Gravity in After Effects

August 4th, 2007

Getting back to Motion Graphics...
I'm working on a new tutorial that will demonstrate practical ways to use gravity and give mass and elasticity to layers.

Watch Sample Video

Download Project File (AE7)

I know I haven't been posting as often but I'm working on some important website updates before we transfer to the new Dedicated Servers. These updates will make it easier for me to post more frequently and some other great features you'll just have to wait and see. I still plan to release a new tutorial every week; although this one may be out on Tuesday or so. Of course, don't worry if there isn't a new tutorial one week, just go outside and play some hopscotch. And I'll let you know when the little Kramer is here. Tick-tock.

Andrew Kramer

POSTED:

18 years ago

72 Comments

fazal manan(pakistan)

14 years ago

but i have no plugin for this
how can i buy <3

fazal manan(pakistan)

14 years ago

Hmmmmmm...!!!!
good
i like ur all tutos....

Atlanta Video Production

15 years ago

Should be useful

EFREN

16 years ago

andrew tahnk so much for the step by step tutorial, it helps me a lot...i'm just a beginner and wandering so much of what can i do and how i'm i going to use AE. anyway thank so much again for the tutorials. God Bless you and video copilot

b0lstad1

16 years ago

Hey, Andrew!
I love your tutorials.
Can't wait to watch the tutorial.

Keep up the good work, Andrew!

17 years ago

good site mkeiud

versa

17 years ago

Andrew could you tell how you make bounce text? Please!

lida

18 years ago

helal kocum sana emolu nerden orend??±n bunlar??± very good

Istemi Gurel

18 years ago

Hi Andrew,
First of all great work congrads! 2ndly, quick question, erm how come all your titles are in black background.. Im trying to design a movie credits on white background but could not seem to get a professional film looking or as good as it would look on Black background..

Thankx

istemi[G]

minddropstudios

18 years ago

Man, am I burnt out on hopscotch.....

Rap cat

18 years ago

look forward to it and congrats

and check out the site i work for.. for the little one that is.
www.oompa.com

Baby toy and new tutorial slaughter

Ben

Kevin

18 years ago

My wife is pissed. I am up at 3:00am couldnt sleep, looking to try something out and I am playing hopscotch.

Bauble Bob

18 years ago

Well, it looked pretty freakin' ace to me... Anyway, I've not posted before, so just want to say a big thanks for all these tut's. I only got AE a couple of months ago and you've really opened up my eyes to what's possible. Looking forward to the new one!

Andrew Kramer

18 years ago

Jeremy, no fire here. This is just one example, and yes it is exaggerated. But you will be able to control the bounce to fit your tastes...

Jeremy Sexton

18 years ago

I'm not crazy about this one, to be honest. Maybe it's the lack of a visible floor, but the bounce doesn't look realistic at all to me. I think the variance from the first bounce to the second is too drastic. It should be more gradual. I could be wrong and this method could be the most "realistic" but it doesn't look as good as it could.

*Arms Flameshield*

SkipIntro

18 years ago

Andrew, please, post your SinCity tutorial on your website )

Theodor Tomander Skippervold

18 years ago

Hey here is my try on this effect, please leave a comment, negative og possitive, just wach and eny, sooo..... hmm, by the way andrew Grats with the baby.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=IjSSy9_3jnE

I prefere VFX.
Sorry, bad english

Piotr Piotrowicz

18 years ago

â?????How did Andrew make his own expression control effects into one big controll effect?â???

WE MUST KNOW!

joy

18 years ago

hai andrew and to every one i got a question for you guys it is what is the good software to convert the avi files to flash (.swf)format i tried some softwares through net but they dont seem working for me my file is almost 4gb so i need a good software
andrew what you use to convert your stuff into flash format
thnkx in advance

Kyle W.

18 years ago

erg..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v712/Pathogen2467/Gravescotch.jpg

C Light

18 years ago

â???¦in a graveyard!

C Light

18 years ago

Okay, here's the challenge. Photoshop an image of someone playing hopskotch while eating cheez-its and wearing a tin-foil hat.

Matt Ebenezer

18 years ago

Awesome!

I love the motion graphics tutorials. I find them the most useful for the 'real world' work I do - i.e. the stuff I get paid for

Thanks heaps Andrew for still posting while you're so busy - and having a baby of all things!

Alexey Pekarin

18 years ago

the project file doesn't work on my AE too ;(
I'm on AE7 pro.

is that a teaser? can anyone confirm that it actually works on their AEs?

Max Marklund

18 years ago

Looking good AK

MM.

Neeraj

18 years ago

awesome andrew. prefer vfx too, but looking forward to ur tutorials like always

btw, have u thought of any names for little kramer?

best wishes,
neeraj
singapore

Chris

18 years ago

Hi there, can anyone answer this question?

"How did Andrew make his own expression control effects into one big controll effect?"

I am really interested, how I could do this... XD

Greets from germany, Chris

Orc Master

18 years ago

Uh, I'm having the same problem as Dan... Does the gravity in the file work for everybody else? Because it doesn't for me. I have CS3...

Also, stop demanding a forum... I want a forum too, but Andrew is moving Videocopilot to a new server; SO why don't we just sit down and wait 'till that's done, THEN ask for the forum?

Dominic Riozzi

18 years ago

[QUOTE=Jamsta] It doesnâ??????t scream out 80â??????s at all mate. the colours/fonts/music donâ??????t reflect that decade. some footage would be cool

your work was nice. [/QUOTE]

The thing is, the film isn't set in the 80's, it's just 80's style. Guess I could still make it a little more 80's-esk...

Casko

18 years ago

FOOOOOOORUUUUUUUUMMMMMM PLEEEEEEEAAAAAAASSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Mark/finalrenderfilms

18 years ago

Right. For us to say, hey, look at my youtube channel!!!

www.youtube.com/finalrenderfilms

It's spamming. But with a forum, we could ask for advice, tips, whatever.

BTW, if anyone does look at that channel, lol, i'd love some tips and advice.

Chip

18 years ago

This is why you need a Forum Andrew. Theres way too much spam going on which isnt even related to the topic at hand. Meh. So hopefully once you get the forums up and running, you can dedicate a section for User Demo Reels/Showcases.

But I look forward to the Gravity Tute.

Jamsta

18 years ago

[QUOTE

omini Riozzi] Did anyone watch my promo? :S [/QUOTE]

Yeah I did...

It doesn't scream out 80's at all mate. the colours/fonts/music don't reflect that decade. some footage would be cool

your work was nice.

Dominic Riozzi

18 years ago

Did anyone watch my promo? :S

Stefan

18 years ago

Cool i will wait for it! Andrew i think it`s a good idea to make a tutorial for morph or reshape effect it`s a very cool effect. Also some advanced ways to use trapcode particular and maybe how to make awesome intro title or logo with some nice particles or lightnings or something like this here: http://www.ayatoweb.com/ae_tips_e.html

Dan

18 years ago

In the project file its not the final file
the gravity isnt working

Thorsten Meyer

18 years ago

Hi Andrew,

great stuff. I linked on my main page @ http://www.strongmocha.com to get you even more traffic and visitors

Cheers,

Thorsten
http://www.strongmocha.com

Matt

18 years ago

This is my test of time remapping: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMuE4KVet3w

Piotr Piotrowicz

18 years ago

Clancy- my family is from poland, but i was born in AU, so i know both languages well lol, im 12 and yeah, i live in au

Matt

18 years ago

Hey Andrew...

Always welcoming of cool ways to dress up drab titles. Always hated the fade on, fade off technique because I know so much more is possible.

Dustin James

18 years ago

Sounds good.. To bad I'm visiting my parents this week... All I have is my iPhone to connect to the outside world. Normaly I can play QuickTime files from the Internet but I assume the QuickTime format you used is not compatible with the phone. To bad I was excited...

I'll just have to wait until I get back home to my computer.

PS: I just watched The Bridge to Teriberhia with my parents.. mmm hmm

khaled Dostzada

18 years ago

very nice that your doing motion graphics again, maybe for a future tut you could show how to put 3d things into live action footage?

Sandy

18 years ago

Hey cool man! superb, keep it up.
U always Rock!

Warm Regards
Sandy

clancy30

18 years ago

peter-- where r u from man?

Dominic Riozzi

18 years ago

Woo, can't wait!

BTW, please take a look at a promo I've just created for an up and coming film from Idol Pictures, '80's Style Action Film'.

Find it here: http://80sstyleactionfilm.bravehost.com/

Thanks

DoM

Piotr Piotrowicz

18 years ago

Andrew, you must tell me! how do you merge expression control effects! like in your lightsaber preset, cuz I have some presets I want to make but i need to do what you did and create a controll effect.

ET Entertainment

18 years ago

The other post didn't work...I emptied my cache thats why?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=90nGzAXF2eM

18 years ago

no.

ET Entertainment

18 years ago

DONE! Wow that uploaded fast, under 10 minutes since my last post.
Here it is:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=90nGzAXF2eM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=90nGzAXF2eM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=90nGzAXF2eM

Check it out!!

ET Entertainment

18 years ago

I just finished mine, and I'm currently uploading it. I've been working on it since 3:00...it's been over 2 hours, but I had a Taco session in between.
I'll post the link when it's on YouTube.

in the meantime, visit: http://www.et-films.net

Harry mcHugh

18 years ago

looks nice. I would like to see some 3ds max tuts but wutever youll give , ill take. Congrats on the baby, do you know if its a boy or girl yet?

S.Gilbert

18 years ago

Hey Andrew,

I actually thought about simulated gravity ever since I saw the making of halo, however never thought that it was relevent in After Effects. I think you'd be able to do some really neat effects.

fersh0

18 years ago

I want to watch a tutorials with chroma key like Forest Gump Chromas

Scott

18 years ago

Hey Andrew, I got an iPod too. Except I won mine.

Griffo

18 years ago

what about the 3dmax or flash integration? keep the good work.
saludos desde Argentina

Andrew

18 years ago

love the motion graphics tutorials, keep it up.

does anyone know of a good site for adobe illustrator tutorials?

Andrew Kramer

18 years ago

Ipod.

Patryk Duk

18 years ago

Do you own a Sandsisk Sansa mp3 player? beacause the backbround looks like from the player.

i prefer vfx but this is unsefull too

Jason

18 years ago

Cant wait

Nate

18 years ago

I love Motion Graphics! I have been using MoGraph and tags in Cinema 4D for gravity so I am really excited about possibly being able to achieve similar effects without leaving AE.

Thank you in advance Andrew!

Alexander Jansen

18 years ago

Cool

Hope it comes soon!

mark

18 years ago

look foward to the tutorial

mark

18 years ago

hey

Just Amit

18 years ago

u never let us down Kramer!!!

Orc Master

18 years ago

LOL, alright, I'll go outside and play hopscotch...

Tuesday? Oh man, I'll have to wait 'till I come back from vacation... Well, it'll be worth it!

I also prefer VFX, but GFX are also useful for movies, since they help you make cool titles. Thanx, Andrew!

Man, make sures you post some pics of little Kramer as well

Sammiep

18 years ago

Cooly Wooly .. !

I am going to play hopscotch tommorow I prommes...

Bones

18 years ago

Do you know if you are having a boy or girl?

Joe "The Deacon" Falcione

18 years ago

Nice... Thanks for the update Andrew. Did you get any of my emails?

Cheers!

C Light

18 years ago

Very Cool, looking forward to it!