Product Announcement: Evolution
October 13th, 2007

I'm very excited to announce our newest product Evolution.

This new DVD is jammed full of pre-animated decorative design elements and so much more. These elements are over 720p HD at 60fps and ready for any production pipeline. Of course I'm also including several video tutorials and a long list of bonus features you can't miss. Each element is meticulously crafted and animated with extensive detail and quality. We know how long these took to make and believe me it wasn't easy :)

We have a release date set but what I can tell you is the product will be available in less than a month. I can't answer any other questions at this time since the details are still being finalized, however the product page will be online soon.


Here is an image I just finished for the DVD content that uses only Evolution.

Andrew Kramer
POSTED:
18 years ago
149 Comments
I use this product all the time!
martin troy
18 years ago
absolutely cannot wait till Evolution is available! this is exactly what i've been waiting to learn in After Effects. Andrew Kramer Rocks!
Jimmy Woodard Jr
18 years ago
Looking forward to another great poduct!
I have learned so much from you and everyone involved in your products.
I was just about to order a new product from another company, but I'll
wait for Evolution!
MyNameisNobody
18 years ago
Yes GoMedia has awesome products, but you would need to animate them in flash for
your project(s)... Now I ask you how Important is your time?
Is your time as Important as say... 45-55-65 or even 75 Bucks per hour or more?
Then Evolution is your answer to time and money

I'm sure any vector animation you could want will be included in Evolution, And if not... then make your own.
But I am not the first to say "I trust AK's Opinion and artistic talent" to bring us a quality product that will (or should) supply your needs.

Thanks AK
Jeff Thomson
18 years ago
cant wait
Davidbanana
18 years ago
oh snapple that looks cool!!!
18 years ago
I think goMedia has great products. The main differnce is that Evolution is tailored for Video Professionals. GoMedia has the art, but we've done all the animation and prep work so you can be the artist and craft custom animations faster and with more control.

Trust me, we've spend hundreds of hours animating and re-animating these elements. Some of our designs have well over 100 individually animated pieces that must be timed and "grow" in perfect sync. Just wait til you see the detail in each element.

Designing and approving the elements for the collection was the easier part; it was the last 3 months of meticulous animating that took the most of our time. And of course all of our elements are unique and custom designed from scratch.

We're just now finishing the promo that should be online soon.
nana
18 years ago
no pws i think this will be better than go media vector suit
these dvd package ain't bat ad all , in fact it really looks great and attractive.....
nana
18 years ago
wow.. andrew ..justcan't wait for these
pws
18 years ago
Go Media Arsenal Vector ?:-s
Fed
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, this looks amazing, good product choice.

Just wondering, will you be adding all the free tutorials you have up till now on it?
Gandalf
18 years ago
I love how you still have humour and actually reply, most post productions company's like show something and never awnser Q's great site and I'll be buying this 1 my first purchase of your site yay!
BANDAR
18 years ago
Mr. Andrew ... could you please show us the trailer for that product ... please
Marco Lughini
18 years ago
As a motion graphic artist this should help me a lot. I'll buy it for sure.

Keep it up Andrew.

Greetings from Italy!
FISH
18 years ago
Sweet! Very popular thing these days.
18 years ago
super good!!!! Andrew
Mark
18 years ago
Finally! I've been having to do this stuff by hand to get a decent effect! Been dieing for you guys to release a dvd with pre-made ones on it, can't wait!
Johhny
18 years ago
hey Andrew, did i miss? or u did not say anything about dates?
can u say somekinda a date for release? this week? this month?

and also is there anyway to order
Serious Effects & Compositing DVD via internet, or just some part of it?
money is not a problem but i wanna order it fast

ou yea, almost forgot, GREAT WORK!!!
like always
Joseppe
18 years ago
I absolutely love these things! I was thinking, are the animations royalty free? That is, if I animate something with this, would it be legal for me to make money off that thing I made?
Malpa
18 years ago
Nice guy..you are the best
pnll
18 years ago
hola me gustaria saber si con este programa en concreto se hace este video :


http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=obaCkYcv-nA
18 years ago
A render anomaly?

You could have thought of some way to make it interesting or mysterious, that would have really made the product stand out from the others.

I'll be getting this when it's on sale, keep goin Andrew....
GreyMatter
18 years ago
IT IS A 3D RENDER ANOMALY FOR SURE...

But not a simple AE 3D EFFECT
I have recreated this in MAYA AND 3DS MAX
And I will Not Post any Example, Because I'm not being payed for it..

NOW if Andrew wants to release a "FREE" tut on how this is done...well good for him.

18 years ago
It is just a render anomaly, lol
Dustin James
18 years ago
I think that the U is darker because of the light in the scene behind and to the left... Notice the subtle shadow on the standing DVD... See the angle of the shadow and how it goes towards the U..
OnFireProductions
18 years ago
Yes awesome new product!
Great Job again Andrew Kramer
Graham C
18 years ago
Ok, this one just made the top of my list.
18 years ago
Wow! Sound Amazing! ^^
Moca MX
18 years ago
Can i have credit card if i am 16 years old???
Joris (Holland)
18 years ago
Man! I'm verry exited!
I wanna know what's in there man

keep up the good work!
Moca MX
18 years ago
Yeah what's up with "u"?
Scott
18 years ago
Some guy:

I hope you're joking... Also this product is kinda neat.. I'm still wanting Riot Gear 2.
Some Guy
18 years ago
I wonder that nobody mentioned the reflection of the "u" in Evolution. It's darker. Does it have a meaning?
carlos
18 years ago
credit card ready.I can not wait any more!!!!!!!!!!.Come on!!!!!
Thanks for everything MR ANDREW
18 years ago
I'm even interested in how to make the 3d picture of the dvd's with evolution in the background.
Radu Chelariu
18 years ago
It's definitely a 3D Software rendered image but since the release of VRay4C4D Andrew could have very well used Cinema 4D.
Andre Prior
18 years ago
Yeah, thats 3d, prolly 3dmax since andrew used it before.
cordova
18 years ago
Can't wait!
Scott Bishop
18 years ago
Alan, im pretty sure the advert was done using a 3D app
Gianni
18 years ago
Wow...all is ready to buy this fantastic new product...3...2...1...go!!!!!

Best regards from Italy.
Kris
18 years ago
Andrew,

I can't wait this product will be release. I just hope there will be more tutorials in this. Its your fault I cant sleep every other nights.
18 years ago
How abotu a tutorial on how you created the advert image for this product. The two boxes on the grey 'floor', extruded text and lovely subtle, perspective shadows. Possibly more Photoshop than AE but I'd love to be walked through it. but an AE version that can be rotated etc would be great.

of course, it may just be a real photo you used to get those lovely shadows.

Anyways, how about it?
Alan
18 years ago
I can definitley make use of this style of animation. It will pay for itself in the first five minutes if it contains a selection of animated arrows.

I'm also extremely pleased the animations are 2K as well as I tend to work solely in HDV resolutions.

All good.

only downer is I may put off a purchase for a while so I can combine postage (maybe) with the "50 Offline tutorials" DVD - unless they appear at the same time I suppose.
LIFETYPE
18 years ago
does twitch come with this dvd? ( crosses fingers)
michi
18 years ago
credit card is ready!
Andre Prior
18 years ago
dude week is over Oo Care to show us some moving magic?

BTW hope your baby and wife are well. Bet the first time home are busy and with less sleep.

Best wishes from Germany
Rosa C
18 years ago
Looking good fellows! Can't wait to get more info...I'm already trying to budget in an unknown price so I can get it hot off the press!
Vango
18 years ago
Need preview.... Andrew,
Travis
18 years ago
Andrew, you've done it again! Absolutely Fantastic! Can't wait to have it.
John Paite
18 years ago
Cant wait..I wanna see the preview soon!!
Looks great Andrew. You're stuff is always impressive and this will go with the rest of the Collection!
18 years ago
It will of course be available for download as well.
Juan Francisco
18 years ago
oh man..I wish I could buy all your products mr. Kramer!! but unfortunately you don't ship to my country Peru
thanks for all your tutorials Andrew, keep up with the excellent work! you're aaaammmaaazzziiiinnnngggg! oh btw I Love your jokes

Juan Francisco
18 years ago
Yeah, going to be scooping this product for sure. These kinds of animations take so long but always look so good in the end.

Great product idea.
Wickeido
18 years ago
It's amazing how much talent you got... ??¿Will you do a small tutorial with some kind of "Making of..." of the new DVD? I'll love to see how you made that animated shapes...
18 years ago
please delete this and that, I was doing somthing else and did that by accident
Dnine
18 years ago
hey andrew looks awesome as always
i know that you dont have a realease date but what is the price gonna be just so that i can transfre the money into my paypal account so i have it ready the day it comes out coz i am preparing new brand to the TV channel that i am workinin and this brand should be looking good with your stuff.

looks awesome as always
SuperK
18 years ago
Looking great. Just wondering Mr. Kramer if the product will have an option to be downloaded or just on Dvd ? thanks
18 years ago
AWESOME! I can't wait for this to come out!!! The designs, even when harnessed into a still image, are still awe-inspiring!

All right, I'm done.
Scott
18 years ago
looking good man, i just wish i had money.
Babatunde Tunslike (Nigeria)
18 years ago
Hey man!

i wonder, what is going to be like, though i have loved growing animations like this, well i guess the trailer is going to be great


cant wait, and i think there will be downloadable version also


hmm.. VideocoPilot is EvoLuTing...
Connor
18 years ago
Looks fantastic!

I can't wait for this to be released, and for the new tutorial!
Edwin
18 years ago
Awesome Andrew! I can't wait. I don't care what it costs, you can certainly put me down for a copy of Evolution! I think I have your whole collection. Except for the clouds. I was wondering if you would do a tutorial of a car hitting a person on the street like you showed on your trailer of " here are some things you can do in After Effects "trailer. I got an idea how you do it but I sure would love to learn it straight from the Master himself! Thanks, Ed
Luke
18 years ago
Will you accept two legs instead?

Only I might need my arms to use your products - haha!
18 years ago
2 Easy payments of your arm and a leg. It will less than our most expensive product.
Andre Prior
18 years ago
Come on Andrew, show us some moving pictures!!!!!!!!!

Cant wait for the trailer.
Any idea which price range this dvd goes?
18 years ago
Yes! That is totally what i am looking for! Can't wait till it's available...
Yva
18 years ago
It looks breathtaking. I will buy this one for sure!
klaus
18 years ago
shubiduwa aha shubiduwa
James Wicks
18 years ago
You say you want an evolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the comp
You tell me that it's evolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the comp
But when you sell another DVD
Don't you know that you can count me in
Don't you know it's gonna be all right
all right, all right
18 years ago
How many different files are there going to be?
Jacob Behunin
18 years ago
wow.....
bwoogie
18 years ago
Sorry for double post. But reading this line "Here is an image I just finished for the DVD content that uses only Evolution" tells me more new great textures!
bwoogie
18 years ago
YOU'RE A MACHINE ANDREW KRAMER! A MACHINE!

Anyways, I'm working on this kinda stuff (flourishes and stuff) myself (don't worry I will still be buying EvolutioN). Is it possible you could give some tips on creating this kinda stuff? Like do you draw it out on paper, scan it and drop it in Illustrator and... Then what? Do you animate them in flash like explained on Go Media's Blog? I'm just having a lot of trouble getting them to look good and professional. Mostly getting my lines to be parallel and smooth curves - the animation part is an easier fixed problem with a little practice and elbow grease.

Any help / tips you can give would be greatly appreciated!

Again, thanks for the awesome products and FREE tutorials!
Jack McKinney
18 years ago
As usual, Andrew, count me in for a purchase on day one. How is it that every time I think 'wouldn't it be great if someone made a disc of *blank*'. you release that very product. You can read my mind, can't you?
18 years ago
This looks really awesome! I can't wait til we get a sneak preview and see some of the product. This will definitely be on my "must buy" list.
Aharon Rabinowitz
18 years ago
Really looking forward to this one, buddy. You're stuff is always top notch.
Dustin James
18 years ago
By "next month" do you mean in a couple months? Either way I am going to buy this as soon as you make it availabe... So you can start shipping it now... I have a project and this was something that they wanted... I regretted saying i would do it because i do not like doing this tideous work.

Thanks andrew.
Josh
18 years ago
dvd only or will there be a downloadable version as well?
BobH
18 years ago
Cool. Looking forward to the first peek inside. I'm also very curious about the "and so much more" part. Something tells me that was more than a casual afterthought.
Travis McRae
18 years ago
hey andrew looks awesome as always
i knwo you dont have a realease date but what is the price gonna be just so that i can transfre the money into my paypal account so i have it ready the day it comes out

looks awesome as always
Juan
18 years ago
I'm gonna definitely buy this one!!!!!!!!!!!!
excellent
18 years ago
Can't wait...I know you said you can't give anymore details, but since you said they took a while to create, can you tell us about how many animations will be included in this package??
DSW1975
18 years ago
This looks great. Accepting pre-orders like you did on Riotgear?
Stephane
18 years ago
i'll be waitin for this dvd. andrew, u r the best. i'm learnin a lot of good and useful tips in AE thru your tutorials. thanks a lot
cheers
Max
18 years ago
OMG! I can't wait... I've been wondering about making these for a long time, now it's gonna be so much easier with Kramer's product. AWESOME!
Tom N.
18 years ago
Oh Man! I cant wait! I'll buy it, be sure!

Cheers! Tom.
18 years ago
AWESOME!!! Hopefully, when I have more money, I can buy this and Riotgear.
DrTroy
18 years ago
God! Andrew you're totally insane!!! that's what I love about you!!!

You're a true genius I can't wait to get that product!!!
S. Gilbert
18 years ago
This is so cool !!!! The best new product since After Effects 4.0
18 years ago
Wow, this looks a great new product. Will be getting this. Keep up the great work Andrew, and can't wait to see those tutorials on the DVD.
18 years ago
Looks great!
18 years ago
Andrew- will you be including the original vector pictures you animated or possibly the after effects file with the masking done (similar to what go media does)?
18 years ago
WOW! That was wierd. Just the othe day I was talking with my coworkers saying how much I dreaded creating things like this and how much it was not conducive to the fast production pipeline. If only someone would take the time to make these things like stock imagery. Next thing I know. POOF! My wish has been granted. Thank you so much.
Jeff
18 years ago
Good times are happening in the Future. I can't wait for the hours I will be spending playing with this set.
Ben
18 years ago
wow. sounds awesome!
18 years ago
WOW!!!! WOW!!!!!! WOW!!!!!! WOW!!!!! WOWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


http://www.et-films.net
18 years ago
1 word... WOW, thanks man.
bwoogie
18 years ago
Sold!
I was hoping for something like this!
Superbad
18 years ago
Hey Andrew, looks really awesome! I know you said you cant answer any questions, but I'm going to ask anyway! yay!

Will you include un-animated versions of the files as well?

Either way i'm looking foward to it
Matt in MO.
18 years ago
I think I just crapped my pants.... this is awesome
Matt in MO.
18 years ago
I think I just crapped my pants....
18 years ago
I am very very excited for this one!!!!
18 years ago
AWSOME!!!! The funny thing is I was looking for something like this online last week. I cant wait for it. You can count on my order.
Kim A. Strandli
18 years ago
amazing.. just amazing... Looking forward to it!

You're the man Andrew! And every one else at Video Copilot
jorberg
18 years ago
Can't wait to buy it! Release it soon!!!
Haydn
18 years ago
Ahhhhhhhh!!!!! i want it, I WANT IT. 'Evolution' is just what I needed. Can't wait to buy it. Thanks man.
Randy
18 years ago
WOOHOO! This shall be tight. Cant wait
Helge Kallevik
18 years ago
Just amazing.
Scott Bishop
18 years ago
Fantastic Andrew. Another tool in the box to help make us money :p
`ChaRLeS x
18 years ago
thanks god you exist mr. Kramer....
juan
18 years ago
looks interesting
i love growing graphics stuff
the arrows look like the Go Media vector packs stuff
which i have and are great,really looking forward to this.
thanks to you and your crew for all the work.keep it up
peace

Juan
18 years ago
WOW ! this looks AMAZING ! I'll be getting this ASAP!
Morten Enoksen
18 years ago
W O W ! !
18 years ago
Most of the Elements are very high resolution QuickTime movies. This makes the elements highly compatible with many other video applications including After Effects.

At this time there isn't really a good vector format for animations that is widely compatible and renders properly. Although we experimented with several methods such SWF & EPS sequences etc; video files worked out to be the easiest and most productive.

The tutorials will mainly focus on design and compositing as well as some typography.
Jacob Dyer
18 years ago
"These elements will also work with any resolution up to 2K (Higher than HD)"

Are they vector? Or just ridiculously high quality?
asd
18 years ago
wow, looks AMAZING!! so, vectors elements that are going to animated. i've always wanted to know how to animate flower-style vectors etc., like from start to finish. are there going to be any tutorials in the dvd like this?
Jeffrey
18 years ago
Here's a question you should be able to answer.....

Will this product be Super Awesome or Mega Awesome?
eddie
18 years ago
Cover looks cool cant wait for a demo of somekind ......COOL AK.
18 years ago
just the box makes this look awesome! cant wait!
Langalot
18 years ago
To quote the lucky boy from Animal House: THANK YOU LORD! I mean ANDREW! Can't wait to buy this puppy!
wayne
18 years ago
COOOOOooooooL!
18 years ago
Great work andrew, only the image looks nice. The box says something of the product.
I'll definitly buy it. * First a new camera *

Jeffrey
Netherlands.
18 years ago
omg, awsome! cool! i cant wait. thnks Andrew!
Georgi Zhekov
18 years ago
Can't wait,I'll try this as soon as it's released.

Another great idea Andrew,keep it like this
18 years ago
These elements are much higher than 720p. These elements will work flawlessly with virtually any standard frame rate. (23.976, 24p, 25p, 29.97, 30p, 50i, 60i etc)

These elements will also work with any resolution up to 2K (Higher than HD)
18 years ago
I'm buyer, but can I combine those elements in 720p HD at 60fps with 1080iHD at 25fps footage? Just asking.
black_dust
18 years ago
Cool!!! Kinda tell what some of them are going to be about looking at the box!

Cant wait looks good
Workshed
18 years ago
Speechless, i just filled in a tutorial request for something like this!

That advert is....well....pretty amazing!

Roll on product page!

Cheers Andrew, from sunny ol' England
Hampus Lager
18 years ago
Wonderful news just made my day. Can't wait for it!
Eduard
18 years ago
Super! I am looking forward to this product! ! !
Ross
18 years ago
Hey Andrew,

How can I order this new product.

Coolio -

R
Ben McEwan
18 years ago
Where's a job when you need one... No money sorta sucks right now
Conor
18 years ago
Now that looks....sumptuous. Can't wait to get my hands on it!
Hedley
18 years ago
Yeah man, you cant tell us about this without a trailer or a preview or something, its just cruel.

Looking forward to it,

Hedley
nico
18 years ago
wow that's a nice cover.... looking forward to the trailer xD
18 years ago
This looks pretty useful! I can't wait to see the demo. Thanks AK.
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Jacob Dyer
18 years ago
Oh so cool. I'll be buying!
Christopher Carlsson
18 years ago
OMG I cant wait Thanks andrew for making my life a lot easier // Christopher Carlsson, Sweden
Bajistapro
18 years ago
YES!!! I can't wait to complete my collection of video copilot products!! and improve my knowledge and designs on AE!!! THANKS ANDREW!
Armando M. Rivera
18 years ago
The Box Art looks awesome, I just can't wait for it. You are simply great AK.
natestrong
18 years ago
looks awsome
Salmon Sandwich
18 years ago
This looks like it's going to be a great product. Wow.
18 years ago
yo werd? tight ak.
Sonny
18 years ago
Very exciting!!! I can't wait!!!!!!
JustAmit
18 years ago
wow, simply wow, this box looks so awesome and i can only imagine how much better the files inside are. very nice... i can't wait.
18 years ago
woooooooow, its gonna be great!
Srinu
18 years ago
Speechless!!! Andrew...you surpassed all our expectations. Hatsofff mannn...
James
18 years ago
ooh cool