could show free techniques to do what you can do with max2ae as far as transferring data from 3ds max to ae.

after a lot of fiddling around (like 15 hours - hey, I'm not an expert) i managed to do it, that is to transfer the XY coordinates of an object render position into AE (great for corner pinning) using the great free script by James Campbell.

id be happy to send you the .max / .aep / footage / script so you can see how i did it and make a new tutorial so everyone can too
if your interested send me an e-mail

bye
udin
17 years ago
hei andrew in the ae podcast at creativecow.net , aharon make a report of nab 2006, n you compare about after effect n eyeon fusion, my be some time can you make a fusion tutorial, n compare with after effect, thanks andrew im big fan of u hehehehe
David
17 years ago
I second this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiChYcQOPJ4&eurl=http - truley amazing titles.
David May
17 years ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiChYcQOPJ4&eurl=http < I second that! amazing stuff!
Fantasmas
17 years ago
It would be great if you could make a tutorial about godrays and volumetric lights. I would like to know how to create godrays responding through the alpha layer of the bluescreen/greenscreen keyed actor.

My english's little crapy but you know what i mean.

Cheers from Croatia
MemoHK
17 years ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiChYcQOPJ4&eurl=http

these effects are too cool. nice find Bones.

I have to learn to do that
17 years ago
I work for a church where I do all the media production. I use after effects regularly. We are gearing up to do a pretty ambitious commercial where one person morph into another person while delivering the speech of the commercial. I have looked and looked for a tutorial that makes sense to me, but I am un-able to find any. Would there be any way you could make a tutorial on how to do this effect in AE? Or at least grant me a few pointers on where to look for more information on the topic? Thanks Video Copilot team, you guys make tremendous work.
George
17 years ago
Just wondering if you could make a cool levatating tutorial, like someone levatating about 5 foot of the ground, not flying but just floating, that wuyld be cool!!!!


THANKS
17 years ago
Hey maybe you could show us how to make those effects:
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=NIa3uesrMfQ

Gr??¼??Ÿe from Austria
17 years ago
This one is just insane looking too Andrew. you HAVE to show us something like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiChYcQOPJ4&eurl=http

Bones
17 years ago
I'd love to see TWITCH used for an intro sequence kind of like this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tVnA2vZDce0

How do they do that bleeding text thing too?
17 years ago
Hi Andrew.

Will you please make a tutorial that show how to make a realistic starfield like in Star Wars?
JORGEVAN
17 years ago
HI Andrew.
what you think to do shatter in 3ds max?
or
how to put a video in a box 3d in 3ds max or cinema 4d?
Tom E
17 years ago
ohhhh, yea jumper tele-port effect, that would rock!
griffo
17 years ago
a 3d max tutorial to create some object (robot?) interact with some footage
would be nice and cool
David R.
17 years ago
Hi Andrew.
I was thinking about that maybe you could do the effect thats in the new movie "Jumper" when they teleport. Maybe you should be able to fix it in After Effects using a displacement map or turbulent displacement ? When they teleport they get sort of "ripples" in the air that looks very nice.
This shouldn't be too advanced either.

Thanks in advance.
Nojiko
17 years ago
hello andrew,

just wanted to know if you are thinking about an apple motion 3 tutorial?

kiss
nojiko
17 years ago
Have you seen jumper?

if so you will probably have had the same idea as me, a tutorial on how to create a "jumpscar" (a rip left behind by the jumper)
i'm sure people would love to know how to teleport people (fairly simple) then add a jumpscar as the person discintergrates....

thanks for reading even though i know you probably won't bother
Jarryd s
Artillusion
17 years ago
I'd like to see something like sword aura. It was used in V for Vendeta I think it's a great composite effect!
joel
17 years ago
at the end of this commercial, the way the text comes out of the TV with special effects

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WL9KMm9XItg

its pretty cool
MemoHK
17 years ago
Hi there. I'm watching your tutorials and learning AE... I'm so happy! the best tutorials.. anyway I wonder if you could create a tutorial to show how can we integrate the movies from AE into flash... ( I know flash )

Keep up the good work!
Charles
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Luved the tutorial on cinema 4d u did, but I'm having a hard time figuring out how to animate my camera movements to track across my text within a 45 frame cycle. Do u have any solutions or a method that I use?


Thanks man

luv the work

Charles
Hampus Lager
17 years ago
This is not a tutorial request, but I always been interested in plug-ins you have installed. So maybe you can write a bit about them, like you did now about the AE 3d cameras? What they're for, what you can do with them, etc?
17 years ago
hey a cool tutorial would be the bullet trails like in The Matrix for action movies, I cant find one anywhere for After Effects
David
17 years ago
Hey team - what a great site and some fantastic tutorials and products! I shall certainly be buying when I next have funds! Found you on creativecow and boy, I'm glad I did!!!

Anyway, on with my suggestion - and I've just scrolled down the mountain of comments left all ready so I highly doubt this will even be read, but what the heck!

What I'd really like to see, is how the products can be taken from AfterEffects, and publised on the web - ideally, through flash! A tutorial on getting those evolution flourishes, into flash and on a site - damn, that'd be kick ass!

Anyway, god bless.

David - England, UK
David
17 years ago
Hey team - what a great site and some fantastic tutorials and products! I shall certainly be buying when I next have funds! Found you on creativecow and boy, I'm glad I did!!!

Anyway, on with my suggestion - and I've just scrolled down the mountain of comments left all ready so I highly doubt this will even be read, but what the heck!

What I'd really like to see, is how the products can be taken from AfterEffects, and publised on the web - ideally, through flash! A tutorial on getting those evolution flourishes, into flash and on a site - damn, that'd be kick ass!

Anyway, god bless.

David - England, UK
mehlwurm
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,
nice Tuts.. I like your style and i test it all. But do now how i make a effect like the Tshirt effect in this clip? I know it must be work with bluescreen or something like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo_QVq2lGMs

*thumbs up*

greetings from Germany^^
jpleon
17 years ago
Hi Andrew!!!
Great Site, I'm always checking your tutorials and they have been very helpful.
I loved the Evolution dvd. Any way to make these textures with a specific plug in or
animation preset ?
Bragtern
17 years ago
you should add various pages to this topic so i don't have to see all the responses (took me like 10 mins to get to the leave a reply lol). Well i it would be awsome to see a tutorial about the beggining of hannibal lecter where there's a flock of pigeons on the ground and then they form the face of hannibal for a second and then they fly away. Keep up the good work. I've got some of your products already and there very useful
Joel
17 years ago
[zupp] Andrew!

Great site and tutorials.

I just saw the main titles for "sweeney todd" and was simply wondering if there is some way to create and control a smaller amount of "3d liquids"(such as a drop of blood or water) in after effects?

http://www.worstpreviews.com/trailer.php?id=531&item=6

I guess this sort of effect could be used to simulate blood from a gunshot or something more subtle. Like a more advanced version of: "the raindrops on the lense" that is already on the site.
17 years ago
Hi there Andrew,

First of all I'd like to thank you for the continuous stream of updates you maintain on your website. I'm checking your website a few times a day, just to see wether you released anything new or not.

Ok, enough with the slimeballing ^^

My ideas for new tutorials:

- Evolution-like animations, but then without needing to buy the evolution pack (how to make them)

- Transitions to matrix-code; Learn how to make an image fade from normal to matrix code (everything is represented in this code), and fade back

- How to make a zoom-in/close-up still look highquality (or at least as high as possible)

- Audio-Synchronising, can be really tricky, and also the RAM-previewing costs alot of time

- Morphing to an animal

- Several weather effects
Caspar
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I often see you using camera's in your compositions when you start using 3D layers. Most often I noticed you use the 35mm preset. But sometimes you use the 50mm preset. Might it be a good idea to do a tutorial where you show the difference between the camera presets? Because I haven't got the fogiest idea what they mean...

I know it is my lack of knowledge, but hey, maybe you can help me out as you already so oftenly did!

Best regards from The Netherlands
Roman Kass
17 years ago
Do you have an idea how to create an effect of fickering hot air like in the desert ?
Massimiliano
17 years ago
It wuold be nice to make some tutorial about 3Dmax and how to insert the 3D movie into a AE 3D scene (i.e. a cube or other simple 3D object put into a filmed scene)

Keep up the good work!
Max from Italy
George
17 years ago
Could you maybe do a tutorial showing how do a kind of matrix effect like when time stops, they orbit around the character, then time starts again???

Great tutorials btw keep 'em' coming!!!

Thanks
17 years ago
Hey guys, just wanted to say how awesome I think this website is, and how awesome I think you guys are. I have learned so much just by watching your tuts and by buying your videos.

I wanted to know if you can create a tutorial that shows how to do some of the Evolution masks like revealing those flourishes. The only one I have found is the one by Jayse, but I find that kinda complicated and I like the way Andrew explains and his jokes.

Can this be done, if so, that would be great!

Keep up the grounbreaking work and great tutorials.
Tom E
17 years ago
I'd love to see something like a video wall containing multiple screens, or anything containing multiple screens, I've seen ad's use it a few times like pepsi, think they did like a "can" shape with lots of screens with celeb's on it. or.............dare I suggest it, some force lighting perhaps?? cheers Andrew...................Tom
Dan C
17 years ago
Can you make a tutorial that shows how you make those 3D DVD cases such as the ones on the Evolution and the Twitch promos. Thanks! Keep up the good work.

Dan
Kevin
17 years ago
The one steve posted is interesting, seems like a more advanced method of your demon face warp, or maybe a different concept altogether, and i'm interested in seeing that as well.
However, personally, i'm interested in..
1) Camera lens cracking.
2) Window/glass shattering
3) Burn marks and scorching. Like with the animations in Action Movie essentials, the explosions...i like them but i'd also like to make the stuff it affects burned looking.

Thanks
Steve
17 years ago
This effect is really great http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUHkhQ-fl0M I think u need to realli see this and create a tutorial for this Its made in 3ds max and adobe after effects!!
David Reilly
17 years ago
Is it possible to download the tutorials to prevent having to use the bandwidth every time I wish to view them?

Many thanks for some excellent tutorials that are clear and easy to follow, even for the complex subjects.
Richie
17 years ago
Hi I have found a way to simulate zero g explosions using images of clouds, I want to find out how to use the puppet tool to help animate it more effectively, Cheers

Rich
Homer
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, could you do a tutorial on how do a twister off in the distance and if its possible maybe some material flying out with some bad weather?

If you ever get to this one I know you'd be able to do something very great so again I'd appreciate any help you could give me.

Thank You once again for all the amazing help!
Jayrold
17 years ago
Hi Andrew.. Can you please make a tutorial about "Fast Runner" with trail. Like the superhero "FLASH".. I do really want to know how it's done.. thanks Andrew..

I'm a great fan of yours here in the Philippines..

Keep it up..
Brian Johnson
17 years ago
I believe that a tutorial alot of people would like would be one on a warp tunnel. A tunnel with cloudy light as walls and where you can see ahead where it curves and such. A kind of extra to your wall tutorials where you added the titles. Just an idea. The type I am refering to the type seen on the intro of Dr who, but any type of "Warp tunnel" would do.
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Well I know right now you have your hands quite full so if you don't have time to check this out don't worry about it. Recently my brother sent me a link to download a new visualizer for my itunes, neither of us really use the feature but this new visualizer is one of the sweetest things I've seen. It's called Magnetosphere, maybe you've already checked it out but if not you can get it here for free: http://software.barbariangroup.com/magnetosphere/

My brother asked me if I could recreate some of the same effects from it so I've been trying to lately. With all the particles coming out of it I thought that maybe Trapcode Particular was used for it but I haven't really had any luck trying to recreate it. Anyways, the effect is pretty amazing and it looks like something a lot of people could get use out of so if you're able to shed any light on it then that'd be great, thanks!
Isacco
17 years ago
I would like to see a tutorial that explanes how to use 3d space to split a video still into mutiple pieces, like happens in the video below:

http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=K6qhAqsXH20 @ sec 34

I suppose with masks and a camera, but how? That effect is so nice!!

I'm learning after effects like you did with you same reasons. I'm an editor but i want & need to grow.

Sorry for my imperfect english, I'm italian.

Thank you for the attention,

Isacco
ludacris
17 years ago
maybe it would be cool to do some tutorials based on effects from the movie
"The Mask" .
If anyone requesting tutorials agrees, please repost this message.
matan
17 years ago
hi andrew

i wanted to ask if theres a tutorial that shows how to create custom designs like in the evulotion dvd for example to flower that grows from nothing
Jordon
17 years ago
I would love to see a tutorial that demonstrates how to turn an object into a particle via explosion. I.E a red cell phone exploding into a bunch of tiny hearts or something of the like and or a tutorial that explains how to use multiple cameras in a project.Thanks a lot and keep up the great work!
Elven'baller
17 years ago
You should a tutorial explaining how to pre-key elements in After Effects , so that file can be exported to any other video editor , or even AE...


And congratulations , you are a great host

Cya
George
17 years ago
Hey, i was just wondering if you could make a force field/atmosphere tutorial?
I just purchased action movie essentials, it's great and i am soooo glad that they are pre-keyed!!! Great tutorials by the way, they help alot!!!

Thanks!!!
17 years ago
Hello Videocopilot Crew . I was sitting arround with my mates at the weekend and we were asking ourselves how to make typography in after effects , we know it is probraly cam animating , but my request would be a tut on typography so that's it , hopefully you will make one
Rei Spin
17 years ago
Andrew,

I need to create an end screen from 100 pics in 3D space that gradually settle into a logo. A&E had an opening at one time that used this technique. I'm not exactly sure how to pull this off. I'm sure this type of tutorial would have wide appeal!
MeAssem
17 years ago
Hello AFX gods!
thanx for al your "awesome" tutorials and products!
you guys realy saved my ass a couple of times!
BUT...
i realy would like to learn more about MASK animations! like the 'Evolution'CD
and SMOOTH camera movements (like fast rotating while moving)!!it's much harder then it looks!realy!
that would be VERY VERY nice
thanx guy
and keep up the good work

meassem
Lee
17 years ago
Hey,

It would be cool if you could show us some very practical uses for the GenArts Sapphire plug's.

We bought them here, but seem limited to what we can do with them, nice lighting is the main use at the moment.

Thanks dude,

Lee
Guru Prasad
17 years ago
hell ya, smoke related trailer text animation like here

http://movies.apple.com/movies/focus_features/brick/brick-redband-tlr_h480p.mov

then cool effects that could be done in 3ds max
craig porter
17 years ago
hey andrew

this isn't exactly a request more of a question about the 3d studio max reactor tutorial. is it still coming or is it cancelled, i was really really looking forward to it.

thanks
Zeuxis
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Love your work, keep up feeding us knowlage!


I wonder if you could do a tutorial about setting up your AE for best preformance. I have a pretty good core 2 duo PC with pretty good GFX card, but still noticed that when you for in your tutorials zoom in on a particle effect real time (Advanced Camera Tips ), mine zooms in laggy steps (not smooth).

Would much appreciate it, thank you
tanner
17 years ago
could you show us how to make animals and pictures talk, if not could you tell me how
Patrick Leixner
17 years ago
Chadman
add a preset from the Film magic Pro to kinda darken it and dark blood from action movie essentials!
Chadmanman
17 years ago
I was wondering if you could do some horror effects, im making a horror movie and wanted to know how to do somehting unique in it?
17 years ago
Hello...
could it be possible to have a tutorial concerning the video of "video basic training after effects" or at least the project...

thanks for all your work...
your are a father for everyone of us...
David Nyström
17 years ago
This isn't a tutorial suggestion, but I think alot of people would appreciate a forum. Me included.

Thanks for all the tutorials Andrew. Got a pair of big projects around the corner. I'll let you know when they're done.
Kevin From MO
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

These might be really easy to do, but I'm new to After Effects and visual effects in general:

1. Cracked mirror and liquid distortions like in The Matrix.

2. Selective colorized objects in a bland-and-white film. i.e. Pleasantville, Schindlers List.

3. Time-jitter (not sure what to call it) like the ghosts in numerous movies.

4. Creating large crowds with just a few people.

Thanks
Patrick Leixner
17 years ago
Hey,

i??´d like to see a tutorial about blood on walls or something, (for ex. when you make an Action movie, and shoots somebody, how can you make the blood)

Greets from Germany
Leixner
5coop
17 years ago
PLEASE A MAN ON FIRE TUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! D:
its been asked a thousand times !!
Maxime
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I am doing a short film, well i'm on the script right now, shortly filming, but i was wondering if you could do a tutorial about how to do a flying 3D object (like throwing a knife), without using 3D max studio, is it possible? I want my caracter to be able to *surnatural way* stop a knife in mid air and *control* it to throw it back.

I am not sure if it's used for eveyone, buti figure it could, well in this way we could move any 3D objets in this manner. Anyway don't mind if it's not useful, i'll find a way to do it

By the way i bought all of the DVD's, and i am so release that it make me able to do more things faster and better , thanks!
JOHN PYATT
17 years ago
HEY ANDREW

YOUR LIKE A TUTORIAL GOD TO ME AND US GUYS IN THE BRONX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! COME TO NYC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a great idea for a tutorial, how about the effect they used in the Matrix when they slam into a wall and the wall cracks. or when they punch the wall and the wall breaks.

And how about a bullet traveling out a gun and we see it from the front, the side and then the back, of it, i had purchased your action movie essentials and i would really love to have a bullet fly from a gun to a persons head.

A friend of mine bet me $100 that the bullet thing cant be done, or that its to hard to teach in a quick online tutorial, but i trust that you can do it.

PLEASE HELP ME PROVE HIM WORNG... AND PLUS I NEED THE CASH.

JOHN
johan
17 years ago
hi andrew... everything on the site is just so nice... but i miss something... oh yeah... i miss a tutorial to make "devil anthlers" or something else... maybe like "the hell boy" with that sawed anthlers


thanks for reading this
Bmydland
17 years ago
The viva la bam intro here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?vwAYB_X0oQY

Some sick editing. and the intro for bams unholy union, looks like some elements from evolution.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuFUmyobXzI
just look at 00.33
17 years ago
Hey Andrew

Found this clip on youtube, it's called Google Master Plan
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9zKXCQpUnMg

I wonder if you have any idea of how to make something similar to that?

fredrik
Mario
17 years ago
hi andrew,

i know you allready know this but let me start by saying you are awesome man!!!!

i am doing a degree in london, england on television production and in one of my modules i have decided to produce a title sequence for a sci fi show like x-men (but not cartoon).

i wanted to give one of my characters the ability to produce fire and i wanted her to walk down a corridoor with with all the walls ans ceelings on fire around her.

have you got any ideas how i could do this? it would be awesome if you could do a tutorial onit. if you cant i obviously understand

keep up the hard work man.

love the bante. LOL!!!!!!!
Michael , France
17 years ago
HI,

I'm a 3d modeler student and i dream to found a good tuto about , integration / matchmoving beetween 3dsmax and after effects , thanks a lot if you could make this.
sincerely
mike

(ps: sorry for my bad english)
Robin
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

It would be great if you could make a tutorial of the effect were a guy gets hit by a car

I appreciate everything that you do, and i love your tutorials.

- Robin
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I would like to see how I could make a object transform in a fluid (water or something else) in 3d space in AE. You must get the feeling you are in water or so. Nice challenge!

I know how to do it in 3DS max, but you know yourself...render times are to long. I did try it in AE, but my knowledge of AE isn't that good.
I heard from collegues that lots of these kind of things could be made much quicker in AE.

Any plugins I could use?

Grtz,
Pascal, the Netherlands

I like your tutorials, they help a lot to get deeper in AE
17 years ago
The Talking Baby in the Super Bowl commercials for e-Trade were priceless.

How do I recreate something like that?
Ron
17 years ago
please, make a meteor crashing to earth or coming from the sky and exploding w/ fire and smoke!
Simon
17 years ago
please make some beam-effects!
Karl
17 years ago
Mike if u purchase one of these product (riot gear , evo etc..) u'll find on the dvd some bonus , one of them explain how the advertise has been done

i hope we'll seen someday a videocopilot forum ... to help each others instead of asking Mr Kramer to work for us !

If he has to make all tutos we've all asked , it's a year of full time job ..
lets break little piggy and buy more copilot products
tanner
17 years ago
sorry i left a video in the last comment but it did not show it but it shows a guy jumping on concrete and he goes into it like a pool
tanner
17 years ago
it would be really cool if you could show us how to do this in after effects

Mr. Phyro
17 years ago
Hi Andrew, the tutorials are very helpfull.

a moprh tutorial would be great!!

tnx
17 years ago
there should be a tutorial contest in which viewers post there own tutrials winner gets to meet real lif andrw kraer in the flesh!!!!!!
Mike
17 years ago
Maybe you can create a tutorial on how to make one of those promo video's on your site, Such as Evolution or Riot Gear. It would be awesome if you could explain how to create one of these "advertisements" if you will.
Robin
17 years ago
Hey, Andrew. Your tutorials are great.

I've always wanted to learn how to make text burn in out of nothing. Kind of hard to explain but; text that burns in on a black bkg, but without flames. Sort of like when you light paper on fire, blow out the flame and blow on the paper, you see this glowing line burning inwards on the paper. Get it? I think that woulde be a neat effect.

Good luck in the future. Looking forward to your next tutorials!

-Robin
Tyler
17 years ago
I just saw this really cool Superbowl commercial where a person is sitting at her computer and all of a sudden her heart leaps out of her chest. I thought it looked pretty cool and I think it would be cool if I could do it myself. Some websites are showing the commercials after the game. Does anybody else think that would be cool?
17 years ago
A cloning person tutorial would be good. I have made my own on my site, But i think a specialised andrew kramer version could be very useful and something that hasn't been looked into here.
Homer
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, I was wondering if you could do a tutorial showing the various uses or just one main use of the time blend fx and cc time blend and echo. I'd greatly appreciate any help.

Thanks again for the great tutorials!
Arun
17 years ago
Hey

Andrew you have posted some great tutorials here on vcp, however there is one movie that my brother worked on in india and the trailer came out and the titles, effects are pretty good. i was wondering if you could make a tutorial showing how to make the titles like them? The link for the trailer is below.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=dKU4BHiQilQ

thanks!
reca888
17 years ago
Agree with Jacob. But I'm also interested in the waves after the bullet, like in The Matrix
khaled
17 years ago
Hi Andrew
I hope you make tutorial about moving camera throw bulding with text at the end of movement
thank's
Chris Coulson
17 years ago
I'd love to see a tutorial on cloning, where you film someone lots of times, and then put each clip on the same final video, so there's lots of clones of the same person, running around.

A bit like that Bloody Omaha inspirational compositing video you posted a week ago?

thanks for a GREAT website!
Himalay Chanda
17 years ago
Hey Andrew man why don't you start a small section of 3ds max or Maya tutorials. I bet you all your audiences would love to see that. Make tutorials with 3d + AE and make a section. You already did some. So make some nice ones. Like it would be really nice if u animate a 3d modelled plane flying through the sky. Give it a thought man thanks. By the way great AE tutorials.
Tyler M
17 years ago
Hey Andrew.

First off- your amazing. Really.

Your tuts rock. I've boughten your dvds and passed on your website to my "employees" to train them on how to kick ass. I use the term employees pretty losely though.

I would love to see a tutorial on using Premeire Pro and After Effects together for projects that may or may not be longer a minute. Say short films, or 20 minute "episodes" that might be VFX heavy. It seems like it would be a good step to shed some light on Premeire's NLE functions and how it is benefitial to workflows. I know there are lots of ways to use the two together, but it gets slightly complex the larger your project gets in both time and assets. Maybe even a blog post such as the one you recently did about audio.



Cheers
Jacob Behunin
17 years ago
I agree with Jordan. With the Matrix Bullet effect. But you wouldnt need to pan aroun 180 degrees, as that would take actual footage. For me...it wuold just be...the bullet coming out of the gun.......as extreme close up...show the slide flying back....explosion of the bullet...that kind of thing.
Chadwick
17 years ago
Ive been looking all over for a tutorial on the ghostbusters protan pack effect im sure it could be done with the lightining effect or something but im kinda lost.
Jordan
17 years ago
How about a matrix style 3D bullet. It comes out of the gun in real time, slows down, the camera does a 180 pan around it, then it speeds back off in real time.
Sabin
17 years ago
a tutorial showing how to effectively create and composite a meteor explosion with live action footage, maybe using paticular? I think that would be pretty cool
OldNoob
17 years ago
This is a response to Mickey Lee's post;

I had roughly made the same suggestion about themed tutorials a few months back. I also think it would be a good idea,

I love your idea about a poll. It could really gather the info on what the peeps really want to see and learn. It would also encourage even more interactivity with the site.

Just my 2 cents.
Daniel
17 years ago
Hi, Andrew. Can you make a tutorial about "invisible man" with displacement map?
Antonio
17 years ago
Check this out : http://cube-edit.co.il/cube.htm

Heâ??????s a DeeJay.
He lives in Israel
He created these movies using AE 7 and Canopus Edius 4.5

I was just wondering if you would be doing a tutorial like this website
scott
17 years ago
it would be very interesting to see that whole vampire death in fire effect be usefull for people on fire effects aswell.
Sharon
17 years ago
Andrew!
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The thousand-your doubles and naturally, the one will have to go only ; )
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The real battle, the accuracy-rage . . .
The matrix is great movie To forget as well as well The gritty human
SANDMAN - From lot of time to I wonder alone, how does it can do their pike as well they to amount to sand.
So people That You will pay attention to me hardly and your entire team,, but I ask you . . . after all : (
Thank you ahead
Hey, Andrew.
I would like to see a tutorial about making a Galaxy, Black Holes and basically stuff from space.
I think you're doing a great job, man.



P.S.: Vetlin Stoev - I know how to make the camera loop through the planets without losing the stars, thus, creating a completely 3d space.
Vetlin Stoev
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I loved all the planet tutorials, but is there a way to include a few 3D planets in one compoition and make the camera move around them, so you can have like a journey through the solar system. I think a tutorial like that will be a nice overall ending to all the planets tutorials. I have tried to do that with what i saw in the planet 3D, but the moment i put another planet the camera goes off.
Titus
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, I was wondering if you could make a tutorial that shows how do make cool clouds. Or simply flying through clouds, or having them pass by the screen. I know there is a way to do it with Particular, but I can't seem to make them look real. Wondering if you could make a tutorial of how to make them.

Thanks Titus.
Chris
17 years ago
I have a really tough time getting "glow" to look the way I want it to, especially on thin lines like a grid. Any tips for punching up/refining/using glow on various surfaces would be great. More theory than example I guess but that's the kind of stuff we can apply everywhere!

Current project where glow isn't just right:
Man transporting onto a "Holodeck". I created a grid masked (track matte) by his keyed silhouette, then added a displacement map (hand painted) to distort the grid (fake 3D look). Then verticaly wipe in the grid immediately followed by the guy.

A glow that flares up (suggesting the transport is complete) just before the grid fades would really make it work. I just can't quite get the glow where I want it. I think the grid layer's color might be the biggest factor!?

Any help would be sweeeeeeeet! Chris
Helge Kallevik
17 years ago
Maybe you should try some of this stuff

http://www.break.com/index/ufo-lands-on-guys-desk.html
Antonio
17 years ago
Check this out : http://cube-edit.co.il/cube.htm

He's a DeeJay.
He lives in Israel
He created these movies using AE 7 and Canopus Edius 4.5

I was just wondering if you would be doing a tutorial like this website
636Productions
17 years ago
I have learned a lot form this site, I was wondering if you would do a tutorial on the growing animation such as the ones in Evolution, I plan on buying it, but I want to learn how to do it myself as well.
HAMIDRezA
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,
Thank you so much for your video tutorials, they've been very helpful.
I would like to know, how can I creat 3D sky, when camera is rolling (move dolly). like "300" movie.
and also is it possible to replace the sky in footage when camera rolling, and dont have green screen?

Thanks
-HAMIDRezA-
Mickey Lee
17 years ago
Hello Andrew,

Thank you very much for your video tutorials, they have been very helpful.

I'm not sure if this idea has been thrown out there yet, but how about a series of themed video tutorials. Maybe pick a TV show, commercial, or movie and do a series of video tutorials based on the effects used in your selection.

Maybe put up a poll for your clients and fans to vote on. You did say you like to do tutorials that would impact a large group of like minded people...heck a poll is the perfect way to do this.

Thanks again for you tutorials and wonderful products
Mickey Lee
Kevin
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Is there a possible chance of a tutorial on how the bullet streak is done,in the film Magic Pro video Promo, I use the Action effects, and I just can't figure out how you create that effect, I am in the process of filming my former army regiment on their return from Iraq, and will be reinacting some video clips to go with the interviews, and this effect would be perfect for areas of the video.

Cheers Andrew
Ron
17 years ago
A flying tutorial would be nice. Maybe like in Heroes there is a scene where Nathan Petrelli takes off and then lands. The trailer for IronMan has a nice scene where IronMan is flying next to F22 Raptors, keeping pace with them then hits the afterburners.

Thanks
Mishael Hernandez
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,
First, I Want to thank for yours tutorials they've been very very helpful. Second, I will like to know were i could buy equipment to start my own little company and last i will you to make a tutorial on how to make dust on a environment this is an example is between (5-7 sec): http://youtube.com/watch?v=xayb1GTD_m0&feature=related
OldNoob
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Sorry to repost, but I wanted to add a link to the commercial I'm talking about. It is Guitar Hero 3.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JITva2QkPn8
Andrea
17 years ago
Hi Andrew (we have the same name)!
Why don't you do a tutorial where you can simulate the water-color effect just like in the video Crazy by Gnarls Bakley?
Bye!!!
ejunyor
17 years ago
Good Morning Andrew,

Just Wondering if you would be doing any more 3D tutorials,

I always have trouble getting my ai files to look right in 3dsmax.
Stefan
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I come from Germany and a few days ago I found your website. I seached for AE stuff and tutorials and your site is the best ressource I had found yet. Also a few days ago I started to learn AE and thanks your tutorials and tips I learn it very fast now.

But now my idea:
When I look TV I see in some shows animated Bumper. It woult be pretty nice, if you can explain, how to make a bumper with a bit animation within and export it to a cut software like premiere.

Well, thats my idea.
I wish you a nice weekend and greetings to you, your team and your wife and the little baby.

Greets from germany,
Stef
Dennis B
17 years ago
Hey Andrew.

I dont know if this is fit enough for an entire tutorial, but maybe you could pop it into another. I'm fairly new with AE, but I see alot potentials and to be honest, I would love to do it the rest of my life. However, the "Dark Room" as you call it is a bit limited due to it's only 1 direction. I've been thinking of making multiple wings into that long room and have things down each wing, in a tutorial based world it could be text for instance. Basicly what I want it to cover is a room which changes a bit direction.

Also lighting. I've noticed that if you make a light Point and some color, all you put into this "scene" will have that color over it. Can you make a piece not being the color of the light? Maybe with a spotlight or something. I havnt had luck to figure at least.

And lastly, and maybe even most - Your AE seems to run smoothly in your viewpoint, ex. you can move the frame-bar and then see the preview move along and play the animation. As well as you can rotate an object and then see the entire moving process. My AE does not show it, so I have to move, look where it is, move a bit more, rinse 'n repeat. Is it some setting I need to figure?
OldNoob
17 years ago
Hey Andrew.

I have a few ideas,

1. Super Speed (like Smallville)
2. Heat Vision (like Smallville) are you noticing a theme here...LOL
3. Of course "Hit by a car (only because I see alot here are requesting it.)
4. This last one may not be able to be done with just AE but would be an awesome effect. Peeling off a skin, like in an FX channel promo and more recent, when Slash from Velvet Revolver peels away the skin of the kid in the Guitar Hero 2 commercial.
Anthony
17 years ago
Can you make a tutorial that has a UFO fly by a planet? Thanks
Kyleif Cade
17 years ago
could you make a tutorial showing how to accomplish that smallville super speed effect. Show how to make someone look like they are running really fast
Mike
17 years ago
AHHH! I wanna learn how to make it look like someone is getting hit by a car!
Zach
17 years ago
Hi Andrew! I was just thinking that it would be really cool for you to do a force field effect. I've been thinking about that lately and it'd be pretty cool!
NaGhI
17 years ago
i never get how to do a bullet time...i think it work with after effects not sure. i'm still searching...is it possible? oh ya what about a tutorial about a logo animation...witch come's from a paper that you had drew on?
reca888
17 years ago
Hi all!

I would like to know, how can I creat thoose "see-through warp" effects like the waves after the bullets in The Matrix. (Or an invisible man, or the effect what you see becouse of heat...) (But to be exact, I need that Matrix effect for my project )

Greetings from Hungary, (sorry for my english)
and of course, keep up the good work!
Benjamin
17 years ago
Hey what about a tutorial about storm clouds like in the Water drops tutorial.
Aaron. B
17 years ago
hey andrew i was trying to remake the battle scene in Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix.
When after voldemort got out of the water ball i wanted to know what effect was made when voldemort threw a similar effect you used in 23. Moving 3D Lines. (well thats what i used)

i was wondering if you could help me out?
thanks man.
17 years ago
Hi from Belgium so excuse me if my english is not good.
Biggest thanks for your tutorials !! They help me a lot for my begining.
Could you make a tutorial who show haw create cool explosions ?

Thanks and mae the force be with you ^^
richard descarreaux
17 years ago
I mr. kramer
If is possible... I want to know more about camera moving for change the mood to a another mood like in your Evolution promo video.
Michael
17 years ago
I like human torch
Sarah
17 years ago
P.S. You're the BEST!!! I've learned everything I know about After Effects from you! (your basic training tutorials ROCKED) I'm going to buy all your products as soon as i save up enough money.
Sarah
17 years ago
Hey i have a few requests,

1. Vanish in a plume of smoke (like a vampire would or lsimilar to Nightcrawler in X-men)
2. holograms
3. Invisibility, or super translucency(like the invisible woman in the Fantastic 4)
4. how to "morph" objects (say someone can manipulate atoms)
5. How to make objects 'float' (like in starwars when they use the force)
6. Manipulate fire and water (kinda like Pyro in X-men can manipulate fire)
7. How to walk through objects(walls perferably).
8. a forcefield, (similar to fantastic 4)
9. Super healing (like wolverine in X-men)
10 . Work with electricity, like to shoot it from your hands, and if you've ever played Dungeon Seige some of the armor produces a constant electricity effect on your body.
11. cloning

(can you tell I'm making a superhero movie?)

Thank you and God bless
jj
17 years ago
Can you make a tutorial on how to make a video for your company (website opening)
Joseph Jones
17 years ago
Mista Kramer, in a video I'm working on I need to have a model of a plane sitting in the water behind some actors who are fighting. Now I know how to do that, but the problem is that I want to do some sort of underwater effect for some of the plane thats nearest to the surface to make it look like its actually underwater. I think you should do a tutorial about that or something similar.

thanks
17 years ago
Hey Andrew!
I would love to see a planetary explosion done in 3ds Max. I know it's not your program of choice for this website, but based off of what I've seen, you're quite fluent in Max (I'm just a newbie, but a quick learner)

I've been searching long and hard, and I can only find cheesy glass-ball-shattering type tutorials. I'm looking for something that's photo-realistic and passable for a feature film, complete with debris & shock waves!
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

great work, great tutorials. I'm learning a lot because of it!

I found this website http://www.hadlowpro.com/ with a kitesurfing movie on it. I would like to know how they made some of the effects inside if it. especially the 3d camera move effects, that's just amazing!

Else any other specific sport related cool effects, cause on the website we (almost) just find movie effects.

Another cool thing I would like to see is how to explode and object into all kinds of particles.

Keep up the good work!
Thanks,
Randy
Jason (Germany)
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, Hi Guys,

I would like to ask for a tutorial about a really cool effect. If you ever saw X-Men 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Znfgh-g3jIo), The Covenant (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuwxNjWiGz0&feature=related) or the new Trailer of the soon starting movie The Jumper (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDljaHaC0zM) you know what kind of effect I mean. I really like that kind of Distorsion and Blur Effect, but I really don't know how to do it. I guess, It would be a really great tutorial Andrew.

Take care.
Will Trow
17 years ago
I have been trying to find a tutorial on how to make a meteor crash into the earth, without using particular (If there is a way to). If you could help me that would be swell and my search would end. I would also appreciate the tutorial with particular if that is the only way.

Thanks so much. You are great and you have helped me alot.

Will
Mickey
17 years ago
hey Andrew,
a good tutorial would be a matrix style slow-mo bullet dodge, and how to put cg writing on a car.
JC
17 years ago
Hey Andrew i was wondering if you could make static on aftereffects...sort of like Cloverfield. This would really help me out, thank you.
Jnt
17 years ago
Queria um tutorial de tipografia no AE ou C4D+AE!!!
Michael
17 years ago
ya i like human torch and also shield
Navarro Parker
17 years ago
I'd like to know how to do this 3D string of video "particles" used in this video around 5 second mark:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JhLJ6j9P19E
Ivo
17 years ago
can you do a tutorial about how to make someone fly, and when they land they crack the floor like with morpheus on the matrix.

If not then how about how to make DV footage look like the movie Sin city
sander van den berg
17 years ago
hello

I am looking for a tutorial of making a wormhole. like in stargate. could someyone explain to me how they done this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP-YGHNzuLI&feature=related
josh
17 years ago
Not sure what the effect is called... in the movie the butterfly effect, when the main chater goes back in time the background gets really shaky but his face stays the same? i seen this effect in a few movies. i think this effect has something to do with motion tracking. this would be awesome if you could show us how to do it.
Thanks
Zachary
17 years ago
Hi Andrew iv been looking through the blog and one thing that interests me is the 3D bridge that you were talking about. Im still learning the basics of 3D Max and this would be very helpfull. So if your still planing to do a tutorial on that then il look forward to it.
Jonas Ferkingstad
17 years ago
Yeah, that Bullet tutorial coming out of a gun in slow motion. Like the simpsons movie for an example when Bart Simpsons is skating and the cops fired off a gun!!
Atle Bygnes
17 years ago
Hello Andrew. I have a tutorial request for a bullet come out of a gun.
Benjamin Mydland
17 years ago
Hello Andrew Kramer! I love your tutorials! I bought all of your products! Love it! But I have a request for a tutorial. A slow motion bullet come out of a gun, with 3D cameras and all that good stuff. I know you have what it takes to figure that out!! Hope you make one tutorial for this one!!! And I hope you soon make some new products!

Greetings from Norway!
17 years ago
hi... im sorry... i know i have been persitent and all...but i REALLY REALLY need to know how to make a realistic human torch...and it doesnt seem too hard either...

and i know people want this because just Ctrl F "human torch" or "fire" its everyone!

look :

Scott R Says:
January 18th, 2008 at 6:08 am
For us small-timers who just like to add to our home moviesâ???¦ Like a tut. on doing a Ghost Rider Tutorial--- The Human Torch...

delali Says:
December 4th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
yo! wd b nice to see a human torch effect! running,standin still,flying..whicheva duznt matterâ???¦

Shane Parris Says:
January 19th, 2008 at 6:37 am
A request for an effect often attempted but never perfected.
I am of course talking about the (Human Torch / Ghost Rider) Human on fire effect? The posibilities are endless if this effect can be created on the human body with other textures other that fire for exampleâ???¦
Water / Ice / Dust / Sand etcâ???¦.

ARDIES Says:
August 9th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
Hello, Thank you for all that you make. Is it possible to make us a tutorial on â??? the human torch â??? of the film 4 FANTASTIC??

Kal-El Says:
November 29th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
Man, it would take you forever to even got through some of these requests! Sorry, but hereâ??????s another to the pile:

1) How about a tutorial on the â?????Human Torchâ??? using particles to simulate real fire, and/ or
2) Ghost Rider effect- Show Samâ??????s face start to blister and peel, burst into flames and become Ghost rider

Scott Says:
November 26th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
Video wall would be a good one. One Iâ??????d like to see is a fire creation of some kind (like a human torch type thing or throwing fire from your hand)


Alez Says:
August 15th, 2007 at 10:29 am
Hi Andrew,
If u could make tutorial on how to make human torch effect kind of what u see in fantastic


Florencio Says:
August 10th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
Second, i have a few request, can you teach us how to meke a video were can we manipulate fire or water with our hands or any other part of the body, like human torch?


THERE ARE SO MANY MORE!!! SO PLEASE...PLEASEEE!!! human torch
Kevin
17 years ago
Hello Andrew,

Really loving all of the tutorials; but that one thing i would love to know more about is the camera. How to change the camera speed from one frame to another? How to zoom in a design then as you are panning out all of the design elements show up then becomes one full image. If you are not sure what I am talking about I have an image that I would like to to do this effect on maybe possibly use my design as a tutorial piece.

Thanks
Marcus
17 years ago
Could you show a tutorial using the Puppet Pin Tool!
17 years ago
Can you show us how the effect of the animated t-shirts was created as shown in this video?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo_QVq2lGMs

I have watched it so many times and cannot figure it out.

Thank you...

Oh and this site is AMAZING!!
17 years ago
hi, i was wondering if you could make a tutorial about how to create the look of Davy Jones on the Pirates of the Caribbean movies?
and, if you could create another tutorial about creating multiple people?
thank you.
Justin
17 years ago
Hey Andrew I came across this video on the web and its pretty cool check it out! Any kind of tutorial from this video would be sweet!

http://www.hadlowpro.com/
Cody D.
17 years ago
Andrew, there are some nice "bullet time" effects in this kiteboarding video i found and other neat effects. If they can do bullet time with out a rediculous rig, then you have to be able to do it!!!

Here is a link to the video:
http://hadlowpro.com/
Jerry
17 years ago
How about an invisibility effect, like in Predator?
17 years ago
Hey, Iâ??????m a Visual Effects Animator and iâ??????ve been trying real hard to make a stock footage thunderstorm match my live footage. Shadow,Reflection, or any other aspect to make it look real. That would be interesting to see and it would be really helpful. Thanks
17 years ago
Please show us some cool techniques for putting together a photo slide show equipped with slick looking transitions. Something rather than just the fade in fade out or dissolve in/out. Thanks
17 years ago
Hey Andrew!

Yuo tutorials are priceless- they really help understand certain AFX perspectives that would have been harder to grasp on ones own.

I've notcie alot fo your tutortials deal in 3D space which has been very helpful to say the least. I get the impression that viewers would like to dig into more "title sequence"related stuff. so to a for instance would be to approach the organic variations seen in movie titles - use of displacement mapping on text, smoke, dust, fire...etc. I believe theres answers out there- but many havent really addressed the more pro / cooler style being seen. I may be that Vcopilot doesnt really delve into that area - but it still would be cool

Also please stay longer in prior AFXcs3 formats before making the jump as many havent made the leap yet.

Thx
17 years ago
Me and my friends would LOVE the Getting hit by a car effect!
Keep up the good work.
17 years ago
Hi guys,

First off I'd like to mention that all you effects compositors and supervisors are awesome and keep doing what you are so talented at doing, excellent work!

I was just interested in the 2D still image to 3D motion effect where you take a single image and matte out a separate background to foreground elements and make a video of that still image--the camera seems to be able to manoeuvre in what now becomes a scene and you have the foregrounding elements moving separate from the back making the illusion there is depth of field. You see this effect in more and more documentaries.

Here is a link I found that does this with Adobe After Effects BUT the second link is of a program called glTIP that does a much more impressive result because it actually maps the picture onto simple 3D planes and distorts parts of the image giving a even more accurate result in addition to separating and animating foreground elements from the background.

1)After Effects Tutorial -- http://toolfarm.com/tutorials/trees.html
2) Amazing little program -- http://www.cs.ust.hk/~cpegnel/glTIP/download.html

Unfortunately glTIP does not have many rendering options so I was wondering if you could write a tutorial that does what this nifty little program does but with After Effects.

Thanks everyone!
Cyprian Szalankiewicz
17 years ago
I was wondering if you could show us how to use evolution and have it florish into a logo or text.
daniel challans
17 years ago
hi andrew,

i would be very interested in seeing either the predator heat vision effect, which i accept may not appeal to a large audience but it could be used for military gun sight or something which would make it appeal to a wider audience.

i would also like to see if you could recreate the predator invisibilty effect, i know that i would have to use some sort of displacement map but i just dont have a clue where to start. if you cant tell i'm making a predator fan film. lol
Korey Bucce;;atp
17 years ago
have you seend rvd2? it s a light saber video duel, and they have alot of vfx could make a tutorial of a melting effect from a light saber strike?
im making a duel and i could use some help with that.

thanks,
Korey
17 years ago
hi andrew, your tutorials are so cool, you are the best on the web.
maybe you could make a tutorial on how to animate a television ON/OFF like ayato n??°25
thank you
17 years ago
Hy Andrew, i want to make a trailer like this...

http://www.stablished.tv/motion/cityscape/cityscape.mov

Maybe you can help me with a Tutorial how i can make this...

greetings from germany
Aaron
17 years ago
I think a cool one would be the walk through wall effect used in heroes.
17 years ago
please please PLEASE a tutorial on how to make a human torch! everyone is asking for one! weather its hands on fire or full body!!! PLEASE!!
t21232
17 years ago
Changing Hair Color
Chea
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,all of your tutorial are very cool !! You give me for great inspired and many idea. I would like to request something that I think u can give me for idea.
- How to fake the object, character or human look wet in AE (wet with the water,rain that have a fresnel effect and droplet or wet with the liquid like a glue , wax or something like that) I try to use CC glass and Mr. mercury plugin ,the still look Ok but It's look not work when preview animate .Mr.mercury are hard to control. So, please share your idea about this

Thanks
Chea.
Jeff
17 years ago
Could you please make a tutorial on how to make a "Cloverfield-like" explosion.
Shakey cam with an unexpected explosion, kind of like this:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rfq0fKOvxp0
Michael
17 years ago
I have a request
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0IIaaSQaGWQ&feature=user
from 1:00 - 1:10 it has some very cool effects if you can give some tutorials on it like the shield and also flame hands
Shawn
17 years ago
Andrew your tutorials are amazing!
sometimes when i create a widescreen video and then import it into my video editor (avid) it is squished. could you do a tutorial on maintaining the proper dimensions?
thanks for everything!
shawn.
Mike
17 years ago
Hi, Andrew, as i can see a lot of people request the X-men nightcrawler effect.
In fact my request is for the same tutorial.
Thanks for share with us your knowledge Andrew.
My best wishes for you from Mexico.
17 years ago
Hello Andrew

I searched the net all over and i din not find any info on how to export form AE to Flash it will be really useful for us web designers if we know how to export our work properly without it looking like crap.
17 years ago
Hey,

Could you please, please do the Matrix Bullet effect. Thanks alot if you do.

Orcman2
Alex
17 years ago
hey andrew, i really like your stuff. You go into detail unlike most tutorials. I was wondering if you could find out a way to do a tutorial on the old film countdowns/film effects such as http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/object/4708354_old_original_academy_film_leader_rolling.php?id=4708354 or
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/object/3706307_counting_leader_1.php?id=3706307

thanks man if you could! it would help a bunch
nico
17 years ago
hello,

yes the idea of 3d integration will be great, perhaps a meteor or a missile ?

best regards from belgium
Fred
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,
thanks for all your great tutorials and great DVDs

Here is another tutorial idea : what about this effect seen in new Batman trailer ?
http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/thedarkknight/trailer1/

And it would be a tribute to the actor Heath Ledger (R.I.P.).

Keep up the good work and have fun !
17 years ago
Another cool idea would be the camera moving through walls, though I'm sure 50% of this effect is probably how you shoot it.
17 years ago
I'd like to see you do a tutorial on the cartoon effect you did in your blog, also the cold breath one, I was disappointed to see 2 new tutorials and that not be one. Also bullethits on walls and other types of surfaces (like water or brick or glass) would be really cool. Maybe a simple explosion using shatter, actually anything with shatter would be cool.
Rene
17 years ago
Hello Andrew !
nice tutorial the 58'th..
but i really want to know how to make the flower all by you self.
i request a tutorialhow to.
and i understand if you not wanna make it becus of your pack Evolution, but i will be more than happy to pay for a tutorial like i requested
thank you.
17 years ago
Hi Andrew, when a tutorial with 3d integration?
17 years ago
Hi Andrew!

I thank you from the bottom of my spine for your tutorials! They are indeed a tome of infinite wisdom! However, I have a request...

I'm sure you have noticed the difference in quality of "deleted scenes" in some DVDs. The finished product is often so much better than the bits that end up on the digital cutting room floor... (A good example is the blurry and faded images from "Night of the Living Dead VS the digitally remastered images that are sharp and contrasty)

So, how about showing us a few techniques on how to make our raw footagfe look the best it can? And if possible, how to polish up old 8/16mm films to look like crystal clear HD video?

Keep up the good work mr. Kramer!
17 years ago
Hi Mr. Andrew. Last month i saw a video from a french duo called Justice, the song name is "D.A.N.C.E." have you seen it? It has such a great effect on the t shirts. Im sure you have seen it. It would be nice if you could make a ttutorial about it. Or about the HP commercials, where they only show the body of the person, not the head, and come along some animations with their hands.
Well, take care. Youve helped me a lot. thanks.
Tom
17 years ago
hey Andrew. i gotta say you have alot of greate tutorials here i just love them
well off to the point in this post.i was wondering if you could make a nice intro tutorial for a film or smothing like that..something cool like in Transformers or maybe Lucky number slevin? so its kindda gonna be a intro for a film but way cooler then the once we see in movies couse they are done by pro's

so can you do that??
17 years ago
hey andrew can you show us how to use trapcode particuler in after effects like snow ans other things.
James
17 years ago
Andrew, andrew, andrew.

Hello again. My birthday is coming up on February 14th. I have just finished writing a novel and I am now free to concentrate on my movie making.
For my BIRTHDAY!! (No pressure) It would be great if you could show us a tutorial on the smallville superspeed and flying off into the sky effect.
I know I'm not the only one who has asked for it and, I know that you work very hard providing these tutorials for free, but it would be awesome if you could just grant me this one birthday wish.

Many thanks mate!

Keep up the good work. We all love ya for it.

James
Katie
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I think it would be so cool to see a tutorial that involves text turning into ice and then breaking and shattering.

Thanks for this awesome website

Katie
Mark
17 years ago
Andrew,
Not a request for at tutorial but maybe a blog entry. Could you talk about computer hardware that works best with AE. Specifically what features in a graphics card AE needs to operate a max potential.

Thanks for all your hard work.

Mark
Ron
17 years ago
Perhaps just a run through of all of your system specs, settings in AE, and maybe the equipment you use shooting. I do not know if you have done this or not, but either a video or just a blog post would be appreciated.
Anonymous
17 years ago
It'd be great if you could create a tutorial on ripple/shockwaves effects - like those from explosions. I've seen a few tutorials, however they only use a semi-transparent ring, rather than actually warping the background around it.

On the other hand, if you know of any tutorials already existing for this - that'd be great as well.

Thanks
Phil Johnson
17 years ago
Hi Andrew

Wondered if you could do a tutorial where a person walks through a wall or a closed door or some object (a wall or door would be great though).
I've always wanted to put that in a music video (I do music videos by the way and thanks to you, they come out great!)

Thanks a lot in advance

Phil
Leon
17 years ago
I'd really like to see some animation tutorials (kinda like what JibJab do)
I mean, there are tons of great post-production tutorials out there, but almost nothing about how to create your own animations and settings.


Thanks, Leon.

http://www.jibjab.com
nico
17 years ago
hello andrew,

why not a tuto how to make the effect like in " constantine " when satan walk trough the broken glasses ?

greetings from belgium
Adam McCarthy
17 years ago
This tutorial idea has probably already been mentioned, but, could you possible create a tutorial showing how to affectively apply a duplication effect? I'm currently attempting to film a movie which involves zombies and I wish to duplicate a whole bunch of them.

Thanks for all your amazing tutorials, and I wish you all the best of luck in the future.

Regards
Adam McCarthy
17 years ago
Wow Mr.Kramer..Cant say enough just how much i love your tutorials..I just started in a post prod. firm,and was required to learn Af. and thanks to you,iwe got so much joy of teaching my selves this app. But before i forget what this form is,i just want to tank you for all your fantastic works,thanks to all you in Cp.com

But over to the request question..Iwe seen you already talked about it,but moore tutorials about 3dsmax would be a dream..but maybe the more advanced stuff combined with Af..Like camera mapping,matte paintings (2,5d) and stuff? And tutorials like that with your kind behind it, that would be fun ..Cheers m8, and once again.tnx for all the good work.keep it coming! ;D

M.A.J
Norway.
www.tigerstudio.no
www.pixel...com
NateSharp
17 years ago
Ever think about a Smallville like Heat Vision tutorial? I've always wondered how they composited that AWESOME effect! Who knows, with your help it may even look better than Smallvilles. By the way, GREAT tutorials! I just purchased After Effects and will be reverting back to this site often. Thanks!
Mo
17 years ago
Thnx for the tutorials Andrew really appreciate it.
How about if you try a superspeed tutorial?
SMSU Student Productions
17 years ago
The Never ending white room.

Have a character (sam) just sitting or interacting in a never ending white room. With a moving camera. And he has no shadow.

Is that an all around Green Screen or is there more to it than that.

One of my underlings asked how i would do that and I had no answer or him, so now I'm asking you. A good example would be "Finger Elevens" music video for "Falling On" only with out the stupid 3d balls that don't interact with the band.
Timothy Santana
17 years ago
Hey I'm working on a project that I believe will be a success in the not so distant future but there are a few things in the way, well to begin with one I was wondering if you knew how to create a 3D hurricane and be able to mix it in with live action or even mix it in with the 3D earth you showed in one of your tutorials?

Anyway thank you very much for creating this website it has helped me in numerous way's.

MEDIAMAN247
Greg Harrell
17 years ago
I know a couple of people have mentioned the Casino Royale intro, but I think you could do a great job at it. For example, when the target goes over the Queen's face and then its a different face, and when he bumps into the circle and it becomes a roulette board...stuff like that. It seems like Evolution would be perfect for that stuff. I'm most likely going to buy it tomorrow. I'm pretty siked about it. Thanks again for the site and for taking the time to read this. You guys kick ass!

Later,
Greg
Cole
17 years ago
Smallville style super speed, flying, heat vison

Some force take offs and landings

thanks
genco
17 years ago
hey andrew i just curious how we can make a real time flipbook animation in after fx...thanks for your all helpfull tutorials man
17 years ago
i'm looking for a good way to do a forcefield effect, some of the things i'm prepared to run into are motion tracking, and 3dmax. What would be the easiest and best-looking way to do this?
Matias
17 years ago
Hey, txs for the tutorials, they are really helpfull.
Im from Argentina and ive seen recently an ad were theres people made of wather (!!) is a really good work and very impressive too. Ill like to see your tutrial for that animation. Txs alot, bye.
17 years ago
Hi Andrew

First let me say you really are a inspiration to me and I guess the thousands of people that frequent this awesome site. The clip Cor T (http://www.hadlowpro.com)mentioned was what I wanted some info on, namely the Super Super Slo-Mo Andy used, and also what looks like some sort of background locking technique as well as the silhouetted freeze motion while the clip plays on. Even if you don't like Kiteboarding checkout the clip some amazing editing.
17 years ago
The white lines that move in and out of this advertisement would make a great turtorial. I am not even an apple guy but this is one of the coolest ads/promos I have ever seen and inspiring to watch.

It makes me wonder if it is possible to make this in AE, which presents a challenege but it seems like it is possible

http://youtube.com/watch?v=g-Oj8t_bFIE
Cabal
17 years ago
first thanks for your web site.
Idea : A ghost walk through another guy

in french : un fantome qui traverse le corps d'une autre personne

thanks
Jared
17 years ago
I'd also really like to see a tutorial on some sort of cloking/semi-invisible effect, i.e. the predator movies, fantastic four invisible woman, etc. In my head im imagining some keying and some sort of evolving displacement mapping but then again thats why im asking.

Thanks for all the great stuff so far!

Jared
Polki
17 years ago
camrera following bullet!
17 years ago
Hello

I've seen this kitesurf clip at www.hadlowpro.com ( clip will start rightaway for you how are interested) by andy gordon. At some time there is a camera motion like in the matrix movie. I can't imagine the he has done it the same way as in the matrix with a lot of camera's. So maybe you have any how he has done this and maybe you would like to share it with us? How about??

Thanks in advance.

Cor
17 years ago
If you are able to figure out how to make the Invisible effect used in the Predator movies would be awsome, just saw AVP2 and really wanted to know how they're doing that effect.
17 years ago
Hey, I am trying to do the effect where the camera jibs up and goes through the ceiling and then comes up through the floor in a different room. I can't figure out how to make it look good! PLEASE do a tutorial on this! It would be a very cool one!
Thanks!
Joren
Curry
17 years ago
Hey folks,

would be really nice to see a tutorial on how to make an atomic explosion.
I like to blow things up (just virtual and everyone likes it), and this would
be the "non-plus-ultra" for me!

THX for all the other godlike Tutorials you made!!!
Greez Curry
17 years ago
well, I ctrl+f a bunch of times to see if anyone had said my request. Only about a million times they did! FLIGHT! SUPERSPEED!
Also, here is another request. I'm a magician, and many of the magic dvd's I buy have a warning at the beginning stating that if it was downloaded, and not bought, there was a trojan on the video that would infect your computer! Is this possible or is this a ruse?
Karl
17 years ago
Hi Videocopilot

As we know how to create a particle in 3dsmax (medical zoom)
It could be cool to see how to create a camera following a bullet (3d part) for a sniper shooting scene... cause for those who own the riot gear we already have blood fx and other stuff for that kind of scene !

We have everything to make a zombie movie
(Hearth Zoom , dead planet , demon face , medical zoom , blood splatter , day to night , skin displacement , eye replacement etc...)
I just need the bullet tutorial

Keep up the good work Mr Kramer , and Sam for enduring everything
(suicide , demon face , skin displacement and now getting a cold...)
Hang on ! , Evil Kramer will pay !
Aftab
17 years ago
1. Multiple cameras operation by null object.

2. City made by alphabets and camera roaming around it ( this i have seen in belief video)

3. traveling in fake clouds

Thanks Andrew

Greetings from India
Aftab
17 years ago
a nice tutorial on how to turn someone into sand ( you've seen spiderman 3 right? ) or possibly some of that venom stuff
Don Plachno
17 years ago
Speaking of tutorials When is the planned or approximate release of the Video Co-Pilot Series One? Oh and how about Twitch? (I know it's not a tutorial but I still want it.) C'mon Andrew I got some cash with your name on it and it;s burning a hole in my pocket Really looking forward to the new products, thanks for the hard work!

Don Plachno
David
17 years ago
It would be great if you made a tutorial on making a 3d car in 3ds max 9 and then putting it in after effects...
Krammit
17 years ago
It would be nice to see how to do an assualt rifle muzzle flash effect, like those seen in Black Hawk Down. So, looking pretty professional, instead of a tiny little "splat" at the muzzle of the rifle like everyone else does.
mario
17 years ago
Maybe you could remake the tutorials on
www.ayatoweb.com or create similar things...;

that would be AWESOME
benF
17 years ago
hey man,
loving your stuff, but im in the market for a plug in called twixtor, which is a time remapping program
you can get a free trial from their site, which is what i did
http://www.revisionfx.com/products/twixtor/

i realize that to slow mo, you go to output and change from 100 percent to the percent that you want, like 30 lets say

the thing is, i dont know what all the other functions do, and theres so many!

if you dont already own it, if you could get the trial and make a tutorial, that would be sick


thanks man
-b
HenkY
17 years ago
just got an idea: I bought some 3D glasses (red-blue, very cheap) and tried something with the effect: 3D glasses, in after effects. It is quite easy to make a single word coming towards you in 3D... But I think it would be nice if you could do something like that to, a little bit more advanced of course, and if worth it, make a tutorial!!! would be great!!!
17 years ago
a flying tutorial plz very complicated plz like the medical zoom plz i love those
Luke Zammit
17 years ago
Hi Andrew. First of all well done for the great work so far. Purchased some of your products and watch practically all the tutorials... Would be possible to show us how to do the effect of getting run over by a car.. I saw it somewhere but u never showed us how its done! Also maybe simeulating bullet hit against walls and metal objects..... And one more thing is: Say i have filmed a fottage of a guy climing a five story building with saftey cables attached... Anyway i can remove these? Thanks Luke
soloman
17 years ago
Dear Mr Andrew


This is the first time that I am commenting you. I am from sir lanka.i am a computer lecturer. I teach graphic and web designing. Till I saw you web site I didnâ??????t know what was AE was thanks to u you I got to no that what is AE and it glory towards digital video editing all about. And soon I am going to start video editing course in our institutes (SINGAPOR INFORMATICS sri lankan branch).I love to teach and share my knowledge With others. Up to this point I learned every thing of my own with out attending any classes and worked very hard get to were I am coz I didnâ??????t have the financial back ground to attend classes .i was inspired with your contribution towards the society I know that you and your team are doing a business you have to do it coz thatâ??????s you bred and butter, but Mr. Andrew I think that you all are giving huge inspiration for people like use. I am not trying to butter you up but what you do is so remarkable. I have seen haw much of effort that you put in to these tutorials be half of very one who benefited from you site I would like to THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM for doing a awesome job


My request for a tutorial will be, for some cool text effects sins AE have so many plugging if can please show use some effects witch we could do with text. I saw some cool text effect in this web site http://www.ayatoweb.com but it is for some advanced users it is bit difficult to grab and they donâ??????t have any video tutorials like you do.

Thank you ones again
God Bless you allâ???¦â???¦
Matt
17 years ago
to "j" mr aharon rabinowitz has already beat him to it
Jocker
17 years ago
Helloski Andrew.

Im working on a short film where im trying to put in all typs of effects just to pay tribute to all the hundreds of action films iv grown up with. Theres just on effect i cant really get to work right, a dude walking truh a door, or sticking a hand truh a door. i had an idea with masks and stuff but didnt really work.

If u at some point sit on a swing or something and just gret that " I'V GOT IT!" feeling about walking truh doors, let me know
Shane Parris
17 years ago
First i have got to congratulate you on created this site. Down to earth easy to follow tutorials that are a pleasure to impement into any film or video.

A request for an effect often attempted but never perfected.

I am of course talking about the (Human Torch / Ghost Rider) Human on fire effect?

The posibilities are endless if this effect can be created on the human body with other textures other that fire for example...

Water / Ice / Dust / Sand etc....

Anyway whatever your next indepth tutorial is, it will be worth the wait....

Cheers AK

Shane
J
17 years ago
how bout a tutorial involving the puppet tool for AFX CS3
Maxime
17 years ago
What about a jump like in matrix?
Cameron Gates
17 years ago
i know this idea has been post already but i would like to see a heat vision effect off the tv show Smallville

thanks cam
Leonelle
17 years ago
Mr. Andrew.. I'm thinking, what about doing some effect like it was in "The Butterfly Effect" film. I'm thinking about this warp into actor's mind. You know, this wiggling of objects and all of this stuff...
Vvv
17 years ago
Hi ! Sorry for my bad English I'm French !

How realize this effect (http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials.html?id=23) with a camera which move ? Like this : http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2frd_kylie-minogue-come-into-my-world
How to improve the detection of people in front of a green or blue screen ?
I want to make the same effect in Heroes but without a static camera ...
How stabilize the camera when it move ?

See you from France and thanks a lot for your works !
Jerry
17 years ago
Maybe sin city effect where it shows oly a color or two.
Kyle
17 years ago
Hey, this is my first suggestion and i was thinking about the comcast commercial where the guy is on the treadmill and the top of his body is normal but his legs are really fast. That would make a great tutorial
David
17 years ago
Hi Andrew!
You could maybe do a short tutorial about how to put in sounds? I would really like it Like lightsaber fight or something.
Scott R
17 years ago
For us small-timers who just like to add to our home movies....some tutorials as a tribute to super heros would be nice. Like a tut. on how to make Wolverines claws using 3d max, doing a Ghost Rider Tutorial, The Human Torch, Maybe a tut. on how to do the Invisiable woman effect like they do in the Fantasitic 4 movie, how to have cold or flames shooting from your hands to freeze something or burn it up. 3D stuff seems to be a biggie also.

What ever you come up with or decide to do is always great. Keep up the good work.
Scott.
17 years ago
Andrew!

I would absolutely LOVE a tutorial on how to make epic sized explosions on buildings or houses because I need that for my next film, a Spoof on Cloverfield!

Thanks.!
Juliano Pajaro
17 years ago
Hi Kramer,
Do you have any idea how to make the paper effect like this one here:
http://www.templatemonster.com/flash-templates/16458.html
17 years ago
Andrew,

I saw that clip before about re-creating the Normandy invasion on the cheap. Thought that'd be a great tutorial for you to show.

Thanks,
Bruce
Steve Curtis
17 years ago
Hi Andrew

I recently purchased the Real Clouds and I would be very grateful if you could please involve them in a tutorial.

Thankyou for sharing your excellent knowledge of After Effects.

Regards

Steve Curtis
17 years ago
Hi there.

We have a problem with motion in stills. We have, some times, a still render from 3D Studio Max, provide by one costumer. The still is a frame for a building modeling and in After Effects we make a camara motion, but we can??´t eliminate a "moare" visual effect.

There are a "tip" to eliminate this vissual deffect? we use desinterlace techniques but doesn??´t work. Any idea? The files es more big than 720 x 480 pixels and the final format is jpeg.
17 years ago
Possible some smoke-fx (cigarette..) etc. ???
Cheers
Thanx for all !
Leviticus
17 years ago
Andrew, there are a a hell of a lot of suggestions posted. Just an observation. I have a request if you get the time. In the short film Ryan Vs. Dorkman 2 there is a great sequence when they are cutting into a wall. My brother and I have made several attempts at recreating this effect, however all our best efforts pale in comparison. Thanks for everything
17 years ago
apart from a man on Fire tutorial another cool idea would be BLOWING DUST! like in the movie Traffic! or SANDMAN! of spiderman3. just a cool dust effect for text.
although a human torch wud b awesome...
17 years ago
I really whant to see more tutorials about generating content in After Effects. Creating backgrounds, effects ... all king of thing that can help you make small clips like the demos you make for the products.
Marcio Simoes
17 years ago
Andrew, I want sugest a tutorial about red river (blood).
I watch like this in a movie. Very cool. Sorry my english.
Thanx!
17 years ago
Hi Andrew. I would like to know how to insert 3d layers like brick walls in to footage and to be able to track it. Sin City, 300, Pan's Labyrinth has used this technique which they discuss at http://www.newtek.com/lightwave/profiles/JeffGoldman/index.php
I have most of your dvd's and enjoy them alot. If you ever made a dvd that focused on set extensions with 3d layers I would snap it up. But be aware 3ds Max is not on Macintosh. Take it easy on us Apple people

Thanks,
Gray
17 years ago
Oh... and are we going to see any updates to the Action Movie Essentials DVD in the near future?

Thanks again,

CJ
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Could you do a tutorial on crowd duplication... concert crowd,angry mob, stadium, and/or Private Ryan-style storming a beach?

I've heard of people do this with particle generators... any truth to it?

Thank you,

CJ
henrik
17 years ago
Hi Andrew!!! i realy like to see a tutorial of someone healing scar or a flesh wound or some thing very fast.
i saw the effect on a show called painkiller jane i think wolverine has the same
power in x-man i realy like to see this so plz andrew plz make a toutorial
Yom Nole
17 years ago
how about a heat ray and disintegration effect, similar to the one from war of the worlds, but maybe more fire. .
17 years ago
What about a typography (though it sounds eays, I am new to after effects). I saw one on you tube called "Oceans Eleven Project " - (link "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIDdx7NPJgo"

Thank for considering
Sean
Nervous Ninja
17 years ago
I love that there are 1880 requests for Tutorials... Andrew, you must feel like a god amongst flies with all of us asking for direction. Truth is, you are really good at breaking the process down. And that is a really big thing when combineding multiple steps in a long chain of effects.

Back to the main point. My tutorial idea would be how to recreate the hologram effects seen first in Star Wars, and even more recently in the Muse music video: Knights of Cydonia ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YygyHCRrKho ) The technique would require a green screen to go in a 3D environment, but it would be useful to see how you do it.
billie
17 years ago
hi andrew

love your all tutorials but what good are lightsabers if you can't melt anything
it would be cool if you could make a tutorial on how to cut though walls using a lightsaber

keep up the great woork
Kelley Muro
17 years ago
Composting tutorials, 3d tracking. more 3d stuff.
Ed Lannon
17 years ago
Andrew

Man, I love this site. I literally check it every day.

Yeah, I think a tutorial on serious compositing would be very useful. Its the one part of VFX that i cant seem to figure. What I mean is placing something that does not exist into the real world. Say for example a CG car in a parking lot. I realise that this would require 3D tracking software like syntheyes or boujou and most people dont have access to that but it would be really good to just see the PROCESS demonstrated.

Oh and P.S do you play call of duty on an xbox or a PC cause I reckon I could clean your clock!
Neo
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I love your tutorials and can't get enough of them. I recentely got Evolution from a freind of mine as a present for my birthday and I would like to know :
how did you animate the hooladanders (Extentions) ? Did you use a mask?

Can you please do a tutrial about that? Or maybe just sent me some clues on how to animate them?

Many thanks in adavnce and keep up the awsome job!

Neo
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,
Can you create a tutorial on how to convert an image from log to linear color space in AFX?

Thank you!

Edwin

p.s Your tutorials are the best I've seen. Congratulations!
tt
17 years ago
Have a tutorial on audio in after effects. You may create all your audio after AE edit but what if you wanted to edit to a beat of a song already produced. How would you set up your play settings and workflow to allow editing alongside audio?
17 years ago
How about a tutorial on how to make clean DV look like old VHS tapes.

Or the sort of videos you see in some games of a satelite view then it zooms in and searches, finds somewhere and zooms right in and cuts to live action.
STEVEN
17 years ago
CAN YOU MAKE YOUR VIDEOS TUTORIALS FOR IPOD DOWNLOADE
17 years ago
here's a doozy for you: how to make this shot stabilized (http://celebritydarwinism.com/Burma%202.mov) It's a 4:30 minute shot of going up into a huge temple complex in Rangoon, Burma. Basically it's the crux of my documenary. It was done hand held (because cameras have to be very unassuming there), but if you can figure out how to make this work then I might never need a dolly or steadicam again. Don't worry I've only shown you about 30 seconds of the shot. I've tried using Smooth Cam on FCP 6 and also the tracking and stabilizing on Mokey, but neither one can get rid of the nasty black bars coming in on the sides of the footage: here's my trial with smooth cam (http://celebritydarwinism.com/Burma.mov). The footage is PAL 24p, and I would be eternally grateful for any input (and I'd love to show the footage as a learning tool for anyone else who counters the same problem). PS Sorry the files are so big. I just wanted you to see what I was working with.
17 years ago
Well. Andrew. Your bad ass at the glowy stuff. lets see some smoke yah? Some slightly realistic colored smoke even? Or at least something that looks bad ass that's smoke related? You seem to have a good grip on the Trapcode particular. I know you can do it! Show us please!!
leemao
17 years ago
MAN ON FIRE EFFECT! like the guy from fantastic 4 !!!
i like the idea of the guy before me... THAT WUD B SO COOL!

thanks andrew
Harry
17 years ago
Hi Andrew

i would love to know how to make the clouds, or the rain effect from Pierre Michel's trailer for a french film festival. It's here, and it look challenging to do and VERY challenging to explain, but if anyone can do it, it's you.

http://www.studiodaily.com/main/technique/casestudies/8355.html

I'm going to thank you for all these tutes, and then stop kissing your butt.
richard descarreaux
17 years ago
I andrew, just to fix your attention on the spectacular group using after effect to her project. I dont know if you know this guys but check it for new perspective... creative by observation!
good work man and thanks for all
http://www.theronin.co.uk/index_flash.html
Lee
17 years ago
hey andrew

great work, would love to see a billboard replacement type effect, so handheld footage of say an advertising billboard, and using track motion , replace the image on the billboard...would be awesome...

awesome work again,

Lee
Timmy
17 years ago
Hello. I think alot of sci people want like, super strength, what I'm talking about is, like.. and effect to make 3d objects, carts etc, and stuff. and make the actor throw the car away etc. I dont know if this is possible, but hey.. worth a try ^^ It would be really helpful for younger kids in 13-16 that dont have the money to buy a car and go around it and stuff
as I said, I DONT know if its possible
Victtor
17 years ago
Hi Andrew!

I was wondering if you could help me to create a text with liquid effect. Like water, blood, lava or something like that.

Thnak you very much for your help.
Daniel
17 years ago
Hi Andrew, first of all, congratulations for the amazing and helpful tutorials!
A tutorial that you could maybe add to the â?????Set extensionâ??? is how to make a crowd of a few people. Itâ??????s a great effect and would be awesome if you could share with us.

Regards from S??£o Paulo/ Brasil
Daniel
GAV
17 years ago
Would it be possible to make a predator style cloaking effect.? I know you have a lot of requests but maybe you could do this one ? Cheers...
Lynton Brown
17 years ago
Sorry for the bad spelling. I'll blame my dog for jumping on the keyboard.
Lynton Brown
17 years ago
About 4 or 5 months ago I put arequest in for a tutorial on how to opening a page in a book and carboard video pop ups appear as the camera flys around, then a new page opens to a new scene with different cardboard cutout video. Similar to the childeren books that you can get with animals poping up etc.
Well I've just seen exactly what I tried to describe in a video clip by pop group "Fergie and the song Clumsy" Very nice.
Perhaps someone read my tutorial ides and made the clip. I'd love to find out more.

Cheers
Lynton
17 years ago
3D Tutorials, I want to see 'em.

Thanks man.
17 years ago
Hey Andrew!

I have a very nice Idea for a new Tutorial of you!

Show us please, how to create glass that explode by a accident oder an explsoion!

Im very sure about it, that you will make it real!
My english is very bad because im german and its difficult to speak another lenguage, excuse for that.

Thanks for your regard!
Cya
AlienTheOne
17 years ago
Hi!

I think my request, would be helpful to a large audience. Everybody is seen, or at least heard about STARGATE SG-1. So my request is no surprise. Please Andrew, could you make a nice tutorial about that liquid/water thing which comes when you start the stargate, or at least the wormhole effect. I have heard that you like to make art with 3D studio max, so that liquid thing would be a perfect for this.

And... I know that I request a lot, but if it is possible, could you make somebody to go thru the gate in to the wormhole. I know that i am not the only one who has asked for this kind of tutorial, so it means it if for little larger audience, plus whit this tutorial many people will learn new things of 3D studio max. I think i will, and a lot.

I will be grateful if you could do my request. Thank you.
AlienTheOne
17 years ago
Hi!

I think my request, would be helpful to a large audience. Everybody is seen, or at least heard about STARGATE SG-1. So my request is no surprise. Please Andrew, could you make a nice tutorial about that liquid/water thing which comes when you start the stargate, or at least the wormhole effect. I have heard that you like to make art with 3D studio max, so that liquid thing would be a perfect for this.

And... I know that I request a lot, but if it is possible, could you make somebody to go thru the gate in to the wormhole. I know that i am not the only one who has asked for this kind of tutorial, so it means it if for little larger audience, plus whit this tutorial many people will learn new things of 3D studio max. I think i will, and a lot.

I will be grateful if you could do my request. Thank you.
17 years ago
xman2 nightcrawler (vagner) teleport effect tutorial in AE
PLEASE
Elie Romano
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Something that I've been interested in learning was combining Adobe's Photoshop CS3 Extended 3d models with After Effects
Tom
17 years ago
A bullet that hits the water would be a nice effect, like: some nice splatters.
THILINA
17 years ago
Hello Andrew,

I would like to see a tutorial about Trapcode 3D Stroke goes around a 2d object
Brandon Wong
17 years ago
what is the best way for human flight on after effects? Hopefully, it can look like the flight from the tv series, heroes. thank you!
Eddie
17 years ago
HI Andrew,

Im a recent veiwer and i've watched almost all of the free tutorials and i had one request of a tutorial I would like to see. You made an earlier tutorial about stopping time (with the falling and the boxes) and i would love to see an effect that the unstopped actor could move an object, like the box while it is stopped in motion along with the second frozen actor.It was used in Heroes with playing cards and i would really enjoy a follow up tutorial on that.

Thanks for the time and consideration,

Eddie
carlinho
17 years ago
bom dia andrew
i wrote you from brasil, i think u make the coolest tutorials on the net andmany thanks for taking time to do it.
, one tutorial Iâ??????d really like to see is explosion of a car.
i will be very glad is you post one
thanks again bye
Cyndi
17 years ago
Hello Andrew,

We shot a film in Zambia, Africa. Some of the scenes were shot at night. We shot in HD. Any suggestions on how to lighten this footage up without making the video noise unbearable?

Thanks,
Cyndi
17 years ago
Any chance we could get a tutorial or some examples using the plugin "Magic Bullet Looks?"

Bones
Weaverchilde/Dave
17 years ago
Hello,

I was wanting to create some multi-purpose elements such as blowing sand or creeping materials (think zerg creep from Starcraft or even plain old ice/frost), but have no clue how to film this or edit it for use.

any help would be appreciated

Dave
Kevin Nielsen
17 years ago
Hi Andrew

Please make a tutorial on how to make someone walk throug a wall like a ghost or something.
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I've been trying to figure out for some time now....how to do the zoom effect that was used in the Papa Roach "Last Resort" music video.....if you have any tips on how to achieve this....i would greatly appreciate it....thanks... btw here is the youtube link to the music video so you can see what effect i'm talking about... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XJy_Pei_SA ....let me know what you think...

D-Napps
BT
17 years ago
Hello,

I would like to see a tutorial about Trapcode 3D Stroke.

Cheers.
Earlack
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Long time I'm visiting this site, long time my knowledges are growing with it... I owe you a lot

Anyway, I was wondering if a tutorial about erasing persons or objects from a shot could be possible... I think that lot of AE users do matte paintings, and that would help quite a bit.

Of course, I know how to "cheat" to do it but I'm sure if YOU show me how to do it, there will be lot of tricks & tips to learn !

So, cheers from France !

Earlack
Aviv~~
17 years ago
hello mr. kramer.
i would wanna know how to creat an hologram effect, star-wars style.
i think this effect is very popular and every one would be happy to learn it.

thanks!

you can cheack out my FX videos here: (please cheack them out :-O...)
http://www.youtube.com/user/avivrez


avivrez. (a huge fan)
Daniel
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Just want to say your tutorials are amazing! I was just wondering if you could possibly do one on any rotoscoping techniques that would potentially cut down the frame by frame nodding?

Keep up the good work!
17 years ago
Aloha Andrew,

Is it possible to create water swirling , just like the one in Harry potter and the order of the phoenix, It's the scene with Dumbledore and Voldemort's fighting, he create a ball of water spinning. Thanks for the inspiration. Happy new to you and your family aloha from hawaii.

Thank John
Tom
17 years ago
Hey, i was wondering if maby you could do some work around fire, like some one makeing fire in there hand or there hand turning into fire, something like that.... That would be cool
Patrick
17 years ago
Hey Andrew.

What I'd really really really!...LOVE to see would be how to create the effect of someone walking through a wall, or just putting their hand through.

(like in heroes)

Pleaseeee!

Thanks heaps...
from Patrick (in Australia!)
Patrick
17 years ago
Hey Andrew.

What I'd really really really!...LOVE to see would be how to create the effect of someone walking through a wall, or just putting their hand through.

(like in heroes)

Pleaseeee!

Thanks heaps.
Patrick
Heath
17 years ago
Whats up bro!

Love the stuff and have bought nearly all your products!

Maybe not a tutorial but as a product idea, how about a collection of project files. Trailer/Movie Intros, Advertisements, Banners, etc. Things like your product videos...

Your tutorials are amazing and detailed perfectly, but either way I'm a very hands-on person and learn better by taking things apart. It would be great to have professional project files to do so.
Mike
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I am currently working on a superhero movie and was curious how to create energy blasts/balls in After Effects to be thrown. Also, what would you suggest would be the best way to create a "super speed" effect on a subject? We were also thinking of creating subjects with the ability to create fire and emit lightning. Thanks for the help, your tutorials are great.
Phil
17 years ago
I was wondering if you could show how to make a spot light with a visible cone and dust particles floating around the air.

thanks.
17 years ago
Yeah I miss the 3ds max bridge too
but take as much time as you need
your tutorials are the best and i would love to see more 3ds max stuff
greetz
interested
17 years ago
Hi Andrew, thanks for all the inspiration and education ... was wondering if you could show how some of the crazy G4 logo reveals were done by onesize : http://www.onesize.nl/project.php?id=64 ??

would be greatly useful and appreciated ; )

thanks
Carlos Valencia
17 years ago
Thanks a lot for those wonderful ideas you give us in your tutorials.
I would like to learn how to make a 3D Photo montage. Thanks again for your help.
DM
17 years ago
Hey Andrew! Happy New Year fisrt

I was wondering what happend with the Bridge project ? i was so happy to hear that You'll make some tests with the reactor!

Greetings!
Ricardo Robles
17 years ago
Now that you are starting to show us some 3D I think it would be VERY useful if you could make a tutorial of how to export a camera from 3d max to AE. I have been searching from along time all over the internet and I havent found any tutorial about this (that works), I only saw a lot of people asking this.

What I can do is export the render via RPF sequence, and create a rpf camera in AE, then adjust the AE camera's properties with the 3dmax camera's properties...but with no precise solution...
Andre Guignard
17 years ago
I really want to see a horror movie tutorial! Like the title sequence with all the fancy grunges and blood splats. And then also editing the movie to make it seem creepier. It would be a great addition to those creepy eye effects and bug crawling tutorials you made. Just a thought....
Alejandro
17 years ago
Hello Andrew,

I was wondering if you could teach us how to do effects like the film "Transformers", you know: cars transform into machines and robots and great stuff, I hope you can do it, it would be awesome! I really apreciate the time you spend doing this, I have already seen your new tutorial abour the eye.

You are a very nice person, happy 2008

Thank you,
17 years ago
What about Some Ghostly Effects?
like... i dont know

bud I Gonna make a movie About Ghosts, So That will Be Helpfull
AFshar13
17 years ago
I would like to see you do a beauty pass. Something simple on tips to give your footage a little Ugh! I am a intern at a studio in LA and i have noticed that when i compare my work with guys who are experienced theirs seems to have a warm soft ethereal feel to it. I know not all jobs need this treatment but i see it allot. EG: Duplicating a footage layer adding a slight gaussian blur and setting the transfer mode to soft light. I would love to learn any other methods. Also maybe one tut that discusses tweeking handles in the velocity graph to create dynamic motion/changing the keyframe velocity amounts to give the animation a professional feel.
Im hooked on your generosity, your lessons make me happy.
peaz
afshar
John Smith
17 years ago
I am positive that a Large audience would love to see how to make our ootage look "CINEMA" like 35mm camera and color corrected to match the quality.... i know it sounds impossible...... but just a suggestion, i know that many people are looking for his.. thanks
17 years ago
Using Keylight on HD footage.

Being a newb at keylight and even newer with HD (I'm used to PAL!) I have had a nightmare with noise in HD footage (1920x1080 XD format) after using Keylight according to your great tutorial. Result was a less than happy client who had to re-key.
Any tricks to using Keylight with HD?
17 years ago
Heroes fly jump / Also kind of Matrix jump.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoDdnBAyveo&NR=1

I'm sure you can do it much better!

Bye
Joseph
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

wasn't sure where I should post this. I remember coming across a tutorial you did on colour correction. It featured a bunch of guys in a "police station"? Did you take that one out? Is there any way you could bring that back?


Thanks,
Joseph
17 years ago
hi, something i really would like to learn in AE is how to make a nice animated slideshow.

- thanks
17 years ago
what i mean is like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmD7ysB62P8&feature=related

pretty amazing MAN ON FIRE huh ?
17 years ago
Hey, i would really really like to know how to turn a MAN ON FIRE like the guy from the fantastic four. Like, for example, if you have already pre-made fire footage like...particle illusion, to sort of put it over the man so the fire is shaped like him, and for example have him running around screaming on fire. im not an expert i guess you would have to use motion tracking in some way.... this would be an amazing tutorial. im sure you would see it everywhere on youtube

Thanks!
Will
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Love your tutorials. Not only educational but very entertaining too. Love it!
Would really love to see how you create 'smoke' effects. I'm doing a test 'set extension' with a Volcano, and I'd like to put smoke (very slowly) pouring out of the top of it. Can you create that sort of thing with After Affects?

Hope to hear from you soon...

Will.
Simon
17 years ago
Hi, Andrew!

First of all: I love your tutorials. It's facinating how you can make soo cool stuff. I was the British program called "The real hustle", and I thought the intro for this show was pretty cool with those line you followed through the whole ting, and the clips into cell phones etc. and the camera twists, you know. I looked it up on YouTube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=6pF9SHeHCJM please take a look, and it would have been wonderful if you could make a tutorial were you used many of these tings, included just the outline of the people and maybe 3d dices.

I'll be waiting in exitement.

Simon
Donny
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,
Your tutorials are very helpful. I was wondering if you were planning to do any future tutorials for multipass rendering out of 3ds max to Afereffects?
17 years ago
I'd like to see is tutorial bout 3d motion tracking and some particles in 3d
HIStory [Germany]
17 years ago
Hi Andrew and all others here.

I would like to make my own animated Flourish or
Arrow, looks like yours Andrew!!!

Can someone help me to do that?!



Many thanks for all the great Help and Tutorials !!!

Greetz
HIStory [ArtOfDesign - Germany]
Charl
17 years ago
hi Andrew,
please can u show us the effect of bullet holes on the walls from a gun shot....
i tried it but the holes kept on moving from from its hit position.
thank u...
regards to ur family.
Simbo
17 years ago
hi Andrew,
please can u show us the effect of bullet holes on the walls....
thank u...
regards to ur family.
Travis
17 years ago
One thing I would like to know is how to create plug-ins
Pedro
17 years ago
Hi Andrew! Happy New Year! I hope this year is full of blessings for your family and for you. I'm just wondering if there is a chance of creating an effect of teleporting just as nightcrawler in X-men 2; teleporting and leaving some kind of smoke with the color of your skin, or clothes you're wearing, just as seen in the movie. That's all. Thanks for consideration. You're my hero, keep it up Andrew!

Greetings from Mexico
Giovanni Online courses
17 years ago
Hey andrew...after soo many good tutorials at professional level..i was wondering "wouldn't it be nice to have Andrew as a real professor??...yesh but it would so difficult to reach him in california..i live in italy...well how cool would be to have him here but not really here (sounds creepy hehe)...i mean like in a webcam chat....let me think..mmm.. yeah online courses...."what do you think about it Andrew??let me know...it could be a great possibility for everyone around the world to follow your experience right in their own home....let's cross the fingers

byeee
17 years ago
Hey! What about a person who is changing into smoke? Would be a nice ghost effect
Or maybe a tutorial for the effect when blade (the daywalker^^) kills a vampire
greez from austria...U ROCK
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17 years ago
I've been trying to nail realistic atmospheric effects (rain, snow, etc...) for ages (using particular), and can't seem to get it right... I can make it look fairly good, but not like it was really in the scene i'm working with. So, a tutorial on creating that would be good, with an empasis on linking your animation to 3D space.

Thanks!
Daniel
17 years ago
Hi! I would really much like to see some visuelleffects like harry potter fight-style, since im trying to do it on my own and are unhappy with the result ;D

Thx, really appriciate your kindness of sharing! (:
17 years ago
Yo Andrew Here a really good idea for a tutorial!
How about go over all the new features of After Effects CS3.
Espectically the Puppet Tool.
And How to Make Cut Out Animation.
Cheesy I know, but its fun and a easy way to animate.

Thanks
Marcus Love
17 years ago
Some 3D tutorials, Maya, max, what ever you got for us.
Homer
17 years ago
Hey Andrew, I was wondering if you could do a tutorial on having an object or video in a persons eye...I've seen the effect used in some films the only one I can recently remeber is Dead Silence. I hope you know what I am talking about and I would appreciate a tutorial on it.

Thanks again for all the hard work you've put in for us!
Ahmad
17 years ago
hey andrew
there is still one thing i dont really understand from the demon face warp tutorial: the motion stabilizing... i mean if you reverse stabilize it... arent u basically adding the exact same shakes or cam movements that it had before? can you please make a tutorial only for motion stabilizing... it would be really great because many of us who can afford big cameras and tripods and stands use small ones which do have a lot of shakes... thanks a lot man!
hgoodsir
17 years ago
Just another idea, I forgot

firing a fake RPG using the trapcode plugin particular.

Ifound a couple of cool examples I think these guys used your actions movie dvd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24bAqJradMg&NR=1

but I like this video i found

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rfq0fKOvxp0

it reminds me of a new film coming out

http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/cloverfield/medium_2.html

the VFX is this film are too dam good, doing a tutorial on the lines of these vids would be cool

Thanks
hgoodsir
17 years ago
Whats up

What about UFOs/independents day take over a little tutorial which show how to composite a 3d space craft apperaing from the clouds, or a little space bug flying around a room ?
serhat
17 years ago
i will like som effects like they use on the tv show 'Heroes'?

affcourse if you want to, that will be amazing, thx
Aidan F
17 years ago
Hi!!

Ok, well i don't know whether it can be done within After Effects - but a cool one would be on 3D tracking?? Such as on the new sky plus advert where everything is frozen in mid air and the camera rotates past 3D splashing water or dust?? Just a thought.

Thanks!
Alex T
17 years ago
Hi Andrew!

One thing I would like to see is how to make DVD menus. It would be cool if you did that in AE or any other program. Thanks for a great site!

Alex T
Kelley Muro
17 years ago
2008, 3D tutorials this year man. Real good 3D tutorials, its gonna be huge, maya and 3ds max!
nikolai
17 years ago
Hello again,

yesterday i was watching someone being en-gulfed in flames...maybe...well you know..

tq!
Alexander
17 years ago
I love you tutorials, especially the ones that involve camera moves.

I was wondering if you could make a tutorial that shows us how to make the camera shake once text flies in. In all your tutorials so far you have show us how to use wiggle to make the camera shake (but that is continued throughout). I want to know how to make it shake just at impact when say a title flies in and hits something.

Please help, I have seen this effect before on the video copilot tutorial for Designer Sound Effects (which I own).
17 years ago
I would to know how you whip to camera from one image to another I now this is childs play for you but it would help to know I.m I only 12 I'm using after effect 7 can't afford CS3 been using af for 2years now pleesse Heelp
Brady
17 years ago
hi, I was thinking of an effect where one person morphs into another person and each feature slowly changes into that other person. I see it a lot in movies. Thought it would be a cool effect to create. Thanks
17 years ago
ok. listen to this. example: i have a video footage at coutryside and the camera is rotating around a temp object.

The problem is: How do i insert a 3d object in the composition. But the rotation of the footage its the same with the 3d video footage that i have render already.

(i have heard something like: import camera data from 3d program to AE) is that the base of the solution? maybe a tutorial with something like that.

Thanks Yianni

- Respect
charl
17 years ago
pls do d demon in d glass effect like dat of constantine movie (the first demon capture)
Bernhard B.
17 years ago
Andrew.

I really enjoy your tutorials they helped me and my brother out a lot. We were just wondering if you can do a tutorial on light saber burn marks on walls, floors and stuff. Thanks a lot.
17 years ago
You Rock Andrew!

How about particle weapon effect? Live Action, with muzzle flashes and hits.
Elven'baller
17 years ago
hey sup

you could do something related to sony vegas and cinema 4D... i dont know if you know/like to use Vegas , but its very popular and would raise a lot of the audience on the website...


Peace.
Ben Tattersley
17 years ago
Dear Mr Kramer, one tutorial i would like to see, is how to make a true 3d particle system, for example, when i create an element in 3d, lets say some text, and i plave it at 0 on the z axis. I would then create a particle system, lets say in particular , i then place the emitter ot the same coordinates as the text, and make it a box at like 500x500x500, the particles do not render around the text, only infront or behind, depending on where the particle layer is stacked in the comp timeline, is there a workaround to solve this problem, or is it jst harcoded and a suggestion for trapcode or adobe, thanks. Also if that one is a buit boring, how about making someone walk or phase through a wall, like in NBC's Heroes?
17 years ago
I would like something with 3D studios max and AE:

-We create a Bullet in 3D
-Then you put the composition on after effects
-you animate in after effects
-And Voila!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpDgv9pXErM&NR=1
-alkesero
nikolai
17 years ago
Greetings from Malaysia!

can you teach us how to make an ADVANCE FAKE DEPTH OF FIELD for a DV footage?..usually a DV footage shot has a linear sharp feelings to it and some guys/cameraman messed up pretty bad..in order to make the footage look like film I somehow roto some spots and I have to soften it up a bit with fast blur..aside that, I learn a little bit from creativecow to make a black and white of the footage and apply
compound blur to it..but this makes an uneasy feeling to it..its too fake and won't be real for somethings like a music video for example.
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17 years ago
hi man

first ... i want to say thank you for your tuts

this website is my door to the afterFX world

second ..


i would like to see some tuts here about abstract
and working with audio coz i still cant work with an video which has soound in it

even uf i rendered ..

so i wish to see that

thanks again

regards

alwaheed

alwaheed2007.deviantart.com
17 years ago
Hi Andrew! im Dj A.Q. from Japan Im actualy not a movie editor but soft like its my hobbie cuz im a music producer Trance Dance to Anime songs here in Japan .
I been watching your tutorials since the first sin city that has been deleted .and even now your tutorials keeping me loving this AE and improving my skills working at my music videos ,and hopefuly I can make a good one that I can show you how your tutorials powered up me in a months haha.

so for all of your respect and busy time thank you for reading this here now is my request. I just loved the "Set Extension" tutorial you made and only a matter of time since i got it working on me .and now I have a music video of my own song and the scene was a girl standing on a Fantasy world like there are many things are moving some trees are growing in the sets and even the girl is standing ini the middle and that is my problem .how can I add her in the scene with the whole set is covering her around? so what i mean is i request for a Advance Set Extension that there are many things are moving and the character is in the middle of the scene .I want to know how you make it like real.

sorry for my bad long english by the way.
but thanks for reading it ^^;
and one more thing Ive been making a tune for your tutorial intro and outro
Ill be sending those for you when im finished ,thanks again and hope you like it

regards : Dj A.Q.
17 years ago
hey CoPilots

i was watching harry potter and the order of the phoenix and i saw how beutiful those spells were make when they hit eachother.
can you do a tutorial how to create two spells hitting eachother like in harry potter 4 and 5.
and eeh... thanks for evrything andrew(and the others of the team)

Sander Schekman

(From the Netherlands)
Simbo
17 years ago
hi andrew,
can u pls show us from start to finish, a small creature composited into a life footage eg venom in spiderman 3
Niko
17 years ago
One thing you could do would be a tutorial about how to make fire that REALLY looks like fire! I tried to create fire a few times, but it always looked a bit dioramic (is this english??) You could also exhange this tutorial by making a fireball or something else. Or maybe shooting a fireball at somebody!
I know, fire is asked very often but it never looks like fire! (I once saw a quite good one at "Heroes")
I really appreciate what you are doing! (for free!!)
Keep going!
Ybrazo
17 years ago
some particles witch transforms in a text...(for introduction)
for eXemple: blood on the wall & its transform in text "blood"
or an eXplozion in to a text
that will be very awesome! thanks
17 years ago
Hi..
Congratulations for yours works..
I sugest a tutorial of slow motion very advance..
See this.. :
http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=BrZTNhW44-o

This is a very likely video with slow motion..
Thanks..
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,
After the eyeball tut, I think it would be great to revisit the tut you considered doing earlier about gravity. As John Maher say's.. "it's always workin' against me."
louis
17 years ago
hers wut i have in mind its stupid but i said il give it a shot U GO UP TO A TV AND U JUMP THROUGH IT LIKE DISSAPEER ....that my idea
Eric
17 years ago
Fire! and particles! how does one make the most realistic as posible fire with particles? fire and particles tutorial, nuff said
Jeff
17 years ago
Hi Andrew it would be really cool to see some effects from ghost rider and anything that has to do with fire or related to starwars like force lighting and someones face burning off and some rain but instead of it raining water have it rain fire instead that would be cool.
17 years ago
Hello Mr Andrew Kramer i i think your doing a fantastic job . Your practically my idol. hehe. Andrew i have 3dsmax And after effects. The thing is i dont know how to import my 3dmodels into After Effects. I want the the 3d Models's native dimensions in after effects. Ive been searching everywhere,used everything even Zaxworks that imports AI files. Please Mr Andrew Kramer pls make a tutorial on this. for example a model of a person. Thank you so much my friend. Your help is immensely appreciated man. And i know 1000s of ppl are having this problem. Again thank you.
Will Carroll
17 years ago
Hey Andrew,

How 'bout a gatorade sweat tutorial... (with the colored sweet moving down the face, when the camera shot is frozen) maybe using particular to accomplish it...
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17 years ago
Hey Andrew, your tutorials are THE BEST.

iv been wondering for ages on how to do the effect where u change the label on the side of a drinking can like in your reel, i can't figure out how to do it, is it just masks? Also another tutorial I'd love to see is how to do the James Bond 007 sequence with the looking down the Gun barrel, Many people have asked for that and I especially would be grateful of that along with many other people.

Thanks for the grate tutorials Kramer
Daniel Capener (United Kingdom)
Tofikbey
17 years ago
hey man,
amazing stuff you have here... i'd like to see a tutorial on tracking particle effect into a moving camera footage. like snow, or the neon stroke effect but with moving background...
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Anthony
17 years ago
In the video tutorial of the dead planet, you show a UFO but dont have enough time to talk about it. Can you make a tutorial on how to make one? thanks, this will help me make a movie that i plan on making.

Anthony
Steffen
17 years ago
Hello Andrew,

could you make more tutorials with fire. For example the woman in Hellboy, the Guy from X-Men(Pyro) or something like Ghostrider. That would be awesome.

So thanks a lot for your great Tutorials

Steffen (Germany)
17 years ago
Hi Andrew,

i wonder if you could make an tutorial (or if you know some article what explain that effect) about how to make this effect on the characters:
http://llethanh.free.fr/Pages_Pro/NY_NY/NY_lg/NY_larg.html

how to manipulate the cardboard characters articulations?

thanks and keep up your good work!
Israel T
17 years ago
hey i was wondering if you could make a dragon ball z effect... like flying,energy blasts(i.g. kamehameha), or going super sayin.... i have never seen a good effective tutorial on this kind of effect and i think it would be useful to a lot of people
Marvin
17 years ago
Hey Kramer, great work! i realy love it.

I maybe have a idea that i think more ppl would love to know.
Export settings. Or rather a tutorial about the best way to convert your movie to a high quality DVD production.

I hope this was not mentions earlier =p and im waiting for your next wicked tut .

Greetz.

Marvin (The Netherlands)
17 years ago
You are the best styled team what ever i seen ....i wish you much much much ...more moneys,fun,visual effects,popularity from this work.GOod job team....i was say it ...best team what ever i was seen...Good tutorials,friendly voice(in vidtut) good actros ...nice designs ....very good ideas.... Exelent ...its all what you can want...
17 years ago
Hi Andrew.

I'm learning how to make a promo video from 504 soundFX DVD. However, you said that you edit the video to the music. I was trying to make a cool music from your DVD but I can't make a good long one. If I make a short one like 5 seconds or 8 seconds, it sounds fine but not intereting.

I watch the last tutorial from the DVD and it's so awesome. I know you focus on video effect more than soundFX. But if you make more or some tutorial about how to make interesting music like your promo, it will be really helpful. I really want to learn from your experiences

You said edit the video to the music so it is also important right? I hope you will accept my request.

Giap Vo.
RJ
17 years ago
Hi Andrew big fan of your tutorials. I was wondering if you could make a tutorial about TYPOGRAPHY in after effects..something like this http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6590804679527586582&q=typography&total=1763&start=50&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=4

thank you. Keep up the good work
Rich
17 years ago
I think you should do an "eye of Sauron" effects from Lord of the Rings. On like you see at the top of his tower Barad Dur using very little plugins. I've tried with particle playground and particular but I'm no pro. Just a thought... I thought it might be challenging and just very cool!
Keep up the good work!
Todd
17 years ago
Hey, Andrew! Love the site and have been visiting for over a year now. There's a video effect I would LOVE to replicate. The first time I saw it, it was in the Wall-E trailer and the other is in the new Gatorade commercial on TV. In the Wall-E trailer, it's of the Pixar animators sitting down. It's the main focus of the Gatorade commercial.

It's where it's a static picture, but the camera zooms or pans into the subjects in 3D.

Here's the Gatorade commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwxwynoMyPI
Wall-E trailer example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAWIIlXNGwY

Any ideas how to do it? Thanks!
Minilem
17 years ago
Hey Kramer, How About A Matchmoving Tutorial?
With Boujou And 3D Max? Incorporating 3D Footage With Real Life Footage?
I'd Love To See It
Peace Out
17 years ago
I would love if you had more tutorials with 3D and AE, and a 3D tutorial with the 3D "Crush" thingy. http://www.videocopilot.net/blogstuff/crashlarge.jpg that one.
I only have 1 experience with 3D + AE, but that's nothing advanced (check Websitelink)

But anyways:
- more 3D + AE stuff.
- Movieeffects
- Manipulations (stuff like the removal of the eye tutorial you had a blogpost about.)

Other than that.. Keep up your good work!
Ken
17 years ago
ANDREW!!! I agree with MGB - more text effects!!! More text effects!!! More text effects!!! More text effects!!! More text effects!!! More text effects!!! More text effects!!!

In your own reel you've got some cool stuff - like "The Ultimate Nightlife", "Subterfuge", and "Speed" text effects. How about some tutorials showing us how you created those effects?

Or a "How-To-Create-Cool-Text-Effects" DVD. I'd buy it! PLEASE!!!
THE ONE
17 years ago
can you make a T-Rex tutrorial in 3ds max THX.
Israel T
17 years ago
May suggest something as exotic as a dragon ball z tut... anything like an enrg blast or super sayin would be cool.... i havent seen any good tuts on that at all.... i mean at all... and i waould really like 2 try it out
Hi Andrew Kramer!
17 years ago
Hi Andrew Kramer and the rest of the VideoCo Pilot team!

I wonder if you could make an tutorial about how to make that effect (like in the
Riot Gear and Evolution promo) when you change effect. (like in Riot gear when you change from Riot gear Title to Pre-matted organic stock footage)
My effects just goes to ... Ummm i can't describe it but it doesn't look good.

oh and BTW it's snowing outside here in sweden!!!! WHOOHOO!!!

(this is the first time i comment btw!)
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vishal
17 years ago
Hi Andrew!!

I visited adobe after effects extension and i searched the tuturial and i found
time counter, that seen in the adobe premiere pro, universal counting leader and i found the SCRIPT in AE project that i downloaded.

holdTime = 1.0;
s = "8,7,6,5,4,3,2";
j = Math.floor(time/holdTime);
s.split(",")[j]

i wana ask u, wats the meaning of this script, so if possible pls help me out.
Nate
17 years ago
first off, thanks for all the tutorials....I am wanting to learn how to do a projected film effect. Say maybe you have an image of a brick wall or whatever, and you want to "project" another video clip onto that wall where you can see the volumetric light rays from the "projector"...Would you perhaps use trapcode shine for this? thanks!
bigboode
18 years ago
hi Andrew i wana tell u u are so smart and so nice and i wana thnxxx u alot of thnxx about all this Tutorial about my req i wana know how remove black rope in action move like xmen or other and thnxx 2 u agin
maxgezone
18 years ago
I'd like to see a few tutorials
1. making simple footage like jumping turn into a awsome double flip and jumping super high
2. crating the effects from those dog mivies where dogs talk and its really realistic you see the jaw move and everything
3.maybe making it look like your flying on a dragon when your really in front of a green screen like in those movies

I wont mind if you don't use any but that would be cool if you did

also love the tutorials
michael hejmej
18 years ago
Hey andrew I have a great idea i would love to learn that you havent really gone over much. I was thinking about credits? You are an amazing teacher and you've shown us effects and titles but your not covering the credits. I think it would be really cool to learn about how to make those 3D text falling credits and mabey some cool tips and tricks on the side.
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MGB
18 years ago
MORE TEXT / TITLES
So pretty much everything you do with text / titling is fantastic.
Also is what ppl are most impressed with when I show them your stuff.

DEMOS OF ANY OF YOUR PRODUCTS DEMOS
are great too....in Basic training you only showed part of the titling (the end) but none of the great stuph at the beginning.

Anything on printing money would be nice too.
But make sure to mix up the demoninations, okie dokie, to make it look less suspicious. I think wiggle can help w/that.
18 years ago
Hi,Andrew......sir i want to make some thing morphing like the movie " underworld" ...Sir can u help me for that and give me the tutorials..Thnxx
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Sketch
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,
I thought it would be a good idea if you could take your time freeze tutorial to another level. I know your experimenting with 3D at the moment, so i thought you might be able to incorporate 3D into that tutorial like recreating the boxes in 3D and use tracking to follow you as you walk around them. Just like in HEROES.

Cheers hope this is a good idea.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
ash hills
18 years ago
i saw this movie and love the titles check them out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TuqA7I7LLk

i would LOVE! LOVE SO MUCH! to be able to do this
koua xiong
18 years ago
hey there Andrew, can you do a tutorial on motion tracking a human body and turning it into an animal. I have been trying to motion track the body, but i cant seem to figure it out or is there any other way i can track the body and turn it in to like a giant dog or tiger

thanks
fuad miftari
18 years ago
rotoscoping tutorials pleeeeeaaaase!
and compositing tutorials too.

we know from who we request.
Rich
18 years ago
crowd tutorials that work! Tried building one in particular, to my dismay, did not look that great. Any tips? or creating overhead battle scenes such as those in Nightwatch. Thanks.
18 years ago
Hi there Andrew! Have you ever seen Mission Impossible? they do these crazy things with that realistic face mask. well, i want to know how to create that effect. I filmed 2 green screen shots, (1 of mij head going up, and 1 with my face covered with the green screen) and this is the result: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCC-b-12sRM
Doesnt looks that realistic right? do you know how to create a more decent one?

Thanks allready!

Cheers
18 years ago
I have several ideas :

1) Superpowers (X-men etc)

2) A decent teleporting tutorial (Stargate SG-1 maybe ?)

3) Flying (Like in Heroes)

4) Effects from a show called 'Heroes' (Particularly walking through walls)

5) Disintergrating (Like in the Chamber Of Secrets - Vipera Evanesca)

6) Going through a portal into another world

Many Thanks

Keep Up The Good Work !!!
18 years ago
hey, how about a tutorial people ask for,

some 3d composting.
Jim
18 years ago
CREATING basic photo 3D SETS.... in conjunction with green screen characters.... PLEASE... thanks Andrew
18 years ago
Andrew! Please make an unwanted shadows discarding tutorial! I mean those nasty shadows you get from the boom mic or other unwanted shadows which are caused due to bad lighting and what not. I'm sure you'll give us a fantastic way to darken or evaporate those shadows.

Thanks in advance.
18 years ago
Hello Andrew,

Love the site and appreciate all the free help. Will definately be supporting by buying all your products once i reach that kind of an advanced stage.

If possible can you please do a tutorial on how to create shooting meteorites and explosions ? I have looked all over the net and cant find nothing , all ive come accross is other people in forums requesting the same tutorial ..

Cheers
Alper from Australia
AE7 user
18 years ago
Hey Andrew how are you?I bet you are fine, anyway i was wondering if you could make a tutorial about how to make a 3D bullet like in "Matrix" and that the camera would go around the bullet.Thanks.
18 years ago
hey Andrew! awesome tutorials! the amount of knowledge i get out of ur tutorials is awesome! I would like to make a request for a tutorial on how they make those HP Commercials for the HP Personal Computers/Laptops in which the hands just move and stuff appears and dis-appears. I tried some stuff on my own but havent been able to get than kind of fluid motion.

I would love if u can throw some light on how to achive that kind of effect.

thankyou

PS: The links for those commercials are as follows :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4mStrgvzXs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyI5OnECBoM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oaybo46kMC8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BraU_cpfBeI
efecto forma morphing
18 years ago
efecto forma como de hombre lobo a persona o de una o otra cara
face a face
18 years ago
Hey Andrew Kramer,

Your previous video tutorial on the demon face got my hyped up and I loved it. I just want to know if you can make a tutorial continuing the effect but to a 3D realm...as if you are walking through the streets and people on everyside of you are demons would we have to use the Z space tracking point in that case?
Dirk
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I like your tuts alot.
Since I am from Belgium you will have to excuse me for my bad English
I am looking forward to a great great tutorial about someone walking trough walls and sticking a hand through objects like in Heroes and X-men.

Thanks for the previous tutorials btw.
It made me use AE for I am used to do everything in Maya.

A happy new year from Belgium!!!!
PG_05
18 years ago
Hey guys,
I come from germany and my english isnâ??????t the best but I have a question.
Mr. Kramer, can you make a tutorial, how I can creat an outro like in the Bourne films? (for example the outro of â?????The Bourne Identityâ???) I love this outros but I donâ??????t know how I can creat such an outra.

Please help

bye PG_05
Elliot
18 years ago
1) Something on timestop peoplpe interacting
2)Compositing live action footage or scenes made in AE with 3d objects (made in Studio Max or whatever) that have a Depth Matte
Frank Walsh
18 years ago
I'd like to see a tutorial detailing how to make something like the old mission impossible fuse...that runs across the screen....and then have text showup where the fuse goes...I think this would be something covered by partacles.
Kelley Muro
18 years ago
3-d tracking and composting.
Ben
18 years ago
Hey,
I found a cool site from a Designer. http://www.revision-media.com/
Have you any idea how I can make does 3D strokes in Video no.4 (PSP Bumpers)?

Thanks for help!

greets
Ben
Fee
18 years ago
Hey Andrew and his fans. I'm making a video for my friend which is in King Of Hearts (It's like a male popularity contest for our school.) Anyways, I had this idea of him traveling through movies, I've got all the effects for all the movies down except for one. I wanted to stage something like in Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift. I've heard you can actually drive at like 40 mph but make it look way faster. If someone knows how to do this, you're amazing. Thanks.
phil
18 years ago
i sent an email to the wrong place and i have just realised i am supposed to ask here. the email was about morphing. i hope you get it so i don't have to type it all again.
18 years ago
I would love a tutorial on how to achieve the typography effect like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syf8olcM0z4

so cool.
tejas
18 years ago
hi anderu , can u provide me the tutorials the that can make land slide in a normal sceen like they blast the brige in mi-3 if it is possible please help me or give me an some idea where can i find these can tutorials
18 years ago
Hi andrew,

Don't mind my English please :s but maybe I got a good tutorial for you.
Everybody have seen it already (THE HP COMMERCIALE) the computer related hp stuff, Jay-z and pharrel had one.

I think this is a tutorial everbody will like :d

keep up the good work Andrew!

Roel
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,
Id like to see a tutorial of someone getting invisible like Jessica Alba in Fantastic Four. Her Body is invisible but her clothes are still there... I treid to do this effects, it's quite easy with greenscreen and this Distort>Displacement Map effect... Thanks in advance!
jezza
18 years ago
Hey Andrew i have a great idea for you. could you make a tutorial on someone getting a cut, and you see the wound and it then begins to heal it self like in x men and heroes
thanx.
Jonathan
18 years ago
Hey Andrew! Is it possible for u to show a video on using the time freeze effect when the camera is moving?? like that one episode in Heroes when Hiro saves that one girl... where everything is like 3d... o yea and is it possible to show someone in the time freeze effect move an item that is frozen? thanks for the help
Mohamad
18 years ago
Hey andrew,

I would like you to do a tutorial on how to make rain and rain drops on the ground. It is like the example of the "video streams" product trailer on the 20th second. Thanks
Max Sjödin
18 years ago
like seen in this video

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZszTX3hT-zE

thank you!
Max Sjödin
18 years ago
Hi! I??´d like to see a rollover text tutorial. That would help me out a lot!
ashes productions
18 years ago
hy andrew...can you make tutorial with maya? i have a macbook and i can't install 3ds max...so i just want to know use it...thanks
Adrian Mak
18 years ago
Currently I'm creating subtitle for anime group.
One of my job is creating karoke effect on the OP song. I'm using ssa/ass to make karoke effect at all. However for more complex karoke effects , it will be a head-ache . Could you show a vidoe tutorial on how to create karoke effect by giving a ssa/ass file with timecode included.
Eric
18 years ago
Hi Andrew, it would be great to watch a tutorial of cutting arms and separating them from the body and then see the person without the arm. Well, that??´s the idea. See ya. Good luck!
nike grist
18 years ago
well i dont know how to make a gunbarrle i wish someone could teach me : D
Rafael
18 years ago
Andrew again im from ecuador, and i would like to see how can i do the run effect of the smallville series. Thank you , BLESSINGS
Mudrikah
18 years ago
hi andrew,

can u make a tutorials on how to convert a real life video into cartoon...
Naghi
18 years ago
hi andrew i'm a new client of your company i just have a difficulty to do a bullet time. is it possible with After Efffects CS3?? if so can you make a tutorial for it.
also i wanted to tell you if the (medical cells)tutorial was going trow to the chest,HEART, then cells i think it should be more real.
Aaron
18 years ago
hey Andrew

your tutorials have helped me a lot since i was like 6, you've got everything in a tutorial of how to use it and where to click. thanks man! and keep up the good work!

I've been animating light sabers for a while and i cant find out how to make that burn effect when the light saber hits an object

can you please help me
David
18 years ago
Hey, I would really like to see a small and quick demonstration on particles, especially on how to create the classic blurry dust effect, like when you see adverts where theres bright shots of sunny green fields and the lurry dustyness in the sky, if you get what i mean? Simple im sure but so effective.

Thanks. (if anyone has any ideas, comment on my youtube page) http://www.youtube.com/profile?userg8765
Stam
18 years ago
Why dont yuo make a boring but very usefull tutorial on different file types exports, their sizes and quality?
Which are mostly prefered inthe market etc...!

I think it would be very helpfull!

Thx
Ian
18 years ago
Hey, love the site . Learnt alot of stuff from your free tutorials, think im going to splash out on the riot gear pack after this holiday season. Just wondering if you could put up a small tutorial on shortcuts, you seem to use them alot and it would be great to see them all in one area ?. Mabye a video or just a sheet which shows or tells you what they do.

Great website, thanks for all the help,
And Happy holidays.
Philip
18 years ago
Hi. I'm making this flying effect were a friend of mine is flying, and i would like to use the matrix effect were Neo takes off, fighting the smith's... if you know what i mean... the wave thing in the ground, of course not that heavy but I saw the "Wave World" effect in AE and i thought i might could use that? If you know what i'm talking about, it would've been great if you could make a tutorial on that.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=puSKlbL-yQ0&feature=related (between 06:20 and to about 06:30)
Hank
18 years ago
Hey man, I would like to see some 3d animation tracked to live footage, and composting with after effects.
callum
18 years ago
hay i would really love to see how you integrate 3d animation into real life footage. ive been trying to add 3 dimensional titles in after effects into some footage unsuccessfully and would love to see how it was done including shadows of the titles etc.
Simbo
18 years ago
hi, i will like you to show the effect of changing cloths on as movin character...
Maarte
18 years ago
hey

how make you a 3d silver bullet. for a actien movie!
that can be shooting from a gun to a acteur in slowmotion.

can you help us?

thanks Maarte
martin
18 years ago
Hey Andrew

Happy XMAS for you and your Family
thx for your great job and tutorials

take care

best regards
martin
Lawrence
18 years ago
I would like to see how to make a splash of water. Sorta like a Mr. Mercury effect, with droplets forming away and into each other - but more controlled than Mr. Mercury and 3D. Thanks!
Kelley Muro
18 years ago
3-D composting. please and thank you.
18 years ago
Id like to see:

-3D animation integrated with real life footage
franco
18 years ago
I would like to see a tutorial on the best way to cook salmon
Harry
18 years ago
andrew i was thnkin of a smething animated like a rubix cube which wld animated like too
i ve made the cube but i don knw how to animate it

lookin forward to a great tutorial
Jack Ryan
18 years ago
Greetings Andrew, i'd love to see a tutorial on how to make that guy look like he's getting whacked by a van.

Your tutorials are great, keep 'em up!
jeremy
18 years ago
I would love to see a tutorial about creating a 3d photo montage!

Thanks for all your great work.
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Love your work, I even bought a dvd from you, liked it very much...if possible please make a tutorial on how to make:

1. Video wall. Zooming to one monitor, zoom out to whole lot of them, panning across video walls and similar...this effect was used many times and I am still trying to figure out the best way to do it....if possible that you could share some thouhgts on this....

wish all the best to the kramer family, happy holliday

Drazen
Dave
18 years ago
Hello,
I need to do a morph. Do you recommend AE for this? Is there a plugin I should be looking at?
I have seen the Morph tutorial on Creative cow. seems good but wanted to get the copilots thoughts. Also waiting to make a purchase of other VC products for the 50 tutorials on DVD to come out. Any release date set?

Thanks
Kelley Muro
18 years ago
Putting 3-d objects into real footage.

That would interesting to learn. thank you.
mark boucher
18 years ago
i would like to know how to make this effect. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWMpzLAAM4Y . A character made out of rain or water.
Ripujit K Singh
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

It was about a couple of months back when working on a project i required some particle effects. I searched on the web and came to know about your site. It is really a very helpful site, it has solved many of my queries about after effects.

Can you provide some tutorial for advanced color correction techniques, like color correcting a zone. As we know smoke can used to do zonal color correction, can we use after effects to similar extend.
Lucas
18 years ago
Wa wa we wa this is what i call a big rolling page...
i bet its impossible to read everything even if your name is andrew kramer and have some super computer powers..


it would be nice tutorial of video(real footage) with 3D creations integrated(3dmax) like buildings and stuff

big fan from brasil! see ya or hear ya or no!
Shawn
18 years ago
Okay, I just saw the trailer to Vantage Point - the graphics at the end reminded me of your work - very cool. It seems relatively simple - except I don't know how to create the glass look. Is it possible to do a tutorial that highlights the techniques used in that trailer?
Mahesh
18 years ago
i like to move it move it...and here is thy link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V1LoJt7IZw
Jason
18 years ago
Oh, yeah, as Josh Sammons says, I would love to figure out how to use caustics more effectively, pierre michel does amazing things with it.
-jason
Jason
18 years ago
Andrew,
I am interested in seeing how this look is accomplished, specifically the "wet look" as seen in this video by GoMedia:
http://gomedia.us/motion.php

It's the second video on the list for Akraix. The wet look on the floor is pretty rad and I was wondering if you had any insights into that. Also, I think it would be nice to see tutorials that involve advanced compositing in real life areas such as an apartment or on the street. Thanks for your site, it has helped me so much and I love the products, they are awesome, I tell everyone to buy them.
-Jason
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, Thanks for all your hard work!

I really like the particle tuts. Are you at all familiar with caustic effects? I'd love it if you could dissect caustic effects like this guy does. (View his reel.) Thanks again.

http://pierremichel.net/
FlashG
18 years ago
Hi andrew, your tutorials are the best! PLEASE DO A TUTORIAL ON CREATING A METEOR AND MAKING IT HIT A SURFACE OR BULDING!!! PLEASE. Thanks very much Andrew, keep up the brilliant work!
Humanakeo
18 years ago
I would like to see a tutorial where u make a Dragonball Z Aura.
Brian M
18 years ago
Hi guys, Love the site and the DVDs I got from you. Great stuff.

The tutorials I'd love to see are more things to do with text in a style suitable for corporate work.

Also some advanced green screen stuff. When to go blue vs green, lighting for green screen, etc. Those crosses I see in on-set photos from feature films - are they randomly placed to make sure there is always one visible, or do you measure things out so related to your 3d set? Why are there always some big and some small? Connected to this some advanced roto stuff would be great.

Some really detailed stuff would be great too. Not something you can do start to finish in 30mins but a real in depth look at some more advanced stuff, maybe taking an existing tutorial and finessing it, or like your 3d blood tutorial something split over mult videos.

There are an army of people who have picked up the basics from your site and are itching to know how to go to the next level. I know you want to make it accessible but try us out with one real hard thing - we can take it!!

Like many others, video walls or cool ways to show mult video streams would be great.

AND the most overlooked thing in every tutorial site;
Workflow 101.
You touch on many things in your AE BAsic training and things crop up in other tutorials but a tutorial focused on working with multiple applications and how to use file types and also any tips on workstation setup you have.
Everyone learns how to use software but it is harder to navigate through the endless technical info needed to set up and manage a reasonably high end editing and effects station. I know you cant teach us everything, but some things learned through your experiences would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks
Keep up the good work
Brian


PS - On your profile you said you taught yourself AE to support your own filmmaking. Can we see any of your work? Do you still have time to make any films?
18 years ago
Hello there Andrew, i'm totally helpless.. I've been trying to figure out how you made such realistic floor texture in your EvolutioN promo, specifically at 00:00:36. I've been trying to use the effect>stylize>texture but it's still no good. I was wondering how you did it, which is so flawless! Hope you could share it, a blog would be very fine!

I'm an avid fan of yours more power and happy holidays!

Thanx a lot!
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, I think it would be really helpful if you could design a tutorial in Boujou 4.1, i have searched through-out the internet and can only find one tutorial and it's in SPANISH! yep, well i'm engligh so i'm pretty helpless. Maybe, you could use Boujou with 3ds max and do 3d CG set extensions. It would be really helpful to me and many people out there looking for tuts on Boujou. I've also seen some people use it with particular plug in for after effects so i think it would be nice - bu the way i dig what you do. Giving help and support to one of the fastest growing comunities the "VFX community" and you are a legend! So just food for thought, Boujou can do some pretty cool things and I think many people would benifit from a nice tutorial!
Thanks man,
Sam
Ben Lelis
18 years ago
Hi guys,

Can you make a tutorial that gives someone powers, like in heroes. Like make Tino move things with a wave of his hand and Sam grow trees from his hand or something. Actually, I just want to know how they make that titles Heroes stick like when the camera flys by. It be nice to get a tutorial about that.

Thanks.
18 years ago
hm... sonys contact-lense idea is awesome, too... maybe even *animated* contact lenses, like in the 8th StarTrek Movie ("First Contact")...
Nice!

Oh, and of course, using particle illusion on conjunction with AE would be awesome, too...
And, again, : I??´d love to see something lika a Rotoscoping 101 !
Anyone agree...?
18 years ago
tanners Sprite- idea is cool! I was asking myself how to do that, too, when i first saw the commercial!
I always thought about Maya (since i am a Maya-user), Why the heck didnt i think about the compositing??? lol...
vicouture
18 years ago
hello everyone...im new to this site..actually pretty new to everything...ive got a final project to complete...im doing a motion graphic on a fashion party in after effects....need to know how to create growing vines...ive found jayse's tutorial in creative cow...but its in a video form....anybody would be kind enough to let me know if there is a written detail tutorial on this effect....it would be of great help....thanx!!!! need it urgently....
18 years ago
hi Andrew
i'm doing a music video and i want to place some floating money raining down
like the make it rain music video with fat joe
i hope u have a tutorial coming out soon with ways to obtain such effects
until then
your the best
Satyricon
18 years ago
Hey Andrew - awesome, awesome, awesome site. You can always find the most relevant info here - so thanks for dedicating the time and energy to it.

I'd love to see a multi-stage or infinite stage comp tutorial - you have a basic text tutorial on this in your blog "Evolution Promo' but there are so many variables that are key to achieving this effect correctly, a video tutorial would be a HUGE asset to a lot of folks.

The biggest problem I have personally integrating the comps into fluid camera movement that really sell the idea of depth and space.

Thanks again for all of your hard work.

Josh
18 years ago
1) Predator heat-vision (using Photoshop frame by frame is too long for ex. in 1 min takes
2) Force Lightning - as someone before said "many has tried"
3) can u make characters and animate them in AE?
4) animate bugs

Holy Carp - you have lots of tutorials to prepare... better get to work man. You have delays
tanner
18 years ago
I've been watching your tutorials they are help full and i was wondering if you could do a tutorial like a sprite comercial where the jump into a basket ball cort like a pool and they go through the ground and it splashes water.
could you please
do a tutorial of it in after effects
thank you
Sony
18 years ago
you should make a tutorial on how to make a eye contact lenses with different designs
18 years ago
Ok i saw alot of people asked for it and i'm no different

can u pls make a tutorial about how to make a video wall !

Thanks very much in advance
Otávio
18 years ago
Andrew,
Could you think of a way of doing a realistic force lightning as in the star wars movies?
Many ones tried, but their work was useless because is to false, don't look real.
thanks
Mike Perry
18 years ago
Just a little Off topic here, But since I have purchased a few of your products and have been watching the tutorials, I was wondering whats the best way to set up a PC
for after effects, I'm building a new PC with these specs

Intel Q6950 Extreme
Nvidia 680i MotherBoard
2 Gigs DDR2
2 80 GB Sata Raid0 (Performance)
2 320 GB Sata II 16mb Cahe Raid0 (Performance)
Nvidia 8800 GTX PCIe
(When more money is avail 2 Raptors)(But Not till next month)

Now the only stuff I bought was the CPU, and the 320 GB Sata drives
What would be my best option to set this up (Put my OS on the 80gb and Programs on the 320 GB drives?

So basically I was hoping for a Tut on the best way to set up a PC for After Effects CS3 and Pre CS3.

Hope I did not break the loop on great requests for Tuts!!

Thanks Guys!!
pingloo
18 years ago
hello
i spent 2 weeks trying to find a solution about multiple obscuration layers in trapcode
particular (for example) .seems like there's no way out...
i mean create a 3d scene with multiple 3D objects, precompose and use it as a n obscuration layer, collapse , link the camera... nothing does works
of course create mask is the solution, but if you decide to move the camera...arrrgh
such a challenge ...
ChakibFX
18 years ago
thanks for all tutorials,
i would like to see a tutorial explaining how to do like in this demoreel
http://www.patrickconaty.com/downloads/patrickconaty2006_LARGE1.mov
Andrew Opere
18 years ago
you could even in corporate it into your 3d bridge......
Andrew Opere
18 years ago
Can after effects create an earthquake animation? (Animating the ground cracking and splitting into two revealing whatever is underneath? I'm guessing probably needs 3D app.
Juliano Pajaro
18 years ago
Hey Kramer,
Can you tell us how to make those HP commercials???
Thanks!!
18 years ago
Hey,

Could you create this magical effect:

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=70jaWIDKXUw

THANKS
Chris
18 years ago
Hi Andrew! I see you are heads down on the collapsing bridge project, but I came up with an idea for a fun tutorial that you may not have tried and may have practical appeal.

Though we all hate it, there is an ongoing demand for cutesy animals that speak. Live action facial, mouth and sometimes body manipulation. Could be a dog, cat, iguana, reindeer...

You can be blantant with a talking dancing animal, or more practically have an animal do something natural that they had refused to actually do on cue in camera - rescuing the shot in post?

Anyway in case it interests.

Cheers,

Chris
Tiago
18 years ago
Hi Andrew, I'm brazilian and I love your tutorials, very helpfulls!
So I heve a request: did you play need for speed carbon??
Well I realy want lean that video effects where the caracters shows like painting 3d or something like that!
sorry about my english but play the game and you will see wath I talking about^^!!!
tks!!!
Leon
18 years ago
I know it's pretty big, but I would like to see this cool new "Jumper" effect from the upcoming "Jumper" movie.
18 years ago
Hey Kramer

First I will say that you are the king when it comes to effects and I really enjoy you jokes even thought they suck, but that is the beauty of them.

What I would like to see is if you are making a black & white movie and sometimes in the movie you have a color. Like in Sin City with the color red, I would really like to know how you do that. And please check out my zombie trailer where I use alot of your tutorials http://www.dailymotion.com/Xandrius/video/x3nker_trailer-dead-or-alive-zombie-movie_shortfilms

Have a nice day

Best regards
Xandrius from Norway
18 years ago
How about some tutorials on a "DIGITAL SET" something we can put a person into.

I've looked at it from a simple photoshop perspective.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=trJn_bEyLkQ

What about with some 3d program mastery Andrew?
P.S. You ever heard of the Tricaster? (Booth at NAB)
Funque
18 years ago
Hallo Mr. Kramer,
There is a video of the group JUSTICE to the song "D.A.N.C.E." or just DANCE. In this video they work arround with motion tracking. In this case they use graphics an animation on the shirts of two guys (the two guys of the band JUSTICE) just walking along. It looks like the graphics an animations are part of the shirts. The guys in the video also spinning arround and do other things but the things on their shirt are still sticky. Maybe you can do a short tutorial or even give some statement to this technique used in this musicvideo. I tried it by myself using your tutorials to this technique, but results are not that good. So please have a close look at this musicvideo, which can easily be found on youtube or itunes.

I love your work and also many girls in Germany go crazy by hearing the name ANDREW KRAMER.

I hope you could understand what I tried to explain to you, because my English isn't the best.

Greetz
Funque (from Germany)
Martin Bran
18 years ago
Hmm, all your videos are great Andrew, gotta love them and they have helped me alot. Your time freeze video has got me wondering. Ok, how about this. I have seen in movies that people freeze time (just like your Time Freeze tutorial) and then remove something. If you have seen Charmed, then you would know what I mean . All im saying is like in your Time freeze tutorial, you can like remove those boxes that Sam Loya dropped, and remove them from the original video. So it'll be, like (second Sam Loya walks in and grabs boxes that First Sam loya dropped) and when the second Sam Loya Exits the Frame, the boxes are gone while Sam Loya is on the ground while the item was removed from the video. get what im saying?
Fori
18 years ago
Hi!

Yes, After Effects and Particle Illusion linking would be a great tutorial...
take care.
Thiago Scheffer
18 years ago
hello ! im here to request a tutorial for PARTICLE ILLUSION and AE-CS3 love that but dont know how link.

cheers.
corey
18 years ago
I to would like to see something like fire or smoke or water form into text that would be really cool! By the way thank you for your amazing tutorials!!!
Sammert
18 years ago
hy ,

I was thinking about making a music clip...
and the idea was filming but from the headpersons perspective.
so the camera are his eyes. and when he walks near a morror,
you don't whant to se the camera..

thought it would be a nice tut ^^

grtz from belgium

sam
Robin
18 years ago
Hello,

I would ask you if you could make a tutorial on how to make a DVD menu. I think alot of people would like to know, and I'm sure your experienced enough to make one.

I love your work, and what you do. Keep the good spirit, and dont ever quit what your doing!

Regards,
Robin
Chris (krizZz)
18 years ago
@joao gancho

Already done - so watch this tut! The last minutes show you how to create the ipod commercial style:

http://www.videocopilot.net/basic/tutorials/04.Keying/watch.html

Regards Bye!
joao gancho
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I really would love to see how to create the effect like Ipod dance commercial
Do you have any advice about that.
Thank you very much for all


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6vYyBu2Oxo&feature=related
jay
18 years ago
Id like to see animating emmitters or fx along predetermined paths - Ive seen suggestions for this on Creative cow - but involving mad long expressions - theres gotta be an easier way - so many spin offs

maybe light streaks 3???????????
Alice
18 years ago
Andrew,
can you teach me how to make a 'Force Wall' just like Fantastic Four.
Also a 'Force Ball' that is going to hit somebody from my hand.

Thanks , i really need these effects in my Engilsh project.

Please post the tutorials. please .

God Bless , Alice
Billy
18 years ago
Andrew,

How about taking existing footage of an individual and replacing only the Face with a skull.

Thanks in advance,
18 years ago
G'day mate.

This is one awesome website, I have learnt alot in such a little amount of time.

I saw this great music video called "Feels Like Home" by Meck ft. Dino.

The guys roll around on their skateboards, but here is the weird thing.... THERE IS NO SKATEBOARD!

It would be great to know how one would accomplish removing objects in a video, yet still making it look like there is something there ie. Driving a car when there is no car at all, so it looks like the guy is just floating on air.

Thanks champ, look forward to learning more!
Jeremy Sizemore
18 years ago
I think one tutorial that would be useful to a LOT of your audience would be the flame effects like the ones used in the movie "Ghost Rider"... i'd like to see how to create that effect on my own head without using gasoline... last time i used gasoline it hurt alot. lol. but not just for use on a persons hands or head, but adaptable for maybe, i dont know, a car or a house, just a basic flaming tutorial. Take that last comment 'in context' lol.
Justin Scott
18 years ago
Projections in max?
Justin Scott
18 years ago
would love to see anything at all with max. I am a mac user but have a PC just for max. very thirsty for anything practical, or not, whatever.
Damian Fisher
18 years ago
Dear Andrew,

Your tuts are amazing. My buddies are making a Marvel fan film and I am gong to try to make the MARVEL LOGO FLIP BOOK at the beginning of the short. I was wondering if you could give a tut on this technique or just give me some advice on how to achieve this effect.

Thanks alot
Damian
Steve
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Recently I saw a tutorial on another site about cloning an actor. I know how it's done in theory, but not in practice. What also interests me is how these two clones can interact with (what appears to be) the same object; for instance, one hands something to the other.

Would that be a good candidate for a tutorial?

Thanks Andrew - we'd be lost without your work.
Knuckles
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I know you did the tutorial on the dancing silhouettes (sp?), but I was wondering if you could do one that showed dancing outlined figures such as on the opening credits of Superbad? Thanks.
Pizzacat
18 years ago
I'd realy appreciate a tutorial of a water freezing.
-Basicly you got a footage of lake or some kind of water reservoir and it slowly freezes up. Thats for advanced users of course..
MArcus
18 years ago
oh, and perhaps in addition:

5. Making crowds of enemies from a few fighters for the "battle feeling".

Thx Andrew, you are honestly the best AE Tutor out there!
MArcus
18 years ago
300-battle scene:
I've read this article on sword replacement

http://www.rendernode.com/articles.php?articleId=106

and asked myself how they stab people with the fake swords, do they miss/ go behind instead through the body?

Would be cool to have tut like this:

1. model simple sword in 3DMax
2. replace stick in real fighting scene / teach how to film a fight so that it looks like you really mess with enemies bodies.
3. Add 300-style color correction
4. Add CG blood

I have made nice cg blood with particular so if you would like to do this tutorial I could send you the AE-project.
Would anyone else like to see that?
18 years ago
Hello there Andrew,

I wanted to ask for some tips on an easy effect. Well I say easy for you, thats comparing to the ones you have done already, WOW. I wanted my video to look something like this http://youtube.com/watch?v=CrPeNhiD548 . but i did not really want to go to a studio. i wanted to do it right at home or at a local gymnasium. I just love how the background looks, The dark black but still able to see everything clear. I've been practicing alot on the tricks, now I'm just waiting for a friend with a video camera to shoot the action, then i wanted to edit the video myself, and have the same effect as the video above, I don't know if you are into soccer, but if you are not treat it as FOOTBALL (FUTBOL), heheheh.

Well Thanks, and keep up the great work.

Phelipe
Chris (krizZz)
18 years ago
Hey what's up, this ist Chris watching Andrew Kramer on VideoCopilot dot net

Hi Andrew.
I am an AE beginner from Germany watching all of your really great videotutorials. I discovered today your great preset-section on your site. Downloaded and tested it - but unfortunately my AE CS3 language is German. The point is, that many commands for expressions written for an English AE were translated by Adobe for the German version *doh* For excample "slider" is translatet to "Schieberegler" ... I discovered this problem while looking at the error messages on my German AE triggered by your English expressions

I tried to translate "Bloom.ffx" into German and everything works great but the automatic keyframes in the timeline for your "slider" settings.

Maybe you could show the community how work with expression so we can fix these "problems" too? I also would be very glad to hear from you via email telling me how i can save presets with keyframes

Andrew, for me it is a great pleasure training on your videotutorials! Your V-tuts are very well done, full of informations, best quality and very very nice tricks! For me it's an honour that you provide me and all the other guys an insight into your knowledge and work! THANK YOU! Have a great Xmas and i wish you the best for 2008

(I) see you soon (on VideoCopilot dot net)
Chris
18 years ago
hello the Great Andrew,

- I really want to see how we can create realistic blood, or water. I think i will be a great one.
- If you can teach us more on particle creation?
Here for me!

Thanks for all your great Work, Every time better and better!

Andrew no one can test yoo!!
Thomasjeeuuhh
18 years ago
a "bullet" in slow-motion ?!?
with nice rings (from the speed) around it !
you know ...
could be nice
Alex
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I was just wandering, if you could maybe do a tutorial about some more advanced special effects? for example you know in smallville/superman, how the flare in his eyes are done when he shoots out fire from his eyes. Or maybe how they do the flying effects?

Thanks for your time,

Alex
Sony
18 years ago
Hi I was wondering if u can make a tutorial on how to do the thing when you go to one picture to another like what you did on your evolution promo
Keenan Van der Griend
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I was just wondering, you do a lot of work in special effects and basically, that's what your site is actually about, but I've been looking through your clips of your footage that you actually give along with the tutorials and they're professional. So I was just wondering, have you ever actually thought about giving a different section of tutorials on how to make films using techniques, like angles, lighting, camera movement, sound recording, etc. You know, like actual production tutorials rather than just post-production.

Thanks.
daniel
18 years ago
hey...cool..tutorials....I love them....i'am working with 3d environment in 3d studio max..could been cool...if you could make a tutorial.. where you have like a maze build inside 3d max..and the with help from after effects sam could be the actor walking around inside the maze ..

feature keys could be more advanced keying, motion tracking,,mix real 3d with motion picture,, how you actually make this in praksis ..mesurements

Merry christmas

daniel ,
18 years ago
Hello everybody. I`d like to see a great tutorial to learn the masks animation in AE. Like your last DVD, EVOLUTION, is it possible to post a tutorial about how to make them? or is there anyone posted somewhere? Hope here you soon.
Sobler
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I think you should do a tutorial on bullettrails. Maybe in 3ds max.
Making a matrix looking effect with the bullets? Sam could be the actor!

Merry christmas!


Sobler.
18 years ago
Hey Guys!

Why hasn't there been anything EVER on the puppet tool? It's an extremely powerful new feature but noone has really done anything with it yet. Could Andrew be the one to change this streak? Maybe a 5 minute tutorial on the basics?

Happy Holidays!
Yes_Papa
18 years ago
Hi, Do you know if a tutorial of minority report screen exist ? Could you give us an tutorial of this scene ?

Thx for all you do ?

Yes_Papa.
Elliot
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I was wondering, could you do a tutorial similar to the time freeze one, but where a person and there clone come into contact, like shaking hands or passing an object.

Your products rock!
Thanks,
Elliot
Christian
18 years ago
Hi

Can you make a tutorial on how to create a 3D bullet effect ?
By the way, I realy love your work!

- Christian
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I have seen some 3D tracking video at http://www.emob.fr/dotclear/index.php?2007/01/03/799-le-tracking-3d-c-est-bien-tutorial-video-screencast.

Do you know how it is done and if there are some tutorials about this. I looked on the web and I could not find one with After Effects.

You do amazing job,

Thanks,

John.
nate
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I first want to say that your tutorials rock! I don't know how you come up with this great stuff but it is amazing!
One tutorial I would like to see is the Heat Vision effect like on Smallville. I've been to some other websites to try and see if they have anything like this but I've seen your tutorials and I think you could do better. And let me tell you there is a large audience out there who would like to see this. Thanks!
kudlanka
18 years ago
hi andrew

what program(s) are you using to create ink drops from riot gear or muzzle flashes
18 years ago
A tutorial with the puppet tool! Maybe... Or not XD
Jesse Swan
18 years ago
Hey could you throw up a tut for the Fight Club 'Brad Pitt' shake?

thanks
18 years ago
Hey Andrew

First of let me just honor your AE skillz and the ability to teach others (hat of, and bow). I have followed your progress and the development of this site and its products, and i must say, you are really starting to get a nice product portfolio.

An idea for a tutorial, and something i personally would want is a HD (1920) looping movieclip of something visually pleasing, Maybe some fireflyes (particular) togheter with something else. The idea is to use that looping video as a desktop background.
Maybe with a 3D logo with nice movment or something else fancy

Anyways

Keep up the brilliant work you do
Raoul
18 years ago
if is christmas time, i would like to learn how to make snow fall and stay on solid objects, how about that?
Timon
18 years ago
Maybe a tutorial with "trapcode form" how to make that effect from the clip "lovestoned" by Justin Timberlake.

Or the technicue behind this. http://www.trapcode.com/gallery/form_RUN_02.mov
18 years ago
hey, what do you know about Autodesk Flame,Flint, or inferno?
Billy
18 years ago
Hey Andrew! I just watched you dead planet and explosion tutorial! I loved it. I have been wondering though, is it possible to make a tutorial, similar to your "Earth Zoom" but with different planets that you created like your dead planet? That would be really cool. I really hope you look into doing thais kind of tutorial. Great job!

-Billy
18 years ago
Here's something that I need to figure out for a series I plan on making (A few things actually).
1. Flames- I don't know if this is on AMM, but I mean like a controlled flame that gets manipulated by someone.
2. Shadow Manipulation- Like, an effect that looks like you control the shadows and manipulate theme to do what you want.
3. Earth Manipulation- Like kicking up a piece of Earth without actually doing so.
18 years ago
Hi Andrew, i have been wondering for some time about a effect that i see everyware but no one can seem to reproduce, it is sometimes called bullet time where you can slow down a track and then animate disterpnces in the air showing a displacement of the air as an object moves through it. Some of the great ex are from the matrix and other films but for this case i like the look on the tv show smallville where the actor moves and leaves behind motion trails. i have tryed to produce this effect on my own with no success, so i bring it to the great AK becasue if anyone can do it, it will be you! thanks and keep up the great work Cal
im known on youtube as jonascale my vids arent the greatest but you can clearly see im getting better thanks again
Ejaz Malik
18 years ago
Hi Andrew!
i am your big fan.
Plz Plz Plz tell Me How can i make that

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOv0Dek6GLE

thankes
Adam Eaton
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I was wondering if you'd do a tutorial on the freeze frame comic book effect that's used in the Chuck Norris/Mike Huckabee political ads. I'd imagine it's a pretty simple effect but I think it's perfect for trailers, promos, and opens.
Tom Webster
18 years ago
Andrew

Here is a basic one a lot of folks could use, like me. How can you use After Effects to load up an exterior picture of your house so that it looks like you spent thousands of dollars on Christmas lights. Blinking strings of lights, big flashing "Merry Christmas Signs" etc
I checked out a few of the tutorials on Creative Cow and nothing really worked for me.

Great Job with the Tutorial and thanks
Tom Webster
Corey Just
18 years ago
I would also like to see something like smoke or water or some kind of element transform into some text maybe even dust from behing a car that would be really cool! Anyway thanks for the amazing tutorials I have definetely learned alot from this site. Thanks again!
Chris Kujawski
18 years ago
I am trying to create a music video and in the idea we have the main character go over to a window in his attic and look outside to destruction and devastation on the ground. I don't have any easy place to fill destruction happening when looking out a window and was wondering if you have any ideas that could be put into action along with some of your other tutorials such as the set replacement and such. Thanks, hopefully you can help. Love all the great tutorials!

Thanks ~ Chris
Rosso
18 years ago
Moving 2D text in a 3D world.

For example:

http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/action/?movie=nab

how the text flys past the camera - I really need this!
MAX
18 years ago
Sin City Effect tutorial !
18 years ago
Dear Mr. Andrew Kramer,

I really enjoy your tutorials, espesially the two latest ones were absolutely fantastic.
This particular film impressed me, when I watched it today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WLd_dVXXhg

Suddenly, I realized that this actually could be a pretty neat tutorial. You got planets and 3D, but nothing you don't have mentioned in one of your tutorials.

I'm sure that I'm not the only one that want to creat something like this.

Greetings from Norway,
Fredrik J. Ruud
Keenan Van der Griend
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, I just need a simple tutorial that a lot of people would be able to use regularly. For school we're doing time-lapsing and they want us to do it in Final Cut...but seeing as there are all these great things I know from your work in After Effects, rather than making all my sick AE effects and then importing those files into Final Cut, it would be A LOT easier to just do it all in After Effects. Thanks.
18 years ago
I count train 100 times on this page..... no seriously 100 times exactly, so I guess I 101th that action. I'd love to see how we could turn a day scene into a dark stormy night scene.


Thank you,
Andre' Burch
18 years ago
Is it possilbe to make a hologram in after effects? if so could you do one i would really benefit from this and would help me out in the short film that im making. Thanks.
Dustin James
18 years ago
Dear Andrew Kramer and Company,

I would truly benefit if you would consider creating a tutorial to making the ever so popular digital destroyed look. A better example would be as though a home camera was broken and gave a broken digital signal...

Cloverfield (aka 1-18-08)
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/cloverfield/

this is a perfect example of what I would love to learn. If you know of another site where I could learn different effects to play with to get these kind of effects.. please let me know.

Thank you,
Dustin James
Bill Carboni
18 years ago
Turning a keyed subject invisible/translucent like the predator stealth mode,
there are some tutorials on this,using a displacement map, but they don't look good at all. Check out FXhome.net. They have a demo reel that shows this guy turning invisible/translucent and it looks great. Certainly if that software can do it ,it can be done in AE. Got the Evolution/ Sound Effects designer bundle and was blown away, The Sounds were perfect for trailers, promos ,etc. I saw the tease for Riot gear 2. The predator stealth effect would be a perfect tutorial for it.
velo
18 years ago
Andrew can you make a tutorial with a 3d flooting bullet. I saw some people make one. And i want to know how to make one too. Can you help me ?
18 years ago
Hi Andrew!
First of all, AMAZING WORK. You're an inspiration to everyone, all over the world. I wanna personally thank you for what you've done for me with your whole life factory! Plus, Sam and the guys involved - LOVE YOU!
Now, in my opinion, the power of text animation is underrated, so I'd like to propose a tutorial with all of your favorite text animations. Some example in my mind (and actually hoping to watch some tutorials about): Reflective text (not the one you showed in "Reflections" tutorial, but a text that reflects stuff of it), Some cool shiny looking (and animated of course) text that contains like... Blinding streaks across it (If you know what I mean... Plus, you can't complain about my lame explenations, you yourself use some weird phrases on your tutorials!). Well, you got my idea, I trust you to be creative enough for some kickass text animations... If that idea seems attractive enough.

Greetings from Israel, Andrew (and VideoCoPilot.net),
Cheers!

Shir.
Alex
18 years ago
HI Andrew, many thanks for the lessons given by you they have very strongly helped me, but here I have a request if you though know twixtor a little bit make though one normal video a lesson on delay on 400 % PLEASE
Bro
18 years ago
can this be done in after effects, or is it a job for a 3D program


http://www.peugeot.nl/web/about/goodies/commercials/player/308/index_308_comm_GB.php

greetings Bas
Javier Morawski
18 years ago
Wow... you've gotten allot of feed back, and requests on tutorials... it really shows how helpful they are...

It would be really awesome (and probably a fun project for you, Sam, and whoever) to put together a short film, and include some special features that include "behind the scenes"/After Effects tutorial on how to make any effects that you used.

You might consider it... it could be fun

If you do, I would be really happy to hear about it, and the progress...

-Javier
Cory
18 years ago
Hey Video Copilot team.

My great idea for a new tutorial is a simulated nuclear explosion. Im sure this would help any apocolyptic film with a end of the world senario.

I tried to do one myself it consisted of base footage of someone walking down a suburb street (Sam Loya would be a great victem) then i used a CC lightburst 2.5 (included in Cs3) to overblow the image. As the overblown wight light returned to normal a large mushroom cloud was left in the background.

I had pretty much exasted my after effecting at this point and i couldent nail the post nuclear "color" and "darkness" to make it convincing.

anyways, i think that would be a great tutorial. Thanks for the hard work guys.
delali
18 years ago
ever heard of the spirit-force? watch the anime called "Bleach"...ull get some prety cool tutorial ideas! www.realitylapse.com/www.ani-haven.net or if u server speed is on the cool side www.narutomania.com...etc
delali
18 years ago
yo! wd b nice to see a human torch effect! running,standin still,flying..whicheva duznt matter... i can create the shockwaves or trails maself...jus tryna get a realistic lookin fx. thanx!
NeverMind!!!
18 years ago
how about water??? we need to know more about how to creat water using particules maybe how to fill a cup or how to simulate underwater and that kind of stuffs! i'm sure this is gonna be so helpful for everyone
18 years ago
3d text in c4d and/or 3ds to real footage.
18 years ago
I see you have a lot to read so I'll make it quick and simple

Anything that would make a gunshot look cooler! A good example is when you can see the air form around the bullet, like in Transporter 2.
18 years ago
Here's something I'd like to see. I use my wordpress blog as my main site and would like to know, if its even possible, to take an animation that I make in AE and use that as a header for my site. Is this doable?? Nothing too fancy. Id like to just take all the text on my header and animate it in with a subtle movement. I think itd be cool when people first come to the site ya know? let me know if this can work. thanks

Bones
18 years ago
Hi andrew, greath work,

that is my custrion:

Is posible create a nebula in after effect?

well i apreciate any help
Chris
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I've been seeing this new type of graphic style with movie trailers and now with video games. It's this effect where the text and background kind of static in and out and glitch like there's some form of interference. I've been trying to figure it out and it just looks horrible... any help?
Improviz
18 years ago
I'd love to see a tutorial where you take stills of characters (CGI, etc.) and "animate" them (eyes, facial expressions, etc.) using Puppet Tool, Mesh Warp, or other, just decent enough for use in Animatics. There seems to be a good amount of need for knocking these things out, and there's not always the $$ for fully-animated characters.
Thanks, I've shown my "appreciation" at the Products Page! ;-D
Drever
18 years ago
I got a question thats probably not very general.
But here he goes: If i capture video from my DV videocam and play it back on my computer then there is alot of grain, is there a way to remove this all.
Or capture it better?

Thanks in advance
And keep up the goodwork!
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I love all your tutorials, and have seen everyone. I'm new to After Effects, but i simply use it for 3d Projection for my Mattes. But when it comes to i have to save a clip, my renders arn't as sharp as i'd like.

Any chance you can make a quick tutorials on the best settings to render with?

Thanks alot,
-Art
Vini
18 years ago
What ever happened to the " jitter " preset that was being worked on that seemed to have vanished.
18 years ago
I think it'd be cool to see how or what the best workflow is for creating a demo reel. Specifically, when you do the wipe from final shot to raw footage and then back again. Whats a good way to efficiently do this? Ive been working on my demo reel for a couple nights now and havent really found an easy way of doing it.

Bones
sefelislam
18 years ago
what about card dance plug in
would you do tutorials using it
http://www.ayatoweb.com/ae_tips_e/ae49_e.html#
Steven Yan
18 years ago
Hi,

Andrew, is it possible to see a tutorial on this video?
http://www.videocopilot.net/evolution.html

How to make the scene link together as the video above? The scena from 17sec to 22sec so nice.

Thank you. And all the best to u.
dchichizola
18 years ago
Hi Andrew
I have been looking for video tutorials related to match a virtual camera in 3D studio max with the one in the real world but I cannot find anything but written tutorials and are not too good. As you said in one of your tutorials that you are good in 3DS max, please create one tutorial related to this. I am pretty sure many people will like it as there are lots of people create 3D objects and we want to add them into our real life footages with the correct lights and movement. If you consider this tutorial please create it with a camera movement where you lose some tracking marks.
Thanks in advance
Regards from Sydney
18 years ago
Please Give me the Clue how they done this tiling effect in this advertisement

Ultratech Cement Advertisement --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V1LoJt7IZw
d-b
18 years ago
can you do a tutorial with trapcode and make clouds? maybe a video of flying through clouds and a susnet.
18 years ago
http://www.ayatoweb.com/ae_tips_e/ae31_e.html

I would let to see this with real video and step by step not just photos
Kelley Muro
18 years ago
How about integrating CG objects, such as CG, cars,characters,automobiles. That would be good to learn. Hope you can help me out with this one.

Thanks.
waynew
18 years ago
hey, can you help me create and animate along a path a ribbon (like a ribbon on a giift box or just 3d ribbons all over the screen animated? i am into video production and i am trying to create a gift box with the bow wraping itself (cinema3d) and the animation of ribbons along paths in after effects.

thanks
wayne
18 years ago
Hi Andrew, Awesome tutorials, your an inspiration to everyone doing vfx and motion design. Ive got a small problem and wanted to know if you could help me out. Im looking for a tutorial or any help of how to create the look of vines growing on someones arm, or someones hand. Almost like a tattoo effect. Im not too sure what to do, Ive been working around with opacity changes and stuff but they dont seem to pull it off that well. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks and regards
~Saint~
18 years ago
comeon man..................
use trapcode form and do amazing things
the world is waiting how much u can do with that plugin
waiting..waiting..waiting..waiting..waiting..and waiting..

come on fast
just show the world some best one with that with your talent....
18 years ago
Can you please show us how to create a "missile" in 3ds Max.

or

Show us how to create your awsome dvd covers.
Ryan
18 years ago
I recently saw an episode of Storm Chasers on Discovery Channel and though, "Hey, why not a thunderstorm/tornado tutorial?"

So, how about a tutorial on how to make a convincing thunderstorm and/or tornado in AE?

They kind of do something in the title sequence for the show, and in the little bumpers before and after commercial breaks. Here's the website, maybe there's some video there to get an idea/inspiration from.

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/storm-chasers/storm-chasers.html

Thanks,
Ryan
Jorge Picón
18 years ago
Hi Andrew. i'm working with my friend, for a project of the school. and we are making the flood school. We are working with the plug-in PSUNAMI of digital anarchy. but we didn't control very well. if you can help us. with another plugins or the way you want, We will be very thankful.

Lots of thanks

Jorge and Joel
Safia
18 years ago
Hey Mr. kramer,

Can you please create a tutorial on how you design those 3D DVD cases like the video-copilot series one DVD design with all the reflections and background at the back and the 3d DVD case. Did ou use 3d Studio max?

thanks alot
andre magri
18 years ago
hi andrew...

i would like to know
how i use the tracker when the target moves to out of the scene ?

att
andre
18 years ago
Hello! I have a suggestion for improvement on the Day to Night Conversion tutorial at http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorial.html?id=1. Though you suggest two separate CC Spotlights on the ground with two lens flares for the headlights, what I found works much better is to use the two lens flares and then a SINGLE spotlight on the ground. Then - and this tops it off, making less tracking that has to be done - duplicate the lens flares over the headlights and bring down the Y coordinate Anchor Point. You now have a duplicate headlight on the road. Gaussian blur it horizontally, then vertically by 1-1/2 to twice as much. My experience on the road is that headlights cast a single spotlight of light, but that the headlights also reflect off of the road into the eyes of the viewer. This is especially notable in three-quarter shots, like my sample that I did the conversion on. Unfortunately, campus internet is mostly down (so I can't FTP it), but I'll upload to YouSendIt and have it e-mail the link to the file to info@videocopilot.com with the subject line, "Suggested DfN Improvement Sample".
Rashid ahmad
18 years ago
I think it would be nice if u can help us with Text Animation ... similer To those which are on http://www.ayatoweb.com/ae_tips_e.html We need to know how to creat Them .. thanx alot for your help

good job bro
18 years ago
Wow, you rock man! Got here for the free tutorials and purchased a couple of your DVDs (Evolution and Designer Sound FX) and have an eye for a couple more. Okay, here's a tutorial I'd love to see:

Creating Explosions - with an enphasis on a nuclear explosions!

Since you like to blow stuff up maybe the ultimate atomic explosion would tickle you fancy. Great work man!!!
karthik
18 years ago
hey andrew i love your tutorials...i used many of them to help me in my movie making.....i just want to know how to do the healing effect ...like on heroes (NBC)
for example if you get shot ...healing the wound!..thtz nice ..ill appreciate it.
THE BEST TUTORIAL I THINK YOU SHULD MAKE IS

morphing humans faces ..it is really mad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHV42TDY_AA
and i also wish u could do this tutorial

like someone fly's into thin air
can u please reply thankz alot

and i want some idea from you for mi short movies i make since your go0d @ all this

anywayz thank you

bye
Sabin
18 years ago
I was just watching the show Smallville and found their version of the 'bullet time' effect to be pretty neat. I would think it uses some sort of dispacement map with possibly some evolution keyframes. here is a pretty good video showing the effect. Also a tutorial on compositing flight footage may be pretty cool http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A60XIrP9kA.

-Sabin
18 years ago
How to motion track footage in 3d. add snow and when the camera pans up the snow falls on the camera lens.

How to do impact on snow, water, ground. I assume using particles?

Thanks Andrew
Rob
18 years ago
Hey Andrew!

Just open up after effects, and then proceed to tell jokes for 15 min. Then wrap it up with "and so thats how you do that... See ya next time folks!"

hahahaha

Keep up the good work mate.
Otávio
18 years ago
Andrew, I love your tutorials
The way you do things is awesome and impressive.
I came here to ask you for more 3ds max tutorials, Modeling, etc
Thank you very much
santeri
18 years ago
my idea is tutorial how to do red eyes can you do ?
Felix
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

well it should be nice, when you show a Tutorial that shows the way how to create the "Sin City"-Look...work with Mattes and so on...
Kal-El
18 years ago
Man, it would take you forever to even got through some of these requests! Sorry, but here's another to the pile:

1) How about a tutorial on the "Human Torch" using particles to simulate real fire, and/ or

2) Ghost Rider effect- Show Sam's face start to blister and peel, burst into flames and become Ghost rider, maybe on a tricycle, just kidding. I know you don't touch much on 3d apps, but animating a skull from a photo might do nicely. Sorry about the whole face burning thing, Sam.

Keep up the great tutorials!!
Alexy
18 years ago
Hi!
You can make a men his transform in squelleton
Why Not!!??
P.S: excuse me for my english
Ton
18 years ago
I would like to know if it is possible to create a liquid person with after effects.
Like in the movie the terminator or the abyss.
This would be a great tutorial.
18 years ago
just thought of another one. This one would definitely be helpful to all. For effects compositing. tripod shots could look fake. Could you do a tutorial on how to simulate handheld camera movement?
18 years ago
just thought of another one. This one would definitely be helpful to all. For effects compositing. tripod shots could look fake. Could you do a tutorial on how to simulate handheld camera movement?
18 years ago
hey Andrew. I had a tutorial idea. What if you could do one of how to digitally make someone look old or older? also, I was watching t.v and there was this random model show I passed and they used your earth zoom, shatter title, another title, as well as the 3D water thing. Di they ask you? if so congrats!
siell
18 years ago
....... how can i create an animation with "cinema 4d" or "3d max" and make i interact with the user
18 years ago
Hey to James Green, ya an A Bomb tutorial would be cool, also i would like to know how to composite 3D objects into a live action footage.

Also maybe you could do a tutorial with someone on fire and the fire would be realistic and the guy would look like hes just flaming, no pun intended.
Chris
18 years ago
Would love to see a tutorial on creating the Nightcrawler teleport, the Bamf effect. The X-men 2 DVD actaully has a pretty cool look at what was involved but a tutorial would be that much better .
james Green
18 years ago
hi,
just watched the latest tutorial on making the planets explode... really enjoyed it, it then gave me an idea for you as you love blowing things up.... is it posible to create a realistic A bomb explosion with mushroom cloud and all?! could be an interestiing project!
18 years ago
Real slow motion raindrops in a shallow DOF that refract light with caustics.
http://www.trapcode.com/gallery/polar2007_h.mov
kinda what happens 2/3 through the video in that link..
Michael M
18 years ago
hey Andrew,
I really enjoy all of your tutorials, it would be awesome if you could tell us how to create:
-fire
-rain, hail and snow
-smoke & dust
-realistic water
-explosions
-extreme slow motion bullet dodge(like matrix)
-force jump
-making a 3d environmment like a city
Thanks for all your tutorials, everything i know on after effects is thanks to you.
18 years ago
Mudrikah??´s Idea sounds interesting, too.
Michael G
18 years ago
3D pop-up book. Sears commercial and new fergie video.
Ryan Blazso
18 years ago
Id really like to see how you could create the effect of being under water.

Fish swimming, air bubbles, plants swaying, (other misc particle effects), Squids shooting Ink, maybe a fish that accelerates to a very fast speed leaving alot of bubbles in his wake.
TiMo
18 years ago
Hi
Thank you very much Mr. Andrew

Please plzzzzzzzzzz
i'd like to know how you creat the EVOLUTION elements like: Flourish and Extension
i really wanna know how could i do some stuff like this, plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
and thank yoo a lot man !!
i wait for this great Tut

TiMO
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

more and more I use still photos for my movies. Most of them are landscapes, towns or buildings. To inspire this stills with motion it woud be helpful to got a library of
- flying birds and bird flocks
- smoke, dust, steam, mist
- see-sawing plants, trees, gras in the foreground
- water in different forms
- leaves in the wind
- clouds, sky

in HD and pre alpha keyed.

What do you think?

Regrads,

Rolf
Mudrikah
18 years ago
Hi Andrew and VideoCoPilot cast,

i wonder if u can do a tutorial on Touch Screen Effects (Futuristic). you know...the computer screen on the glass. just like film Minority Report. i'm sure u watch that movie .... or any futuristic tutorial... PLZ....

Thanks,
Mudrikah
mark boucher
18 years ago
Hi

I would like a tutorial about how creating a rock like in the video with indiana jones with the guy who fall under a big rock.
Cabal
18 years ago
In connection with the paranormal: ghost through a door / window
Bajistapro
18 years ago
Hi I would like a tutorial about Building a 3D World in After Effects kind of SIN CITY!! PLEASE!!
Tom
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Here is something I was wondering if you could figure how to mimic in AE.
We all have seen the fabulous Mercury commercials by The Brothers Strause of Tight.
Seen here;
http://www.boardsmag.com/screeningroom/commercials/4366/?q=mercury;m_id=5182;startat=0

The effect they did to the lovely Jill Wagner was created by shooting her at 6 frames a second and having her move really slow. We have also seen this effect done in the Grudge or Ringu and maybe Silent HIll. Any way, Is there a way to achieve a similar look in After Effects? Possibly time remapping or Time Warp? something? Anything?
hahaha well If you can figure a way, I would love to see this as a tutorial.

Thanks bud

Tom
Alex
18 years ago
I think you should make your tutorials availiable for download or purchase.
Steven
18 years ago
hi.. this is more like personal question but it's vital

I know if you make 3D animation in Aftereffects, Photo JPEG of Quicktime export

is the most suitable and vibrant graphics to chose however; I tried the export to

one of my videos that I took and exported out... but the result was horrible. I used

colorama, and other plugins to reduce the noise however, it turns out to be more

noises than the original footage. Is there any other export format that is best

suitable for video clip footage?
Scott
18 years ago
Video wall would be a good one. One I'd like to see is a fire creation of some kind (like a human torch type thing or throwing fire from your hand) with nothing but AE...If anyone could take this to the max, you could.

AE with particle illusion would be nice.

Keep up the good work!
nikk
18 years ago
hey andrew....
can u show tutorial on how to use Particle Illusion effects in After Effect if so that will be kewlll .... thx P.S in advance
Earlack
18 years ago
Hi Andrew, last tut's (52/53) are amazing, as always...
Lately I've watched Terminator 3, there's an introduction scene where we see a missile exploding on a city, making a big nuclear explosion...
It looked relatively simple to me. I'm trying to recreate it. I'm pretty much done, there's only one thing that is annoying

I'm working with a hi-res photo at the moment, to see if it's possible, but that's not very easy. I was trying to do everything within AE, but if you look closely (and slowly ) the sequence, I can't see a way to make a very good looking explosion shockwave. I tried, but the results I get are not very convincing. Oh, of course, my main reference is T3's scene.

I consider it's 60 % finished but I wonder, if I must do a city in 3DS to do what I want or continue tricking with a photo... I'm not very good at 3DS on large-scale things.

I must precise, this is not just for fun, it's for an upcoming project, wich is on pre-prod for now but I prefered do some hard things in advance ^^

Hope someone could help or guide me on that. And, of course, I bought some of your products and will buy Evo soon ! Crazy how good they are.

Many greetz from France !
y designer
18 years ago
hi andrew
tutorial with trapcode form(realistic water....)?
thanks for all...
Jan German Guy
18 years ago
Example:

you film a person on green screen, keying out, then you make in PS background and insert this person, BUT not only this one Person. You take this footage of the Person and duplicate It many Times like a big army !(Maybe more Footage from the Person) that walks on a Battlefield ! A Tutoril would be grat and I think it would be helpful to other AE Freaks out there ! I think the Problem would be the shadow and make a good deep from the picture. Please make it !!!

Andrew you are the Man !
18 years ago
hi!
i really appreciate if you show how we can do a good camera tracking;
for example: I have a green/blue screen footage where the camera shoot isn't fixed but in movement how can I recreate the ambience, (like a room)around the actors, that move with the shoot?
In your"action movie" tutorial the camer shoot is fixed, but if the camera is in movement?
please give us a little example; I really appreciate it!

thanks

Alex
musical box
18 years ago
we want something about morphing!!
Lars
18 years ago
How about a toturial on Eyeon Fusion if you guys know anything about that program. Have been told that it is more used in hollywood than After Effects. is this true?

I love your toturials Andrew

Lars
18 years ago
Hey Andrew...but now it's sunday afternoon here in Holland and since friday I've watched the first 35 of your tutorials :S Like everyone says, they're amazing. I just received an email from a friend motion grapher with the following link to a videoclip of the awesome UK electro/dance duo Chemical Brothers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBgf2ZxIDZk&eurl=http://drasdi.blogspot.com/
Apparently the creator is a hotshot in musicvideoland. Can you tell us anything about the way this clip was created?? It looks like video compositing to me, not 3D.
Thanks again!

Greetz, Yuri
18 years ago
Thanks, Kal-El, (smallville fan, eh?) and Kelley Muro for agreeing with me!
I think proper rotoscoping is a really fundamental Technique for any Kind of Compositing / VisualFX Work, may it be for PRO-Studios or for the "Hobby-Spielbergs" out there I mean... i know, its really a boring topic, dry as a martini, but if anyone can spice this up with an awesome Effect and an awesome sense of humor, then its Andrew Kramer!

I for example have real trouble with the "girl.mov" from the "AE Beginners Tutorials" found here at VCP. I mean, Jey out the green, no prob, but somehow i just cant make a garbage-mask to mask out the stuff around the green screen and the helpers, since later on in the mov, she covers all that space up...

I know, a "Rotoscoping 101" Tutorial (or something alike) might be a noob??´s request... but... actuall, i *am* a noob, lol! Not everyone around here is a pro or does this for work, i think we have a lot of hobby-AE-Users here, so i think this might be really interesting to a lot of people....

Perhaps, this can be combined with one of the other Tutorial Requests...?
Awesome-FX-Tutorial + Rotoscoping fundamentals + Andrews Humor = Great...?

Would like to hear more opinions of the other VideoCoPiloteers on this topic...

Thanks for listening
Darren
18 years ago
Hi,
Any chance of a Christmas themed Tutorial?

Fly throughs of Snow Storms, or turning a normal clip into a snow scene or something?

Could be used to send as an Electronic Christmas Card or something?

cheers
18 years ago
Hey Andrew and the rest of the Video Co-Pilot gang. I love this site. When I
am deployed (Right NOW..lol) I tend to go to this site for ideas for video
presentations for my unit. At any rate, Glass Text/logo. Can you do one of those.
CNN-Domestic uses this for many of their on-air look, "American Morning",
"CNN-Saturday/Sunday", "Extreme Weather" segments and "Now in The News"
breaks. You can tell I am a BIG CNN Fan. I looked on the CreativeCow Post,
saw one, but it was not quite what I was looking for. If you can do one using your
VideoCo-Pilot logo, turning it into a Glass Logo that would be awsome/

::Jason::

In da Middle East---
Iain
18 years ago
i was wondering if you could do a tutorial on how to make footage look like the tape is bad, or there is some DV drop out, and things like that. it would be really a really cool and strong effect, it would be helpful because no body actually wants to ruin their tape, and with the effect you could do it in a controlled enviornment.

Thanks!
Kelley Muro
18 years ago
I want to see some more rotoscoping techniques.
Jerry Temple
18 years ago
I recently watched John Carpenters "The Thing" and was very impressed with the way the title card was revealed. I've been trying to duplicate the effect using AE but to no avail. Your tutorials are terrific and extreemly helpful. Just curious if you could duplicate "The Thing" effect? I have a quicktime movie of the effect (320x240) and is there any way of getting it to you.
Thank You!
AlienTheOne
18 years ago
Hi Andrew and the Team!

Thank yuo for all your tutorials, they have helped me a lot. But i wish that, could yuo make more tutorials includes both After effects and 3D studio max, like those 3D text and blood cell. It would be a really helpful, because i am a new 3D studio max user, and i can't find any reason video tutorials from which doesn't cost a fortune.

Thank you!
Dennis
18 years ago
hey andrew i searched all over the net and couldnt find a tut saying how to make a fireball to hold in your hand could you make an awesome one(like the rest)
Joe
18 years ago
Love the evolution.. Aweeesome.. A tutorial on how you made some of these elements would be great...
Cory
18 years ago
Hey Andrew!
Awesome tutorials! They help so much.
But, anything revolving Star Wars and/or the Matrix, that would be even more help to me.

Thanks a million!
Kal-El
18 years ago
I would love to see more on trapcodes particles. Some really good fire effects are difficult to achieve.

Also I agree with TRiGGER80 on rotoscoping, some of mine look a little "choppy" Are there any positional numbers we can use to create smooth rotoscopes, or tracking?
18 years ago
Nightcrawler and Matrix Code Vision would be 2 really great effects
Daniel Fuglestad
18 years ago
Hello.

Make a tutorial about how to create the James Bond Gun barrel sequenze (intro)

i would be pleased

cheers. Daniel (norway)
18 years ago
hm.

I still would love to see something like a "rotoscoping 101"...
This would be really nice.
Anyone agrees...?
ika
18 years ago
Hi Andrew, I read your blog on Trapcode Form and checked out trapcode`s website , I really wanted to know if it was possible to do an effect like x-men`s nightcrawler teleporting effect e.g.- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEraNV4hVdE . It would be great if you could make a tutorial on an effect like that( if possible) !
Thanks.
Jason
18 years ago
I'm browsing Evolution and really like the flowering look of the arrows and the flourishes. Perhaps you could make a tutorial that shows how to get that sudden "bloom" motion that is apparent when the arrow path ends and during different stages of the flourishes. (Butt kissing time.) Your site is very professional and provides quite the service to the young video/compositing folk out there who want to know the secrets behind that "great effect I saw on TV last night". Thanks.
18 years ago
Please make a tutorial where you see bullets (3D) fly against a person. Kind of like in TheMatrix.

Please!
Mariano
18 years ago
Hi...i wish to thank you for you good tutorials i have learned a lot from them...i have a request for you and i think it would be interesting for everyone...

1)how would you multiply an actor like its done in films like multiplicity in a more complex way then the iris wipe

2)how would you create thousands of people from like 10 like in many films to create an army of 10,000 people

Thanks i hope you can reveal these secrets
Bo
18 years ago
Hey,

I am from Belgium and i like to know some effects(or like them) of the HARRY POTTER movies. think that would be cool.
The new after effects CS3 is the best!


greetz
Chris
18 years ago
Your tutorials are the best around, but there's only ONE thing I REALLY want to know:

Making your own footage 'movie-like'.

So the colours and everything would look like it's from a large-budget film like Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, Mission Impossible, Star Wars and even CSI, Heroes and soap operas. I use Magic Bullet Looks and I still can't make my footage look like it's from any of these and it would be awesome if there was a whole tutorial where you took us through most of the possibilities like the ones I've already mentioned.
Ben
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

any chance of a kinetic typography tutorial?

Many thanks

Ben
nico
18 years ago
hello,

a tuto about an impact 3d on the ground (like matrix) or a remake with tripod like in the movie " war of worlds" of spielberg ?


regards,
Jeff
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, I really just love what you're doing and your new boundle Pack is on my wishlist for christmas right now.

I really would like to know how to create some sort of bursting things like in this samplevideo for Cinema 4D at 02:26 (I know its possible without C4D ):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9y_Ph9mFxwk

Could this possibly be made with the new Trapcode Form plugin?

Anyway, keep on this amazing work!
Greetings from Germany
Jeff
Jerry Temple
18 years ago
You have incredible tutorials!
I'm doing a trailer for a feature film and I'm having trouble doing an effect from "John Carpenters "The Thing". If you've not seen the movie, it's the graphics reveal of the name "THE THING".
As simple as i looks on screen, it's actually very complicated.
I have a quicktime movie of just this clip to show you but don't know how to get to you!
Any ideas?
jerry
jandrewtemple@yahoo.com
Brett
18 years ago
Hey guys me again. I need to know something. In your tutorial Earth Zoom. Where did you get those images of San Francisco. I tried Google Maps but the images are not as nice as the ones you have for that tutorial. Can you help me out?


Brett

Need help quick!

Cheers!
Steve
18 years ago
I've always been a fan of 'other-worldly" films, and I was wondering if this idea is do-able as a tutorial. I'm not sure if there's an actual term for this, but it's about producing a face or a human shape out of elements (clouds, water, etc.) Perhaps like Johnny Torch in Fantastic 4. Over at Creative Cow I've seen how to do it so the actual person ultimately appears, but what I'm after is, say, a mist swirling around that takes the shape and features of my actor. If that makes sense.

Someone once wrote "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic". I submit that a more appropriate phrase is "Andrew Kramer's talent is indistinguishable from magic." Whatever tutorials you decide to compose next, you can bet the house I'll be watching. Now if there was a downloadable version, I'd build you a statue!!
Sabin
18 years ago
I think another tutorial covering some more action movie essentials techniques would be great. Its been a while since you have made one. I really enjoyed the blood sticking to the tree. Maybe you could do one on effective ways to composite certain explosions at different angles or scenarios, or maybe bullet ricochets and realistic bullet hits.

I liked the Call of Duty 4 AME discovery, I was just playing that with my friends last weekend. nice work

-Sabin
james Green
18 years ago
hi, i was wondering if you would be able to post a vid tutorial on creating realistic fire and smoke in after effects... im using your tutorials and teaching myself after effects for work and that would be a really useful thing to know how to create..thanks guys and keep up the good work!!
18 years ago
I asked the other day about split screening and I think I figured it out by watching your basic training video. Although if you have the time and can make a tutorial for multiple split screens that would be great.

Cheers!

Brett
Keven
18 years ago
I would like to know how to make particles turn into a logo. For example rising smoke.

Thank you
18 years ago
Hey Andrew.....A MA ZING! Wow I love your work and your style. The tutorials are great, comprehensive and really give you results you can work with.
There are two things that I would love to learn inside After Effects.

The first is how to create animated swirls or florals. I've been trying to work with multiple animatied masks or vector painting and animating the strokes but I don't get the desired result.

The second one is the continuous camera motion while flying around from one "scene" to another, as I saw also in your Evolution promo video.

I would be greatly thankfull!

Regards, Yuri
Alex
18 years ago
what about the Bullet time effect ( MATRIX ) ?
It's really nice...
bruno
18 years ago
what about "mastering the cs3 puppet tool"?
Daniel B.
18 years ago
Forums would be amazing to have a around here!

Tutorial wise, I'd like to see the best way to have a 3d model (eg: like a flying space craft - with animation) in a scene. Thank you!
Rob
18 years ago
Andrew...

Please would you enlighten us on the Motion Graphics/Kinetic Typogrpahy stuff we see so regularly in movie intro's and music....similar to this one on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXxouXt5dz4&feature=related
Cheers!!!
Vicfred
18 years ago
it would be nice if it were available through a xml podcast
18 years ago
Hey Mr. Kramer,

First off just wanted to say that the tutorials and work you so generously provide for thousands of budding Post Production artist is greatly appreciated and done with such expertise. So with the ass kissing out of the way HEHE! I have a simple request. I am trying to do a music video and need to make a split screen. Well actually a split for about 5 people. I just want to know how can I go about building boarders and slicing the footage to fit inside. They arent going to be sqaures I want it to look like odd shaped split screen. Kind of like something out of a comic book per say. Please let me know if you can do this and maybe have questions if I am not clear as to what I am looking for. Thank you very much your work has been a great learning tool for me and I intend on purchasing some if not all at some point in time, your DVD's. Please feel free to email me if you need.

Brett Triantafillou
Cinema Alliance
Philadelphia, PA
Mark
18 years ago
Andrew...

You GOTTA post some tutorials for the new Trapcode Form! I haven't bought the plug-in yet...I know its new...but when I get it I need some great Andrew tutorials to teach me!!!!
Jose
18 years ago
Hi Andrew, i??´m from Spain and my english is bad, maybe more than bad, so please excuseme if i not explain good, first thanks for your tutorials, i??´ve just buy some of your disc and i??´m trainig so much. i??´m a beginer in this world and i hope to learn so much. Thanks again.
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,
First I want to thank you, because all this stuff, they are really cool, I think i am you fan, really.
And I want to suggest a tutorial based on your product ACTION MOVIE ESCENTIALS, i want to create a shot, but I want to see smoke in the ground after the shot.
Also I want to make more beautifull titles for trailers, now based on your product D.SOUND FX, I know that you have a lot, but it would be great to have other ones.
And maybe you know how to crack a 3d wall in after effects..
And i really want to know how to make effects like in SPiderMAn3, the one of the head on the train, the basics like the web, etc.

I hope this is not to tediuos but I will be rally glad thankyou
18 years ago
hey just want to start off by saying congrats on every thing .ok i would like to see a tutorial on the lines similar to the ones u have made but there the lines from the sprint commercial. oh and thx in advance. ^_^
Kelley Muro
18 years ago
Maya tutorials, learn more techniques and efficient workflow.
Jadran
18 years ago
Hi, I Would like to ask you if you can add to your tutorial section one new tutorial about morphing. For example :
morphing shapes
morphing from one face to other

and so on.

Regards
Hermes
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,
Let me start off by thanking you for your great free tutorials and your awesome DVD's they have really helped and I'm starting to put my skills (those I learned from you) to the test.

There is this one effect that has been bugging me and I cant quite figure it out. How to make certain things in color while the rest is in black and white? well lets call it the "Pleaseantville Effect" since thats what the movie is based on. It's easy in photoshop, but how in the world is it done in after effects?

heres a link if you haven't seen the movie and if your not sure what im talking about.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=STQE5wCkEjc

Thanks again Andrew and thank your crew also. I look forward for future tutorials. Bye
18 years ago
Hello, you could create a tutorial on how to create particles real fire
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,
i would like to see a tutorial similar to this:
http://files.filefront.com/leiseravi/;9018872;/fileinfo.html
i managed to do this myself but i think it would help alot of people.Unfortunately my spoken english is pretty bad so i cant make a tut
Erik from Norway
18 years ago
Please, show us how to make a camera fly around an object i 3d space.For example a car or a laptop.
I need a good tip to getting started.
Erik
Ben
18 years ago
Hi Andrew excellence tutorial they've helped me so much.

I would love to see a tutorial something like Fergies new Music Video Clumsy. A pop-up book with pages turning.

Many Thanks from down under - Cairns, Australia

Ben
Josh Helmick
18 years ago
Hello Andrew,

This should be rather simple. (For After Effects 6.5) Could you create a tutorial that tells us how to make a Star Wars opening scroll, complete with the text, space background, and planet? Thanks!

Best regards,
Josh
James Moors
18 years ago
Greetings from sunny England, Andrew.

Since you asked... I have seen a very cool effect on YouTube, where guys are running at superspeed and taking off into the sky.
There is ONE tutorial for the speed but none for the take off bit. Also, the speed run tutorial is extremely difficult to follow and (shameless grovelling coming up) your tutorials are crystal clear and simple to follow.
This is a really cool effect that I'm sure more people would like to try.

Keep up the great work (seriously... Very cool tutorials)

James
joe
18 years ago
hey i have a good idea. you will like it Mr.Kramer. my ideas are
A) transforming cars like in transformers
B) how to fly

these would be awesome tutorials. thanks in advanced
Allen Hurley
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Thanks so much for your Evolution Promo Video breakdown. What an incredible spot. I've purchased the Evolution library and can't wait to begin using it.

One of the effects I love in your Evolution Promo, which you didn't go into in your breakdown are the blurs or distortions you used during the audio hits/noises. Like right in the beginning at :01s and at the end of the spot @ :41 seconds. Is this created by quick camera shakes with motion blur? Could you help explain those type of accents? They're awesome!!

Thanks for your incredible work!

Allen
18 years ago
I would like to see a Video Wall
Alex Hardiment
18 years ago
I was wondering whether you could make a tutorial on how to make a cartoon style video like on the queens of the stone ages go with the flow video because i have been trying but have had no luck so a tutorial on it would be great
Mat
18 years ago
Hi!!!!
I would love to see tutorial on the particle effects - where body or part of body dissolves and falls to ground or blows away. Im finding this a difficult area to work out and I'm sure that my way is very long winded and not as effective as it could be!
Keep up the great work all.
Mat
18 years ago
A FumeFX/3DS Max Tutorial would be great
Or generally 3DS Max Tutorials

PS: what about deleting the comments you have already done a tutorial for? would make it easier for you i think (and for us too. maybe we wouldn't ask for the same tutorial a hundred of times ^^ )
Jared Wineera
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I'd like to see a tute on the effect where someone rips off a mask to reveal the person wearing it, as seen in Mission Impossible and at the end of the Foo Fighters music video - Everlong. I'm sure you could come up with a great technique to do this! I guess this would require some advanced morphing?

BTW: Riot Gear and Evolution ROCK!

Cheers,

Jared.
18 years ago
Hi,
I was wondering a great tutorial idea can be using a software such as Avid. Like Avid softimage. Im thinking this because its used in the industry as far as i know and it might have really good capabilites. Probably even the other Avid software can have tutorials such as the editing software, etc. Anyways just a thought but would be great if you can do it. Cheers mate.
18 years ago
OMG! Right after I posted I read the comment above and this guy is talking about Harry Potter effects too! Great one Connor!

I see that a lot of people want to know about morphing too. That would be a fantastic tutorial. Have you seen the music video "Black & White" by Michael Jackson where at the end all the different racist of people are morphing into one another? That would be cool to learn along with titles that morph.
Phil
18 years ago
hi im not sure if there is an tutorial out there but me and my m8s wont to play around and copy something that is on heroes e.g. flying iv seen some videos on youtube e.g. http://youtube.com/watch?v=fnS1luFGo8g

if there is a site with a tutorial already out there then could you post a link plz i would really link to try some of stuff of heroes thx

sorry for the english
18 years ago
I think it would be cool to know how to do some of the Harry Potter spells like the "Lumos" Charm or "Stupefy" or "Avada Kedavra"
Connor
18 years ago
Over here in the UK (Dunno about USA) the new Harry Potter film has just come out! So, ya know, it's all Harry Potter fever over here.

Anyway, I was wondering if you could do a tutorial on Harry Potter Spell effects. The one I would most be interested in would be the one where Harry and Voldemort's wands 'connect' (I think it's first seen in the 4th movie) and so there is lighntning, an explosion in the middle and particle flying out everywhere.

Thanks, love your stuff

Connor.

P.S. Here is a link to a well done version by Ryan Wieber:
http://www.ryan-w.com/ryan-w/clips/lightning_duel.mov
Connor
18 years ago
Over here in the UK (Dunno about USA) the new Harry Potter film has just come out! So, ya know, it's all Harry Potter fever over here.

Anyway, I was wondering if you could do a tutorial on Harry Potter Spell effects. The one I would most be interested in would be the one where Harry and Voldemort's wands 'connect' (I think it's first seen in the 4th movie) and so there is lighntning, an explosion in the middle and particle flying out everywhere.

Thanks, love your stuff

Connor.

P.S. Here is a link to a well done version by Ryan Wieber:
http://www.ryan-w.com/ryan-w/clips/lightning_duel.mov
Kevin Trefflich
18 years ago
http://formationvideo.emob.fr/produit-622-creer-un-impact-sur-un-sol-en-3d.html
this really would be great... something like this!

18 years ago
I'm interested in a blog or forum where we can post links to demo reels, our work, etc... This could be a great on-line community where fellow VFX artists and Mograph experts go to share/look for work.
Darren
18 years ago
I would love to see a tutorial on creating an Advanced DVD Menu System using After Effects, combining motion menu backgrounds with advanced transitions to other menus etc.

I know transitions from one menu to other are just movies that look like they go from one to another but i would like to see one created that incorporates 3d etc.

cheers
Christian Maas
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Sry but my English is not very good, but i would like to see a tutorial about Bullet Time Effects with Guns (Matrix Reloaded) The Neo scene.
Where Mr. Smith is trying to shoot Neo.

I have learned a lot from you it is great work to Spend many times for this great Tutroials^^

Pls answer me ^^

Thank you

Christian
18 years ago
A tutorial like this one could be great.

http://formationvideo.emob.fr/produit-622-creer-un-impact-sur-un-sol-en-3d.html

shadu
riyas
18 years ago
i m having no words to praise you boys,you all r doing a great job,

and my suggestion to u is to add 3d also
Davib
18 years ago
hi andrew

i use AE7 and tried to follow trent rmstrongs AECS3 tutorial on "making light disappear & reappear behinf objects using expressions".
i managed to work around the fractal noise issues (allow HDR results for Overflow) but i cant use the expression that contains "sampleImage" dont think this exists in ae7.
could you give a tutorial on how to work around this and maybe some other ae8 new stuff?
im really trying to get this light thing right. PS how do i buy Riot gear without a credit card? i only use a debit card. Love yoru tutorials!
Mick
18 years ago
Mr. Kramer, Oh I'm sorry.Your highness can I call you King kramez?You're totally a Demi god and now youre basking in the glory of you're new DvD-Evolution.Thanks for all your tutorials and video-co-pilot sounds,riot gear ,action movie essentials and film magic pro all of which I have.Oh yeah the tutorials everyone of them especially the magic glass,dude!I would Have taken ages to figure that out yet the Zen master knew it.Thanks again.
I could have put this on the comments section but i figured I'd ask the man directly.I don't know jack about compositing huge 3d elements like say a chopper or a car in live footage and I want to learn.
Case in point transformers(I know,i know its ILM and they're the big dogs and its a long shot but you're Andrew Kramer)how did they after modelling of course throw in all the materials and textures,render and composite them in live footage to make it look like they are interacting with the other live actors?Is it possible in after effects?Does the Plugin from Zaxwerks 3d invigorator pro help and if so why is it that you can't import scenes in .max but only .3ds?
If you could teach me and other guys willing to learn how to composite :
(a)A character shot infront of a greenscreen into a virtual environment modelled in 3d max
(b)A model of an object say a car, plane ,dare I say, a robot into live action footage
in after FX I would really appreciate it.
But if you don't have the time I completely understand. Its busy right now for you but you can't blame me for trying.Thanks and congratulations on your new Evolution DVD.
Mick.
Dave Ed
18 years ago
AK,
I know it is not the most glamourous idea for a tutorial, but I think a lot of people might benefit from a tutorial on the business side of being a digital artist. From the first call from a client to completion. Just a thought. Thanks to the VCP team for all your hard work. Have learned a lot from you guys. Thanks Again
18 years ago
Can we get an advanced look at object/wire removal?
Kjartan
18 years ago
Hi. One tutorial i would like to see, is one that shows how to create the effect where you zoom out of one picture of lets say a person, to reveal a whole lot of other pictures of the same person, and as you zoom further and further out to reveal more and more pictures they all form a new picture of the same person when you get to the end of the zoom. Hehe, this was a bit harder to explain then i thought, but i think you get my drift.

Thanks for all your help.

Kjartan
Rob Neal
18 years ago
As you are introducing 3DSMAX into some of your tutorials, do you know of a straightforward way of exporting the 3D world of MAX into the 2.5D After Effects arena? I have messed with both MAX2AE and Automatic Duck, both with varying levels of success. Exporting as RLA works pretty well but the cameras are all over the shop. I know, pretty advanced stuff, but seems we use the same tools, so would love to see what you come up with.

Also, I have found for the uninitiated, the whole concept of AE's 3D system a bit baffling - how about a "idiot's guide" tutorial to explain the controls such as "pan behind" etc. and how one gets to grip with "postcards in space"?
I have it sussed, but you explain it so much better, and make us laugh at the same time...

Oh crap....
Darren
18 years ago
Sounds like a basic request I suppose, but any chance of a tutorial that explains how to create the .mov clips with alpha transparency?
I'm constsantly getting it wrong.
Frank
18 years ago
first of all, thank you so much for your effort and time you spend, your tutorials are awesome and very helpful.
therefore... it would be great, if you could provide your files downloadable as podcasts on itunes
Nico
18 years ago
hello Andrew,

is it possible to make a tuto about REALVIZ MatchMover pro and after effects ? i would like import in after effect an motion track from MatchMover pro. is it possible ? THanks

PS: SOrry for my poor english, i come from belgium.

Best regards,

NIco
Markus
18 years ago
Hi!

Can you make a tutorial on how you made those 2 first seconds in the beginning of the Riot gear promo video; you know the TV static thing. And how you made those 2 first seconds and the last peace of the Evolution promo video; the shaking thing.

Thanks for all your tips and tricks!
Troy
18 years ago
Could you do a tutorial on a 3d television?

i can imagine quite a variety of things one could do with a tv...
falling from space and landing on "camera" to play video...
running around a field with video playing on the virtual tv
tv's being flung at camera with the power of the force...

etc, etc.
Sketch
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Dude i have a serious request. It's not only for me but for all Smallville fans across the globe. I've always looked for tutorials on how to recreate visual effects shown on TV programmes, and like others out there, we are trying our best to create them but to no avail. I was wondering of you could guide us with your great knowledge on how to create the heatvision effect or maybe how they create that bubble effect when he's running fast but in slow motion. It would be superb and i know you are a legend already but it would be HEROIC if you could teach us that. PLEASE

Thanks a million

Bye
18 years ago
I basically learned after effects through your site. I LOVE it. I was wanting to get more into 3d as well, but there's not really any place online to learn that stuff with videos. I want to learn Maya. See if you can find someone to do a round of basic video tutorials for that.

Thanks.
DM
18 years ago
Hey Andrew! Thanks 4 everything, 4 your Tutorials, 4 Your Products, 4 Your Time
We love Your work & creativity!!!

I was wondering, if it's possible to show us.. more PRO tutorial with : 4 example generated 3d room from a 3d Program ( 3ds max / cinema 4d ) with some action there.. may be a person who walks there.. in the room are smoke, fire etc .. something like this.. lights, importing cameras in AE etc.. I don't know

I hope some day You make something like this to show us, how we can make it more Pro like You.

Thanks!

Greeets!
18 years ago
Andrew,
I really love your promo video's for your projects. But the thing I love about them most is the transition you use from one thing to another. It's like this quick turn into another section. It's a very cool transition and you've used it a lot. would you consider making a tutorial for this kind of transition, or how you make these promo video's?

Thanks!
Webster
18 years ago
Hi VideoCoPilot team,


I was wondring if you could maybe make some tutorial about the intro of 007.
The part that he walks in the gun barrle.
And the red blood comes dripping down.

How can we make something like that in after effects?

Plz let me know,

Greets Webster
(From The Netherlands)
Ahmed Saber
18 years ago
Hi Anderw, i'm ur student
i'm from egypt, and i like ur tutorials and i become a pro , i like u

1 - I know this heave deal try to do all of these requested tutorials
2 - i made a title comes out from smoke, but it is not exact like what i imagine.
could u help me, how to appear a title comes out smoke,
it means, words constructed from the smoke

Thank u so much. Maystro_eg@hotmail.com
Maystro.
Nattawoot
18 years ago
Hello Andrew and Team.
I come from thailand.
I like your tutorial.

How do you add sound and music when you record tutorial?

Such as!
1. sound+title(videocopilot.net)
2.your tutor
3.sound+your finish tutor

Thank you so much
Nattawoot.
18 years ago
hello my name is alex killer I am singing and musical producer in Puerto Rico, I like to much, the world of the video effects if they need a musical producer i like to be member of its work group since I can create music of all
type, dramatic, romantic, action, ect to interest my msn is alexkillermusic@hotmail.com
18 years ago
Hey Andrew!

I appreciate you helping people with your video tutorials I was wondering if you can make a video tutorial on how to make a small video like you made for you Evolution DVD.. with sick effects!! I loved it but can you teach us how to make some thing like that Please? I would really reallly appreciate it.
Kelley Muro
18 years ago
Okay, wow Andrew, how did you do that effect at the begininng of the "evolution" trailer? It was fast and cool, I want the sound FX. It reminded me of the effect used in Transformers when the helicopter comes in and has like a holograph of a pilot and it flickers sort of like that.

Great effect and Product!

Thank you,
Kelley Muro
Michael
18 years ago
Hey Andrew!

I personally would love to see a tutorial on making buffy-esque vampire dustings. I mean, you already have the monster/zombie face morph, why not complete it with the dusting? hinthintnudgenudge!
18 years ago
Hey where can i find cc focus motion blur plugin can you please put that in here or mail it to me i cant finish your tutorials without them please .......
crastafx
18 years ago
Hey Andrew!
This is a long overdue thank you for all the tutorials you offer on this site! It's absolutely great and i've gained ALL of my after effects knowledge from here.

I was watching the new Jumper movie trailer and there was one scene(towards the end) that was very similar to your earth zoom! Check it out here:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/jumper/lrg.html

Anyways, was really interested in the text effect that comes right after the earth zoom scene. It has a springy and elastic feel? A tute on that would definitely be cool!
18 years ago
Andrew, I love the Evolution promo and as someone who does promos for an ABC affiliate, I want to know how to make promos like the one that was done for Evolution. I'm fairly new to After Effects, but I totally get the concepts, I just need to know how large my project compositions need to be in order to fly cameras around the different scenes the way that they fly in Evolution. I want to make things move in space the way that you do, I just don't really know how large to make the comp sizes to do it (3000 pixels maybe?) Help me man!
18 years ago
It would be interesting if you made a "24" tutorial. I've always wanted for figure out how they cropped multiple video images and place them together for those intense phone call scenes with the clock in the middle.
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Thank you for most useful and awesome looking tutorials. I need a tutorial of converting text into blown away particles and again forming the text . If you would publish this tutorial it would be great and thankful
celmar28
18 years ago
Hello sir kramer

Excuse me for my bad English, I used google to translate my words.

Ok, I would like to know if it is possible to use after effects to materializing a transformation of a word in 3d by another word in 3d? In the same way that cars turn into robots in the film "transformers".

I started studying the project as a software 3d.

In ae, we have rotation, translation, scaling, the random movement

For example, "Andrew Kramer "...( transformation )...." present "....( transformation )..... VideoCopilot ..., with the sounds of 'designer sounds Fx'.... wwaaaoooouuuuu ..= effect hitting, isn't it ?

it is possible?

thank you
Jim
18 years ago
A 'REALISTIC RAIN' TUTORIALâ???¦

it would be so great if you could explain how to do this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErrRGXISmQU

As always thanks a lot for spending time making these tutorials, everybody really appreciates themâ???¦ youâ??????re an inspirationâ???¦ thanks again..
Flossy
18 years ago
Hey man, a tutorial on either realistic fire or rain would be sweet. Also, in response to the saber tutorial, how do you make your own preset saber?
2dread shashbugu
18 years ago
You have been creating the most useful and awesome looking tutorials I have seen in a long time. Most web tutorials are remakes of effects seen in movies or television. You are unique in the fact that although you recreate those effects, you also clearly help users of your products reapply those effects in new and more original ways.

Your â?????action movie essentialsâ???, and â?????serious effects and compositingâ??? DVD have been a god send for many Indy filmmakers. When are we going to see the new versions of these packages? We do appreciate the free tutorials, but we ultimately would love to support your family and business. The more we buy the more time you get to create free tutorials.

Here are a few tutorial package suggestions:
To complement your action movie essentials you should create a training DVD with different types of Explosion Tutorials, EG buildings, cars, bridges, etc. These can be complemented with CG characters and models in a composition.

Just a suggestion, You might already be working on that stuff and more.
As usual thanks a lot

Shashbugu
Øystein (Yes, I'm scandinavian xD)
18 years ago
I'd love to see a "Timetracking" tutorial (: Where everything goes slow-mo, but the camera movement is close to normal speed. I know it requires several pics from the scene with the camera movement instead of filming with a standard videocam, and putting them together and adding frames between the pics.
It would be great if you showed us a technique for this

Keep ut the good work Andrew, looking forward to Evolution!
Simon Kessler
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,
My name is Simon, I'm 13 and I absolutely L.OV.E your tutorials. I wondered if you could make one about keying with a car, for example if the background of the road trembles, how to make the foreground have the same tremblements (I guess it's tracking, but I don't know how to do that...) etc.

Go on making new tutorials, thez are the best ever :p !

Bye,
Simon

PS : Sorry for the English mistakes, but I'm from Paris lol !
Sanad
18 years ago
Hey Andrew! Phenomenal work i must say! And all that for free. Can you please post a tutorial on bullet time and how to make a person fall of a roof((without actually pushin em to take one for the team!)!! Really appreciate it! Keep up the good work.
Nikolay Kolev
18 years ago
I will be very happy if u share with us some Broadcast design examples
18 years ago
Hi Andrew!
I just love your tutorials, they are the best!
The other day when i searched on google for some good tutorials i found this site:
www.fxhome.com.
As i just looked on the preview video on the firstpage i saw a man that goes invisible.
I think it would be really cool to now how to create such effect.

If you know how to do it, and have time to do, DO IT! Because i think that it could be useful and fun to know how to do it yourself.

Thats all from me for now. Have a nice day.
Timon
18 years ago
HEAD TRACKING ... you know those commercials and movies where you see numbers or letters above peoples heads and those words or numbers stay over their heads and track with them. I'm not sure, but I believe "Stranger Than Fiction" has it. I'm sure a tutorial on that would please a large crowd.

Thanks
Mistercat
18 years ago
A tutorial explaining how match moves work would be great. I know it involves dots or tape on the greenscreen, but how do you translate that between actual camera moves and match up with virtual moves?

Thanks for all the work you put into sharing your knowledge!
18 years ago
Hey Andrew
Just throwing out ideas about your new EVOLUTION product.
The Trailer is AWESOME and I thought you could show how you did the text effects.
There is a tutorial that has some explanation on how to do cool text effects, but if we don't work with blur, how do we make it nice?

Especially that nice glow of yours
Solidghost
18 years ago
A morphing transition like in the music video Miami by Will Smith. You vill know what I mean if you watch it. Its too cool to be left out of your great selection.
VFX-Anomaly
18 years ago
MAKE THINGS GROW~!
frizo
18 years ago
Something like a security cam. Sow somewhere on the movie cam04 or something, and maybe the time, with second.
Get the frame down. Sow that it look like the security cam is taking a picture every second, or half second or 2 seconds.
And maybe a kind of grey bars on the movie, I dont know how to explain.

yes yes bad english
Anthony
18 years ago
Can you make a tutorial of something like Liz Sherman blue fire in hellboy the movie.
Ben
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I'm making a mockumentary about a zombie and I've got all the special FX makeup sorted, but stuff like opaque contacts are REALLY expensive. would it be possible to do a tutorial on the whole white eye zombie thing (shawn of the dead) and some other interesting things?

BTW I'll be using the crawling bug effect in it-that was a great one!
Michael
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,
How about some "how to make your own presets", starting with lghtsabers tutorials, and a few modeling in Maya tutorials.
18 years ago
I would like to know how to create the opening for the Serious FX tutorial. Thanks! awesome work!!!
Dchow
18 years ago
You might try doing like a vectorish greenscreen idea. dont know if u've seen
Casino Royale, but the intro in that movie is quite astonishing. It also uses some very nice flourish techniques to go along with your evolution product
Hudlum Priest
18 years ago
Hey Andrew

I was watching this Disney superhero flick with my kids the other day "Sky High" with Kurt Russell. There are a lot of cool effects in it. Any thought of giving it a watch and seeing if you could duplicate any of the effects used. It would be cool to film my kids with some of the superhero effects.

Regards

Steve
Adam Schmisek
18 years ago
Hey Andrew

First off I want to say thanks for the amazing DVDs. They have takin my design/motion graphic skills to the next level.
A tutorial idea I would like to see is about 3D camera moves. In all of your promos the camera movement is amazing and so smooth. I think this would be a great idea for a tutorial.

Thanks
John Kokkinakis
18 years ago
??ŸK, here is an idea for a tutorial.

I'd like something we see quite a lot in thrillers or horror films.
There is the bathroom and a mirror which is all steamy.

And suddenly on the steamy mirror we have a few words taking form : "????? will kill you", written by the ghost of someone.

Thanks
Robert Storm
18 years ago
Andrew! I'm sure that you don't need me to tell you that your work is absolutely AMAZING, but I figured It can't hurt to tell you again.
At the beginning of tutorial #23, "moving 3d lines," there is a title sequence for creativecow.net, and I really liked the camera moves in it.
It would fit the theme of our Indianna Jones parody rather well, I believe, and so I was hoping you might be able to show just how you did that? Or if you didn't do it, then perhaps you could show us how to recreate it?
Thanks a ton,
Robert Storm
18 years ago
So I've been seeing this a lot on TV and was wondering how they did it. I'm sure it's realatively easy but you think you could make a tutorial for those HP Computer hand commercials that have all the different things show up as the actor moves his hand around.

Some examples can be found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlSGJGHJEpI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsE0g-8CDQo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4mStrgvzXs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oaybo46kMC8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVyofNRyGzA

Anyways sorry for posting so many but there so much potential! Pick like one or two things that are interesting and slightly complex I guess. K Peace man~

Vann
Seth Pontiff
18 years ago
What's up Andrew? I was just stopping in to request a tutorial. How about a tutorial on how to do superhero powers. Things such as flying, making someone glow, fireballs, lasers, etc. Also, how can you have a freeze frame while the actor is still able to move, then have the actor able to move the frozen objects.

Thanks,

Seth Pontiff
Ross Roberts
18 years ago
I would like to see a tutorial on how to animate orbs like the ones seen in the manga films. I have seen a few tutorials but they are way too confusing to understand and Andrew you are the god of After Effects.

I would also like a tutorial on how to make it look like i am juggling things either in my hands or on my feet. Like a juggling a soccer ball and doing some pretty cool tricks without doing it in real life.
IlanF
18 years ago
Hi, what about that Matrix bullet trail effect?
it will be nice to see that kind of effect done with After Effects
Richard :-)
18 years ago
Hey, i Was wondering if you could make a tutorial of a the 360 spin around a human while in mid air, Like in the matrix. i rekon it would be very good if u did. . A like easy way of doing it instead of purchasing around 10 professional cameras. i am always baffled about how they do it haha.
Thanks for your time, Best regards.
Richard
18 years ago
Hi Andrew nice tutorials !
anyway I see you have a lot of requests
but this is really giving me a headache...
I want to impliment photoshop brushes into AE so I can animate my brushes
I mean something like a 3D STROKE effect. I tried to import my brushes as photoshop layers and tried to "create outline" like you would do to creat a mask for your text and then apply 3D STROKE to it and animate it but it doesn't work ...
I also tried it with the "brush" but the funny thing is whenever I make a new layer and select the brushtool I can't paint on it

So this is kinda my tutorial request
If you can find the time and find this request intresting feel free to make a tutorial for it.

Greetings
Matt in MO.
18 years ago
I posted a question about this, but I figured some people on here might wonder the same thing.

How to create the look of dust on a photo and then the dust being blown away.
Neville
18 years ago
Hello Andrew.

I always wondered how that they made the HP commercial from the HP photo printer.
Maybe you now a way to do it.
This is a example:
http://www.stupidcollege.com/items/Homemade-HP-Photo-Commercial

I couldn't find the original commercial from HP but i hope you now what i mean.

Neville
From the Netherlands
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, love the tutorials, I've learned more from you than anyone else - so mad props bro..

Here's my idea..

How bout a tutorial based on the terminator effects of skin?

Peel some skin back and see a metal endoskeleton - something like that would be totally off the wall and bad-ass.

-Jeremy
Danny
18 years ago
I'd kinda like a Flying effect..Levitation..call it whatever you want
And energy balls..damn..yea..energy balls are really amazing if they're made good.
I like the ones you see in the TV series Charmed..the ones that the demons use (the blue,plasma-like ones)

*.*
Gosh it would be so damn cool.
Jared
18 years ago
I remember seeing a really nice composite in your demo reel of a guy getting hit by a bus. It would be great to see a tutorial on that kind of composite work.
18 years ago
Hi,

great work with your Sound FX DVD...I love it

I work on an fanfilm project in the Star Trek universe and it would be great if you can give me a tutorial about ST Phasers. I have problems with the "future" of the phaser beam. The ship is moving, but if the phaseremiiter stops emitting, the beam should only move towards the enemy and not with the ship any more....

Greets
JJ
18 years ago
one where you have footage of a neighborhood, whether you are in a car or walking, but you turn it to look like a city. So i don't know if you can motion track building images or what, but something of that sense would be cool.
Matt
18 years ago
There was a great commercial for the NBA finals that was fairly simply and I think could be turned into a great tutorial. Heres the link!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfCCjWQVOFU&mode=related&search=
Patrick
18 years ago
Hey could you do something like the matrix where the actor jumps up and time freezes and a camera orbits around them... that would be awesome

love the tuts keep up the good work!
JZ
18 years ago
Ok Andrew if this is easy enough to be answered with a quick email then thats cool.

So this one is based on the recent 'Ayo Technology' video by 50 cent

How are those particle transitions done? When the whole screen changes to particles from one screen to the next?


I would really like to know this, keep up the good work
RanXeroX
18 years ago
Hi,
first I am french and excuse my poor english....
I would to tell you thanks for your great tutorials.

Like other guys i have a question : it is possible, with AE, to make vfx like SMALLVILLE superspeed or Matrix Magic bullet.

Thx Andrew

RanXeroX
dasred
18 years ago
Hi!

A tutorial about basic moves,things!
Like button combinations,etc.

Thx
Iain
18 years ago
hi, i posted this as a comment to you're crazy cool new tutorial but i thought i'd post it here too.

how about something that shows how to do some intense film styles. like in 300 or sin city ?

i think that would be totally awesome and lots of people would defiantly be interested.
Venkatesh
18 years ago
only yesterday i found this great website with cool tutorials and i started using aftereffects for 2 days now..

and it would be great if u can make a tutorial on how to make cool text animation like the one on http://www.videocopilot.net/basic/index.html home page..

thx for ur great tutorials.
Bas
18 years ago
I think many of us would find it helpfull to learn the basics of matchmoving.
Importing a video in Boujou and export the camerapoint to a After Effects composition. And then do something wicked with it

with all the respect,

Bas (the Netherlands)
Jud
18 years ago
Hey Andrew. I was wondering if you guys could make a tutorial on having a large explosion, probably a nuclear bomb or something, appearing in the distance. not showing any destruction or anything, just people looking out into the horizon where a nuke can be seen going off. I'm thinking something like the scene in True Lies, except maybe a way to also do it with a slightly shakey camera, with motion mapping or something. Adding the flash right when it goes off and a shockwave a few seconds after would just be icing on the cake. If you ever got around to this, I'd be eternally grateful.

Whether or not you do, thanks for all these awesome tutorials. I never had the courage to try to learn AE, but those basic training lessons combined with your tutorials have opened up tons of new possibilites for me.
Kris
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I was thinking do you think you could show us how to make meteor crashing down to earth by using trapcode? I am dieing to know how to do that. Thanks Andrew
Dchow
18 years ago
MATRIX PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!
18 years ago
Hi Mr Kramer,
Ok - the tutorials are FANTASTIC and I'm sure they're challenging for most... However, I would like to ask for a tutorial, that not only challenges the fans, but challenges your expertise and resources.

The Tutorial (in After Effects):- Allow theTalent (Actor) Step into Stargate /walk into mirror (The Matrix) /disappear into vortex effect. It doesn't have to be limited to the effects listed above, but to allow for the Talent to become part of, or enveloped in that which he is dissapearing into.

I Hope you are able to make sense of this.

This tutorial would be helpful not only to sci fi fans, but to the masses also, as it lends itself to endless possibilities of craft evolution, and would be another string to anyones bow.
Ryan Wehner
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Was curious about integrating the new puppet tool for AE CS3 and motion tracking of a filmed subject . And perhaps applying tracked information to joints of a puppet, to make the puppet move like the filmed subject. Could be fun, and may make for realistic movements of a character.

Thanks man.
Emil Smedius
18 years ago
Hi Andrew!

I've allways wanted to know how to make the effect of something in a video being colored while the rest of the video is black and white/noncolored.
//Emil Smedius in Sweden.

P.S. I just love your tutorials, you have no idea of how uch i've learned from them, thank you!
steven
18 years ago
in your promo you showed someone getting hit by a car. I know the basics of this effect by watching a youtube tutorial [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3lKzrtl8ZU] which is good buts its not as coherent as your tutorials. This tutorial will probably take like 10 minutes out of your time and its a really cool effect and alot of your viewers who do not know this effect will be pleased. So next tutorial someone getting hit by a car. oh and it'll be really cool if someone gets hit but they don't go flying out of the screen because it's not really realistic and its those videos you see on youtube. reinvent the classic person getting hit by a car and if theres another way to make this effect it'll be pretty cool for you to show us how to do it. again your tutorials are amazing, your an amazing visual and special fx artist and this is the type of stuff I do in my spare time. did i mention I have all of your products. so consider this tutorial idea.
Deets
18 years ago
Hey Andrew. Love your guides and how you're handling AE.
I'm also very impressed by your experience with it it's almost shocking.

ok on to my request!

Been trying to make it my self but i really need more experience to make it happen but should be easy for you.
I would like to see a guide how to make a good fire effect. Just like your 23. Moving 3D Lines tutorial but instead of that really sweet crazy maelstrom or whatever effect i 'd like a crazy fire effect with some kind of text in the middle.

Would be awesome if that happened.
Until then.. Great site and great tutorial's.

Cheers!
Evan
18 years ago
I'd love to be able to track a spinning bullet while its in the air heading towards its target after it has been shot from a gun. Like when they shoot the cook in Natural Born Killers.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hb1vq9QkgGU ---scroll to about 1:10
Stefan
18 years ago
I would like to watch tutorial that explains how to make one effect from your reel. It begins form 34 sec to 41 the moment with the silverback can and the walls etc.. it`s a really cool effect!
Tiago
18 years ago
Hi, I'm a brazilian guy and I love all your tutorials and how i pretend to be a filmaker on the future, yours tutorial are very helpfull!
So, I have a request. did you play Need for speed Carbon? I wish to learn how I can make that movies with caracters in the game, it seens like painting or 3d, I dont know!
If you may help, I thank you a lot!
sorry about the inglish, I'm pratice yet!
P2beer
18 years ago
Hi Andrew

I have been watching your tutorials ever since I first saw you on creative cow and they just blow me away. Looking through these requests a guy asked about "THE MATRIX" such as the bullet time effect, the subject freezes in time while the camera roves around it 360 degrees, is this possible to do a tutorial on this effect with AE?

Once again this would have to be the best on line free Tutorial site around for those of us who allways wonder how do they create those fantastic effects out there.
If there was ever an award for such insights hope you really get it..

Cheers

P2

Cheers
Moca MX
18 years ago
3D Matchmoving!!!!!!!! With 3Ds max!!!!!!
Kevin Trefflich
18 years ago
What I would be interrested in would be a tutorial to create bulletholes in different matirials like clothes walls and something like that... I got Action Movie Essentials to create bulletholes in metal or something but clothes or also skin woukd be very cool. Some of you wil say now "Oh thats not nessescary cause the body fall down so fast you wouldnt see it right also if there were real holes" But the scene is one where the "hero" dies and so it shoukd look really epic and in slowmotion with the sun in the backround.... know what i mean.

thx to all and
18 years ago
Freeze Time Pt. 2 -

Well I see you have one tutorial already on freezing time, but i have been spending numerous hours testing and pondering about Freezing time with a moving steadycam, jib, or dolly. It is said that it requires bullet time and still frame cameras. I believe it could be done based off of 3D camera placement and matchmoving frozen elements into the the moving camera shot. here is a good example:

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

sincerely,
Aaron Marine
White Crow Productions
18 years ago
I think it would be cool to turn a car into a robot transformer style.
Rich
18 years ago
Actually I would like to see some effects from Heroes. Mostly the healing effects of Claire. And another cool thing would be something like the Volkswagon commercial with David Elsewhere dancing and Gene Kelly face from Singin In the Rain.
18 years ago
hey Andrew learned allot from you and the gang thanks a mill now for my next movie i need to fly so was wondering could put up a basic tutorial of even just lifting off like superman don't have to show actual flight just up in the air from the ground thanks a million
JamesJay
18 years ago
I would really love to learn how to make things appear to burn! For example, text burning onto a page, burning through from the underside of the page, the edges of a page burning away to reveal the next page, etc. How do you get the flame to follow the contour of the burnt edge? Anything you could do to shed some light on these techniques would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
tommie12P
18 years ago
!!!!I hope You will read this!!!!!!

I know there are lots of Comments in here. But I??´ve got a good one (i think).

My Request:

Place simple 3D Object in a 2D Footage. Just take a sphere or a cube i dont know and place it in a realvideo. but not only taking a shot of a cube and place it in front of it like a logo. I mean more like this: the self created spheres (so hard to create )are rolling on the ground in the video. ( and of course it looks real [I hope]).

That??´s a great one, but if u think thats so boring, just rolling spheres on a street, than maybe u will try this:

The sphere whit reflection of the REAL enviroment on it.

ok i hope U or anyone else on your site will read this ( if u read this sentence u??´ll already read it, thats weird) And hope i will see a tutorial like this on your site in the future. Im sure there will be one like that, but i hope so soon as possible.

Greetings from Germany (ah and by the way im only 14 and like all of your tuts and the blog)
18 years ago
I have a quick request. Something simple, but very effective.

Two separate videos playing at once. Two sets of raw footage playing at once. Do not have to overlap.

Like a split screen. Its meant for when two conversations are going at once that are related. Its seen alot in TV shows and movies. I have no idea how to do it.
Nirav
18 years ago
i'd like to have a tutorial of the effect which is shown during the starting of movie constantine .the effect is just awesome as i think it deals with more than just one software please help us by ginving the tutorial i think it will also help people learn particle system better .
dchichizola
18 years ago
Andrew, awesome work... congratulations!. I am interested in tutorials about rotoscoping techniques (not keying) and building extentions.
I have just seen a project in youtube and their roto techniques are awesome.
This is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKZYl53RcYY

Thanks for your help!
Waiting for your tutorial nr 50...
Regards
are-dee
18 years ago
Hello,
can you tell me the way to make bullet time like matrix that use 4 camera.
18 years ago
AK
The Basic Training intros show some manuvering in space that I'd like to do. Maybe a mini-tut on how you did the Basic Training grfx.
c
Jacob
18 years ago
It would be awesome if you could do a tutorial on an easy way to do those HP commercials.
Davidbanana
18 years ago
i was thinking that you could make a lightwave 3d tutorial on importin into after effects
18 years ago
Hey guys,

Ok- I'm looking for the absolute tutorial on really turning "text into smoke" for titles. The advice on the internet so far has been less than adequate to achieve the "believable look". Sure you can use blurring, shatter, and scatter to some extent but really its not the same. So far a great example I've seen on screen has been the intro titles to the film "Shadow Puppets" in where the organics swirl around nicely and reform into titles- vice versa - please help!

Thanx
Erland Kjensli
18 years ago
I have found a new way (as far as I know) to simulate "real 3D" in After Effects. I would love it if Andrew could make a tutorial of my technique so that those who are interested could benefit from it and possibly develope it even further... Take a look at a quick example of what it looks like here:

http://www.tellusdata.no/head.mov

I would love to hear from all of you if this is interesting. ek(at)tellusdata.no
18 years ago
how about the animation from the startup sequence to casino royale that would be really cool, im talking about the vector images as well as the semi silhoutted characters fighting


also RAIN that would be ace
Taavet
18 years ago
Hi,

Id like to see some character animation tutorials. Perhaps you've seen the South Park episode: Make love not Warcraft. Well in there they used World of Warcraft as an engine, but animated the models beyond the games possibility's. Also it looks like its more involved that just using the puppet tool, can't really figure it out. Id really like to know how they did it. Hi,
Augie Ingratta
18 years ago
Hello Andrew;
Love watching your tutorials....always learning something.
I really would like to see a tutorial on writing words or simple drawings on screen with a beam of light at the end of the index finger.
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, id love to see a tutorial on how to create the James Bond sequence, you know the one with the view down the gun barrel and then the blood down the screen, i really cant think how to do it and id love to know,

I would be so grateful of this tutorial

Thanks,
Danny
Oliver
18 years ago
Can you make a tutorial so it looks like som one being hiten by a car
18 years ago
how about the Sin city colour pass effect?

compositing realistic looking spacecraft i.e. engine glow and disturbance to surroundings
Lewis
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, keep up the great work! I was hoping for a tutorial about creating this cool fastforwarding effect I saw in this music video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi2uOsApqII
I dont know if it might be just some good camera work and then fastforwarding, but there looks like theres a little more to it then that. Thx!
18 years ago
Been watching CSI Miami and I'm trying to replicate the intro FX. Its what looks like pieces of glass sliding over the video with the video showing through. Now I've been able to replicate most of it but It still doesnt have that look that I'm trying for.

Go watch the intro and youll see what I mean

Thanks
Brandon
18 years ago
Any title tutorial would be excellent.

Much Thanks.
18 years ago
CAN YOU MAKE IT??

thanks for your attention

PS: Hey i loved to see your cute little baby in your next great tut!!
i think everybody like to see your baby in action... lol
18 years ago
Now this might seem like an odd one... I've been watching these clips of my favorite anime-film Macross Plus and started thinking about skyboxes... You know. The way to create a 360 panoramic view for a background. Something like is frequently shown here in it's old-school 2d-form:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhBhqQ9Mxz0

Now, the thing is... I have tried some sort of parenting a 2d-layer to a 3dcamera to duplicate it's rotations and it works really well to a certain degree.

The problems are:

1. As the 2d-backgrounds anchorpoint and rotation are connected to the cameras rotation axes it won't translate to the cameras Position and Point of interest.

2. I'm only getting the top left corner in view...

This is just one of those things that has eluded me in my Aftereffects work as it would free up the imagination to make animations that "truly" rotates around the subject in 3d without running out of background.

Or is my request too confusing?
18 years ago
DEAR MR. (Master) KRAMER,

Have u ever seen "HEROES"? there is HIRO NAKAMURA who can manipulate time and space.
In one of SEASON 1 episodes, he is STOPPING the TIME to save a kid for being hit by truck!
The scene showed us that he move around (and also the CAMERA) and take the kid away from in front of the truck WHILE the time STOP!!
(hope u know what i mean)

Can YOU DO IT ? ? ?
18 years ago
Friend Andrew Kramer, as goes? I thank and I congratulate you and all the other members of this team for the wonderful work, today use some techniques applied in its works in my day the day, thanks!

Good, it would like to know as the scene of film CONSTANTINE was made, in the truth two scenes. Ones of them is the one that John Constantine steps on in the water and has a vision of the future (I do not remember accurately).

To another one it would be the scene where it calls the light. In this scene it joins the arms (I do not remember you say them of the personage). Pretty ones are scenes many and they had made me to think for much time, if for happiness you it will be able for in the site, I find that many of us fans, we are thankful very.

If he will be able, gives in the this light! haha

Health and peace!

ps:it forgives for bad English.
y designer
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,
from these tuto can about it arrive has to make like that
http://www.beliefdesign.com/work/index.php?section=work&project=04.Broadcast
(this quetion a bout brodcast: sony entertainemant television)

Some thing remains has to treat to achieve your super tuto list
I espere that it is favorable to make a series dvd formation great large project from beginning until A the end (A to Z)
that will be the best dvd training of all times
believe me andrew
but forever you are the best for me
homer
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

maybe a tutorial on many cool effects using Shatter?

Thanks for all the great tutorials
David Murphy
18 years ago
How about something like adding dust comming out from behind a moving car with camera movement. That gives particular, expressions and motion tracking (3D motion tracking?).

Good idea hey?
M. Riggs
18 years ago
Andrew,
Can't tell you how much these tutorials have helped me out. Speaking of, I saw a new commercial for Guiness that featured the foam rising in a glass and taking on the vague shape of an athlete running, punting, tackling, etc... Would love to see a tutorial on something similar. Also, that bug under the skin thing sounds cool.
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,
Love the tutorials, you helped me get my jump start into After Effects CS3 and now I'm having a blast! Anyways I noticed you do two different tutorials that were oh so close to what I wanted but not quite there yet. I noticed first off you tutorial on the quick zoom of 300 and the blood spray effect but I was wondering if its possible to make the 300 blood effect. It was a very good effect and I would love to use it for an upcoming film I plan on shooting early next year. Of course if I end up using any of the stuff you taught me, I'd be more then happy to add you in my special thanks section.

Other then that keep up the good work! And I can't wait till I get that sound DVD...

18 years ago
Hey Andrew love the tutorials keep it up. I was just wondering if you were still gonna do that compositing tutorial on how to integrate old footage with new footage. Ie the Forest Gump tutorial. Whatever tutorials you do will be good though so keep up the good work.
18 years ago
hi andrew,
awesome tutorials!
i would like to see your way of organizing files within the project window.
perhaps tutorials which involve integration between ae and flash.
Share with us with some of ur thinking processes and inspirations.

Gabberdim
18 years ago
Andrew,

You are the reason after 1 year i can finaly video compisite!
Belive me u changed my life cause i was trying for years play with many effects
and finaly i can!

You are one of the best things happent in my life!

I ll like u learn how to do these (witch i think are particles) like one user above requested allrdy.

BTW i think this video is a mastepiece!

http://www.pierremichel.net/



wish you the best in your life!!!
18 years ago
Andrew,
Here's a novel idea. How about every now and then you do a user makeover?
For example, I just finished a piece for the Napa County Historical Society that is already playing. I made intros for the segments and they turned out okay but not great. The only thing that was great was the Designer Sound Effects.

Anyway when I look at it I know I didn't get some things right. Take a look...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRQDYBYrCWM

So maybe every now and then you do a makeover of a VCP user's work!

I could send you the project files and media, I'd love to see how you would take it to the next level.

Clay

P.S. The swinging noose and handcuffs are the most obvious things that didn't turn out great. I saw that you were once planning to do a tutorial about gravity. That would be very useful. Thanks.
Large Lun Productions
18 years ago
3D tracking would be cool
Hi Andrew, im requesting for an tutorial on maybe how to do lots of bugs crawling on the flor or something. which you could use particular to make all the bugs crawl behind you or some, hope you you use my idea.


ps. your tutorials ROCK
Eirik VÃ¥geskar
18 years ago
Hey, now that you made that car window tutorial, what about a hand moving through the window? Like, Heroes style.
LK
18 years ago
What about creating the total black Demon-Eyes, which some of the Demons in Charmed have
MAX ROTH
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,
you tutorials are the best!!! - Thanks, I learn many about After Effects, but could you make a tutorial, where you describe the way from where you record your tutorials till that point, when the tutorial is in the web, I??´m sure that you don??´t only record your tutorials and than put them into web, I??´m sure that you do a little things with Macromedia fkash or so, right? Could you make a tutorial where you all describe these things? That??´s necessary, because I also want to make a Website with Videotutorials...
-THANKS
BANDAR
18 years ago
Ok ... Mr. Andrew ... Maybe u can hit two birds with one stone ...
u can make a tut in how to use a 3d object in AE such as a ... a ... a ... let say BULLIT or knife ...
In the same time ... show us how to use them in a fotig in slow motin ...
It is my dream to see this kind of tut .. and I'm sure a lot of your fans will agree with me ...

AM I RIGHT PEOPLE ???
Martin
18 years ago
Hi! One thing that would bee cool: Ever seen Smallville? or Superman? All those cool effects? X-Ray vision? heat vision? and so mutch more? could you make a/some tutorials with those effects?

Martin F??¸rre from Norway
18 years ago
Hey, I'm a Visual Effects Animator and i've been trying real hard to make a stock footage explosion match my live footage. Shadow,Reflection, or any other aspect to make it look real. That would be interesting to see and it would be really helpful. Thanks
18 years ago
Another 3d tutorial. except have something in 3d interact with the footage. like touch it or give it something
18 years ago
Another 3d tutorial. except have something in 3d being held or something in a regular persons hand.
Slox
18 years ago
How about particular rain with some good looking riples on the ground... I think it will be usefull for all of us begginers in postproduction... Nothing fancy and nothing too complicated. For all that I see on this web of your's I think it will be the joke for you. Please consider a quick rain
18 years ago
I wanna see more blood and gore tutorials if its at all possible AK. Maybe something where someone gets their arm chopped off or whatever. I dont know, Letâ??????s see something for the horror fans!
Carlos
18 years ago
I just saw Transformers...and it was a bad a__ movie!
Can you show us how they transformed cars into robots in a 20min. tutorial.
Thanks
18 years ago
Hello.

Just thought I'd put a request I'd like to know how to do.
Is there any way to get an effect similar (or close) to the uncommercialised "RotoShop" program that was used in "A Scanner Darkly"?

I wanted to try an make an effect like it, and then distort some footage (filmed on bluescreen) to make the people seem like "The Screem" painting (By Edvard Munch).

Thanks for reading,
Tino
18 years ago
Hey,

I would really love to see a tutorial on how to make your own custom effects like in the lightsaber preset were you would have all of your expresion controls (slider/angle/color control e.d.) and have them merged together.

Also a tutorial on some more advanced expression techniques would be cool

MvG,
Tino
javier
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,
I like to know to to do "the man hit by car" but looks professional, How I have to shoot it.

Please let me know
Graham
18 years ago
As an AE novice from the UK your tutorials are brilliant, thank you. I would love to see how you planned, built and integrated the sound and graphics for the After Effects Basic Training promo ...

Once again thanks for getting me started on AE
Lyn
18 years ago
How about a tutorial about 3D mtion tracking and morphing. just like the Sam face warp tutorial, but, in 3D instead of 2D. If that's posible in AE, or would you need to use an outside plugin of some description?

all the best
Lyn
18 years ago
Hi Andrew Kramer.....

i just want to start of by saying that your tutorials are awesome....

I was wondering if you could do a tutorial on the title sequence for 'Dexter' the u.s drama series...you know...the blood writing with 'Dexter' written in blood...

hope you can....thankyou
Patrick
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,
well, your after effects tutorials are very helpful. But, please, please, please, do some basic "Cinema 4d" tutorial with an older version like 6 or so.
- How to make cameramoves
- How to animate an object
- Light and reflections
- How to make thinks looking realistic (rooms,backgrounds, Objekts like cups and so on ...)



Or better make a Tutorial-DVD, i will buy it, and i think a lot of people of here as well ...

Regards - Patrick
Tyler
18 years ago
Hey Andrew! Could you do a tutorial on how to make it look like I get hit by a car, like the effect in the movie reel. I am working on a video that would really be enhanced if I had that effect. By the way thanks for all the great tutorials that you already have! They're awesome!
18 years ago
Hi Andrew! I found your tutorials like 2 month's ago and I'm just so thrilled about all that good stuff your giving to all of us. But the thing or request I'd like to ask you ( I don't know have you all ready done this before) is this. I'm sitting here, at my home and from TV started a movie "The Day After Tomorrow" (U know that movie right?) I started to wonder, how could I do same kind of titles like that movie has in start? Let my know if you have done this allready or if you like to let us have a new brilliant tutorial.

But thanks anyway and keep it going.

-Toni-
homer
18 years ago
Hey andrew, could u do a tutorial on a matrix effect such as bullet time or any effect in the matrix movies. Also, is there a way we can have an 3d object rotating in mid air like being thrown and passing the camera.

Thanks for all the great tutorials so far!!
Jeff
18 years ago
Hello Andrew,

I think your tutorials are awesome.

I don't have a specific request, but I would like to see more 3DS MAX tutorials. I don't want you to get away from AE at all, but maybe incorporate more 3DS MAX with AE.

Take Care,
Jeff
Kris
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

That Zaework Proanimator promo text sample is cool. My request tutorial is that the text when it has lightning on it and text comes in.
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I was wondering if you could create a composition with 3D object (like a 3d character) and live footage...
for example: an airplaine flying over you house or a UFO

Something like that, live footage interaction with 3d elements

keep up the good work!!
Johnny
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,
I know you posted a tutorial similar to this on CreativeCow, but could you post a tutorial on how to make:

1. Streaks as seen in the previous iPod nano ad (but following the iPods as the did in the ad, not just random streaks)

2. In older iPod ads, how to make the person black (using colour keying) and also how to make the iPod and headphones white.

3. How to make a video of the earth exploding (as a carry on the Blue Planet tutorials you have posted).

Thanks so much!
Luis
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Awesome tutorails! Keep up the good work. I would like to request a moving brackground. Add a flying text.

Thats its!

Thanks!
Luis
Hi Andrew.

I've been watching your tutorials for nearly two months now. I've found'em very helpful and enjoying.

The tutorial with lightsabers (mostly this preset) was really helpful. It's fast and final project looks very decent.

Anyway, few days ago, I watched this movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-is63goeBgc - it's actually a video, but uhm, whatever.
It's a Lightsaber duel. In about 3:10, you can see the LIGHTSABERS inside metal solids or machines or however may I call it. They leave somekind of melted iron. Do you think you could do such thing? World is full of SW fans, who love to improve their videos

And yosefanan has got a good idea about forum. It's not necessery but although it'd be nice.

So, concidering both ideas would be nice.

Greetings from Poland.
18 years ago
For Jim

After Andrew Alloweding to me .

It's very easy , you need Trapcode Particular Effect and there are some effects one of it the rain . you can move the Direction of rain to any way you need .

here you can find Trapcode site :

http://www.trapcode.com/index.html

And sure you need to add some Effet And change the color stile of the film to make us feeling in winter

And now Fore Andrew , I think that we need Forum in your web site to help each Other . what do you think ?
Kelley Muro
18 years ago
Maya, Bobby Hommel he's the animator for the website, I'm very very interested in Maya, and have the Personal learning Edition, and don't understand much about it, I was hoping Bobby could do a "Maya Basics" I saw the Maya 3-d text and it was great, but i want to understand NURBS and POLYGONS.

Hope you can help me out with Maya.
Kelley Muro
Connor
18 years ago
mmmmm, yea, I agree with Daniel Watts on this one .

A cracking ground is a tutorial I have never seen before, and I would love to see it done

I also think that a rain/storm effect would good too.
Jim
18 years ago
PLEASE, PLEASE... A RAIN TUTORIAL....

it would be so great if you could explain how to do this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErrRGXISmQU

i'm going to order your 'real clouds' dvd... it would be great if i could create rain in conjunction with changing the sky etc.... but yeah.. figures in rain, stormy, lightning... drops splashing.. different view angles... rain from above/ below/ side... slow motion rain.. or just the fundamentals of creating rain in AE would be great...

As always thanks a lot for spending time making these tutorials, everybody really appreciates them... you're an inspiration... thanks again..
Hampus Lager
18 years ago
I'd like to know if there's a way to create the effect of rain striking the ground. There are many ways to create rain in AE, but the rain have to strike something, right?
Daniel Watts
18 years ago
Hi andy

URGENT! - as you are a genius- can you do a tutorial on making cracks spread across the ground? Regards - Daniel
Osiris
18 years ago
Hola Andrew,

Estaria genial que hicieras tutoriales combinando After Effects y Particle Illusion este ultimo es muy bueno igula y solo he visto pocos tutos en la web, a mi parecer estaria muy bien que hicieras tutos con este software.

Saludos desde Mexico

Osiris
Ba
18 years ago
Hi!

Good ideas here. I would also like to know I can make something (a logo or text) to be created or dissapears out of dust or to dust.

Mainly something with dust... ;O).

Keep on working, these are one of the best videotutorials I know!
18 years ago
Hello, I am the R??´mulo of Brazil, I speak English very bad.
It would be possible to make a metallic effect equal to the colossus of the x-men?
Thanks, congratulations for the work.
18 years ago
Hi,
I was wondering if you could do a tutorial about keying with non-static footage and no chroma screen.
Thanks.
Joel Rodriguez
18 years ago
hey Andrew, first just want to say your tutorials rock.

Ok, I'm in computer animation and I know what kind of intro I want for my demo reel. If you go to http://www.pierremichel.net/ and watch Pierre Michels demo reel intro. I would really appreciate it if you could show how to create an intro with the explosion using particular like he did. Or atleast something similar to it.

I really enjoy watching your tutorials. You do a great job.
AlienTheOne
18 years ago
Hello!

Can yuo make more After effects with 3D studio max file.. like example Warp gates.. those which are used in Star trek.. or meaby a wormhole, like in Farscape...
Please, because i have tried a lot, make realistic warp hole and worm hole with both after effects and 3D studio max... it would be i really helpful

I really enjoy your all tutorials, keep a good work..
El Parco
18 years ago
Hi, Andrew. Don't know if it deserves a tutorial, but maybe at least you could give some clues about how to approach a music video realization in AE. (I'm an editor and a musician, don't know if in that order)
What I mean is how to setup things, like do I use a full length comp?, maybe divide the work in several comps?, that sort of things...
Anyway, in the other hand, just to thank you for being alive, and enlighten all of us.
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

My friends and i love the tutorials. I was wondering, with Halloween on the horizon, maybe you could show us how to "Dust" some vampires in After Effects. Thanks.
Connor
18 years ago
Hi Andrew.

Obviously the 50th Tutorial is coming up, and I am sure that you want to do a tutorial that is absolutely fantastic. So, here's an idea:

How about a tutorial on how to make a meteor crash? I don't know whether it would have to be a 3DS Max and AE tutorial, but I am certain that a lot of people would find it useful. I know for a fact that I would use it, and maybe even in my next film I am making.

Thanks for all of your tutorials so far, I have watched every single one of them and found the techniques you show to be a great help.

Thanks again,

Connor.
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Firstly, i would realy like to thank you for the tutorials you've done so far, there great! One thing that i would like to see though is an tutorial about placing 3D objects into real-life space.

Like animating a 3D ball rolling of an table (While the camera shot is not static). I know its one of the more advanced things in Visual Effects, but i would realy like to see how you would have done it.

Thanks!
sens0rd
18 years ago
ROTOSCOPING! Beginner and advanced ways to rotoscope using Adobe programs would be awesome! Mainly making video look cartoon-like efficiently.

Also tips for home film making... such as ways to do cool things with the camera without all the fancy equipment. Smoothe camera movement without paying hundreds for a dolly machine ect. And Matrix bullet time using a single camera
Dago
18 years ago
how about a nuclear blast.... that would be cool!!! let see how your friend Sam Loya Act in a doomsday scenario..(by the way he's a very good actor !)
18 years ago
Hey, DarkNemos,
Thanks for your Reply!
I will go and take a look at the 3d-total tut you mentioned immediately. thanks for that hint An overview will sure be enough to get it roughly nailed down.

Actually, i started out in 3D, and of course i love doing stuff in 3D. But i think its an interesting matter to do it *without* 3d, since this is an AfterEffects-Site, thats why i asked for it Maybe you got me wrong, i was never asking for a tut to do it in 3D, i always wanted a "Blow that stuuf up" - tut relying solely on AE

Yes, smoke and stuff is sure interesting, also some fireworks would be nice!
I would love to see this how its done in After Effects alone.

Oh, and: DarkNemos: Did you already take a look at the Program "ParticleIllusions" by WonderTouch? It is a program thats dedicated to particle-stuff like clouds, water mist, explosions etx. *exclusively*, and was used in some TV-Shows and Movies. EdenFX in example used it for some shots in the TV Show "Star Trek: Enterprise". I think this might be very intersting to you, since it works quite well together with AE, you can simply copy KeyFrames (in example: Tracking data) from AE and paste it onto the Particle Emitters in Particle Illusion. Its worth checking that out:

http://www.wondertouch.com/

For even more information, take a look at:

http://www.creativecow.net

There are some great Tutorials on pIllusion.

Maybe this is something for you.

Oh, and MattePainting is always an interesting thing, as you mentioned.
There are some really good matte painting resources on the web.

So, Thankx for your nice reply,
Have fun !

TRiGGER

P.S.: SetExtension has always been one of my favourites, and it will always be... its just awesome. And, DarkNemos: Feel free to mail me:

the13thfloor@gmx.net
DarkNemos
18 years ago
To TRiGGER80

Yes, you got a very good point there. Why do it 3d

There is one written tutorial on 3d total about mate painting where the guy is making an old building from a new one but its like an overview, not step by step tutorial.

I am also intrested in special efects in AE like smoke and doing particle things outside 3d software.

And btw SetExtension tutorial was the first tut ive watched here

Cheers!
18 years ago
Plesae Andrew,

how to make a frozen man ?
Alexy
18 years ago
Hi,
You can make a tutorial when we shut the Gun we see the bullet go out in Slowmotion.It can be very cool!!!
18 years ago
Dark Nemos, i sure now that this is A) an AE place and that B) There are Tuts for doing that in 3dsmax, or even Maya (which i am using), but i think there might also be a workflow for AfterEffects, which might be sure interesting to all AE users right here, because its sure useful and helpful on its own, and one of the major reason for that is that this *is* an AE - place Why should blowing up buildings be an area only for 3D-Users? I mean, take a look at the "set extensions" tut. This is something that a lot of people would do in 3D instead of AE, too. But that SetExtension Tutorial is one of the most popular around here, because of its own nature. So, maybe an "Blow that building"- tutorial could build upon this set extension-tutorial: Plant a building into the shot and blow it up, s.th. like this.

Oh, and as u can read: My request to the other VideoCopiloteers refered to a Photoshop-Tutorial on making a Photo of a new Building look like a ruin

Anyway, i thank you for your answer and critics. And i thank you for that hint on 3dsmax + Particleflow, although that was not what i was asking for.

So, Dark Nemos, have fun on VCP and i would like to read more of you.

Thx, man.
DarkSpectre
18 years ago
How about a preset similar to the Lightsaber presets to create Ghostbusters Proton Streams.

BTW I am so glad I came across this site!
Prashanna Jayaseelan
18 years ago
Hey Andrew just wanted say your tutorials are the best man

Hey can you put up a tutorial on typography? something like this one;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syf8olcM0z4

Thanks man
DarkNemos
18 years ago
You can do exploding building using reactor and particle flow in 3ds max. There are tutorials on the web for that

This is a AE place

Andrew, just to say. You are the best man!
18 years ago
Vikram and nico really got a point. Exploding a Building would be great!
Or a matte painting tut, for example: How to make a real Building seem like it was a totally destroyed ruin... But, i guess, that would be more of a photoshop tutorial.

So, if anyone of the othere posters on the blog knows a good site with a PhotoShop Tutorial on that, let me know
Markus
18 years ago
Hi Andrew!

One thing I??´m having a hard time doing is how to make 3D objects look like it??´s in the scene. Is there an easy way to make 3D objects "melt" in to the scene? If so, I would be sooo happy if you could make a tut about it

Sorry if my english is bad, swe you know
18 years ago
as I saa you have many thing to do Andrew , and the next tow comment after my Explain what really I mean . god and my heart with you .

oh .. one more thing . How did you make the 3d fractal noise ?
I don't understanding the way in the blog ..

I hope you make a tutorial about that .
thanx allot
yosef
18 years ago
Can you a tute on making realistic fire. its often hard getting a pyrotechnics dude on a shoot, not to mention insurance. CG'ing would be really handy.
nico
18 years ago
hi,
I agree with Vikram: "i request you to post a tutorial for the shattering and exploding a building effect as most of the after effects likers would love a tutorial like that."

Also, I think it would be great if you could make a preset for 3D projection....

3Ds max tutorials would be great too!!!
thanks anyway

Nico
Vikram
18 years ago
Hi andrew...

Thanks for your great tutorials. For sometime i have been trying and searching on the net for a tutorial on how to explode or shatter a buiding. I haven't found anything great on that.

Therefore, i request you to post a tutorial for the shattering and exploding a building effect as most of the after effects likers would love a tutorial like that.

Thanks
18 years ago
Hi Andrew

I would like to ask you How do you make the broken wall in 3D Max , I wish you make a tutorial about that . and I wish if you make a big robot walking between buildings like in movie using 3Ds Max and AE Programs.

I trust in you Andrew
yosef
Scott
18 years ago
whats up? all the tutorials are awesome and i really appreciate them.. i was wondering if you could show the "sin city" effect, like black and white but only one thing dramatically colored? thanks alot!
Scott
DarkNemos
18 years ago
Hi. I would really like to see some 3ds max to afterefects compositing tutorials. Im having a hard time making composits so it would be very helpful. Some talk about .png with alpha chanel and .tga and alpha-s. Also how to handle shadows from 3ds max and transfer them to a composite using alpha chanels or such.

Thanks a bunch

DarkNemos

ps: Sorry about my English
Qpad
18 years ago
As the man two post up from me was saying: A tutorial about Typography,please..
Emrah Emirali
18 years ago
I just wonder that can you show us how we can create plug-in for after effect. Is it difficult? may be it could be concept of your 50. tutorial. And we are stiil waiting for that cd which 50 tutorial you will sell.
Minymurf
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

First Of All, Awesome Stuff.

(My Name Is Also Andrew)


I Would Love 2 See A Tutorial On Something 2 Do With Rain

Like The Rain Landing On A Camera Lens And Making That Blurred Effects.

Also.....

The Matrix Bullet Time Ripples

Ur A Legend

Keep Up The Good Work

Andrew
jack
18 years ago
please do a tutorial on typography

like this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=syf8olcM0z4
Walker Nosworthy
18 years ago
I think a man getting hit by a car would be awesome.
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I hope u can do some tutorials to make it easyer makin this tutorial effects:

http://www.ayatoweb.com/ae_tips_e/

Cause ayato isnt that good in english, and the way of making tutorials with a video is 10 times better!

thnx!
Kelley Muro
18 years ago
I'm with that Tristan kid, I would also love to learn about Trapcode Particular. On this link with the BMW, thats what I want to learn, thats neat.

Best Regards.
Kelley Muro
18 years ago
I'm sure alot of us would love to see some tuts on Trapcode Particular. I know for myself i'd love to to see some tuts on the 3D-Tracked snow effect with DoF...

For example from the trapcode example page:

http://www.trapcode.com/movies/skyskraper_snow.mov

Would also love to see a tut on the color grading and rain effects on something similar to this:

http://www.trapcode.com/gallery/web_BMW_Precipice_Breakdown.mov

The above example already contains a few of your techniques that you have placed on the site, ie. Headlights on cars, Advanced sky replacement. But there is alot of 3d tracking for photorealistic rain using Trapcode particular and the deep color grading.

I think you could make a short series based on this video clip alone that would cover a vast amount of information that would be useful to the masses.

Tristan
Moca MX
18 years ago
Andrew i know AE because of you!
Thx you very very very much, so i tried to do something with my creation and here it is, thx again man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v4-phqAB1Cg
18 years ago
I want tuts covering Ghostly images disapearing through walls.

And I want it now!!! or I'll scream and scream and make myself sick.

razrox England
18 years ago
I want tuts covering "Thunder and Lighting" for Horror scenes!!!

And I want it Now!!!

razrox
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

As a kind of extension to the magic window tutorial, I'd like to learn how to create a camera passing through small objects such as keyholes or under doors, or through bannister posts, kind of like the camera movements in the film "Panic Room"

Keep up the good work, your resources are great.

Thank you


RusstheDutch
Rob
18 years ago
Might sound a bit silly, but at this time of year might actually be very helpful
- something to do with generating FX of a Christmas style...

(I have a number of Christmas eCards to design!)

Cheers!
Kevin
18 years ago
Yo Andrew , i've been visiting your site from time to time , watched some Tutorials and first of all have to say , your work is awesome , i would have a hm "request" or better said a question on how to do animation like in this : http://youtube.com/watch?v=lQtCv-XLa7I

video , i've been asking me that question for a long time now , so maybe you could help


Greetings ,
Kevin
18 years ago
Hi andrew.

As far as i can say, i am quite confident with the Tutorials u make.
I mean, i never got the Hang of AfterEffects, until i found th VideCopilot-Website, so now i started out in AE and things are more clearer to me now and i am making quite fast progress. Thanks for teaching me AE, man!

Well, as a starter, what i would like to see would be an additional Beginners-Tutorial, relating to Masks. for example, using the girl.mov from the bt_footage.zip. First of all, that Lady sure is u much prettier sight to the viewers than Sam Loya , and second: i had really big problems implementing a new Background, for example. I mean, clearly, one can key out the green screen, thats easy, but what about the stuff *outside* of the greenscreen ? I tried with a garbage-mask, but thats simply not enough, for the girl intersects directly with the non-green-background, later on in the footage. So... maybe, its not a simple Beginners-guide-to-masking-Tutorial, but more a "Rotoscoping 101 - Tutorial" ? I think this would be useful to a lot of your audience ? Oh, and as a 3D Artist, i would really love to see some MultiPass-Compositing tutorials, and how to integrate rendered-CG-Stuff into Real Backgrounds, that would be great!

But, i think, whatever u choose to come up with next, i think noone will be disappointed, cuz your stuff is always high quality and, most importantly, of practical use.
So, i hope you read this post,
Have fun, and keep up the good work!
Yours,

TRiGGER (from Germany)
18 years ago
Hi sorry for my bad english i am french

i am intertesting for the effet floor impact with the asphalt cracked with the shock ...


bye
John
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Just wanted to say great tutorials!
You really know what you are doing. Anyhow was wondering if you could do a tutorial that shows those cool swoosh effects that are going around the bottle. I'm guessing it's done in AE?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15153998@N07/1585274097

Thanks,
John
mike
18 years ago
yo andrew great website, i am in love with ur house tutorial but i got a suggest

although i know it would take long to make, but what about "TERMINATOR VISION" you know like in the movies of the terminator and how is vision is just red infrared with all the computer animations and codes the run in his vision and scanning things, i did a search for it on youtube, and people have it but they dont show the "how"

it would just be awesome, everyone loves the terminator
18 years ago
Hi Andrew...
I will love to see one day you go forward to make one tutorial like this amazing background, (http://www.studio1productions.com/Animations/network_5.htm) you know plasma effect like for DVD background, Broadcast style
TERR
18 years ago
Can you guys please do a tutorial on a "time lapse ageing effect" or something to that nature. I want to have my actor ageing rapidly. Keep up the killer stuff. Thanks
18 years ago
how to do stuff like this
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kDAdTdWMZ5g
Mike
18 years ago
Hey Andrew I was wonder can you show us how to animate Tech lines and effects like on that new hummer commercial http://youtube.com/watch?v=oEFVsukBD_w
thanks
DavEd
18 years ago
Going off of Haugen's suggestion.. I see the effect of pop-up books in promos all the time.
Where the book opens and the images or video inside pops out.
Would be a cool tutorial.
Johnny Rose
18 years ago
Dude you are the reason i bought $7000 (my wife is gonna kill me) worth of camera, computer, and software. You should be compensated. LOL. Seriously though i would like to see your approach to the text on 50 cents video "I get money"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbM9EP2G0LM
Thanks
danny
18 years ago
please please please please please please mr Kramer could you please do matrix bullet time effect with the slo mo bullet and bullet trail i am about half an inch away from just purchasing 3ds max 9 to create this effect and i really dont want to right now i would like to see if this could be accomplished with just after effects
ur the only man for the job so please please save me from from emptyin my pockets and buying 3ds max
p.s
you da man bro ur work is amazing
Haugen
18 years ago
Hi Andrew, great tutorials on your site, I would really like to see how to make a booklet, turn over pages
OldNoob
18 years ago
I have an idea from what I have read on the posts. How about picking different movies or TV shows and pull the most popular effects from them ie. Smallville - super fast running, and heat vision. Matrix - cloning, bullet time, and super jumping. Just an idea I figure would give everyone a little something and would be great reference material.
18 years ago
Hi Andrew... Great tutorials on your site and excellent products. (Cannot WAIT for EVOLUTION). My request would be for a camera tutorial that explains the functions of the apeture, the blur percentages... how to set up for rack focusing and any other camera effets that can be simulated in AE that can be pulled off in a real world setting. (i.e. Tracking and fast lens zoom) An all artound explanation of the camera tool in AE would also rock. Hope you and yours are well.
someone
18 years ago
Id love to see a tutorial on making a image look like its talking like making a dog speak like in some of those dog movies. Ive been looking for one but I cant find one so I hope you can help
R Joe Flanigan
18 years ago
Hi~Andrew~you are great tutorials master~
I like many video copilot tutorials~
Can you make this video effects?
i see this from nike air website.
now i upload to youtube!
you can see that~

Address is:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cacqIS1IV14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr2wVMKYq2U
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this effects so cool~
you can make this effects tutorial~
last ~Thanks~!
Bartek
18 years ago
how to add 3d background to movie (dynamic)
Robert
18 years ago
As other people have said, I'd love to see a tutorial
for the bullet-trail effect in AE...
imagine a slo-mo dodge ball fight!
IT would be just awesome!

Thanks for all you hard work! It makes a huge differene and
is a leap forward in how people are taught.
ramil paradela
18 years ago
Hi Andrew... Thanks for your great tutorials

I like to see Cinema 4d tuts and DVD menus tuts of AF.
More power and keep up the good work

Thanks in advance
Hal
18 years ago
I'd like to see a tutorial covering effects that emulate the complete degeneration of film, like what they did in the Grindhouse movies. A lot of "old movie" effects do the jitter and dust scratches, but I'd like to see it taken to the next level.
Thanks
18 years ago
Hey Andrew. So a list of some tutorials that you could do:

The Matrix effect (like everyone else is saying)
A ghost, or halloween video (as Kelley said above)
Some more 3D Tutorials, as they are great and always different
Maybe a 3D face. I've tried one on my website, but it's rubbish and I thought you might be able to do a low poly one or something, as all the ones I can find are complicated to follow.

Thanks

Keep up the good work
Thomas T
kelley Muro
18 years ago
In honor of up coming Halloween, why not a tutorial on making a real nice quality ghost, not just setting the opacity down to 50 and thats all you get, I'm talking a real freaky glowing ghost.

I'm sure there is a lot of people out there in the mood for some spooky stuff right now.

Thanks Andrew,
Kelley Muro
Richard
18 years ago
Hello There, and tahnk you so much, You guys have shown me so much, what can actually been done is AF....I could never never have learned as much as by myself. I am acutaaly asking for maybe a tuturial. I am working on some video work and titles, but I am having problems designing titlles like 24 (as in the series) I have the digital effect, but am not sure on you the effects can be put into practice.
Thanks again guys for all your help.....
and please keep up the fantstic work.
kind regards.
velo
18 years ago
Hello, i wanna know how to make a 3d bullet effect that you can see flooting threw the air. If anyone know's how to make that, please make a tutorial of it .
Rishi Chavda
18 years ago
sorry again but it is like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovqo12Fv7j4
Rishi Chavda
18 years ago
hi, i would love for there to be a tutorial on how to make someone taking of from the grownd, like of heroes (flying man, nathan patrelli)
how to make the efect from the ground.
that would be awsome thankyou
18 years ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5SLW_M4_6I&mode=related&search=After%20Effects how to do this ? pls help me i very need this tut
Kelley Muro
18 years ago
Oh and also is there anyway to apply the ink drops from Riot Gear to text as like a fade in transition?

Let me know, that would be cool!
Kelley Muro
18 years ago
Oh yeah, a fisheye preset would be awesome!

Do it Andrew!

Thank you,
Kelley Muro
18 years ago
I just answered my own question, for any one who wants to know:

The keyframes in the preset are placed on the footage relative to their distance that they originally were from frame 0...

Anyway, if you want your presets key frames to insert whereever you are in the time line, you just have to create the preset at frame 0, save it, and apply it wherever you want
18 years ago
This is a quick question that others might benefit from:

When you create an animation preset that has key frames therein, how to you set up the preset so that when you apply it the first key frame begins whereever you are currently at in the timeline?

I've noticed that your film fade presets and other presets do this, but when i try to create a preset and apply it, it tosses the keyframes towards the end of the footage.
18 years ago
Hi,
I was wondering if you could make a tutorial that encompasses the "Stargate" effect of walking through a liquid doorway.

Thanks.
18 years ago
I feel like a little kid on the knees from santa... Oh pls let the snow fall down tomorrow...
Ok here we go, here is my wish: Ok let me think bout it. I'd like to see some tutorials with that girl, I did see in the basics and let me notice something, the guy in the bg is starring on her ass! but hey, the exactly thing would be happen to me.

so long
Mr.Y
18 years ago
Hi ur tutorials are the best i've been looking all over the internet and i cant find any replace guy with monster or making a monster tutorial. hope that you understand what i mean

Best Regards,
Mr.Y
Kelley Muro
18 years ago
Hey, I'd like to see a tutorial on how to make it look like someones taking off flying or like a superbounce. I'd also like to see how to make laser bullets or lasers coming out of your eyes or something cool.

Best Regards,
Kelley Muro
Mihail
18 years ago
Hello VideoCoPilot from Bulgaria.I'm a 12 years old kid and I cant write in enlish very well but no matter.I have a idea for great tutorials.
1:Naruto FX.(this is an anime very popular and all and I know a effect to copy myself in the anime its calld "Shadow Clone Jutsu")It will be very cool becose there are some cool FX in the anime like the chidori:something like sparks.Or the Rasengan.Everyone woud like it
2ragon ball Z FX:this is a anime that I am sure that you know there are some great FX in there too.
3:X-men FX:you know like in the movie.like X-men 2 and nightcrawer teleporting and leave a trail of smoke.
Well thats from me I hope you like my ideas(and to understand me at all) goodbye.
willy warhol
18 years ago
I LOVE your jobs man!!

Why not a new tutorial about ROTOSCOPING ??
Moca MX
18 years ago
Heat Vision like in Smallville or Super Speed in Slo Mo with trails, or bullet time like in matrix with 3ds max
Ken
18 years ago
Hey man hope everythings going good erm well i got a link here to a music video and basically its like paint strokes flowing through 3d space and several splats ect just wondering when you have the time just to post a little tut about this the effect starts right at the beggining. i think it would be great and very helpfull to peep learning after effects heres the link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqpA5Acc8-c .

Thx again and keep making tut you dont no how much you have inspired people.
Deyvisson
18 years ago
Hi Andrew!

My name is Deyvisson anda I'm from Brazil, and i would like to see a tutorial about eyes efects, like Clark Kent from Smallville, or Cyclops from X-Men, i meen fire ray vision efect.

thanks.. I reale like yours tutorial and your site.
18 years ago
I will love to see a BROADCAST ANIMATION TUTORIAL, with plasma effect and some 3D rotation, maybe using 3D Studio Max, I kinda use that as well... or a tutorial NBC Style...
18 years ago
Andrew I have one request. In the dsfx_extras\Extras\Promo Project\(Footage)\Ice Explode Matte 02

There are a bunch of images of Ice Explode that came with Designer Sound FX that I purchased. Can you show us how to use this to create Explosions like the one you did in the DSFX Trailer?

Thanks a million for the tutorials.
18 years ago
Hey Andrew!

A tute on how you create your tutorial .flv's would be amazing. There so damn clear but not too large, are you doing that with an AE export then using flash? Id love to know cause your web quality crazy good.

Thanks heaps,
-Pete
Haroldsky
18 years ago
hey dude! Great Work on the tutorials.... well... I integrated the Earth Zoom and The Blue Planet and I encounter problems, somehow i cant really fix it.. Pls make the tutorial if its possible... Thanks!
AlienTheOne
18 years ago
Hi!

I have a one big wish. Could you make nice spaceship with 3D Studio Max, and edit it with After effects flying through clouds... Or could you make room inside the space ship, you know like with plenty of little red lighs flashing. And make a window, where you can edit earth coming closer and closer. But the earth can be made and edited with After effects. If you could do those i would be very grateful...

I thank and bow
18 years ago
hey andrew, i went know what is the best codec for rendring, and what is the best system requerement for after effect rendering HD
please send me the info to my email

Cordialement.
company 2 advanced Studios
noam
18 years ago
hai andrew, frist of all your site are graet! you are my after effect god!
i have a nice idea for an video guide.
like the md zoom but here make a zoom to a person brain so will see the eleactric in niotrons and all its seem cool! so its like an zoom to some one memory!
pleas try to uploud this tut.

thenk you
noam
18 years ago
-more nice tracking tut.
-morphing..like michael jackson video (black and white)...lol
-Maya live and after effects
-or anything from the great post guys from syndrome studios = greatness
http://syndromestudio.com/
-quoting jacob dyer >>> Some more â?????compositingâ?????? tutorials, specifically on non-chroma keyed stuff (rotoscoping techniques and stuff)

overall you've been doing a great job anyway....Just don't stop
-from Chicago-
thanks
NikosJC
18 years ago
Hi andrew,
Thanks for all these tutorials, you are the best!
I would like some tutorials:
1) A black & white fx like movie RENAISSANCE if you know it.
2) A realistic wall upcoming from the ground (with deformation of the ground and dust)
3) Fx with displacment map like an invisible man but in a moving scene wtih motion tracking
4) And FX that a punch from someone transpire an other man like he is made from liquid (difficult!)
All these are for a movie that i try to made. Thank you very match and sorry for my bad English!
18 years ago
Hey Mr.Kramer,
can you maybe post an Tutorila about smoke?
I have the Particular effect from Trapcode but nothing else...
It would be nice when you show us some nice effects with Smoke

Thanks and have a nice Weekend

Greetings Sanel
Kyran
18 years ago
i think it would be reeeeeeely cool if you did a harry potter spell effect like turning people into ferrets and stuff !!!! Could you also maybe do a matrix bullet time tutorial with a 3-d bullet ????

Cheers
18 years ago
fire tutorials: ie
Flames
Fire lines
Flames from Particles or Displacement Maps
BANDAR
18 years ago
Dear Andrew ,,

As I see there are so many requests ( maybe around 30% ) regarding ( creat the effect from matrix, the bullet tracking ) ... be sure this tut will be #1 now and forever ...

Please do it for u ...
18 years ago
Hey Andrew;

I was wondering how to do a virtual "Crane Shot". Imagine you have footage, like in a park or something, but want to Amp up the production value with a nice Craine shot, starting overhead, then panning down to the main action. Iam thinking this could be done in aftereffects. Maybe a good plug for your "Clouds" DVD? I have any idea on how to do this, but thought I should first consult the Master.
Jimmy
18 years ago
How about a tutorial that shows how to make leafs and plant silhouettes grow and move and shake softly in the wind? I think that would be helpful I can't seem to figure that out for a title opening for a TV show we produce.
Workshed
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

just saw this website and thought it seemed kind of cool in it's approach to 3D title sequences!

Perhaps a tutorial on incorporating multiple cameras, media, and graphics. I always wondered how to approach something like this. I understand it from a media and elements POV, but really the question on my mind is how to create a fluid, almost dizzing 3D camera title sequence!

The title of the video piece on this site has the image with CLUB 2K7 (bit of a rave up video, but very cool animation and camera technique)

http://www.enginecreative.co.uk/portfolio_overview.php?services=4#

I could easilly see riot gear, sound effects, perhaps even some of Sam dancing into something like this!

regards
jonny
18 years ago
hi Andrew just thought id ask you could you do a tutorial in how to make a VORTEX effect ie like a wormhole where you travel down it. this would be much appreciated thankyou!
lemur
18 years ago
hay, what's up, Andrew Kramer here... ops,
Jump Backs HD 25: Fresh Crawl, one of them

thanks !
Donald
18 years ago
I want to understand film, I just got a Canon Gl2.

Now, i want to learn how to film footage so i can apply FX in them.

Any tips?
Kelley Muro
18 years ago
I'm with Simon Switzerland, that would be a tutorial to wait for.
18 years ago
KRAMER!!! What's up man? Hey, you should show everybody yours skills and show how to create a Light Wall in AE for concert example or something. Where is looks like an equalizer. Hope all is good.

Peacies!!

-Thriller
simon, switzerland
18 years ago
hi andrew
thanks for all the turtorials, its one of my favorite website. great job.
can you show me how to creat the effect from matrix, when he shot the bullet and you can see how the air moves?
Daniel
18 years ago
Whoa, was about to post something about Riot Gear, but I saw a comment, thats said
tips on how to film correctly, sounds like a cool idea, I understand some effects that need certain shots, but don't know honestly any of them, that would be awesome to see!

Thanks Andrew.
Ryan
18 years ago
Could you make up a tutorial that shows us how to film correctly so when we try yo put the FX in it will be possible?
Joel Lisbona
18 years ago
Ok, first of all, i??´m following your work with videocopilot since the first tutorial, i was wondering if you ever sleep?I don??´t know if what i will ask here is a tutorial, preset, or plugin idea, but sometimes i like to work with projected shadows, don??´t know if this is the correct name, and always need to do this by hand, duplicating the layer, using levels to turn the layer black, corner pin to distort, and finally fast blur, i like to create shadows this way cause sometimes using lights in AE are very time consuming, and using this "by hand" method is very flexible to put the shadow wherever you want, the question is, is there some way to turn all this process less painful?so, i gonna put some snapshots that i roughly did to show what i??´m talking about:

http://www.previewtv.com.br/joel/videocopilot/Example_without_shadows.jpg
http://www.previewtv.com.br/joel/videocopilot/Example_01_with_shadows.jpg
http://www.previewtv.com.br/joel/videocopilot/Example_02_with_shadows.jpg

That??´s it, sorry for the rough composition, but this was just for illustrate the idea,

thanks
The Captain
18 years ago
Hi Kramer,

Everybody??´s saying it, but your tutorials are the best on the web...! -There. now I said it too.

I??´d like to see an example of how to create realistic looking snow (probably with particular) but more like a snowstorm, with a lot of turbulence, and almost smoke-like
clouds in the wind (from the snow on the ground being whirled up in the air)...

Thanks, and greetings from Denmark!
Morten Enoksen
18 years ago
Would you be so kind to show us the medical zoom effect. Made in Cinema 4D?? Im having some really big problems following then you do it in 3DSMAX! Thanks!
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I would love to see a good tutorial on morphing video.

Greetz W2E
Jimmy
18 years ago
If you could do a tutorial on how to do realistic rain, that would be great. I've tried a number of methods and plugins, but they all look pretty fake Thanks!
18 years ago
Hello
- I speak Spanish I translated it in translator

- The effect to freeze time You can be like those of the series HEROES of NBC That moves himself the camera but not the personage that It He remains frozen Thank you if you can put the tutorial very much

Good-bye
Darzeth
18 years ago
Hey I love your tutorials. But theres something i cant figure out on my own.

how do you get rid of corders,cables what ever from a moving person. Mainly from face on or near the nose and the body. Like they did in once upon a time in mexico. You know the scene when antinio and the girl escape from the building while they were hanged cuffed together.
18 years ago
Hello Andrew... and team

I have a lot of problems with the compression of my final movies. I loved your tutorial with the 32-bit images, but when I render my movies, they seem to be "washed out", palished. Colors are not the same as in my comp, especially the super-bright pixels, as you explained. So I think a tutorial for finishing movies for a wide audience would be interesting for everyone...

Thank you and greetings from Germany!
Dennis
18 years ago
I'm looking for a tutorial for some object throwing action with 3d objects. For example lets pick the can throwing trend. How could you fake a throw, especially with a shaky camera. I think its very difficult, because the tracking doesnt include the depth of field. Could you please help me? I think it works in combination of 3dsmax and after effects??
Nic
18 years ago
Hey andrew,

i think the life-force sucking effect in "X-men" would be really cool...the scenes where she puts her hand on somebodies skin and they become all veine and blue...

that would really interesting...AWSOME TUTS by the way, you inspired me to become a digital compositor, but it is still a long road ahead of me...

cheers, thx for everything,
nic
Moca MX
18 years ago
@Kal Says:
October 7th, 2007 at 11:49 am

I think ALOT of people would find the â?????SMALLVILLEâ??? super speed cool, I would love to see how to make so that you can run in superspeed and stuff, would be nice. Thank you.

FINALLY SOMEONE SMART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thomas
18 years ago
a fisheye preset would be cool
SXForce
18 years ago
Reply to Alex: (October 7th, 2007 at 12:31 pm)

Hi,
It's very easy to create, just try to film on a white background (Don't have to be absolutly white).
Then just use the "Color Correction" Tools to DESATURATE and add some CONTRAST (Can be done with curves) so that it is a lot brighter.
And if you want it to be slightly blue, then use "CURVES" to bring the blue color channel up.

________________
EG. (Forget the dots)

Curves:
RGB CHANNEL (To add contrast: Just up-flat-up)
......./
...--
/

BLUE/RED/GREEN CHANNEL (If you want to add some color ; Just not a straight line)
......../
...../
.../
./
/
________________

Good Luck,
SXForce
rob
18 years ago
the smallville run please
Derek
18 years ago
please make a tutorial about exporting camera data from 3d max into after fx
18 years ago
Hey Andrew. I wanted to know if you could show how to do some cool color and contrast effects like the one in this video http://youtube.com/watch?v=5Ga7wsBd9_M

So please do a tutorial on that.

Thanks!
Kal
18 years ago
I think ALOT of people would find the "SMALLVILLE" super speed cool, I would love to see how to make so that you can run in superspeed and stuff, would be nice. Thank you.
Mr. Roboto
18 years ago
Also, It'd be kind of nice to create rain with particular as well.

-Thanks again,
Mr. Jack Roboto
sQuisY
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I'd like to see, how did you do your animation at the begining of the tutorial "08. Text Blur Titles" aspire to create, create to inspire with lights effects and great animations of the surrounding field. I hope you understand what I want to say. It would be great if you work on a tutorial like your introducing of the tutorial movie.

best regards and keep it up your excellent work.
Mr. Roboto
18 years ago
How about more tutorials incorportating particular. I'd like to see how realistic explosions can be made using particular.

-Thanks,
Mr. Jack Roboto
Aaron
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

It would be sweet if you make a video tutorial of a Hp commercial. Think about it. (: laterz
Peter
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I really want a tutorial of how you make an animation in Cinema 4D.
I'm trying to know that program a little bit better and I've bought Cinema 4D 10 and I want to make a animated figure. (a human). Realistic. I can't find it anywhere (where it's good). This tutorials are always so good and so clearly. I hope you'll make something like this. So I can use it in my TV Program. I'm working at a television station in Holland.

Greetings,
Peter
18 years ago
transformers in general. it doesnt have to include all the engine parts and all that stuff. but, just like transformers haha.
Jason McKee
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I would really like to know how to recreate the effect in those famous "Is it in you?" Gatorade commercials that have been airing for a while now. You know, the ones where everyones sweat is a different color. i'd like to find out if it's even possible to do this without having to rotoscope every single sweat bead. Thanks man and keep it up.
Kelley Muro
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, I and many other people would like to see a tutorial on how to film shots, that you can add effects to without a problem, techniques to use and reason why your filming it that way, things like that.

Hope to see it soon!

Thanks for all the help in After Effects.
EZTECH
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, I have a simple request. Can you show us how to make a "Matrix Bullet Time" effect. Thanks a lot.
Jeff Thomson
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I would like if you could do some nice text/title tutorials

i know you have a few up, but ive seen some really nice complex look ones around and it would be sweet, espicially if u can get some nice ones with the particular plugin.

Thanks for the hard work .

Jeff
18 years ago
hmm...maybe you should publish a tutorial in which you show us how we can create a nice intro or outro for a movie or somethin like that .

I dont have a particular topic for the intro/outro but you could think about it .

Would be nice because until now i haven't seen a tutorial about creating intros/outros...

Sorry for mistakes.... Im from germany :X

Bye and thanx a lot for the tutorials you already published... they really helped me
Gilad
18 years ago
how can i make typewriter effect in video, like x-files for example?
Joao Santos
18 years ago
Hi andrew. I have a sugestion to make. Can you make a diferent tutorial request page? i'm asking this because it's getting to bigger the page. It would be easier to have 2 or 3 pages instead one huge page..... great job anyway....
18 years ago
Hii Andrew,

I will like much that you help me on how to freeze a man on after effects...
(as in the scene of the film Terminator 2) I prepar a shooting soon and i don't have idea to process.

Thank you and waiting your news DVDs.

Best regards

Steve
hgoodsir
18 years ago
I have been watching heores and would like to re create effects such has flying, walking through walls ect but don't no where to start your freeze time tutorial was cool will the be any more super hero tutorials ?
Armaan
18 years ago
Andrew can you make a tutorial in which we point a chopstick ahead and it shoots a laser ?Thanx for seeing this request.
ZAAK
18 years ago
How about a quick tutorial on "Teleporting?"

That would be cool!
NStudios
18 years ago
Hey Andrew!

Thnx for the tutorials man!
You deserve great respect for that!
My idea for a tutorial is : To make a video where u create Rain & Lightning with after effects. It is a very handy thing because sometime u want to create a dark rainy day with scary lightning!
Think about it!
greetings N Studios.
Robert
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

First of all I would like to thank you for all your efforts doing all these tutorials, they are more than helpful and the DVD's as well. Because it's the tutorial request area,
if you would be so kind to make a tutorial about trapcode particle system, because i know it's very powerfull but well, not easy to use and i can't figure out a lot of things there. And another tutorial about, how a particular object, text it's dissolving by the wind and little particles are flying away from it and the object its disappearing.
Thank you very much and for the time reading this request.

Best regards,
Robert
Vegard Tvedt
18 years ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu3DvBaDAY8&mode=related&search=

In Flames - Cloud Connected

How do you make that camera effect?
18 years ago
hi Copilots,

last week i watched pirates of the caribbean Dead man's chest and i tink it's great to make something like Davy Jones by myself.
so i hope you want to take the time to make a tutorial for that.

tanks alot
Jay G
18 years ago
I would like to see a tutorial on how to make particle effects interact with other layers...

I dont even know if this is how particle emmitters work, but for example, if you had a particle emmitter "raining" particles over text (or a text mask) and just kind of streaming off the letters. Is that possible?

I also dont know if this is possible (but if not... maybe a cool idea for a new plug in??), but have a layer/mask work as a gravity center for particles... basically having the particles from one or multiple emmitters gravitate towards a single gravity point. I think that could have some really cool outcomes, and if it is already possible, I want to know how! Thanks buddy
Craig T
18 years ago
I just got the iPod Touch and think it would be a great idea to maybe compress some of your earlier tutorials as podcasts on the iTunes store as free downloads, imagine how many people, interested in learning After Effects type that into the the search box in the podcast area only to find 5 creative cow videos and nothing else. I think you could corner a market there pal. Sometimes when you havnt posted in your blog for a while i think that quite possibly you may just not have the time or energy to post as often as we would like you to. Therefore, me thinks you should open 3 or 4 avi's (tutorials) compress all to mp4 or whatever the going podcast compression rate is, and hay presto, more gifts for your adoring fans + a new blog entry/announcement!

anywho, just a thought, and something i'm sure people would appreciate

Over and out!
Billy Weldon
18 years ago
Hey Andrew! Great tutorials. They really helped me out A LOT. I have one suggestion for a tutorial: A Spidey Effect. You know where someone shoots webs out of your wrists or a tutorial on where when someone punches you, you can dodge it but in slow motion. Iwould really enjoy one of those tutorials.
Keep up the good work!
wiggert
18 years ago
Perfect site! and great help!

I did all the tutorials and practised a lot....but for some reason I cant get around with the ink drop movies, or the other flowing motion movie things....

for example, the riot promo movie has the first thing after the tv noise, the blue screen with the ink drops...wanna learn that!! thanks and keep up the good work!
18 years ago
Hey Andrew. Love your tutorials. I would like to know how to do the anamorphic lens flare that everyone saw in the Transformers movie. I know there are plugins for that sort of thing but I'm specifically referring to the anamorphic flare they used in the credits of the movie and not those that can be done on live action footage. I thought it'd make for a good simple tutorial.
18 years ago
Sorry for the Dual Post,

Banging my head against the wall trying to figure this one out.

How about a tutorial theater lighting effect:
Here is setup
In a theater in back row, light shining(the projector) behind you (the camera), text (also behind you) casting a (bright white shadow / projection of the text) onto the screen. There are small particles in the shadow stream (some how mask only the ones in stream) - that look like dust particles floating around.

The camera pans down the rows of seats through the dust particles to the full shot of the screen.

if you could email ideas / if you post tutorial that would be great.
thanks
Kevin
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

First your basic training is a God Send. I can sell all the how to books, that I just bought, on Ebay now; mark them as 'nearly' brand new. I wish I found your stuff before I bought them.

What I would love to see is a basic basic training. I am new to Adobe's layouts. I am PSP guy because I couldn't afford PS all those many years ago when I started this journey. I just started using Vegas and Love it, because I didn't have to open a book; very intuitive.

I guess what I am saying is that I am confused by how to organize my clips and my layers. I KNOW this is a simple thing, and I can work around my confusion, it just doesn't 'click' for me if that makes any sense. I am confused on what sizing a workspace or sizing to composition does to original (if anything), how to then that that sized composition and use it in a larger composition.

IN Short Basic Training on interacting with Adobe's products.

PS: do you have any other tutorials on other products? And I posted on review on my sites of your videocopilot.net - hope it helps - as a thank you!
Manuel
18 years ago
Hi Andrew! I congratulate you for your exquisit work and you goodness. Please forgive for my English but Im Spanish and my English skills aren??´t very developed. I ??¨ve thoungth that if yot can make and tutorial of a " Back to the future " shot. I mean, a shot from inside a car in the back seat where we can see an actor inputing a date in the futurere/past. After an effects where the camera go throwght the back glass of the car in the same moment that the car accelerate to dissapear a beet later. creating fire line on the flour shoundn??´t be bad aswell.

Thank you for everithing and carry on what you do. Thaks.
Ed
18 years ago
a Logo like TRANSFORMERS

From a cube to text for example.
Anthony
18 years ago
I think it would be fancy to do a 3d esk lines that flow across the screen like the beginning of this video. http://civictour.honda.com/heritage/?year=2005 sorry its hard to explain.
Garrett Gomez
18 years ago
Im A big buffy and angel fan i was wonder how do you make a body burst into dust when the vampire is killed
OnFireProductions
18 years ago
Jim just use CC Particle System, then color
Jim
18 years ago
Please.. please.. could you do a rain storm tutorial, like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErrRGXISmQU I know it's doesn't really fit into your 3D incorporative tutorials, but it would be great to finally be able to do this...
ha ha.. i'm listening to your tutorial while i'm typing.. "just trying to tell a story... they'll be a couple of medical doctors sitting at home saying this is BS... but you know.. they hate there life.. so.." haha...
OnFireProductions
18 years ago
One last post to Paul.
sorry you could you "Color Keying" and Motion Tracking"
Example http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1021469381751322140

Anyway there are many different ways to accomplish this effect
It all depends on what result you are trying to achieve.
OnFireProductions
18 years ago
Sorry Paul I Did this in Flash and exported.

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2004/09/03/flashhacks.html
OnFireProductions
18 years ago
Hey Paul you probably don'[t want to hear this from me, But here it is anyway..
You could do it in Photoshop with layers. I'm not sure how many pages you need but
I have done it with great success with a few pages.

Cheers and Good Luck!
paul
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

i was just wondering...
i am trying to get an animation in ae done with turning pages of a book. it is actually quite simple if you do it in 3d space and by putting the backside page one the backside ad everything. but my big problem is the realism of it.
I am trying to get the page, that I am turning to bent a bit, so the page won`t look that stiff, instead I want it to arch a bit.
can yo maybe give me a hint of how to do it??

greetings from berlin, germany
paul
OnFireProductions
18 years ago
Andrew McBroom
18 years ago
Andrew,

First to say you are amazing and we thank you soooo much for your labor of love. I am hoping that you will maybe do a tutorial like this.

take a picture of the front, side and back of you house and then piece them together in AE and make a camera do a rotation around your 3d model.

maybe add sky and other elements or just the first. make a model from the pictures.

Drew
Justin Mosley
18 years ago
There's a technique used allot in horror movies that I'd love to see a tutorial on! Basically, when the ghost moves it's almost like the actor was shot using a stop motion technique (The ghost's movement is very rigid and jerky). It's almost like during post the editor removes frames to get that stop motion effect. I'd love to see a tut showing how they do that!!
18 years ago
hey im starting a new film. its a short but its all 1st person. i wanted to know how i should first of rig the camera for the shots. but i have a question aimed in your area of expertese. i want to digitally add in a nose and give the effect of peripheral vision. you know add that realistic element to all the shots. u hould do a tutorial. i think it would be unique. if u cant do a tutorial could you atleast tell me what u think would work?

thanks,
sean
18 years ago
Hola Andrew la verdad los tutoriales son de gran ayuda, solo que al los hispanos les es dificil entender por el idioma, por eso que estoy haciendo mi web site para traducir muchos de los tutoriales al espa??±ol, ok soy teacher de una universidad y he visto la neceisdad que promover tu web site pero en espa??±ol.

culaquier comentario por favor mandame un mail a mi correo
manuel@post-fx.com
gracias
Juntos podemos hacer mas.
OnFireProductions
18 years ago
Andrew I found a good tutorial I know you can do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_OtbXmu9kg

Come on lets do it!
Giovanni(italy)
18 years ago
Hey Andrew...take a look at this one....http://dailymotion.alice.it/video/x2p8va_symphony-in-red_creation
i think i'ts something amazing..it could be nice to show the way in AE on how make the textx appear and disappear in that way....bye(and please consider me i bought the Designer Sound fx )
Dan
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,
First off Iâ??????d like to say that you're tutorials are great! They've helped me go from zero to hero a few times.
Here's my question: Would it be possible to have your tutorials as a downloadable file (swf works fine for me)?
Problem is that, although I do get the odd occasion to watch them online, the computer I use with After Effects on it has no internet connection and in addition it would be nice to watch them when I travel on my laptop (which is quite often).
If not, no biggie â???¦ thought Iâ??????d ask!
Have a good one
18 years ago
A FLYING MAN, because everybody would like to be a hero...

how it looks like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ8VHAs8_CU

on time 0:58 you can see Petrelli flying in the air, with a little smoky cloud at the end... I really like it. Maybe that's possible with AE.

thx a lot Andrew,

Bernhard
John
18 years ago
Not really a tutorial request but could you give us a rundown of the equipment/set-up you use, what camera your PC set-up and maybe even your AE settings tweaks if any.

Oh and I love the new tutorial, time to go watch House.
Flash
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, your website and tutorials excellent man!
Please Please Please can you do a tutorial on creating a meteore - hitting a building or surface in after effects! keep up the good work
Marcel
18 years ago
hi from germany
i love your tutorials.
but it would be wonderful if you could make a tutorial for a magicbattle like in harry potter
i mean cool effekts like when voldemort's and harry's wand get a "connection" which looks like a liquid weld . the two spells make a nice effect when they meet in the middle:like glowing fluid (i dont know how to discribe it , but i hope you now what i mean).
and sorry for my english ^^

greetings,
marcel
Daniel Goncalves
18 years ago
Hello Andrew! Greetings from brasil!

First off i would like to say that this site is awsome, the tutorials are even better than awsome and the products are great and help me alot with some work!

I live in brasil and we dont have any motion graphics courses, i would like to ask for a tutorial based on Motion graphics... somthing like on the Trapcode website they have a commercial from Nike that is all in motion graphics or like VH1 Commercials. Ohh, and Rotoscope please!

Thanks alot!
Slade Baker
18 years ago
I would love to see a tutorial on more complex camera moves. I always have problems getting that bugger to look natural even with easy ease. Also thanks so much for being out there and doing this for all of us. I've bought almost all of your products and they are amazing. Also got some dude kicked off ebay for selling your stuff. I got your back foo.
Joao Santos
18 years ago
Hi there. I am a student of marine biology and i want to make a short documentary about sea life. I was wondering if you can do a tutorial like the one tha you did with earth zoomming, but now the camera comes out from the space and zooms in to underwater.
Joao Santos
18 years ago
Hi there. I am a student of marine biology and i want to make a short documentary about sea life. I was wondering if you can do a tutorial like the one tha you did with earth zoomming, but now the camera comes out from the space and zooms in to underwater.
18 years ago
I've enjoyed learning a bit more about plugins in your tutorials, such as particular. I think it would be cool for you to put Trapcode 3D Stroke in a real life situation tutorial, because it is used in almost every commercial, yet there is little training on the web on how to use it practically. I think this would be very useful for everyone!
Thanks for all you do!
Daniel M
18 years ago
Hi Andrew! very nice site indeed.
This might be one for the basic training, I'd love to see a tutorial about interlacing progresive footage for delivering to TV
( Such as animating photos and grfx in AE and output it ready interlaced for TV without flickerings and stuff you know what I mean the process of doubling frames and interlacing it properly )
In advance thanks!
scottv
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,
I'd love to know how to create the effect from "Teminator 2" where the liquid guy rises up out of the floor. Any ideas?
Keep up the good work, Cheers
Scott (Aust.)
18 years ago
I was wondering if you could post tutorials pertaining to some more basic elements of film making. Stuff like artificial zooming in on footage so as to "fake" image stabilization" on shaky footage. I would assume you would zoom in, and then cut off the border area and use something to steady the footage you wanna keep. I am not too keen on this video software stuff yet. Also things like basic color correction, filters to make "home movies" look a little more professional. I am working on a friends wedding video right now (my first real project) and enjoy watching your tutorials but I am not into those sort of projects yet, I am just starting out.
Jaaaaay
18 years ago
Hey Andrew. What about the Forrest Gump style archive footage replacement you mentioned a while back in your blog? Keep up the great work.
Thanks
Morten Enoksen
18 years ago
I BEG you!! I really need a tutorial for an effect Im using in my film!
I need a tutorial on using the displacement filter! IM making an invicible man effect. Close to the cloak used in Harry Potter, and Predator in "Alien vs Predator"!
18 years ago
I would like to see a tutorial that explains the same text effect used in the "Dawn of the Dead" title sequence, were the blood forms into the text and back to blood splatter. Perhaps riot gear could be used for this one.
18 years ago
Hello Krame!

Post turorial REAL RAIN, using TRAPCODE PARTICULAR.


thanks.
fxmaniac
18 years ago
hey there. i was wondering if you could create a tutorial where an explosion blows up a building. if you could make that i would be most greatful

thanks fxmaniac
Mario V.
18 years ago
Hello Videocopilot-team!

I just saw your opening title for the free lessons (http://www.videocopilot.net/basic/index.html)

How about a tutorial about that opening sequence....or trailer..or whatever we'll call it

I think lot's of people would love that!


Mario
Corey
18 years ago
Andrew,

I would like to put in my two cents, much like the other 4 billion people who have posted lol...

Here is an idea for an intresting tutorial, but im new to motion graphics so bear with me. I dont know what kind of footage or equipment would be needed but I recently saw a commercial where a faucet was dripping water slowly, and then when one of the drips came down and started to fall, but just then the footage froze, much like you're time freeze tutorial...

HOWEVER, once it froze, the camera rotated around the faucet 360 degrees, and then the footage resumed, and the water droplet fell into the little puddle.

How does someone acheive this effect?

Also..

What about a tutorial where you ceate the effect that somebody is moving and throwing objects without actually toching them?

Keep up the great work man!
Tony
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, Your tutorials are amazing and i really like them.I was wondering if you could make a tutorials about creating an intro movie like http://www.warcraftmovies.com/videos/filmreel.avi

and an effect like this
http://www.beyondmovie.net/index.php?option=com_easygallery&act=photos&cid=46&Itemid=27
(you know the person is dead and crosses another world and such)
Thanks in advance
Sean Lawler
18 years ago
Mr. Kramer,

I just watched THE KINGDOM. That move had the most amazing opening title sequence I have ever seen. If you watch the movie and think the credits would be a interesting tutorial, then I would love to see the intricate details behind how it's done. Thanks for all the other tutorials. I look forward to your next.
18 years ago
I've been looking for a tutorial for a while. You have a box, and when it tips over, balls or items could fall out and bounce around. I thought this might be possible in 3Ds Max. Any ideas?
OnFireProductions
18 years ago
Wow so many requests but I know mine will make Andrews "TOP 10" List
If you have not seen The movie "Hostage" http://imdb.com/title/tt0340163/
with Bruce Willis check out the opening credits, Now thats an effect I would like to see in a tutorial.
degrees
18 years ago
Typograhy tutorial will be very helpfull !
Christian Frank
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,how are you?
Can you sometime make a tutorial explain how can we do this cool effect using
After Effects?

effect -
http://www.ayatoweb.com/ae_tips_e/ae17_mov05_e.html

thank you
Brendan
18 years ago
Need some heavy automatic gunfire tutorials !

Your tutorials have been a great help for novice and expert filmmakers everywhere!

"lots of action movies today include some form of weapon... usually guns"

I have been playing around in after effects recently trying to simulate machine gun fire for a short film. My actor has done a good job at adding fake recoil to the machine gun but now i need to animate it !

I have been trying to animate the muzzle flash using flashing white masks with turbulent displacement applied (from some of your previous tutorials) + smoke particles and an orange glow.

It would be a great help to novice directors and editors if you could create a tutorial on a machine gun muzzle flash only using 1 white mask
(with glow and other filters including turbulent displacement)
and transform that into a sequence of randomized muzzle flashes (different size and shape) that appear every few (1-3) frames.

(you could also animate smoking shells flying out to give the gun a more realistic look.)

-keep up the excellent tutorials !
jay
18 years ago
iwant cc filter for after effect cs3 plz help me
18 years ago
You received such a good response from your Demon Face tutorial, I would love to see a Vampire Dusting tutorial similar to that used in Buffy or Blade. I am working on a new feature film coming up next year and would love to try a different look when killing a vampire. Possibly even using stock fire footage.
BANDAR
18 years ago
Hellooo again Andrew ,,

see this clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLqEWDo1VQk

The lines around the daggers ...

That what I call it effect ... is it possiable Andrew to do it by AE ???

Regards,
18 years ago
Andrew,

What can I say that people didn't before. Excellent work.

You should put all of your training videos in a DVD and sale it (donation) and that way we could use your training daily and you will get something in return too for your hard work.

I will be the first one, buying this training DVD.

Regards,
Alejandro.
18 years ago
Hmm.. Hi, my idea for a tutorial is a title of style The Ring or something like a movie Terror Freak. You Know this title move one side and other side and blink or just disspear and reapperars. I make movies from games, one of then is city when you play a heroe or villains . I make a movie, try to give a Look Bizzarre or Freak, but well.. Im a novice and make something just this. I kNow whit a correct Tecnic the effects whit look better

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=18764351

Any way, I hope you like idea, for a title and flash screens, I look for tutorial for this and never find.

Regards, and hoo your Job and The patiente in the tutos is a great insipiration for all
From Argentina (And sorry my poor English I hope do you understand the concept from this idea)

Ghost
18 years ago
Hey Andrew I from Polish and I bad speak English

I Ask you very much about

Ask for tutorial regarding ( Energy blast ) or something in this style... meybe You watched the Dragoon Ball z Anime? ( Kamechamecha ^^ )
I would
I would like To this was finished up well ( various lighting effects etc. ) I for something
s such long and I think that be this only which this be able on very proffesionality level

I ask you about this very much And don't return the attention on mistakes


Maciej
Jay
18 years ago
Andrew,

I think this skill would come in handy in many situations. I've seen it a lot on commercials and promos lately and quite frankly, it rocks! It's where an image or design (I've usually seen it as flowers or vines) are slowly revealed, almost giving it the look that it's growing right in front of you. I'm guessing it involves a stroke effect and some masking - but I thought you might have some helpful ideas.

It's hard to describe, so I'll link an example:

http://www.ignitermedia.com/products/ib/singles/643/IB03-Watercolor-Brown-Loop

Thanks a lot!
Andreas
18 years ago
Andrew--
I was wondering if you saw that Nike Add "leave nothing" Here is the link, save me from describing it to you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55BZ2gSsSmY. Any way I know they used green screen...what gets me is that they filmed it on green grass and they keyed out the green screen however the grass was not keyed. So. I was wonder what would be the work around? They also did a great job with the motion tracking. Maybe you can come up with a smaller version of the spot for one of your tutorials.

Thanks
Ludovic
18 years ago
Hey Andrew!
Your tutorials have been a great help for a rookie here!

So here's my sugestion: a tutorial about replacing someones members. I mean, it's a bit experimental but it would be interesting. I've been following some steps to do that on the demon face warp tutorial but the results are not getting anywere but awful.

Greetings and THANKS from Portugal.
Kris
18 years ago
Hi andrew gotta love your work.

Probably next tutorial is to show come cool masking. I cant figure out how to do animated mask.

Or the intro of spiderman that shows name on the spiderweb in 3d. That would be cool.
18 years ago
hola amigo Andrew Kramer. quisiera saber si podrias hacer un tutorial de letras con fuego. e buscado por todo lado y no e encontrado letras en fuego muchas gracias por tu ayuda y felicxitaciones por tus trabajos
Connor
18 years ago
Hey Andrew.

Great site, i just love all the new stuff that you've added. The presets are especially good, and a 3DS Max tutorial from Videocopilot!??!?!? I LOVE IT!!!

Anyway, like Giorgos Bezos, I also need a harry potter wand effect. I am sure that it would look great and be useful for many people.

Can't wait for the medical zooming tutorial

All the best,

Connor
18 years ago
still hoping for a sin city type effect.
that would be amazing.
18 years ago
Dear Andrew and Crew of videocopilot.net,

Me and my cousing discovered an interesting intro that windows XP has, and looks like is made with After Effects. Is in the extensi??³n:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\oobe\images\(and is called)intro.wmv

We wonder if you could make a tutorial of how to do it, because it looks awesome with the logo and everything. We think knowing how to personalize it will be helpful for those who want a similar intro with their own logo.

Thank you very much for your atention and time!
We love your work and learned a lot with your tutorials.

Sincerely,
Gonzalo V. from Argentina
Shaun Keenan
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I was wondering if you could make a tutorial on creating the affect of an object emmiting sound waves or a person that has sound-like waves emmiting from their actions and movements?

thanks
shane
18 years ago
Dear Andrew,
i love this site it is so helpful for me and you explain everything well almost everything so damn clear. i would really like to know how to make a muzzle flash/gunshot from an alien gun in halo, watch youtube video....



its the part where the two men are running for there lives out of the building thing and you see the two shotes being made how ever you cannot see the gun...
Andrew, is this possible?
18 years ago
some cool masking Tricks
Wes Rice
18 years ago
3 dimensional flying ribbons
Giorgos Bezos
18 years ago
Please Andrew, make a HARRY POTTER wand duel effect. I want it desperately. And if you could also make a trasfiguration of a one person into another...

thanks
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,
first let me say that I LOVE this site!! Great tutorials, great products, and good design ;P. Thanks for all of your hardwork with the tutorials. I can't say how much you have helped me. But I have (one) request that has bugged me forever... (How can I extract a moving person from a background??) Is this done by masking? I would really appreciate it if you made a tutorial on extracting a moving person in a video and placing him in another. Is this possible? If so, (please) make a tutorial for it.
Thanks again, and this site has been (bookmarked)
Polly
18 years ago
Hi andrew, first of all i will say that your tutorials has been really helpful for me.
thanks a lot.

now for the tutorial part, i'd always wanted to make a fake accident, like, a man walks in the street and suddenly the car comes and smashing into him.
hope you do make a tutorial with it.

Rock on
J.Wong
18 years ago
Hi Andrew, now you're teaching 3D, that's cool. There's one animation i'm really want to do in AE. I know it's very simple and easy to be done in 3D software. and that is flying ribbon. Is there a posibilities to make an animation that is simple and easy to control a flying ribbon in After effect?

Thanks
CraigT
18 years ago
Animating rain tutorial!

I can create realistic rain but if there is a 3d box in the scene (or any object for that matter), i'd like to know how to simulate the rain hitting the top surface and bouncing off.

Also, how to create the mist that rain can sometimes form on the ground as it hits the floor.

Maybe realistic lightening bolts in the background could be incorporated into the mix?

I don't ask for much do I? LMAO

Hope you can figure this one out and help me.

Cheers,
CraigT
billy
18 years ago
Hello Andrew,
I'm really looking forward to the 3D-Tracking you mentioned in the blog.
I would like to see a tutorial about combining real footage with for instance a 3D character.
Thanks for all your tips and tricks.
18 years ago
Andrew i was wondering if you could have a tut that showed us how to make text blow away like dust or smoke. Thanks
N
18 years ago
How to create a planet in 3ds Max

like this but easier to follow

http://www.3dm3.com/tutorials/new_world/index.php
18 years ago
hey Andrew , I know you have done an ice explode tut in the Designer Sound FX's Package. But im just wondering you you could do a tut on how to make text, or anything in general to explode and to fall onto the 3D floor. thanks


-Kyle
From Canada !
Danny
18 years ago
Hey Andrew.First of all: i love your Tutorials.The way you explain things is just unique and also really,really easy to understand.And i don't wanna talk about the fun i have watching your Tutorials with your (sometimes^^) funny jokes.
Surfing on this site i noticed that people can request Tutorials.
Ok..so i think im gonna ask you for some

Im searching since some months a Tutorial of a Levitating Effect.I know there is the "epensive" way,in which you use special Filmset equipment.But i also know that there is a way,that everyone can use and in which you dont need any equipment.
The second Tutorial i'd like to see is one,in which a person comes up or disappears in a huge flame,just as you know it maybe of the TV series "Charmed"
Another thing i'd like to know is the Effect that also is to see in Charmed.In the series a witch has the power of Telekinesis.ok,now you could say: well dude,just act like you get thrown away or something.But in the series they fly really far away and also it looks damn realistic.Do i need a rope-system for it or what?

I'd really like to see those Tutorials on the page,once because they look really impressive and secondly because im searching since some months for it

Another question also: do you have an email adress?i'd like to ask you something that doesnt really have to be public Dont be afraid,its a question about effects,the carreer and such )

gz

danny from germany
Darren
18 years ago
Hey Andrew thanks again as always!

Anyway I noticed around the site your making buttons and icons that have that glass look to them.. kinda like windows vista.. maybe a tut on how the heck ur doing it.. cuz it looks stunning!

thanks andrew! hope the baby is doing great!!!
shogun
18 years ago
id like a tutorial on speeding up the render times
using 3rd party plug ins or tricks within AE to help create a more productive workflow.
Koma
18 years ago
Hey andew! I like your vids just keep making.There is only one thing i think everybody wants to know and you didnt make tutorial about that and it's editing 3d characters into a video.(using 3ds max and after effects).Something like that bbc shows with dinosaurs It will be realy COOL!!! Thanks !
victor marines
18 years ago
please add:

3DSMAX:

particles
dominate Collision in 3DSMAX, scenes with dinamically movements
import camera to AFTER Effects
import shadows to After Effects
matte painting doing camera mapping to 3DSMAX

AFTER EFFECTS:

using Motion track with stabilization sometimes motion track does not keep in place the objects
Rotoscoping

thanks Andrew
18 years ago
Andrew -
Would it be possible to do a tutorial on image distortion or TV flickering on an image. Similar to a hologram that is being distorted due to interference. Thanks and really enjoy the tutorials.
Kyran
18 years ago
Hi Andrew

Try some of these :
1) Some Matrix effects (Bullet Time maybe ?)
2) Some stuff that works in After Effects 7.0 (I havent got pro )
3) Some possible Harry Potter effect (spells etc.)
4) More green screen work would be cool
5) Possibly some Heroes effects (Flying, Time freezing etc)
6) Or maybe a 3D zoom into someones body would be cool !!
18 years ago
I think a nice tutorial would be to use the RLA format to import 3ds max camera data into AE. Perhaps you wanted 3D foreground buildings, but the background was a matte painting. You could put the 2D matte painting on 3D cards in AE for the proper parallax effect, and have the 3D buildings in the foreground.
18 years ago
OK, first the first: Thank you, Andrew you save me so much time. Well I need just a free tutorial more.: How to do waterbending in AE CS3. For a video teaser for a a College proyect about Avatar: The last airbender (plase don't tell to Nickelodeon XD ) i'd like to do a bubble of water, floating in the air and looks realist (I actually do it with a particle emisor and a water surface video, but its horrible).

Anyway, sorry for my english I am argentinean (South America) and don't write in english most of the time. I limit to listen your video tutorials ^_^.
Jim
18 years ago
A tutorial on how to do this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErrRGXISmQU would be amazingly helpful. I know i'm not the only one wanting to create a rain storm... Anyway I must thank for all your tutorials so far, just great... thanks again
Brad Warren
18 years ago
I think that what the world needs now is a tutorial on how to render in passes in 3ds Max and then composite with live action footage in After Effects. That, and love sweet love.
18 years ago
Hey-

I've really enjoyed your tutorials, they're funny and incredibly useful! Thank you. I was wondering what setting you use for exporting your Flash videos. They are smooth and high quality, which seems to elude most Flash videos. Anyway, I don't know if you need a full tutorial on it, but I'd love to know that info. Thanks again...
BANDAR
18 years ago
I have two questions my dear friend Andrew :

1. In the final battle ( V for Vendetta ) right after all the soldiers have emptied their guns into V near the end of the film, he retaliates by throwing two of his knives at two of the soldiers. When he throws them you can see them in slow motion with smiler to ( Light Streaks effect ) it will be realy a great tutorial to watch ...

2. Are there any plan to put togather all your tutorials in a DVD ? it will be a good product to sell ?

Thank you for your great job and wish all the luck with your new baby ..
David Blackburn
18 years ago
Hey Im wondering if u know or can do a tutorial on how to animate things being drawn onto T-shirts like in the Justice "D.A.N.C.E" video clip.
Derek
18 years ago
i have been looking for ages for a tutorial on how to make the 007 gun barrel sequence :/ there is one on creative cow however it dosnet explain anything so its imposible to follow well hopefully someone will read this
Seth Pontiff
18 years ago
Incredible tutorials and great website!!! Just wondering if it's possible to have a tutorial to show us how to make tracer rounds when firing weapons. Had an idea, but it didn't really come out like I had wanted it to.

Thanks for everything,
Seth
Bigdog
18 years ago
I'd like to see more tutorials about integrating AE with a 3D app such as C4D, but any 3D app will be fine. It's all about the principle.

Thanks,
BigDog
18 years ago
hi all, my name is kyle hiscock im from newfoundland Canada, and i was just wondering if we could put in for a tutorial request. i have my own production line called 'KickAss Productions' and i use After Effects 7.0 alot with my editing ! but with my production line i have been trying to make a kinda intro thing, you know somthing that would be permanent in the beginning of all my videos. My idea is...

I have my first word "Productions' on the bottom of a black shiney floor, with it being reflected onto the floor, and then after 2 or 3 seconds have the other word "Kickass" fly down and Crush the word 'Productions' leaving the shattered peices on the floor while the word "Kickass" stays reflecting on the floor ! plz if somone cant make me a tut, can you just point my in the right direction. Plz and thnk you


-Kyle
donny
18 years ago
how do you erase harness lines attach to the persons' body?
Daniel Alexander
18 years ago
oooh the gradual rotting flesh one is a gooden by Chris Callow , i second that. It would be great because once you know how to do it you could apply lots of different variations to it with the same knowledge and also to different body parts.
18 years ago
Before the movie Constantine starts there is a Warner Brothers logo that has a rugged hell baked stone look to it. The burning sulfer wind of the underworld comes up and random chunks of the logo start to rip off and fly off the screen.

This would be a cool effect to learn.

Thanks for all you do

-Lemorris
shyan
18 years ago
hey andrew! i have been learning lots of FX from you.im now trying to do more on 3D animation and visual FX.im trying to do this jiggy camera FX but im not really sure of how to do it.maybe you can guide me???here's a link where i saw the FX ,http://www.conduit.co.za/journal/films/i-give-you-my-love

also i would like to learn how to create a spectrum?
http://www.trapcode.com/movies/spectrum.mov

hope to hear from you soon!
Chris Callow
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Digging the new site and really loking forward to the twitch plugin.
I'm shortly going to be filming an anti drugs tv commercial for a final year uni project and hoping to enter it into a nationwide competition over here in the uk.

I'm looking to create a simple animated effect to show someones skin kind of rotting and being consumed by a disease as it spreads over them. You see it in horror movies and sci fi movies quite alot. Im gonna be using a few other of your techniques in the clip and was hoping you could point me in the right direction for this effect.

Take care dude.

Chris
18 years ago
I would like to see a tutorial on how to re-create the Leaping Effect from Quantum Leap.
homer
18 years ago
Hey, can u please do the effect of someone getting hit by a car, ive seen many people on youtube have done it but i cant find a tutorial... please

thank for all the tutorials so far btw, and great new site
Resse
18 years ago
I would like to see in your tutorals, how to incude yourself in a old black and white movie footage? Like Forest Gomp with JFK.
Daniel Alexander
18 years ago
there was a scene in CONSTATINE where he was chased by a being that was made up entirely of bees, i wonder if this is something that could be done with a man infront of a green screen then being replaced by some sort of particle emitter. That would be great. Daniel Alexander (United Kingdom)
Hudlum Priest
18 years ago
Hey

Great tutorials. I'm working on a projecy for finals in colleghe in Ireland wiith some of these ideas. I'd like to know how you did the clip with yourself getting run down by the van and some other cool ways of killing people off. I have designer sound FX, Action movie essentials and Riot gear and there great.
Ghost
18 years ago
I would love to see a dragonballs Kamehameha tutorial in After Effects with sounds
Vuongvu
18 years ago
It would be great if you show me how to do the Bullet - Time effect, like the MATRIX movie. When the Bullet moving slow and be viewed in different angle. Hope you understand my request
Magnus
18 years ago
How to morph two pics together using pixelmotion!? Say I want a person to morph into another person.

forexample:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_WyObcPV_0

This kiddo used Photshop and WinMorph, but how do u do it in after effetcs??
18 years ago
I was watching your After Effects Training and I would like to see a tutorial like in your demo on how to make it look like someone got hit by a car.
goran salah
18 years ago
hello great Andrew iam goran iraq in kurdistan
is tutorial good
18 years ago
mk12 "cut in pieces" effect

Hello and greetings from exotic germany %-)
I saw an (ae) animation on the mk12 website and i like to know how they made it..
how to setup an ae scene and how to animate the pieces.. oh yeah the pieces.. does it make sense to cut the layers in photoshop before import into ae or just mask it out in ae??
what dyou think? is there a tutorial around? can someone please send me a demo aep?

so many questions..

thanks for your help!

link is here:
http://mk12.com/video-popup.html?video=/v5_quicktime/2001/infinity.mov&title=UNTITLED%3A%20INFINITY&date=&info=2001&type=inhouse
Alred
18 years ago
Hi,
Marvelous site!

Am a 3D artist/student 2nd year 'n' runnin & from Nigeria(in Africa)

(Fact)
Some of the best tutorials on earth are here.
4 thumbs up!
Wondering if you could bundel up the tutorials,Basic and Advanced on a Dvd?
Just got the Lucky 7 bundle before you upgraded ur site.
With guys like you out there, People like me get a shot @ being Invinsible and staying that way in the CG world.

i look foward to incoporating my 3D renderings n stuff with AE, please shed some light Oh Wise one!
ello_beastie...
18 years ago
ive seen ppl say smallville effects, superspeed... that would be sooo coool!!.. i actually saw a video on youtube that has some smallville effects all in one short battle sequence between to kids.. kinda cool! i gave it 4 stars ... check it out ppl.. u too andrew!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=u7j4gUZPrGM
Paul
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Firstly the site and the products are awsome. The tutorials are of the best quality on the net. It's very refreshing that someone is prepared to share some knowledge without charging an arm and leg for it....

Ok the tutorial I would like to see if you ever get round to doing one is for Trapcode Particular. Ryan Weiber does a really nice effect on his website with the bolts of lightning and sparks shooting out from his hand. This is a really cool effect, which I'm sure a lot of speacial effects enthusiasts like myself would love to know how to do. Ryan exlpains how he did it, but he never did tutorial, though he did give a rough guide. A full on tutorial of the Kramer theme would be the business !
d-b
18 years ago
it would be cool if you would make a tutorial to make clouds with trapcode particular.
you could use those clouds as backgrounds or to fly through the clouds.
Jesper
18 years ago
Hello Andrew

I would like a tutorial that showed how you did the Intro video on the Basic After Effects page. Im most interested in how you made the animation part / Camera control.

THX ina advance, and thank you very much for doing all th is hard work.

Jesper (DK)
Jim
18 years ago
I am primarily a 3D artist and would like a in depth tutorial on how to incorporate AfterEffects with my renderings. I'm familiar with the basicals (rendering out separate opbjects and compositing them in layers) but I would like to see a project with volumetric lights, reflection, refraction, shadows, GI lighting, Zdepth and see it all come together.
Carlos
18 years ago
A compositing tutorial about working in 32bpc floating point, and in a linear color workflow would be nice, color correcting, using blending modes and working with motion graphics in this type of pipeline...
THX in Advance!
Dominic
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Just to start with a bit of 'brown nosing' saying how great your website is. Have been using it for over a year now and find the tutorials soooooo amazingly useful! Anyway,
not sure if its maybe a little complicated but I guess you've gotta love a challenge! How about a tutorial of how to make a window smash??? Say for example if some crazy tramp threw a brick through someones window!??? I appreicaiate that might be delving into the realms of 3D modelling but I'm sure the 'Kramester' can figure out some sort of 2D solution! Thanks again, keep up the good work!

Dominic (England,UK)
Antonio
18 years ago
We would like to see some 3D text tutorials like the ones you use in Serious Effects & Compositing, it dosent matter if you use other programs to do it, just make some tutorials about that subject because you have never do one and its would be for great help because we needed, thats one of the things you have miss, keep up with the amazing work that you do ok! and by the way THANKS!
Steve Cardwell
18 years ago
Hello Andrew,

Thanks for the great tutorials, I watch them even though I don't have AE!

I'd love to see a tutorial to make the broken text effect on the Six Feet Under titles.

Also, any chance of some Motion tutorials now that you've got a mac?

Keep up the great work.

Steve
Lee
18 years ago
Hi,

It would be great for us all to have this created. A light cone coming from a projector with the smoke and dust dancing the ray. It could come from a 35mm slide show or a old 8mm or 16mm. Please create this tutorial. thanks
Jeff
18 years ago
I would love to see something that involves FX related to water. Examples would be how to create the Water Snake that enters the Deep Core Rig in the Abyss, or another cool one would be in X-Men 3 when Scott (Cyclops) returns to Alkali Lake & begins to hear Jean's voice, he pulls his glasses off, fires a shot into the lake, Moments later the water becomes violently unstable & a huge Vortex is created in the lake....What a kick%*^ effect Andrew. I have a shot in my film that is desperatly calling for that effect........thanks Master Adobe Kramer
Weaxer
18 years ago
Hello! I just sent you a mail about this. I didn't find this place before. And incase you missed the mail heres my suggestion:

3D Anaglyph converting tutorial. A tutorial where you show us how to convert a movie to a 3D (in any color) movie you can watch with 3D glasses. Would be great. And i agree with Dylon24p, morphing would be GREAT aswell!
Thomas
18 years ago
All your tutorials are great, and I'm not sure if this has been said yet. Four different pictures taken at 90 degree angles difference, but from the same spot, eg, the four walls of a room taken from the centre of the room. Would it be possible to make a screen which can be rotated through the whole 360 degrees which incorperates all pictures, but you can't tell where one picture ends and the next picture begins. I was hoping to do this with an outside picture, in a street for example, as there are no corners.

Well done for all your work so far, and keep it up. Good luck with the new family.
Dylon24p
18 years ago
PLASE PLEASE PLEASE do a tutorial on creating morph transitions in After effects. Like in the movie, STAY, or Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind. Using a morph to radically jar the audience into the next scene without them blatantly realizing how what they are seeing exactly changed. Marc Forster does it in STAY on a regular basis and it captured my interest. In the commentary, they call them mini-morphs.

A good example would be morphing a character into another character in a similar enviornment, or better yet, morphing the background into a new background with the same character remaining seemingly stagnant in the frame.

Thank you so much and keep up the good work. What you have taught me has been invaluable and I thank you so much for your undaunted dedication. I know everyone else feels the same way. PLEASE consider taking on the morph!
editorGuy
18 years ago
Can you do a tutorial on setting up large 3D environments that you can move the camera through (i.e. - Franz Ferdinand or Gnarls Barkley "crazy" video) It always seems like there is a ridiculous amount of prep time that would go into something like that...

so yeah... Great site. I mean. I think I just peed. Thats how great it is.



-J-
Deelan
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

i just wanted to have a tutorial more about tracking motion taking element from your set extension and demon face work.

How would you create cracks on the floor / wall / ceiling etc from heavy impact of objects / people hitting it?

Would be great if you mix up some Afx and 3d or animations which you could project onto after tracking?

Peace
Jens Mou
18 years ago
Hi Andrew.

A tutorial i'd really like to see, is how to make an desktopBG, that mooves around. Just a Quicktme movie

Thanks
Syby
18 years ago
pls pls pls pls pls Make a tutorial on How to create the Bullet Time effect in AE, and How to create a clean morph with 7 photos shot from several angles
John
18 years ago
First as many have said what you do and your site is awesome and thank you so much. I've learned mroe through your site then I did in school.... anyway here are a few tutorial requests:

Heroes"Exploding Man" When he starts firing up and you see his bones and his hand start flaring..And the exploding would be awesome as well.

The new Nike commercial with teh footbal players running back and forth across the field and morphing into different players, I'm sure this involves some camera work but maybe jsut the morphing from one person to another effect would be a start.

There is a car commercial I think infinity, where they use the ipod like streaks but the light streaks fill in and create the car.

Thats all I can think of for now, keep up the good work!! You rock!
Simon
18 years ago
aaaam...i was thinking about tutorial of speed variation and earth zoom TOGETHER i think that would be nice
Khurram
18 years ago
Hello Andrew wondering if you could do a tutorial on creating a text effects which is like in this video .
http://www.djvolcano.com/trailer_QT.html
naimlis
18 years ago
do you think you could make a preset or a tutorial on how to make dv footage look more like old 16 or 8 mm. for example... the flash back segments in the movie "The Game", or the wedding scene in "Natural Born Killers" just to name a few. that would be cool.
Flash
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, wondering if you could do a tutorial on creating goog looking meteore, and making it hit a building or somthing, with an impact. All in after effects? Cheers mate! Flash169
18 years ago
Hey Andrew was wondering if you could make a tutorial on how to make like explosion in buildings or like some thing lie this for example


http://youtube.com/watch?v=bNK_VMtAk_E
18 years ago
Removing building structures. I can't for the life of me figure it out. There's a great feel for this at www.trapcode.com with the BMW, and they remove the road, and add in new scenery that looks like a void of road. Can that even be done in AE?
Johannes (A.K.A Jay)
18 years ago
Hi Andrew!
What's up?
I like your work on the website, the tutorials and the blog. I would really like to see a tutorial about blood effects. Like if somebody slice your hand of, and the blood starts to pump out.

Thank you for everything.
Viktor
18 years ago
Hi Kramer. thank you for your work, been very helpful.
is it possible with 3d tracking in afx?
Breyon
18 years ago
I have a tutorial request. How can you turn sunny day footage into bad weather? If you can't go back and re-shoot or reschedule, how do you change it. Listed below is a link at studiodaily where they did that for a BMW commercial. They used footage of thunder clouds and particular for the rain, rain spray, and splashes. This would be a fantastic tutorial!!! PLEASE DO THIS ONE, because it happens a lot.

Link to Article at studiodaily:

http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/7306.html
Mathew
18 years ago
hey andrew,

was just wondering if you could show us how to re-create the Dreamworks Intro effect (the one where the kid is on the moon and the water splashes), or if there was anyway to change the text from Dreamworks to something else ?

would appreciate the help

thanks,
mathew

ps- love all your tutorials
Dennis
18 years ago
Oh...BANDAR...we are looking for nearly the same effect
18 years ago
those hand drawn cartoons you made within an hour would be nice, i think Aharon Rabinowitz has already done one and its on creative cow but i think the hand drawn looks more effect.
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I'm huge fan of your tutorials and the way you introduce them, you are the best. I'm new in Adobe After Effects and just have basic knowledge about this great software.

Few days ago I found this tutorial http://library.creativecow.net/articles/polevoy_george/flowing_title.php on Creative Cow and the final result looks great. I tried to repeat what it says but couldn't get even close to the result shown there. Then I downloaded project file and nothing - AfterFx says few effects are missing. So could you try to rebuild if it's possible that tutorial? Big thanks!

With all respect,
Tadas
P.S. sorry for english, it's not my mother tongue.
18 years ago
Andrew,

First, thanks for all your hard work on the tutorials... it's awesome to watch you create something, all while making it informative and entertaining. HUGE thank you!

An effect I've seen a lot recently is the "Pop-up Book" effect. Not sure what program it's done in, so I was wondering if it could be done in AE? I know Sears uses it in their commercials, and I believe maybe Best Buy has as well. And I believe HP uses a similiar effect for their Pavilion Laptop spots.

It would be cool to learn how to pull something like that off.

Thanks again for your tutorials and DVD's, they've definitely helped a beginner like me take my work to the next level. THANKS!
Mark
18 years ago
Wow thats a lot of requests. Might as well throw mine up there too...

I love your work its now, in my opinion much better than any other AE tut site out. The only site that is comparable is Ayato Web. Problem with his stuff is, half of it doesnt make any sense, because he translated it, and fails to explain a lot of things. Being a newbie, its hard for me to "improv" the in between things.

I love the direction you are going with the newer tutorials, and making stuff that seems more geared towards post production on video shoots. But I would love to see some more tutorials involving title animations, and things like you would see on Ayato's site.

Even if you dont make these tutorials, I love your work and cant wait for the new stuff!!!!!! TO AWESOME! Congrats on the new girl!
Roderick Weise
18 years ago
Hi i would like to start out and say thank you so so much for the tutorials i love them. But i think you should make a tutorial on how to do a sin city black and white effect with color in one area the only way i know how is a silhouette roto plugin but it is 300.00 to much for a simple effect.

Thanks

Roderick Weise
Bill
18 years ago
Hey Andrew my friend Zac just made it pro in skateboarding and he wants me to make him a video so i told him i would because I'm good with sony vegas and adobe after effects and photoshop but all of my title screens that i use are getting old i wanted to know if you can make a new creative cool title screen tutorial.
Dennis
18 years ago
Hey everybody out there
What about a Tutorial about this:

Somebody is shooting at you, then you can see the bullet flying towards you in slow motion. You move like a matrix man and you avoid the bullet. But you can see it how it??´s flying by your head(still slow motion), just after passing your head it??´ll turn to normal speed...wow....i hope anyone knows waht im trying to say...well this is dennis see you at the next comment^^
andy
18 years ago
Andrew,

I would like to second Alexander's request for a
"handcranked" tutorial. I think it would make a good follow up to your time remapping tutorial. Also have any tips of how to re-create that orange flare that often get at the end or beginning of a clip with super8?
Thanks
Jay Blood
18 years ago
Hi Andrew I would like to see how to motion track and mask the
way they did for this Law & Order NBC Promo walk trough text

here is a link to youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSMJAVcKVzw
BANDAR
18 years ago
What would be great, is a tutorial to make the slow mo/bullet shooting like in the matrix or many other films, where guys shoot a bullet from the gun, and the camera follows the bullet and rotates around the bullet, until it hits something.
Maybe you an use anything rather then bullet like an axe or a knife .. it will be great .
Another thing ... is there any affect I can use to turn aperson in to smoke when you hit him ??? just wondring ?

Andrew you are the best ,,,
Mr T
18 years ago
C4d tutorials mixing in After Efffect!!
This is what people want to see!!

T.
18 years ago
Hey, Maybe you can do a short tutorial on doing Ramped Slow motion, I'm not sure if you're into skateboarding, but it was done about 100000 times with the Element - This is My element Video. I'm sure you know how to do it, if not, contact me and I'll show ya.
eric
18 years ago
I was wondering if your were ever going to possibly to do adobe photoshop tutorials. I have noticed that if you really want to make great movies then you have to use multiple programs and Adobe seems to have a corner on the market. I have watched your other tutorials and noticed you used adobe photoshop yourself for some movies. I myself suck with photoshop and am trying to learn to use it and AAE now and some of your tutorials would be a great help.
TBrown
18 years ago
How about a tutorial on how to produce an alpha channel redish/orange motion film exposure flare that is seen with the use of film cameras.

Here is an example of what I'm talking about:

http://www.fotosearch.com/CRT824/002428cf/
Fahd Syed
18 years ago
Not really a tutorial but can we see a "behind the scene" video of you and your company?
Alfongj
18 years ago
Erm... and how about a tutorial of integrating after effects and premiere?

When I'm editing my movies, I don't know what to do first, either cutting and exporting in premiere, then making effects in AE, and then importing again in Premiere, or other way around.

I always get confused that way xD

Thanks
Steff
18 years ago
http://svfan.com/content/view/66/28/#jc_writeComment

Check that link of a TRAILER of SMALLVILLE, i would love to see a tutorial about it!

Michael
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

i think a news-, potcast- or showopener ist a good idea.

why?
because, much people doing they own potcasts and youtube stuff. most of them, haven't any opener or using commercial stuff. you can show us the right way to create one of these. thx
Marcio Simoes
18 years ago
First, would like congratulate for the birth of your baby. She's very pretty!
It would like to see a tutorial of crowd. A small group of people being duplicates and forming a crowd.
It's possible? I am thankful for its attention.
Sorry my english.
18 years ago
first off, thank you so much for all of the free advise and help. It's really helped me along the countless times.

It would really be nice to know how to create the title effects that you see in most horror movie trailers, where the text is jumping a bit, with text echoes and with white flashes that seem to envelope the screen every once and a while.

thanx!
18 years ago
Any idea on how to achieve the Personal Shield effect from the original Dune movie? Here is a clip of the knife fight with Paul Atreides and Gurney (aka Captain Picard), showing the effect:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUV7ZbS-smI

Any help would be appreciated!
Love the tutorials!
gaz
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,
Really enjoy the tutorials - keep up the great work (I'm definitely going to check out Minesweeper - although next time you could maybe do Solitaire).
I saw a commercial the other day on UK TV where the actor has a selection of videos in front of him (like a virtual video wall) and when he touches one it becomes the main active piece of video, kinda like the effect from the film Minority Report I think.
Any chance of some ideas on how to acheive this?
Flash169
18 years ago
Hiya Andrew, gota say your tutorials are fantastic man, you really know your stuff!
I was wondering if you were able to do a tutorial on Trapcode - Particular, like 2 people using force effects at each other
creating a 3D particle explosion in the middle? kinda like harry potter lol? If you know what i mean heh.
And what a about some ones arm being blown off with 3D, if you can that would be brilliant!
Love your stuff man hopefully these tutorials will appear on ya site in the future haha! Cheers mate.
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,
is there a way to make it easier to work with anamorphic footage, or pre-render the footage so that it is not streched anymore, that a perfectly round circle looks like one and not like an egg? It gets me confused all the time, maybe something for a tutorial?
Keep up the good work!
Mou
18 years ago
Hi Andrew.

I would be great if you would think about this idea...

A thing i really need for my video post production, is a tutorial where you explane how to make an arm blow of an acter / actor (sorry my bad english, i'm from Denmark :S ) . I've tryed to do it with the rotoscopeing procedure, but i can't work it out, and make it looke good. Can you help me..? Please!
MistahG
18 years ago
I have a humble tutorial request. Splitscreen. Tv shows like 24, heist movies, spy movies, or 3 way telephone conversations... trendy splitscreens that are somewhat coordinated. These trendy screens close, surround, shove and manipulate each other for an organized and thrilling effect? How??? All I know is that it involves animating masks but I find myself needing to be a mathematician to calculate how one screen affects the other. Surely you have a way of making it look easy like you always do? Thanks in advance!
SoufieN Ben
18 years ago
Hi Andrew

1st of all i wanna thank you for all the good tutorials and you're experiense that you're sharing with us.
It will be very nice if you make a tutorial if possible on "Making a CG Rainstorm with After Effects Plug-ins and Automated Rotoscoping"
Here is a BMW pub prevew http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/7306.html
i know that it's not easy but i'll be thankful.

Thanks in advance and keep up the good works
Eduardo
18 years ago
It will be very nice if you make a tutorial for Demon Warp with a rotating camera.
Thanks for everything!
Dan
18 years ago
Hello Andrew,
Neat tutorials. Gave me something to aim for. Just recently got a copy of Adobe After-Effects and trying to master it and your tutorials have helped a bunch. Any-who, I don't know much but I do know you made a tutorial showing us how to have mex2 in the same shot, sort of interacting with the still image (fall) going on. I was wondering if a similiar technique could be used to say.. Simulate multiple soldiers (just an example) advancing? Sort of have them running way in the background, but adding a bit MORE to the shot, so to speak. So it's not the 1-5 man soldier branch advancing through the desert, try and make it seem like more.

Thanks in advance,
Dan.
ben
18 years ago
hey andrew,
i think you should learn some maya 3d. 3d looks sweet when its done well and you are a great teacher
Christian
18 years ago
Hi there AK, a tutorial on how to light up a thunder storm cloud would be cool for me. Where the lightening is actually hidden in the cloud and all you can see is the bolts lighting up the different layers of the cloud. Im attempting to make a Meteor strike film based on most of your tutorials, I want to make the clouds look really stormy and dramatic just before the meteors fly through the clouds sort of that 'War of the Worlds' atmosphere!
Dagoth
18 years ago
hey !
you i get some tutorials in other sites and none of them are as good as yours, really keep the good work, and hey congratulations for the baby.

i wonder i could make a tutorials about the jedy jump, you know you see someone jumping and land in a building far away... i'm new using AE

Thanks!

dago
18 years ago
will be happy to see a tutorial - Trapped demon.

A pentagram on the floor and a person (the demon) inside trying to step out but a magic force field is keeping him inside.
18 years ago
Drew,

I would love to see creative use tutorials on trapcode's Lux, Echospace and 3Dstroke. They are great plugins but there are few tutorials on these plugins.

Also some tuturials on how you made some of the backgrounds in Video Streams would be great.

Many thanks and congrats on the new baby!
Rabbit
18 years ago
Hi Andrew
I think this can be interressant : morphing effect which simulates a movement of camera, like in this Clip by Michel Gondry
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/je+danse+le+mia/video/x1dr0c_iam-je-danse-le-mia_music
Is that possible in after effects ? (I think we must use the Re:Flex Morph Plug-in).
Also, it should be funny a tutorial which explains how to transform someone in someone else withs morphin effects.
Helge Kallevik
18 years ago
This is not a tutorial request, but a product request.
More blood effects and the sounds of punches etc would be awesome!
Ulan
18 years ago
Hi, Andrew!

Recently I saw commercial where cloth on guy changes into another dress. Can you explain this visual effect?

Thank You!
Max
18 years ago
Hey Andrew! I know your busy an' all, but I thought I'd just post this here so when you're free you could maybe just send me an e-mail or something, or make a tut (not sure if this topic is popular). Basically what i want is 24p pulldown removal...I don't know how to go about this without losing audio sync, so I'm pretty much stuck...thanks so much if you can get to me! Love your products and tutorials.
David Chow
18 years ago
How about a tutorial on a bunch of matrix effects?
i.e
Bullet Trails on Live action Film,
Some time Remapping stuff,
Bullet dodging seen when agents are shot at
Matrix text effects
Kalel38
18 years ago
Hi,
I just found you by accident, and I'm SOOOOOO glad I did! (GOD bless the Youtube!) I'd like to see a Tutorial on making "Superman The Motion Picture" style credits. You know, the kind that fly toward you, and then stretch forward. Thanks.
Kal
navaid
18 years ago
hello andrew, dis is navaid from pakistan, thx to u to give a pretty much information abt after effect. Andrew could u temme how could we utilise puppet option in our work. waiting of ur reply.
Jan
18 years ago
What about a nice flame/fire effect like in the end of the Riot Gear FX trailer? With the freeze and all. Would be awsome!
Flo
18 years ago
Hi Andrew!
A tutorial, in which you can see, how to make an atomic bomb/nuke would be very nice! The Totorial could also include, how to make heat-waves, a shwockwave and so on...

Thanks,
Flo
Brian Berneker
18 years ago
Hey Krame! Awesome work on the tutes, and I love the little bites of humor you throw in from time to time too.

I was watching TV today and saw an ad for a water park and realized I haven't seen a single tutorial for comping water/ocean stuff. I could almost see you producing another DVD with water FX. For example splashes, boats sinking, whales jumping, dolphins etc.. Maybe something to "fake" underwater shots with ripple lighting, blue bg, bubbles and flowing hair (i.e. underwater flow)? I think there is a lot you could cover under the water theme...

Keep up the great work

Brian

P.S. I noticed that some of the older tutorials sometimes lag on my system. Whatever you did with the new format, it's way better. Any chance you might one day update the old ones for completeness sake?
Eliot
18 years ago
OK, bullet time would be awesome. i also love the idea Ben said about dismembering bodies. (That would be hard to do). ALSO, I think that effect where neo in the matrix flexes his muscles and the ground warps just before he takes off. you did this in your serious effects and compositing dvd but it wasn't the kind of thing i was looking for. maybe use the plugin sapphire gen or something. i saw a preview of it on their site and it looks as though you can create sought of 'shockwaves' with it. if you showed us how to do that, i would buy it. SHOCKWAVES SHOCKWAVES SHOCKWAVES SHOCKWAVES!!!!!

thx man,

Eliot
Spazz-Man
18 years ago
Hi...
I would love to know how they made the "SinCity" effect. Think it would be a nice tut..

All the best!
German Guy
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,
i hope thats you, i´m from Germany an studi Audio-Visuell-Media. And on private work i make a lot of low budget musicclip´s and your Tutorial section help me a Lot. So ist it possible that you can make some realy cool transition, hard shaking, Blur effects or cool Blends which you can see on some Musicclip´s ? This will be great

Thx for your tuts

j
Yannick
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I'm studying architecture in Belgium, I design in sketchup and render in Cinema 4D, so I'd love to see tutorials about making movies in C4D and improving them in After Effects.
thanx for the tutorials already!!!!
Jan
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,
I was trying to work further on tut 23 with the 3d light beams wanting to twist around them, making text appear as i turn around the beams to use it as an intro (produced by, starring, etc.)
When I adjust my camera position for one keyframe, the other ones get messed up.
I'd like a tut on that one.

Greetings from the Netherlands and Sweden
thai
18 years ago
Love all tutarials, but wires delecting tutorial would be great.
Truong
18 years ago
There are many of versions of this, but no one has done it close enough to it to say it it the real bullet time. I am very interested in a budget version of the real one of course, because no one can go buy a set of 100 Digital SLR's and then hook them all up in a big green screen set. lol anywho I would like to see a similar action done in after effects, with SAM!!! we love u man lol
Ben
18 years ago
I agree with jake on the bullet tracers. the blood splat tut doesn't have it, yet the finished piece does. The effect really enhances the shot
This is Drew
18 years ago
Hey Bro - I wanna see how you make that cool light flash effect on the text when you preview the video for you new Designer Sound Effects. Can you hook a brotha up?
Some Other Guy
18 years ago
It Got to be some smallville effects, like heat vision and super speed.
Thats the best ones !!!!!
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Thanks for the tutorials man, when im looking for ideas videocopilot and motionographer are the first sites i go to.

Im kinda new to 3D invigorator and there isn't to many tutorials on that I was wondering if you could make a tutorial with 3D invigorator. Also it would be cool to see what you could do with the puppet tool. Thanks.
Kevin
18 years ago
A simple and effective tutorial showing a commonly used effect with logos. A logo that simply has a nice strobe or flashing effect. Like a police type of look. An example would be the FX Networks The Shield logo when it appears. Mostly used on Text objects.
18 years ago
Bullet Time
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ben
18 years ago
Hey Andrew!

I am in 11th grade in Australia and for my drama final film at the end of 12th grade, I was thinking of doing like a japanese Anime style but with actual footage. do you think you could make a tutorial on how to cut people up using after effects? Stabbing with sword coming out the other side...beheading/dismembering,slashing etc.

That would be sooo helpful.
thanks a bunch man and congrats on katie Kramer
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I realize this isn't the kiss up to andrew blog, so I'll stick to a brief Kudos on all the tutorials, they're amazing.

Onto the issue at hand. I know its a very hotly debate topic here, but I wanted to know if you could take us through an entire sample project you might be asked to do. I know alot of people hate when you leave after effects but I'd love to see how you do something start to finish from concept to camera to compositing to cash in ur pocket. Thanks in advance!
Alex_M23
18 years ago
SIN CITY + BULLET TIME = MEGA TUTORIAL
Matty C
18 years ago
Hi Andy,

Do You know about the game HALO? The Animation Is sweet and nVidia makes it look better

Can You do a tutorial on modeling spaceships from the game and starwars stuff like "Drodes"

Matty
sherwin
18 years ago
Hi Andrew, i congrats you and your wife. i learn so many things about after effects i thank you. can you post a tutorial about GRAVITY in after effects

thank.
and again congratulation.
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Congrats on the baby!

So, I am in post production on a project of mine and I need some help. I shot a short film adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart. I"m going for a Sin City meets Sleepy Hollow look and feel, so I shot the entire thing on green screen. I figured I could control my post lighting better this way. Of course, the majority of the movie takes place during a dark, rainy night. So on to my tutorial request...

I need help creating lightning flashes, not lightning bolts, even though that might be useful. I will have a few transitions using lightning flashes and have been unsuccessful so far with making them look realistic and strobe like. If you check out my short film One Rainy Night on my page then you'll see what I mean.

Would you say using expressions or just the wiggler? and how can I make them actually bounce off the keyed footage? I'm sure it's not too hard, so maybe you could throw it in with some weather tutorial or something.

Thanks Andrew! Love the tutorials so far! They really help out a lot

-ryan
thepcdude
18 years ago
I really like the matrix, and I would absolutely love it if you made a tutorial all about matrix effects. I know one of your DVDs has, I think it was "Green Crush" which is a matrix color effect. I would love it if you made that public. Also, if you put a video on top of the same video with 50% and delay it by 1 second or so, you get that Neo punching effect. But what I am particularly asking is if you know how to get that effect when in Matrix Revolutions, there was a scene; Club Chaos. They are in a lobby with many pillars, and they are having a gunfight. The club guards are literally walking on the ceiling. My first though would be something to do with the set, but then I thought, it would be dang hard to do something like that with some bungee ropes. O_o So... if you can, use that awesome ability of yours to devise a way of doing this. I would really love the tutorial, and I'm sure a good audience would too. Oh, and one more thing. The bullet slomo ripple thing is a must!
Yoda5629
18 years ago
Hi!
What about a blast wave?
Jordan
18 years ago
Hey Andrew -- I'm not sure if you are checking this part of the blog anymore, but hopefully you'll see this. I was wondering if you could do a tutorial on how to do a 3D news set or something like it. I read about some people doing it on the CC forums, but a lot of them were using a 3D App. However, I think it might be possible to do this by taking pictures of things like someone mentioned. You can find the thread in the corporate video productions forum. So some kind of news set would be awesome, and I think a lot of people could use it.

Thanks for taking suggestions!
Underworld
18 years ago
Hi Andrew!!

I try to make the effect of the movies Underworld and the covenent where the eyes of the guy turns black. do you
think it is possible to create it with after effects?

sorry for my English im from Portugal.

I realy like your tutorials .

bye and thanks
18 years ago
Hi, your site is awesome. I've learn so much. I would like to see tutorial with this text effect: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4913150565424685486

Regards from Poland
Magnus
18 years ago
Please show us some REAL good color correction. Something like your Simple Bleach Bypass tut, but add more to it. play with colorama and
hard lights and noise removal and all that stuff...
Scott
18 years ago
I would love to see a water droplet effect. like, a water droplet hitting still water as if it's in slow motion taken with a high res 60fps or something camera (but not really videoed, entirely created in after effects! If that's possible of course..

And another of a water droplet paused in mid air with camera panning round it and possibly a reflection. Kind of like bullet time...only with a droplet?

And finally bullet time with a bullet! You shoot someone, it goes into slow motion and the bullet flies through the air with a air/time ripple behind it!

Keep up the great work!
Stig
18 years ago
It would be cool of you could make a tut how to like blow away the text, like sand. and do u know how to make people like ghost? like in white noise 2? that would be cool. And like if someone look in the mirror they see they self with different close and turn it around so the person in the mirror see the other person if you understand mi..

thnx
Josh
18 years ago
all I have to say is

Justin Timberlake Love Stoned Music Video

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x293a4_justin-timberlake-lovestoned-full
Marko
18 years ago
Hi, I've been searching for tutorial of how to create 3d background like your VideoStreamsHD but I can't find anything similar to that. So maybe you could show us in another great tutorial from Adrew the King Cramer. Thanks
18 years ago
OpenGL, Video Cards and Hardware. I would love to see a tutorial about how these can effect performance and realtime rendering. Whats a good Graphics Card? Whats a recommended system? Whats a dream system? A $1500 Graphics card, or more RAM and faster processor?

This is a differant style tutorial, but UNIQUE and will help numerous people put together a solid editing and compositing system.
18 years ago
Hey
I have found this site really helpful. I wanted to ask about...wel i guess you can call it bullet streak. You have some where your guy is shooting the oozy like gun for action essentials. I have ben trying to do this effect but have not been able to pull it off quite as well as yours.
Julio César
18 years ago
Hey Andrew!
I'd like to see a tutorial about rendering...I know this site is for pros and stuf...well, i'm not one, but i intend to be, and at the rendering time i never know which settings to use, to balance rendering time and quality. I see your tutorials are fast-loading and they also have a good quality. If you could help us...Thank you!
Vince
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,
I've seen lots of videos around of people flying using adobe after effects. With all these
videos out there I still can't seem to find out how to do it. Here is an example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJQ23lukYIs
18 years ago
Hi Andrew....

I saw your last tutorial, is amazing!
But 3dTracking interests too much knowledge to me,
your you know, animation 3d within the videoâ???¦

I hope you can show to us.

example:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JdIdrR3L-gI


Thanks
Samuel
18 years ago
Hey Andrew!

Is it possible if you make some tutorials based on the effects they use on Smallville eg. Heat-Vision, Super Speed etc. That would be really cool. As i've seen a lot of people asking for it on google and the rest of the web.

Cheers Mr Kramer

Bye!!

PS. This is website rocks! And your tutorials too
Samuel
18 years ago
Hey Andrew!

Is it possible if you make some tutorials based on the effects they use on Smallville eg. Heat-Vision, Super Speed etc. That would be really cool. As i've seen a lot of people asking for it on google and the rest of the web.

Cheers Mr Kramer

Bye!!

PS. This is website rocks! And your tutorials
18 years ago
I would really really really like to know how you use that shatter effect on your vid for the sound fx dvd. Please let us all know.

Peace!
benandaim
18 years ago
I'd love to see anything else to do with motion tracking...It's awesome when done correctly...Bring it on!

P.S. Your site has to be one of the greatest websites know to MAN! how you do it i don't know, but let me say it's exciting as hell when you post a new tutorial.
Mou
18 years ago
Hi Andrew.

I would like to see a tutorial where you use a displacementmap to ilustrate the effect from matrix. You know, where the bullets comes flying around Neo It would be so great.

Thanks from Denmark...
18 years ago
I'd like to see a radioactive fallout tutorial. This effect can be seen on the ending title card for the trailer "Right At Your Door" here:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/rightatyourdoor/trailer/

It's a wonderful effect and I'd love to be able to use it.

Thanks,
Chris Lyon
18 years ago
i always wanted to do something with 3D tracking, is there any ways we could implement or make 3D tracking or something in After Effects.
Jacob Behunin
18 years ago
Just and idea, but something I'd like to see.
Say for example. You have a cell phone, and on the screen it has a boring navigation. Could you do ao tutorial on tracking the 4 points/corners of the screens, so you could replace whatever is on the screen with something fancy. Perhaps, even if the phone is turn slightly at an angle, your new screen will remain attached. I imagine this would have some pretty good uses. Attaching posters to walls with shaked cameras that pan away from the wall, or...attaching things to cars that change their angle to the camera. Things like that.
Just an idea.

Thanks for all your awesome work. Loved the Set Extension Tutorial.

Jacob
18 years ago
hey how about a tutorial telling how to do a fake dolly effect or crane effects.
Troy
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I would like to see a tutorial of a spinning bullet in slowmotion coming out a gun with some nice effects in it mabye a impact in a wall or something.. I tryed it myself but its hard for a newbie like me

Keep it up man love ur work..!!

Greetsz Troy
Alan
18 years ago
Hi.

Where will you post the new Star Wars Lightsaber preset for CS3?
I really need it!!!!
Thank you.
james
18 years ago
hi
i would love to learn to use particle effects more. i'm trying to create a 3d explosion using trapcodes but have no idea how it works. could you please do a tutorial on how to do cool stuff like explosions etc in trapcodes or particle world.
james
Jinsu
18 years ago
Hi Kramer! Love your tutorials, I've just purchased all the video copilot products and am loving it

I think someone has also posted about this, I am desperately wanting to create the slow motion raindrop effect using trapcode particular like in Pierre Michel's Polar 2007 CG video, (www.pierremichel.net)

Thanks!
john jowy
18 years ago
Oh yeah these tutorials would be helpful to a wide audience of people because a number of people make dbz like fan films but their effects stink especially when it comes to the energy beam aspect.
john jowy
18 years ago
You should make a tutorial like what you did in that one horror movie with the guys face being stepped on by the wherewolf also you should make an energy blast tutorial like in dragon ball z that doesnt suck like allot of the others i have seen. Your tutorials rock!
VITUN SHARMA
18 years ago
Hi Andrew

Your tutorials ........rockkkkssssss... i hav learned a lot of techniques through ur tuts .
CAN I hav a a tutorial on clonning technique (Touching , Overlapping)
I am Sure it will be helpful for all ......... thanx a lot ..... lookin forward to it..... Soon
Martin Fontaine
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,
I have to agree with what Darius Wilhere said. That is a cool effect that we see so much in movie trailers. I tried by my self to do it in AE CS3...but i think i need youre help. Your canadian fan, Martin.
Scrange
18 years ago
I was watching your tutorials when i noticed that you use a lot of your presets that are found in your products. Can you maybe make a tutorial on how we can make our own presets with fully customizable settings?

- thanks
sherwin
18 years ago
Hi, andrew can you please do the tutorial of the GRAVITY IN AFTER EFFECTS. thank you
Bo
18 years ago
Hey Andrew. First thank you tons for taking the time to do these tutorials. I've learned way more than expected. I also have a Cinema 4D request. I'm not sure how to ask this because I don't know how it is done, but here goes. When green screen is shot in a movie and they have tracking markers on it, I'm assuming so they have reference for later tracking in the CG background and that kind of thing. If ever possible, or of interest to anyone else I'd like to know how to build an object / scene within C4D, and be able to use my pre-shot footage as reference so I know how to build the C4D scene. Does that make sense? I saw a video on youtube in which a guy had a 3d bullet animated within it. He had reference markers on his face to place that bullet into the shot. I want to know how to do that sort of thing. I know how to animate a bullet, I just don't know how to do it in direct relation to the tracking markers in the footage. Either way man thanks for all of your help.
18 years ago
Hi!
First off, Andrew, you're awesome with all the tutorials you do. Afterall, you spend so many nights staying up till three making those tutorials for us learners (Your tutorials inspired me to learn all the FX I can learn btw.)
So, with that in mind, I'd like to toss in an idea, and a problem I've sorta ran into.

Well, I want to request a tutorial on how to make a digital LED effect that move sorta like 24's intro and even like a countdown timer that includes milliseconds (Like a bomb's countdown with those big LED squares.). I mean come on, what good bomb countdown timer doesn't have the milliseconds?
I'm sure there's a better way other than to animate it frame by frame.

Thanks so much.

MCN
Tom
18 years ago
Hi...

I really like to thank you for making these wonderful tutorials.

These has been really helpful.
I was wondering, is it possible to making titles like the ones used in the movie Superman Returns with the streaking lights coming forward?
elhora
18 years ago
hi !
First, I think Andrew is delightful and witty (oki, i admit i was out of idea, so i had to copy/paste from the Blog rules ^^)

Well, i was thinking about a tutorial on how to generate a good mask to remove a backgroung of a moving object, when no blue screen is possible, and you have a part of the video with the full background on it.
(for example, a still shot of a landscape, then after a second, someone appears and move in front of that background)...
i just hope roto is not the only solution !
18 years ago
Darren, that would be pretty easy, http://pixel2life.com for a tutorial on cloning (look in the after effects section)


I would like to see a tutorial for tracking data, like draw something with your hand with ease.
Darren
18 years ago
How about a tutorial on duplicating people in a shot. Nothing on the scale of Lord of the Rings (unless you're feeling ambitious) but maybe something like the Oompaloompa stuff in the newer Willy Wonka movie---the mix of green screening and compositing and making them really look like a part of the initial shot. Oh, and you guys are the guys. Or the men. Or something.
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Am a big fan of your cool tutorials & Products.

I was just wondering if you could make a tutorial for flying papers affected by wind. There was this promotional video for the Season 2 of Heroes for NBC and they had this cools scene with paper and other fabric floating in the wind in slow motion. I would really want to know how to do that in After Effects.

Did they use particles for it?

Anyways, would be glad if you could help there.
Ali
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, Your tutorials are amazing, I really enjoy them.

I have a great idea for a tutorial, could you please make a tutorials on a person aging in movie.

Here is an example to understand what I mean. (The effect starts 1:06)
link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=QS_IYvDxlpc

Later dude. I hope you are coming out with another free tutorial soon. Lol.
Pierce
18 years ago
Would it be at all possible to post a tutorial on making a camera circle in object in a freeze frame? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VGtBEg5DPISome crude examples can be found at that link. But, I want a tutorial on one that didnt use men dressed in black moving a ping pong ball around. Like, in the matrix, or the new balls of fury trailers.
Kalil
18 years ago
hello,

i am from Panama (Panama Canal) and i spoke with alex from underearthstudios he told me to get in touch with
you and i'll like a site were i can view a very basic tutorial you see i am very new in this stuff and in panama not
much people know about this so it is very hard to learn to use it very well. I'll really appreciate if you could send
me something by mail or refer me to a site were i can find very basic information regarding the Adobe Premier
CS3
18 years ago
can you teach us how to do a vector effect?
Matt
18 years ago
Andrew,

brill tuts!!! you are the man!!! however, can you compile the tuts in one zip file so we can download them for safe keeps??? is this too much to do and will you do this??? )))))
Naz
18 years ago
HI

I am not a speak english But I hope you will understand me.
First of all I want To thank you for all the Excellent tutorils you did!!!

I wanted to request If you please can do tutorila like the "Demon Face Warp"
But to do a face of Shrek???

Please please please I Judea you in all my heart If you will be able to do this for us
RjM
18 years ago
Mark Harrell, that is somewhat easy to make, instead of making a 2 point track for the position and the rotation, make a 4 point track (4-point corner pin i think) so that you get postition, rotation and prespective, tracking data. I recomend you track a background building that is not square to the camera (not facing it fully) but is somewhat sideways so you get proper tracking data. if that doesn't work, you have to use a 3rd party software like boujou... hope this helps
18 years ago
I would like to see a tutorial on moving text in a scene that is a moving or dolly shot. Example, have you seen the commercials that are advertising some kind of furniture and in the scene somewhere you track the text with perspective to it to the floor or on top of a table to give the appearance that the text was in the scene. So no matter where the camera moves it appears that the text is setting on the floor or the table. Sorry, I hope this is not difficult to understand!
WuPh
18 years ago
Hey man could you make a Tutorial on how to make a Matrix Jump?
that would be cool!


Thanks
russ
18 years ago
Text that first is solid and then scatters or disperses like smoke, sand, flies, some kind of particle system. OR how to write on text with a particle system. I had seen one persons demo reel and they had their own signature wrote on written on and then over a few seconds turned into smoke and wafed away - looked pretty sweet and was done in AE, just dont know how. thanks man - your tutorials and DVDs are sweet.
Helge
18 years ago
I just saw this awesome trailer for a new game:
ftp://ftp.sierra.com/pub/sierra/worldinconflict/videos/WIC_TRL_CES_High.mov

Check out the text! Would be so cool to have a tut on that, and with the tv noise too!
Poxxxx
18 years ago
Hey!
(im German, so im not good in English...sry)
I have an idea for a Tutorial, but there is a little Story to tell before
I live in a lil Village in germany, and there is a House, where 60 Years ago there was Killd a Girl, and now there are very very much scery Storys about the House. So wat i wanna do is, i and my Friends go inside the house, and the wood around it (at night), with my Cam. I wanna shock people who really believe in this Horror storys. with after effects I wanna insert Ghosts in the background, and a lot of stuff like that, so that it looks real... but im not a genius like u, so isnt that a good idea for a tutorial?

Poxxxx
Asher
18 years ago
I recently started working with a program called 3D Studio Max 9, and I was wondering if you had any experience with it and if you would be willing to make a tutorial for it if you have any knowledge on that. This does seem like a strictly AfterFX website, but anything can happen.
Can't blame a guy for trying.
And what screen recorder do you use?

Peace,
asherKAYE
What If
18 years ago
"Help us Andrew Kramer, your our only hope..." Thats right...how do we transfer footage into the ever popular Star Wars (r) (c) holograms? I tried reading all of the above posts and I hope I am not repeating a request.
This is the final piece to my perfect fan film and the completition of my dream...no pressure.

Thanks Andrew
mark
18 years ago
news paper effect like digital fx posted earlier in your last update/blog

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VbnCDq5ySxg&mode=related&search=

thanks!
Kenneth Dinkins
18 years ago
Hi, Andrew! Thanks for all the help you give us with AE. Could you possibly do a detailed tutorial on secondary color correction in AE?
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Something that I've seen quite often in titles, but cant really find a tutorial that does what I'm seeing.
"turning letters into Smoke"
I've found 1 tutorial but the plugin thats named just crashes AFX 99% of the time.
Do you have working solution or tutorial recommendation?
Basically the letters come in as smoke, then materialize into letters and then exit the same way.

thx
Mike
Mikester191
18 years ago
How about a tutorial that shows some cool camera moves. One of my weakest areas is the 3D cam as I just don't know what to do besides the basic moves. Also the van hitting you in the demo reel is awesome. That would definitley enhance anyone's film.
Rajarshi
18 years ago
PLEASE A TUTORIAL ON THE NEW SHAPE TOOLS IN aFTER EFFETS CS 3!!! DESIGN ELEMENTS WITH THEM LIKE VECTORS!!! IT WILL BE SO USEFUL!!!
Darren
18 years ago
Hey andrew.. me again.. lol anyway I know you like to make tutorials that are helpful to a large audience.
so this one will def be one.. I hear about this new puppet tool in CS3.. and was wondwering all the buzz on it..
maybe u can show us what the new tool is.. and how it can be used in projects.. thanks adnrew

Hope everything went ok with ur baby! Congrats!

-Darren
bwoogie
18 years ago
I just remembered something else!
How about a tutorial on doing those cool looking color tint things you see in music videos. here are some examples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcRGO6ks57Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR4jFODEB_M
bwoogie
18 years ago
1. Animating Vector art (flourishes, arrows, and that stuff)
2. Man getting hit by a car - I've got the basic idea, though.
3. camera going through windows and holes in the wall etc.

those are all i can think of right now.
Ben
18 years ago
The Blue Planet tutorial is utterly amazing, I've been making the whole solar system to kill time lol, I've come acress one problem, I have no idea how to make the rings around Saturn! Also is there a way to link the infinite zoom tut to the blue planet tut so you zoom out to a rotating earth? That'd look sweet, I'm real new to After Effects so i can't even begin to figure it out (I've tried but it always looks 'wrong').
Animonster
18 years ago
Request

Make a 3D logo/ object

Export

Settings needed to bring into After Effects

Alpha/Luma mattes

(preferably C4D for the 3D but it really doesen't matter)
Robby Trione
18 years ago
What about a tutorial on how to use create cool motion graphics with real footage of ink? It would cool to be able to do stuff like Symphony in Red http://www.sehsucht.de/html/main_enter.html (you have to enter the website to see this video: no direct link) I'm not asking for you recreate this project, just wanted to give you an example of what I was talking about in case you didn't already know, but you probably knew before I even asked you to do this type of tutorial! How is that! Maybe you could do a tutorial on "internet mind reading". I just can't seem to rap my head around it.
Jens Mouritzen
18 years ago
Hi Andrew. I really hope that yuo will think about this! It would be great if you could make tutorial, where somone makes something hoovers in the air. Like when the Jedis, in the starwars movies do it.

It would be very nice!!! And i think that many others StarWars fans would be greatfull.

Thanks for your time to read this!
Alex
18 years ago
okay, last one I promise. It's just so promising...lol

This one is of bullet-time of him stopping a car come thru a window with glass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMiq-ppRBIo

Awesome bullet in bullet-time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WewQw0nZ97E
Alex
18 years ago
This one also at 1:54. Flight in slow-mo, zoom in, slow-mo and then sped up again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H1neC8WpIM
Alex
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Love the vids!, Got another one for ya. This one is from the CW show "Smallville". The effect starts at 1:04. Its of the main character taking flight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT7NutySc4Y
Joe
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Thanks for all the tutorials.. I was hoping to see something on web compression .. the videos playing on this site look great.. how did you achieve these results?
18 years ago
hey Andrew, big respect to what you're doing, you're the man, our whole year in Digital Design degree sais so. you're thi man.
take two:
i was wondering, just today i was working on my project, and i was filming with a small mini dv cam, and the footage was all interlaced right? and i was like "oh shit, now i'm #%&!ed" but i went to your site, because i saw your "deinterlacing tutorial", and you used that method with a horizontally lined image to mask out the ridges? but in your converting framerate tutorial, you speak of "interpret footage" function in ae, well, clicking the "upper field first" and "preserve edges" actually does the trick without a need to go through the line image method, that would be frustrating... so hoho and voila.. thanks for all the effort man.
Alfongj
18 years ago
Erm... Don't know if this has been posted alreayd... but how about a tutorial of making your own tutorials? xD

I'm sure many of your readers could contibute making their own, and even you could have in this same web a space dedicated for em.

Anyway I guess I'm exaggerating
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Please let us have a sin city tutorial, you know what I'm talking about, b/w scene with a one color (usually red). There are a couple of tutorials out there that touch on this, but none that are of the quality of videocopilot.net

Thanks,

Gerry GSG!!!!
Garrett
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, beastly tutorials. I have quite a few requests, and I hope you like them.

First of all, I was wondering if you could do a tutorial where it looks as if you are on a plane or at sea, or something like that.
I was also wondering about a tutorial that shows how to make large objects crash to the ground, such as a large meteor, some sort of air crash.... you get the point.

Thanks.
Kim Aleksander Strandli
18 years ago
Yo!
I would like to see a tutorial that teach us effects that are famous or used in movies, for example, if you've seen X-Men 2 (The Movie), Nightcrawler have a cool transport (the geek, right name: Bamf) effect, that is something I would like to create.

That's the only one I could think of now, though I know for sure that there is alot more I would like to learn, but I cant remember more than one at the time

But hey, If you use other programs, like 3D Studio Max, dont be afraid to use and post tutorials of those either

I really love your tutorials, you inspire me to do this stuff!
Greeting from Norway
Hamid
18 years ago
Hi Andrew ,
I'm from IRAN AND
I want to know that how do you match video & audio together in movie files (IN AFTER EFFECTS 7.PRO) .
i hope you understand what do i mean !
please let me (us) know how do you do that in AE as soon as possible.
thanks a LOT .
Ali
18 years ago
I would like to see a tutorial where the whole footage is panning and is in black and white, but there are a couple of objects in their original color (more then one color).
Jeremy
18 years ago
Hi Andrew, thanks so much for creating such a valuable resource (the site and the DVD's). I have purchased several of your products and they are all top notch and very well worth the money. So with that out of the way, here is my tutorial request:

How about some in-depth camera work? You touched on it a bit in your compositing DVD, but I want more! Like the real world tips and tricks for really controlling the camera. You talked about using the camera tools, but I've also seen some people parenting the camera to a null and animating that way. I think I'm starting to get the hang of it, but that's always my biggest hurdle. Maybe even take a real world example like a commercial or something and recreate the camera moves? Something to think about..

Thanks again..
Mahesh
18 years ago
Hi andrew . I am from India . VIDEOCOPILOT.NET is the best tutorial site i have ever seen


i request u to post tutorials on

1. slow shutter speed cameras in which light streaks are natural.
2. fast change in focus of camera in slow motion like the movie 300

3. more text effects for titling of movies


i request u to post these tutorials for the sake of ur fans......

and also plz give information on the forthcomming tutorials with a seperate section called "COMMING SOON" in ur website


and


ANDREW u really ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
18 years ago
I'd like to see some alternatives to using 8-bit effects in AE so I can keep my work in 16-bit.

Effects like Glow, and most of the CC effects are 8-bit which can cause banding, etc.

I'd also like to see more compositing tutorials. Those are the most valuable ones.

Great work on all your stuff.
Axel
18 years ago
Hi Andrew!..I am from sweden and I would like to see a tutorial how you can make a house blow up! that would be great!!

greetings from sweden!!
18 years ago
Thank you for all your tutorials I love them. With only using After Effects and doing post production for seven months now, I have found what I love. Thanks to you and the Cow, After Effects is my favorite program. I was thinking a tutorial with the 3D water effect and make a text title come out of the water and look and drip wet would be cool.
Bob Clarke
18 years ago
Just want to thank you for your site. So much knowledge in such a young man. I've learned a lot and thank you.
I'm fascinated with special effects and enjoy watching the making of a movie as much as the movie itself.
One that I thought was cool and maybe an idea for a tutorial was I Robot.
The way the CG robots interacted and walked among the people on the street was something else.
Multi layer compositing at its best. Give it a shot if you think it's doable. Thanks again, Bob
Joakim
18 years ago
Hi Andrew. I would like to see a tutorial on how to make the effect in the new Justin Timberlake video. You know the one with all the audiowaves that deforms his face. I think you can figure out a way to do it. Good luck with the new site, and thanks for all the great tutorials.
FanlY
18 years ago
Darren Says: Hey whats up Andrew before I make my sugesstion would just like to thank you for your time.. we all really cant thank you enough
.. anywayâ???¦ I was thinking if you did a tutorial on making a person morph.. for example.. Like sam is standing there
and then all of a sudden another one of him steps out of him and kinda looks at him LoL.. well hope you can get around
to it buddy.. Thanks

I think it's not that hard.Maybe you can ... ow well you still need greenscreen or a bunch of hours to mask yourself though but it can be done.You can do most of the job by camera.You just need to organize the scence well.

Hope that helps.
LovingApathy
18 years ago
I would absolutely love to see what your solution to an "old film / new film" combination would be.
A great example of this is here: http://www.glassworks.co.uk/search_archive/jobs/virgin_trains/

Im fascinated with the idea of combining new footage into existing films, and vice versa!!

Thanks
Allan
18 years ago
Hi, Andrew... Love your stuff, It's been very - and I do mean VERY - helpfull.
But now I'm making this fake exploitation trailer - grindhouse trailer - and
I need to know how to make some good looking yellow scratches etc.
In other words, the complete grindhouse look... I hope you'll help because
I just can't get it right... Thanks!


- Allan.
Koma
18 years ago
Hi Andrew! My sugesstion is if you could make some tutorials for compositing 3d characters into a real video(Dinosaur for example) and one tutorial about makeing cartoon effect with real people heads(Like southpark but with real heads) Thanks!
Darren
18 years ago
Hey whats up Andrew before I make my sugesstion would just like to thank you for your time.. we all really cant thank you enough
.. anyway... I was thinking if you did a tutorial on making a person morph.. for example.. Like sam is standing there
and then all of a sudden another one of him steps out of him and kinda looks at him LoL.. well hope you can get around
to it buddy.. Thanks

-Darren
Marcelo
18 years ago
Ok, I have a 360 shot, where my main charicter kill 3 diferent people, and I have to make the fire and smoke from the gun !!! I??´ve watched the tutorials you??´ve made with fire guns but there are not any movement and in my footage the fire guns are directly to camera. I??´m from argentina, excuse my english. Thank you very much, you have the most usefull tutorials i??´ve ever watched.
Iryna Tietje
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I would like to see a tutorials, how to turn cloudy day in a sunny pleasant one. Iryna
mac
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

i would like to see a "houseexplosion-Tutorial" with shattering windows an so on!

Go for it!

mac
Dave, Topeka, KS
18 years ago
"Put yourself into the Scene"

I'd love to see an example of compositing your own footage into an existing scene from a movie. Maybe putting yourself on a television screen in a movie watching the action, or standing in the crowd watching what is going on (ala gump).

"Earthquake"

Talent is walking along a road or in a field and there is an earthquake which opens up a fissure that the talent has to jump over.

"Big? No little!"

Compositing the talent into a room as if they have shrunk and allow them to interact with something (climb into a chair or couch maybe).

"I'm in a Cartoon!"

I know that doing the cartoon thing is out as too much work, however how about adding cartoon effects to a scene? Bump your head and get the stars... Show a lightbulb to indicate an idea... some of the type of effects they did to Michael Jordon when he was in looney toon land.

"I AM a cartoon!"

Posing the talent to take a still picture that can be used with the puppet tool. And then show how to use the puppet tool on them.
Pierce
18 years ago
I'd like to see how to clone yourself millions of times, like the Smith's from The Matrix.

Thanks,
-Pierce
Jack
18 years ago
Hey Andrew can you make a car explosion tutorial
FanlY
18 years ago
I think a charmed orbing video tutorial would be shocking for most of the fans of charmed.And it would be entertaining and educational too.
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I would like to see a tutorial on how you could make a pulse bomb type effect. Perhaps an EMP sort that causes a mass ripple to expand across the screen. Something simliar to what you might see in Star Wars, or Xmen. That would be freakin sweet!
18 years ago
How I add article to your blog?
zachary mccarthy
18 years ago
Hi one thing id really likes to see is how to blow up a building in adobe after effects like a house or somthing.
James
18 years ago
Hi andrew.
I have been thinking of making a intro to a podcast for a while and I've seen some really nice one likes from Systm (http://revision3.com/systm/workbench) So I was wondering if you could do a tutorial on making a nice entrance/theme like that.
-James
Ta Neil
18 years ago
I'm working on a logo for my company. I liked the metal text you use in you promo videos. How did you do that?
Ron
18 years ago
Hi andrew
my name is Ron and Im from israel, this is somthing I did in college 6 month ago
(I use premiere and photoshop) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j_jJgdt63E
I think you can do this much better in after affects. cloning maybe?
thank you very much.
Brendan
18 years ago
It would be good if you did a tutorial on composing REALISTIC explosions from detonationfilms.com
Another is a 3D muzzle flash (i have created one in ae using 2D muzzle flash pictures in a 3D space (like on computer games)
this would be good for matrix freeze-frame like effects.
18 years ago
hi andrew can you make a simple tutorial how to make a goot trailer?
Russell
18 years ago
Weather Effects
(particularly rain)

I would have to agree with many of these other enthusiasts: weather is
a must... Please? My lengthy online searches have turned up very
little useful information on the creation of effects such as rain. Most
sites simply refer the reader to a particle-generating plug-in, and even
then such weather effects can be difficult to achieve. Your tutorials are
arguably the best around, and I'm sure many of us would love to see
the ways in which you would choose to manipulate the weather! Thanks
for your consideration.
-Russell
satellitegml
18 years ago
tutorial integrating C4D, mograph module with AE
Walker
18 years ago
Is there any way to make arrows similar to the ones in 300 in after effects?
Elharess
18 years ago
I wanna see Predator's stealth tutorial
Maickel
18 years ago
ow.. thats right.. i just thought of another idea..
you talked alot about other "come in handy programs"
like itunes and adobe premier and how to use and set it up for AE
can u post me the links of those tutorials becouse i dont remember where i found those
and im updated to vista *cough*
so i lost like everything

I totaly agree with the fact riot gear and sound fx ROCK.. bought both of them
to bad with movie essentials it goes more pro..
you have to record in a studio to perform me in a driving car...
Maickel
18 years ago
hi andrew, i love the way how you talk your way into a tutorial like the zombie one... bring chips and some cheese dippers or something becouse you dont want to be the snack.. AWESOME

anyway this is a tutorial request so ill request one for ya
i play alot of games... battlefield lately..
but i want to bring it back to after effects so i can create a movie with it
now i want to do something with the faces you can capture in game (bf recorder/fraps) and turn it arround like words in the ink letter tutorial?
or would it be possible to make a flat image into a 3d or something just bring in any ideas or games with faces
also can u make a tutorial about the riot gear promo the were you see inktspots and inkdrops ( i have a realy hard time with those )
can i ask more? grait.. like you anyway,

is it possible to record an ingame video and morph it to a real movie.. like u did on zooming on earth the one with the fishing string to space?
but u use all footage is it possible to do it 50/50? half game half movie?
BTW
i can blame you for not having my sleep for 2 days now... i just like the program and ur one of a kind that explaines it clearly ( ok a little fast ,but its not TOO fast,
ACTUALLY I have to pauze the tut every second becouse you press in that second 10 buttons... LOL

but anywayz ur my only understandible AE tut master *hail the king*
so an answer would be a grait start
JT
18 years ago
Video controlled by audio .....

http://oscarvideo.free.fr/remap_ar.mov

How can i do that?
David
18 years ago
Hi Andrew and others

What i like to see for a toturial is how to make this;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25eWFSrgcSE

Really nice effect that has lots of opportunities.
Alex
18 years ago
Found a link to the vid. I'm not the best at explaining things..lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFHp4dxRjkA

Starts at 50 secs into the video..
Alex
18 years ago
Hey Andrew!

Just got my package in the mail. Awesome delivery time!. working on those.

I just saw an episode from that show "How I met your mom" and in it, one of the guys "Doogie Howser" as I remember him has this memory sequence that uses a "Dirty Dancing" scene and they put his face on Patrick Swayze's face. Needless to say it was hilarious and I would love to see a vid on that. Keep up the awesome work!. Love your site and tuts!. I definitely will be buying more soon!.
Disfunktion
18 years ago
Hi Andrew

For the past 4 months i have been looking for a tutorial to create the night crawler bamf effect (seen on X-MEN) I really need a tutorial please could you make one or give me a link for one.

Cheeers
Dis
DeeLan
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Can you show us how to this was comped using particular. It rain drops falling in slow motion as the camera is point up at a girl.

THE VIDEO
http://trapcode.com/gallery/polar2007_h.mov

CASE STUDY
http://www.studiodaily.com/main/technique/casestudies/8355.html

A 1000 humble thanks

Dee
Rumour
18 years ago
Love the site!

Tutorial Idea: A pane of glass in front of actors, with reflective qualities of the scene behind 'camera', that shatters or gets riddled by bullet hits, with accompanying camera shake/gun turbulence.

(I thought this could help low-budget filmmakers get around the problems of squibs/blanks/safety permits, having to buy expensive sugar glass, AND the obvious time-consuming setup of such on-set FX.)

An add'l quirk of glass, depending on its thickness, is the way color slightly prisms the edges of an image seen through it, like when looking into a rear-view mirror (I know, that's a mirror, but like i said, depending on thickness, all glass has some obscurative effect).

Thanks for all your hard, generous work on the site...
Dom
18 years ago
Hey,

I??´d really like to see more motion graphics stuff. this whole MTV / grungy- looking stuff you see on tv all day

for example I??´d like to know how you do these grungy looking strokes flying around in 3d space, often followed with the camera.
sorry for my bad explanation, i can??´t find an example right know. but I??´m sure you know what i mean...

thanks for the inspiration so far

dom
Mason
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

One tutorial I have been waiting on is how to create a "working" DVD menu with background animations and linking animations... I'm not sure how to make the titles acctually WORK when you slect and click on them so a tutorial on that wpould be great... Even if you have to use another program like Encore!

ALSO

a tutorial on how to do in video transition effects from one clip to the next!

AND FINALLY

a tutorial on how to do an underwater/bubble effect as this would be REALLY helpfull for a project I have planned... Its a bit like what is seen near the end of this video http://youtube.com/watch?v=EtMYy070Uvc&mode=related&search= with the water and bubbles slowly rising! This is a tutorial I would LOVE to be done and I'm sure many others would like this aswell!

Cheers
Mason
Joe
18 years ago
A tutorial on de-interlacing HDV 2 footage 1080i.

Your the man!
Rober
18 years ago
hi andrew, did you have any tutorials such a wire rig removal, or removing some stuff of the plate that you dont want,
if you have of this or some link, i will appreciate you, thanks, and thanks too for the excellent site fully of awesome tutorials
Helge
18 years ago
Man, you have to let us know how you fake getting hit by a car. YOU HAVE TO!! It's so awesome, and I need it sooo bad!!!
Helge
18 years ago
Hi Andrew!

Im a big fan of explosions! I found some cool stock footage at demolitionfilms.com, check it out!
I would reeeaaally like a tut on blowing up houses! Like a nuke or something goes off in a little town and blows up a house or fifthy!
Tim
18 years ago
Hey Andrew!

I was wondering, your demon video looks great, but, if you have seen the ring, or the messengers, they create an effect with there monsters/ghosts, there body moves in a jerky way, they said something about record at 8 frames/sec. But i'm not sure, i was wondering if you knew how to creat that effect?
Alez
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

If u could make tutorial on how to make human torch effect kind of what u see in fantastic four http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OtWnNaMORk&mode=related&search=
b0b
18 years ago
a typography animation tutorial

like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o1U4o1bc2k
Max Barreto
18 years ago
Hie Andrew, I am a French director, I actually work on a new movie.
And I would need a, I think, a very useful tutorial:
An effect of blur foreground background very classic, exemple:
2 man are in a room, 1 at the foreground, and the other on the background, the camera want to focus on the first one(foreground) so the second man is in blur/the camera want to focus on the second one(background) so the first man at the foreground is in blur.

thanks for the consideration.

Max Barreto
Vitun
18 years ago
hi andrew...

Can i hav d tutorial on advance clonning in after effects like ( overlaping n touching eachother).... plz

me out .......... I m sure it will goin to help everybody .......thnx
Scott Middleton
18 years ago
Hi again

Could you please do a tutorial on how to blow up an object (car building etc) with debris thanks
Stone
18 years ago
Hi andrew, you can do a tutorial to do some effects for internet like websites xD


18 years ago
Blow up a live action building!
Roscoe
18 years ago
^^ One step further on that clone idea would be how to match motion on cloning with a moving shot. That would be sweet!
Toroto
18 years ago
Hey Andrew

I was wondering if you could make a nice tutorial for the stargate effect?
You know when they dial and the effect comes the blueish
That would be very nice Anyways good job
DaMasteRZ
18 years ago
I think a tutorial on cloning oneself in After Effects would be useful and fun. I can do a basic clone of myself but then having direct-interaction with my other self just stumps me!!, how can I for instance pass myself something!!. I think would be a good tutorial, thanx.
Homer
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, could you please do a tutorial on having the "constant brightness effect (i dont know how else to put it)" as seen in the movies Man on Fire and Domino.

Also, can you please do one on showing someone go through or come out of a tv some how?

Thanks a lot!!
ian T hammer
18 years ago
A good ye olde "fake your own ufo" tut would be fun >*
TGX
18 years ago
Hi, I??´d love to learn a good technique for creating those cool distant-light-dots that you see in movies like Collateral, and make??´em look really good. A tutorial on that would be great!
Keenan V
18 years ago
One more tutorial that I forgot to mention before. One of the greatest intro I've seen for a production company is the Marvel one. It just gets the blood boiling. If you haven't seen it, the best one is from Spider-Man: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z0ShIVDsZhY
This would be a sick tutorial, thanks.
David
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

It would be great to see a tutorial on making galaxies and nebulaes in AE.
David Murphy
18 years ago
I'd like to know how to get numbers to scroll up. So like I set a keyframe with the text showing 0 (zero) then set another frame with the text saying 100 and the in between frames will go up through the numbers.

I'm sure it's simple...
Devon
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, hope all is well. I would love to see a tutorial on how to make objects grow. Its a very popular fx on tv these days, where vector art grows like vines on the screen. A good example would be http://www.gafmediastudio.com/#/EN/accueil/ the way the vines grow off the text.
18 years ago
One more thing Andrew, A book opens and a cardboard pop up appears
in the middle of the book.(remember when you were a kid and these books were great fun). How can I do this so when the book open, up pops the cut out of a castle, magic garden or what ever and then the camera zooms down to have a closer look at the pop up but takes you into that scene of the video. At the end of the scene camera pulls back to reveal the book with cut out then page turns to reveal next cardboard cut out of a different item in the video and same happens again.
Hope you can understand what mean.
Keep up the fantastic work.
Lynton.
18 years ago
Hi Andrew, I'm looking for some inspiring effects for weddings.
I've attempted to make a slow-mo of confetti falling on and around the bride. The confetti is real and in color while everything else is sepia, didn't work as well as I liked but most clients love it.
Other ideas would be great if you could pass them on.

Cheers.
Lynton
Tim Buelna
18 years ago
How about a wire removal tutorial. I know After Effects isn't the first program one would think of when it comes to wire removal, but it would be nice to see how good it could look. Something simialr to the Justin Timberlake video "Cry Me A River". Do a search on youtube if you don't know what I'm talking about.
18 years ago
Hi,
Andrew, I want the Particular tutorial on
1. TrackingMotion/MotionTracking in after effects its a very confusing topic please if you know any link or source of tutorial please provide me and
2. Please provide me the information/Tutorial/link of "Wire Removal" techniques through AfterEffects and
3. Rotoscope through AfterEffects
Thanks!
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, your tutorials are really just amazing but what I enjoy about them in particular is the way that you're able to communicate to the average Joe on the what's what. Anyway, few projects of my own that I'm working on that I could use a tutorial on.

- The coolest thing and next level in your light streaks tutorials would be to actually incorporate them with an object...like an iPod. So basically some type of a rotoscoping mixed lightstreak, mixed with that creative cow ad that you have, where it's somewhat of a cube that the camera moves around. So basically, something exactly like the iPod nano commercial.

- Another awesome thing, that's somewhat basic, but I'm still having trouble with are those title effects from the Call of Duty trailers preferably the newer ones, where the text is textured and has that cool dissolve type outro.

- One last thing that is for a school project I'm planning to make for Remembrance day (just a note that this will be pretty insane) are two things. First, have you seen Enemy at the Gates? Cause at the beginning there's this pretty badass world map with a voice over, and it's more of an animated globe with expanding territory of the Nazis (while it's spinning mind you). The second is the insanity factor. What I wanted to do was zoom out from a certain area, (London) like in your earth zoom tutorial, turn a globe and zoom into Normandy where visually landing crafts will be shown slowly approaching the beaches while a storm-like sequence occurs. Pretty hard but that would be wicked.

Thanks.
Andre C.
18 years ago
Hi, Andrew, I'd like to know how to finish my work, i dont know which codec to use and what is the best type of file to use. Im working with a 10mb per 1sec =/ on AVI ! I dont want to lose quality, but i dont need huge files to work on.
Thanks !
Jack
18 years ago
Is it posible to do somthing like this...not the really complex things but basic movement- http://www.sixteentwenty.tv/movies/qt_kkbb.html
Krishna Mehta
18 years ago
dear ,
can you teach me how to create galaxy ..you know i m too confuse bout that i try it lot with tools but i faild
and ya how mannage many layer in one comp or i have too make diff diff comp for all layers ? but after that how i marge all
comp in one clip ? i m new with adobe and learn by you and allwayes try somethin diff but at the moment am stuck..
so please help me ....
Krishna Mehta
Craig P
18 years ago
hey i would really like to see a tutorial of how to make dirt-plosions or bullets hit off the ground using only the plug-ins inside after effets if possible
18 years ago
i think a rendering/exporting tutorial would be helpful, i say this because i tryed the suicide tutorial when i play it back in after effects (im using 6.5) the masking matte works but when exporting the face matte is non-existant, there is just my face making the most unconvincing death face because i think its been masked out, a tutorial or just some help would be cool.
Mark
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Thanks for the great tutorials. I really enjoy your humor. Maybe some standup comedy in your future?

Tutorial Idea:

I would like to know how to make great looking flash movies like the ones you have posted on your site. Do you have a secret recipe or special software?

PS I just bought RIOT GEAR and have already used it on a project. Great product!

Thanks in advance.
antonio
18 years ago
is there any way to create the famous matrix bullet time effect, where the camera goes around Neo on the roof
Bo
18 years ago
Hey andrew,

I am from Belgium(if you even know that country :p) and i make amateur world war2 movies.
since i have adobe after effects and the action movie essentals i make nice films my only problem are actors.
So i thought to copy a group of germans for example(like the did wit the orks in The lord of the rings)
However i dont know how to do it, i think it is possible with after effects...
It would be very nice if you learned me and other people that it is always usefull in action movies.
Thanks fo reading


PS: sorry for my bad english, i am 16 and Belgium lol
Just Amit
18 years ago
Hey. love the great tutorials, im not very god with expressions so i try to stay away, but the more i get in to it the more i find its necessary in todays editing standards. could you please do a brief one on the basics of using after effects expressions? thanks!
hola
18 years ago
tutorial please of formats mov and Quit Time as is the diferencia and because the tutorials the save in Quit Time and if you compress the videos
Clark
18 years ago
sorry for my english
Clark
18 years ago
Hi guys! Could you tell me where can I get voice for lightsaber? Thank's
18 years ago
Hi Andrew, first i want to thank you, because thanks to your tutorials i've been learning a lot of thing about After Effects. Second, i have a few request, can you teach us how to meke a video were can we manipulate fire or water with our hands or any other part of the body, like human torch?, or manipulate our selfs, i mean stretch our arms like mr. fantastic? and the last one, in youtebe i watched this video were a a guy move his head and his face was changing while he was was rotating?. That's all, sorry about my english, im working hard on this...See U next time...
Warren
18 years ago
Hello Andrew,

First of all I think you rock! I've learned quit a bit from checking out your tutorials. Here is something I think would be cool to do..Create Stereograms/Anaglyphs 3D video (you know like 3D you see with the red and blue filter glasses). Can this technique be achieved in AE?

Thanks bro
18 years ago
id love to see a tutorial on some sweet camera movements and tips on making them good
another one that be cool is a guy on fire
maybe one where like a baseball hits the camera and theres a big crack in the camera and the imagesa becomes warped due to that
anyway andrew i cant tell you how helppful youve been
keep it up
(ps compared to you tutorials others stink there soooo boring you make em exciting)
18 years ago
Hi there,
first of all I would like to thank u for the great lessons you are giving us all...it's sort of the master and the pupils back in the old age...Secondly I better apologize for my ortography mistakes and misswritten english even before I start writing. I'm italian, u get the idea straight away.
Well, here's my huge question, actually is getting more like an obsession lately since I'm hussling everybody I know who deals with computers...a n y w a y...Is it possible to create a 3d soap bubble with AE or am I a vane dreamer? See-throu stuff makes me happy.
Thnkx indeed, love your work. If you guys ever need an assistant who cooks great drop me a line.
See ya,
Annulla
18 years ago
Hey,

I think a really good idea would be creating a watercolor spread effect. Like a watercolor droplet expanding out. You could then use this as a mask for underlying footage. A really nice example of this is http://www.nailgun.tv/html/storyboard/sb50d.html

Awesome work on the tutorials front.

Paul
Dejan S
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, this is not a tutorial idea, but more of a idea for a new dvd.

I think you should make an elements dvd. KInda like something the has presets for lightning, simulated water and simulated wind-like effects. Maybe a rain or snow preset or any other nature-like effects that can be used in post. I know you have the Real-clouds out there, but what about everything else.

Luv your tutorials by the way, I'd luv to see like a master composting tutorial. Like keying, particles (Rain, Snow, Hail, Etc) Replacing foregrounds and backgrounds with other elements or making something like a war scene.

Cheers
18 years ago
this is what i mean about it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hozCKWDOk9c it is along them lines...you know the virgin train advert.
18 years ago
i have this cool idea, i dont know if you are onto making a tutorial for it, but it will be a cool tutorial. basically what if you can design someone travel through time like. for example, like someone stuck in a black and white tv program whereby they pretend to communicate with the characters???? please email me back if you think its a cool idea. i have been thinking of doing it, but i dont know how to start off. thanx man! you are the best, hey just to mention this, adobe needs to give you free softwares for all your help!
Hao
18 years ago
Hello, Andrew.I am from China!
I love all the free tutorials.They are very helpful!
However , there is a big problem.
I can watch the videos from 1st to 22nd tutorials.
After 23rd ,I can only open the page,but I can not
watch the videos.What is the problem?Can you help me?
Looking forwards for your reply!Thank you!
Ernie
18 years ago
hey a tutorial on this would be cool and enless with creativity Andrew

chek out this video on time 6:25
its cool so please make it a future free tutorial Andrew thanx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbp2cLfz8rU
We see in countless action films, buildings/houses exploding. Is there any was to make this look real in AE?
Simon
18 years ago
Hi, Andrew. I'd like to see a tutorial of the movement of a flag is it possible?
Thanks

Simon
Hey Andrew,

How about a tutorial on how to get one sphere inside the other. I don't mean using blending modes to get that effect, I mean in 3d space. Something like an egg that cracks open and there's something inside. The outside of the egg would be in front of the object inside, but the object inside would be in front of the inside of the egg towards the back. I don't know if this makes sense.
18 years ago
I would love, and think it would be helpful to many, to see a tutorial on a map fly-over. Using a camera to fly over a high res map to different areas and such.
18 years ago
Hello, Thank you for all that you make. Is it possible to make us a tutorial on " the human torch " of the film 4 FANTASTIC?? (Sorry for my English, I'm French!)
Dave, Topeka, KS
18 years ago
One question I see pop up here and there is how to create a seemless loop. Usually from something that doesn't always lend itself to looping.

How about a podcast on how to plan for and create seemless loops. Using some samples from Particle Illusion and other plugins would be great.
18 years ago
MAYBE USE SOME OF THE INK BLOTS/INK FLOWS FROM RIOT GEAR FOR IT??? SOME DUDE ON YOUTUBE DID SOMETHING SIMILAR USING A PARTICLE PLUGIN.
18 years ago
ANY CHANCE WE COULD GET A TUTORIAL ON MAKING BLOOD SPURTS LIKE IN "300?" IT'S MORE OF A STYLIZED KIND OF BLOOD RATHER THAN REALISTIC.
Hans
18 years ago
Hi Andrew i'm for Matrix effects too. (like slowed bullets and wall running) Pls.
18 years ago
hi andrew can you do any tutorial about harry potters magic? do it if you can!
Dave, Topeka, KS
18 years ago
I'd love to see more stuff on titles. Also, I loved your tutorial on 3D composition basics.

I'd love to see some more tutorials on using 2D elements in a 3D comp. Perhaps something with 2D halloween artowrk?
Caio
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, i've seen tooVISIBILITY many people using IN CLOAK in videos using green cloaks and keying it in after effects. I tried but it wasn't good. i think it would be a great tutorial for videocopilot!
18 years ago
I would like to see see 2. More motion graphics than VFX, though I LOVE the VFX stuff you have been putting together.

1) Would be how to do something like the DVD menu titles for the movie SEE NO EVIL crap movie, but cool titles.

2) Creating 3D environments that a camera travels through with a scene transition and how to work green screened talent into it.

Thanks
Vitun Sharma
18 years ago
Hi Andrew

I would lik to knw d technique behind touching n overlaping clones .... i hav been workin hard on dis ...... but
unable to crack..... plz help me out .... thnx a lot
jeffro
18 years ago
never mind about that sprint commercial, found out how: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfefTRDY4sc
Han
18 years ago
i was wondering if you could make a tutorial like the lightsaber one.. but this time a sword because you can only use lightsabers if you are going to do a star wars thing.. but just swords have more uses all around...
jeffro
18 years ago
i've been seeing these Sprint commercials with the light streaks, just wondering if you have any knowledge on how those were produced. It seems similar to the light streaks tutorial you have.

Also, how about a color correcting or color adjusting tutorial. Something akin to CSI: Miami... i watch that show just becuase of the colors they produce! Would love to know how to get something like that in my own footage.
Rap cat
18 years ago
Expressions, I am looking to learn more about expressions. What kinds are there, how do you figure out what works with what, ect. A lot of tutorials that I have seen see on this site and others use them but do not go in depth of why they do what they do and how they figured it out. It almost seems like expressions are a whole other part of after effects, sort of like action script in flash. The only difference is flash seems like they want to help people figure out action script and there are ton of tutorials and books just on action script. I see that after effects expression are somewhat like action script but it seems likes itâ??????s such a hidden application inside of an application and I think myself and many others would gain a lot from really learning how to use them instead of â?????just do thisâ??? and it will work.
Can you help (future DVD?) or send me to the right place that can help me really understand what expressions do what, and how they do it.
Expression slaughter
Other than that, you are doing a great job and I will gladly continue to give you my money 
Holla
Ben

Ah yes, One last thing. I understand your tutorials on this site are free but I was wondering how much it would cost for you to throw them on a DVD?
J.Wong
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

How to make a cool effect using trapcode particular plugin?

Thanks
J.
Merlijn van Veen
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Could you shed some light on the best way (integral movies or sequences and which codec for example) to deliver your fx shots to different NLE's , without the use of for example Automatic Duck or Adobe's dynamic link. And in the meantime maintain imagequality and reasonable file sizes.

Kind regards and thanks in advance!


Merlijn van Veen
Chuot
18 years ago
I'm looking for a tutorial like A BUG RUNNING UNDER UNDER SKIN.

You can see this effect in "The Mummy", "Constantine", "Elektra"...

I've tried to make this vfx but the skin in the displacement area alway blur/stretch.

Thank you very much!
Mr H
18 years ago
I recently saw the series on ABC Family called "Fallen" where they had flaming swords. (best example found on youtube below) Very slick! Was wondering the best approach on doing fire period.

Thanks in advance!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Sq5MxPcpbaM&mode=related&search=
David Murphy
18 years ago
I'd like to see something about adding light rays that shine through trees and flicker on and off as leaves pass over the sun in a video that doesn't have them. I've seen it done and short of rotoscoping a whole lot I can't figure it out.
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I would like to know how: the glass of the television break into little tiny bits. Example a ball is going right to the camera and hits the lens...

nice right!
18 years ago
Hey can you do a tutorial on how they make people walk spooky like they did in "The Ring", The messangers" and
the lastest Mecury car commerical? Is that possible?
Jonathan Kaplan
18 years ago
I'm interested in learning how to put a person in an environment with 2D illustrations and animated elements growing around them - like the series of Microsoft commercials by http://www.stardust.tv.
18 years ago
Heya Andrew ,

i would like to see some tutorials of you dealing with the combination of different techniques, which are used in actual commercials, films and video-clips. Obviously the 3D- and 2D-World are more and more merging, rotoscoping techniques meet dynamic motion synthesis paired with 3D animatations meeting "real video footage" etc.

Though there is already a lot to find in the web about each of those workflows, most of that information can't keep up with your tutorials.
Advanced Sky Replacement and Demon Face Warp (thx to Action Star Sam for being such a cool model ) for example are simply brilliant and i always watch your new and awesome tuts. So i think it is the way you explain stuff, what arrests my attention whilst watching your clips and so i hope you "explain" some "leading industry techniques" in your way . Keep up your awesome work!

Kisses BC
Helge
18 years ago
Hey Andrew!
I just saw this cool video where a guy "erases" away a guys skateboard!
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=14697288

If you know how they did it, it would make a great tutorial!
18 years ago
Hey Andrew.

Thats me Tobi, free-lance Cameraman & Editor from Hamburg, Germany. I found your Website by surching Google for some After Effects-Turorials.
You do a great Job.
My question: how can I create an impressive movie-opener?
Or some great Trainer with footage? Do you know what I mean?
I am waiting for your answer.

sincerely yours


Tobi
Kyran
18 years ago
hi andrew

can you please put a fairly simple teleporting tutorial on.

cheers
ashim
18 years ago
how about using trapcode to make a metor crushing on an object a car or person, is that possible
18 years ago
Hi,

How about a tutorial on simulating light wrap without a plugin?

Thanks.
Rob
18 years ago
hi andrew, love your tutorials..i would love to see a tutorial on how to make a guy take off from the ground and fly around in after effects.

thanks
Rob
Joe Calardo
18 years ago
I would love to see a tutorial on how to do the matrix bullet dodging effect. The one where Neo is dodging bullets that are rippling through the air.
Thanks for the Help!
18 years ago
How can you get this effect in AfterEffects?

-> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2MsDogV4g4
18 years ago
hi andrew, whats about a simulation with rain or snow? i??´m working long time for such, but i don??´t get it. do i need the particular from trapcode, or can i do it with "CC particle World" or "CC Particle systems"?

thanks for all!

ps: i love your jokes!
18 years ago
How about a fairly easy way to make a person walk through and solid object. Door, wall, etc. but not from a side view like the traditional way, I mean like the person coming straight at the camera. Like they walk through a door, you see them and then they come toward the camera. I'm doing this with a hurricane fence for one of my movies but it's alot of work, and I wanted to see if you had and eaiser way.
JB
18 years ago
here's a big list of some of the most common things i see people asking for... and i think any of them would be great. i know some of these require other programs or plugins. could you at least mention the items that are beyond the realistic scope of a 10-20min tutorial in AECS3? or suggest programs for the more difficult suggestions?

cloaking/invisibility
phasing through solid objects/walls
cracking glass and/or freezing water
breaking glass
motion trails
morphing
spent ammo casings
interacting clones
interacting with time-frozen objects
interacting with cg objects
weather effects
creating, manipulating, and interacting with fire, liquid, wind, particles, burning/melting, etc. basically super powers
car vs man - 1 of each winning
infinite zoom in/out (even to the microscopic level like getting a virus?)
video wall
growth and evolution? (right now my skills only allow for creationism)
Jose
18 years ago
I just saw this cool behind the scenes of a BMW commercial at the Trapcode website.

http://www.trapcode.com/gallery/web_BMW_Precipice_Breakdown.mov
http://www.trapcode.com/gallery/web_BMW_Precipice_Final.mov

Full article here:
http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/7306.html

Asside from the final 3d image, and the heavy rotoscoping, I think the "day for stormy afternoon" look is very doable. It has skyreplacement (which you've done so well in your tutorials), and they use Particular for the rain, But the thing that gets me is how to acheave that color correction.

I tried to match the look, using their footage as source and reference (check links above), but have been unable to get even close to those hard shadows that trully sell the stormy afternoon.

Thanks
`ChaRLeS x
18 years ago
i really want to see a tutorial with the entire creation of a tv comercial or some....how to use transitions, how to move from one thing to another with camera moves....make a video wall and with the camera ,move around it.
Ellius
18 years ago
i saw transformers today and was wondering if there was any possible way of creating a transformer, using pictures of the different stages like the earth zoom thing or 3d or something..... i dont really know, but it would be great to know how, chroma keying would be great too.


thanks!!!
Kay
18 years ago
Andrew, Your tutorials rocks.. By the way i'm watching your tutorials all the way from London and i've also bought all your products. They are GGrrrrrrrreaaaaat!
Can i make a small request for a turorial to help clarify how cloning is best done in Ae. I want to create a freestyle music video where the subject will be versing itself with the help of cloning. The seen will end with one shooting the other in the end.
I've seen some good ones in Youtube but the weren't that clear - but your tutorials helped solve many of my projects.

I am sure you will consider my request.

I wait in anticipation and thank you in advance.

By the way i'm looking forward to Riot Gear II.
18 years ago
I was wondering if you could make another AAE CS3 Basics vid but, can u get like really in depth with the video tutorial and explain it very throughly.
I would gratly appreciate it!
delali
18 years ago
ummm! kip up the good work!
18 years ago
hey, i was thinking, could you do a tutorial of a sequence where there
is sum martial arts kick and someone goes flying through a window.
thanks again for the tutorials, they are great.
Ellius
18 years ago
i forgot one thing: yesterday i saw a video on youtube that was made to look like sin city, it also had this great rain effect that looked exactly like the film's one, he said he did it with after effects but the plugin was missing, i wonder if you could do a tutorial that doesnt need a plugin...

the video can be found here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9o5oBsvaYo

thanks again for the tutorials!!!!!
chris callow
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I was thinking you could do a tutorial based on some cool flashy transistions like they use in the Saw movies. Im always trying to replicate that real fast editing thing they do when they show quick montages of horror
or in flash backs but can never seem to pull it off.
Cheers dude
Chloe W
18 years ago
Pop! Can you do some scary 3D movies with 3D Glasses

Pleeeeeeeeese! PRETTY PWEESZ
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,
Since you are a Master of Compositing (MC), in after effects is it possible to simulate a dust devil or tornado plus rising and disapating and make it swirl and appear to be in 3D perhaps to be used with text ripping by. or other applications. anyway, making a dust devil in AE has me stumped.
Maximiliano
18 years ago
Hello Mr. Kramer here is another idea:

Here in Chile we got a commertial of cookies that has a really good effect of disapearing hair
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5A8w5De_44&mode=related&search=

That's all, thank you very much
ripaaa
18 years ago
I would really like to know how to make "James Bond" intro with that GunBarrle and blood. Where that man goes and shoots. Would it be posible to make with AE ????
DW
18 years ago
I'd love to see a tutorial on making people or objects appear "cloaked" or semi invisible similar to the creature in the movie predator. Simply keyframing opacity isn't the same thing as seeing light displaced around a person giving them the illusion of being cloaked. Any ideas on how to do this?
Hans
18 years ago
Since someone brought up 300 I thought I would mention that the HD version of the DVD is well worth the money. It is one of the first DVDs to actually take advantage of HD for the extras. One of the things that they do is have a commentary track that has the movie playing on the screen along with a picture in picture of the movie with no effects playing simultaneously with the commentary talking about how the effects were done.

I really need to learn more about how DVDs are organized because it would be neat to pull some of the blue screen footage out and use it with after effects.
Karlo
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,
here are some of my requests:
1) When I've been watching HP:Order Of The Phoenix in the cinema, I was stunned by the scene on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqmj_-mE2Gk (00:50) - glass bursting - so it will be cool to see how that can be done.
2) How to make both fake flame and explosion.
3) Also, how to make beams (or whatever do they call it) which can be seen on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsv1NTepYzY (00:27 and after)
I like you tutorials, and I especially like the two about light sabers. They helped my a lot when I was doing my project 4 school.
Helge
18 years ago
Hey Andrew

I have the ultimate tutorial request!
GHOSTS! Here is what i mean:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuJ6v_mnxII
It's my favorite commercial of all time, hope you'll think about it
Ellius
18 years ago
i have been doing after effects for a while and LOVE your tutorials, i have learnt nearly everything i know from them, thanks!
i have tried nearly every one of them but there are a few that i would like to see:
300-style orange colour look

black and white with some colour on particular things like in sin city (i tried it but it wasnt great)

in some ads you see people walking round with tags with words above their heads

bullet time

and particles

ok i can breathe again!

thanks againfor the tutorials!!!!!
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, I like ur tutorials but i would like u 2 create tutorial on BACKGROUND replacement
Hope 2 c it sooooooooooooon
Marty
18 years ago
HEY ANDREW,
i JUST WATCHED AN EPISODE OF SCIFI CHANNELS ''EUREKA'' AND THOUGHT THE INTRO TO THE SHOW WOULD MAKE A GREAT TUTORIAL. WHAT DO YA THINK?
James
18 years ago
Hey.
I'd love to see how to do the Stargate Wormhole opening effect in After Effects
SEQUOIA ©
18 years ago
How can we make an ASCII video from an original video footage?
The easiest way?
elad
18 years ago
IDEA!!!
GOTTA MAKE IT- Andrew!!!! :]

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How to make an Effects of a Television Shuts Down. That short blink
And How to make Distorion-like in the TV's reception...[=snow].

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elad
18 years ago
Hi Andrew! :]
My suggestions for tutorials Are:

1.Making all these "motion Decorations"....the "plant\leaves-like" decorations that evolve..... like in here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrAPmo0d4nQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scTQlU9Jj4I

and basically-just an eye-candy decorations like u see throughout the 1st video :]


2.To create a table of still picture frames, and made a video clip-built in with them. all with camera movement
like in beginning of this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhRO6H0-4Xo&mode=related&search=
just without the cheesy leaves :]

3.Creating a 3D world made out of 2D+ With a person...... like in the video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTNoLcPqd4U
or maybe making some cool stuff like in this entire vid? :]

4.MASTERING the GREEN SCREEN!
how to shoot right, without getting green color bleeding on the edges of a person...
and how to get rid of those efficiently ... in post.


THANX! :]
Eric
18 years ago
I would LOVE to see a tutorial on someone getting hit by a car! that would be SaaWEEEEET! Would love to see more of those action hit by car slash broken glass slash horror knife cuts slash oh my god gonna pee my pants slash oh wait I already did effects like that around here to spice things up! That'd be tight.

- E-Rock!
Dboy
18 years ago
Hey Andrew - amazing work you're doing here. Just awesome. Couple of ideas:
1. 3D motion tracking/stabilizing. You showed 2D in the Face Warp tut, but is it possible to do 3D so the face warps stays with the character as he moves?

2. Have you ever seen in movies (I saw it in a commercial too) when we see a car smash into another car, but we see it from the perspective of the interior of the one that gets hit? Hope that makes sense. It really jars you when it comes out of nowhere.

3. Someone mentioned it before, but how to have someone get struck by a vehicle like in one of your promo vids.

4. Particle FX. I have no idea how to work with particles.
Thanks and keep up the great work.
Daniel Reynoldsd
18 years ago
Turning some one to sand! That would be sweet!
18 years ago
Hello Andrew!
I realy want a tutorial that shows us how to make a modern logo.
I have a few examples down here but I don't know how to make such logos, please help!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY6TSvxbGEU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sCgeuzabQc

Alternative:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg1ptoNJZmI&mode=related&search=
Dan Stijovic
18 years ago
Hey there, I too saw this link a while back and wanted to know how to actually achieve an effect like this..

http://trapcode.com/gallery/web_BMW_Precipice_Breakdown.mov

If not something like this, how about some copositing like this???

Thanks again.. LUV all your tutorials,,
18 years ago
I don't know if you have scene the 1999 version of House On Haunted Hill? But there is a really nice effect where the ghost shakes his head. What I heard was it was shot with a high speed camera and the footage was slowed down. Is there a way to do this in AF or am I screwed and need a high speed camera?
18 years ago
I saw Stranger Than Fiction recently and really liked the animated "numbers" thing. If you haven't seen the film, the main character is kind of obsessive about numbers, distances, times and so on - when he's thinking, he sees numbers defining the world around him (here's a link: http://www.mk12.com/video-popup.html?video=/v5_quicktime/2007/stf_endtitles.mov&title=STRANGER%20THAN%20FICTION&date=&info=2007&type=client - click on "View two"). It'd be interesting to know how to go about doing something like this - seems to involve loads of layers, so presumably a lot of it could be automated with expressions or scripts or something. It'd be ace if you could do a tutorial on how to do stuff like this - I especially like the bouncy unfolding effect, the way everything pops up like sped-up mushrooms.
18 years ago
How about advanced compositing
John Morton
18 years ago
I'd love to see a tutorial explaining how to use After Effects CS3
to remove 3:2 pulldown from a Canon HV20 24f .m2t video clip.
Thanks.

JM
Elson Júnior
18 years ago
In the Minority Report with Tom Cruise we can see a large use of VFX.
One of them that I like to suggest: the sound wave weapon effect, at the car assembly factory and the virtual PRECOG computer. Thanks!
Elson Júnior
18 years ago
Hi Andrew! In the tutorial number 12 you did a simple intro, but causes an amazing impact. Can you teach us?
Thank you. Regards!
Phil
18 years ago
or like thoose: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tc1i8b0VoY
Phil
18 years ago
How can I make wand effects like thoose?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-Qm27bhaYw&mode=related&search=
Craig Woolhouse
18 years ago
Definatly some tuts like the can of pop and marlboro packet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtMYy070Uvc&mode=related&search=

I work in AE everyday producing adverts for local businesses and this kind stuff would make my job more fun. Allthough I do love all the grungy type effects you produce, I would like to see more clean type product advertisment style tutorials.

Hope your reading this one

Take care, Craig
Ant
18 years ago
I would love to see a combination of the blue earth planet and the earth zoom. I tried it myself and failed horribly. I think the effect of flying around in space, maybe circle the earth or w/e then zooming down onto the city would be really nice.
Some Other Guy
18 years ago
Have you ever seen Predator 1 or 2?
In that case, the predator have a cloaking field witch is an awesome effect a tutorial about that would be superb!
18 years ago
hi there.
Been watching the rolling stones music vid for Like A Rolling stone by Michel Gondry and was wondering how you
would create that effect of rolling round the still image, similar to bullet time in the matrix. We've seen the tutorial
on turning photo's into 3D but we can see that it's not the same. Were gonna try some ideas so if we come up
with the solution then we'll let u know. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlEHCZBXo9k. Take a look...
Hampus
18 years ago
I was thinkin when i saw the new lightsaber tutorial and i come up whit a idea.
I think it would be realy cool if we get a tutorial where you show how to make copies whit less opacity after you if you runing fast.
you knowh like in the sonic games for exaple.
It would be realy cool if you can make a tutorial whit a expresion or somthing taht make copies after you whit higher opacity in the front and just lower out at last.
18 years ago
http://www.myspace.com/trentemoeller

The video called "Moan" (kinda sad, made me tear up) has some amazing effects in it, some subtle, some very intricate, like making the dog sing the song. This could be done many ways, but looks like it was done with a standard effects program (AE maybe?).

I have been playing around with the idea a while. Maybe you can throw in some input?
18 years ago
I think it would be really interesting to see a tutorial of the compositing techniques to make animals, like in the movie stuart little, speak and open their mouths.
Jimmy James
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

You've got an awesome website, and your tutorials are incredible! I have short film I;ve been writing about the after life, in a heaven atomosphere. I've been working with some ideas for compositing angel wings.

Do you think you could do a tutorial for creating moving angel wings?
Mark/finalrenderfilms
18 years ago
Hey all, me and few friends, (one who has DSFX and AME, WHOOHOO!) are getting together to be in a little production thing called finalrenderfilms. I've been using finalrenders youtube account lately and we decided to join together. We'll be working out of his house. Check out this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak2275KFlsw

that is me flying, but when the camera pans up, that sky is artificial...I am working on a video tutorial now on how to make someone fly, and do the pan up sky replacement at the same time.

I'm doing a tutorial right now on it.

Please view, thanks!
Danny W
18 years ago
Hey Andy! I love ur stuff - how can you make it look so easy!

I have an idea for a tutorial - what about some action movie essentials work with the explosions?!? Like what you did in the old promo were the guy gets flung by an explosion! Sweet!

Mabee?
Salmon Sandwich
18 years ago
Hey,
What I'd think a good tutorial would be is eye replacement where you can change the colour of someone's eye like on supernatural and smallville.

Thanks
Abhishek Masih
18 years ago
Hi,Andrew
I really want to learn how a man gets hit by a car and secondly I show in Star Movies in their promo of Jurassic Park, that the titles were coming from behind the dinasours. How they did its a
one scence. If you can come up with such tutorials
O yes the DTNC tutorial was cool.and was really great

thanks
Abhishek Masih
SeaBird
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,
Any chance of publishing your tutorial files to DVD right now??? (not waiting till you reach 50 total) We need them desperately!!! We are graphic designers in Australia, learning AE, much enjoying your stuff. Please let us know if a DVD could be made available...... many thanks, your friends/fans in Wollongong
Dgx
18 years ago
please id' like to see how to make someone be hit by a car
jason
18 years ago
As usual your tutorials are awsome! I would love it if you made a tutorial on morphing.
Andy Carp
18 years ago
Hey Andrew. I would really really like to get a tutorial about Cutting off Limbs. You know...removing body parts, cutting off a head, you get it. That would be really appreciated.

Thanks

-Andy
Ricky
18 years ago
Flying is over rated.
dillonp23
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,
I think you should do a tutorial on how to do a holographic/a hologram of a person eg. like in star wars. Thats would be great!

Also how to make items float.

Thanks, Dillon
Schwan Park
18 years ago
Hello Mr. Kramer,

I was wondering if there is anyway to simulate GLASS SHATTERING when bullet fire shatters windows or a auto impact suct as in "The Bourne Supremecy". Or even when a guy is thrown throug a glass door like in "Beverly Hills Cop".


I know you alread did something similar in Sound FX (which I already purchased), but I would like to see something that may be more practical to films.
andrewking
18 years ago
some flying tutorial would be very nice.!!
delali (nigeria)
18 years ago
this is nu...kinda.this is one concept i already done but maaaaaaaaan there was a lot of layers involved. i mean a lot. i need a shorter way to create someone reaching through a wall and picking an object from another room or/ walking through a wall. i used ripple fx + displacement mapping + ... u rily don wana know.. lookin 4wd to givin u some tuts sometym tho!
delali
18 years ago
wazaaaaaaaaaap! yo andrew am still hopin uz av my tutorial concepts lined up! u avnt got those phone lines runnin yet?
Fabien Bourdon
18 years ago
For the activist within you. This tutorial could actually have benefits around the country. A tutorial on removing telephone poles and lines around a neighborhood but with a tracking shot or in a car. Could be used to show what neighborhoods would look like if people could get telephone companies to bury their lines and plant trees instead. This was a HUGE issue down here in Florida after hurricanes a couple of years ago. To date nothing has been done by FPL. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-10-26-florida-power_x.htm Might be to difficult of a tutorial though to fit in 10-15 minutes. If you can it would be great. Thanks Andrew for all your great tutorials and hard work.
Scott Middleton
18 years ago
Hey Andrew

Some great tutorials I was wondering if you could show us how to blow up a car or some other vehicle with pieces flying off etc
Thanks keep up the great work.
18 years ago
Hey!
I love your Tutorials they are the best! and you alot of letters i see. Can u plz make a tutorial of Trapcode Particular, plz.
Alan
18 years ago
May already be covered above but just in case...

How about a tutorial to build the classic pan/dolly straight through a brick wall into the next room. And/or the camera move from outside to inside a building so that the camera appears to go through the window glass in to the room.

or... a shot I've always admired, and a lot of people I talk to don't even reallise it's a spceial FX shot because it's so subtle is the shot near the beginning of the movie 'Contact' where the little girl (young Jodie Foster) runs up the stairs with camera on her face, turns a corner, runs along the corridor into the bathroom. Camera pulls back to reveal we have watched all this as the reflection in the bathroom mirror and then she opens the cabinet, moving the mirror.
Richard Wakefield
18 years ago
Ok, how about a competition of some description where the winner has themselves feature in one of your tutorials.
Obviously you'd have to outline that the winner needs to submit a raw movie in a certain format, and that they would have to be willing to act in a certain way for a few seconds.

And if no-one is up for that, i'll just send you one of me
I'd love to be manipulated, crashed into, shot, warped, colorised, demonised, blown up or whatever... but in the AK style!
timbohiatt
18 years ago
Hey Andrew love your stuff seriously wicked.

3 ideas for tutorials,

*How to make Bulltet holes. like in a wall
*How to hit some one with a car digitally.
*video wall.

i think these tutorials ever one would enjoy.

once again love your stuff your a champ.
Mike
18 years ago
Hey sweet work Andrew, I was thinking a good idea for a tutorial would be to learn how to make a good looking splash page for say an internet site. That would be cool anyway just throwing it our there.

thanks..
ryan
18 years ago
hey andrew. just want to start off by saying thank you! your website has helped me tremendously!

i was wondering if you could do a tutorial on something more design driven in after effects. for example, here are some guys i found on motionographer:

http://www.fubiz.net/blog/index.php?2007/07/16/1209-we-are-play

i love the mirrored effect where objects and pictures appear from the center and look like they are reflecting each other. usually these are layered together. you see it in the reel of the link given above.

anything like that would be great. for some reason, your tutorials are the only ones i can follow. Thanks for the time and keep going!
Ta Neil
18 years ago
Hey Andrew thanks a bunch for these tutorials. I'm in school for film but I've learned more on my own and these
tuts than in the two years I've been here. So, I'm writing a screenplay. lol
Anyway, I'd like some tutorials on how to produce an affect like the MBA or NFL Promo commericals. I'd also like a tu
tutorial on how to create the Gnarls Barkely affect. I think it's sort of a silk screening. You actually have one color
animation on your GFX Tut. Thanks/
18 years ago
Hi andrew ,
thank for this web site, and for you tutorial.

i see the superman movien all them, and i trying make the Titles FX used in that movies, but i cant.

im try used trapcode 3D Stroke like used in the one of you tutorial but in not the same FX,

if you can i like who kinow to do it. or you create one tutorial for this.


im search all internet and found nothig tutorial about there.

thank you...
Dan C
18 years ago
I agree with Darius Wilhere. It would be great if you could do a tutorial on some of those cool 3d animated fonts you use alot.
George
18 years ago
Hi Andrew
I watch every tutorial you publish.You help me a lot!!!But I'd like to learn to make a special effect when someone turns invisible like the tv show "the invisible man" where a silver liquid covers his body slowly and then he becomes invisible!!It would be a cool effect!!!Thank you
With love
From Greece
pena
18 years ago
Few text/title tutorials would be cool. Like how you can titles look more professional and maybe 3D.
Christian
18 years ago
Silly me! Just read the whole blog on the DVD TUT! You are on a winner with the sin city TUT! I hope that magic number 50 comes soon, If the sin city TUT is going to be like what i think it will be, then I will simply have to call you the Master of the Universe! England loves you Mr Kamer!
Roscoe
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, I've been a bit of a hiding visitor. I've thoroughly enjoyed all your tutorials, makes me want to buy new RAM for my Mac and zip out some sweet little videos.

Anywho, my wife and I were watching The Italian Job last night and I noticed a couple scenes that I wanted to replicate sometime, but figured I would bring it to you, seeing as you can probably do it in a quarter of the time I would be able to. There was one scene where the police are looking at the hole where the safe fell through in the beginning of the movie. You see particles of floor and all that was in between falling down. I'm sure it's a simple particle animation, but I began to think of what all else it could be used for. Perhaps using particles to scatter gravel or the edge of a cliff. Who knows.

2nd, When the van sinks, I was trying to figure out how that was composited and also when the dead body floats to the top.

Hope you get the rest you need. I appreciate your sharing the great talent and knowledge you have. Have a great day!
18 years ago
Wonder about how to make Police/Fire/ambulence takedown,strobe, and rotating lights. something that can either be put on a moving car or to use on a title screen(ie lights on a wall)
Christian
18 years ago
Hi again Andrew and the gang, Ive seen this Question knocked about on a few sites and nobody seems to like the question. Is it possible to get the "Sin City" look (Black and white scenes with a splash of colour matted out), without roto or using the leave colour tool. In the making of the film it is mentioned that the single colour is pulled from the original footage and used as a matte using the sapphire layers plug-in. I have a feeling the advanced sky replacement TUT where you use the colorama plug-in to pull a matte from a specific colour comes close but Ive still no idea! It would be great to see your idea for this and would be great for wedding videos and the like. Thanks again for the fantastic hard work!
Christian
18 years ago
Hi there Andrew and the gang! I read with interest that you may make a DVD with all the TUTs on this fantastic site. Im very interested, but, would the format be PC/MAC only or would it be DVD player friendly? The latter would be fantastic as I could watch them in bed while my Wife watches Desperate Housewives and its very handy to watch on the TV whilst following on the PC! Thanks for all your hard work and late hours, it really is much appreciated!
danny
18 years ago
hi there, first off just wanna say i love ur work and ur tutorials are fantastic, very very helpful, em i know u probably here this all the time but i would love to see a matrix bullet time effect ive seen a tutorial of one before but what can i say it doesnt come close to the standard of ur videos or tutorials, so yeah to see one from urself would be great.
look forward to seeing more of ur great products and tutorials,
keep up the good work
Mark
18 years ago
With regards to the flying tutorial, I have a great technique for that, I guess i could put together a tutorials for it if that's what you guys want... does that sound good?
18 years ago
I would love to see a detailled 3D Fractal tutorial as shown on the blog!!!
Keep up the good work
Andre
18 years ago
Not sure if this blogentry is still be observed by Andrew, but I need the following tutorial.

A high zoom into a flashing cursor from a pc terminal screen, (something like Matrix). and as closer we zoom into the green flashing cursor, the bits and bytes getting visible like 001110000110100001101010.

Then the camera turn and reveils a 3d screen of the 0011000100.

^^
M. Video Productions
18 years ago
Andrew,
The tutorials just keep getting better and better. I'm kind of a newbie to after effects and your site and everything, but for me every tutorial is like the christmas present you just had to have.

I would really like to see a tutorial on how to do the amazing picture frame effect used in the HP commercials, where the frame is an image and then its real life and so on and so forth.

I also think it would be cool to see a tutorial on how to create a transformer effect. I know that sounds like alot, because of the 3D and all, but even a simple effect to transform an object into something else, would be amazing!

Thanks
-Michael
18 years ago
Andrew,

So I just watched "GHOST RIDER" they did the demon effect from your last tutorial alot. How about a fake rain scene with lightning on a computer generated environment. (TAKE TUTORIAL 17 and add some desert texture or something) then add lighting lighitng and rain, that would be amazing. Thanks again for everything you do,

-James Cawley
In The Dark Studios
http://www.myspace.com/inthedarkstudios
Homer
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, I love your tutorials! I would love if you could do a tutorial on a bullet time matrix effect where a bullet is stopped in the air or maybe anykind of object, and then go even furthur so you can move around the object.
Thanks so much!
Devin
18 years ago
I would love you forever if you post a video on how to a superman fast run. I see them every day on youtube. but the tutorial is really bad in explaining how to do it step by step
Pini
18 years ago
HEY ANDREW
I will be glad to see in your amazing site an opening flying logos for broadcast programing.
and let me say you are ACE number one!
best regards
Pini
Israel
Silent D
18 years ago
Hi Andrew..

First let me say that I simply love your tutorials. Every single of them gives me goosebumps with incredible idears they can be used for.

How to my reqest, which I have wondered why isent made yet since its probably the single most desired effect since the emergence of DV

Could you possibly invent a tutorial or plugin (Ill buy it if you do) that can create post production Depth of field in fast action scenes with a lot of camera movement (hense masking subjects frame by frame in a 20 mins movie, would take a millenium)
ellobeastie
18 years ago
cool requests!

i have one, and the knowledge and techniques can be used for other kinds of effects too.
What about an expecto patronum effect using Trapcode particular, but making it look really good like the movie.

anyway, thnks andrew, ur tutorials r awsome!
Tiny1352
18 years ago
I dont like the blender Idea,
but I would love to see a flying tutorial.
I have always wanted to see a flying tutorial
but have struggeld to find one.

Please make a flying tutorial!!
Tom
18 years ago
I agree with Lachie1134, a flying tutorial would be great!
I would also like to see a tutorial incorporating blender
with after effects!
Sam
18 years ago
Yeh,
Everyone wants to fly
Jonnie
18 years ago
I agree, make a flying tutorial
Lachie1134
18 years ago
PLEASE MAKE A FLYING TUTORIAL!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!
!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!
FLY FLY FLY FLY FLY FLY FLY!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!
FLY FLY FLY FLY FLY FLY FLY!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!
FLY FLY FLY FLY FLY FLY FLY!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!
FLY FLY FLY FLY FLY FLY FLY!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!
FLY FLY FLY FLY FLY FLY FLY!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!
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PLEASE MAKE A
TUTORIAL
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18 years ago
Andrew! I'm dying to know how you made those machine gun muzzle flashes in that video on the homepage advertisment. Under the text "Welcome to VideoCopilot"
I'm pretty positive it's not from Action Movie Essentials. I'd love to find out, Thanks!
Maxwell
18 years ago
Hey Andrew Sorry For Posting Again But WHat About A Tutorial Explaining How To Make A FX Preset Like The Lightsaber One You Made?
Bontempo
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

First of all, there is no words to express my gratitude for what you've been doing. I have to say (just like all the people here) that you are the coolest guy on the entire internet, and I am a big fan of yours. You are The Man.

I've been reading this blog since the begining of it, but just now decide to participate.

I want to give a vote for some of the requests above:

1 - The idea of Tobias outside to inside camera (for me the best one);
2 - Matrix Bullet trail (not bullet time, that I think is impossible). I tink this is possible with some particles as a matte for a displacement map, like you did in that "City Explosion" project.
3 - Car crash, like in your reel,
4 - Advanced Cloning (interacting with each other, like passing an object or something like this),
5 - The film burning effect, like the Tarantino/Rodrigues's Grindhouse trailer (Fight Club have it too),
6 - 3D move match (Boujou, Pf Track or something else),
7 - Zaxweks Invigorator,
8 - Slow motion bullet going out of the gun.

And a sugestion of mine:

A scene where the red an blue lights of the police cars are continuously flashing. We don't need to see the cars, just the lights flashing everywhere, do you know what I mean?

Thanks a lot for all you've been doing for the independent filmakers and mo-graph designers all over the world.

Greeting from Brazil!!!
Ben
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,
I've just gotten into AE and I'm really hooked. I was wondering if it would be possible to create a decapitation in this program. If so, a tutorial on that would be much appreciated.

Also, how do I get the Lightsaber preset like in the saber tutorial?

Thanks and keep it up!
Luc
18 years ago
Andrew,
I know there's a request for a spider-man intro, with all the webs and stuff,but what about the actual web-coming-out-of-wrist effect. You flick your wrist and and poof! just like spider-man, a web goes flying out and catches somewhere. I thought this would be easy, kinda put some thought into it, but I still don't see a good way to make a web fling that doesn't look really really cheesy. I know a lot of people would like to see how this is done.
Thanks fo the great tutorials already,
Luc
Armin Von KTZ
18 years ago
Hi Andrew! I'm a French guy so excuse me if my english is not perfect ! OK, personnaly, I would like a tutorial like: "How to enhance and restore video shot with amator cam, or in bad condition, night-shot, noisy..." you know what I mean I hope!

I think a lot of people would like to ehnance their shot with After FX whereas they have not professionnels cam (like me !)

I try to make some movie with sense and meaning about my friend and my life, and you're very helpful in my quest!!
Thank you Andrew !! (hope my idea interest others amators!!)
18 years ago
Andrew,

HOW ABOUT????

A slow motion vfx effect of a gun fire? You see it all the time in films where the bullet flies slowly out the end of the gun as the muzzle flash (action essentials) slowly burns.

Also another idea.

Advanced cloning (not one guy just duplicated twice) showing how to use one or two actors to achieve the effect of a crowd (as in "THE 300" or zombie films where there is a hording mob).

Or a tutorial on Heat Distortion (is this easy?)

Thanks again for everything!

-James Cawley
In The Dark Studios
18 years ago
I would love to know how to do the dusting effect from buffy the vampire slayer. Or something similar like a disintegration effect.
Vegard Tvedt
18 years ago
Hello, Andrew. Just found your site, already a huge fan awesome tutorials.

It would be cool if you oculd add some more "how to make a good intro" tutorials Always fun making cool intros
nik
18 years ago
hi

waht about a a tutorial about a force field from star trek???
Justin
18 years ago
I would love to know how to use trapcode inside of AE7. Some of the colliding particles special effects like in harry potter, or shooting beam/force lightning effects.

Love this site!! Check it everyday...
thanks..
18 years ago
I love your tutorials, they help alot.
But like all the others say ... C4D,C4D,C4D,C4D,C4D -
Tile design ect.
johan65
18 years ago
Can you make a tutorial of a burning human or something like that, I try to make a movie with that inside.
Your the best Andrew!
Cezar
18 years ago
BULLET IN SLOW MOTION!!
18 years ago
hey andrew , great site and great tuts u got there
And well ofcouse the demon face tut was just spectacuilar but will u still make a day to night tut well i'd be reeeeally gratefull for that ! thanks..
18 years ago
I am trying to create a logo treatment where the logo is revieled via blowing sand or using some sort of particle effect to produce the logo. What do you think?
JD
18 years ago
I'm just gonna second what a lot of the other people on this comment page are asking for:

COLOUR GRADING 101 (and how to make "famous/popular" colour grades...or give it that "Tony Scott" look, e.g. "Man on Fire", "Domino")...pleaseeee

Keep up the good work Andrew!!! You are a champ!!!
18 years ago
I'd love to know how they're doing that creepy motion and speed effect in those horror movies. I see them using it in some commercial spots too. I don't get it- it doesn't look shot backward, it doesn't look like a straight frame-rate conversion- what are they doing?
Dreamer
18 years ago
You should try making shapeshifting or something like that
jake
18 years ago
first off im a biggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg huge ultra fan of you
mr. kramer i would like to see maybe somebody on fire that 'd be cool
and i really liked your world globe tutorial
i have your serious effects
designer sound effecrs
and riot gear
Anthony
18 years ago
hi all,

i'm thinking if it were to be possible to make a scene where a cloud of dark smoke dissappears and the image you want to display is behind it, may sound simple to all you "pros" out there but im totally wack at it.

cheers.
18 years ago
Bret Dethlefsen to make that signatureeffect that you are after on http://pierremichel.net/ site you can actually combine two tutorials on this site and make it happend. I made this for a earlier projects of mine.

First off you need to animate your signature, tutorial "33. graffiti writing" and make a handwriting istead of a graffititext. When you have done that start animating your stroke "30. 3D Stroke Effect" and move it along the signature when your handwriting appears.

I haven't acutally made this with the CC particular world but you can apply that 3D stroke effect to Trapcode particular and when you do that you can tweak the settings for the stroke and apply wind under the turbulence field settings.

In the end of this video the strokeffect is applyed although the videoquality is so bad so you might not even see it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Awyu5EgS3w

This effect is not the easiest things to do, but you can mail me if you don't understand.
Maxwell
18 years ago
Hey Andrew WHat About A Tutorial Explaining How To Make A FX Preset Like The Lightsaber One You Made?

Anyway Love The Site
18 years ago
i'd really like to understand how to integrate 3D stuff in a video footage .. with camera tracking (with or without boujou for example), just like this : http://www.blip.tv/file/225651/ (great short movie by the way)
Max
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Awesome work by the way. I have been wondering how you get such nice grades on some of your work. I understand you use the curves plugin and solids with overlay, but I noticed in the time revamp you had an awesome 300ish grade that I can't figure out how you did. I have a problem making my own grades and making them look good. Just wondering if you could post a tut on grades only. Thanks
lj smith
18 years ago
Some tutorials using motion 2 or shake with any of the other ideas wuld be awesome!!

thanks andrew you da boom
18 years ago
Hi,

I would like to see a tutorial on how to integrate all the passes (bty, occlusion, shadows, reflections, etc) from a 3D program to make a composite.

Thanks!

Ed
Aymane
18 years ago
plz i want tutorial of the tracker controls (virtual screens in air), plz plz.
Alex T
18 years ago
I would like to see some more space tutorials and like the demon tutorials.. not another demon but like horror tutorials. I'm planning on doing some scifi and horror movies and the space tuts and demon tut gave me some id??©as. But keep the tutorials coming, I like them whatever they are about

Alex
Max
18 years ago
Hi, your work is great!

And here my idea for a tutorial. In this film the cars have lights, and the billboards too. This is a game video, in the original game there aren´t these lights. How can we make such lights by our own?

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY2Jzoy15vM&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdigital%2Dwarriors%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2Findex%2Ehtml
18 years ago
hey, could someone please create a tutorial of the crysis-text effect at the end of the trailer? i think ist realy cool, sry but my englisch isn't good

link: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/87431.html?playlist=featured
Andrew
18 years ago
The demon face tutorial was great thanks! One thing i would like to see as many people try to improve with a budget is the effects of guns...I do not own any Airsoft guns so your help with making a fake gun richocet was great

BUT even better would be making realistic gun shells fly through the air one at a time as a huge shotgun or pistol shoots off!! The only thing missing from a realistic Gun fight!

Thanks!
Dcloud
18 years ago
-wow any plans on adding page feature to the blog's comments. e.g. 50 comments per page

-by any chance, are you planning to put up a special video on what third party plug-ins do you use/recommend and etc. ?

p.s. great site, love your products.
18 years ago
I would really like to see how to make a car look like its exploded.
Kinda need that effect for a film project i'm making.
Also some more things on Particle Illusion. I just recently bought the Serious Effects & Compositing and you used a lot of particles from the program. I've had that program for a long time and I haven't exactly used too much. SO any help in that field would be awesome.

And I must say this is my first post & I love Video Copilot awesome website!
Zony
18 years ago
Hmm, i tried to make this â?????evil Zombie Sicknessâ??? effect, growing from my arms and out to my fingers, slowly using AK face tut and the adding a linear wipe transition, but darn its hard to motion track my own hand, not to mention moving fingers :S - i also tryed to moving the masks with the fingers but that doesnt really, also moving the mask sux big time -.-

but i think u could all imagine how cool to would look to make this color and texture zombie effect from from our wrist veins and slowly growin out to our finger tips. well atleast i think it could look sooo nice ^^

Anyone thought of this? ideas? tuts?

AK?
Peter M
18 years ago
Sparks would be something. Don't forget the reflection on other items around and the ground.
18 years ago
Getting hit by a car. You're bound to do it sooner or later!
Magnusfaz
18 years ago
Hi AK.
maybe some meteor explosion like the armageddon (the one that falls in france)
m.abulazm
18 years ago
Hi Andrew

this is a very nice effect â???¦ take a look and please try to make another greate tutorial for this.

http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/gallery/swf/index.html#u_sContent=firstborn

thanks
Titso
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, my id??¨ for a great tutorial is to make a 3D freeze room like in Heroes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdhFGakLkIs
I have heard that the film makers use many cameras and front different angle to create a 3D like in the clip from heroes, but maby it could be possible to create something that is almost the same
Alex Joye
18 years ago
hey andrew love your work and your tuts...
i would love to see a tutorial on fire like flame throwing or stationary fire... that looks realistic of course without using stock footage of fire... creating it using particles or refer us to a plugin... thanks man
im looking forward to your new tutorial

- your buddy alex
18 years ago
Or a tut. on advanced cloning. IE - where the clones interact with each other whether its hitting one another or handing something off.
Alex Joye
18 years ago
andrew ive been loving all your work and everything....please man please make a tut on how to make realistic fire... i dont want to buy tons of stock footage of fire when i just can make it myself
thanks andrew

keep up your AMAZING work
cant wait to see the next tutorial man
18 years ago
bullet wounds tutorials IE- where the body actually shows the hole of the bullet in the shoulder or whever, after the person has been shot.
I'm a bit shy and would like a tutorial on how to pick up chicks!


Seriously though, another advanced techniques DVD, or a tutorial on how to generate and create Matts for explosions and such. Actually, BOTH!

Andrew have you been getting my emails by chance?
Jay P
18 years ago
ummm want to buy forums for this site seems like so many people visit you every day just to see whats new or read the blogs and you've got quite the community so far, forums would be cool maybe that way some of us could help eachother with out requesting your god like advice some questions on this blog i could probably help others answer or sort out their issues as well as others have 'tricks/tips' that could help some out. i think it would be a cool community... love your tuts, love your products keep 'em commin!!!

J.P.,
AZ USA
João Santos
18 years ago
Hi there! Can make a tutorial about the demons again, but now in a 3d motion version instead 2d motion? Thanks
Paul
18 years ago
Hi
Great tutorials.I wonder if there is a chanceto put tutorial like this video:
http://blog.davidrobinfilms.com/2007/06/16/wedding-photo-album%e2%80%99s-in-3d/
Weaxer
18 years ago
I'd like to see a tutorial where you show how to make stuff move randomly
daniel challans
18 years ago
i'd like to know how to do the mission impossible face off/on sequence.
18 years ago
3d max animation instead of Cinema 4 d!
18 years ago
Oops! Sorry about all the miss spelled words. It's time for bed. But I have one more request if you feel this is worthy enough. At the end of this guys radical intro to his show reel. He signs what apears to be a signature out of some sort of partical blowing in the wind. That would be an awesome tute.

http://pierremichel.net/
18 years ago
I have been trying to figure this out for quite some time know. Hoe do you do the follow the line pr path trick with the camera. You know like following the contours and crevases of a logo or something then flying out tward the end to reveal what it actually was we were sliding around on. I hope this makes sense. Here is a link of what I'm talking about. "Follow Me"

http://mn8studio.com/mtn08.htm

PS I just purchased some riot gear for rioting and some sweet sound effects as well from your site. Can't wait to get them. Thanks.
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I'd like to see a tutorial how to do this kind of FX.
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=GNihwzGNk6I
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, I always appreciate the tutorials you do, I wont be picking up CS3 for a little while yet, and would love to see a short over view of new features!
18 years ago
A few things have been bothering me, but just more advanced tutorials would be nice.

Advanced keying to place an object or person into another moving scene. Like place a guy on top of a car while it is moving, and have it scale, rotate, and move in and out of frame.

And knife fights! ... No.

Or maybe how to have someone ran over by a car, or being hit by a car while being in another car.
Jason P
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,
How about a tutorial to do the oh-so trendy trailing light effect seen on Sprint's current campaigns?

http://www.sprint.com/

Keep up the awesome work!
Sahm
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,
I believe the best keying is as best as the original camera shoot. There are many not proper info on the setup of a green screen. A Green Screen Setup tutorial will be of good use. Something like, screen material, distance to object, lights types, light distances and locations. I mean exact details of the best setup if possible with drawings from front, top and sides with an actual shoot. Thanks.
Steve Longley
18 years ago
Andrew,
superb tutorials.

I liked the sky replacement, but want something more. Could you show the sky developing dark menacing clouds. So going from nice day to dark and menacing and how that would affect the lighting of the foreground. Don't know if it possible.

Cheers.

Steve
Martin
18 years ago
I'm sure it's got something to do with a plugin, but something similar to the Gnarls Barkley 'Crazy' video.
Damon M.
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Could we work on intigrating 3d max obects in After effects?... IE: Like bolders in that promo of yours. Thanks
18 years ago
Hello Andrew,

If you can do this, I want to see a tutorial in AAE which show you how see a human trough a door or wall. I mean, you can make someone invisible easily in AAE aplying the "distort" effect but how to see someone who is behind a door for example.

I know it's poissble because I saw it in a Montage but I don't know how he did.

If you don't understand me (because I'm French ^^) just do some morphing tutorial.

ThX.
Alex
18 years ago
Could you please make a tutorial showing how to have someone or something such as a fighter jet flying over things like grass land or cities from the view of either a cockpit or externally from the aircraft itself.
Thanks!
Cuky
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,
recently you did some planet tutorials, so, how about a tutorial, where you show, how we can make a solar system of our sun? I mean, how to rotate and other things!

BTW, I like your "art" very much, hope I can catch up with you

Cuky (GER)
18 years ago
First up, thanks. You have helped me so much already mate. Your tutorials have helped me get much further along than any on the web so far.

I would love to see a tutorial on how to create the bullet trails easily. I know its a bit old and naff, but im trying to do it for a project with a buddy of mine. I have AE7 pro but no expensive plug-ins, as i'm just a hobbyist.

I know your probably a busy man so thanks again.

Seb (UK)
JD
18 years ago
Andrew, first and foremost, you are a legend!

You honestly are an independent filmmakers 'dream come true'!

I love all your products, especially 'Film Magic Pro', which brings me to my request:

I was wondering if you could do a tutorial on how to make our own colour filters/grades? And explain things such as "Start Luminance", "Saturation", "Color" etc, and how it all works.

P.S. 'Film Magic Pro' absolutely kills Red Giant's 'Magic Bullet', not only in cost, but in rendering time too!!

Keep up the awesome work!!

JD
18 years ago
http://www.genarts.com/genarts-demoreel-qt-large.html

Demo of genarts plugins ... can you explane some of the effects in the movie clip. I thing there are great ones.
18 years ago
Hey AK, can you PLEASE make a realistic shell ejection tutorial for guns.
Taurin
18 years ago
Andrew, do you have any cool ideas for how to make a DNA type thinger... i am working on a project and i am trying to think of how to make cool looking DNAish things. THANKS!
18 years ago
Hi there. thanks for the greatest tutorials Ive ever seen with my small eyes. now to the request. http://www.trapcode.com/gallery/funkstorung.mov on this link is a musicvideo with trapcode particular and in one seen, the footage seems to be tracked 3dimensionally, and then with the tracking data using a 3d camera to move as the real camera. so that the trapcode effect moves in sync with the footage. Looks awesome.
I think it should be able to do with something like the blue planet part 2, (?) maybe, well thanks anyway. ,cheers
Sebastian
18 years ago
How about a tutorial about adding an advanced rain effect to your footage. Like, doing the rain, adding rain drops, making the ground look wet (eg. a road), doing a reflection for the wet ground.

All that stuff.
Peter M
18 years ago
I also would like to see a rain tutorial. Also as I emailed you before a glass (c-thru) monitor like they used in Minority Report.

Thanks and keep up the GREAT work.
18 years ago
ok so i dont know if this has been asked already or not but i didnt feel like reading all 550 replys to this blog.

What i think would be cool is a tut on how to create a simple (or not so simple) looping video background much like some of the ones that come on your dvd.

i dunno just a thought, oh and by the way love the tuts.

J.P.
AZ, USA
Matthew Davies
18 years ago
hey again! I just posted a clip on youtube of the kind of tutorial i was looking for. obviously i've already created it but i need comments and advice to make it better. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5czxq8kSi9U I also added a sweeping motion camera but sine i couldn't get the footage i used andrew's 3D projrction tutorial to simlate an alley and simulated the floor for the sparks.
Jochen
18 years ago
Hy Andrew!
I'm looking for an effect like a mirage / fata morgana.
for example: a man is walking on a street toward the camera. far away he is blurred behind a big glimmering heatwall and when he gets closer he is in a sharper focus. do you know what i mean?
Here is an picture of the effect: http://www.beeindruckendes.de/Beeindruckendes/images/FataMorgana4.jpg

its really hard to make this in real locations without fire and so i hope you have an idea how to simulate this in after effects.
Alex
18 years ago
so andrew hi can u plz make a tutorials how to cut heand and heads u have a susicade tutorials but how to make the head just fall and be on the floor like here
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-is63goeBgc
or the wall effect like in this video ^^^when they tuch the wall with the light saber plz i relly need that
18 years ago
hey Maximiliano, I had to the same project and I kind of know what your saying. If you've got trapcode though it would make it alot easier. if you have go to www.trapcode-people.net (or link above) and type in magic in the search engine and a AE7 file will be available to download that i posted. It's not perfect but it is as close as I could get it. Although Andrew defenitley would be able to. I agree also think that there should be tutorial about 'magical' type effects. I would love to see Sam Loya attcking random strangers in the street with a wand (when I mean attack I mean spells not actual physical harm!) Anyway just wanted to give you some advice. P.S I thought the demon face tutorial was awesome! just need to shoot some of my own footage to work with. Also (i know i'm dragging on here) I kinda need help with another project. I have my actor (chromakeyed footage) and a cat (also keyed) I wanted him to 'morph' into the cat. I have tried the distort feature but it kinda looks well bad so if there was a tutorial on that. it would be great because most tutorials out there kinda suck and dont explain much. sorry I'm asking so much it's like youe at the mercy of the bloggers
Benjamin
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, I loved your last tutorial .... Can you make a tutorial of how to make a realistic looking photoalbum with lots of pictures with the pictures moving within the frames.

Ben H
18 years ago
this is my sister http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q0VgEB89Jg
18 years ago
andrew kramer is the freaking best period .... im going to hire you sometime soon to do some work
Kevin
18 years ago
Hey, Great site. I was wondering you you could make a tutorial to show how to morph to make one person look like they are transforming into someone else. I am making a vampire movie and would also like some help on how to make a vampire burst into charcoal like in blade. Ive been trying this effect for a while and cant get it quite right. Thanks a lot
Maximiliano
18 years ago
Hello, Mr. Kramer. I'm just starting with adobe after FX and with your tutorials It's really easy to learn.

Well, to the point. I have to do a Make-a-movie homework and my group choosed Harry Potter. I've searched all over the internet and I just can't find how to do a spell like the movies, please do a tutorial about that, I have two more months to do it. Thank you very much.

Andrew Kramer Rocks!
Frank
18 years ago
I'd like to see a tutorial on how to make the text rise out of the sand like in this trailer for the next Resident Evil movie.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/residentevilextinction/medium.html
gio
18 years ago
I'm from italy and i found your tutorials very cool, but, pls
it should be very nice if i could read what u say , sometimes it is not so easy to me understand what u explain (just becouse my bad english i mean) so i think it may be usefull for me and more other no english language speaking people to read and lestening to ur lessos.
grazie, gio
18 years ago
Have you seen Heroes? then you probably know Peter Petrelli, you at the last episode where he is about to explode he is glowing..
Can you make a tutorial how to make that?
Jerry Chan
18 years ago
Can you do a tutorial on how to make the butterfly effect. In the movie the butterfly effect when the main character goes back in the time, the objects in the back ground shake at different intensities while the foreground (main character) is not effected. This is would be an awesome tutorial
M. Lapp
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I have been looking around on the easiest way to rotoscope in after effects. Any possible future tutorials available? You always have great tutorials and easy to follow steps. Thanks for everything!
18 years ago
Yeh, Bullet Time would be interesting.

We're waiting
*.*

thanks
Connor Adam
18 years ago
Hi Andrew.

Firstly, I would just like to say how inspired I am from your work. You show how to use Adobe After Effects in an easy and effective way to understand.

I am only 13 years old, and have been doing Visual Effect work for about half a year now. I think I am doing quite well and (like yourself) am having to self-educate myself. I want to create a company called: 'Hit And Flee Productions',
so be sure to check it out when I have made the website

Anyway, after seeing the latest Harry Potter movie, I thought that there were some pretty darn good effects in there (focusing on the spells mainly). So I was wondering if you could possibly have a play around with different stuff and see what you can come up with and make a tutorial on it? I am sure that many other people would also love to be able to make some of their own Harry Potter type effects

If you don't feel like making a tutorial on this, then please, please, please e-mail me (connor1adam@msn.com) giving advice on how to go about creating the spell effects or compositing or whatever

Thanks so much.

Connor.
Phelipe Peres
18 years ago
Flash and Photoshop would be great tutorials for your site.
Especially to those like me who are visual/hands on learner. Before i did not know a thing about AE. Now i know the basics to try and learn things on my own.
I'm an artist, i like to draw and sometimes paper is my limitation, sometimes i like to take it to the screens. But around where i live they do not have many high tech schools to learn most of the adobe programs, It is my last high school year and im interested in computer graphics and web designing. How can i learn those things if only colleges can provide me with such help.Thats why i come to you VIDEO COPILOT. I wanted to learn how to be able to color my cartoon characters on Photoshop better, and even maybe bring them to life with 3d studio max. Unfortunately im very bad with 3d programs as of right now and i've got the hang of Photoshop but im still limited. and flash would definately be a plus to be able to create my own website with my own templates and layouts.
It would be just great if i could use all your help with my creations. Imagen the light strick or the sord with one of my cool cartoons. I could even design a little mascot where you could add on the screen for all your tutorials. You inspire me alot and you open doors to those who are limited at times. So even if at this time you are focussed on AE i just want to say thank you for all your great help.
It would be awesome to have great help out there like there is here.
I've tried many tutorials from different websites but there is no other like VIDEO COPILOT.
18 years ago
Hello Andrew.
I was thinking: what about a flying tutorial?
I had some ideas using your techniques.
^^
A flying fx, looks good, and simple to do.
Remeber the advanced sky replacement? So, i use that thechinique to key the person and make them fly.
I'll make an example video and i'll post it here.

If you wanna contact me: douglasmss@hotmail.com
Thanks for your attention

P.S.: sorry about the english, it's 03:18 am, i am almost falling in sleep, and my vision is getting dark... oh mannn
xD
bye
18 years ago
Hello videocopilot!
I think it would be great if you showed how to mask a man/girl running from a explosion from the back.

I have looking for this kind of tutorial but doesn't find it!
Riko FX
18 years ago
salut!!!
un tuto pour faire une explosion serait le bien venu...un peu comme l'explosion du magasin dans le film "les fils de l'homme" au tout d??©but...
Apprendre a integrer une explosion, exploiter le susteme de particules pour les d??©bris...
merci

In english: lol ... oups!

Hello!
A tutorial to show us how to make an explosion...a little like the explosion from the store in film â?????children of menâ??? to the whole beginningâ???¦
To learn how to integrate an explosion, to exploit the system of particles for the remainsâ???¦

Thx you!!!

(ps:excuse my english please)
steve
18 years ago
Tutorial ideas:

Graffiti writing on brick wall which actually looks like it's following the contour of the bricks without the images looking fake.

Making elements grow and following patterns. Writing or patterns following the layout of a staircase, building or wraping around corners of walls.
Just Amit
18 years ago
hey, first off, thanks for the amazing tutorials. there are two things i would really love to see, one would be the "gatorade" (i think thats how you spell it) effect where everything is B&W and just one thing is in color. also seen in the rice crispies commercial now. also, just a general one on motion tracking would be nice too. thanks for all the great tutorials.
Matthew Davies
18 years ago
hey! first of all I want to thank all the guys at videocopilot especially andrew for making the tutorials. I was wandering if there could be more sci-fi movie-esque tutorials (e.g buffy. smallville, supernatural there have been some cool effects on 'Heroes' http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/) and, after just seeing the 5th HP film I tried this effect with trapcode particular and I was hoping that people could download the file and improve it and then post a video clip or tutorial (http://www.trapcode-people.net/filedetails.php?fileid=316) P.S keep up the humour!
Doug Moody
18 years ago
Andrew,
Just saw your freeze time tutorial. GREAT! But could you take it one step further? I have seen this in commercials where the actor would actually touch and/or manipulate an object that was frozen, such as maybe the boxes you froze. You can see the other actor wrap his hand around the object and in some cases I have seen them pluck the object from the scene, look at it, and then put it back.

Can you do this?
gw
18 years ago
so, I saw your "serious fx" podcast about these animated wires or whatever it's called and I thought that orange creative cow logo at the beginning where the tv switches on and off looked pretty sweet. how?

great tutorials by the way, very enjoyable and useful. thanks for them.
Crack Attack
18 years ago
where did u get the pictures from your zoom video .. good quality pictures to use ???
Life Type
18 years ago
Grow effect ... a plug in tutorial about all the cool features. with the most popular plug ins ..
Life Type
18 years ago
ANDREW whats up with a grow effect .. can we please get a good grow effect tutorial ..
simon
18 years ago
can you make a tutorial so it looks like the kamera goes through a wall or a window???
Lordduckx
18 years ago
I think itd be really cool if you made a tutorial for the bullet effect (not bullet time), but where they add in a bullet and the trail behind it. I know it is typically done in 3d, but maybe after effects can pull it off.
18 years ago
How I add this article to Digg?
Darren
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I use Keylight for Keying out, just as you do. I have just received my new Production Premium CS3 Bundle today, and I see that the new Adobe Ultra is with it which is specifically for Keying.

Have you played with it yet and what do you think, or will you stick to Keylight?

cheers
MAX ROTH
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,
your video tutorials are the best!!!^^ - but,how about a tutorial for Cinema 4D? - When you know something about the Joints or the Ik - System, could you make a tutorial to these things, because i have problems with this!And to After Effects: Could you make a tutorial with great rotoscoping tipps?I want to make a movie with my friends and i will use your tutorials for great scenes!!!!!!
Thanks, MAX ROTH
Germany
Theodore
18 years ago
Hey Andrew Kramer,

I love your tutorials. I was wondering if you could add tutorials on how to make special thunder striking someone, ice attack, fire, or something. I always wanted to create a 10/7 minutes film super power film. But I have no talent and tutorials on how to do them. I want the thunder kinda like Storm from X-men. Ice effect, fire effect, thunder, or possibly fly effect. Would be cool if you make them.
Andrew Dick
18 years ago
hey Andrew,

Great tutorials! Can you make anything that would help in developing scary effects? It is very hard to make movies without a huge budget! maybe some screeching noises would be great ! Thanks!

Do you put any of your films/movies/tests/golf clubs/footage/audio/renders/ on this site??
Nir Tz
18 years ago
Hey Andrew!
First of all - Great tutorials! I really enjoyed your tutorials and I wish you'll make some more.

If you could make a tutorial which you can set a trail of a beam or something like that. Sounds pretty cool. Maybe not, nevermind. ( But really, it will be awsome ).

I wish I could support your excellent packs but I live in israel and its kinda hard to purchase your DVD's.

Thanks a lot for your tutorials, can't wait for more!
18 years ago
After watching an episode of CSI (Season 7 - EP 17) I saw a technique that I would love to see, and would probably satisfy all those looking for a bullet time technique.

I realize we can't have the camera move once time is frozen, this requires many cameras and probably hundreds of thousands of dollars in hardware rigs... but.

I would like to see the camera zoom out, once time is frozen, showing more things behind the original camera position. Not sure if you'd start zoomed in and work your way out, or what but hopefully this is not too difficult.

Thanks,
Mat
18 years ago
Hey Mr. Kramer-
Here's a tutorial idea: make one the explains how to make it look like someone is walking on grass when there is really no one there, so the grass is just crushing into the shape of a footprint. Kind of like a scene from The Invisible Man.
Jesse
18 years ago
I need a tutorial on how to combine CG with live action, putting CG behind live action, and then how to get rid of the tracjing points used in filming.
Jamie
18 years ago
Please do a tutorial on how you did the Designer sound fx promo, i know the project is with it but how did you do the backgrounds expecially the little blinking light at then end similar to ending of terminator films.

Please these would be so good!
Lucas Pfaff
18 years ago
Hi there, Andrew!

I think it would be a cool tutorial where you show how to make Shockwaves like a Jedi when he uses the Force.

Keep on!
Regards from Germany,
Lucas
KennyK
18 years ago
Andrew,

Any chance that you'll be posting the Sin City tutorial on the website.

Thanks
Pablo Gonzalez
18 years ago
Hi, I have been trying to figure it out by I just can't get it. My suggestion is about the THE BLUE PLANET: EARTH tutorial. I have been trying to make the earth 3D so that you can move the camera anywhere in the space and will still look as 3D. This is what I am trying to say: Lets say you put the camera on a side of the space, the earth won't look round, it looks FLAT!!!! just like a picture.

So I you can, please let us know how to make the earth entirely round. I guess you will need to do it somewhere else like in MAYA or something and then export the 3D earth to After Effects. Am I right?

Thank you, and I will appreciate very much your help.

BESTS
18 years ago
I'd like to see more tutorials that mention me by name.
18 years ago
I know what no one has said yet:
I just watched a thingy on discovery with the bulls, pamplona and all that stuff, and in some clips the only thing that had color was the red cape he had in his hands; So I thought to my self that knowing how to make everything black and white except for one color would be awesome ! I am sure MANY people would love to use that in their movies, documents etc. It's a great effect, just wish how to do it! Hope you see this Kraminator.

- Me
Hussin Khan
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Love the website, the tutorials, the gang! Would love to see some panoramic tutorials. Wondering if it's possible w/ AE? Please keep up the excellent passion. I am with you...

Wishing you all the best!

Hussin Khan
Coventry, UK
18 years ago
we just bought some of your dvd's and they are awesome!!! I was looking to do some heat haze. Any ideas?

Keep up the awesome tutorials
Adam Weiss
18 years ago
I know this is more technical than creative, but how about a tutorial concerning the proper work flow for dealing w/ 3:2 pulldown. Basically how to pull the fields apart (for tracking, rotoscoping, etc) and then how to properly recombine them on export. All the tutorials are great!!!! I look forward to seeing more in the future.

Thanks,
Adam
18 years ago
You have been doing some time remaping, and 3d projection... why not combine them to get a matrix-style effect?

Now, I know it would not work on overly organic objects, such as people. But could work easily with boxes or quite possibly cars and whatnot.

Just, slow to a freezeframe, then do 3D projection on the object, slight camera move, slight move back to original position, then time starts again.

Just an idea.
18 years ago
hi Andrew...

You're awesome man.. i keep thinking how can you find out all the special effects technique by your own... And i'm always be a big fan to you. I've done a lot of green screen keying and it's easy, but i'm wondering how to do an easier rotoscoping / masking technique for complicated background (with no green screen) because i'm tired of doing frame by frame masking. Thanks alot...
18 years ago
hello Mr Andrew Kramer

Sir i saw your tutorial they are awesome. sir i am learning compositing . i need to know how can this effect can be done in AE . like a ball breaking through a window. and the according to the perspective the glass shaterring. thanks
Kenneth
18 years ago
yo andrew,

ever thought of doing a tutorial on in-camera special effects.---this tut could include instructions on how make a split diopter shot or dolly zoom also called or even doing forced pespective. just a thought
Bob Rurke
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, loved the new sky replacement tutorial. Any chance of doing a sky replacement tutorial for night time exteriors?

-Bob
Andrew
18 years ago
i would love to see some adobe flash tutorials.
Darren
18 years ago
I would like to see a follow-on to the Earth Tutorial.

I've been trying for a while now to emulate a meteorite heading towards earth and the camera pans around the meteorite and then moves into a position behind the metorite as it heads toward Earth.

I've seen some tutorials somewhere that uses Particles to emulate a burning sun, which I'm sure could be manipulated to look like a meteorite. My idea was to give the idea, not just of the speed of the thing but also the size and power, possibly adding timelapse etc.

This might be beyond After Effect, but I think it's achievable...but could be a good challenge. I would like to use this as an intro for a product that provides protection against power surges.

I'd probably be pushing it to finally add a forcefield around the earth that deflects it?

cheers
Johnny B Goode
18 years ago
SHOW US HOW TO MAKE 3D TRANSFORMERS LIKE THE MOVIE HAHA JK
David Forslund
18 years ago
I would like to know how you pulled off that great ground expolosion that can be seen on your homepage. It looks very real, like the dirt from the footage is really moving with the explosion.

Please make a tutorial for that one. I'm sure you already know how you did it
18 years ago
Hey,

I would really like to know how they made te lightbulb/videowall in the groove armada - get down video clip.

Love your site!

greetz from Holland
Navin
18 years ago
Hiyeee Andrew
How r u doing.Can u plzz tell me how can i make Equalizer according to music.
18 years ago
Hello Andrew, I think a tutorial to make an intro like the one we can see in the begining of spider-man 3 (but not that level of course).
Johnny B Goode
18 years ago
Hey Andrew it would be awesome if you made a tutorial on reflections like on sun glasses, windows, close up shots of a persons eye and you can see the reflection, etc...
Joey Winchester
18 years ago
I don't know if anyone has requested this but I would really like a tutorial on compressing video for internet or dvd. This would be very helpful and I cant help but to notice how big, nice and high quality your videos are on the site, and how fast they loud. Thanks
Denvertech
18 years ago
Just wanted to know if you could show us how to make graphics that appear in 3d space and are moving with pre-shot footage, sort of like the graphics used in the opening of the "Planet Earth" series....I'm sure the footage was pre-shot and they added the graphics later, but it appears that the graphics are part of the shot and the camera is moving around them like so... THANKS for your consideration....I'm sure that this could help many people out...I also see the effect used many times on "ABC Family" promos incorporating there logo into the footage.
Carlo Spinella
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, i have purchased many products from you, practically the whole collection so far and i have to say they are awesome! I also really like your tutorials as they have helped me film many of my independent films. One thing i was wondering, i am currently filming my last short before i go back to film school and this film is for the Vancouver Film Festival. I am needing some help in creating a flashback sequence, sort of the same style as you would see in CSI or other crime shows. If you could help me our or create a tutorial about it.. i would be an even bigger fan!!! might even buy the sound effects program as it seems wicked..

thanks a mil.

take care

Carlo
18 years ago
Any chance we can get a tut. on creating something similar to the 20th Century Fox intro? with flood lights and all. that would be cool.
Johnny Rose
18 years ago
Dude
These tutorials are awsome. Keep up the good work. The 3D stuff is what I've been working on. I cant seem to get a single person on a still pic though. Im trying to acheive the look in this vid http://youtube.com/watch?vCGoRld0xXc it's around 13 sec. It woud be awsome if you showed that 3d effect. Thanks
John Murphy
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,
Love the tutorials, I check them out almost every week. Here is a tutorial idea about how to make an interesting slideshow with after effects. I saw this amazing wedding slideshow at, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzPn_lVI5IQ&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Emefeedia%2Ecom%2Fentry%2F2300701%2F
and would love to see your take on this! Thanks for all the excellent tutorials!
madnas
18 years ago
hello,
i was wondering if you could make a tutorial on morphing....
for example from one static image to another (same picture) but in a different angle....i'm new in afx and i thank you as i've learned so much from ur tutorial.....thx again for all ur hard work
joe!
18 years ago
I agree with max a few comments up about some-one coming out from a tv.
Life Type
18 years ago
i just wanted to thank you andrew you have taught me so much so fast i feel i owe you something ... maybe when i film my first big movie you can be the fx guy hahaha well thanks alot budd will donate some money to your site for the tutorials when i get lil bit of cash
Life Type
18 years ago
what about a 3d flim strip ... a good looking one .. the video wall sounds good
Eric
18 years ago
Hey Andrew!

First off I wanted to thank you for all the help you have given to everybody. I am spreading the word about your page to everyone I meet!!

I have spoke to many people about what tutorials should be given on the Internet for after effects. Soo many people have told me that they are looking for "How to make an Asteroid" whether it would be crashing down to earth, or flying through space. That would be an amazing tutorial!!!! I believe lots of people would be very happy. Thanks again for all your hard work!

-Eric
Andrew Brinkhaus
18 years ago
Working with the physics and settings of Trapcodes Particular. Particle generators are something I feel are incredibly useful, but not touched upon NEARLY enough. Plus, Particular has some really tough settings that dont have support for at all, not even from Trapcode!
max
18 years ago
hi,

i thought it would be cool if u could make a toutorial with someone comeing out of a tv like in the ring
phuong herzer
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,
you're doing a great work.
my idea/ demand to know how to realize an fire effect like they did:
http://www.imaginaryforces.com/if.html

(go to projects->commercials -> nike - > ignite)

it's weird, they used that so often, turn it red-orange -> you got fire
turn it blue -> its water

i think you can generate it in afx, but dunno how. maybe it's simple to you to explain us?

thnx a lot

greetings from munich
Bobby Digital
18 years ago
andrew-

love the tutorials, so keep it up i guess. the only question i have is this. to get video into my after effects program, i have to export it from avid. now, there are a hundred different ways to export it and i was wondering what is the best way to get the highest resolution. as to not lose to much quality on either end, importing to AE and then again, exporting the comp back to avid. in essence, quicktime reference, QT movie, MPEG and so on. you could probably cover this in your next tutorial on animating a robotic pop tart that eats flying peeps.

keep fightin' the good fight
18 years ago
Hi Andrew.
Can you make a Matrix Camera fly-Around effect with super slowmotion. That effect was very popular when matrix (1) came.
I hope you understand what i realy mean. Cause its kind of the time-freeze toturial you made, just add a camera fly around and remove all real time elements.

Fan from Norway.
Mark
18 years ago
Hi andrew, I'm currently working on a project that involves someonw walking through a wall. I have done several different renders of this effect using A.E but im just not happy with it. I was thinking maybe you could do a tutorial on it (with a little extra kramer style to it) maybe with the wall bubbling as the person walks thorugh it.

loving my new Designer sound Fx dvd!!!!!

Thanks
18 years ago
can you make a heatray and disintegration effect tutorial?
Francis
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, After Effects is great for making movies, but not for skate videos. Don't get me wrong i love using After Effects for the little skits we film. You see i also make effects for the intros to local skate videos around here but ever time I'm done with a clip in After Effects, the skate clips turn out to be a little choppy after it is rendered. I don't know if it is the type film mini dv uses or if its a setting you have change in the render queue. Any suggestions?
Jacob Aaron
18 years ago
I wondered if you could show us how to do that shot in the final image promo video.

The shot is a man that is pitching a ball at the screen and the ball brakes through the black wall. Also how you made it really stormy and stuff.

Thanks!
Alex
18 years ago
fire! i want to know how to make fire! id love to see how to make fire in another great tutorial of yours andrew... like fireballs, flames that fly up, etc. thank you! please consider!
18 years ago
using riot gear to create the very slight distorted TV look from the new kanye video, 'stronger,' which is hype williams' sweet akira take-off.

come on, andrew. do it. do it!
Guatcha
18 years ago
hi, i'm from portugal sorry for the bad english

andrew can you make a tutorial about a very fast healing process like wolverine's power on X-man??

or one about 3d speed trace left for somebody or some thing wen the time is really slow and de "thing" is in bullet time or normal time speed.

I love special effects, and i want to say that tutoria about earth zoom is one of the most useful tutorial on your website

with that technique i can make some CSI zoom fx too.

i'm from portugal sorry for the bad english, I hope u can understand that

thanks
Kyle N
18 years ago
Maybe some rain effects!
18 years ago
Matrix effect tutorial !!!
Damon
18 years ago
Andrew,
You know what would be cool. The bullet trails on Smallville and the Matrix. What do you think? Also the slow motion during the bullet trails.
Moca MX
18 years ago
Atomic explosions...Fire...Water drop HD...meteor shower...3d bullet...SMALLVILLE
EMCEJ
18 years ago
hi
i like to know how to simulate eye's wake up effect, how affect light to the eyes focus... can you make a little tutorial for that?
thanks
Larkins
18 years ago
Hello still there

I'd like to know how to change the weather , Like on a sunny day , change it to Rain , storm etc.. and how to change a road by a hole like an explosion with falling rocks etc...
Moca MX
18 years ago
CGI would be the best of the best, that is the future!
Israr
18 years ago
Hi,
A tutorial which id love to see is how to make the text effects used in the credits of the movie "Ghost Rider". The text just burns away and the particles are flown away. I think this will be a great tutorial which everyone would love. The link to watching the credits is below. I hope to see something like this soon. Many thanks.

Ghost Rider Credits video link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ5qnrLiXGo
Will
18 years ago
I have found a good tutorial in C4D for a bullet waves like matrix (circles grows from the bullet in slow motion, altering the background), I wonder if it is possible to achive this fully in After Effect. I'll look for this.. if you have ideas ...
Thanks.

The link (sorry it's french) :
http://www.frenchcinema4d.fr/hub.php?doc=tutorials&article=431

Wil - France
18 years ago
1. i dont' have ideas , what i can make with text !? Have you seen Teenage Mutant Ninja turtlles ! in beginning of the film there was a nice text , like a plazma , i have to hard speake in english ! can you make a tutorial !?
Haydn González
18 years ago
Hey Andrew! Could you make a tutorial of how to create the effect that comes out of the guitar in the following video. It seems pretty interesting.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GymuB1VP7X0&mode=related&search=

Greetings from Miami

Keep up the good work, thanks one more time.
18 years ago
Hey Andrew! Great work so far!

I was wondering if "Exagerated Morphing" is possible in after effects. I would like to be able to expand a persons body features like mouth, arms, feet. etc. like using live action and making it act like an old bugs bunny cartoon. (All without resorting to a CGI program like lightwave 3d, etc....)

Thanx!
steve
18 years ago
Additional possible tutorial: using ProAnimator with After Effects?
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Many thanks for putting it out there. Although I am in tune with the Cow I found you though a google search! Bought Combustion plus Ken's training DVDs (haven't cracked them yet) last fall. Stayed away from AE because of Expressions. Since watching your tutorials I have spent the last 72 hours making comps (I have a 6.0 version of AE that I am limping along with), you're so damned confident and engaging I want to buy AE 7 (for Mac) just to follow along.

During my Serious FX module I tried to add some lights to reveal the text form shadow and was unsuccessful. Any chance you have an itch to focus on lighting?

One huge tip I want to find out is I notice the Fly By and 3D effect with no Plug In text's outer edges are faded and blurred. I picked up the Fly By - Glow adjustment layer but I still can't get the "fringe" look on the outer edges of the first couple and last couple of letters. You mention using depth of field but I am having no luck with AE 6.0. Is it an AE 7 thing?

Getting the Serious FX DVD even though I don't have the proper version. You're that good!

All the best.


enzo
Jeffrey
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,
your tutorials are really amazing. I really enjoy watching them. For further tutorials I really think the new Blizzard Entertainment Logo would be a great idea. It looks awesome and there are many different effects which perfectly fit together.

I'm looking forward to your next tutorial.
Best regards
Jeffrey
joe!
18 years ago
i agree with all the ppl who want morph or shapeshift effects
ummm. flame effects, some1 gettin hit by a car
an atomic explosion and somthing involving weather effects like:

blizzards
rain
snow
tornadoes

and dat jazz and remember You are awesome nad i LOVE your tutorials I like learning new stuff
Jens
18 years ago
Dear Andrew,

I think it would be great to see a logo animation which consists of many aspects mentioned before (like "fog-text" etc) because some of them are too boring for their own. A quite good examples might be the new Blizzard Entertainment Logo used in the Starcraft2-Trailers like the first 3 seconds here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ELhtXtnV3pg

It would be so impressive and informative to get a nearly complete rebuild.
Nice FX I think.

Greetings.
18 years ago
creating all of the planets and maybe even a black hole/milky way all in 3d space to move around in.
joe!
18 years ago
Real looking tornado!

sorry for keep replying.

I am your biggest fan.

ANDREW 1#
joe!
18 years ago
Flame and fire effects!
joe!
18 years ago
morphing effects would be nice
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,
Do you know how do get they effect they got in the music video for Only by Nine Inch Nails?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0u0AG_floQ

The effect I am talking about is the gadget with the pins and his face is being made with with the pins sticking out. I forget what they are called but they make the shape of what ever is pressed in the back of it.

Thanks
Aj
18 years ago
How about an inverse Kinematics tutorial. You know like in the show mythbusters and on that one commercial where the guys are like "Brilliant!"
David
18 years ago
A guy getting hit by a car.
Ystik
18 years ago
Hello Andrew! I was really inspired with your tutorial "Time Freeze", but i'm thinking to create something more amazing
For example such as one person appears in picture area, and not just freeze in a moment of time, but always moving from one corner to another, like a lot of people are walking in different directions, BUT IT'S ONLY ONE PERSON!!!
See what I mean?!
Best regards, and sorry for my "perfect" English
Ogz
18 years ago
Show us some Morphing effect please.
just like in Good Charlotte - The River Video ))

Morph effects are always good

Ty and good tutorials..
ace
18 years ago
you have the best AE tutorials in the web until now as long as im aware of, but the thing that really kills me is that i have a really sloooow.,. dialup connection, and its really a pain to load the flash vids cuz my conn gets cut off every 6 or 7mins (i live in a place in asia wth very rare internet) and it takes around 6 hours to completely load it... and i was jst wondering is it possible to create tutorials with maybe screenshots and stuff? thnx,. really looking forward to it.

oh yea, and like valentino mentioned above, it would be cool to have an iceman like freezing tutorial...
Moca MX
18 years ago
Anything with a bullet!
joe!
18 years ago
Hi again it's me ummm sorry to reply again but
is there a way to simulate a real looking tornado in after effects
if there is a way could u make a tutorial of it.

Thanks!
sam
18 years ago
hey andrew great tutorials but i want you to make a tutorial of a bullet going into a human eye.
joe!
18 years ago
Is it possible if u could ake tutorial on how to create flames or fire or somthing like dat

That would be nice
Thanks.
Moca MX
18 years ago
SMALLVILLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stomps
18 years ago
Hey Andrew thanks for the great tutorials! The tutorials I would like to see is the, "Getting Hit by Car," and the process of creating the color presets. Thanks again.
18 years ago
I have searched around the net and so far the one thing that baffles me is fire. It would be cool to see any tips on creating fire to put into a video that has applications beyond one type of usage.
Robert W. Notestine
18 years ago
One thing that I see a lot and really want to add to my movies is the effects that in horror movies, it usually shows a portrait of a person, but the background appears to be "scretching" from behind them, I am sure you are familiar with this effect. I would appreciate a tutortial.

Robert W. Notestine
Joseph Guiness
18 years ago
Hey andrew Kramer, I've got an interesting one for you that'll tie in with the world theme. I'm trying to create a kind of "digital moving" world atlas, sort of like this http://www.bonafidereviews.com/articles/13/images/1x.jpg
But I could animate it and bring up Countries to fill the screen + zoom down to capital cities (could just be a big dot + fancy glowing title for all I care) But basically I want to use this idea to create a fancy 3d looking interactive feeling "war-room" world map with a moving cursor that pretend "clicks" on something and the country pulses and brings up information etc.

I Also would like to see some kind of way to create a 3D Bullet, Not the trail (though that would be nice too) But a 3D bullet (I've got this idea of having it speed through someone and go out the other side while the camera goes inside the body... sort of kill bill style in one of the animation sequences).

If you could help with any of these I'd be really grateful. I kind of need help here for my Media coursework, since I'm making a sort of action movie trailer.

PS: Your work so far is great, keep it up!
18 years ago
Hey you know what would be cool is to do a tut on a zoom into your fingertip. Like the camera zoms into your fingerprint and into the human code of the fingerprint. That would be sweet.
Sebastian
18 years ago
Some type of Walking Life/A Scanner Darkly effect. Some tips on rotoscoping.
VJ
18 years ago
I would really like to see a tutorial on how to create an into like the Osbornes on MTV.

Also a tutorial as seen on your commercials demo, where the guy is holding a can of cola, then the image of the can jumps out of his hand and the commerial ends with only the can on screen with purchasing information.

Thanks, and keep up the great work, i love all of your products!!!
Marc
18 years ago
a little advanced, but very interesting for people working on VFX. I??´m working on an effect, where a helicopter is landing and a lot of sand and dust is blowing around the heli, several locations next to the heli and directly into the cam. the dust, made from particles, is in interaction with the obstacles around the landing ground. this is very much work in 3D and afterwards in comp. perhaps you got a nice idea to make a goaround (the particles)...

would be great....

greetings, marc
18 years ago
I would like to see some particle transitions, like smoke titles, or sand blowing away the text.
Bas
18 years ago
maybe you can explain advance options of the WALKER EFFECT V2.0 PROFFESIONAL or some plug ins from TRAPCODE or other PLUG-INS you can give us a good tutorial about
Elina
18 years ago
Problems or things to consider if you plan to make FX to footage, so you can shoot the footage and think ahead:

-Unsharp footage
-Noisy Footage
-Color Problems
-Shutter speed
-Lighting
-Camera movement

And how GOOD the effect( how real) it has to be, to seem believable in a short film or a movie, how much does your eyes lie.
Elina
18 years ago
Hi!

I have been struggling lately with different kinds of image quality problems:

What to do, when videomaterial is very noisy, and You're supposed to perform some keying or make effects on the footage, or fix the problems?
What kind of tools to use, to remove noise or other problems,.

Maybe this topic is already covered in tutorials or comments but...anyway

Example:

Recently I had to deal with a client who gave me some crappy hd material, with loud RGB-noise and bad track marks, the sgreen was made of somekind of paper, it was not blue or green it was something in between, the background had hotspots from the lights and so on... I was supposed to color key and insert new back grounds...when I saw the material, I refused to take the job, but instead I offered to arrange a reshoot.. Well, the client called me unproffesional and said "everything is possible if you just try hard enough and you are a real pro"...Well is it?, and how to explain your client that his footage is useless. Or what kind of footage is useless and what kind of problems can be solved with AE tools...
Moca MX
18 years ago
Who would like to see some really cool FX from Smallvile???
Like flying, fast running, eye burning, slow motion trails, catching bullet!!!!!!!!
Andrew think about this pleaseeeeeeeee, i think it would like to a lot of people.
Again you are the best!
simon
18 years ago
can you make somthing melt?
like a phone or somthing.
walk through a wall would be nice
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I'm a big fan of your work and AE in general and am looking to create an animated short film in AE.

If you check out: http://www.jamiecaliri.com/united/dragon.html you'll get the rough idea of what I'm looking to do.

Now AE is the perfect tool to create the sets and the world around the characters... But the characters themselves require alot more work to animate.

So firstly, would it be possible in AE to parent body parts of a cutout character (as seen in vid above) and have them react like a rag doll, where if you move a hand, the arm will move with it? Would something like bone rigging be possible?

I think a tutorial would be brilliant for us budding animators reluctant to move over to programs like Anime Studio Pro or Toon Boom.

Kind Regards,


Tim
Marc
18 years ago
Hello together,

a quite short idea is the explanation or the rebuild of the intro-effects of the film: Domino (not Domina . The film about Domino Harvey got an astonishing intro with very quick changings in 3D. I think, a lot of Andrews already released tutorials are quite in this intro, e.g. IPod streaks and 300-like Speed Ramps & More!

Perhaps you like it and give a little help on a more complete topic...

Greets from germany..

Marc
tankman37
18 years ago
hi Andrew---fantastic tutorials-----how about some 3d text ones..i have had some success with multiple layers of text sifted in z space 2 or 3 pixels...or using the shatter effect with the text itself used as a custom shatter map and the forces turned off ( great on vertical or horizontal lines---strange on angles on curves ). anyway hope you read this.....there are a lot of posts...keep up the good work
E-DERKUZZ
18 years ago
Hi Andrew Well i hope you read this i found a musical video with really cool FX & i hope you make a tutorial for this well this is the video Link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBqxVEFtCX0 please wacth it & try to make the same Effect that of the minute 2:05 & if you want the others well if you're reading this please!!!!! try to make that effect it's really cool & well i hope you see the video.
18 years ago
AK-- I wouldnt mind seeing a tutorial of your processes to create the color presets that you made-- I wouldnt mind making a few of my own and could use a push in the right direction. -- Love the site -- thanks for your incredible insight!!
Steve
18 years ago
Andrew,

Love the site and love the tutorials even more. I've been trying to use a similar effect that was used on the season 1 promo of Miami Ink (Discovery Channel). So far it's looking pretty good but it mostly looks like a "cloud" is revealing the image rather than the image "growing" or being "soaked up" to be revealed. Any desire to make a tutorial that focus' on this type of effect?

Thanks again,
Steve
SolidSnake4444
18 years ago
I would like to see a tutorial on how to shoot at the screen and to create a cracked screen effect with a bullet hole on the screen with cracked glass coming off of it.

Hard to explain exactly.
DW
18 years ago
Andrew,

with the latest release of the second fantastic four movie, the effect of appearing cloaked or nearly invisible has been presented to me again. My favorite example of a person or creature that is "cloaked" would be when the alien from the movie "predator" is hunting Arnold Schwarzeneger. The cloaked effect is pretty amazing and is similar to the invisible girl effect in the fantastic four movies, but not quite as good.

I'd love to see as tutorial on how to create this effect. Thanks.

DW
18 years ago
hey hey

you have to admit there is a lot of titles effects and they are all good. i use most of them in my work, but it would be great to have some video effects, for example the blur zoom with all the colors, i have looked up on the internet but havent been able to see a tutorial for it, im sure alot of people would benefit from it.

a short description

a long shot and a close up up with a blur zoom with a nice colour as a transition.

thank you.
Chip
18 years ago
I think the Opening Credits to Standoff should be top priority as far as the next tutorial. It seems to be in Vogue (not the 90's All-girl group En Vogue, mind you!) as the new flavor of the week. And Im all for new flavors, but would like to make said flavor myself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zPm95sUYG8
simon
18 years ago
i would love to see some harry potter effects.
and maybe turn somthing in to water.
nhongskee
18 years ago
Your tutorials are awesome!!!..i would like to see in your new tutorial is how to integrating cg character to a live action set...

Greetings from the Philippines!
Chris Cruise
18 years ago
Could you do a tutorial involving the weather, geological and atmospherical effects? Could be a snowstorm or blizzard like conditions and then suddenly clear up using your "real clouds" product. Would be cool to see a tornado or at least the effects of a tornado happening. Make trees move, have someone's roof pulled off then an earthquake rips through. And lastly, end it all with a meteor shower. Would be cool if you set it up like a scene in Transformers or Armageddon or whatever you come up with. Make Sam endure it ALL!!! HAHAHAHAHA
Debashish
18 years ago
Hi kramer,
sory posting again .. but i just recalled. . A Bullet time Tut would do wonders to us. like neo does in matrix or in max payne the game. thanx.cheers
Debashish
18 years ago
Hi kramer,
like millions of fans of ur work, i m one of them. I would really want to learn how a text can fly into bits like a smoke. an eg. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7F0Ul0OoVY where at the very beginning the title appears and flys off so smoothly into thin air in bits like particles. also, andrew. how can i should u my work, little example i did in AE. thanx,regards.
Ray Bell
18 years ago
I think this would be a good tutorial... this slide show is just incredible...

if you goto the web site http://mediastorm.org/0001.htm
and check out the show 1976 its just a fantastic slide show...
I have tried to reproduce it in AE and so far just have not come up with
the same results...
Predator
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Ok, lots of people are into the whole superpowers scene. So I was thinking do something along the lines as; flying, levetation (objects or etc.), walking up walls or... jeez I don't know... Laser eyes or something?! It would be well apreciated because my friend (Paddymazz) and I are trying to make a series of videoes and effects along the lines as super powered human beings and crud like that!

So your tutorials would be MUCH appreciated!

Just a fan,

-Predator
Jochem van der Zee
18 years ago
hi,
I am making a film with a Time machine, but i wondered how i can create such effect. I think i need two shots, one with people and one without and with a crop effect they appear, but how can you give that â?????time machine effectâ??? with twinkles etc. I hope youâ???ll give a wshort tutorial about this.
Thnx in advance (sorry for my bad english, i am form the Netherlands )
Jochem
Etduu
18 years ago
It would be great to see how to create a thunderstorm, lighting and clouds approeaching to a city or something.

Keep up the tutorials
Kyle
18 years ago
Here's a couple of things I'd like to see:

A realistic space ship scene, using some of the freebie models on scifi3d.com, flying around earth, etc.

Possibly a good earth tutorial that has visible layers of atmosphere and such.

Definitely a bullet time tutorial.

A tutorial on some of the grunge vines you see on tv commercials and promos for food network, etc.
DW
18 years ago
Andrew,

I've got the basics down for good chroma key work. Most of it involves using either a static background or a background where the camera's perspective doesn't change (ie no panning, crane moves, trucks, etc.)

How would you go about compositing a 360 camera pan (or crane move, etc)? Lets say you have your background video (with no actor) where the camera moves in a cricle (point of interest toward the center as though someone is standing there), and you need to re create a similar shot for your foreground actor who is standing in front of a green screen. So when you composite them together it will look like the actor is standing in the environment and the camera cirles around him. Do you have any tutorial hints on how to do this and make it look correct?
18 years ago
Hey love the tutorials they are awesome helped me so much can see my frist atempt at compositing and effects here lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7papYz_b8YQ

I would love a tut on the cold and warmth filters. mayby i missed it somewhere?

Keep up the good work!
Jake14
18 years ago
how to do the "Sin City effect" where a person's eyes or mouth are in color when everything else is black and white. Or....their eyes are colored while in the black shadows.

Also how to create a Mushroom cloud explosion or asteroids comming to the earth.
18 years ago
Realistic fire and rain effekts. (raindrops that can be played in slowmo)
tizi
18 years ago
have u seen ryan vs dorkman 2. well if u havent u should check it out. just type it in in google. well if uve seen it. how do they make lightsaber burns on walls just how it is in the actual star wars. this would be a great tutorial
18 years ago
hi,
I am making a film with a Time machine, but i wondered how i can create such effect. I think i need two shots, one with people and one without and with a crop effect they appear, but how can you give that "time machine effect" with twinkles etc. I hope you"ll give a wshort tutorial about this.
Thnx in advance (sorry for my bad english, i am form the Netherlands )
Jochem
JT
18 years ago
Hi Master!
You made a while ago a great tutorial using the trapcode particular plugin ........
I have the trial version and here is my question .....
why it doesn't not interact with the other layer in my composition?
The layer where the particular effect was applied looks like is happening in 3d space .
But all the other layers are in front or behind .....
Is it because is not a fully functional version or is it not possible approach that with this plugin.
I've seen the same question in a few forums .... but no answers .
Thanks in advance and man!!!!! keep it up.
Adolpho
18 years ago
Hello Andrew,

I would love to see how you did that atomic explosion in the city you did a long time ago but took it off.

Also how to create any type of realistic fire or flames.

Some more 3D exploding stuff like the new shatter effect would be great too.
18 years ago
Would love a quick tut on the way to animate text on in a stream as in the Video Stream trailer.

Thanks.

Will
18 years ago
Andrew, these tutorials are amazing, first of all! Okay, I'd love to know how they did this effect in the music video for the Offspring called "DEFY YOU". The camera makes these rapid moves from one side of the singer to the other and the background slash-blurs behind him. It almost looks like a morphing transition between two shots, but I'm not sure.

Would also like some more nested zoom techniques for live action shot to a live action shot in just a few frames.

Thanks!
Moca MX
18 years ago
Hi!
I know i am boring with 3D bullet but...
It woud be cool to make tutorial for something like when bullet past in Matrix behind him he left some trails, so to make tut for those kind of trails.
PLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Andrew
18 years ago
Hi
Very nice site,
You help me a lot with AF, I'm a 3D artist and now with AE I can merge both and make great stuff.

One thing I would love to lear and I'm not the only one, it's how to make background abstract effect.

Thanks a lot, and keep going
jim M
18 years ago
I would love to know how to simulate lightning flashes through a window, and also for indoor shots. not actually see a lightning bolt, just have dark video footage look like its being lit up by lightning.
Phil
18 years ago
I would really like to see a tutorial about 4 point motion tracking and some of it practical and perhaps more advanced applications. I've dabled with it, but never quite gotten it to work how I want and despite my efforts can't seen to find any tutorials on it to help me out.
Valentinos Demetriou
18 years ago
hello,
first of all let me tell you that i appreciate what you do for us by creating those great tutorials!!!
now i have a couple of things that i would like to learn.

first:
in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHY-a6CySec a lot of times people turn into cartoon or schetch lines and vise versa....how to accomplish that?

second:
on the same video at 1:59 - 2:03 the guy turn into torch...that would be awsome...

third:
create an effect where someone touch a glass , a screen or something and is making that thing ripple like water....you can see what i mean in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lue1O22S11c at 00:31 - 00:35

forth:
x-men powers....like ice man when touch water and turn it into ice ....nightcrawler teleportation....kitty passing through walls...mystics shapeshifting where she turns into anyone

fifth:
Clark superspeed from Smallville

sixth:
the time freeze and the camera move around the character in fast motion

seventh:
video wall or video cube like this video..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5jfFrVMNU4

last but not least:
eye effects....like covenant where they change their eyes to black...or storm from xmen turning them white...or cyclops shooting laser beam from his eyes....or turning the iris color to another

i think you unterstand what i am interested in....creating super heroes powers....

thanks in advance,
Valentinos Demetriou

ps i hope you make anything of the things i asked....
Göran, Sweden
18 years ago
Hi Andrew.
I??´m a big fan of our stuff and i purchased Riot Gear some time ago and
have had a lot of use of it.
Your tutorials are great, easy to follow and funny to listen to!
My suggestion to future tutorials would be to explore third party plugins like Silhouette FX rotoscoping tool.
Other neat stuff would be match moving and tracking tutorials.

Cheers
G??¶ran
18 years ago
How about a tutorial how to use MOV's with alphachannel (e.g.from Cinema 4D) in AfterEffects?
Alexis
18 years ago
It will be nice a tutorial for "low-fi" filmakers, like
"how to blend fx and filters like particles / matte keying...etc. with low-fi formats like vhs...and how to avoid the awful "copy- paste" effect...

thanks!!!!

Alexis.
gerard
18 years ago
My offer for a tutorial is:

Impressive effects (3d, visual effects ...) as these:

Inside Heroes - Visual Effects

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=xFUHlQOpFwc
Mitch(UK)
18 years ago
Andrew,
This may no longer be valid as it may have been requested on the RG2 posts but:

Slow motion with effects at real time!
Weather effects
Some plug-in tuts like Particle playground?

Anything realy, but i would like to know how to make ice, and ice cubes please.

Bring on Riot Gear 2

Mitch
Roberto
18 years ago
Some tutorial like Dragon Ball Z MOVES!!! Flying men!, Super Punchs!, KAME HAME HA!(FireBall, you know) Electricity trought body!! Thats will be cool!
Josh
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, I would really like to see a tutorial on the whole teleporting effect. Like Nightcrawlers smoke effect from X-Men 2. Your tutorials are pure awesome, thanks for making them free!
18 years ago
Hi Andrew, i am trying too make a realy big army. you know, i talk too them and there are like 1000 man down there. i tried everything, from 3d till pictures, an all with greenscreen because i have only 2 soldiers in real life. but it just doesnt look good. and allso it sounds like a cool idea if you can zoom out from my head (the one who give's the speech) too see the whole army.
thanks allready

-Maarten
Amsterdam,The Netherlands
Doug
18 years ago
Have a look at the opening credits from the movie Casino Royale. Theres some pretty cool stuff going on there, such as how Bond is only shown in Black and white.
Stephen Davidson
18 years ago
Hello,

Perhaps a simple tutorial on how to do realistic beams of sunlight spilling down on a back ground.

thanks
Aaron
18 years ago
New sprint comercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW_9SYaWAQg
just, how is this done, if its done in a compositing app?
18 years ago
Hello Andrew,

i was wondering how After Effects could be used to integrate 3D Stuff into live action footage properly (Color Correction, Adjustment).
Apart from that, i would be interested in how to create some cloning stuff in After Effects.

Thanks for being my VFX Hero

Greetz from Germany
Nicky
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,
I love your tutorials so far!
I always wondered how to make a 3D Bullet, and animate it so that it hits a character's head for example. Or like many other people say: 3D titling like in the promo movie from Designer Sound FX

Keep up the good work Andrew!

Greetings from Belgium
Dan
18 years ago
Just saw the new Scion "Little Deviants" commercial by Shilo. Thought a tut on a pop out book effect would be cool like in the beginning of the commercial.
Docteur Maboul
18 years ago
Your web site is wonderful ! I come everyday to seek for new things to learn
You are a very important person in the small FX world

Could you PLEASE learn me how to do the HEROES and SMALLVILLE credits ?

THANK you in advance !
Keep it up !!!
Alexander
18 years ago
I would definitely like to see a tutorial on how to simulate the "Hand Crank" Camera effect that Tony Scott and others have recently popularized, in films like "Man on Fire" or "Running Scared". I've seen expressions for this before, but they are unwieldy and not that practical.
Cody
18 years ago
* I would like to see a Day for night and Night for Day tutorial.

* Car hit

* Outdoor rain creation

* Bullet time stuff (matrix)

* Horror movie style effects (arms getting lopped off, fingers getting severed, etc...)
Andrew Dick
18 years ago
PLEASE SOME SCARY EFFECTS!!

Things you would see in scary movies ie. jittery movement, making a face more intense or scarier!

WOULD BE AWESOME THANKS
18 years ago
hey! can you make a tutorial what learn us to create a morph effect?that would be nice! AND i want to learn how to create a time freeze with a rotation like in the ninja movies or something. like jump up and freeze, and rotate round and continue! you are the best andrew!



Kid 12 years Norway
Alex Foster
18 years ago
hehehe - am getting really good effect ideas from just reading this strip - keep it up guys
Siege
18 years ago
How to make some convincing bullethits on a windshield
Cbi
18 years ago
Hey just wondering if you could do a tutorial on a rotating menu...kinda like how the CD cover flow menu works...I would love to do this as a dvd menu but am a beginner at this After Effects stuff. BTW Great website i love all your work!!
Oscar
18 years ago
Hey!

I would love to see some tutorials on Water, all kinds on water from oceans to waterfalls, rain, rain on water with those water circles! everything on water! there's really no good water tutorials on the webb, and if anyone could pull it off, it'd be you!

Thanks alot - Oscar
mike
18 years ago
Hi

First off thanks a million for the great tutorials, i am forever in your debt.

I am currently working on a project wich involves a product i need to spin in 3d space.
The client has provided me with high ress images of the front , back , top and bottom and the sides. This is all good as i can put those all together in 3d space in AE BUT...
the product has a slight curve to it on the top corners so i get a wierd thing happening. The question is, is there a way to curve the layers in 3d space so all my layers sit snugly together to create a nice neat 3d object.

Im sure the possabilities for this are endless and would mean AE users could offer
3D product animations as long as it was a fairly simple shape for a fraction of the cost of proper 3d.

Thnaks again for the great tutorials

mike
Oliver
18 years ago
well ive been thinking latly about buying this program and ive been watching heroes latly so if you would could you show me how to make some effects from heroes abit like the time stopping ability that youve already got on... but somthing more like fire on the hands or along those lines.

also a camera lens cracking shattering effect.

but if you already know some places for tutorials along these lines could you give me a link please.
Some Other Guy
18 years ago
I got a great one, have you ever seen Smallville? If you have, when Clark superspeeds away is a really great fx, would love tutorial!!
Aaron
18 years ago
What about A long zoom. For example, start close on a subject on a rooftop, then do a zoom accross a few city blocks to someone on street level. Its similar to the infinite zoom, but is there a way to do that and integrate live action footage shot?
Chris
18 years ago
I might be the only one, but I would like to learn how to make a 3d cd case that you can animte to spin around etc. Like the ones you see in album commercials all the time where you get to see a bit of the band video for instance and then the cd spins in rotating a bit, showing the front and back and reflecting light etc to make it look more real..

And I also agree with ever other poster here, they have a lot of great wishes, and I must say that I??´m extremely impressed with you Andrew, and I??´m so glad to see that you still don??´t charge anything for your amazing tutorials! It??´s so great to be able to watch high quality stuff for free, that??´s not often we get to do that these days. But you??´re amazing!
DoogieHowserMD
18 years ago
More jokes, specifically how to structure a good joke. Thanks. And maybe some jokes centered around a 3dsmax tutorial on 3d text and how to do maybe a nice camera spin around a 3d logo or something and then export it to a nice shiny video format. That would be well funny. Your the man Andy, LOVE all the free tutorials and great products, theres really nothing out there like this and I think its great, keep up the good work!!! Many thanks for the inspiration.
Andrew
18 years ago
A tutorial compositing a 3d model into live action footage. Including rendering out passes then using AE to composite it all together
Francesco
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I'd love to see how to use and so to learn the path text effect, i don't understand how to create an animated text.
I hope you know what I mean and sorry for my english

Greetings from Italy
Io_FraNo

PS your Tutorials are the best
Finch
18 years ago
Andrew, I would love to see the 3D fractal as a tutorial. I would also love to see that shatter tutorial that comes with your sound effects dvd, but have no need for sound effects. You should set up some kinda system (something like itunes) where people can purchase the individual tutorials themselves. Any chance on just selling me that shatter tutorial by its lonesome? I could really use it for a project on the horizon.

Thanks so much for posting all the great stuff that you do, they are so helpful in understanding such a powerful tool as AE. Write a book too, there just don't seem to be any good ones.

You are a saint amonug men
OREN &amp; OREN
18 years ago
hi andrew just want to tell you we love your tutorial very much!!! we are from israel.
we wonder if you can do a tutorial of making crowd in after effects its could be a fantastc tutorial. we love your tutorial we love you man. bye bye
fuli
18 years ago
i really liked to see one tutorial with morphing faces.

your tutorials are tthe best
18 years ago
I emailed you this, but never got a response. I was thinking that a "vortex" tutorial that would show how to do something comparable to the opening of BBC's Doctor Who.

Here a link to it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bh5rHhYiyM
Birdman
18 years ago
a great tutorial would be a updated morph tutorial using as little plugins as possible
Minl
18 years ago
i've got another idea.. tutorial on how to make a cool demo reel
Mike
18 years ago
A timefreeze tutorial with rotation, like seen in heroes, and/or posible interaction with floating/frozen objects
18 years ago
Hello Andrew,
I`m from Brazil, work with video production, here your tutorials worth more than gold man, hehehe .I would like to see a tutorial like the freezing time one, but in a 3D Motion Around the scene. the link below show`s the ideia:

http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=sqRjiE_GAd8

Anyway, i think it`s a good one to learn.
thks for your time. and if you got more 5 min take a look in some of our jobs maded here in brazil: http://www.youtube.com/playhdtv

Bruno Brito.
18 years ago
I would like to see a tutorial that shows you how to do a very cool superspeed effect. Similar to the one seen on Smallville. Also some with Zaxwerks Products, andTrapcodes Particular. Also a tutorial that makes it look like you are jumping really high. Or combine everything I've said here to make a really cool effect. I would also like to see a tutorial showing you how to render out cool breakdown clips of effects that I've created.
Alex Foster
18 years ago
i would really like to see like what u left on the blog for video rendering (my faviorite is photo jpeg - saves so much space and time!) but for sound. i keep losing lots of my sound quality when i compress and interestingly not everything seems to be able to read uncompressed...

also somthing on how to manipulate the after effects particles would of course be cool - loved the previous tutorials on that
John Paite
18 years ago
Dear Dear Andrew..speaking of 3D I would really like to know how to use PANORAMIC 2D image and panning 360 degree using the AE camera? is it possible?? This would be a great thing to know...As Im writting this im getting the idea but simply not sure!!!
Felix Lànyi
18 years ago
Dear Andrew,
everytime when you are about to present another great tutorial I'm like: "He's not just crazy, HE IS TOTALLY CRAZY".
But then my mind says: Wouldn't it be a lot more crazy if he would try to explain us how to use 3D-Footage in After Effects. This would end up in a real big unstable mass of madness! Besides the fun: I really would like to use 3D Text oder several items like chairs or ... chainsaws to create some nice moves in After Effects. Okay then, that for now.

Wish you all the best.
Greetings from Germany
Bye
Felix
Christopher Carlsson
18 years ago
I would like to see the "blood filling the vains" effect

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU2awTrEdN0

@ 9 sec, thats what i mean, would be great!

// Christopher, sweden
Ryan
18 years ago
You should do a tutorial on how to get text to realisticly turn into smoke (like the text right at the start of the video) im sure he did it with 3ds max, but im sure it could be done in AE and looks just as good

please do it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7F0Ul0OoVY
18 years ago
I would like to see some morphing tutorials - some of the stuff you see in a lot of commercials lately.
Here is an example - use your buddy for it.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TkdWg3qpL54

Also things with text and how text can interact with each other - physical simulations and so forth - like flowing water text...

More with AE, you do a great job with it.
Giso Spijkerman
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I am really enjoying your tutorials thanks!

I would really like to see some good tutorials about, for example, video footage that is shot without rain and you add it realistic afterwards.

I know it is possible because i saw on
-- http://www.trapcode.com/gallery.html --
a movie about a BWM commercial where they add rain.

greetings!
Giso

ps how was your wedding anniversary
18 years ago
I was trying to wrap my head around doing rpf cameras in after effects with only half success-- the 3d elements in my scene wound up at extreme angles to my camera and I couldn't figure out how to line it up properly to the rendered 3d plate.

Any help would be hot, there.
Najib
18 years ago
Hi all

I'm european and I thank you very much for all these tutorials M. Andrew Kramer, they are very interesting, especially for beginners like me .
Just wanna add if you know Ayato, a japanese well-known in visual effects, look at his website : http://www.ayatoweb.com/index_e.html
His effects are awesome and very beautiful, but quite difficult for beginners like me, don't always see the links between the steps and how to continue :/

So I'll be very pleased if you can try one of them (the most impressive effects^^) even if, unfortunately he uses sometimes others software, as Illustrator...

Thank you

Najib

PS: didnt read all the requests above, but I'm sorry if someone has already talked about him.
Andrei
18 years ago
3d Camera Traking PLEASEE
CasperT
18 years ago
Hello there Andrew.

I would like to see a tutorial about creating fire Fireballs, Burning Text, everything!
Murat
18 years ago
Hi Andrew

First of all i would like to thank you for all your help and support in making of Peri video clip :
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6TairuI2rJo

" Real Clouds " from videocopilot is used in the project.

I have watched many tuttorials but the ones you have done are different because you direct them as a part of a short movie ... i would like to see you as a director of your own movies one day
in your new project can you include matte painting and 3d tracking and using it in AE

Thank you very much
Murat
Joe
18 years ago
I wasn't going to say this until I saw how many other people did; some James Bond intro tutorials would be awesome!
Johnny
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,
Lovin' ur tutorials mate!
Hey anyway I can download the tutorials and save them on my HDD? saves having to stream it each time. - Plus I'd like to put them in my BIBLE section for After Effects.

Thanks!!
gautam
18 years ago
how about one of those vampire "POOF "effects.. like the one in blade

and 3DS MAX PLEASE!!!
Alan
18 years ago
How about a tutorial on how to recreate your scene of the army guy getting blown up on the battlefield i.e. the shell exploding next to him as he runs across the field. And you could advertise your 'Action Essentials' into the bargain!
Luke Lamont
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

This is just a request for a tutorial on making cool effects for the game "Halo" or "Halo 2". As I've seen a very large variety of people who have listed you at halo3forum.com..a wide fanbase is there for you, I just think it'd make for a pretty popular tutorial.

Thanks.
18 years ago
What about how to crush somone with a giant boulder, like in the action movie essentials promo at the end
18 years ago
something like paths / advanced writeOn effects

in the sense of this stunning clip by d-strkt.

http://www.bd4d.com/home/infoFeatHome.php?iPresentationID=20
etharooni
18 years ago
If it is possible. make a tutorial on making it look like animals are talking
Oh yea, one more. Motion Tracking. For instance, a tutorial on Motion Tracking where your Track point goes "Out of Frame" and you need to grab a different trackpoint. But when played back, the shot is all over creation.

So I guess the Tutorial requested would be Motion Tracking and Working through out of frame or multiple tracking problems.
lol.. 300+ Tutorial Requests.. I guess when you asked for it, you got it. So I doubt this will even get read being at the bottom of the list but here goes anyway..

1.) Tutorial on 3d Text Effects - Awesome Text Effects etc..
2.) Particles - How can you make Rain Drops hit off objects in a video like adding rain? Example. I want to add rain to a scene and have it hit foreground, background and off the brim of someone's cap. or the top of a car etc..
3.) How to be more like Andrew Kramer
4.) Too many to list here. I want to be fair.

Cheers!
18 years ago
Something in the sense of organic / microscopic life forms would be great

imagine custom precomposed items as particles
that fake lifeforms then zooming out to a picture of a waterdrop

duno but i think it might cover some nice & good tips to get new users started with a bit more advanced AE.

in anyway...keep it up andrew, good work!
Nico
18 years ago
Andrew, would love to see you show off your skills in Sony Vegas. I've tried replicating in Vegas some of the things you tought us in your DVD's on After Effects, but it's pretty hard. You make it all look so easy! Please consider doing a couple of Vegas tutorials, and even a Vegas tutorial DVD - I'd definitely buy that as well! Thanks.
God Himself!
18 years ago
God, i hope I will be the last to comment But I would so much like to see some X-Men type of special powers! Thank you for all your free (and not free) work! Appriciate it strong man!
God.
Stuvis
18 years ago
I would realy like to know how to put the point of intrest of a camera from one point to another while the camera is moving forward like in tutorial no27.
Aaron
18 years ago
Hey Andrew
Just wanted to know if you have a motion tracking tutorial....I am interested in tracking a moving object and replacing it with a 3d object....
thanks

aaron
Dustin James
18 years ago
@superville

i watched 300 several times in a row.. but i did notice some arrows don't track well...

@radicalhorizons

that was a cool video...
C. David
18 years ago
how about bullet time effect (i meant circles trailing behind a bullet (like in the matrix movie))
thnx in advance
PS: great work andrew, u rock !!!
Ben Hawkins
18 years ago
i would also like to see how you would do your keying on a green screen with out using the keylight plugin.

thanks again.

tutorial slaughter
David Hudson
18 years ago
Just wondering if the waves in this are done in 3d or in after effects? If you reckon they are done in after effects would love to see it.

http://www.allbetsareoff.com/video/Nihatsu_Fusion.mov
radicalhorizons
18 years ago
Superville, watch that http://youtube.com/watch?v=B0stRHsw5YE

The arrows in 300 are PURELY cg.
Hi Andrew, How about some tutorials in "Particle Illusion 3". That would be great!
You know, make better explotions and stuff

Thanks.
marco
18 years ago
Couple of good ones:

1) Digital set extensions. One that comes to mind is where they digitally make a short hallway much longer or increase the heights of shorter buildings and such.

2) Compositing digital matte paintings with live action (could be green screen or non-green screen) footage. Maybe replacing some or all of the backdrop with a futuristic or fantasy setting - and implementing motion tracking for short camera movements. The Japanese movie Casshern comes to mind.
18 years ago
Hello
I'd like to learn how to create a fake 16mm film burns.
Thanks
Cheers
18 years ago
I can't believe I got my mac, it's so cool..I'm on it right now!!

I think you're asking him for wayyy too many tutorials...
he has a real job, and he's making these for free, so give him
a break, lol

http://www.et-films.net

http://www.et-films.net

http://www.et-films.net

http://www.et-films.net

http://www.et-films.net

http://www.et-films.net
18 years ago
How about anything underwater? Looking for underwater motion effects, bubbles, anything that can show relative size and motion while underwater would be great.
Look forward to anything from you.
nick hardy
18 years ago
love to see something about intergrating real world with visual effects too.
18 years ago
Are you going to do these?

1) Bullet Ricochets on water

&

2) Advanced Clouds
John
18 years ago
Bullet TRAIL effect please!
tesssam
18 years ago
hee superville,
ik think that this could be done in ae with trapcode particles. if you make a arrow and use that as the particle. and set the mode to stick. and ofcourse some more adjustments i think it would work.
18 years ago
ok, i know this isn't AE related.... or maybe it is, but does anyone know how they shoot people with arrows in movies? for example, quite a few arrow effects in lord of the rings. even more impressive are the arrow hits in 300. they aren't even wearing clothing and you can see the arrow stick into them. the only two techniques i can think of involve clever editing (cut to arrow already in position) and maybe shooting a scene in reverse (pull the arrow off a character with string.) is it a practical effect or is it pure cg? if it's done in post, it's got me fooled.
Steve
18 years ago
can't go wrong with particle tutorials
RevV
18 years ago
Some matrix tutorials or some with 3d characters getting blown up or shot would be quite nice ^^

Think about it
Grant
18 years ago
Some more Riot Gear tutorials would be very helpful. Some James Bond intro tutorials would also be cool.
John
18 years ago
Andrew,

Wow, what a bunch of great ideas! From a logical standpoint, and building on your past history of adding functionality to your training that everyone can use, I'd like to see you take the next logical step of talking about your fantastic titles. As was mentioned previously, your Designer Sound FX titles were fantastic and unless I'm missing something in AE, I'm sure you used something outside of Adobe. So maybe start with creating "Blockbuster Titles" would be good. Then move on and up from there.

What about the whole "Light Caustics" effects such as titles through smoke, haze or fog? I've played around with it, but you tend to think outside the box and may be able to take it to that next "VideoCopilot" level.

You rock my brother!!!!!

Keep up the great work! Thanks for your sacrifices and time!

Best...

John
BURNS MULTIMEDIA
18 years ago
I would like to see flash tutorials!!
marco
18 years ago
After seeing about 20 more posts for bullet time tutorials, I thought I would post this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet_time


For reasons I posted about 100 posts up, its not gonna happen, so stop asking for it.
noni
18 years ago
first i'm gonna thank you for the tutorials that ur making they are great and very helpful, and for the tutorial request it would be grate if u could make a camera match moving from 2d video then export it in a 3d software like 3ds max...
Titso
18 years ago
I believe i have already sendt a mail about tutorials
and my suggestion is that you make a tutorial about time
freezing and moving around with the camera like in matrix or heroes

http://youtube.com/watch?v=kdhFGakLkIs

I have heard that they use many cameras to get the 3D
effect on objects but if it could be possible to make this
with a single camera and then enhance it with after
effects it would be awesome
18 years ago
Halo Mr Kramer
respect for the new toturials and new visions from the SoundFx,this is great and wonderfull!
Thank you for all Toturials!
Greetings from Germany
DocMatyl
You know what would be awesome?
to create some monster type things in like 3dmax or something similar.
also it would be great to know how to make it seem like a sword or some object is going through someone,
like how they have it in movies.

because im tired of using lightsabers.
thank you very much.
YOU ROCK!
18 years ago
# Tartaros Says:
June 30th, 2007 at 11:09 am

http://trapcode.com/gallery/polar2007_h.mov from www.trapcode.com . imba graphics. as for the 3D program, the one that andrew enjoys workin on the most.. Thanks mate, you really helpin ppl Keep it up


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Realy I cryed seeing this movie I loved Him that mutch
Great Great Great :
Misma
18 years ago
make a tutorial once and for all!
Helge
18 years ago
Im thinking of buying a Colt M4A1 soft gun to use in my future movies and it would just be awesome to have some matrix tutorials
Also one where the room freezes and the camera moves around the people and stuff would be sweeet
lee james
18 years ago
hey man one idea id like to see would be intergrating from a hellicopter in 3ds max put in to footage and either shot using bullet time or a rocket launcher

thank man
Tartaros
18 years ago
http://trapcode.com/gallery/polar2007_h.mov from www.trapcode.com . imba graphics. as for the 3D program, the one that andrew enjoys workin on the most.. Thanks mate, you really helpin ppl Keep it up
18 years ago
I would like a tutorial on 3d titles and also how to make the surface of a layer look wet or slippery or something, alot like some of the stuff in the sound fx promo
James
18 years ago
I just thought of another one. How about the intro sequences for the james bond movies?
wayne carnegie
18 years ago
hey kramer.. you know what i like about your tutorials? they are not boring. i visit the website everyday and i am looking forward to purchase some dvds for reaaal!! man.. anyways peace keep up the good work
18 years ago
BULLET TIME!!!!
Marcus
18 years ago
Integration of C4D (creating 3d title & camera movement data) with AE 7
Videotut in German (right click on "HIER heruntergeladen werden"):

http://academy.slashcam.de/product_info.php?products_id=45&osCsid=28aa10cbe640a035a49f8f7b6027c387

I have to say many requests here, like the repetitious ask for "hit by car" tut show that some people here

a) don't know how to use google

b) haven't watched the tuts here on videocopilot (like the "blow head off", its the technique that can be used for the car thing)

c) haven't even read the above part of this blog, where there is a link to a video tut on "car hit"

people, this is dumb and a waste of everybody's time.

I still wish for a tutorial about "watercolor looks" and "paint splat mattes" like on

http://www.blind.com/blind.php > Reels > Commercial > Honda, LA Marathon

amazing stuff there
KCB
18 years ago
Saw TRANSFORMERS last night!!! That movies was not produced by humans...its out of this world...my pop corn box remained full as i watched in awe....

Want to say Andrew you are a legend, there were spots in that movie (and the new Silver Surfer) where i can now go home and be able to know how to mimic similar results for various effects ...... well not results, but the knowledge to now how to do.

THANKS!
Li Cui
18 years ago
# Sammiep Says:
June 29th, 2007 at 1:29 pm

this

http://trapcode.com/gallery/web_BMW_Precipice_Breakdown.mov

is kicking ass make something Like this !!
- - - - - - - - -

THis was pretty sweet! Maybe youâ??????ll find a way to tell us that this is done with a 3D program, but you know how


I remember reading about this on Studio Daily. I've been trying forever to do a believable day to night and rain effects, but to no avail. If you could show us some of your techniques, that would be great, not to mention, helping out a large audience. Thanks Andrew!
Andreq
18 years ago
Something with zombies.
18 years ago
1. Infinite Zoom
2. The Matrix Effect: The action freezes and the camera moves around
3. DayForNight
4. Some cool effects for backrounds (like the 3D-Fractal-Effect)
18 years ago
# Scott bishop Says:
June 30th, 2007 at 3:49 am

I double what Jamie says, keep em short and so that people can use the tips to create something of their own, instead of just copying your work
Javier C.
18 years ago
I almost forgot, Flash would be great too!
chris
18 years ago
How to create a neon light sign (like the ones found around seedy night clubs that flicker alot)
Javier C.
18 years ago
First of all, I would like to thank you for your amazing tutorials!!! You are a master, thanks for sharing with us

I would like to know how to make:

1) Effects made in the Polar 2007 promo!!! (Amazing promo...)
2) Effects made in the Matrix movies like Bullet-Time for example
3) Like Jacobi said, a How-To create a movie quality VFX shot would be great, like in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1AuvwfKhIk Also the presentation with the bullets in 3D Slow Motion IS AMAZING!!! How about something like that?
4) CGI Integration
5) 3D for our movies!!!
6) Much more of your knownledge about VFX!!!

Nice work!!
Scott bishop
18 years ago
I double what Jamie says, keep em short and so that people can use the tips to create something of their own, instead of just copying your work
Don
18 years ago
What about a bomb that destroys the whole city? I think you did this before but can you do it again for AE 7.0?
18 years ago
1. Infinite zoom
2. That digital flickering like we see in many movies today (Also in game trailer Assassins Creed)

3. Film Noir look
Jacobi
18 years ago
Hello Video Copilot Crew,

First let me say that your Serious Effects & Compositing DVD is the greatest contribution to man kind since the invention of water. I do have a suggestion. How about creating a Movie Effects & Compositing DVD (I know, the name could use some work.). I would love to learn how to create a movie quality VFX shot. The training video could focus on putting all the elements together from start to finish in After Effects. When I say all the elements I mean like adding particles effects, lighting, adding 3d elements, set extensions, matchmaking, color correcting, and finally compositing it all together to make one nice VFX shot. Imagine a DVD where they show us how to create a scene from 300 or recreating the Hell scene from the Constantine movie. The link below is a good quick example of what I have in mind but I would like to include live video in the process. I think that would be a cool training video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1AuvwfKhIk
18 years ago
I would really like to know how to make animals talk, like what they had in the movie Cats and Dogs. That would be awesome.
18 years ago
superville Says:
June 29th, 2007 at 8:45 pm

they used this to great effect in a mountain dew commercial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srqi52H2hMY at about 13 seconds.

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There Are 2 Zooms. like in sec. 12 and sec. 5/6 after he says I want my dew. That one At sec. 12 is a Camera Affect and I posible whit AE to. And the one at sec. 6 is easy. They just drove in that street you don't see any shop and what they have done. They only jused a couple of frames jused crossdisolve and voila. there it is.
Jamie
18 years ago
I'd just like to voice my support for keeping the tutorials short and sweet, like they currently are, and focused on a specific effect. What I like so much about your tutorials is that they don't take me forever to watch, but I can quickly be filled in on a new effect/feature you've come up with in After Effects and then its up to me to apply my new skills to my projects. I'm learning more practical applications for AE from your "quick" tutorials than I do from longer, project-based ones. Oh, and its great when you mention the shortcuts for stuff in After Effects, that's been maybe the greatest help of all you tutorials.
Anyway, thanks!
18 years ago
# Larry in LV Says:
June 29th, 2007 at 8:38 pm

In the begining of this video I saw (link below) it shows a montage of cropped photos that keep pushing back. One on top of the other. I would like to see how this was done and if you can top it.

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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2380594248490913816&hl=en

This is Done whit Photoshop and AE First you Make renders whit photo shop Like things you wanna see Like The boy on the bike. And whit a other picture only the brackground. Past them in AE and Scale them or push the Zoom back then past the other picture over it. Only Zoom that you don't see it. Work whit Camera 35mm and make a motion whit only the Z.. And Look there It is
Will Fisher
18 years ago
First off as many have stated this is the Best AF site out there and Andrewâ???¦YOU ROCK!!!

Here are a few ideas.
AF Tools â?????? Flow Chart, Motion Sketch, Paint,etcâ???¦
Matte Paint/Set Extension/Virtual Sets
Text FX Presets
Building â?????Jumpbacksâ??????
Compositing in 3D elements and blending them in
Special FX â?????? Xray, Night vision, Inferred,

Movie Themes

Star Wars
Lightsabers, Blasters, Plasma Shields, and â?????Forceâ?????? Powers
Space Ships â?????? landing, takeoff, etcâ???¦
Droids and Aliens â?????? Integrating CGI and Live action
Virtual Sets â?????? Alien environments
Space Battles

The Matrix
Bullet-Time
Freezing time and interacting with it
Flying
Virtual Cinamtagraphy

X-Men
Superhero Powers

300
Color Grading
Virtual Armies
Complex Environment Compositing
Johnny B Goode
18 years ago
Hey Andrew what ya'll should do is make tutorials on super hero powers like superman xmen etc... cause i think people who are making films on that category would get a boost up with that kind of tutorials.
18 years ago
Andrew, When I was first learning Phottoshop I was part of a community on AOL that was lead by Kai Krause (KPT). Your tutorials have done for me in AE what Kai did for me in PS.
Thank you much!
18 years ago
Andrew, I'd love to see a clever use for the puppet tool, other than the obvious use Adobe intended.
18 years ago
hey andrew,
you're tutorials have been truly fantastic and your blog is just as useful. the after effects community is starving for practical tutorials and by reading your blogs, i've learned about tons of great sites that a) showcase incredible talents and skills and b) teach others how to achieve them. to be honest, i've never been comfortable with the creative cow forum. sometimes, it feels like work trying to find what i need. your site, on the other hand is very user friendly and inviting. since the first time i saw it, i've been fascinated by the Fast and the Furious "zoom" effect. it's the one where the camera moves in on a car and then rapidly zooms in on the driver's face as the driver speeds by. they used this to great effect in a mountain dew commercial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srqi52H2hMY at about 13 seconds.
keep up the great work!
marco
18 years ago
@ Dustin

Yes, there are ways to do a poor man's bullet time, but honestly its beyond the resources and technical ability of most of the users of this site. If the camera is static, on a tripod, then we're good. When you start having to move it around your subject you are opening a can of worms that won't be closing anytime soon.

As I mentioned before, I would be more interested in seeing tutorials that cover some of the more accessible/popular plugins for After Effects. Like:

- Particular
- Shine
- Knoll Light Factory.
- How to remove camera shake (please!)
- Cool tutorials for manipulating text. Its lame just having the credits fade in and out. A nice effect I've see recently was the credits to Jackie Chan's 'New Police Story.'
- Tutorial for removing wire harness. Not that many of us have access to one, but we would all love to shoot our action movies with one!
- A believable day for night effect.
- A more complex Time Freeze tutorial
- Other uses for AE's motion tracking ability
Larry in LV
18 years ago
In the begining of this video I saw (link below) it shows a montage of cropped photos that keep pushing back. One on top of the other. I would like to see how this was done and if you can top it.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2380594248490913816&hl=en
18 years ago
Sorry for double reply, but i want to see what an earthquake where a car is on a highway and the ground cracks under it, and the car and the piece of ground fal down, that would be a sweet tutorial!
Chris Smith
18 years ago
Hi andrew, love your website and all things within it. I do 3d, after effects etc.. i'm doing my neices christening at the moment, and it starts with a photo montage within a womb so theres photos all over the place the camera moves to each one, this is done in Lightwave 3D. Now i did export it out thru rpf so i have the camera movements, aplha etc, works great. the only thing wrong is it exports as 30fps, done this way. I use PAL 25fps(Australia), so when it comes to making it work in 25fps its jerky, done heaps of research and NADA. Q. how about a tutorial on how to remove/use alphas when imporing 3d in AE? (phew)
P.s. if you can do this i'll buy some presets from your web. (no, its not blackmail)
Thanks heaps Chris
18 years ago
Hey Andrew! id love to see any 3DSM Afterburn tutorials you can come up with! If your looking for some tutorials on simple but realistic effects for C4D to help you pick it up, dont forget that Moon image i sent you, the tutorial is free on my site(no need for registration)
Jonas KÃ¥re Johannesenson
18 years ago
Okey, one of the coolest thinks a action movie can have is a slowmotion clip of where some guy shoots around him and the camera goes 360 degrees around him. AWESOME, huh?
Anything we, the fans, can put in our little actionmovies would just be great.
Thank you Andrew, for your great site and your awesome products.
Will
18 years ago
Love to see;

Particals Using Particular
Grain removal from DV (if its possible)

Will,
Dustin James
18 years ago
@marco

well you can pull of a poor-mans 'bullet-time' effect if you have several cameras set in an arc at equal distance's from the subject.

read about it in Digital Video Hacks.
Eliot
18 years ago
Yep, Tobias has had one of the best ideas so far. The smooth transaction between outside and inside. That would be GREAT!!! Go TOBIAS!
18 years ago
OMG!!! iPHONE COMING OUT IN 20 minutes...
CRAZIEST DAY OF MY LIFES...

GO APPLE!!
THANK GOD I'M GETTING A MAC ON MY BIRTHDAY ...TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!

http://www.et-films.net
Eliot
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

OK, this tutorial idea would go so well with your new Designer Sound Effects product. Have you seen THe Butterfly Effect? I'm guessing you may have, it's a pretty well known movie, but if not you gotta see it! So foor the tutorial, it could be te effect they used when Ashton Kutcher remembers his memories and goes back in time and when this happens everything around him goes crazy and things start to be sucked out of the picture. It is really cool and would worl well with your Sound Effects Package.

Good luck and I LOVE this new blog and all your great tutorials. My friends and I actually made a short stupid movie for a school film festival with the help of Action Movie Essentials. Great Stuff!
Rudra
18 years ago
I could really use a tutorial of a rotating-burning SUN (kinda like they did in the Sunshine movie)

Perhaps followed by a solar eclipse

So, please consider doing one on that
18 years ago
Soo many replies!
Garry
18 years ago
# Sammiep Says:
June 29th, 2007 at 1:29 pm

this

http://trapcode.com/gallery/web_BMW_Precipice_Breakdown.mov

is kicking ass make something Like this !!
- - - - - - - - -

THis was pretty sweet! Maybe you'll find a way to tell us that this is done with a 3D program, but you know how
Marvin
18 years ago
Sammiep Says:
June 29th, 2007 at 10:21 am
Something Like this !!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZPHKGgdmIw&mode=related&search=

I assume thats done with a 3d application.

He was talking to do some 3d Stuf to isnâ??????t it
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That was so cool! If you could find a way to do this.. I would show some emotions
Morten
18 years ago
Iv seen a type of effect that goes like this: A clip is almost done, when the camera zooms out, you see that the clip is a part of a cube with video walls, then the camera goes to another part of the wall and starts a new clip. I would love a tutorial on that Videocube
marco
18 years ago
Wow, I see alot of people asking for a Matrix - Bullet Time effects tutorial. I'm not sure if you all realize it, but this effect of rotating around a semi-frozen character cannot be achieved with After Effects alone.

In the original Matrix film bullet time was achieved by using a very complex photographic effect (ie - non video) called time slicing. This is achieved by creating an array of cameras which are lined up 360 degrees around the walls of the room. The actor goes through his motions and the cameras take consecutive shots. The individual frames are then played back for smooth motion. The background, buildings, walls, etc are all CGI and have to be motion tracked to the movement of the camera array.

In the Matrix 2 & 3 all bullet time stuff was full CGI, actors and backdrops included.

About the only thing you could use After Effects for is chroma keying your scene. I suppose you could do a similar effect by doing a rotating dolly shot around your actor, or maybe having the actor stand on a rotating disc in front of a green screen. You would still have the problem of putting a believable background in though, even if you could motion track it realisticlly to the camera movement.

So yea, don't expect a bullet-time tutorial anytime soon.

-M


ps - now the distortion trail coming off the end of the bullets, you could probably find a way to cheat that in After Effects without resorting to a 3d animation program.
Mikester191
18 years ago
The van running you over in your demo reel. That looks awesome!
Fotis
18 years ago
1) Bluescreening with motion trackers while the camera is moving
2) How to make an invisible guy interact with his environment
3) How to make a blood stain on somebody's shirt when he is shot
3) Your tutorials kick butt so keep up the good work!
Daniel Reynolds
18 years ago
It would be cool if you could show us how to do that Matrix 360 effect. I belive it requires some work, though. If not, how to make an explosion only using after effects built in plugins and tools would be nice.
ro
18 years ago
WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING IS GREAT. I MAINLY USE AFTER EFFECTS AND DON"T HAVE TIME TO LEARN A 3D PROGRAM. INFINITE ZOOM WOULD BE NICE...GREAT STUFF ANDREW
Timon
18 years ago
I think it would be great to see how I can use my After effects stuff in a website with flash. The thing I did now was export my AA movie as a image series and then import into flash with every image in a new keyframe in the timeline and then insert the buttons and stuff.
But then my swf files will come out with a size of like 20mb... which is a bit big for a website hehe.. is there any other way?
Sammiep
18 years ago
this

http://trapcode.com/gallery/web_BMW_Precipice_Breakdown.mov

is kicking ass make something Like this !!

# Andre Says:
June 29th, 2007 at 11:54 am

Sammiep Says:
June 29th, 2007 at 10:21 am
Something Like this !!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZPHKGgdmIw&mode=related&search=

I assume thats done with a 3d application.

He was talking to do some 3d Stuf to isn't it
Lisa
18 years ago
It would be nice to see a tutorial on stylized/glowy/vivid lighting techniques, without the use of additional plugins, if that's possible. Some examples could be found at Shilo (Cage video), Harry J frank's ad for Premiere Tans, and the Macy's commercial featuring Sharon Haver, just to name a few.
sundance
18 years ago
Infinite zoom. However, I'd like to see it expand through galaxies and nebula, much like in the movie contact.
Jordan
18 years ago
Just restated stuff already said to further get those in your head:

1. Volumetric lighting
2. Weather effects
3. Tips for effective composites
4. Color Grading
Eric Hartford
18 years ago
I haven't read any of the previous requests so if this has already been mentioned then *whoops*. How about a tutorial that will help people spice up videos that require (upon client's 'request') a lot of 'text only' screens for things like 'how to' videos, or places where footage may not be wanted by the client. Like in powerpoint presentations... Title - Subtitle - Bullet Points - Etc.
Abenge
18 years ago
Mabey show us how do do Lightning with rain
Your work is great andrew thanks
Michael Gebben
18 years ago
I've bought your dvds and I think they are great. I can't wait for the next one. Check out http://www.mgmgrand.com/ and click enter maximum vegas..... Now I would love to see you disect a portion of this video!! Thanks
J
18 years ago
Love your work. Personally I would like to see a serialized tutorial regardless of subject. One that is maybe a bit ambitious in overall scale and could be broken into a series of pieces. The current tutorials are excellent, but the final result is a few seconds of video. I would like to follow along with you as you approach a larger scope of work.

All of the examples and ideas are great, and I'll happily follow along with whatever direction is chosen. Specific 3d apps may be a bit tricky though as it may alienate a large majority of regular visitors. Personally I use Maya, so one vote for that if it comes down to brass tacks.

Finally, I have to agree with one of the earlier posts. Charge me for this stuff, I'm happy to pay.. maybe consider a paid member section to the site with more in depth tutorials. You do a lot of work pleasing the masses, you should benefit as much as we do.

Thanks.
18 years ago
I would really love how to make the classic Tittle that has a light passing behind it and gets Shinny and iluminated.
I dont know how to explain it xD.

Its almost every movie tittle start up.
18 years ago
Sammiep Says:
June 29th, 2007 at 10:21 am
Something Like this !!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZPHKGgdmIw&mode=related&search=


I assume thats done with a 3d application.
18 years ago
this

http://trapcode.com/gallery/web_BMW_Precipice_Breakdown.mov

kicks ass!

That possible with ae?!?
Matt
18 years ago
Hey Andrew

How about a brief tutorial on the audio potential of AE...

Regards
Matt, UK
Orhan
18 years ago
Hey Andrew!

I would like to know how to make a text disappear like sand or smoke being blown away by wind. It's kind of hard to explain.

The effect is used in this video, you'll see it about 12 to 20 seconds in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj5xo9GfGXM

Thanks man!
18 years ago
Yeah, I'd like some tutorial on the Ryan-W lightning duel(http://www.ryan-w.com/ryan-w/clips/lightning_duel.mov) or at least something like it. I know that it was done using boujou for tracking, and trapcode particular . Oh yeah, and a matrix bullet trail seems fun(not the bullet time thing with all the photo's, that's pretty easy, the only thing is that you have to have a few cameras ), I think it could also be done with particular, but I'm not really an expert to particular ..
S. Gilbert
18 years ago
WOW Andrew!!! You threw a small snowball down a really big mountain with this one. Regardless of the tutorial(s) you decide to make I know they'll Kick A$$

Sam Gilbert
New York
Myykk
18 years ago
Andrew,
What I'm interested in is the integration of AE projects into the final composition. Most of the tutorials are only seconds long, but many of us shoot interviews, events, etc. What about a tutorial that takes us through the process of designing a longer project and where and when to use AE fx for the best outcome. I typically use AE at the intro and ending of any project and that's it.

This is a bit beyond a tech segment and more about conceptualizing a project or final project. It would be interesting to hear your thoughts.
Sammiep
18 years ago
Something Like this !!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZPHKGgdmIw&mode=related&search=
NewEnglandZack
18 years ago
Invigorator

I too would like to see an in-depth tutorial on how to create a logo in Invig. Especially the starting process in Illustrator. For example, recreate a logo to
make a transition wipe. Like what you see when sports wipes to a replay.
I'd even pay to see this one.

Zack M.
always buying your stuff - well worth it!
Chris Cruise
18 years ago
Basically, I'd like to see more stuff on compositing. Integrating live action with the 3D world. I want to know the "Secrets of the Pros". I want to create "ILM" style effects and learn to track camera movements with 3D inside of AE.
18 years ago
how about the effects used for the hp ads in the "personal" campaign?
http://www.hp.com/personalagain/us/en/index.html?product=vrcp
Matt again
18 years ago
Sorry for posting again, but what about those HP Hands commercials?
18 years ago
1/Camera mapping

2/Matte painting with AE & Phostoshop
Dmitri
18 years ago
Also i wonder how to create a camera shake silmilar to one i've seen in "Fight Club" movie, where camera shakes and film came out of projector...something like that.
Robert
18 years ago
Always asked how they mix 3D renders (i.e. 3DsMax animated logos) with 2D effects from After Effects...
radicalhorizons
18 years ago
A tutorial on making something like that http://www.ryan-w.com/ryan-w/clips/lightning_duel.mov

and the matrix bullet time effect, please
Kris S
18 years ago
HERE IS THE SCORE SO FAR (IN LAYMANS TERMS):

1. Infinite zoom tutorial (most popular)
2. getting hit by a car (runner up)
3. Morphing tutorial (close 3d)
4. Matrix effects with bullet times (popular)
5. guns and ammo related effects
6. video walls
7. Titles and text effects
8. Weather related - clouds, rain and snow
9. cloning and multiplying people/EXTRAS ???
10.Breaking/CRACKING the lens on a Camera .
11.VARIOUS SPECIFIC 3D APP AND 3D PARTY EFFECTS

NICE!
Um..Bob?!
18 years ago
Slow motion bullets would be awesome! Bullets going sloooow and then hitting a wall or a person, ahh, coolie cool!
Also all the Matrix stuff people are commenting about would also be awesome.
Forrest
18 years ago
Yeah, and the small waves on any hard surface, like a heavy stone was thrown in it. One dude in the blog had that effect in his reel.
KCB
18 years ago
wow.. this room is so BUSY!!!!





How about the Matrix style ROOF TOP SCENE = BULLET fly pass with a wobbling kind of trail that looks transparent but with enough body to wobble the back ground..
Forrest
18 years ago
Your reel was awesome, Andrew, and it coped with music perfectly. You could make a tutorial, how you made those skies change in that baseball pitch or something like that!
Morten
18 years ago
3dsmax basics and stuff, so for us that dont have that much training in 3dsmax, could learn a bit Oh and that Infinite zoom thing u worked on
18 years ago
Well any tutorial you make will be sweet but can you make a C4D tut on how to export your animations with an alpha chanel so when you slap it into after effects theres keying?

That would be astronomicly helpful.
Bryan
18 years ago
How to make cool titles.

More "24" effects
18 years ago
Hi Andrew, I've been trying to figure out how to create a 3D water effect and use it for transitions. You can see an example of it in Rihanna's video "Umbrella". I love the look of it and the way that it was used but I have been unable to figure it out. Will you consider taking a look at it and possibly doing it as a tutorial? By the way, your site is SUPER helpful and inspiring. Keep up the good work and offering the great products. Thanks
Gianni (ITALY)
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

if you prepare some (or all) of upon mentined tutorial and put them in DVD(s) I'll buy it. Your tutorial have no price!!!

Greeting from (hot) Sicily...
Gianni
Alex
18 years ago
Destruction of things such as a wall, or window (with natural reflections) in 3D space. And removing objects from a moving camera shot.
-[Cloud]-
18 years ago
this is something that really would be cool.

compositing and finishing shots with 3d objects uncluding camera movement. i mean having a blue screen shot or greenscreen shot. then keying and inserting 3d Footage and matchmoving the 3d camera for the moving 2d shot.

that would be a killer

-[Cloud]-
Scott bishop
18 years ago
Andrew, you should start making people pay for these tutorials that they are asking for, because it seems like they dont have any idea about how much work is needed to be put into them, especially the 3D work!!
18 years ago
1) CSI Effects (like Andreas Feix said)
2) Some more greenscreen stuff
3) Infinite zoom

have a nice day
Dmitri
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,
i wonder how to bring to life a static image as a background. I mean even with camera move the background looks static and not pleasent to the eye. Once i saw that one guy added to the composition something like animated white noise. I think it was just for simulate camera grain or noise. I've been trying to acheive that by doeing this, but no result.

Regards,
Dmitri

btw. very helpful tuts You've got here. I want to thank You for this great job!
18 years ago
Hi Andrew!

I love your tutorials, I allways watch your website for the next one
You are an after effect "guru" to me and a great teacher...
My english is not very good, but i allways understand your tutorials...maybe not for the first time, but the second or the third

I have a tutorial idea:
I'am an independent (amateur) filmmaker, so i haven't got so much money to spend for my films!
I want some pictures in the night, in a forest, and in the city... but i haven't got lights (No mony) so i have to shoot it at
daytime...and turn it to night during the compositing. I think these techology's name is the " DAY FOR THE NIGHT"
Can you tell me the criterion to do that? For example what typical problems to look to at the time of shooting?!
And So is there any tricky effect to made the film look like it is shoot at the night?

Sorry for my bad english... I hope my letter was understandable, and I hope one day i can see my tutorial "idea" 's tutorial
on your website... or can You reply me a short e-mail?
Thank you very much!

Best regards "Your faithful student" : Daniel "Hati" Hadhazi from Budapest, Hungary.
18 years ago
yea i also think that something like a harry Potter battle would be cool. or how they did the town of the ghosts in the lord of the rings. something like that. just really advanced techniques.

gr. tesssam
Sambo
18 years ago
Hit someone with a car! DO IT!!!
Elhora
18 years ago
Hi Andrew !

First, thanks for your free tutos and your high quality products.
My request would be some complex effects on "real video", like :
- a complex sky removing (for exemple when there are trees, or clouds...)
- generating a GOOD matte of a person moving on a background when you couldn't shoot on a green screen
- more effects using Action Movies Essential, like integrating a realistic fog, fire/explosion on a video when no green screen is available.
- Roto technics

have anice day !
18 years ago
wall break/crumble/explode

Morphing (I.E.-Vampire fangs, a man's face to a womans-like that old michael jackson video, etc)

Creating a full virtual room from images

rain tutorial

infinate zoom
Jamie
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,
I would be really interested in two tutorials...

1) Exporting from a (any) 3D application... What passes? Color, Ambient Occlusion, Shadow, Volumetric clouds, etc. (I'm not really sure what they should all be but I hope that gives an idea of what I'm talking about.) And then how to composite those passes in After Effects with live action footage.

2) Effects that can be created with the Trapcode plugins, especially particular/stroke (which I know you've touched on, and it was really cool.)

Thanks for asking and for all your work,
Jamie
John Paite
18 years ago
I read thru the whole post(didnt know i had that much time at hand) and I found many requesting tuts of the same mentioned before them but wouldnt it be cool if we could like press CTRL+F and type in the tutorial that we want and that way we could find out whether orther people have requested it beforehand and we could refer it to their post and that way Andrew will have better understanding and save more time to sort and check each and every tuts we requested..its just a suggestion !!
@ Bruno - the dust particles can be created from the preset of Particle Illusion 3.0..
Stefan
18 years ago
Hi i think that it will be cool if you continue to make tutorials about after effects, i think that this programs is the passion of many people here so i you can make some video tutorials explaining how to create some of this things here: http://www.ayatoweb.com/ae_tips_e.html there is some pretty simple but also some very hard and i think that it will be great if you make some of this Also i hope that it will be helpful if you make some tutorials explaining how to create amazing things with Particular and 3D stroke plugins. That`s all for now. Have a nice day
18 years ago
Infinite Zoom

Thanks
Minl
18 years ago
My suggestion is to do a similar HARRY POTTER BATTLE.

The effects of course..

OR

Something like in Heroes or even create a CGI animation from start.
Superbad
18 years ago
I'd also like to see how to do the Brick effect from the link in the first post!
18 years ago
Integrate terragen with a 3d application for flythroughs and edit in after effects?
18 years ago
Integration of C4D & AE.
The Render Settings that you use mostly in C4D.
18 years ago
Clone interaction.

Ryan Wieber did a thing where he cloned himself, but there were like 4 Ryans sitting on a couch, and they passed a cup from one end to the other.

Duplicating people's not that hard; it's the interaction with real world objects that gets me.

You mentioned on dvxuser a 2nd serious fx/compositing dvd. now that DSFX is in the can, any word on that project?

Thanks,
Pat
Dustin James
18 years ago
I'm sorry.. but one more to remind you of...

remember me asking about V for Vendetta?

basically another nano light tut... but where the ray travels behind the subject and also is tracked along the length of the blade which causes it to change its size..

remember?
bruno
18 years ago
Hi Andrew, maybe each one of these requests would be awesome... but I'll tell you what I would like you to explain.

i would like to do this ribbon looking things

http://www.exopolis.com/home/clients/braves/mov/braves.mov

they look so smooth and 3D!

well, anything from exopolis looks very good.


...

also I would like to show you this video

http://www.exopolis.com/home/clients/mlb/mov/_dtvMlb_web.mov

those dirt and dust particle things looks really great. and there are some ribbons stuff too.




nothing else, keep them in mind.

greetings from Argentina.


PS: I wonder if you really would read all this comments.
Vicartbytes
18 years ago
Sup Andrew! I would love to see you use Sam in a skit as the invisable man! You know, place some blue/green screen spandex like material over his head and hands and make him pick things up, move around! Be kinda cool!
As always, love your stuff.....can't wait to buy the great sound effects you have.
Thanks,
Vicartbytes
Justin Productions
18 years ago
(lag with thr HTML) tutorials. So, you give what you have to give and I'll watch it, whatever is it. I know it's a good idea to get inspiration from us but, since videocopilot was born, I always liked the topics of your tutorials. They're free, after all.

That being said, how do you make lightsabers?

Justin
Justin Productions
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

Well I'll be honest, I'll watch whatever tutorial you put on videocopilot.net. I pretty much learned everything by myself and from other tutorials and I prefer not to choose the subjects of >yourfree
kurtmo
18 years ago
I would like to see a simple tut on the "pan left/right ultra blured to a new scene". Also a similar radial blur zooming to a closeup of an object like a monitor/display in the scene.
Ben Hawkins
18 years ago
i would like to see how you did the earth zoom.


Tutorial Slaughter
asher
18 years ago
how about some tight particle illusion tutorials?
Justin
18 years ago
How about the "Wraith World" effect from Lord of the Rings, when Frodo puts the ring on. Vector blur was the closest thing I came up with.
Thanks
Jeff
18 years ago
"Andrew Kramer Says"
June 28th, 2007 at 12:26 pm

Iâ??????ve opened a Pandoras Box. What have I done?!!! Just kidding.
Really good stuff here.

Yes a Pandoras Box Tutorial.

No, but since everyone is throwing in there ideas. Mine may be a simple one. I've always wanted to recreate that SG-1 Stargate burst. Can it be done in AE alone?
18 years ago
I agree with Helge, a tutorial on machine gun muzzle flashes would be good, its hard to make them realistic. Pretty much everything that was said above, Just don't stray too much from AE, as i don't have any 3D programs. Keep up the good work Andrew!!
18 years ago
Some Guy:

Man vs. Car
18 years ago
Hey Andrew

Consider mine that I told you in an email:

1) Bullet Ricochets on water

&

2) Advanced Clouds
marco
18 years ago
Oh...something just came to mind.

A tutorial on how to REMOVE camera shake would be great!!

I have this come up almost everytime I shoot! Either the dolly hits a slight bump, the DP can't keep a steady hand while shooting, or some other thing happens that causes the camera to jitter slightly. I know they have some (expensive) AE plugins for this but I also know that it can be acheived without the use of a plugin in AE.
Gus
18 years ago
First, you rock, man.
Second, one request I always get from clients is to make corporate videos out of still images. I know there are many techniques, and you've shown a few, specially 3Dwise, but it could still be a nice topic to be further explored.
For instance, I've seen some mad techniques using Time Remap and pixel frame blending.
And third, thanks for all the cool stuff.
Ashais
18 years ago
real 3d stroke going around objects and stuff like that!
Helge
18 years ago
Im having a big problem with machineguns and muzzle flashes. I think its hard to make it realistic when there are more than one bullet. A smaall easy tutorial would be awesome, but if you wanna write something on the blog about it that would be cool too I bet there are a lot of fans with the same problem.
marco
18 years ago
How about some more tutorials using Particular?

The documentation that comes with Particular is crap. I have combed the web looking for anything helpful and have found almost nothing. Consider these:

1) Use Particular/AE to create a nuclear mushroom cloud

2) Use Particular/AE to create snowfall or rain

3) Use Particular/AE to create a simulated cloudscape

4) Use Particular/AE to make a person's body explode into light particles. Something like Blade 2 comes to mind where the vampires burst into burning embers. Or Star Trek where a phaser blast vaporizes someone.

5) Use Particular/AE to make someone into a SuperSaiyan!! Dragonball Z FTW!!

As a side note, it would be nice to see some integration with Flash. Alot of us like to post our movies online, but getting the right combination of settings for size and quality of the fmv is a nightmare.

Keep up the good work!!
Manuel Emygdio
18 years ago
Hello! Excellent site!..
Infinite Zoom Space > Earth > Atom > (? Space again!? wow) ...

Infinite Zoom tutorial please!..

Thanks love the flair of the tutorials. Very good products too.
Mario
18 years ago
Hey Andrew I was wondering if you would be able to make an extended tutorial on Motion Tracking. You see the thing is, I am trying to recreate one of those HP Computer commerials where someone stands infront of the camara and they start opening video clips and images using their thumbs and index fingers while they narrate all about their life. I assume you need to use Motion Tracking but I am not too sure on how to use it. I would appreciate this seeing the fact that I think your God with a video camera and Adobe After Effects.

Keep on the killer tutorials.
Abenge
18 years ago
i would like to see real looking rain storm Andrew, and then the bullet trails like in the mattrix is a good idea, with the camera rotation,.....thanks man keep up the good work your stuff is awasome
18 years ago
I can't afford stuff like 3DS Max or Cinema 4D so I probably wouldn't come back to the site as often, although I have favorited this blog thing because its the best thing ever since your tutorials. Heck, I'm lucky I got After Effects with the bundle on a student discount a couple of years ago.

I am planning on saving for a future purchase of a 3d program, but that's a little ways down the road since I just switched jobs and relocated.

I love all of your tutorials Andrew and find your work truly a blessing to my AE knowledge. Until I came upon your site through the COW, I only had minimal knowledge of AE and now I know so much more and understand things better because of your tutorials.

Whatever you do in the way of tutorials, I sure will be behind you 1000% because I know to whoever the tutorial is directed at will gain something from watching whom I consider a great artist at work.

Although, I would like to see the Infinite Zoom thing. We might be able to use it in my church somehow.
Craig Woolhouse
18 years ago
I'd like to know how to create grungy style web banners! I think it can be created in AE and then imported into flash?!
Alexander Jansen
18 years ago
- Vector-intro
- Expressions and deeper techniques.
- Stabilize a video.
- Trapcode advanced would have been greatly appriciated.
Nate Strong
18 years ago
ooh, I think a tutorial on what software we should get. Like I don't know what plugins are the best so it would help if you advised some. And some other software like what 3d application you prefer, cause I don't want to waste money.

thanx
18 years ago
I think all of my ideas have been mentioned.

@Rick Q: he uses Wordpress for this site.

http://wordpress.com/
JonL
18 years ago
I see a lot of tutorial requests that have already been made into tutorials. By not searching for tuts you're wasting everyones time.
Hit by a car (french) http://www.dailymotion.com/group/38082/video/x21lo6_tutorial-car-impact-sur-after-effec
search in creativecow, ayatoweb.com, and im pretty sure some of you have not seen the tuts on videocopilot.net, they're pretty good, you should check them out
Rasmus
18 years ago
My top-requests::

"Colorgrading 101"
- on how to grade and mod boring 4:3 interlaced video to something amazing. Also on how to grade a "longer-than-ad-lenght" video, like a feature or documentary.

"Blossom"
- how to make the a tree or a flower blossom. You know - with the branches and leaves evolving fast...

"Volumetric lighting"
Call me corny but sweeping colored spots and smoky rooms make my day
18 years ago
I'd like anything on workflow, setting up projects etc etc. What formats to use where and when, Setting up a production scheadule perhaps? Basically anything that would shed some light on how professional peope go about working with AE. I know that you mention stuff here and there as you go along which is great but I'd appreciate a tutorial on the subject.

Thanks for everything you've done anyway, Opened my eyes for AE.

// Swedish VFX student.
fabio
18 years ago
i wold like to see a tutorial about a flash integration
its a lot more useful than 3d tutorials...

love your tutes.. ...

greattings from Brazil...
Helge
18 years ago
oh, oh, oh!! I really would like a tutorial on camerawork, like if you got a little clip where the camera doesn't move, and you make it move in AE from side to side and such. Its probably easy, but im such a noob in AE, if it wasn't for you, my films would still suck. THANK YOU!
Alvaro
18 years ago
hi, i think that it would be great to make a tutorial integrating alias Maya, the most professional 3d program, so that you can get a great effect, worthy to be seen on big screen.

greetings from Spain
Helge
18 years ago
Im not really into that 3D stuff, but I saw a small clip on this site where you, or whoever it was got hit by a car! It was AWESOME! I would really like the tutorial for that
Rick Q.
18 years ago
All of the above!

Also...what do you use to create your website?



thanks!
18 years ago
hi andrew

i love your tutorials, can you try to make one where you dont use any plugin, i want it to be in the end of a movie.

Good summer!
Nate Strong
18 years ago
Hey andrew,
Love the tutorials, I would like to see:

1. Hit by a car
2. camera goes through a wall
3. The trails left behind the bullets in "The Matrix" (The wavy things)
4. CONVERTING VIDEO INTO CARTOON!!!
I really want to see video into cartoon... I think Rabinowitz did it but it
was confusing

Not many people requested it but I would really like to see #4


Thanx
Peter
18 years ago
Matrix..man, matrix...

Bullet trail

Or that camera spin.

Hell yeah, dude, matrix.
apeik123
18 years ago
hey andrew,
i would really love to see the effect of someone gettin hit by a car. i love the assisted suicide one, i used it in one of my movies. but ya i saw u gettin hit by a car in one of ur videos and i searched everywhere for that tutorial but i couldnt find it so please put that up.
apeik123
18 years ago
hey andrew,
fersh0
18 years ago
I want the storm promo tutorial and the car hit tutorial !!!!
Sean Montgomery
18 years ago
Like many others, I too would love to see a tutorial for the car crashes, both from a 3rd person perspective and from that of the passenger seat. I've seen the two versions in your demo reels, and I know I'm not alone when I say they would be appealing to a large audience.

Oh, and keep up the great work!
18 years ago
You still need to make the tutorial for the Earth Zoom. That is one I have been wondering about for ages.

Also the "CONTINUOUS SHOT EFFECT". Where one shot blends into the next into the next seamlessly creating the effect of one continuous shot. Few people or even studios can achieve this technique to its fullest potential.

Examples here: http://www.methodstudios.com/movie/441.html specifically the end where it goes from the building through the car out to the sky... seamlessly.
http://www.methodstudios.com/movie/852.html this one is cleverly done as well.

I also like the morph effect too. That one is trickery as well.

I love your tutorials Andrew... keep up the great work.
Baloo
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,
That's my firth post on your wonderful blog ^^
I'm a emobian but between Emob and VideoCopilot...I prefer VideoCopilot's tutorials .
I get one or two ideas for tutorials...

I want to know how to create :

- A text who get out of flames
- A face IN flames
Most Important (because it's for a friend ^^)

=> How to create a text who appears and get out with slashs like he is cut by a sword...

That's possible ?
I think Everything is possible with you ^^

Thanks for all,

Baloo

PS : Ewcuse me for my bad english but i don't speak it very often
Fayçal
18 years ago
YES!!!! Mr Andrew
3d max tutorials would be fantasic (how to then composite shots togeather in AE with layers)

A fantastic inclusion would also be tracking /matchmoving (using PFtrack or BOUJOU)..a great way to open up the possibilities of live action meeting 2D fxâ???¦explaining how to interpret .ma data into AE!

Word.

thank's
Zidane
18 years ago
Would really like to see a tutorial on the infamous "bullettime" effect from the matrix, not the 360 spin, but the trails which follow the bullet, I think you'd have to do this in a 3d program (to make it look best) so 3d max would be my request.

btw. huge fan og your tutorials, keep up the great work.
Sean
18 years ago
Would love to see combing After Effects/Cinema 4D tutorial. There are not an abundance of C4D tutorials out there that are any good. Thanks!
Dustin James
18 years ago
I too am interested in doing a similar 3D titling like in Designer SFX.

I know you used 3ds max.. I have a friend who has that program and is in to it.. but I'm not to suave on the 3d apps... (I'm confused as to if you animate the 3d titles then bring them to AE.. or if AE interprets it as 3d?)

I saved the Polar 2007 earlier this year and I watch it frequently as it is a large inspiration to me..

Things in that video that interest me:

1. Birds
2. Clouds
3. Rain from vertical view and while in slow motion at the side.
4. The cute chick.. and her pretty eye that reflects herself then it disappears..

On his website he has a portfolio video and I like the begging with the water ball thingy...

(but that's not reasonable for everyone I guess)

Oh yes.. and I'm still wanting the blood splat from 300.. ever since that came out... I still remember what you emailed me... about the you know what...

but maybe you could tell me when...
Jerry
18 years ago
oh, and if you are goin to use a 3d software please use 3d studio max
Jerry
18 years ago
i wold like to see a motion capture tutorial, and how to incorporate a real human into a 3d scene, like walkin trough a room or summtin, and about the 3d projection tutorial, can it be done if there is something in the middle of the room? like a chair or a couch or summtin? it wold be realy cool if you can answer this questions
Darius
18 years ago
One last thought, there are literally bazillions of tutorials floating around on 3D programs such as Max although none with your sense of style or humour. There are decent tutorials on After Effects in the creative cow forum from A.R. and a couple others, but your tutorials are definitely at another level, although very few in depth ones for web design (Dreamweaver, Flash) unless I haven't been looking in the right place so whereas there are one billion and counting tutorial requests above, for sure a product request would be web design and creation with all the nifty who-ha's that go along with it. I'd buy that in a heartbeat. I've sampled the Total Training series but for the $300+ to learn web design and programming, it seems a bit.... right. so. there you go. If you recommend these, then I'll go with them but otherwise looking forward for the Video Co-Pilot Flight School Training Series on Web Design and creation.
18 years ago
Andrew,

I really would love to see how to create the effect when someone gets hit by a car. I think I saw that in one of your promo videos. In that scene some guy runs on the street and moves like he was hit by a car, then you see a car drive through the screen and then you see the final result when the two scenes were put together.

Thanks!
cooldudeloverboy
18 years ago
I would realy love to see how you made the lightsaber preset as I am trying to make something like that of my own. Except my inspiration comes from Halo.
Jammin' JJ
18 years ago
1. Cinema 4D would be cool.
2. Breakdowns of actual commercial projects you have done. (The stuff on your demo reel)
3. Techniques on transitioning between graphical elements in a cool way.
4.Basic graphic design/typography/layout tutorials.
Alex
18 years ago
Morphing and some ufo tutorial in AE without any plugins would be great. I don't have any 3D program except Blender so if you could do something in Blender would be cool to. Then the zoom effect would be awsome to!
Alex
18 years ago
What about making a tutorial about this effekt which i spent months on developing it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCTxIZEKnD0

I call it the Professional Muzzle Flash

I know it still isn't perfect the shells still need a little bit of rotation to make them look more dynamic. Everything was created by myself like the smoke or the shells i only used After Effects and Photo Shop but im sure with a little bit more work you'll manage to do everything in After Effects. In the original shot the bolt didn't repeat and there were no shells, the only additional thing you need for this effect is a photo of a shell but its easy to find using google.

If you want the project file write an e-mail to me: hs-films@lycos.de

I'll send it a few days after you wrote me the e-mail because of some problems im currently having with after effects
Li Cui
18 years ago
Dear Andrew,
I have but two simple requests that if you could so kindly oblige, I would be overjoyed. Firstly, I would request that you do a tutorial featuring web design using Adobe After Effects and Flash. Secondly, it would be very nice if you could do a tutorial (if possible) showing how to create a large crowd using a limited number of subjects. Well these are my requests. Please send me an email at least to let me know you read this. Write "I hate your guts, and your tutorial ideas are dumb." but at least then, I will know you read this message. Also, please send me the money and the Sprite fridge packs when you use my ideas and create the mind-blowingest tutorials ever to be seen on the face of this earth.
Your Humble Friend,
Li Cui
18 years ago
I've opened a Pandoras Box. What have I done?!!! Just kidding.
Really good stuff here.
Leon T
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

I hope all is well with you. I would love to see a tutorial on how you do your breakdowns of your composites to show potential clients the before and after of the shot, thank you.

Best Regards,

Leon
Abenge
18 years ago
how they transition in the movies were it goes from someone walking then a pool crosses the screen and it pulls in another shot.....then another pole crosses the screen and it goes back to the other clip...by transition
Moe Sizzlac
18 years ago
I'd like to see some tutorials about Integration between particle illusion and AE and maybe a little tutorial on PI3?
William
18 years ago
Infinite zoom would be most excellent, seeing as I'm working on a project that is VERY similar and I cannot seem to find the necessary resources to put it all together. Also... I agree with the others about a morphing tutorial. Maybe even an intense compositing tutorial, incorporating many different elements into the same scene... most of your tutorials do focus on smaller, more "honed-in" (is that a word?) aspects of a larger project, but maybe a larger one would help explain more of the pipeline/workflow of putting it all together. By the way, your tutorials are amazing and super helpful. Thank you for being you.... this site rocks!
Kris S
18 years ago
Getting hit by a car is a good one like in the beginning of dawn of the dead or meet joe black - nice

in your demo you had a dude getting hammered with bullets in the chest with alot of blood squirting out. looked cool too.

or how about those old cuts that appear on bodies like writing from the 80`s movie nightmare on elmstreet.

oh, what about one of those really big jumps the hulk does. that would be a fun one.
Norbert
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

First of all: I wanna say thank you for your great tutorials.

I hope you will stay focused on After Effects. I use Maya since the time as the program was known as PowerAnimator. I am not into C4D nor Max...

What I am looking for?

1.) Screen Design. Do you know Mark Coleran? I would like to see tutorials like the scenes from the Movie The Island

2.) Motion Tracker. I have found a tutorial, but it is not that great
http://www.xtreme-is-back.com/tutorials_speffects.html

But anyway. I am already excited you will show us very soon

Norbert
Innsbruck, Austria
18 years ago
I would like to see a tutorial on properly combining footage with a digital set. For example, rendering a castle turret in 3d Studio then placing your footage of someone with a bow and arrow on top of the turret and adding in footage of an army/dragon/flying monkeys/killer bees/whatever approaching in the distance.
JJ
18 years ago
Hitting someone with a car.

I suggested this in an email a while back. Your effect on your demo reel is a real head turner. Also be a fun, useful effect to know.

JJ
Misma
18 years ago
i allways said i wish andrew could do some cool stuff using 3dsmax
it's so cool that you asked!
please make 3dsmax and AF tuts
Magnusfaz
18 years ago
Hi Andrew, I'm a big videocopilot fan, thanks to share your creativity. About the turorials, do you know (of course you know) the effect that is used in the movie "the butterfly effect"? When the caracter travels in the time and all the room shakes around him.

And other was used in Angel TV serie (last season) to transform a knife in to a sword.

By the way, keep going with this site. YOUR THE MAN!!!
Marc.B
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

1. The Infinite Zoom

I don't believe there is a single person who is not waiting for that one :p


2. Trapcode related

Many people here posted request for tutorials related to effect done with trapcode. I have seen very nice things in their user gallery, one of my favorite is: http://www.trapcode.com/gallery/Belief_Zoom.mov


3. Rio Gear related

I would like to see some smoke effect, and more specially the smoke ink done in the riot gear trailer. The tutorials of the rio gear are almost texture oriented... would have been intresting to see how you play with the other effects


4. 3D Related

Haven't played with 3DS for a long time, but if you show us the way I will get back to it


5. Everything I read here

There are a lot's of intresting purpose in here... sounds like you have years of work in front of you

Thanks Andrew,

Marc
Paris, France
Sean
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

With the release of your new Designer Sound FX package I would love to see some of the elements of the "Vantage Point" trailer re-created in a tutorial.. The trailer can be seen here:

http://video.msn.com/v/us/fv/fv.htm??g=7d4b91f3-2fe3-482e-aec8-ce896f8aef7d&f=01/64&fg

Specifically the floating text seemingly disappearing behind Dennis Quaid's head at 0:22, the transition between Matthew Fox and the female at 0:38 and the motion graphic titles that show up throughout the trailer (large glassy lettering with some nice transitions between words, and incorporation of live footage 'into' said lettering)

This trailer utilizes a lot of the sound elements found in your package so when I saw it I thought parts of it would be perfect for a tutorial..

Thanks!
Jason
18 years ago
I would love to see how you did that effect in the baseball stadium where the storm comes in and there is a big shadow on the field. I know you already did a basic sky replacement tutorial but I would like to see a more advanced one like this.
Also the cartoon to video effect like in "A Scanner Darkly"
And the guy getting hit by a car.
I dont really own any other products than the AE, Photoshop, Premier etc...but I am sure I could get something if there were enough tutorials on it.
18 years ago
I would like to see some 3ds Max Tutorials, Its a lot more difficult that after effects, but im sure you could teach it very well

What i would really like to see is some action / fight Tutorials, like When you punched sam in the face! Awesome stuff Maybe how to stab someone or hit them with a blunt object realisticly for a horror movie?

Thanks again man
Yoav
18 years ago
hey Andrew, thanks for everything !!!

I would like to see more tutorials aimed for dv filmmakers like student films. color correction basics and so on.

An effect that I realy wnat to know how to do is to plant a reflection on a surface like a spoon in order to do a POV of someone looking at his on refraction on a spoon.
B-Rad
18 years ago
1. Realistic Clouds! And especially if light can stream through the clouds.

2. Morphing.

3. What Tobias said about zooming through a window.

4. Anything with Trapcode.
Henri
18 years ago
I would like to see tutorial which shows how to create fotorealistic smoke and such.
Blaf
18 years ago
"John Paite: how come Pierre Michel writes to you stuff about his project and you donâ??????t share?"

I think that's very interesting. Could tell us how you contacted him?
I love his work and would like to know about it.
Andrei
18 years ago
got another ideea..how about making that sweet 300-like blood in AFX. And some digital painting in AFX would be nice..
Orc Master
18 years ago
This is my tutorial list:

1) Movie-like color grading. You could explain how to make color grading that looks like The Matrix, or 300, or the Lord of the Rings, or even Sin City (where only stuff with a specific color are left colored and the rest is in grayscale)

2) I'd totally love to see that camera-going-through-a-wall effect that was suggested before.

3) The Infinite Zoom

4) Making stuff like smoke, fire, rain and fog but more maneurable. I'll explain myself: Ever wanted to make someone with a smoking wound (maybe because it was made with a lightsaber ) and to see the smoke actually reacting to the movement? That's something I'd appreciate, since I tried with tracking and a stock-footage-smoke and it didn't work out.

5) If you're going to make 3D tutorials, I'd love to see one on how to make a Digital Double.

6) Also real life stuff, like making commercials and what to do with companies' logos (which can also help with movie logos ) would be great.

Thanks in advance from Venezuela, Master Kramer!
Scott
18 years ago
Bah, Andrew, I say go with the After Effects how to make it look like someone gets hit by a car look, very cool.
Patolinx
18 years ago
PEOPLE DUPLICATION (Fill spectators, stadiums, shows, etc)
Nathan
18 years ago
With all these tutorial requests,would be fair if you did them on DVD so that you are compesated for the time you put in and for us, we could get the convinience of carrying and enjoying our tutorials anywhere.
Joey
18 years ago
Well I request two things.... Boujou ( I know you have it because you have a 2d3 section in your AE plugins) And secondly, geting hit by a car!
18 years ago
The spent brass idea sounds like a nice, quick & easy tutorial. Watch the BTS on 'Once Upon a Time in Mexico,' and Rodriguez explains that in the church gunfight they used rubber guns & added muzzle flares and shells.

My take is using a particle generator and setting the particles to images of casings. I also did a test of this adding shells in one by one; basically, keyframed motion + motionblur, duplicated several times. works well enough, but as always, I'm sure that there's a faster/easier way to do it.

I'll post a link to my test when I can get it online.


Another thing to stress is that sound is 70% of what you see. This is why DSFX is such a great idea & product. Perhaps suggesting sound libraries you use, other than DSFX? I'd like to have a really decent weapons SFX library, with LOTS to choose from. Having good SFX does a tremendous amount to 'sell' visual effcts.
Mark
18 years ago
One of those zooming into eyes or through a key/spy hole would also be quite cool, I've been experimenting with the image within the iris idea but some pro help would be much appreciated
max
18 years ago
Hi Andrew, have you ever heard about avid DS system? A sort of AE + editing function and a little bit of 3D titling... It would be nice hearing an opinion from you and some tutorials too (there are only few ones available on the net)

Best regards,
M.
Sammiep
18 years ago
Learn How To be Creative..You suck al of it out your dumb. That's nice But how do you do that You thought Ow like this or this. Or..Are you sitting behind your PC for weeks to discover how to do something ?
Some Guy
18 years ago
Here is a concrete tutorial requests:
After your muzzle flash and gun blow back tutorials I would like to see how to make a shell case fly out after a shot. You know, it's very hard to film a real gunshot. First of all it's hard to find a real gun with ammunition, and of course there is this problem with the law and police...
Ezequiel
18 years ago
John Paite: how come Pierre Michel writes to you stuff about his project and you don't share?
Ezequiel
18 years ago
Boujou!!!!!!!! please this app is so interesting
18 years ago
First, THANK YOU! for greate tutorials.
and your blog is awsome addition.
- Color Corection (how to make your own 300 presets)
- Particle illusion integration
- Nested workflow
- Pop up book effect.
- How to make "Moulin Rouge" diorama effect
- 3D graphs
- Morph
... and many many more.
Max
18 years ago
Sorry to comment again, but I wasn't so specific with the Matrix Bullet time effect. I really just want to see the bullet shoot out in slow motion and whiz past the camera. I know this effect would involve 3D, so yeah...but it'd be a much coveted and loved tutorial.
Max
18 years ago
Hey Andrew!

I'd really like some tutorials on effects like Matrix Bullet time, I've looked around, and a lot of people want it, but theres no real effect which looks as good as the on they actually do in the Matrix.
Also, I know you don't like to use third-party plug-ins in your tuts because not everyone has them, but if you could do some tuts on particular effects like the very popular 4D Fractal they have here http://trapcode-people.net/filedetails.php?fileid=56
Great tutorials so far! Looking forward to ordering Designer Sound FX soon...
Kris S
18 years ago
Id like to see a bullet fired from a gun (with one of your muzzle flashes) by the guy in the indiana costume where you can see the bullet and the time remapped (like the 300 effect) and speed-ramped up to fast motion then going through your friend Sam`s head exploding it into a bloody pulp.
(I really like the slow motion going to fast motion stuff)

Id also like to see your take on how those intros to Ultimate Fighting championship ringside videos are treated . the look and the power they excert. in one of them a red skeleton flashed in/onto the fighters showing pain and the possibilty of broken bones.

The cracked lense idea someone had sounds awesome too.
Mxthe
18 years ago
Hey Andrew ! Im a great fan of yours !

What would be great, is a tutorial to make the slow mo/bullet shooting like in the matrix/bad boys 2 or many other films, where guys shoot a bullet from the gun, and the camera follows the bullet and rotates around the bullet, until it hits something.

Simply using, a bullet image found on google, it could be nice
18 years ago
Most tutorials deal with the technical, how to side of a look. Or stuff for the right brain, or is it left?

How about delving into the creative side of project. How it is coceived, storyboarded (?), drafted and then implemented. That is the biggest struggle most of us technical people have.
Kevin
18 years ago
I would love to see some detailed tutorials on using the Trapcode plug-ins with AE. Especially Particular. Thanks again Andrew. Keep'em comin'!
18 years ago
Looks to me like tutorials on how to use Rotoscoping are still necessary. It seems like people are asking how to achieve effects that you can do easily with rotoscoping. Also, as some others have stated, filming tutorials. How to make a good set (lighting, angles, diff shots, etc), then how to put it into AE efficiently and cutting pieces together. It might be worth going over the entire setup from shot to effects to rendering in a special tutorial or set of tutorials. I think these would greatly benefit everyone with getting their film and AE meshing together efficiently and effectively. Whatever you got Andrew, we'll watch!
Josh Dunn
18 years ago
i'd like to see a tutorial on the text you see with a light behind it, but you can see the angular rays as it passes under the text... it creates a really dramatic effect, great for trailers and stuff like that.... the light behind the text isn't the hard part, it's getting the rays to show up in a cool way that gets ya....

also the infinite zoom tutorial, but as you've already said, it's on the way (yay!)
18 years ago
ah yes. i totally agree with "Some Guy"

"...Tutorials about filming (the things you do before creating an After Effects Project)"

Nice suggestion
Some Guy
18 years ago
Man vs Car (seen in your 2006 reel)
Compositing (CG with real footage)
Network Rendering
Particles
Morphing
Color Grading
Tutorials about filming (the things you do before creating an After Effects Project)
And, like Gonads said, all of the above
James Price
18 years ago
Yo Andrew,

Including 3d max tutorials would be fantasic (how to then composite shots togeather in AE with layers)

A fantastic inclusion would also be tracking /matchmoving (using PFtrack or BOUJOU)..a great way to open up the possibilities of live action meeting 2D fx...explaining how to interpret .ma data into AE!

Word.
Rap cat
18 years ago
I know you said you are thinking about putting this tutorial together but i would really like to see how you did that earth zoom from start to finish.

Tutorial slaughter
18 years ago
It'd be cool to get some tutorials incorporating other packages but I'm afraid of being alienated if I don't own something like Maya or 3DMax or any of the other programs. I'd rather this whole thing be about After Effects and Photoshop. Anyone agree???

Bones
18 years ago
Some would be great, like in your DVD Riot. Or if you don??´t wanna tell your secret any organic form.
18 years ago
Gosh so many things...

Video Wall
Infinite Zoom
particles
In the light of action movie essentials maybe movie like gun fight using blood burts and everything!
Matrix camera work would be cool but not sure it is possible with just one camera! I would love to see something close to it thoe.

Thanks Andrew.
Ben
18 years ago
Hey,
A few days ago i watched a show called "on the lot" its like a short film making comp thing. any way, i say this really cool timefreeze film on it. it looked a lot like the tutorial of yours but they had objects moving (boxes) when the non frozen guy moves them.. it looked really cool and would make a very good addition to the tutorial if you knew how to do it

thanks
DT
18 years ago
1) Iâ??????d love to see something on multipass rendering and how to take advantage of the passes to achieve different looks.
Fish
18 years ago
Smoke for me too!
Neeraj
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,
How about showing to make a real or CG guy totally on fire.. like that in fantastic 4 or the incredibles? Or creating an explosion in max and importing it into after effects and compositing with some live action footage of an exploding building? or perhaps Cg water over an entire city like how they did it in The Day After Tomorrow? something wild.. something awesome that is visual effects.. but i love any tutorials that u create, so im fine with whatever you come up with

Cheers,
Neeraj
from Singapore
m.abulazm
18 years ago
Hi Andrew
this is a greate idea to take our request, really i appreciate your effort to help others ... anyway
1-Rotoscoping
2-Lowerthird
3-Promo ..... for football

thanks a lot
Nathan
18 years ago
I once emailed you about the a tutorial on how the guy gets hit by the car in your showcase videos.

This guy's short has many cool effects and he kinda explains how he achieved them. but nothing beats a video tutorial showing you how it all comes along.Especially the last effect, the fly off
http://www.lysator.liu.se/~zap/kidwars/intermezzo/
Sam
18 years ago
How about a tutorial on these text effect from the Man Vs Wild Commercial.Check the video out here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpqoZ9bBZog
18 years ago
clone stamping to remove a moving object from footage.

i've always wanted to play with clone stamping, never had the time to really mess with it.

for sure 3d titles, just 'cause.

making things grow. this trick is done a lot, and i know how to do it, but it's time consuming and a pain, so i'm hoping you'll put something out of your hat like you did with the lightsaber. i used to do sabers the old way (4 mask points), and i almost had a heart attack when i saw your fx preset.

maybe a little complex, but maybe the basics of making FX presets?

how about wire removal?

the blink expression and doing more dynamic effects with it.

um, can you also show me how to make mk12's demo reel?

that's off the top of my head. honestly, i took an after effects class in college and it was a joke. i credit your tutorials with taking me to the next level. thanks for making them.

~Pat
18 years ago
I would like to see a good tutorial on how to animate and mask in all those "swirly", "flowery" designs you see everywhere nowadays. I have yet to see a good tut on this.
Mark
18 years ago
An extended freeze tutorial, I thought the freeze tutorial was good but the ability to move objects would make it alot cooler. Even if the objects where moved in a different cut (to make it easier) perhaps using rotoscoping/masking techniques.

Morphing tutorial would also be cool & the infinite zooming out earth
Jacob Aaron
18 years ago
I think I'd have to agree with Darius, because I too had wonderd how you did that. I would love to know about how to create the 3d titles, like the one in Designer sound effects.
Don Plachno
18 years ago
Personally I am still drooling over that zoom out from the city to the earth, I definitely want to learn how to do that.

Also, I think this was mentioned before, what ever tutorials you do decide to do, I like them to be on subjects that I can do in AE and not necessarily using third party software (simply can't afford all the various plugins and such)

So far I can't think of a single tutorial you've posted that I haven't managed to use in my work in one way or another, so anything you do is fine by me. Thanks for making us look good!
Csaba
18 years ago
Hi! I'd really like to see a difference matte tutorial. Something like in one shot you walking on a railroad, the second one is a clean plate, and the third is the train coming.
Fabrice
18 years ago
Hello,
is it possible to make a tutorial on move in a picture like http://erik-lauritzen.com/ in his project "LAST BEST HOPE".

I find his graph signature is similar to Andrew (Circle black mask, effect of littre point behind the camera) sorry i can't describe this in English

Thanks for your patience and your perfect job in your tutorial.
Luke
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

do you know that new feature from apples ichat to change the background behind a person? Basically it's like keying, but without a green-/buescreen. The application analyzes the difference between an empty background (w/o the person) and the same backgound with the person in front of it.
Here you can see an example of ichat (about in the middle of the video):
http://images.apple.com/movies/us/apple/mac/macosx/2007/wwdc/apple-ichat_672x416.mov

It's really not keying!At the current Keynote you can see a much better example. Just skip thru the video till the iChat-presentation.
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/wwdc07/

Is it possible to imitate that function with AE?

Regards, luke
P.S. Thanks for your incredible amazing tutorials!!
P.S.S. Sorry for my broken English
Lars Lind
18 years ago
Great tutorials, been following them for a long time now and I've learn so damn much. Thank you!

I would like to see:

1. Trapcode tutorials
2. Rotoscoping tuts
3. Matchmoving / Camera tracking
4. Morphing / render tips
5. I use Maya for 3D...
Johnny Handsome
18 years ago
Cinema 4D Pleeease!
18 years ago
Definetly 3D importing. Also a good explosion with window shattering would be nice...
18 years ago
You should do more visual effects tutorials and less titles and that sort of stuff.
Andrei
18 years ago
Hey... guys, check out creativecow.net , there's a quite simple video wall tutorial.
I would like for the begining a MATCHMOVING tehnique, 3d camera tracking tutorial and 3d integration with real live footage..that would help me a lot in my work. And further developing of the 3d Projection series..those are kick ass tutorials.
Some tehniques with Particular would also be nice.
Ali
18 years ago
1) flash
2) 3d studio max
3) cinema 4d


please dont leave us on AE though!! thanks
18 years ago
3d Camera Tracking vs 2D camera tracking.

Rotoscoping that compares to from Imagineer System's Motor V1
Alan
18 years ago
How about a "How to Cloak your Predator and make him turn Invisible" tutorial?
DoM
18 years ago
I have a simple (maybe crappy tutorial material) one.

On the Home page video, where that guy gets shot to hell, just like to know how you make the bullets shoot passed the camera?

DoM
18 years ago
"what about BOUJOU?
tracking camera stuff, animate 3d enviroments with green screen people like â?????300â???³ or â?????sin cityâ??? , a tutorial to have the correct camera position and look real the merge of the background and the actors"

I agree with this post fully )
chris
18 years ago
Yo Andrew,

I really think you should do the "INFINITE ZOOM" tutorial next as it seems to be the most requested. Also I really like the idea of the breaking camera lens (posted by MARKHAWK) but maybe it could also be a bullet hole in the lens, just an idea.

cheers
Gonads
18 years ago
All of the above
18 years ago
compositing things into a background, ( handheld shot of a field or something and then have a UFO or some sort of other element comp'd in the sky or background).
James
18 years ago
How about using WinMorph(a plugin for premiere) to do a bullet time effect from the matrix. I've done it before, I believe I found the tutorial at creative cow. Of course your tutorials will always improve on wtv i do

Oh and some 3Ds max pleasssssseeeeee
oogy
18 years ago
1. duplicate a crowd
2. getting hit by a car
3. outdoor to indoor transition through a wall (tobias' suggestion)
4. infinite zoom
5. c4d integration

great suggestions everyone. these 5 are the ones i would most like to see.

thanks for all hard work making such cool/useful tutorials, Andrew!
Leerlaufprozess
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I would like to see an domino-like effect in AfterFX similar to the on used in this (http://youtube.com/watch?v=N5XVeENmLMk) Video. I only figured out a way in Photoshop but I have no idea how to do this in AfterFX.
KCB
18 years ago
Hi all,

I'm new to After Effects of 15 days.. im actually a pro tools sound engineer & Dj... now looking to get into the hypnotic A.E.

Don't mean to slow the momentum down, with all your talk of 3D modelling, clearly I am a small fish in a big pond.

From a beginner who has been bitten by the VFX bug.... i would love to get some info on the Camera you used on your Tutorials (and lighting techniques), to get great results Ive viewed on your site. Clearly the raw footage would determine the amount of Processing needed on a composition, and right now my handy cam is about to make friends with the wall across the road.

Yes, i could do a google search, but as fan of your site and having purchased many products in a small amount of time, I'd feel a sense of satisfaction knowing it came from yourself. Having seen what you do.

Even if its brief info.

Thanks
KCB
Hodrog
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, ur the best ever, i love your tutorials, and ur the one who made me love this field. For a tutorial plz plz plz do the bullet time effect.
I really want to know know how this effect is done like the matrix.

Thanks
18 years ago
what about BOUJOU?
tracking camera stuff, animate 3d enviroments with green screen people like "300" or "sin city" , a tutorial to have the correct camera position and look real the merge of the background and the actors

hey Andrew keep the good work and thanx for all the fantastic tutorials
cheers
from Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico

Nacho
18 years ago
would love to see some tutorials demonstrating intergration with lightwave
18 years ago
yeah sure da smoke effect as shown by Andre is really cool !!! that would be so nice of U dude !!!
bid thx !!!
Raheel
18 years ago
There aren't many good 3D Studio Max tutorials floating around i.e. in video. You're AE ones are excellent and if you could do the same for 3DS Max, that would be brilliant.
wayne
18 years ago
man,want to see a tutorial series about how to make a simply and great flash promo integrated with flash,ae,3d software(maybe c4d or something)and an audio software like audition~am i expecting too much~?!
18 years ago
hell ya, smoke related trailer text animation like here

http://movies.apple.com/movies/focus_features/brick/brick-redband-tlr_h480p.mov
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I would definitly like a tutoriel about INFINITE ZOOM. that would be very nice of U. Thx a lot.
Gianni (ITALY)
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

even I, as Lucky ask you to explain how do the little stroke that appear on the very beginnin of the Designer sound fx promo.

Thanks & bye.
18 years ago
INFINITE ZOOM EARTH TUTORIAL

pls ^^
18 years ago
hee maybe you could make some tuts about how to make lagre crowds like in lord f the rings
or maybe something like the commercial like bmw did with trapcode. like this: http://trapcode.com/gallery/web_BMW_Precipice_Breakdown.mov
i would love to know how to make that.

gr. tesssam
Andreas Feix
18 years ago
I think a tutorial on bullet-time effects would be interesting, you know, where you have moving camera (f.ex. doing a 90??° rotation), by recording the motion twice with a single camera, I think that would also make more advanced use of 3D projection (in case that you'd like to make a 3D projection/bee trilogy)...

A tutorial on invisibility effects might also be interesting, including see-through-clothing and that stuff (like Hollow man...)

Some other tutorial ideas:

- CSI-effects (like zooming through keyholes etc.)
- Advanced shatter usage (using it more like a visual effect than a motion graphic effect, f. ex. exploding buildings or shattering glass while jumping out of a window)
- a tutorial for ParticleIllusion on how to create realistic blood & gore effects (or mayhem...), perhaps you can combine it with another death of Mark
- any tutorial on how to destroy a perfect scenery in aftereffects (like a collapsing building)...
TJ
18 years ago
Yeah I'd have to say I'm VERY curious about the 3D titles in the Designer Sound FX! I've been trying to work out how to do it in a project I'm working on at the moment. I'm stumped.

I'm also interested in the Polar 2007 promo John Paite asked about. Still haven't got round to buying the Trapcode Particular plug-in.
I've bookmarked the polar 07 video hoping to match it some day.
May be you could help me.
f1a5h84ck
18 years ago
Hi, Andrew...
I think it is a good idea to learn new techniques of titles appearing. It is very useful for motion designers, who is connected to cinema postproduction. Isn't it?
So we can go through some trailers, find interesting and good-loooking titles and try to find out the way they were produced...
Thanks!
Please special request!

i will like to see a quick tips on how one can make a soft animated backgrounds, with powerful plugins like fractal noise in AE.

quoting jacob dyer >>> Some more â?????compositingâ?????? tutorials, specifically on non-chroma keyed stuff (rotoscoping techniques and stuff)

and things to consider when creating commercial, though i have some principle in place but i need to update my self.

please try making stuff on that
Gary
18 years ago
Yes tobias has a very specific idea but very cool. Like in the begining of Psycho (not the old version) where the camera is over the city (filmed by a chopper) and it zooms in a building and through a window.

Also C4D stuff would be great!!!
18 years ago
wow! The guy who put the name "M2O", I think he's maybe from the italian radio ;D.

Well, I would like to see a tutorial of your Designer Sound fx promos, precisely on the little stroke that appear on the very beginnin of the Designer sound fx promo.

or stroke like this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COhs_yIfAr4
Please!

Thanks again for your tutorial!

Luc From France
Sandy
18 years ago
Oh Andrew!!!!

Your every TUT is superb & very very useful.

If I had a request, would definately go4 a tutorial on how to populate a scene with CG crowd, so that it looks like thousands of army marches to have a BIG Fight.

Thanx in advance

Warm regards
Sandy
Marci
18 years ago
c4d! (=
Rama Dolman
18 years ago
This hasn't been mentioned.

On one of the video's on this site theres a scene where a man gets owned by an explosion
- id like to see a fake explosion
I'd like simple clean looking Titles for intro i.e When a Man walks by a car as he walks by the title appears on the car window.

and

More stuff on... Getting that CSI : Vegas look?? or Miami look??

Many thanks Andrew K,

Rama Dolman of Perth, Western Australia
Tim Wilson
18 years ago
I'm going to second Tobias's suggestion
M20
18 years ago
- How to create the effect when someone gets hit by a car
- Cinema 4D
Alexey Pekarin
18 years ago
Dan,
I would disagree on most studios use AE for brodcast.
http://www.theorphanage.com/vfx/index.html - these guys for example use AE quite a bit. And AE is the favorite of Stu Maschwitz - legend in the VFX community.
Sascha
18 years ago
1) C4D
2) Morphing
Alexey Pekarin
18 years ago
How about 3rd party plug ins like Trapcode particles or Psunami (How to 3D in AE comp)

Do we leaning towards motion graphics of VFX?

I'd rather go for VFX - colour correction, relighting scenes etc)

As to 3D I think it should be directly related to compositing so not like animation tuts, but rather using camera from 3D app in AE or multipass compositing.

Thank you Andrew for you great imput in our hard but most imazing business
18 years ago
I believe this one isn't mentioned before:
- How to create the effect of being outdoors, then zoom into a wall or window and smoothly blend over into a indoor situation (particulary the one that is behind the door / wall ofcourse )
Marcus Lee
18 years ago
1) I'd love to see something on multipass rendering and how to take advantage of the passes to achieve different looks.

2) Also, I'd like to see an integration of cg characters or props into live action video

3) And integrating cg set extensions to a live action set

These are real-world and practical examples that people need to know about in the vfx world... and it's something that is very rarely covered in tutorials or dvds.

Thanks!
18 years ago
I'd also love to see some rotoscoping techniques and cool lower third creation.
Dan
18 years ago
Hi
i think all the tutorial effects that you do are cool
but in the real world most studios use AE for brodcast and there are no tutorials on that subject over the net not that i"ve seen
so what i really would like to see are tutorials explaining how to do
1) lower thirds
2)how to approch a promo project
3)thins you can do with a company logo
basicly a project like one on this site http://www.motionworks.com.au/
Thank you
i would love to see a tutorial on colour temp. how to change simple DV to much more interesting colour temp... you know...yeah...... i know it will benefit everyone
John Paite
18 years ago
Now that you asked..
1) I would love to know the makings of those videos on www.trapcode.com front page especially Pierre Michel's, I have him on my gchat and he explained it to me and even posted a brief info on how he made it but i still could not grasp it..
http://trapcode.com/gallery/polar2007_h.mov this is the video..
2) C4D for sure
adelajda_formalina
18 years ago
hi
3D Fractal in After Effects (step by step)
and any Morphing without any "special" plugins...
will be nice
grettings
18 years ago
And a Tutorial where Mark will die 3 times in a row...
18 years ago
What about a Rain Tutorial. Like the Rain Sequenze in your HD Footage where the rain is coming from above and the Camera is looking at the ground! That would be great!

Fetch
Jack Hunter
18 years ago
What would be very cool is a tutorial on how to do that zoom video you posted. Where the camera comes from over a city all the way back to space revealing the entire earth.
Georgi Zhekov
18 years ago
Well a tutorial with "the Matrix" effect would be nice,I mean the effect when the action stops and the camera rotates around the actors,I've always wondered how to achieve it
18 years ago
I dont know about rest, but most of 3d text animations (for example those on ayatoweb) are built in something else than AAE, or with AAE using some other plugin, i allways wanted to do some of those things using mainly the tools AAE provides

Allso, still waiting for that Planet zoomed out

keep on the good work mr.Andrew, i remember somebody mentuned U to build a Forum, i think that is a nice idea

Have a good day from Split, Croatia
18 years ago
Also how to get on Kramers good side... You know so I don't get blown up, punched in the face, tripped, or shot if I ever run into you...
JD
18 years ago
I'd love to see an After Effects tutorial that shows how to make a anamorphic lens flare. To quote Wikipedia, an anamorphic lens flare "is a kind of lens flare that has a long horizontal line usually with a blue tint and is most often visible when there is a bright light, such as from car headlights, in the frame with an otherwise dark scene".

I noticed it P.T. Anderson's film "Punch Drunk Love". Looks really cool. Would love to see a tutorial on this!

Anyways, keep up the good work Andrew!!!! I, as I'm sure many others do as well, truly appreciate your free tutorials!!

Thanks again.

JD.
18 years ago
I have some request for you Mr.kramer

Breaking the lens on a Camera.
Example, an explosion blows a side of the building apart sending a chunk on concrete into the camera. The Lens would be shatterd but also have distortion to it. Some areas would seem like a fun house mirror.

Touch Screen Effects, different reactions from touching a futuristic touch screen or a real plate of glass.

Rain Drops in water, saw this in one of your high resolution sock DVD's and wondered how you did it so well.

Maybe an Andrew Kramer MP3 Player spoof, MP3 commercials always dish out flashy motion graphics.

Infinite Zoom was amazing, I really want to see how you put that one together. My infinite zooms suck so I am hoping that one comes around before my deadline.
Mert
18 years ago
Morphing tutorial will be helpfull
18 years ago
I'd like to see a tutorial on stretching a face. Like a monster screaming and you stretch their jaw down a bit to give the look of a bigger bite. Also, any "REAL WORLD" techniques that you commonly use on customer projects to polish the job. The 3D titles is one I'm curious about too.
Riptide
18 years ago
Hi Andrew,

I really would love to see how to create the effect when someone gets hit by a car. I think I saw that in one of your promo videos. In that scene some guy runs on the street and moves like he was hit by a car, then you see a car drive through the screen and then you see the final result when the two scenes were put together.
I hope you know what I mean.

Greetings from Germany
Riptide

PS your Tutorials are the best
Jaydubs
18 years ago
I'd love to see what you could do with particles in After Effects ...

I really don't know how or what to use them for ... ?

J.
18 years ago
Video Wall
Grunge stuff that you see on tv advertisements
INFINITE ZOOM
Johnny Handsome
18 years ago
Like i said before, please make c4d tutorials and show us how to animate some things that i can use in my fanfilms, that would be great.
18 years ago
Sorry to comment again, but With C4D, show how to make Text and Titles and stuff. I'm not into animating a short film (yet, or for a long time), but title stuff is usually low on rendering time and application specific complexity.
18 years ago
1) A video wall
2) Some more 'compositing' tutorials, specifically on non-chroma keyed stuff (rotoscoping techniques and stuff)
3) C4D
4) Some more 'abstract' effects, that can be used as background elements.
5) Some 'lower thirds' creation
6) C4D
Phil
14 years ago
Yeah i think all of those would be great!
CharLes
18 years ago
what about a video wall?...
Darius Wilhere
18 years ago
Hi Andrew, one tutorial I'd really like to see is the creation of the sweet 3D titles. Such as the ones used in the Designer Sound F/X. Is this using a plug-in such as Zaxwerks? Are you creating those in 3D and exporting with an Alpha? Or is there some native capability for 3D titles that I have been oblivious too. If you don't go for that, how about making titles appear out of smoke similar to the trailer that was done for BRICK that can be found here... http://www.drfoster.f2s.com/trailers_b.shtml

thanks for the consideration.

Best,

D