New Tutorial: Translucent Glass!

June 4th, 2013

Update:
View Tutorial and get the project file here

In this tutorial we'll create a cool translucent title design with real 3D displacement using just built-in After Effects Plug-ins. Project file and official tutorial page upload will be up later today!

Final Result with some minor variations.

Andrew Kramer

POSTED:

12 years ago

77 Comments

Nirock

12 years ago

guys your tutorials are so good if you have more tutorials about 3ds max can you please send me an link good luck

Ben H

12 years ago

fantastic tutorial. can I ask a strange question? what did you use to create that bad television streaking during your endtag? I know it's not just the AE presets for Bad TV. any chance there's a tutorial on this you could throw out? or a project/preset?

as always. huge thanks VC!

Tommi

11 years ago

Also interested about the plug-in you've been working on. Any news about when it might be published?

Sandie

12 years ago

Andrew can you say how we Get rid of this Artifacs ?
If we make solid and feather it out OR optical flare and blur that layer out ; We see some pixel stuff.. that cannot blend with BG.
Even if we do 32 bit project it still somewhat Can be figureout when we zoom the Image / Video. Is it Aftereffect problem or I doing something wrong ?

Denor

12 years ago

Andrew, u re simply awesome I just wish I can be YOU! u ve made me love AE like mad. thanks a million dude

NativeVFX

12 years ago

My Project of this Tutorial with Projectfiles to download ...

http://youtu.be/47H6OHN__xU

NativeVFX

baz

12 years ago

good tutorial, but it just went a little bit too long. also this tutorial seemed a lot harder then it really was. just a tip, instead of creating something and then deleting, make sure you have it planned as to what you are going to show. to much work and didn't come out like the final product. thanks for your time.

BlurryPuzzle VFX

12 years ago

was playing with a footage's color correction for diferent timing scene. Would you please check it out and comment what should i focous of http://tinyurl.com/kda9qzx

prathamesh

12 years ago

Free Car model for ELEMENT3D from my vehicle collection
download and enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqLd1I9PhiE

McRenny

12 years ago

New favourite tutorial. Thanks!

prathamesh

12 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzpxKFbREkI

prathamesh

12 years ago

hye guys this is my new model pack hop you like to download .
Animal model pack for element 3d . it work on Windows and Mac .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DfiXLmZNpY&feature=youtu.be

Joris Strickx

12 years ago

20 min well spent. Great tutorial, again. Thx

Esteban bustos

12 years ago

i made a free template using halloweenpack and element 3d.
5 placeholders of text and video or image.
you can switch it to day or night by switching the background!

Version: AE CS6

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

aYqV9C-dcE

feel free to download!

if you like it suscribe!

illd

12 years ago

Very entertaining. And Kramer is still not tired of explaining Precomping and cmd+d

D.henry

12 years ago

Thank you for another awesome tutorial..I've never been this excited to learn anything before finding video copilot..here a link to YouTube you guys can check out my version..be gentle with the comments..lol.
http://youtu.be/xAoe2xLkQeA

Raju Mahto

12 years ago

nice tutorial..today morning i have completed this tutorial. Output is so good. Thanks Andrew for this tutorial

Tobias

12 years ago

Oh i forget, the Scene render with Motion Blur and depthfield

Tobias

12 years ago

WOW DAMN !!
i rendert a massiv e3d Scene (3 Element Layers, one with animated flat Boxes created with Extruded Mask, one with 3 Videowalls which all had differnt animated Textures/Vids like the Iphone Tutorial, one as Floor Layer to create World Null)
rendertime with my Laptop....... 7 Minutes B????????M !!!

Lightning FAST, i can´t believe. Good Work Andrew

IMRAN KHAN

12 years ago

Nice Tutorial Andrew Kramer.

prathamesh

12 years ago

this is my simple car rig test with element 3d and my car collection

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF_u2D0ZDL8

Paolo

12 years ago

Hey Andrew,
will you by any chance cover the glitchy outro animation? I really like those patterns, they look like real TV noise.

12 years ago

I believe they are part of an older series of footage / effects VC offers. I could be wrong but Twitch was possibly used too; great tool. There are plenty of distortion effects pre-keyed to place on top of footage available out there.

Zoom

12 years ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM69cV4D_K0&feature=youtu.be

Duncan

12 years ago

Next Time... dun dun dun

Jon

12 years ago

Hey Andrew,

I know that you like to use the vignette effect a lot. A very quick and nice shortcut in AE to place the mask "centered" on your solid layer is to simply double-click the "Ellipse Tool" in your "Tools" window. The resulting mask will be sized automatically to the dimensions of your solid layer, centered.

Themelark

12 years ago

Wow, how did I never know that? Thanks!

Paolo

12 years ago

He knows that, he used that shortcut in the past, but maybe forgot this time.

Masked Cape

12 years ago

Thanks Andrew. That 7 days comment really cracked me up. So i decided to change my text to 7 days. lol. Check it out.http://youtu.be/Fc2hC1Fb57w

Mrkbueno

12 years ago

I don't get the letters go the z space when I change there Z position. Is is because I work on cs5?

NativeVFX

12 years ago

Thats my Version with Projectfiles to download and textures ...

http://youtu.be/47H6OHN__xU

NativeVFX

thierry

12 years ago

very good ! !
what, in the name of zeus, give you the idea of creating a under ice effect?

How did this happen

12 years ago

I am surprised to see that within moments of your uploading of the tutorial the number of views crossed over 3,500!!! How does this happen so fast?
Anyways, great tutorial as always ^_^

cristianblind

12 years ago

Very cool. Here is my test
http://youtu.be/x9mat9ZtJAc

jason t

12 years ago

Andrew,
How are you accomplishing the flicker in the light/exposure? I have tried a wiggle expression on the opacity of a curves adjustment layer and a few other techniques, but cannot achieve the effect. I feel you showed something in the past, but I cannot track the tutorial down.

Really enjoyed the tutorial. Trying to imagine what else this could be turned into.

12 years ago

There are a few methods to accomplish this. It may be as simple as a wiggle with a shape layer that has the opacity way down and feathered out and a potential blur; could also be optical flares with a transfer mode and the built-in flicker, or a simple adjustment layer with a mask using a flicker effect in AE from Red Giant or Sapphire. Most likely though something very simple like the first examples.

Ben Jones

12 years ago

nice... very helpful, thank you.

Alzemir

12 years ago

Great technique, Andrew! This is very interesting and can also help create excellent backgrounds in a very unique way. Congratulations for a valuable tutorial!

golani

12 years ago

golani
June 4th, 2013 @ 4:15 pm
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thank andrew kramer and VC i???ve learned engough to produce movies that got nominated at film festivals like this true story, using optical flares.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ieslfOHSeI

hugs from your fan

golani

12 years ago

thank andrew kramer and VC i've learned engough to produce movies that got nominated at film festivals like this true story, using optical flares.

http://www.youtube.com/my_videos?o=U

hugs from your fan

Mrkbueno

12 years ago

Nice to see someone here with the same name 'Golan'

Sam

12 years ago

Really useful tutorial - thank you!

Mahdi

12 years ago

you are amazing . Thanks very much...

RÃ©mi Verdel

12 years ago

Well, if you don't plan to announce officially Element V2 release date, could you let us know a release date for your next plugin or even your next Element 3D model Pack ? Salivating on my keyboard since months !

shaswata indra

12 years ago

Sir Andrew would love to see more tutorials on element 3d and metropolitan...please.

Isaac

12 years ago

Excellent Tut. as always Andrew, the City Glass Sample you show up , just remains me to " The Avenger " when the Chitauri were traveling through the Portal.

Smileski

12 years ago

Nothing about sound design. Okay.

danny

12 years ago

Sorry, this video is currently only available on Vimeo.com

Raxip studios

12 years ago

What university do you have?

Noah Shreve

12 years ago

Where is the look at the new plugin?

Daniel Valdemar

12 years ago

Could it be possible that in the nearest future you could make a tutorial on how you are making your sound/music editing?

mouad

12 years ago

anyway thank you andrew for the tutorial

VINCE

12 years ago

it would be awesome if we could melt some parts of the ice ( since its look like ice) revealing the pictures behind....well doing a AE template right now

NativeVFX

12 years ago

Remake of the Videocopilot project with projectfiles to download !!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Re4BavBQ-w

NativeVFX

Rutu Raval

12 years ago

Hi! Andrew

From where are you creating this amazing sounds effects.

Wayne Heywood

12 years ago

Great stuff.. Your humour is at such a professional level, inspirational! Content is exceptional as always. Even the lead up over the last few weeks was a mouth watering exposé complete with dashes of Element 3D wonders. Another great presentation, thank you x

light_thunder

12 years ago

It's so great to watch your tutorial and listen to your voice again

mat

12 years ago

nooooooooo you didn't show us the new plug in!!!
you are a bad kramer!

Kevin

12 years ago

Looks like it would work for that creature lurking beneath the ice.

vers

12 years ago

my phone was ringing after watching this tutorial and a voice said..."7 Days"

Imam

12 years ago

its realy Awsome What is the Released Date of vehicle pack please i Am Waiting For This

12 years ago

Yes! The vehicle pack and the Advanced Car Rig Tutorial would be SO helpful about now...

James

12 years ago

I need 2 f-22s and a large commercial airliner...(no onions)

12 years ago

James, have you tried TurboSquid? I downloaded several jets some time ago that went into E3D perfectly and was a hit with my client. Unwrapped UVs and textures too.

Alexey

12 years ago

I love you, Andrew, you are amazing!

mohammad_rasool

12 years ago

salam
Thanks for tutorial.
the tecniqe is nice and pro
thnks

prathamesh

12 years ago

must watch andrew sir . thanks for this tutorial

realy happy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6EFh93cRB8&feature=youtu.be

Tim Buttner

12 years ago

Perfectly the type of title effect I wanted for the screenplay I'm working on for a short horror film called Hotel Purgatory. Thanks Andrew for helping me put the cart in front of the horse by getting the title graphic done first. Keep the tutorials coming. They're awesome.

Simon

12 years ago

Thanks Andrew, great technique. I'm going to experiment with some of the other normal maps from the Pro Shaders pack to see what I can come up with.

PILOT

12 years ago

great, thanks Andrew

klaus brandenburg

12 years ago

If you add some "Hey whassup..." in the VO track you could even add this to the regular tutorials

sumedh

12 years ago

awesome... being waiting for this.
thanks AK

Matin

12 years ago

I know this is not a place to talk about E3D but sometimes when I want to use glass shatter of E3D in a scene, I need a displacement created by glass like refraction on the env map, if you know what I mean I want to know how to make that.
Great tut by the way!
And of course, we are too silly to make FumeFXs ourselves so if you got any results and renders of FumeFX that you're not using fans will appreciate it

Wayne Heywood

12 years ago

I second that!!! Any spare fumeFX clips you may have lying around would be a great addition to your ever expanding free database of goodies.

(or of course you could do the right thing and give us a pack of 30+ 3D fumeFX renders along with 3D sparks, 3D falling debris, 3D Water splashes, 3D muzzle flashes, 3D nuclear mushroom clouds, 3D skies and 3D scenery etc in an upcoming Action Essentials 3:The Elemented editon pack? Complete with animated obj versions for the 'Ready to Render' version)

Dan

12 years ago

Gee, you make it sound like you want everything done for you

sing

12 years ago

It's been so long time since your last tutorial,maybe you are so busy lately, may I ask what have you done lately.And man, I miss your blog show stuff so much, of course, miss you too.

Alexandr Voinkov

12 years ago

Thank you! A useful lesson in how finely can you work with regular plugins!

iacere

12 years ago

"..princess Leia is having some kind of.. issue.."

Vikram Sharma

12 years ago

GREAT TUTORIALS ANDREW

karthik chennai

12 years ago

Hi Andrew,

Can we add some water drops on glass to make even more cool ?

Sead

12 years ago

nice try!

12 years ago

For the water drops you could look at the mercury effect and as long as it's on top of the ice comp it should replicate the look. You would have to duplicate the ice but not a big deal. Andrew did a version and using it for water droplets on the 'lens' tutorial; should still be available.

Christopher K

12 years ago

This would go great with some keyed out footage of a human, under the right lighting, pounding their fists up against the ice. Excellent horror fodder.

Omid.Noobi

12 years ago

Tanks...
I love it...

Thorsten Meyer

12 years ago

I love it, I did plan to make some photos (htttp://www.PhotoMocha.com) in the same style. Maybe I use Poser and AE instead)

Thanks,
THorsten

Irina Zen

12 years ago

Super! Thank you Andrew!

Alemotion

12 years ago

I am gonna watch it right now!

Piotr

12 years ago

AWESOME. I love this tutorial!!!! Thank you VC
Check out my youtube channel
youtube.com/kwasnikpictures

francesco siro

12 years ago

Another useful tutorial!! Good Morning Andrew!

Badhon

12 years ago

at last, thnx andrew.........

Matthew Sabia

12 years ago

Woot! Great way to end the night

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