Lightning Strike

352 Comments

Julian Dean

5 years ago

Amazing tutorial, Andrew!

anila lilo

5 years ago

I LOVE YOU

Julian Dean

5 years ago

I LOVE HIM TOO!

mdalalmmollik

6 years ago

You are very good man

rene haefferer

8 years ago

I downloaded the projectfiles => no Window Water Drops and no Bloodsplatter.
So i purchased the HD Action Essentials => no Window Rain inside as shown online.

Thats a tad unpleasing because one cannot complete the Lessons fully without having that Content.
Would be nice, Mr. Kramer, if you a) upload the files like promised and shown in the videos

or

put the files in the propper products. I love them and i bought some but i feel a tad upset for this kind of false infos.

Please provide the files or some similar ones to use for the ppl who like to learn your lessons.

Did i miss something? Where can i get the Window Rain keyed Footage and why do i pay 99 Bucks and its NOT inside after getting hot from the video?

Thank you in advance

netson caulker

8 years ago

you guys are cool a want to copy you guys trust.please

Auskanu

9 years ago

How do I download the action video? And how to install it in after effects?

Auskanu

9 years ago

How do I download the action video? And how to install it in after effects?

Sonja

10 years ago

Thank you for this tutorial. It helped me very much for my diploma work. If you like to watch it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZYuXYitB24

Deenesh

10 years ago

i like his dawunlo

Trenajh Fowler

10 years ago

(speechless)

Bank

10 years ago

what s plug in can creat lightning in cloud I mean lightning not thunder thank you

bob

10 years ago

this is a very old version

Joel Mendez

10 years ago

this is cool.. i love this. i really want to learn all this be it wat

Reza

10 years ago

Hi..
It's My Question Too. Please Support Us.
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bittu singh

11 years ago

plzz tell me how to instll some effect in after effect. like particuler,heat distortion etc....plzz tell me

Captain Obvious

11 years ago

1. Close Ae
2. Choose your Plug-in
3. Put it in the plugins folder for ae -> program files
4. Register & Open Ae

Zephamphar

11 years ago

Thanks Andrew Kramer

Seerat

12 years ago

Hi Andrew I am the best guy who you like I love your projects if you got my massage so place give me your comment abut my choice I am a designer.

graig

12 years ago

how the heck do you create copies of the effect like he does at 22:33 to make it move around and stuff please help me I know it must be simple because he does it easily but i have no idea what im doing

Kristian

12 years ago

Hey guyz, I hope some1 can help me with this. I want to do the same thing as in this example (take example, lightningstrike -> instant explode)but I ran into trouble when I create the empty spot (the point in wich the rectangle tool comes in). The reason for this is, that the camera is moving, and not standing still. Has anyone got a solution for this? Could it be down with tracking, and if so, how should I take it on?

Hope some1 can help me.

Greetz

Teofilo

12 years ago

hello every one I am so pride to say that the COPILOT team is the best I thank because every I lean from your. your tutorial help me to develop my mind and to make my dream come true. I would like to be biggest video producer in Mozambique.
thanks alot

Jonathan

12 years ago

a couple of legs sitting around?

gianni

12 years ago

and the second part, when man explode, where I can find? her?

Eduardo

12 years ago

increible tutorial siempre que voy a usar after effetcs checo esta pagina es de las mas <a href="http://www.bibliotecadefamosas.com">famosas</a> por los video tutoriales.

Anil

12 years ago

i need a tutorial for red giant psunami

Average Joe

12 years ago

Hahaha women's underwear

Emi

12 years ago

Andrew, sos el mejor!. Saludos desde Argentina!

neyanick

12 years ago

how to set point in time like what you did in the beggining of your video.

pls i need to know mr kramer.....

Matt

12 years ago

I have a question, there is this little grey box on the video clip already in th ebeginning of this tutorial. looks like a key frame but its square on the bottom half and diamond on top. what is that marker?

Marquis Lewis

12 years ago

This reminds me of Rain's fatality in Mortal Kombat Trilogy. haha!

Cole

12 years ago

"It's halloween, and people have to die."

Minh

13 years ago

What if the sky is moving to the left or to the right, how can we make the sky keep track with such movement???

Jonathan Kitundu

13 years ago

Hi! Guys my name is Jonathan Kitundu from Tanzania, we are very poor in video productions especially in special effects, we need more help for that. I want to see the wings making tutorials in after effects.

Joe Hosea

13 years ago

My friend, maybe thats ur part of Tanzania... where I come from we are super pro's and we dont need help we need to upgrade ourselves

Joe Hosea

13 years ago

My friend, maybe thats ur part of Tanzania... where I come from we are super pro's and we dont need help we need to upgrade ourselves

Juan

13 years ago

I have action essentials 2 n i cannot find any lightening effect/elements

Moe

13 years ago

Thats because we dont get it from the action essential pack,watch video at 19:17, he shows where to get it from!
HOPE I HELPED

Ixquiac

13 years ago

Que calida te quedo

chris

13 years ago

excuse me, what if the camera is moving, would that be possible to make the same background without the person in the middle?

javadan

13 years ago

man u are the best u are more than a teacher..... u are the bomb

nevermore

13 years ago

that is so gr8 bro ur totaly rock .. i have beem watching ur tutorials sns 4 ever and sometimes i just watch them 2 have fun ... classic stuff ..thanx

carlo

13 years ago

where do i find the next tutorial, the one where the body explodes???

jim

13 years ago

if only there was a tutorial for life, maybe you could be saved.

chris

13 years ago

Maybe it is because I have so many trees in my shot, but I am having a lot of trouble getting these darker clouds in the background without having a horrible halo around the branches. its like it only looks good if i make the clouds about the same shade as the light spill on the branches. AH help me.

Mike

13 years ago

Better late than never.

I was having the same problem so I didn't make the Matte like Andrew did but instead I used Colorama with a gray ramp, it gives you a much better control. IIRC this technique is explained in 42. "Advanced Sky Replacement".

After that just play with the footage's curves until the halo is completely gone. If you have any issues with parts of Sam skin disappearing then simply rotoscope/rotobrush the Matte (make them black) so they don't blend.

joe webb

13 years ago

OMG, i think everyone used to draw violent pics as a kid XDD its just what us boys did XD

AND AWESOME VIDEO!!!

remi

13 years ago

its cool .i really like it

Pavel

13 years ago

You super editor, I have mastered at once this program after your lessons, thanks big

hosen

14 years ago

Hi Andrew Ihope u in agood helth im from IRAQ u are very helpfull for me Irealy thank u ,
deer big master , how can I make some partions between programs for tv ch sattlite .
forgive me for my lang
tank u very very very very much

Fritz

14 years ago

Andrew, one day, im gonna be just like you...i hope

WASTY

14 years ago

you are best editor in the word.

Paris Kis

14 years ago

Gday from Oz, Andrew Kramer u roock, your tutorials are informative easy to follow and hold quite alot of info, thanks and keep rockin.

Franco

14 years ago

Merci Andrew tu es vraiment correct de donner de ton temps.

william

14 years ago

adobe you are the best. Africa is benefiting from your innovations..

Loukmane

14 years ago

that is very nice

madhusudan

14 years ago

pls recomand me job of vfx and motion graphic for freshers

scofild

14 years ago

thanks profisor

Daniel

14 years ago

that wae the guy that doesnt like curves

Prakash Singh Dev

14 years ago

what a taworing performance .

wajjidrew

14 years ago

thanks for the tutorials

Chris

14 years ago

hey i love these tutorials but cant purchase action essentials becoz i only edit for fun
ive officially completed all tutorials i can and really love em
thanx andrew

wqr sjd

14 years ago

thank u AK...
i love ur site..

fabricio sanmartin

14 years ago

oye andrew eres el mejor con estos tutoriales
gracias por esta pagina.
soy un pobre chico de cuenca-ecuador.

fabricio sanmartin

14 years ago

hey andrew you are the best with these tutorials
thanks for this page.
I am a poor boy from Cuenca, Ecuador.

Snowyluc

14 years ago

And so you're a poor boy from Ecuador, and you have access to internet and a computer? And I image you, being a poor boy from Ecuador, you have After Effects? Otherwise, why do you watch the tutorials?

werkalec

14 years ago

GENIAL!!!!!!!!!
gracias nuevamente por tus sabios consejos!!!
THANK YOU!!!!
AWESOMEEEE!!! from argentina!!!

Ade

14 years ago

This is good tutorial...
good job for you Andrew this so awesome...thx

alex

14 years ago

i actually got hit by lightning on oct, 5th 2010. odd eh?

Hano

14 years ago

Hello, Andrew I believe that your creativity is unlimited. The way you create movies is extraordinary, I have been watching a lot of your tutorials and I have mastered many things but still not much, I started using After effects 2 days ago and can already create explosions and various cool things. Thank you!

Jonathan

14 years ago

I love you

Ali reza

14 years ago

Very tankyou for site
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eductaction in email
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aMMuNix

14 years ago

Thanks man, you're great
I am a big fan of yours
keep up the good work!

KANNAN

14 years ago

ANDREW YOU ARE STUNNING...

YOUR CREATIVITY ROARS....!!!

I have become a great fan of you...!!!

Just continue your job...!!!
god bless u...

Rashid Arafat

14 years ago

Andrew for God's sake you have got me from dust
thank you so much Uganda East Africa

Rashid Arafat

14 years ago

Andrew you the best and i believe the you still be
Thank you for whatever your doing for us am now planig to make hot movie

Serge Alifua

14 years ago

i really love this not just because I'm learning video Editing, but coz this is so interesting, keep on guys you're so wonderful and more helpful to use.
Thanks once again.

SARPONG

14 years ago

great work done !

Jonathan Oren

14 years ago

This video made me notice his shoes

DUPERON ERIC JUNIOR

14 years ago

YOU ARE 1 OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD,I SWEAR YOU THAT.

Mahmood

14 years ago

Thanks from your useful tutorials I always see your videos now i become more and more good in after effects. but I have a problem with motion tracking and expressions I want that you make a short video tutorial and define when we use motion track, why we use motion track thanks...........

Timothy

14 years ago

Good job on the video, I enjoyed learning very much! Keep up the good work!

Eloy

14 years ago

OMG..!!!!! just amazing andrew.....im begginer in After Effects but thank to you im learnig a lot of .... you are my idol ....thank you very much from PERU

mohamed zidan

14 years ago

Yes to this lesson, you are actually excellent, but I hope I can provide lessons and rich Maya and 3ds Max and Cinema 4 DE
I hope that I am Dear genius

james myers

14 years ago

how do i get that version of adobe and i realy dont under stand how to make it look as if he exploded with blood pouring out

Rong

14 years ago

oh very very good!!!!!
thanks andrew~~!!!!!!

Neal Schneider

14 years ago

Here's my attempt:

http://vimeo.com/17616712

There's something so satisfying about blowing yourself up.

Eric

14 years ago

Good work. I like how you left part of your head.

Kevin

14 years ago

Nice. Thats very good

Habib Armanfar

14 years ago

OMG. Perfect dude, perfect
Just this

Mesfin

14 years ago

amazing.

Dmitriy

14 years ago

Andrew, you're THE BEST! Your tuts are so cool, and your humour is awesome! Thank you very much!
Russia.

Bernard

14 years ago

Andrew,thank God i found you,am an amateur in after effects and all.i wanna say thank you to all this great tutorials you are doing.
a lot is hard to do but is better than nothing.thanx.

14 years ago

And people have to die... LMAO. You are awesome. Great tutorial!!!

viloveashi

14 years ago

batter then best

rid_one

14 years ago

I like it

Relax

14 years ago

i like it too

Jmitzz

14 years ago

wow thats nice im learning im a beginner and after affects im going to buy it tomorrow

jayr

15 years ago

this tutorial is awesome!!! i love videocopilot... the best!

DFM

15 years ago

Andrew, You have made After Effects fun again. Everyone should buy your stuff to support the site!

pawan

15 years ago

hi friends/...................

Sam

15 years ago

WON-DER-FUL pity i don't have lighting shot

Ashweee

15 years ago

OMGG!!

) Amazing!!

samuel fx finger

15 years ago

fresh in this site, am loving it.

bhaskar tyagi

15 years ago

very very great tutorial very very thanks for you you are greate

electroX-73

15 years ago

They should make a new school subject AfterEffects-logy and you should be the teacher of it

Chris

15 years ago

Thanks for all of the great tutorials. It has helped me add a lot of special effects to my short films. Here is one of them below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPHac3OF26Y

Chris

15 years ago

You are amazing! You have the best tutorials. Even the people, who are new to AE can understand the basics of it, and make good looking effects. Thanks a million times! Greetings from Serbia!

alkaser

15 years ago

Very excellent productions such as these must be placed at the site of directors tube

www.directorstube.com

Thank you

John

15 years ago

Ur tutorial help me lots of things...its awesome!!!...

nitin

15 years ago

thanks andrew.............thanks a lot..

Shivankar

15 years ago

Speechless mannn...
Its AwEsUm!!!!!

version 2.1

15 years ago

i am new to AE.. and you are the best teacher.. thanks andrew.. thanks a lot!! u rock!! u r the best GURU!

malik

15 years ago

Thanks Andrew nice tutorial iwant make tutorial but camStudio and camtasiastudio not good

Youssef JLIDAT

15 years ago

Nice tutorial Andrew !
keep going

waheed

15 years ago

hey sir u r rock, u make a fabulous tutorialz GOD BLESS U ?HELP ME HOW CAN I MAKE A DRAGON BALL PLZZZZZ

DEOS ROMAN

15 years ago

your the one Andrew, you take me to advanced video editor, thanks
I like your tutorials, you have a great mind, thanks for, YOU SUPORT . from Tanzania

peter

15 years ago

When I render and play my video, the motion in my video is slow and the lightning effect does not show

Daviddeep

15 years ago

thanks buddy~~ very powerful effect·~~ ?~

Jeevannie

15 years ago

Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwww amazing...

Subrata

15 years ago

Kool----- Really great tutorial,

andrew

15 years ago

wowowowowowow this is amazing i would expect that in a movie and i would still be like wow i wish i could do this stuff at he top of my head i will definately have to look into your products

Daniel

15 years ago

Hey,

Im new to after effects and really like this tute. When i try to select around the guy with the square tool and then try and change the opacity it doesnt change it. Can anyone help ??

sivaaj

15 years ago

thank u very much for ur tutorials
............................sivaaj from,,,chennai.

Philipp_^

15 years ago

Can you upload the footage of this video
because to me they are damaged

that would be great if you do it
my english is not so good.

Philipp

sajed

15 years ago

HI andro.
very very good .
tanks tanks tanks very very tank you. Ilove you.
I,m a irani

Aditya

15 years ago

Awsome man It's very help full for me thanx manu u r just Minddblowing thanx again !!!!!!

Johnny

15 years ago

Thankx so much..........

alisfr

15 years ago

thanks andrew ur best and all ur products are best

15 years ago

thank you thoungh I don't know who you are.QQ
I love you.You are my friend's idol.

Dario

15 years ago

Thx man...

AyobboY

15 years ago

Thanks for tutorial , Its really Helpful and intresting.

hamza

15 years ago

Great lesson. Thank you man!!!
Your friend is so funny))) lol

hamid

15 years ago

its great andrew,i like it,hamid from iraq

MBJ

15 years ago

Andrew Kramer, you are my idol. Everyone at my school is impressed with a movie I made using 3/4ths of your tutorials. I told them that Andrew Kramer is the secret to the great visuals and effects in the movie, and now just about everyone is using after effects in their movies and watching your tutorials. Thanks again!

bam

15 years ago

how in the world do u create this stuff. How do u figure out how to do it. I dont know if i could just come up with this stuff from scratch great job!

Zammil

15 years ago

You are so great andrew...!I love your tutorials...! Hopefully I think i can also be like...!But i don't know how iam gonna achieve that....!You Such Wonderfull person...Thanks Buddy....!I love you....!

Brandon

15 years ago

Two words Andrew: Make a movie!

RobD

15 years ago

Great tutorial and great products Andrew . . . small plug there

Here is my go at using the effect. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUZxlGOZs-Y

mojo

15 years ago

dude ur awesome

Abang Fuh Chrizz

15 years ago

Hey Andrew; i dont know where to start. saying your tuts are groundbreaking will be an understatement. they are morethan groundbreaking. let me go look for a word that can qualify you. Ah you great man

abdelhamed

15 years ago

thanks Andrew u r z best

...keep it up man !

Sem

15 years ago

I love you man, Great ideas!!!

tom

15 years ago

hey do you have some eazy tutorials for beginners too

Adrian

15 years ago

Best tut ever!

And funny too

"It's close to Halloween and, you know, people gotta die."

LOL!

persevest

15 years ago

hello and thanks a lot!!! You have inhumane powers and knowledge!!!

Greetings from Antarctica!

nkid

15 years ago

your tuts are so good ommd i didnt know that ae could do all these things so thnx for showing me

hadasa

15 years ago

thanks A.K i appreciate your good work....keep up.
found it helpful when i do my projects

vicky

15 years ago

poor sam..whatever happns sam must die..heheh..
gr8 tuto..

mert

15 years ago

trapcode- particuler cs4 no.. upload pls :S ?

published

15 years ago

man como desearia ser como tu, esto esta a la pura crema

desearia que tus tutos tuviesen subtitulos en espaÃ±ol

Sums

15 years ago

Thank u so much!!
Andrew the best)

Cesar

15 years ago

Hey Andrew, I want to thank you SO MUCH for sharing your knowledge with the world, more people should be like you.

Also you have a unique style to make the videotutorials (funny), your english is very clear, and of course, your way to teach is easy to follow, thank you.

I agree with behnambehzad, please make tutorials for Boujou and 3ds max, I would download all your videos or BUY them if necessary.

Cheers and hugs

Mexico

ROHIT

15 years ago

YOU ROCK THE WORLD ANDREW.............
YOU ARE GOD GIFTED MAN..........

behnambehzad

15 years ago

hi.very tanks for of tutorials.im lerning of you all in good .very good in AE .plz tutorials for boujou .tnx mr andro

Kovida

15 years ago

Greetings from Sri Lankan
I found your tutorials very helpful with my work and I've learned a lot. Keep up the good work and thank you.

ErickPactli

15 years ago

This is my future I love this tutorials

ronald

15 years ago

what a nice tutorial..thank you so much!even it makes my head bow..^^can you teach me or give me some tips of making a nice project in after effect?pls..pls..pls..pls.. reply to my email please.. "ronell25@yahoo.com" i am a beginner!
hope i can make one of your tutorials.. once again thank so muck. Philippines

khan

15 years ago

man u just rock , the most talented guy out there... ur tutorials took me to another level..

Tito

15 years ago

You make AE so much easier, thanks!

Kasup

15 years ago

Great Great!! I learnt a lot.

Post Production Kid

15 years ago

Andrew Is offically my Idle!! Your work is just Great!!

Keep it up Andrew !!

Thanks For Everything

Post Prodcution Kid

arjun narain

15 years ago

u are so awesome man ....sick talent.....really hepled me ....

Drew

15 years ago

Found this really interesting,

sci-fi-si

15 years ago

Awesome.

Thanks Andrew!

SaV T

15 years ago

Mayne u rOOCKK

better

15 years ago

great tutor,....

jay

15 years ago

hi, great tut. thnx

costa

15 years ago

i love you

Martin

15 years ago

Andrew has demonstrated what every developer should learn. SHOW PEOPLE how to use the tools. Another way to say it is Andrew has learned the principal of "Giving before receiving". Look at how many tuts he has and keeps on posting. This is REAL customer support.

Your lessons are awesome, they give us confidence

sabari

15 years ago

its very use full of tutor

kamel

15 years ago

wow wow

umesh

15 years ago

very nice work. your r great sir.

love kramer

15 years ago

OMFG u are a genius! genius!!

Femi Adedeji

16 years ago

thumbs up from Nigeria... you have a thousand and one followers from here...

GivikO

16 years ago

hey andrew its cool i love your tutorials i am teaching from your tutorials can you add tutorial of flying with white sonic boom

Danny

16 years ago

amazing.

hampis

16 years ago

Awesome tutorial Andrew thnx for all this amazing tutorials... Greetings from GREECE

DarkEntity

16 years ago

Woooow...Sir Andrew that was pretty heavy arsenal...really great!more power!

zhuweiwei

16 years ago

everyday you make a surprise for us,thanks.

mohamed

16 years ago

Thanks

Bas

16 years ago

I never noticed the fullscreen button

Nice tutorial as always (y)

Charlie

16 years ago

poor Sam, i want to c sam "kill" Andrew next tutorial...ha

Andrew

16 years ago

Oh, this is simply chic. Very good. No words.
Andrew! fellow.

yazid zipo

16 years ago

wooow Amazing ! great job

yazid from Algeria

preshki

16 years ago

You are amazing bro.. You have a great future!

NcT

16 years ago

Fantastic. I Like ur tutorial Kramer.

kgosi

16 years ago

wicket man!!!!! I dig it man, love it

dasaca

16 years ago

killed Sam!!! again... Fantastic tutorial I Like some much!!!

Tom

16 years ago

very good!
thanks from brasil!

Ugly

16 years ago

I cant find a world to tell you gow is this tut was great. THANK YOU

szabelek18

16 years ago

Good job!Thank you Andrew
Greetings from Poland

Dawei Xie

16 years ago

Great!
And thanks!

Velt

16 years ago

Raiden...Wins....FATALITY! Nice Work!!

F@rsh@d

16 years ago

Very very very nice!

Thanks...

osama

16 years ago

Very Awesome tutorial Andrew keep going like that

osama

16 years ago

(Awesome)...very nice toturial .... keep going

like that Andrew

animelordvijay

16 years ago

hey! nice tutorial..but u could have give us the presets used in the porject(with the download project option) .(just the ones used!!..

)..anyway..cool tutorial

TRIXCO

16 years ago

IT'S GREAT KEEP IT UP.

Touche

16 years ago

You are the man! Thanks a ton for all the tutorials

Giul Viera

16 years ago

http://vimeo.com/7739774

My sample

hananhphong

16 years ago

thanks man!its very impression

exe

16 years ago

I folowed your tutorial, a great one btw, and came up with surprizing results, I've posted them on my site www.lightedge.ro , keep up the good work man you rock!!!

www.magixline.com

16 years ago

hi
andrew i have action essentials of you and digital juice.mind is important and you have.i will create rell(6 month later)and i love to send you.

Antonio

16 years ago

I found your tutorials very very helpfull and i've already learned a lot.Keep the good work and thanks for sharing your knowledge with us Andrew.

Tolahah

16 years ago

Thanks Andrew,
Very Impressive Tutorial. Keep it up.
Long Live Andrew!

Tolahah, Malaysia.

shan

16 years ago

UR MY ROLE MODEL ANDREW! THANK YOU! A MILLION! FOR TEACHING EVERY ONE OF US UR SKILLS KEEP IT UP THANKS!

Sophie

16 years ago

Thats a pretty awesome effect!!! Its hard to make that....I tried, its really complicated to me.

Kent

16 years ago

Hey Andrew That Lighting strike tut. is nice. very cool. how about you do more of those kind of tuts. i sure people be on your case about showing this ifo for free, at time i would like to say thanks to VC for making this web site possible. i have a request. plz do a tut. like a smallvile, clark kent super speed. have yo boy do some superman acting and have him running like the flash or my fav Clark Kent. thanks again Andrew

zukyak

16 years ago

Oh Mi gawd. It looks amzing!
I want iit.
Nice Tutorials

VFX course

16 years ago

Iâ€™m gonna try out this program just because of you buddy, Iâ€™m amazed, really astonished, speachless. Excellent work.<br><a href="http://www.escapestudios.com/en_GB/training/courses-main/visual-effects.html">VFX course</a>

dilshad

16 years ago

dilshad from kurdistan
thank you man your doing great job

Hiroshi Kurahara

16 years ago

Nice tutorial!

serwet

16 years ago

hi...these tutorials are very cool..maybe the coolest one..actually your every tutorial deserve to be said like that...anyway my point is that if there was a blood splatter effect on the camera lens as in the first video which is shown at the beginning of the video(with blur or something you used(i dont know)),it would be perfect..i think you miss that Andrew or you think that it's very easy to do that..maybe for you but for me,its a bit challenge..i hope and i wish that you will launch a short tutorial or something about it...we all love you man,you're our hero..keep up the good work..

balu

16 years ago

very very super effect
thankyou

nourdine

16 years ago

you are our teacher ANDREW .i hope to reach your level hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
thank you very much superhero

by BenoitAnbu

16 years ago

super really super Thanks......

pandi kumar

16 years ago

thank you very much

james

16 years ago

it only goes up to a certain point then cuts off

Calimero

16 years ago

Hey Andrew

Du bist der absolute Mann

Thanks and greetings from Bavaria, Germany

black and white

16 years ago

Nice , but it can't be believed......

enzo

16 years ago

before i even watch this tut. i gotta say. i love you man

zubair shah

16 years ago

hello videocopilot.net this site is veryyyyy wonderful site and i see this all effects by from pakistan

Joraph

16 years ago

Thanks Andrew...
it is Nice.....but people don't just blow off and disappear just like that....there should be bigger fragment or chunk of body piece lying on the floor ....don't u think so......

Like the suicide tutor, the body without the head should be lying on the ground after the suicide ........thought that it will really make it more realistic and convincing

Greetings from Nigeria

ignorant of English

16 years ago

I come from China and ilove you

man

16 years ago

it`s so amazing......

Andrepd

16 years ago

awesome... when I look back 10 years and see how much the CG world progressed...

Stealthway

16 years ago

great!!

chamara

16 years ago

WOW...

Ali

16 years ago

Thanks, Its really Helpful and intresting.

necrodrama

16 years ago

yeha... mil gracias, y en cuanto tenga una lanita te juro me hago de tus vfx.

Tyler

16 years ago

I don't have that CC Drizzle effect!?!? (I have After Effects CS4) How do I get it?
Thanks!

Tyler

Alby Smith

16 years ago

great stuff, I really like those simple method for creating such scenes. pretty straight forward!

Thanks AK!
you are the best man!

ashishmohan

16 years ago

the first time i visisted by myself in search of quality and comparison betweenthe effcts used and created in maya and affter effect, but i need to say it really impressive, and would like to have suggestions that the effects created by maya is more quality driven and works on actual visualization in our mind or affter effect output.
i shall be very much thankful for this reply.

ashishmohan

JackieNP

16 years ago

Very cool!
There're tons of layers in this tutorial.
Thank you Andrew.

umerzafar

16 years ago

so very generous of you andrew.. thanks from Pakistan.

Christian McClanahan

16 years ago

Thanks so much AK! I've been waiting for a tutorial with lightning!
Keep up the good work!

theleadr

16 years ago

so amazing you r great andrew. just wondering did the newest rambo movie use action essentials 2 because i have it and noticed the rambo movie looked similar to mine

Andrew

16 years ago

Awesome Andrew!! Its like Distric 9!!

erpang

16 years ago

Thank you very much

1badman

16 years ago

@Karl

Stop drunk typing!

@ Andrew Kramer
Thanks for keeping it coming. Only thing I don't like about your site is that I drop by for a quick refresher on a technique and get sucked into some new whizbang tutorial you just posted. 30 minutes off the project clock chalked up...

Kcid_216

16 years ago

Wonderful tutorial! What more can we say....... You're the best Andrew. Keep it up dude! God bless.......

Karl ;)

16 years ago

skeet skeet boobada skeet....
very nice andrew...or should i say drew Ha wink wink

Juan

16 years ago

Gracias por los proyectos

nikhil

16 years ago

You R AWESOME

Rafei

16 years ago

cool! but it cost's money......

Rum Barrel Roy

16 years ago

Nice work. But can you do the same with fire? OK. I know you can. I would just like to see a TUT on that.

Karl ;)

16 years ago

i wanna pinch your tuts!

malinda

16 years ago

andrew ayye oya nam patta ..haloooo

yay

16 years ago

great tutorial, thank you!

the amount of retarded comments on this site is staggering

Potatis

16 years ago

Thanks very much Andrew, just what I needed! You answered my prayers.

Hendri

16 years ago

It is Very Good Tutorial,awesome.

WHAT COMPUTER SPECIFICATIONS APPROPRITE TO CREATE A VISUAL FX VIDEO ?

Please Your answer...... Thanks^^
(to my email it's ok)

CC Rain

16 years ago

use the cc rain effect for the rain

edgar

16 years ago

impresionante

Ken Baker Jr

16 years ago

THANKS Again!!!!

FranticMedia

16 years ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm2Lmu75P1o its not 100% like the the tut, but kind of

sunil thapa (Nepal)

16 years ago

really u guys r rocking videocopilot........god blss u sam

he he and thnx for andrew u r really make awesome tut.......... keep it up ...........

JVSF

16 years ago

Awesome tutorial and effects! Looking forward to part 2

angryman

16 years ago

Enjoyed it very much. Looking forward to the sequel. Cheers!

eraser

16 years ago

The blood effect reminds me of District 9!!!
AMAZING!!!

simon

16 years ago

Thank you very much Andrew. This tutorial is great and very helpful to create more elements within a scene!!!

I have a question for you.

I am going to make a short film about Coffee and I would like to know if there is any possibility to create a title sequence as Sweeny Todd in AF without using Realflow!!!

Instead of blood I would like to create Coffee with foam..

Any Suggestions Mr. Kramer?

Thank you in adcance

wael

16 years ago

very great andrew go ahead

alexx

16 years ago

amazing it looks so realistic

Craig

16 years ago

Great tut...Should have had Sam holding a trash can that was suspended for just a sec after he was blasted then falling to the ground. (Sam taking the trash out in a lightning storm seems like a pretty believable scene.) Great stuff....Action Essentials II just came in the mail Friday... Woooooo!

Fer

16 years ago

Thank you so much Andrew!!!

Simon

16 years ago

Nice work Andrew!
Just wanna say that i found a cool way to crate realistic blood in Ae.
thank you so much!

Rezvan

16 years ago

hey andrew , great tutorial , thanks very much , from iran

Zizo

16 years ago

i cant see any emotions in the video :/
nice effects but not frighting or any emotions

it's like when you listen music from the pc or live in a stadium... if u know what i mean andrew...

A.R.Herrington

16 years ago

Great tutorial as always!!!

LOVE IT!

Does anyone know what kind of microphone Andrew is using? I love the sound quality. Thanks in advance!

b.t.w. lol @ Womens Underwear xD

Augusto

16 years ago

Where can we send some flowers to the SamÂ´s family??

Gaurav

16 years ago

Hey Andrew.....this is again a very nice tutorial no need to say..I hope Sam must be fine

...and congrats in advance for your hundredth tutorial..wish you all the very best from India...

lovetohate

16 years ago

great tutorial, Andrew! Maybe you could try like a human torch or something for your hundreds? that would be awesome!

NM2007

16 years ago

Oh Sam, I feel sorry for you, great tut, thank you

RadioFlash24

16 years ago

:O es impresionante :O gracias por el video tutorial haha

is very good...

Thanks...!!!

This coment content spanish haha...

Peroman200

16 years ago

great tutorials, very Hollywood like so I am only missing a tut on some space oriented action like spaceships flying a planets, jumping to and out of hyperspace....

Otherwise YOU RULE!

Mr.Goodkat

16 years ago

I really have to say thank you for showing us these tutorials I now feel comfortable that I can get work. Mr Kramer do you have elements for splintering wood, bending metal or other natural elements, just wondering

Nuutti

16 years ago

Andrew you're the best!

16 years ago

nice

Lirik

16 years ago

everyday you make a surprise for us

dolun

16 years ago

hell yeah!!
great work!
dolun
Poland

Linus

16 years ago

One of the best, if not the best, tutorial(s) I've ever watched - So many small but great tips included in this one, combined with the overall walkthrough of how to achieve the effect makes this tutorial amazing!

Thank you yet again for sharing those brilliant tutorials!

Sam

16 years ago

Great tutorial!
It would be perfect if there are reflections of lighning on the wet ground.

Andrew

16 years ago

Amazing tutorials, Thanks for your help and support..Thanks Andrew

mohammed

16 years ago

andrew kramer... This fantastic

thank you

james

16 years ago

Amazing! That was great well done, I think it is great how you can just bring all the elements togeather. I have to buy Action Essentials 2 when i have the money, I have just had a brain wave of all the diffrent ways i could use it.

Thanks, keep it up
James

Hendri

16 years ago

Wow...wow....
Very nice tutorial Andrew.
very awesome, Thanks Andrew....
Greeting From Indonesia West Sumatera ^_^

Rogier Colijn

16 years ago

Nice Tutorial!

bonex

16 years ago

wow good tutorial andrew thanks (terima kasih)

Taylor

16 years ago

Great tut thanks bud and hope your halloween was amazing

hzsolt12

16 years ago

this is the best tutorial.

Mani

16 years ago

Hey Thanks for all these GREAT Tutorials Andrew! GREAT SITE!!

billy MOYA

16 years ago

wow that was what i was looking for with my music video..
now you made my day...thanks andrew ...this is one of your best tutorials...

smackl/megateck

Noa Nesher

16 years ago

I love you andrew kramer. I am blown away everytime by your awesome tutorials! WOW MAN !!!

bl3ndaz

16 years ago

Awesome tut! Thanks Andrew :]

gago

16 years ago

Amazing MERCi ANDREW

Martin

16 years ago

Amazing Tutorial!

One thought comes into my mind: you could blend Sam during the Lighting with a Skeleton or a Solarized Image of him.

Matas

16 years ago

Wow that nice :}
Great job Andrew.

RustHouseProductions

16 years ago

Dude your last two tutorials are BAD @$$. Seriously, thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge. VE are my newest obsession and i would be completely lost if it wasn't for this site. I wish you much success.

erdinc okumus

16 years ago

you are the man..thanks for giving hope me for my dreams..

AriÃ³n

16 years ago

Andrew Griffiths eres el mejor gracias por tus tutoriales estoy aprendiendo mucho contigo. Mucho animos

atifqureshi

16 years ago

Amazing!!! This is GREAT!!! Thanks Andrew!!

you are the best teacher in the hole world

Julian Wealands

16 years ago

1:00min in and you're already ripping on Sam? I hope he gets lots of hugs

hahaha great tutorial man. Keep them coming.

graphist

16 years ago

basic Tutorials!
and Advanced Tutorials!
and Very Good...!

Andrew Saunders

16 years ago

Awesome!

nivek

16 years ago

looks great i will be trying some of those effects in a projects i am working on at the moment -- good timing ---

Lucas

16 years ago

DISTRICT 9 yeah!Cool Tut!

wonbum JO

16 years ago

wa, very EX tutorials. Great!!

Andrew Griffiths

16 years ago

Top tutorial,
can't wait to blow up one of my kids with lightening!!
Thanks

Rafael Starman

16 years ago

Hey Andrew!

and the hundreds tut comes closer and closer ... thank you very much for the very good work!

greetings from austra (not the
kangaroos!!!)
rafael

Brad Gillespie

16 years ago

awesome awesome awesome, u spelled background wrong but its ok. can not wait for this next tutorial now.

btw, fav part of the video "I like to keep my layers organized" as ur screen shows 67 layers, HAHA, hilarious. keep it up man keep it up

David Le Roux

16 years ago

nice tut andrew.

For awesome lightning fx check out The Green Mile...when Dayle or Earl or what ever the french guys name is, gets electrocuted. very well done.

chris corfu

16 years ago

Very nice tutorial Andrew. Thanks a lot. Especially creating the rain and the tint of the footage was very helpfull for a bunch of projects im doing. Great colors and pretty dark feel to the scene. Its not the theme you do a tutorial on in general but the way you get there makes people learn so much of the possibilities in AE! In just a couple of month i have learned so much because of your tutorials! By the way i really liked the scene where sam blows up immediatly with the first strike. The most realistic to me!
Andrew, your the man!!!

ANton

16 years ago

Hey , Andrew , It is Good Tutorial
What computer specifications appropriate to create a visual effect video ?????

Please Your answer...... Thanks^^

Leaf

16 years ago

Oh my god this is Rayden's finishing move in Mortal Kombat.

mohmmad drawsheh

16 years ago

thanks man i love you

Fictitious

16 years ago

Haha "Footage", subtle

GOL

16 years ago

Kramer vs. Kramer... u r awesome!!!!!!

Ephraim

16 years ago

Powerful and impressive lesson! thanks you very much,really!

Ramzes

16 years ago

Great tutorial. Thank you Andrew.

Tyler J

16 years ago

Andrew,

Thanks very much for all the professional tips and tricks. It's nice to watch you work. The effort you put forth is much appreciated.

Clayton Light

16 years ago

It's so much fun to torture Sam.
Thanks AK. Looking forward to part 2.
p.s. to Kai, Are you who I think you are?

ryan

16 years ago

you forgot to update the rss feed... the tutorials AWESOME though!

wassim

16 years ago

Amazing!!This is GREAt!Thanks Andrew!!

Prateek Pandey

16 years ago

Awesome tutorial from a perfectionist.
Good one Andrew.

Rishi_AV

16 years ago

Really superb..awesome work, no words to explain..
once again thanks to my "CG GOD"

Dave

16 years ago

Only 3 More Andrew you can do it man!!!! come 3 in 3 days we need it man give our fix NOW!!!

mixman

16 years ago

Finlay New Tut

SniperWolf

16 years ago

Amazing tricks .thank you so much
waiting for other nice tutorials
--AlGeRiA--

Mayc

16 years ago

Great!Thanks.

Alex

16 years ago

Awesome. Do we get a little matte painting lesson in part 2? I noticed some sky scrapers in the background of the final video that you had rendered.

emoxho

16 years ago

sos fantastico loko sos un genio te admiro mucho

segui posteando tutoriales por favor muchas gracias

genius genius!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

goodbay

E.M.O.X.H.O

argentina

goldorachox

16 years ago

moustache gracias again Andrew!!

crumpy

16 years ago

Very cool, Andrew. I am really liking these visual FX tutorials. Thanks.

D3FO3

16 years ago

Thx for this! Your the man now dog...

Davis Zekthi

16 years ago

Way to go Kramer!

Kai

16 years ago

Awesome!

It looks very professional.

Marc

16 years ago

Another amazing tutorial! Keep up the good work!

Roberto

16 years ago

Poor Sam.....and really cool effects!!...congratulations!....I hope Sam still in shape to make more videos! lololol

Muchio

16 years ago

Ordered some more of your stuff, supporting ya bro. keep it up.

Ray Baguilat

16 years ago

This is great! 3 more tutorials before 100

oscaryop

16 years ago

I just was watching final destination!!! hahahaha something like that

Dan

16 years ago

haha also during the tutorial i was trying to say the effects that you were going to use before u said them. i was right about 90% of the time.

Robbie1985

16 years ago

Yeah baby! This is going to be sooo useful for my zombie video!!

Adrian Rayner

16 years ago

Very cool effects, well done

Dmwizzard

16 years ago

Thank-you for another G.R.E.A.T. Tut.

www.Videocopilot.net - the BEST AE Resource!

Coffee, Feet up

Holly Catherine King

16 years ago

Nice!! using vista's default look

Ben Henry

16 years ago

dude, love the tutorial,
I like how you keep 3rd party plugins out as much as you can, because alot more people will be able to do this effect.
Good job!
-Ben

shigidy

16 years ago

Great Tutorial, keep up this whole disaster theme tuts, there awesome, maybe a tsunami, volcano, or tornado.

dantel

16 years ago

Andrew!! you know i wait for a very long time !
3Q for your nice tutourils!!

YassiNe

16 years ago

Good job and very coooooool ...Thanks Andrew!!!!!

sutu

16 years ago

terima kasih mister Andrew!

david coster

16 years ago

Nice....awsome.

Thanks Andrew! ( and sam )

David coster and
//costerproduction

Parkie

16 years ago

Thank goodness, it's here - Now I can stop hammering my F5 button

I'll be trying this out with my AE2 720p in a bit, but I'm looking forward to learning how to simulate a rain scene as I need one in my final project next year at Uni. (Film

John

16 years ago

Hey Andrew, I'm pretty sure that there is already a rain effect in after effects under simulation or something. I was wondering why you didn't use that. Was it because that effect didn't look realistic? Or did you not know about it?

Dan

16 years ago

whooaa i cant wait to watch this. andy kramer i love your work! greetings from Romania!

DekuTrash

16 years ago

Yes!
I was beginning to worry it wouldn't be put up.
lol
Another awesome tutorial by Andrew Kramer.

Erick

16 years ago

WOW! That was impressive!
very awesome!

MovieMaker

16 years ago

Yay! I can't wait to watch!

Vince

16 years ago

This is awesome thanks Andrew!

Dave

16 years ago

Amazing once again Andrew, Your last name should have started with an E, (AE not AK). Thanks again for another great one.

EvedayHelp

16 years ago

aweeeeeesome!!!!!!!!1

waltersob mimoso

16 years ago

Muito show esse tutorial.
Thanks Andrew

Thechrisj

16 years ago

Thank you so much Andrew, can't wait for my AE2 to come in the mail!

John

16 years ago

Yes!!! i have been waiting for this all day!

Dave B

16 years ago

Lol hilarious... good job Mr. Kramer

Johann Torres

16 years ago

NICEE!

Danielle G.

16 years ago

Amazing!!! This is GREAT!!! Thanks Andrew!!

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