3D Truck Composite

191 Comments

euloge

5 years ago

please can i get tutorials in french

Abutaleb Ali Hadadi

5 years ago

i really enjoy your videos

AboKhlo

5 years ago

want new tutorails please Andrew <3 , i really enjoy your videos <3

HASSAN SANI

6 years ago

I am a beginner in visual, adobe after and adobe primer, which laptop can use this software's in easily to editing.

Hassan Siddique

5 years ago

You need Dell Precision M4800 or M6800 or higher models of Precision Workstation series with at-least 2GB or graphics card (GPU must be 256bits if DDR3 or 128bits if DDR4 with higher clock speed, it will make your workflow smoother and renders faster) in it, minimum 16GB of RAM and SSD drive as primary drive where you install softwares you need.

Regards
Hassan Siddique

Robert Kingmax

7 years ago

Andrew man you I killing thanks for this tutorial man....

Matt

7 years ago

Tracking problems?
VERY IMPORTANT STEP! 9:36 - Be sure to select Make Comp Size. The solid does not cover the screen by default. It's easy to miss and will cause problems keeping your model from moving.

Allison

8 years ago

i love these, seriously this what have been searching for. thanks so much guys God bless you

Rifqi

8 years ago

Such an exciting tutorial. mastermind at graphics designing. Thank you very verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry much Andrew Kramer

Halim

8 years ago

Thank you very big Andrew,Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanks

Jaison j paul

8 years ago

I am a beginner in visual effects. i need to buy a laptop, can u gv a good specification for a good laptop no much costly

yazi

8 years ago

i cant find truck model in project file!?

5 years ago

me too

mike hughes

8 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4nJ6O1mHsE Never could have done this without the giudance from this site.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOvgJWloaZc quick overview of steps.

Then .... first project with Element 3d...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRujEXF4yhE

mike hughes

8 years ago

Ok I did it and it worked out awesome. https://youtu.be/EOvgJWloaZc

Final is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4nJ6O1mHsE.

I simply can't believe how good these tutorials are; they're amazing. I strongly recommend anyone to get Elements 3d if they haven't already. I use Cinema 4d lite as well but the fast rendering with Andrew's plug in is a game changer. ~Mike Hughes

Alzo

9 years ago

Cant thank u enough Andrew, such a genius !

Nikita

9 years ago

Thank you very big

jack

9 years ago

great, amazing....its legitness

MikeGem

9 years ago

It would be great if you would post what camera was used and focal length on all tutorials, I'm trying to learn Syntheyes and it would be much appreciated, Thanks for the tuts either way though.

deepak

9 years ago

im new at after effects and ur awesome im already kikin ass

jef

9 years ago

Hi Andrew, I'm French, so sorry for my english.
Thanks for all your amazing products, i love them !!
SO i'm trying to do some shoots like your blowing Truck. So i follow all the steps you described in your Tuto, but my truck is always floating above the road.
I did check the alignment from bottom. Can you help me.
Best regards

zeeshan ali

9 years ago

Did You track the footage?

Felisberto Bucho

9 years ago

Muito fexi

zeeshan

9 years ago

Hey andrew.. hope you are doing fine.. i am one of your tutorial lover.. i just wanted to request that would you please do some tutorials to elaborate Cinema 4d.. pliss

PatBr

10 years ago

So I have a still video of an empty plate on the floor, almost 100% stabilized. I need to put an .obj I made with 3ds max inside the plate and animate it, somehow.
I have AE CS5, how can I do it?
PLEASEEE

birch

10 years ago

this site takes ages to load a video.. i cant watch it.. other sites loads instantly

robert alejandro aristizabal

10 years ago

me gusto mucho interes y mas aprenda

yo quiero

darnhalm

10 years ago

its amaizing!

kaywell songz

10 years ago

great but tutorial download is not working.

uri

10 years ago

I do not find folder my_models

shahid

10 years ago

your all work is so proudly helpful for us .......after six year follow your tutorial i am now best after effects maker in my country.....and so happy to say you are the best in this world......spacial thanks........i love you.

Evil Dave

10 years ago

Does the "Set Ground Plane and Origin"option with CC 2014 Track Camera make some of the steps (e.g. rescaling the Null object to constrain the tracked null points within the after effects viewing area and rotating the null to place the 3D tracked nulls on the same viewing plane) obsolete?

Zak

11 years ago

How does he create his 3d models???

jbuinxbciubnxvi

10 years ago

he downloed it

ALBABA

11 years ago

AM A FILMS STUDENT,LOVE YOUR HUGE TUTORIALS.

sid

11 years ago

hey andrew i was wondering if you can do a tutorial about jet pack with a plane landing on a the 2d runway picture with the shadow of the plane casting on the runway i tried it but got stuck could not figure it out don't know if it is possible with element 3d or can you figure other way plz

christian199212

11 years ago

tutorial does not work with after effects CC

Joshua

11 years ago

Actually it works fine and I did something similar a few hours ago. If you are having trouble with the tracking I would recommend looking at this tutorial from vfx bro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJmDlQ_JNe0 and if you're having trouble with the lighting then I would recommend going back and checking everything. But, what is the problem you're having??

Bryson

11 years ago

yes it does

christian199212

11 years ago

Hi Guys

I have followed this tutorial 3 times now and cant seem to get my vehicle to stick in position. And no I dont have auto keyframe on. HELP PLEASE????

THANKS

Joshua

11 years ago

Remember that in the tutorial the actual truck and background aren't moving the only thing that is moving is the camera and element automatically changes the object relative to the camera

Parker

11 years ago

Im sure I would find it somewhere, but where can I find some car models, like the one that you used in the video?

Tony

11 years ago

turbosquid.com

Dorthea

11 years ago

Having a problem with the vehicle. I put my vehicle in the scene, once the video starts my vehicle moves away. It's very subtle but noticeable. Also, when I add a 3D model & select top view the camera goes to the top view but the 3D model stays on a side view of the model. I don't know if these two problems are linked in anyway. There are no key frames on anything but the 3D track camera and auto key is not on.

ETStudio

11 years ago

concerning your first problem, there is some people down the page that have it too, they say to turn of the keyframing. I didn't check it myself.
the second point, it's because ELEMENT is A tricky plug-in but not 3D program... your model appears to be where the your solid is, becaus you have applyed ELEMENT there...

Christian

11 years ago

did you find a solution to this problem dorthea.....nothing to do with auto keyframes.....
HELP????

sara

11 years ago

soooo nice

Frans

11 years ago

i hope i can crate that. like u crate.. Awesome

tomy

11 years ago

nice one

Jason

12 years ago

Can any one help I'm having problem, when I add a 3D model & select top view the camera goes to the top view but the 3D model stays on default view or a side view of the model. It does not matter what View I go to the Model does not change views with camera. like in the armor truck video when Andrew goes to top view it shows the top of the model, what i'm I doing wrong.

Manuel

12 years ago

why didn't you include the truck in the project file

Paul

12 years ago

This is awesome

Dylan

12 years ago

I am only 14, so I just bought your action essentials, but I cannot afford 3d elements, what should I do about this effect.

Alex

11 years ago

Me to
Very annoying

Mark

12 years ago

Hey Andrew, thank you very much for all of the great tutorials. I'm a film student and you help me a lot to get better and better!

Please make a specific tutorial for the explosion part, how you blow up the truck

Rahul Tiwari

12 years ago

Hi Andrew :
Ur tutorials are really amazing ..... thnx soooooooooo much
This tutorial is super helpful...especially the scene scaling for easier workflow. This makes my life so much easier. Thanks!

kamran

12 years ago

hello sir....i want to become like u
please, give me hints

Tyler

12 years ago

The info on updating the position of the trackers was my favorite part of this tutorial. That is such a big help! Thanks!

raj gupta

12 years ago

I think the problem both of you are having is that you left the keyframe button on, this makes it so after effects automatically adds keyframe to your videos and objects... to turn this off find the stopwatch button close to the motion blur button

Yahiya Jasem

12 years ago

massive thanks to you!!

Shiqi

12 years ago

oh,man!!

Billy

12 years ago

Hi guys am I missing something here, when I put my vehicle in the scene, once the video starts my vehicle moves away, not much but certainly noticable? where as in Mr Kramer's vehicle keeps put in the same spot when the video plays.. any help would be much much appreciated

Erka

12 years ago

same problem here

Riley Bingham

12 years ago

trevor vanvleck

12 years ago

You should release your jet and helicopter and all ur car models in a "vehicle model pack"

Jesper

12 years ago

I a following along exactly as the video but....nothings is responding as it should. When I scale down the nulls they totally goes missing and also they jump around alot. Well I guess that´s why not all work with FX huh?

Ken Pond

12 years ago

Having a bit of trouble with the tracking technique.. as far as lining up the nulls on an axis. I follow the step carefully. But, I think I might be missing something.

Luka Rebello

12 years ago

hey see if its ok ! https://vimeo.com/59764413

Fred Sprinkle

12 years ago

This tutorial is super helpful...especially the scene scaling for easier workflow. This makes my life so much easier. Thanks!

Aakash

12 years ago

Plz Provide 3D Truck model.....
very great tutorial

Toby Fairchild

12 years ago

Great tutorial as usual. Very clear talk-down and walk-through as usual also, however I'm a little at a loss to understand at around 5:40 when you shrink the null point distance to fit more into the center of the scene how the points stay aligned to the track that was done. As you demonstrated in the video, they obviously do still stay in position relative to the track after doing this. Given, I am new to 3D tracking but this particular concept perplexes me. Seems counter intuitive to me but yet there it is. Thank you for all the beyond expert tutorials and insight into how to use AE effectively.

Name

12 years ago

bang ni mei ya!

Keenan

12 years ago

Hi Andrew Following this Tut But for Some Reason when i Add a Nul And Parent the Selected Nuls they do not Show When Returning to the active camera ???Help Please new to 3D

GBI

12 years ago

It was awesome Thanks
If you can learn to let the mirror cracking.

JACKZHOU

12 years ago

THANK YOU~~~~

Gustavo

12 years ago

Hi Andrew, tryin g to this Great tuto, I'got a problem, On my CS6 after tracking and triangle, the image went black,Can see everything but the Garage's image. Will preciate if u' can help me, pretty sure that have to be some cinfiguration, wotched out carefully your video and everything seems to be rite.... thanks anyway and congratulations u'r too skilled and FUNNY too.

hamed senobari

12 years ago

totrial after effect cs6

Sam Golding

12 years ago

on the explosion you should have added a zpass so that the explosion didn't look like it was just behind the truck. Ironically you were the one who taught me about zpass! hahah. Awesome tutorial! thanks again Mr. Kramer

Tren Sett Films

13 years ago

Looking for a good after effects editor to collaborate on music video projects with. To see my work go to TrenSettFilms.com or Youtube.com/TrenSettCeo. My work is good but I want to take it to the next level.

esbern

13 years ago

please do a facial traking tutorial in boujou and 3ds max

tonioalucema

13 years ago

wow... this totally fixed my tracking issues... you my man, are doing a fine job!

yair bet

13 years ago

Hi I have After Effects CS4 and longer and installed the plugin element 3d and when I try to use in CS4 I get an error warning notice and remove the filter blocks my cs4 help please

Ben

13 years ago

Hi, I followed the tutorial but whenever I add A 3d object, it is not in perspective to the ground!!!

Tbox

13 years ago

Im a little new to the 3d world, when I add in my element in it just seems float around, the shot im trying to add it to pans slowly to the left, I followed the instructions closely and it still dosnt work

Please help!!!

christian199212

11 years ago

Did you find out the problem

olatunde

13 years ago

i like to text you fx

chris

13 years ago

problem with camera approaches the impossible to acquire the rendered image help me please

DarkMystStudios

13 years ago

I cant believe how popular this guy has become, although his videos don't seem to get that many views compared to other videos, but thats because there arnt that many people who film, each video gets about 20000 views each, but if you ask any pro or semi-pro film maker they will say the video copilot is one of the best resources a filmmaker can have. I think i have even seen (or hear) his products in high budget films, there such good quality. This guy has done so much for the film industry. Its awesome!

ariesanywhere

13 years ago

Like a magic. Nice shot!

Racenuke

13 years ago

Wow, CS6's Tracking system is a HUGE improvement! *nerd noises*

Maged Mahmoud

13 years ago

Hi Andrew :
Ur tutorials are really amazing ..... thnx soooooooooo much
i need a little help
how to mask an a move item like moved man or a car ....

thnx again so much

aru

13 years ago

gud

James

13 years ago

You are a beast Andrew! Keep up the good work!!

Alan

13 years ago

Hi, Andrew!
This tutorial is amazing! I like when the things explode. kkkk
Visit Brazil!!!

patrick

13 years ago

i'm fairly good and this camera tracking stuff, and can get my element model to lock into the scene fine, except when the camera movement is like in this tutorial, on the z axis, or forward in the scene. my model slides when i do this. i've done the tutorial step by step and on my own clips but the model slides every time the camera makes that movemet. any ideas would be helpful.

Ryan

13 years ago

The same thing keeps happening to me. I have gone back through the tutorial multiple times, but I can keep the object from sliding.

patrick

13 years ago

any help on this yet? or at least a reason why this happens, glad to see im not the only one. i paid good money for element 3d and would like to know why this isnt working for me.

13 years ago

I haven't had time to complete the tutorial yet and I'm sure there's probably a better way but here's what I do. Turn on the track solid (where you want to place your Element object). Go to Custom View and manipulate the position of the Element object until it's "on top" of the track solid (use the camera orbit tool to move around so you can see what you're doing), then turn the track solid off (to make sure you can see it all, click on View/Look at all layers). Your object shouldn't slide then. Also, be sure that in the Scene Setup, the object center is set to "bottom" and not "object center".

David Von Raesfeld

13 years ago

Great tutorial! The problem I'm having, is not only the car sliding, but also when I switch to the "top view" when adding the shadows, the model doesn't rotate to the top view, or change sizes like in the video. It just shows the top view, (with the null object locations) but the model is exactly how it appears when in active camera mode. I keep going over the tutorial, and I do the exact same thing as the tutorial, but it's now working for me.

However I can add the shadows pretty accurately by just moving the shadow comp in active camera mode. I just wish it would do the same thing as on the tut.

Molinsky

13 years ago

Any Luck for you guys? The bottom AP did the trick for my sliding problem!

Lee

12 years ago

I was having the same issue and I think I figured it out. I was trying to place a Humvee in the scene, and it kept sliding. It turned out it was because the model's anchor point was all screwed up. Try using one of the VCP models and see what happens. If it locks to the ground plane, then you know that you'll need to adjust the anchor point settings for your custom model until it locks.

Good luck.

Alex

12 years ago

Hi guys,
Did you fix the problem by changing the anchor point position? I've tried several time the tutorial, but still sliding!

lono

12 years ago

hey where is my previous comment?? then again: changing the framerate of the comp to 23,976 did it for me.

Andru

12 years ago

Hey guys, this works for me:
Don´t delete the "Null 13" object, then when you import a 3d object, copy and paste x,y,z from the "Null 13" to Element (solid) Group1-->Particle Replicator--> Position XY...and ...Position Z... and then go on with tutorial and the creation of Null 14, etc,etc
I repeat, it worked for me...

Good Luck, and obviously sorry for my english.

Lagu Stephen

13 years ago

Hi Andrew, Why do you put so much effort in Max and not Maya, Why dont you do something for music users. We are waiting.

From South Sudan

wick

13 years ago

Livecam? -hmmm

genius

12 years ago

nooo really? (sarcasm)

gregorio

13 years ago

beautiful .. it was time to insert elements in 3d after effect! the only problem is that I do not have money for this plugins ... andrew me gifts please: (

gregorio

13 years ago

hello

luis felipe

13 years ago

hi andrew, i just made a car in max and exported the obj for element, but i cannot simulate the car paint shader in element could you help me, sorry for my english
appreciate for your atention

Chian

13 years ago

So nice man..

Max

13 years ago

Nice one!!! just one question, where can I find that model??

www.facebook.com/shawark

13 years ago

in Element 3d i think

Ryan

13 years ago

I can find it either.

sky

13 years ago

hey... I don't have CS6 or the camera tracker plugin, but i do have blender, which does have a 3d tracking feature, but it requires the focal length, sensor width and pixel aspect ratio of the camera. I don't think that you said any of that, and i was wondering if you had that info.

peter

13 years ago

When i create a new solid and i want to add object,it turns black.

Jean Yves

13 years ago

nice man, you are the best

welee

13 years ago

waaaw ,, thans man

mehdi

13 years ago

nice very nice

mrwang2323

13 years ago

its so important to know you NEVER move null object to line them up...but to rotate camera...Andrew thank you so much...

aamiransari

13 years ago

wow

kago

13 years ago

This is very helpful. I can learn more about 3d tracking, composting and color correction from just this tutorial.

william rajpoot (india )

13 years ago

sir m big fans of urs,no one can like u n hads of ur thoughts....thnx to tell us & show urs tutorials

Mackenzie Criswell

13 years ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX6dBvxvVjw&feature;=player_detailpage

bimal chaudhary

13 years ago

nice

zaky

13 years ago

nice

huge

13 years ago

Very informative.. thanks

SYED IBAD

13 years ago

I LOVE U THIS SIT ADMIN AND ANIMATED

souhail Morocco

13 years ago

good!!!

leinfan

13 years ago

nice work man, keep it up and thanks for sharing your knowledge

Matt

13 years ago

Andrew, Awesome! It's just awesome.

bob

13 years ago

what the heck? the truck looks like it was made in some 4d computer software. not shiny enough.

the real smithy

13 years ago

ooohhhh...is that new intro music?

Tony...Australia

13 years ago

As always anticipated from frame zero...Sensational composition tutorial here Andrew..thank-you!!! I own all of VC's products and use them frequently..will most definitely be adding the oh so mind numbing.. Element 3D bundle to my kit

Cheers...Tony

Shawn Anderson

13 years ago

Excellent work as always Andrew, but now I'm going to have to murder the families piggy banks to get all the plugins!

rajesh maharana

13 years ago

nice

faizan

13 years ago

hi Andrew this is faizan ....I m from Paksitan....Plz Do let me know the easiest tips of motion graphics animation..

faizan

13 years ago

you always give us new thinking with the help of your tutorials....its amazing tutorial as usuall..

Jaabir

13 years ago

It make me buy iMac ! ! ! :/

wxY

13 years ago

My English is not good
Because I am a Chinese boy
AK where do I want to ask you 3D camera tracker this plug-in can be downloaded to

wxY

13 years ago

My English is not goodBecause I am a Chinese boyAK where do I want to ask you 3D camera tracker this plug-in can be downloaded to

wong

13 years ago

WOW HD,I love it

Jeje

13 years ago

Andrew, always amazing products and tutorials.... i was wondering if you're planning on releasing another 3D model pack that would include stuff like.... planes, trains and automobiles.... like this truck in this tutorial.

euclid

13 years ago

Excellent plugin.
I've been waiting to include 3D models in AFX for a long time.
Andrew did it. And more....
Bravo

Ankur ray

13 years ago

its good

Jovica

13 years ago

How about render time Andrew?

Deco

13 years ago

You're amazing. thanx alot for these informations

manujvincent

13 years ago

i need to study it.........

Ryan

13 years ago

Thanks so much! I'm glad to see using this plugin for cg looks so good. Can't wait to get my hands on it.

giloz

13 years ago

u made me so scared u said...so lets just jump in and ((SHOW YOU)) ehehheehhehe scary sound at 14:35

BAZUKA

13 years ago

Hey Andrew what you do - it's just very best.
But here I am, what I want to ask, can this be done in Adobe After Effects CS 4, I just have 32 system. And you, CS 6 for 64 systems.
Even if Andrew did not write, can anyone knows how to do something like that.
thank you

Jhei-jhey

13 years ago

I don't think so. in CS6 improvement of Editing is Applied, for the older version there some adjusting tools to enhance but not just like as CS6.

PuneyGuney

13 years ago

Hey Andrew, I'm having trouble with making the object stick to the surface using the foundry tracker, could you please help!

Mike Beard

13 years ago

Can you make a basic motion tracking tutorial for element. This one was kind of confusing to me. And The a-bomb has a problem when I try to import it into after effects. Please reply... Thanks

Manuel

13 years ago

Holy #%&!. This is amazing! Your tutorials are the best!
Andrew "The Boss man" Kramer.

ALI ALBAYATI

13 years ago

Wonderful

Raj

13 years ago

Herbert Vieira

13 years ago

Dude, we were concerned about their lack of video lessons ...
Thank God you came back with exciting news. The 3D element is fantastic!
Thanks again for your work! I want more success, thanks!

Steve Sharkey

13 years ago

Excellent video and what a difference that shaddow makes! I'd really like to understand the theory behind the setup of the tracking data (4:50-8:00) I feel this is key to making it easy to just drop 3d objects in there (like 12:25-13:10) and have them move (or should that say stay still!) with the scene. I seem to be doing this the hard way but am the kind of person who only remembers things once I understand the theory behind it.

Khan Garakhanov

13 years ago

very cool man

Girum

13 years ago

Very COooooOL.

saky

13 years ago

omg!!!! u are the best!!!

William

13 years ago

Will element3D import animations from 3D Models that are riggedto be IK or FK?

Bader Ahmed

13 years ago

LiveCam - The New Plug ins bu VC
What is That ?
>>>>>>>>

Jasper

13 years ago

You sir are a genius! There cannot be more people like you in the world who knows all this stuff!?

Jonathan

13 years ago

Hey, I could sure use a tutorial on using an outside model. You covered it super briefly but as I download free models to play with, I'm finding the process of associating the bump maps to be seriously challenging! Thanks.

ViralCrew

13 years ago

very nice!

Robin

13 years ago

Anybody notice the effect LiveCam at 9:39? Never seen that one before, new plugin coming up?

alejandro

13 years ago

it´s probably something he developed for recording tutorials!

Zvi

13 years ago

In 2010 Andrew tweeted about it but I don't know what happened since. Here are some of his tweets:

"Keep an eye out for our new plug-in for adding natural camera movement and shake... It's pretty geeky but the results are unmatched."

"There are a several ways to add camera shake in AE with expressions or tracking but our upcoming plug-in LiveCam is pretty interesting."

"LiveCam can even add simulated Rolling Shutter! We used it to make some HD footage look like a cell phone cam."

theophile seraphin ime

13 years ago

riaz

13 years ago

AWESOME DUDE

13 years ago

Poor thing cs6 ruined your camera tracker plugin O:

Dave

13 years ago

Camera Tracker was created by the Foundry around two years ago.

madhu

13 years ago

hi all of you fine in the world

madhu

13 years ago

hi all of you fine in the world

Stephen

13 years ago

When I attempt to use the Element 3D Plugin while following this video, and apply it to the Solid Layer, the program freezes for a second, and then says "Adobe After Effects CS6 has stopped working". Does anyone know what is wrong, and if so, can you help me?

Thanks

Matt

13 years ago

I had that problem too. I contacted their customer support, and they had it fixed within a week.

Amar

13 years ago

great tutorial sir
this tutorial solves my many problems
related to creating realistic shadow, and tracking too
thanks a ton sir....

VINCE

13 years ago

ANDREW!! your awesome in blowing other mind! great job and hope there gonna be VIDEO COPILOT around the world for those who really love VFX!!!

more power!

???

13 years ago

Andrew Kramer?Looking forward to the next more advanced tutorial

Hercos

13 years ago

AMAZING!!!! So much work! _:x

Lumkile

13 years ago

Listening to other video tutorials really sucks compared to Andrew Kramer. Everyone else sounds bored to death with their own stuff. Kramer keeps it fresh, funny AND more importantly, straight to the point. He doesn't explain anything in 2 minutes when 10 seconds would suffice.

Oh, effin superb tut by the way! As usual

Mutant Worm

13 years ago

3D has come to after effects. Man, I wish I had projects that needed this crap. I will have to find a way to justify watching all these tutorials. The things you've come up with over the years, Andrew, they've been mind-boggling. Obviously, there's no end to it. Thank you so much for getting me into animation as a profession. I'm having a blast.

Wimp

13 years ago

haha, I feel the same way. I dont NEED this plugin, but I want it so bad

Josh

13 years ago

Hey, I'm trying to learn this with extruded text instead of a model but for some reason once I have set up my text inside element and click ok to bring back to AE it does not show up. I followed along exactly to the tutorial a couple times now up till that point - what am I doing wrong ? Cheers

Shaul Bar-Lev

13 years ago

What is LiveCam?

Tony

13 years ago

I found something about it.

http://aeportal.blogspot.hu/2010/11/new-ae-plug-ins-coming-from-kramer.html

jared

13 years ago

Awesome! Thanks Andrew, this answered a lot of questions I had for integrating the camera tracker. Great work

sathish.v.sekar

13 years ago

can u plz tell how to down load dis

Marcelo Casmuz

13 years ago

Nice Work!!!!

mike cN

13 years ago

Andrew Kramer, I love you to

reddie

13 years ago

Andrew Kramer, I love you.

akpe

13 years ago

Glad to say i just bought my element Boundle and can't wait totry it out

Peter

13 years ago

Nice cheat that works well in this case, but the ideal solution would be to create cameras in the exact same positions as the lights, then render a B/W shadow pass from each of those perspectives, blur that (more blur the bigger the area of the light source and the closer it is to the ground plane), and then project it back onto the ground plane through the exact same cameras. If you want to shadow not just solids but other 3D objects, unfortunately that would have to be implemented via OpenGL Shadow Maps and multi-pass rendering inside the plugin itself, there is probably no easy way to do that manually.

Alex

13 years ago

You should put these models up for us to use.
Or at least make another Element pack with vehicles...
It could be compatible with the projectile weapons pack.

Hamza

13 years ago

Hey its truely amazin..Hats off andrew...really learn lots of thing from you and bydavaye ELEMENT RoCKS...

SexyGirl8

13 years ago

Hi Andrew. Good work and great tutorial .
why don't you include the 3d obj. files in the tutorials to it would be great , { The Helicopter / Armored Truck } or you going to release another pack transportation pack or what . I like those 3d models where can i buy. { Good quality obj. the Kramer way }

gopal

13 years ago

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tkipnis

13 years ago

I was really pleased to see that this could be done (or at least first attempted) with the camera tracking within AE. I'm amenable to buying additional plug ins, but I'm glad I can check this out with Element and the tools I already have. Lots to explore within Element. Thanks AK for continuing to pull back the curtain!

DMKMedia

13 years ago

That has really helped with my serface tracking. My be my stuff won't slide about as much.

mst20007777777

13 years ago

hello! the truck was certainly full , the rear wheels is lower than normal. I don't know what they were doing in a parking garage with full car.

Bob K

13 years ago

That was really helpful.
I currently own 3DS Max, and was close to replacing it with Cinema 4D.
But now I can make simple models with 3DS Max (or buy nicer ones to customize), and do everything I wanted C4D to do in AE with Element 3D.
I never expected Element to be this versatile.
What a bargain!

Blackgate

13 years ago

Simply amazing,... - The trick of the shadow, i would have never thought of that using Element that way

Nonchalant

13 years ago

Another amazing tutorial!!!

Liron

13 years ago

The plugin makes EVERYTHING SO MUCH EASIER!
enjoying every part of it!

Roberto (Dominican Rep)

13 years ago

I use to kitesurf, every year i go to the world championship races to see the best athletes in action: its incredible how they can do superdifficult tricks in a way that seems supersimple. Everytime i see this types of manouvers i say "i got to try that, its so simple" Actually it isnt, but their talent makes it look so natural.

Same feeling that i have when i watch Mr Kramer tutorials: Everything seems so simple and natural, but when i try to do the same, well... the results are not so good.

The point is: it aint plugins nor software: to have good VFX needs talents, and a lot.

Cay

13 years ago

Great tut! how would you animate the shadow when the truck explodes and raises off the ground?

Kevin Schires

13 years ago

You'd do it by using the script presented here: http://www.videocopilot.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=42&t;=89458#p304797

Kevin Schires

13 years ago

You'd do it by using the script presented here: http://www.videocopilot.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=42&t;=89458#p304797

Owen

13 years ago

I would either copy over the element settings to the shadow comp or just fade out the layer.

julian

13 years ago

awesome tutorial!, i really would like to learn perfecly those impresive things that you do here!
youre the best, if i become famous, i will say thanks to you and your team in my speech, haha! take care!

nitin

13 years ago

i cem

Nazar

13 years ago

It's so amazing Thanks Andrew

Chet Tucker

13 years ago

So you can add other effects on top of the Element 3D layer? That's cool... wonder what it would look like to toy with displacement on this example..maybe warp the truck some?...hmmmm.

klaus brandenburg

13 years ago

All in all a great tutorial. Best information I took out of this was how to reposition those far away reference points. That's the Kramer way

But also a great approch to show some of the complainers what E3D is capable of.

Well, where's light there's shadow so I also have some critique. Objects model would have been nice to play with. I would liked to see the Kramer way of dealing with those anchor points and I missed on other easy way to add realistic shadows

Appart from this great job as always. Keep on rocking.

Samwelito

13 years ago

Oupsssssssssssssssssss......! Andrew Clever.

timmy

13 years ago

what is livecam... indeed???

JUAN P

13 years ago

Great tip on the shadows!!! thanks!

David

13 years ago

Another great tutorial (and sales promo for Element too \^^/ )

Whilst I was watching this and saw your Uber detailed method to get a shadow of the truck, I was left realising I would NEVER be this good at After Effects. Without you telling me where to look and how to do it, my poor brain would not be able to figure out that method of extracting a shadow.

I'd have gone for method one and called it quits

Anyway, another great tutorial and further reasurrance that I'm buying the right stuff

Shuva

13 years ago

Great Work But I think it's possible to create something like By only Using 3D MAX.

Jeremy Garcia

13 years ago

Awesome! Completely amazed by Element and that in conjuction with AE CS6...man I can't wait to composite!

StopIt

13 years ago

Stop doing good things)

Abanoub

13 years ago

Finally HD .. hope it will work smoothly on my 512kbps adsl

Arnaldo Díaz

13 years ago

Me parece sorprendente no me esperaba que quedara tan bien. felicitaciónes.

TaraArtsMovie

13 years ago

Just Bought the plug in today! It was awesome!! And this tut really helps me out! thx andrew!

Erik Cantu

13 years ago

So, what's LiveCam?

David

13 years ago

Exactly. Sneaky-peak right there!

Rafael Rodriguez

13 years ago

That's what I wont to konw

Todd

13 years ago

Beat me to it. Something new in development! Hmmmmmmm - what could it be?

13 years ago

I want to know that too

Ben

13 years ago

It is a camera shake plug-in VC is making to simulate a hand held camera. It even simulates rolling shutter.

Vladimir

13 years ago

My best bet is that LiveCam is some sort of iOS app to connect iPhone/iPad gyroscope data to animate/control camera in After Effects. There is similar thing for 3dsmax on the market, I would like to have one for AE and C4D.

mickael schaack

13 years ago

very nice so why you don't use camera tracker from video copilot ??

@ROBatGraveShift

13 years ago

Can't wait to dive in!

carlos

13 years ago

super kramer , u amazing bro !

ACEISCOOLPRO

13 years ago

AWESOME!

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