A Hero Will Rise on the Video Copilot Show!
July 27th, 2016

UPDATE: Just want to let you know we are exporting and doing some final quality control and hope to upload soon!

I waited all day to make this graphic so that I would be sure the episode is ready! So far I've only slept about 5 hours in the last 3 days trying to get the show out earlier but we really want to make the show to be unique and detailed! Now, I better not write too much, the words are starting to melt!

To be honest, this episode started as a small idea to do while I finish my short, Intercept, but in the words of George Lucas: "I may have gone too far in a few places."

The Video Copilot show is premiering tomorrow and we have some exciting new tips and tricks in this action packed episode. I Hope you guys enjoy it!

Andrew Kramer
POSTED:
10 years ago
110 Comments
9 years ago
worth watching
9 years ago
Well worth the wait! Looking really good. Thank you!
Sunrexgfx
9 years ago
Been thinking.....
Isn't it possible to use Element 3D V2 in creating Character Animations?
Please we really would love it if its possible please. 3D CHARACTER CREATOR ANIMATION
Sunrexgfx
9 years ago
We really can't wait.....
9 years ago
I'd love to see you Re-do the 3D ocean and how you did the landscapes for the Saber trailer
9 years ago
Yes, Finally this shot created really great!
Inspiring and full of great knowledge.

Thanks to Videocopilot team!

Good luck.

Digiphic Studio
http://www.digiphic.com
9 years ago
Really looking forward to the breakdown
9 years ago
Hummm nice effects, i have just discovered your work, what's softawre you use?
10 years ago
This Will solve thousands of Problems .Plz Share A to Z making Of . Really Thankful to You Andrew.
10 years ago
Plz share Video Tutorials of A Hero will Rise.
JuliusB
10 years ago
I barely get excited over much of anything but I'm definitely looking forward to this.
JANG
10 years ago
Waiting!!!
David DeCorso
10 years ago
Awesome!
StevenJ
10 years ago
I like the cellphone friendly format that is loading right now!
vibrancefilms
10 years ago
24 hours... still waiting
Djeme
10 years ago
7:30 pm in Brazil... very excited
ALEDESIGNVFX
10 years ago
Thank you for such a quality action andrew!! ,D
Emmet Brown
10 years ago
I've already watched the entire blog show... and I can tell You: Great Scott!!
LWAddict
10 years ago
What's this? Nobody's called out CA time in over a half hour?
Come on people... you gotta keep up.
Mohammad amin
10 years ago
2:17 am and waiting
Chris
10 years ago
11:45pm in Germany. DO IT!
Chris
10 years ago
Well its 2pm in California now.
10 years ago
I can't wait to see the show and the FX involved in creating it!

G-PHI
Keith Bradley
10 years ago
Andrew, you are alway's worth the wait =: )
adam Robles
10 years ago
Can't wait Andrew!!
Juan Pablo
10 years ago
Nice!!!!!!
Gismoxan
10 years ago
left 4 hours to be 24 hours . can't wait . whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Leonardo Alencar
10 years ago
How about......now?
*refresh Page
..........And now?
*refresh page

JASON T I too hahaah
Washington
10 years ago
its not working Leonardo...
psikhopat
10 years ago
he's back !! and he's bad !
Chris
10 years ago
I would love to see more tutorials about Element and set extension with element..maybe some ablient concussion and lighting tips with element..i know the basics but all i can really do is play around with element and push it to its full amount until after effects crashes..but i would to to learn how to make my renders with element look realistic! It seems Andrew has a lot of great products..i hope more tutorials are coming our way for these great products!
chris
10 years ago
Sorry for the misspelling..im on my phone typing this lol
10 years ago
Actually you mean Ambient Occlusion!! In computer graphics, ambient occlusion is a shading and rendering technique used to calculate how exposed each point in a scene is to ambient lighting.
sam koreyah
10 years ago
Eagerly waiting Master
10 years ago
How about......now?
*refresh Page
..........And now?
*refresh page

Looking forward to this Andrew. Take your time. Better right than rushed.
Dan
10 years ago
Are there new model packs comming???
Franz Iskus
10 years ago
I waiting to the car packk (with the mystery machine from scooby doo and the Ghostbusters car)
10 years ago
So tomorrow as in TODAY or as in TOMORROW?
Danny
10 years ago
Depending on your local time zone?!
kris
10 years ago
heheheheheh
10 years ago
Is the after effects course you did still relevant? or would it be worth finding another resource to learn the new software from?
Curtis
10 years ago
Lol. I'm burning the battery in my phone , cause I keep checking back here to see if it's posted .
Danny
10 years ago
Same here!
Curtis
10 years ago
Ah....the Life of a troll.
Montana
10 years ago
I'm so glad I decided to check up on the blog today. Only a few hours before I get to see Sam's beautiful face on my screen again. Though we saw him in the Saber video, I feel the last time we really saw him was Shell Shocked. (I could never get that effect to work correctly.)
David
10 years ago
Can't wait.
Paul Whitehead
10 years ago
Andrew, I think you should focus tutorials on using the motion packs too. How to build a scene and composite things like you did in the sobor video and/or the elevator shaft video. All you other videos are great, but you really don't have any tutorials that focus on scene compositing using the motion design packs. Thanks!
donnell
10 years ago
He touched on compositing some stuff from the motion design pack here on the Element V2 release
http://www.videocopilot.net/blog/2015/06/element-3d-v2-2-now-available/
tony franco
10 years ago
ohhhh He means friday he will released it ohhh
tony franco
10 years ago
today is tomorrow
Kiran
10 years ago
We really want a new planet explosion Tutorial sir!
and thanks for everything
10 years ago
From 3 days Andrew and team as not slept. today they gone sleep and sleepless night for all us and we will be waiting for tomarrow.....
10 years ago
I'd love to see you Re-do the 3D ocean and how you did the landscapes for the Saber trailer
Danny
10 years ago
wat is the time in vc land?
i.m from holland and here its 17.20.
LWAddict
10 years ago
"Gone too far"???
So long as you don't go back and start reimagining all the old tutorials.
Seriously, I'll start a "Sam Got Shot First" campaign, t-shirts and all!
Glad to have you back.
10 years ago
I'd actually like to take another crack at the planet explosion tutorial. I know I can do one better!
10 years ago
I think revisiting the older tutorials is a great way to see how much improvement has been made. I like the idea a lot! An imploding planet, then exploding would be fantastic!
LWAddict
10 years ago
Shh, you'll wake Andrew. ;P
Cameron
10 years ago
Yea, I for one would love to see some remastering of older tutorials with all the new exciting things that have happened since then.
10 years ago
Andrew - your Planet Explosion inspired this promo, that (and I can't emphasize this enough) ACTUALLY AIRED ON TV. A little background context - It was Christmas break and all the bosses were away. My friend had always wanted to "Blow up the death star" and I just watched your tutorial and I thought - PERFECT! I can do this! Now that I have Element, I could do this all so much better, but for what it is, this will always be one of my favorite promos I have ever made. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_U973_Aaqw
mohammad amin
10 years ago
waiting....
Blast Master Mike
10 years ago
RETURN OF SAM!
David
10 years ago
Sam Badass!!!!
Yahya
10 years ago
the best thing that I have heard in this month
Maruata
10 years ago
Its already tomorrow....ill be waiting here
kennedy
10 years ago
It's a wow feels...waiting for more...can't wait.
Nazmul Hossain Akash
10 years ago
graphic is killing me already. hope this video will kill me one more time
Simon Thorley
10 years ago
We're all hooked here Andrew, can't wait - we all know the high standard you live up to.
And deliver.
miike
10 years ago
Andrew, YOU ARE THE KING OF SUSPENSE! Stephen King has nothing on you. LOL! Cant wait, like waiting on the next StarWars movie. What situation will Andrew put Sam in to? What effect will he amaze us with? What aftereffect effect, will he blow our minds with? Most of all, the question that plague the human race! What is the air speed velocity of an unladen Swallow? AHHHH . This is what my life has come down too. Keep up the good work, don't forget family always first.
John
10 years ago
Ahhhwww nice !
pink top
10 years ago
'i may have gone too slow too in a few places'.. he forgot to mention that..
ravikumar
10 years ago
waiting for it, plz share the video link. -
Gëzim
10 years ago
tomorrow as in today after the night or tomorrow like after 24 hours? I cannot wait!!!!!
Jeydi
10 years ago
Love you Andrew and Video Copilot
kunqu
10 years ago
Wow,Can`t wait!!!
POVAL
10 years ago
I am waiting for tomorrow...
10 years ago
You are awesome! VC - BEST!
10 years ago
CHINGON!
mike
10 years ago
Great !
Choi PD
10 years ago
Andrew !!
You deserve all the praise and acclamation !!
Can't wait till tomorrow.
You are the MAN!!
solaiappan
10 years ago
I'm Waiting....
andy
10 years ago
onmygosh,Is sam a cg character..
Matt
10 years ago
Can't wait!
10 years ago
5 hours in 3 days!? Are you putting modafinil in your coffee? Anyway, can't wait to see it! Thank you for all your hard work!
David Vizurant
10 years ago
So cool!
David Vizuramt
10 years ago
You R a God, Andrew
GhayRat
10 years ago
Whatever it is, I like it.
10 years ago
wow
alwadhani
10 years ago
HOW could you sleep and leave us hanging like that NOOOOOOOOOO
its OK Andrew go sleep go and tomorrow...

A Hero Will Rise
kiwi
10 years ago
I'm gonna skip my work for tomorrow, can't wait to see it!
for the love of all that's Holy
10 years ago
Cant wait to see it.
Dinesh Raj
10 years ago
Waiting !!!!???
rajor
10 years ago
Yeah... that's great Work !! I Love You VideoCopilot ???
10 years ago
hell yeahh!
NPS3D
10 years ago
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw...i am waiting for tomorrow ...
Chris
10 years ago
I'm Glad I'm Off Tommrow!
johnsnow
10 years ago
skipping work tomorrow for this !!!!!
johnsnow
10 years ago
can't wait !!!! thanks for the no sleep!!!!!!!!!!!
HeckyPecky
10 years ago
All I can say is THANK YOU!
10 years ago
Can't wait. It;'s cuz of u guys that I can do what I can do in Ae today. Looking forward to it!

Drew Lewis of Big Drew Grafix
10 years ago
Great! Can't wait!
10 years ago
How many people will visit this page in next 24hours? We are all on tenterhooks.
It's 9.19am and with baited breath, I am at the edge of my seat.. but...I am in China. so tomorrow it is.
Martin Payne
10 years ago
Awesome! Can't Wait!
Dave Wojtonek
10 years ago
Been a long time visitor of the page and have bought a lot of the items here. I have watched as you have time after time blown our minds!!!! Thx
10 years ago
Awesome. Super Excited!
Pedro Soto
10 years ago
so cool !
wayne
10 years ago
are.......some! Whoohoooooo! No I am not excited at all, nope not even a little! Hey you know there is this bridge.....
chris
10 years ago
What time tomorrow? Midnight?
Micheal Malcolm
10 years ago
cant wait to get my mind blown
10 years ago
VERY HYPED !!
Ben
10 years ago
Cannot wait
Daron Sneed
10 years ago
Can't wait to see your new stuff Andrew. Always amazing!
Ackers46
10 years ago
Forget Bourne , Sam the all Action Hero is Back ....
10 years ago
Guess who's back.. Back again... Andy's back... tell a friend!
Sooooo looking forward to this, we missed your comedy and tips-&-tricks. xx
10 years ago
Stoked

Digging these smaller consistent updates.
10 years ago
OMG!
10 years ago
I'm waiting impatiently!!!
You guys rock!!!
ED
10 years ago
I'm excited! You are awesome!
abdou
10 years ago
Wow i can't express how happy i am ! I'm about to post a vfc scene i made tomorrow or after it. Then this came ! It made me even more excited for vfx
Greg
10 years ago
I am about as excited for this as I was for Star Trek Beyond!
10 years ago
So HYPED!!!
Sam looks epic!!

And, I can see already what you meant with your last posting about quality Andrew. VC came a long way and you really can be proud of yourself and the team! I can't imagine where you go next but you can be sure that we will be there to support the shizzle out of you!

- Jürgen
pro
10 years ago
ur great men!
10 years ago
Genial, el cine en su máxima expresión, ¡Gracias!
10 years ago
Can't wait to see this Andrew! Your hard work and lack of sleep is an inspiration as always.

1st comment woo!

NK Films
www.nkfilms.co.uk
umar husasin
10 years ago
I wait eagerly ..