NEW TUTORIAL: Galactic Orb

February 14th, 2011

Look! Up in the Sky. It's a Bird. It's a plane. No, it's a Galactic Orb!

In this exciting new tutorial we will build a compelling infinite zoom animation inside After Effects with only built-in Plug-ins. We'll start by building the orb using real-life textures and then animate a camera through 3D particles. Timing is everything and you don't want to miss this full-feature tutorial, complete with a video introduction!

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See Finished Sample Video

Andrew Kramer

POSTED:

14 years ago

123 Comments

Ralph

14 years ago

Great tutorial! i just have this question. how can i make the particles go faster by not moving the keyframe? i want this effect to last for 2 or 3 mins before the orb comes out

tnx!

Red John

14 years ago

Great tutorial you are so creative you've got a very unique way to get things done

P.s. Lmao about the joke on the guy who prefers Levels

Anthony Ashton

14 years ago

Awesome! I'm a fan of your work, but I think at the start the text needs to slowly decrease in size-like it's zooming out slowly, and then burst into a glow quickly like an explosion, or hyperdrive speeding up... anyway, that's my opinion-I think it'd add something.

vilki pinkymedia

14 years ago

i dont like this one.
the tutorial is good as always, im talking about the final result: is too specific, i dont find applications for it

EdrisCG

14 years ago

Two little point in the last tutorial:

1. Video Copilot Particle Displace.
2. LA (maybe Los Angles) in Galexy is bold, Andrew love LA.

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14 years ago

hi
thank you for this tutorial mr.karmer
i have a question
when you make another tutorial for us?
thanks

Bence

14 years ago

awsome, Could anybody suggest me a good Video Card that can do these things well?

thx

Gustavo

14 years ago

this is awesome!!!

Thomas Welleweerd

14 years ago

when I download the project, and i set the proxy for the jpg's, its just black screen?

henk visser

14 years ago

great stuff , i used several copilot techniques to build this soapy version.

Greetz.
http://vimeo.com/20486453

Mario

14 years ago

Great just great might attempt this.... :X

14 years ago

Hey Andrew, a really cool tut
I would like another blogshow!

Greetings!

Fabio

14 years ago

Awesome as usal Andrew, I really appreciate the work you do for us!

Stranger92

14 years ago

aweesssoommmeeeee!!!!!

shiva

14 years ago

"imagination" to "final image"....... wow! cool

Alex Fulton

14 years ago

hey just wanted to show you guys at video co-pilot my "andrew tutorial" i made...HUGE fan of what you guys do just thought this would be funny... hope you enjoy... http://vimeo.com/20355123

Ronkalato

14 years ago

I am ready 4 a new tutorial AK

lich

14 years ago

wow! cool way for this .U konw i like this effects ! thanks a lot~

Simon Reinert

14 years ago

You should definitely cover some of this, as far as particle generation goes. New Linkin Park music video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qF_qbaWt3Q

simplekhent

14 years ago

PLEASE WATCH MY TRANSFORMER PRE-MADE AND COMMENT http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=n_GFWGtFWVw

Don Johnsen

14 years ago

Wow i did something pretty similar to that some weeks ago. Just a Picture with CC Lens : D

check out that: http://www.youtube.com/user/KayjayDX#p/u/5/tJ405_m158c

Kaleem Batach

14 years ago

Awesome! more VFX please !!

Meestrivefee

14 years ago

OMG!!!! this tutorial came!! >< Thx so much Andrew !!!!!
i really waiting for this ^______^

Noah Goldberg

14 years ago

Did anybody else notice the 'videocopilot' preset in the library called particle displace?

angry fan

14 years ago

its so annoying how people just do exactly what Andrew Kramer does, use it in a project & claim they are great at AE, trust me you are just a copy Kat, people should learn to apply his Techniques is different Other ways. FYI *when a great artist holds ur hand while you create a master piece artwork it doesnt make you a great artist and you learn nothin* My Aim is to be better than Andrew but he will always be My Master forever cos without him i would know nothing in AE

omer tatlisoz

14 years ago

thanks Andrew

Tamatoa

14 years ago

In the air, at 20°C, it's 768 mph...

CabinetGuy

14 years ago

Andrew, You amaze us once again, thanks for all the helpful tips! This on reminds me of the "Men in Black" galaxy hanging off the cat's neck. Props

Preben Hansen

14 years ago

Wow, awesome! Damn, this is cool!

kenneth

14 years ago

this is what we had been waiting for!!! thanks Andrew!!

Daddy C

14 years ago

Hey Andrew! I got a bone to pick with you!! My CPU just melted!!!! hahahahaha! Hold on,,,,I'll use the force to render it! Thanks master kramer

SevenZone

14 years ago

woooooooooooooooooooooooooouu!

nubli

14 years ago

i like the tutorial very much
i have a request

can you make the tutorial for pop out animation in after effect....i like to see your style....

thank you

Ivan

14 years ago

Hey men, did you do some VFX fo "Super 8"???, cause it looks like your work in the titles hehe

Sunny

14 years ago

wicked sick!!!! Imba! Andrew Kramer pwned!

Foo =)

14 years ago

Overwhelming! It looks SO good! Thank you andrew kramer!

edmond

14 years ago

Hi Andrew, what's that plugin ( Particle Displace ) I've saw during this Tutorial
Regards

Thomas

14 years ago

i cant find cc lens in ae cs 5 is it a plugin

F.C.

14 years ago

This is really nice example of creating natural looking elements. We like this tutorial very much. Thank you for your time. Say hello to all team members.

TheJRman1000

14 years ago

Nice man, but your joke about that everybody likes Curves exept 1 guy who liked Levels blablabla... You said the same thing in another tutorial xD

Aarons

14 years ago

Yeah, I loved it.. Brilliant one..

Eduards

14 years ago

Please can u make explode in space???

WuzzysBrand06

14 years ago

Cool tutorial!
Question: Aren't you losing quality when prerendering to a quicktime file?

Steve Burns

14 years ago

Thats what I thought

Jimmy

14 years ago

Surprised to find Alexander Alexandrov in VC team list,I'm a big fan to VC as well as Amateurmedia,many fans have been waiting for a long time for Alexander.What's up,Alex

Jimmy

14 years ago

Hope you could see this and look forward to your reply,Alex.
Best Wishes!

Magic

14 years ago

Jimmy Im surprised too to find Alexander Alexandrov here, this is great soon the greatest fx artist wil be here at VCP

)

Yo Alexander Alexandrov what happened with the your last tutorial
The Cinematic coming soon
Posted On: April 29, 2010
I have been visiting your site every single day since April 2010.
btw Alex you are great man!!! like your vfx style! nice to see you here, now I only wish that Nick from grayscalegorilla also was here.

Jimmy

14 years ago

Yeah,The Cinematic picture is really awesome.Maybe Alex could do some more tutorials together with Andrew, which will be AMAZING!(Haha,I don't think Nick is here,but combination between 3D and compositing work in AE will be awesome!)

Magic

14 years ago

Jimmy, it would be great to have some 3D ppl @ VCP too, I work with C4D/AE/PS and sofar I have found 2 teachers for my stuff Andrew for AE and Nick for C4D now I only looking for a good teacher for photoshop stuff...photography related.
Amateurmedia is great too but the site is almost dead

Jimmy

14 years ago

Hi~Magic. We are in the same way,why not give me your email address,I feel strong we will be friends

Magic

14 years ago

Hi
Great here is my forum profile, PM me, and lets share some knowledge

)
http://www.videocopilot.net/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=79505

pr@dipta

14 years ago

Excellent .. Excellent.. Thank U VC for the Tut....

melvin monroy

14 years ago

esto esta super increible!!!!

Daddy C

14 years ago

the force is strong with this one...

Wins

14 years ago

andrew you`r the man!

great job

btw...approximately speed of sound in air is 767 miles per hour

wick

14 years ago

looks awesome, as always!
think there might be a studio in Belgium interested in that as a logo reveal.

(*galaxy studios is the name of one of the biggest audio-studio's in the Benelux..)

Kevi-Gee

14 years ago

This is awesome

! thank you a lot Andrew Kramer you kick butt on so many *curves*

haha incredibly done, keep up the truly amazing work

ThomasDrimm

14 years ago

Andrew, what about Professional Sound Designing Tutorials??
There's a very good software called Fl Studio 9.

jonson

14 years ago

very impressiv bro.. thx 4 this awsome tutorial
keep doin..
wish u lot of luck and great succes in ur life bro!

greez jonson from germany..

ps: cant wait to see the next tutorial

Abi

14 years ago

Awesome as always. Ok the next thing to do is to put it in a pendant and attach it to a cat. Then we can start an inter-galactic war

Sandr0G

14 years ago

Thank you so much Mr. Kramer!

Jukka

14 years ago

Excellent tutorial! Loved the joke about polar ice caps

Shavkat

14 years ago

WOW!!! Looking really sexy! Thnx for the tutorials! Respect!

dky868

14 years ago

cool!!can u teach me how to invert the process??please

marvinbek

14 years ago

Time-reverse

RicharD17

14 years ago

Thank AK for this new tutorial...it great!!!

Artem

14 years ago

MrAndrew i`m very exiting of you, you`re genius!

Peter Somers (TC-Productions)

14 years ago

Amazing attention to detail as always!

Congrats!!

MarchewMaster

14 years ago

Weeee new tutorial

! This is awesome, like always.

somyadeep

14 years ago

Wow............thanks for another gr8 tutorial.......i will test drive it soon.

Tim Rhodes

14 years ago

Thanks for another awesome tutorial. Oh, and your jokes are getting better!

Hey

14 years ago

Perfect,I like it very much!look forward to next one

Alex

14 years ago

Yeah! Thank you Andrew for this amazing tutorial. I tried it for myself before but i couldn't get the look of yours. Thank you so much for your time and help.

Btw: I love your jokes about the orbs. Maybe three orbs next time?

Regards,
Alex

EdrisCG

14 years ago

I realy waited for this tutorial!
Thanks

ahmad abdolmalaki

14 years ago

tanks for tutorial.
ahmad from iran

wantedeffect

14 years ago

wow??? look like Andrew, you lost some weight??? o_o or its your new hair cut???
you the best forever!

Man_sokpisey

14 years ago

crazy idea, but perfect man

Dheny

14 years ago

Awesome!!!
It's very pretty cool
I Always wait impression idea from you

Thanks

skynet.24x7

14 years ago

hey wats up andrew kramer very nice tutorial but very creative ur mind yo 1min..........
ya plz uplod menu design tutorial..

OMGItsMitchell

14 years ago

Awesome tutorial!
I'm gonna try it out later.

Mostafa3D

14 years ago

WooooooW
Very Nice
Tanx

Jack_Orb

14 years ago

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THX! u are BEST of the BEST of the best...BEEEESSST! YEAHH! i am DANCING!!!!!!!

Saeid KamKar

14 years ago

WOW ! VERY COOL!
I was waiting for training
TNX ANDREW

Silver Dance

14 years ago

ya man this Pro Orb

Olivier-Mauritius

14 years ago

WOOOOOOHHOOOOO!!!! I could use this.. NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICCCCEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

UW Webdesignbureau

14 years ago

Andrew you're amazing! Beautiful tutorial, great fun to watch and learned a lot, again! Thanks.

thk

14 years ago

hey you know what? I love you

redinou

14 years ago

wow... look like Andrew, you lost some weight... o_o or its your new hair cut...

clancy30

14 years ago

Here is what i did learning this tutorial ,this one for you andrew you will know it when you see it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9Z8HFk19Xc

Noah

14 years ago

You are amazing

Jimmy

14 years ago

The BEST gift for Valentine???s Day !!Thanks again!

EdrisCG

14 years ago

Yeah, me to!

AbdelMalik

14 years ago

OMG! I didn't see it! it's downloadable! O.o
plz remove my request
Andrew, you are a genius!

AbdelMalik

14 years ago

Hi Andrew, Awesome tutorial man!
Can you add a download option to the video ?
I don't have the Internet all the time and I want to watch your tuts offline, I appreciate your work, thank you and take care.

Shahir

14 years ago

hey how are you andrew karamer and this toutrial is very great toutrial it cool i download this iand i used this toutrial in one tv comrecial .
i have a question ?
wehre are you from andrew and where do you live and in where you study visual effexts
thanks

Tony

14 years ago

To Infinity and Beyond Galactic Orb of After Effects.

David

14 years ago

Thanks for another great tutorial.

David Wood

14 years ago

Nice tutorial Andrew, it's really a great yet simple technique. But is that a new VCP plugin I see called Particle Displace? That sounds awesome, does it displace Particle World particles? Because I remember you mentioning using turbulent displace if you don't have Particular which has displacement settings.

Ben

14 years ago

Good to know that some truths still stand. 2 orbs > 1 orb and curves > levels. Gotta love it.

Manuwarna

14 years ago

This is so coool.thnks a lot for everything.

Adriano

14 years ago

I liked the tutorial, very good!

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personman

14 years ago

Wow, four weeks. What took you?

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14 years ago

Congratulations for you! thats so nice and Good and ...

Dmitry Suchkov

14 years ago

Very exciting! I needed it. I've searched how do it for a long time, but you are teached me! Thanks!

ola

14 years ago

working it out matters most ofcourse. thnks ANDREW!

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14 years ago

Thanks andrew .....
Please Please
add new content quickly !!!

pecollinni

14 years ago

"Levelsman" lives next to me, he use levels every day, and he's ALIVE!!! Nothing happened to him! Do not believe everything you hear, this is manipulation. FEEL FREE TO USE LEVELS . . . . . .

Joe F.

14 years ago

Awesome! Been waiting for this one! Thanks AK~

simplekhent

14 years ago

very nice...

reno

14 years ago

hey andrew it s cool, very cool..
hey men make a movie!!! please and sell it in yours products

Matthew Sabia

14 years ago

"Haha, galaxy joke..."

liam bauckham

14 years ago

I'll give this a go when i get home tonight. i have a few ideas already

Shaani Ali

14 years ago

The same effect can also be use for "Back to the Future". Just need some flashy environment at the end..
Great Tut, can make lot of things to this one.
Thanks Andrew.

Damian m0Nte

14 years ago

cool!

... good job Another great tutorial from you for us

Thanks Mr. Kramer .

I Have 1 question.. can you upload this lighta & b.jpg..

Thanks & Greetings from POland ;

Robin Suter

14 years ago

Wohooo. It's here! I'm so excited!!

Trench

14 years ago

Wow. Happy Valentine's Day to us.

sell

14 years ago

You as always at height!

VexxWARE

14 years ago

Beautiful looking energy there! Video Copilot is a large part of the reason I am even creating content anymore. I love your tips and tricks and wish you all the best. Here's what I have accomplished thanks to some help from VC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Og1BrzyCz0

Nico Hirsch

14 years ago

hey guys! very great!!!

saeid

14 years ago

I know it is beautiful

mr. obvious

14 years ago

Amazing! How do you do it, time and again...

Eric Terence

14 years ago

Alsmost forgot you told us you were going to do a tutorial on this Totally Awesome project.
Thank you, again, Andrew!
Keep up the good work!

Arvid Schneider

14 years ago

Looking great. Sounds from the game "Osmos" (iphone app) ?

GCoda

14 years ago

cool light... is this some kind of softbox?
tutorial is cool too )

john

14 years ago

woooow i was waiting for it

Nick

14 years ago

can't wait, no time now, but i'm surely gonna check it tomorrow

Sam

14 years ago

Looks great! Kramer should have his own private island country. I would proudly serve in his virtual military.

Edgar

14 years ago

Sounds cool! But 3 orbs would be better. Nothing the built in cut and paste can't do!

Alexy

14 years ago

AWESAAAAME!!!

dinkara

14 years ago

-.- awesOme*

Jason

14 years ago

Cant Wait!!!! Go figure Im at work and cant view tutorial.

lafnoune

14 years ago

wooooow greaaaaaat tutorial thanks andrew kramer

respect you are the best

bye

greyson horst

14 years ago

awesome, really cool tutorial!! Been waiting for this one for a while.

Martin

14 years ago

It's really awesome, yeah!
So is this, btw: http://vimeo.com/20035797

David

14 years ago

Awesome! We actually did an orb for a live action Marvel VS Capcom 3 Short! Hadouken anyone?

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

David

14 years ago

Nice! We actually did an Orb element in our Hadouken for our Live Action Marvel VS Capcom 3 SHORT!

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

Chris

14 years ago

Just wanted to let everyone know that Envato's latest Cinematic Bundle was just released! You get all sorts of After Effects goodies + cinematic audio tracks.. for US$39 (instead of US$500) which is insane!!

Get it here: http://bit.ly/envatocinematic

Hope you like it!
Personally I like these files because I can learn a lot from them. Keep it up

jin

14 years ago

Hey chris, the link you gave is not working, repost ?

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