NEW TUTORIAL: Blast Wave
September 29th, 2010

In this exciting new tutorial we’ll be creating a powerful explosion and shockwave inside of After Effects using elements from Action Essentials 2 and built-in effects. We will use Mocha to motion track the difficult shot and explore advanced blending and compositing tips. It’s a good 44 minute tutorial so tell your wife (or spouse)… it’s After Effects time.

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Andrew Kramer
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9 years ago
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186 Comments

6 years ago
I loved this tutorial. You rock Andrew! I made my own version and put it on youtube and a co-worker thought it was real. I still see areas that I could improve on to make it better. But I’m onto other tutorials. Comments are welcomed on my channel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbeGpHqhUTY
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9 years ago
I loved this tutorial. You rock Andrew! I made my own version and put it on youtube and a co-worker thought it was real. I still see areas that I could improve on to make it better. But I'm onto other tutorials. Comments are welcomed on my channel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbeGpHqhUTY
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Art
9 years ago
LOL....LOL...LOL...AWSOME...

I did awake everybody with my laughter..it's 2:00 AM CT...This is great !!!....

:-))))...Thanks Andrew...u're the man !!!..

LOL...

Gracias..
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Shrey Malhotra
9 years ago
Hi Andrew , thanks for the tutorial , really amazing .. earlier i used to make stupid,over done effects but now after seeing your tutorials i learned alot…

Greetings from India keep up the good work !!
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Shrey Malhotra
9 years ago
Hi Andrew , thanks for the tutorial , really amazing .. early i used to make stupid,over done effects but now after seeing your tutorials i learned alot...

Greetings from India :) keep up the good work !!
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9 years ago
Hi andrew thx for posting this amazing tutorial look at my blast wave with your tu.........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXq10-CsdZE

wish you a good time and greetz from germany

Maniac221
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Mazen
9 years ago
Hey Andrew,
you'd doing a great job. Thanks for these great tutorials and all these stuff ;)

And I was anstonished as I saw things from your tutorials and VFX-Stuff in german television :D

Greetings from germany, and keep it up ;)
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Ramez
9 years ago
Its awesome , thank you
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lukaas3g
9 years ago
nice,you can go to universal studios!!!
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mystic7
9 years ago
I'm kinda pissed because I don't have anyone to control the camera for me, and then I realized I don't actually have to be in the video. So I'm gonna try this again with camera movement so I can play with Mocha.
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Francis
9 years ago
Incroyable, vraiment très bien ce tuto... comme tous vos tutos, c'est magistralement réalisé. Quelle classe !!! Bravo Andrew !!!
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Andrew Larson
9 years ago
Hey Andrew was just wondering I noticed that the footage that you used in the tutorial was an image sequence. I just wanted to why and what camera you used. Thanks man! it was a very cool tutorial.
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Sachin
9 years ago
nay way great work i want ur Brain..!!!!!!!! haaa...
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Kasule David
9 years ago
Or man Andrew Every time you come to be my best
Thanks for this wonderful new tut
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Martin Enoksen
9 years ago
I enjoyed this tutorial much! What do you think about my newest film, using After Effects? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGVbQuw44WU Thanks : )
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EGGa
9 years ago
ora weruh

kowen ngomong opo Le????
inYonk kagagh Ngerti..
:-P
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9 years ago
THANX i love you
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LuiSerrano
9 years ago
Yeah!!!... Andrew for President xD.

I vote It.
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Wes Cordell
9 years ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGkmRrEebXg&feature=recentu Thanks for the tutorial! Came in very handy
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Morhaf
9 years ago
omg this tutorial was so amazing I fell asleep half way through!


but maybe that was because I was watching it in my bed, and I was really tired, and it was cold so staying under the covers kept me warm. anyhow, great tutorial!

I just wish I knew how it ended..
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Zak
9 years ago
I vote that you continue producing tutorials that are more theory based, where instead of explaining how to do one specific task or group of tasks (e.g. extracting keyframe data from audio and using it to animate through expressions)
Instead go the route of explaining the technique of more advanced compositing (reflections, lighting, interaction, super fast garbage matting, etc...) I think that quite a lot of your viewers (including me) know how to create and use blending modes, masks, keyframes, expressions, and most effects as well as a handful of plugins, what we are really looking for is how to utilize our toolset to create awesome stuff like this explosion!
Another interesting thing to show would be creating motion blur in post using Real Smart Motion Blur plugin from Revision Effects or the CC Force Motion Blur effect. Shooting at fast shutter speeds allows for better keying, tracking, and wider apertures without ND filters in bright lighting.
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bizkit
9 years ago
Andrew Kramer for President!!!
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Tobias
9 years ago
Hi,

Copy and Paste of the mocha data did not work for me. Can anyone explain what aim doing wrong.
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Pablo
9 years ago
Hi andrew this is a great tutorial thanks for sharing your knowledge
i want to ask you if you dont know how to edit a video with effects and all that stuff but broadcasting live i hope you can help me
thanks youre great
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9 years ago
I have been researching and trying to figure out the best way to use Mocha for visual fx. Every tutorial I ever see if mainly for motion graphics with the corner pin effect. Thank you, Andrew, for showing me a perfect way of using this application with motion blur! You saved a lot of headache! This is why I learn from you.

Thanks!
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EDI
9 years ago
Andrew, you think is possible to use optical flares to create the shock wave effect ?
Great tutorial !

Thanks,
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marwanbusafi
9 years ago
Tanks Andrew it's amazing tutorial......
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9 years ago
dear Andrew
best regards from Africa
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9 years ago
Excellent Can't wait to blow stuff up!
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Spencer T
9 years ago
Great tutorial! The only thing missing is a shadow; It probably wouldn't be too hard to precomp some of the smoke elements, turn them on their side, and tint them black.
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Thanks Andrew! I've been wanting to learn how to make a shock wave like that for a while!
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Arley Daza
9 years ago
Muy, muy vacano tu material... es espectacular la forma en que explicas paso a paso los efectos y el resultado final... es transparente y MUY CLARO tu lenguaje, lo que me a encantado de tu sitio y de tus productos.

Muchas gracias por el tutorial.

Saludos desde COLOMBIA!
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NO-ME-star.light
9 years ago
hi andrew so amazing u chang my life style with my job as animator.....thaks for u and ur all team of vediocopilot.....
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Simple
9 years ago
Andrew u're genius u bringing hope into the visual stuff,impressive creativity kp it up.
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fel
9 years ago
awesome. any idea how this commercial is being done? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZuFqs7O5qc
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9 years ago
Very nice. It's such a big coincidence because I made a video over the summer using the same techniques... Mocha for tracking, as well as the AE2 for the VFX stuff.

Cheq it out: http://vimeo.com/12496331
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mystic7
9 years ago
Well, here's my take. Remember, I'm just an old fart, fartin' around with After Effects, so this is, at best SyFy movie of the week quality ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1c71ihSCp8
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9 years ago
hi boby ..
thanks alot for those tutorials they are help me so mutch ..
I wona aske u something in A.F.E .
i lost the icone that was 4 3D in A.F.E and I couldnt find it nowhere would u help me please .
so wher i can find it ?
thankx agine
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ABPROductions
9 years ago
This is awesome!! Actually for those of you interested, check out this link I found for movie effects:

http://www.techxilla.com/2009/11/17/visual-effects-of-your-favorite-movies-in-the-breakdown-mode/

It talks about how they made the special effects for several movies. Maybe (Sir) Andrew Kramer, you could reproduce these and make some more tutorials.
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9 years ago
Very nice! Featured this on my blog http://tutorialshare.net :)
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9 years ago
hiii Adrew
we miss your new tutorials

thanx man
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9 years ago
Nice tutorial Mr. Kramer! I just thought you'd be interested to see that I made a CG blood burst simulation for compositing! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFOKc-5RWXY Hope you check it out :)
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master4ever
9 years ago
cool !!

nice tutorial…
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9 years ago
Hi Adrew great Tutorial look this Blast Wave with your tutorial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXq10-CsdZE&hd=1

greetz from Germany
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9 years ago
You blew me away with this tutorial
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9 years ago
Dear Andrew Ur Perfect and Best Animation Designer...
Your Effects and Using it is very nice i liked it very Much....Samir from Afghanistan
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jeroen breevoort
9 years ago
Wow, I really did not expected that explosion! Please keep making movies this is really good!
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9 years ago
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Just Want To Make Sure Bec. Some Of It Are Fan Made.... :D
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9 years ago
Also, This Is not A Spam Or Scam... I Just Want To Share And Support On There Works.... X3
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9 years ago
Andrew Kramer Is So Cool And Awesome... That's Why I Make His Website On One Of The Best Editors on The Internet....

Here Is My FanPage And You Can See Andrew Kramer And Freddie Wong On My E.A.P.C. Tab

http://www.facebook.com/E.A.ProductionCrew?v=app_4949752878&ref=mf

They Can Easily See Andrew Kramer's Works And Also, Freddie Wong's Works

XD
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Zak
9 years ago
Very nice tutorial, and glad you were able to bring Mocha into the mix finally. You seem to like using 2d tracking for 3d effects, with mocha you can use multiple planes within the scene to simulate 3d tracking in most shots, it's not as accurate as bojou, but then again after effects doesn't cost 10k...
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Marcello
9 years ago
Hi Andrew,

Your stuff is truly great and using action essentials 2you inspire me to do stuff like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TDfSbDk8rY
Thanks
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Moonlight
9 years ago
How come it wont let me watch
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Jimmy
9 years ago
Exelent explosion ! good job Andrew ! what next?! :D
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lu
9 years ago
sau geil!!!!!!! :-)
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Ben Kramer
9 years ago
hey Andrew this is a great tutorial but i am in Mocha 2.2.1 for after effects cs5 and i think there is something different about it because even after checking all of my settings in mocha, once the solid is in after effects it only covers half of my video and the corner pin info is different from yours. it'd be great if you could tell me what if anything i am doing wrong and keep up the good work. Thanks
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9 years ago
hi,
nice tutorial...
i used your plugins & elements...
we creat music videos & publicity videos
you can see in
www.benta.me
thanks andrew
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Lucho
9 years ago
a living legend indeed; many thanks!
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erblin shala
9 years ago
Andrew thanks for all these magnificent tuts.
Can you make a tutorial like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij_QrkpNyuc

(3d text with reflection of lines etc ) :-)
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9 years ago
Great composition Sirlove your work and ideas
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sushy
9 years ago
simply but great

best regards from france, you have a lots of fans here
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mauro castillo
9 years ago
Exelente tutorial, gran calidad y sobre todo muy útil para aprender After Efects
Saludos desde Quito-Ecuador- Sur América
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Alldin Dauti
9 years ago
MANY THANX!!!! :D
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9 years ago
hei people. i have cone clip and want to have same kind of effect on that video. bulding in the background have to explode and smoke have to some straith to the camera and stuff. is there anybody other like andrew kramer would like to realstic vfs to this video? please email me. you will get reward(: if you do great job as andrew.

you can find the raw video to work with in:
https://files.me.com/ryankai3008/qo3mwh


and about me in www.ryankai.com
email ryan.kai3008@gmail.com
hope to hear from you guys, and this is urgent.

thank you
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MarleyHutchinson
9 years ago
Hey Andrew,

i tracked some Canon 7D footage in Mocha and then followed your tutorial through (having never used mocha before, and solely relying on after effect's built in tracker) i imported my image i wanted on screen. When i put into the pre-comp of the black solid and played, the image distorted and bent as i played, and the image was not representative of the tracking data seen in mocha. Do you know any reason why this could be?

Thanks.
Marley.
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Kurt Wright
9 years ago
It's so funny, the same day that I watched this I saw basically the same thing on "Undercovers". You work on that show too don't you? Was the car bomb in the second episode your work because it was awesome!
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w3dran
9 years ago
Explosion is great but I don't like static ground in front. Maybe some scatter ground as a reaction from blast/dust wave.Everything else...HELL YEAH!!!
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9 years ago
How much fun would a little Action Essentials 2 and OF be with this Vimeo video?

http://vimeo.com/15286128

Keep up the inspiration!

wb
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Shaked
9 years ago
Thank You for all the tutorials!
Maybe you should be the president of USA and then we will be learning after effects at school!
The first president who is also a AE expert!

Sorry for the useless comment IM FROM ISRAEL

thx again
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Hassan A. Al-Tarooti
9 years ago
I am vrey happy abuot your tutorial
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9 years ago
Finally a tutorial on mocha! Thank you very much andrew
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Polymr
9 years ago
wow, my comment sounded dodgy; im all about the sexier half of the food chain. (Also a writer, is there wind prob in here)is the aussie cow legend who intervwd u based in oz? id google it but i hasta roto poledancers feet an hair. LONG LIVE COPILOT
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9 years ago
the result is stunning. what a fun tutorial.
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jjoe
9 years ago
Brilliant as always Andrew!
only thing is my motion track wont work properly, I copied your points exactly using mocha cs5 but it doesn't track well.
if anyone can help me id much appreciate it.
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9 years ago
Nice and very good work
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atul palande
9 years ago
adrew you are awsome and thanks for all this tutorials and hope you would help all us in future
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Polymr
9 years ago
re "The world would need other Andrew Kramer!". bro pls... do u know how silly that concept sounds? :p Andy U R 1 of a kind an we all know it. you are my digital hero, PLEASE incorporate skateboarding into a tutorial, im sure sam is a natural hipster doofus.
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Joe S
9 years ago
AMAZING tutorial! huge fan of your work, and your tutorials are the only one that i keep tabs on. everytime i see any of you and your teams stuff, makes me want to go out and film and put the effects in. keep at it!
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BobFromChicago
9 years ago
As always a fantastic tutorial, the one thing i thought of was that since it was suppose to be caught on tape and not part of say a film being made i would have thought that maybe cause an iris effect for the camera, you know when a sudden burst of light happens and your iris automatically closes a lot to limit the amount of light coming in. So that way things kind of get dark for a second then lighten back up. Just a thought.

Bob
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9 years ago
shit is tight man. all the right detail is in there.
You b da man, mah man!
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jacob zelaya
9 years ago
good tutorial, like all other videocopilot tutorials. Greetings from El Salvador
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Anthony
9 years ago
Sometimes you just gotta... tweak it a little bit.

Great tutorial!
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Peter
9 years ago
MORE MOCHA TUTORIALS ANDREW! great work by the way. shout outs from the philippines
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Pablo
9 years ago
Hola Andrew, te escribo desde Argentina.
Aca hay muchisima gente que te sigue y aprende de tus tutoriales. Seria un honor que vengas a este país a brindar una conferencia, saludos!
Contactame si estas interesado
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illd
9 years ago
Hi Andrew,

great work - thanks for sharing! I saw that you worked in 32 bit mode - would you suggest to work with "Blend color using Gamma 1.0" activated inside AE?
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mystiq
9 years ago
I think the link to "Watch Sample Video" is broke
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chris
9 years ago
wow stunning effect!
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Angelo de Witt
9 years ago
Great techniques, pretty simple stuff
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Abi
9 years ago
Awesome, man.
Great tutorial as always. But to watch you solve every problems on the projects, that's something more to see.
Great job man. Always admire your work. Thanks!
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Donny Williams
9 years ago
IM NOT GOING TO LIE.......IT KINDA.......JUST A LITTLE BUT..........DIDNT MAKE ME........NOT JUMP
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9 years ago
Very nicely done!!! I love how the AME2 dust filled the frame really making a volumetric feel from the blast wave to blend reality with the compositing!
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mystic7
9 years ago
This shows the importance of color correction in making it look realistic.
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9 years ago
thanks, thanks Andrew :)
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Joraph
9 years ago
Thanks Andrew..
You really Rocks
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Reza
9 years ago
Thank you soo much! By watching this tutorial, I learned how to track motion even if the markers fall out of view! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Dude!
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9 years ago
Someone might have said it already, but you can export the tracking data as transform and not corner pin data. Save you a ton of time.
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Jrob
9 years ago
I have a challenge for you Andrew.

what would be your approach to making a building collapse, i have wrapped my mind around this one for a long time have yet to come up with anything decent. (i know part of the problem is that i don't know how to use a 3d editing program and i do not own one either)

so building collapse help please?
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PlasmaStudio
9 years ago
LOVE YA LOVE YA LOVE YA LOVE YA LOVE YA LOVE YA!!!!!
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Silver Dance
9 years ago
ya man i just withing to that tutorials good thanks man
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AdrienF
9 years ago
Yeeah you heared me !! Ty very much for this AWOSOME tutorial !! Really well done, and for free !! I really appreciate all your free work, just for us !! So Thanks a lot for that !!

Here's what I did : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-24t3xU8x0

Hope you're gonna like it !!

Have a good day, from Switzerland, land of cheese and chocolate (no that's a terrible bias !! :P)
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9 years ago
Why you don't show my comment?

I am very Sad. :(
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Blindpixel
9 years ago
Sam leaving the scene at the end of the explosion or Sam re-loading a grenade launcher (to create tension and drama also to reveal the source of the explosion would make it a more complete scene.."like Sam taking revenge for all the past abuse at VC")
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9 years ago
Hi Andrew.
Woooooooooooooooooo! This is Good Work Man!
Thank You.:D

And What About your New Product "Series Two"?
tutorials is enough for Series Two.

Please listen to the @Edris Mohammadi Comment.
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9 years ago
Excellent.. can't wait to dive into this. I just finished an explosion scene for my film day before yesterday, now I'm interested to see what I did compared to this because the process sounds very similar in the description. But then again, now I may have to revisit my scene based on what your teaching here. Either way, excited. Thanks mate!
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anadaido marika
9 years ago
wow ! BLOWSOCKS is make BLASts bomb inevate tutorial is mr Kramer the !
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Jordan Reyes
9 years ago
Videocopilot rules! andrew is the best After Effects and vfx guru!
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ArkuBricK
9 years ago
Ey baby!!,it´s After Effects time!!
Ok, Andrew!! I´m ready
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Avnish
9 years ago
amazing work bro... u rock as always... @
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9 years ago
Andrew thanks for this! Maybe you can use AE2 to simulate a shrapnel hit..hmm?
:)
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9 years ago
I can honestly say that this was the best composed video ever!
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Dominik
9 years ago
" by Edris Mohammdi

Hi, Andrew

Did you see the movie “Wanted” (please see).
Do you can make a movie Like “wanted” (00:30:30 to 00:30:40)
"

LOL :-D
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Jerry
9 years ago
That is such a cool video effect. I scrubbed through it and saw so much detail going into this effect...flawless....you even did the ground bursting up in a pile of dirt right before the fireball....AWESOME!!!!!
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David
9 years ago
I've seen all of your tutorials but I was really excited to see this new hobo action star!
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9 years ago
Hey andrew I like your idea for moved your hair on head *.-
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9 years ago
thx andrew for new stuff
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9 years ago
Hi, Andrew

Did you see the movie "Wanted" (please see).
Do you can make a movie Like "wanted" (00:30:30 to 00:30:40)
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anxs220
9 years ago
I thought that the failed blog show was like a joke
and the explosion was fake, and it looked like created with ae2 footages ))

Thx for the tut!
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9 years ago
damn HELL YEAH

im owner of paintball field and this is things i've been looking for - as inspiration and so on.
Planning to launch promo video of my field - will give You link Andrew when finished.

great respect.
Andy
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Stephen
9 years ago
Very convincing. I like how you set up the viewer to be looking away from the explosion as it occurs. Like a magician does to distract the slight of hand. The only suggestion I have would be for you to be knocked forward and incinerated once the shock way reaches you.

Cheers!
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9 years ago
great tutorial Andrew it's different and have really really great tips into it I loved the tip of tracking it's really smart :)
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alpino
9 years ago
hey andrew.THx for tuto.Can u make sound edit tutorial?
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Chris
9 years ago
Powertase, these tutorials aren't here for Andrew to show you 'how to make an explosion', but rather to show various techniques in AE. Honestly, the thing I most took away from this tutorial was how to get a good track out of blurry footage (which, when shooting on a 550D there is LOTS of it!).

AK could probably spend a week on a shot like this, adding in hundreds of small details to sell the shot-but he has 40 minutes to give a quick overview of how he approaches certain problems.

If you want a 'better shot' and to 'Go further, go harder, go over your limits' then create a shot that has all of those elements you feel are lacking.
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Yoda5629
9 years ago
Cool, you called your PCs and the HDD after the Indiana Jones movies;)
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9 years ago
Ur the man Andrew.
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9 years ago
Thank you so much Andrew for new tutorial!

Andrew:
Did you see the movie 300 (please see).
In this movie, movie creators used Blood videos like
"Action Essentials 2: 02. Blood"
Do you can make a movie Like 300 (00:48:00 to 00:49:10 Slow Motion) with your Axe (or Spear like 300) and with your Action Essentials 2.
Do you Understand?

I am Edris Mohammadi from Persia.
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Duncan
9 years ago
Hey Andrew, did you have anything to do with the film "skyline", the trailer looks like an optical flares advert? Keep up the good work.
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dutch_steven
9 years ago
love it! may i ask what kind of camera you use? the effect looks very realistic! thanks Andrew!
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Eshita
9 years ago
This looks sooooooo realistic =D
i loved your tutorials
i love your tutorials
and i will continue to love them =D !!!
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Powertase
9 years ago
Hi all. i challenge you to make better explosion.
What we miss is shockwaveson the ground. one can see that ground is not moving. In such powerfull explosion, ground would "dance", not only shake. So people, if you want the real thing, probably FORM should be envolved (If not 3D).
Also, some camera movement should be envolved, little zoom, and particles ricochetting from the lens of the camera (leaving small dents and scratches on it)
So Andrew, we know you can do better.

Go further, go harder, go over your limits.
PT
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NEVER
9 years ago
You roll the world!You even professional than all of my lecturers...i feel that it is so watse time to go to the college after I found this website...
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Danny Tumia
9 years ago
Sooo sick, BRILLIANT
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9 years ago
my wife wanna kill you !
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9 years ago
by R.A. Elliott
September 29th, 2010 @ 10:49 pm
"Dear Andrew,
I hate to bring this up again, but its always in the back of my head every new blog post: what ever happened to the Action Essentials short film?"

Exactly! I think we've waited long enough!
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9 years ago
I notice the new trailer for "Skyline" seems to be overloaded with your optical flares.
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cyclone muette
9 years ago
andrew,...tu es un genie...je ne sais plus quoi dire. chapeau maitre!
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Gabriel
9 years ago
Its After Effects time!
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Armin
9 years ago
i saw this before T too easy !
we need something more interesting!
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9 years ago
yaa it's super cool!
msg from Taiwan
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9 years ago
Dear Andrew,
I hate to bring this up again, but its always in the back of my head every new blog post: what ever happened to the Action Essentials short film?
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9 years ago
Amazing as usual Andrew! Great tips that I'll be using very soon! :)
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Aung Ko Ko
9 years ago
I'm so like your idea when I watched your blog show. I believed that u can be best actor
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KKG
9 years ago
I don't have a wife, so Instead I told my homework that's due tomorrow "Its after effects time!"
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Sazarret
9 years ago
GREAT TUTORIAL!
And, even though you should use the tracking data straight forward from Mocca as transform data instead as corner pin data, your technique was really helpful with a big roto project I'm work on with a product that comes in and out the frame changing shape and rotating.

Thanks man you are the best.
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9 years ago
Andrew, Looks Great!

I knew I would see the shockwave work it's way back to the front someday :)

http://web.archive.org/web/20051029005515/http://www.videocopilot.net/resources.html

It ain't a "city explosion" or anything, but the end result looks nice.
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Ramon Villalba
9 years ago
Thanks once again Andrew!, this is a powerful tutorial and very useful too...greetings from Colombia
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Tincho
9 years ago
Thanks Andrew! I wanna know this... Like alwais, in every tutorial, you surprise me! Hugs from Argentina!
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9 years ago
I know you will do this Andrew!! I had been waiting for this since your failed blog show,lolx.Thanks you!
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t2
9 years ago
u rock andrew!!!
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9 years ago
Cool! A tutorial with mocha involved, going to watch right now!
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seshu
9 years ago
its coll re.... come on andrew go go go .....
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9 years ago
Thanks andrew, but can this be done without mocha?
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9 years ago
Yes! Finally, a new tutorial. Can't wait to watch this.
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9 years ago
I love dcreating stuff like this!
Thanks Andrew
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paul holt
9 years ago
excellent, great to see you back as always, I look forward to extracting the core techniques and applying them in new and interesting ways;-)...its also great to see you mention Mocca in a previous comment...have been learning this for a while now and its tracking abilities never fail to impress
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9 years ago
tkank's andrew for this exellent tutoriel !!! et thank's for Mocha for motion tracking XD


VIVE VIDEO COPILOT !!!!!!!!!!
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Étienne
9 years ago
Einstein was smart...But YOU are a genius! Thanks for sharing your knowledge like this, everybody loves you and everything you do is great. It's cool to know that there's still some people on the planet doing things with passion, not with the purpose of getting rich. I've bought few of your products and hope you see it like a "thank you for all your free tutorials and presets!" The world would need other Andrew Kramer! Thanks again!
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Tyler McCue
9 years ago
Hey Andrew quick question, is there an easier way to instead of masking yourself frame by frame? I looked closely at your final shot and i could see some masking errors around your hand. Couldn't you duplicate your footage then mask and feather it in such a way they co-inside. something along those lines?
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9 years ago
Wow. WOW. That was great! And pretty darn innovate, too.
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tox
9 years ago
Wow i was here 20 minute ago and went to WC came back and NEW TUTORIAL!!!!!!!!!!! Yahoooooo!!!! Andrew Best))
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9 years ago
Well the one good reason for using corner pin data is the you can later extrapolate tracking points based on any position within the frame so you can multiple tracks for multiple areas... Although admittedly for my example a straight transform data would have been easier.
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Guillermo
9 years ago
Hey Adrew I have a question, why you don't used the transform option from mocha directly? whats the diference between your way and the normal transform data applied to a null object?

Good job
greetings from Chile.
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9 years ago
@Dvpstudios, in retrospect that is probably a simpler solution I was going to talk about the benefits of using expression but the tutorial ran long.. I'm considering a small followup using mocha v2 with the new shape tool as well. Thx!
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9 years ago
Great Tutorial! Is there any reason that when using the tracking data from mocha you didn't copy it as transform data? I think it can be applied to a null without having to retrack.
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Max
9 years ago
OMG I are THE man I wanted a tutorial for this effect so bad!!
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lP E I Nl
9 years ago
Nice Mr. Andrew Kramer..
Your Video Tutorials, helps me alot..
I owe you for that..^_^
Godbless..
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Gforce
9 years ago
Going to watch it now. Say Kramer, what ever happened to that Twitter thing? Did you ever got enough twetts? Just wondering.
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9 years ago
YES! Can't wait to watch this after dinner! lol :)
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9 years ago
I think i will stick with a real IED :)
Just joking anyway i done some tests and i just used after effects traking it turned out not bad, but i guess its time to make a short movie andrew am locked and load lets sam and i go on an opretive mission behind enemy lines.
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Jan
9 years ago
Weee! thanks! :D
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endos
9 years ago
honestly andrew you are becoming more of a legend daily. Big ups man, you are the best
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9 years ago
OH OH OH! Wait I'll go for a snack! VC Tuts are better than TV Shows XD hahaha Watching!
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9 years ago
haha i`m thinking how to implement something like this in one of my weddings clips :D something like mr & mrs smith.
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9 years ago
hey ya
Wow Cool
I'm Sure After MJ I Know He Was King Of Pop
But You Will Be King Of AE
I Don't Know When But You Will , Soon
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9 years ago
I LOVE YOUUUU!
thank you so much andrew!
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9 years ago
yeah baby!
Nice work dude
thnks
keep going on!
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Tony
9 years ago
Clever way of solving the tracking problem.
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9 years ago
She Has Been Told
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oras
9 years ago
GREATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!
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Daro
9 years ago
As always fun,creative and a BLAST.co-pilot style.
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JAMES MARKUS
9 years ago
awweeee yeaaahhhhh
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Leonardo Sonza
9 years ago
Hell Yeah!
thanks for another good tutorial.. and for making us happy :D
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Leonardo Sonza
9 years ago
Hell Yeah!
thanks for another good tutorial.. and for making us happy :D
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Tyler McCue
9 years ago
Sooo You should totally let me come visit you and well be best friends cause you can read my mind!!!! :)
This is awesome, making you awsome.!!!!
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9 years ago
NICEEEEEEEEEE Andrew!!

FOREVER AND EVER VIDEOCOPILOT!!!!!
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Jon
9 years ago
NICE I love it! thank you
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