Metro City

147 Comments

Christopher Pullen

5 years ago

when I hit ok and change the thing to a plane and then increase the shape scale all my buildings are on top of each other. They won't disperse like in the tutorial.

Vandal Savage

5 years ago

I would think this is a good way of using Element 3d and Metropolitan City pack!? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uepwNfefpI

Ralf

6 years ago

Great Models and Tutorial, but where can I find the
blue_skyline_4k Enviroment file that is shown in the video?
It´s not inkluded in the City_Templates Projekt!

Hebrew

6 years ago

Clumping FIXED!!!
By default in SCENE TAB "add to group" is checked. Delete group in SCENE PANEL and uncheck "Add to Group" box. Then you can start adding buildings to your scene and once in AE. Using shape scale to separate your buildings randomly...

Kishor

6 years ago

Thanks

Blair

6 years ago

Awesome thanks so much

Andrew

4 years ago

Thank you!

Okkie

6 years ago

HI, love the tuts, but how where can I find the OBJ's of the buildings as I want to digitize them... searched everywhere but cant find any obj...

Okkie

6 years ago

Hi, Firstly I love your plugins! amazing work guys. Would it be possible for you to show us or provide some explanation as to how you created the Scanning and digitization of the buildings in the demo reel you show case from 1:07. I would really like to learn how to do this.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Okkie

6 years ago

HI, Great Stuff Loving the effects. Question, How did you create the digital effect in this video? what effects did you use additional to map the buildings etc.? Timing is 0:54-0:57. I would like to create such an effect.

Nermin

7 years ago

I installed the Plugin but nothing of the materials appears all are black
any reason??

Paul

7 years ago

Hey Andrew - you've been dragging your heals on tutorials - I'm trying to animate a 3D plane around a globe - you mention in the gun/bullet overview about tracking a null obj? Go on then... : P

7 years ago

what do i do if i dont have "element" in "effects and presets

Shahab

7 years ago

yuo must buy & install element 3d plug-in

Shane Prager

8 years ago

I can't seem to add a second dimension to my work because when I go to groups in E3D it is showing a single channel. When I click on it to reveal 1 to 5 and try to add multi groups i.e. 1 and 2 it won't let me apply to both groups but just one or the other. How do I get both groups assigned?

Hari Shankar

9 years ago

Andrew sir plz help mee....

I have all your's 3D Pack
and model and I am facing a problemone of your's 3D model that is jet strike bundle .........
I am not abel to set the sky background like you do.......so please
please upload full tutorial for seting a areial background of skies..... sir plzz help i am still....wating for you upload

Keith Mar

9 years ago

Can't seem to get it working in Element v2. Did anyone figure it out, I tried removing it from the group but no luck.

herman

9 years ago

this effect is amazing

sudani zall

9 years ago

artvmedia prodection

fazel

10 years ago

why you dont put the Download project file please do

Carlton

10 years ago

If you have the problem of the buildings clumping together when you first create them you need to go to the layers effects > Group 1 > Particle Replicator > Then Increase the Shape Scale and the buildings should spread apart. This works in the newest version of E3D.

lordly made

10 years ago

PS how do i get Dis tutorial software & d main software of adobe after effects

Lascelles

10 years ago

When I Bring my text on the screen The box the Text is in is so small, I can't see the whole text. Why is that? I hop that makes sense.

Shannon Smith

10 years ago

sooooooo any ideas on the V2 issue of the buildings "clumping" instead of randomizing position like in the tut? I really want to use this pack, but it is NOT a time saver if I have to make 30 layers to place the buildings inna "random" manner.

Ben

10 years ago

Remove them from the group folder and instead have them exist on group 1 a separate layers (within the Scene panel in Element 3D.)

Jim

10 years ago

When you add buildings like in the tutorial it doesn't randomize them, but if you use the city blocks, it will work. I hope this isn't how it is supposed to work in Ev2. Hope it gets fixed soon.

Shannon Smith

10 years ago

I am also having issue with E3D V2 with this tutorial. the building stay in a "clump" no matter what I do. help!

Jim

10 years ago

Having this same issue, if you use the pre-made city blocks it will work somewhat.

hamza

10 years ago

I have download a template (http://videohive.net/item/massive-city-logo/7698875) but when i try to open it every thing is okay but the reflection it's so low and the buildings are so dark no like in the video preview.. any help please.

Talha Labib

10 years ago

Play with the brightness or opacity

Mike L Taylor

10 years ago

I can't get this to work with E3D 2.0? It seems that the random seed doesn't work the same way? I have all of the models showing up in the same place instead of randomizing?

Bruce

10 years ago

I'm having the same problem. In E3D2 I selected 7 buildings, and in AE, following your steps, results in 50 iterations of my stack of buildings, as opposed to 50 random buildings. Any help would be great.

Daniel

11 years ago

Hi Andrew, here I have created a test video with your products!
Thank you.

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

Austin

11 years ago

where are the 4k maps... you said that they were included but i cant seem to find them

Jesse

11 years ago

How do I create the "Scanning" effect at 00:56 of the tutorial 136. Metro City.

DJ Stange

11 years ago

Agreed...need to figure it out asap thanks for the amazing plugin!

Stephen

11 years ago

Pretty sure its achieved by using the 'FOCUS' channel or something similar on E3D output settings. Duplicate the instance of E3D then composite the effect on top animating the focus distance. Worth a go....

tamiraa

11 years ago

sidsniffles

11 years ago

Way cool! Now...I'm just waiting for the, "Suburbs/Slums/Jungle/desert/Ancient Ruins/Alien Planetscapes...and the list goes on...and on!
I know it'll be Fantastic!!!

kinda ticked

11 years ago

iight iv read forum after fourm iv watched ur tatourl a thousend times spent countless dollars an i still cant get passed the fukin cam yo once he makes the new cam in layers im lost cuz i cant move any of the buildings i just move the layer the cam doesnt do anything for me

grammar school

11 years ago

well take the camera tool and rotate the camera or move the camera ( press c )
because you dont ove the building, you move the camera around the buildings

imagine it that way your camera is a helicopter and flys around the city.

to get to the camera tool you press c. Now there are different types of camera movement

rotating( well its rotating )

parallel ( like just plain and simple moving )

and zoom ( zoom duuh )

to switch between those different camera moving-modes you have to press c again

blue

11 years ago

Does anyone know how the reveal transition @ 1:07 was created?

KHAN

11 years ago

he explains it later in the vid

Lucas

12 years ago

help me friends installed the'' Metropolitan'' more photos not returned package exists to fund the skies folder as the tutorial help me

Chris

12 years ago

Andrew, you do the best tutorials! I like your random comments throughout the tutorials.... "Imagine this on Apple Maps." lol

Carl G Martin

12 years ago

I used the Metropolitan pack for set extensions in a video I did recently. I was really happy with how it worked:
https://vimeo.com/78044932

Ott

12 years ago

That was really good!

Mark

11 years ago

Hey carl, great vid. I have a question. what were your render settings and how big was the final file size? I want to add this metropolitan pack as an extension of a short I am working on but considering it is 3D, I am concerned it will be much bigger than the 600MB file limit.

Kay

12 years ago

hello! how can I get the metropolitan pack

Nikol

12 years ago

Buy it

Lydia

12 years ago

We would really love a tutorial on how to re-create the effect in demo video for this product(the city scanning trick). Also, can we make the lights of the buildings sparkle randomly like the city is under electric shock?
Again, thanks for all the super cool tutorials and plug-ins.

Nicholas Lambourne

12 years ago

Loved this tutorial.

I'm hoping to use Element 3D to make a version of old 1902 London for a title sequence. Obviously the metropolitan pack would be useless for this but if I modelled and textured individual buildings and tiled sections to 1904 architecture then imported them into element 3d I would be able to position and control them like the ones in the tutorial?

Its either that or i'll be creating my entire title sequence in 3ds Max.

KHAN

11 years ago

yes you can - just import all the models in E 3d and do as the tutorial says - works with any kind of model

frank ippolito

12 years ago

Metropolitan sighting! During Alicia Keys' Global Citizen concert set in central park last weekend, the video projected on massive screens to the thousands of audience members on site (and millions of viewers online) showed a slow fly though of these familiar buildings during the song New York.

selahaddin

12 years ago

metro city

Teach3D

12 years ago

Can you export the building with textures into a 3D program, ie: 3D Studio Max?

DHONFAXZ

12 years ago

...the best of the BEST tutorials ive seen...Thanks

johnas

12 years ago

video copilot is the best tutorial that i've seen!!! thank you video copilot

saroj

12 years ago

can u show this prodic

creativesmythe

12 years ago

I would love to learn how to make the city digitally appear. I am new to all of this, but this site has helped me to become a quick learner. I have an awesome idea for the use of this technology, but need help to bring to life. I thank you so much for creating all that you have for the "everyday" learner. You are totally awesome and I'm grateful that you share your beautiful mind with the world.

shakor

12 years ago

how to setup and use in AE, please give me tutorial

jahpeace

12 years ago

pls how can i get products to buy

tushar

12 years ago

hey Andrew plz plz plz share with us element 3d metropolitan -scan block tutorial

Lydia

12 years ago

agree!we can also use it to make many other cool stuff!

sajit ahmed

12 years ago

Hi Friends

CryAFsoft

12 years ago

wow this is amazing .
i wish i could create a band helping me in CryEngine intro design ^^

Will

12 years ago

Thanks andrew. hey i have a question, how do i move the buildings up and down? i can rotate and zoom out but i can't move them up and down.

e11world

12 years ago

You are the man Andrew. A true inspiration.

Marco Maldonado

12 years ago

thanks a lot so where I do download the metropolitan pack??

Bola Askyer

12 years ago

you crazy guy
There are a great contribution to this world
very good

ahmad razza

12 years ago

andrew
your all amaizing work
and nice teach

Stan

12 years ago

Umm im new, so where do you download the metropolitan pack??

PLEASE ANSWER

Prong

11 years ago

Got to products and BUY IT

tom

12 years ago

how do you get the 3d preset?

otha

12 years ago

nice

simon

12 years ago

how can i use the plug in for twitch i have bought. thx

shi

12 years ago

I am a chinese student,I want to say you are Genius

HABIB Oz

12 years ago

OMG !! Awesome Work <3 it

Felipe Matheus

12 years ago

Oh man!!! You are very good!!! I love your site, I always imagine working with Adobe After Effects, but I didn´t have idea how works! But know, I am starting and I very, very happy.
Congratulations for your job!

Mark

12 years ago

I can't move into the Metropolitan's 3D elements in After Effects composition, it's very slow to move into the elements whit the camera, why? I increased the RAM for Ae But never changed!

DB1 aka Desmond Holt

12 years ago

You need to upgrade the GPU (aka the graphics Card) Ram does help for "RAM" previews
-DB1

DB1 aka Desmond Holt

12 years ago

You need to upgrade the GPU (aka the graphics Card) Ram does help for "RAM" previews
-DB1

Emmanuel Erebura

12 years ago

sir, please i need your full contact and assistants because i want to pay the full bundel of your materials. send the details to my email. thanks

Arslan

12 years ago

Is there a project file for this tutorial

Yadav DeepakKUmar

12 years ago

Hey Sir/Mam,
I am beginner+more interested for making an motion video with for my college on this platform so please give and also guide me for creating an good and attractive motion video.
Thanking in advance..

Franziz

12 years ago

Where do he get the kind of cool music?! Like in the start of his videos and in the Metropolitan demo.

Steve

12 years ago

Andrew you are simply amazing. Artistically and educationally. I do have a question. One: What video card and processor(s) do you use? Two: Were the buildings made in 3dsMax? I'd like to create some of my own to resemble buildings that my company works out of (Chi, NY, LA, etc.). Any help would be great. Also can buildings from google sketchup be used?

Thanks again, I'm a complete beginner with AE but LOVE watching what you do. keep it up, and I look forward to seeing your name in the credits of many many movies to come.

Keksler

12 years ago

What system requirements I must to have that I can follow your tuts?(reccomended)

anil jr

12 years ago

element is new life for AE thanks for this great plugin and the effort.

Abhisek Tripathy

12 years ago

Sir, i'm a big fan of yours,and i would like to thank you as i'm learning a lot from you...Sir please publish a tutorial on the creating of the earth and satellites as shown in the Element 3D trailer..thank you sir..

israa

12 years ago

Thanks

S V Koushik

12 years ago

Hi Andrew

This Tutorial about Element3d is amazing,

You & your team guys are genius

Thanks a lot

vinayak bhawal

12 years ago

nayel

12 years ago

You are Genius

Peter Plantec

12 years ago

The quality and detail of metro is. Outstanding. Building a city of this quality at one of the big houses could cost a half million dollars. Combined with e.wmwnt we are talking major opus. You are to be congratulated and all the After Effects users, have at it. The possibilities are endless.

malik

12 years ago

@malik

Stephen Emunah

12 years ago

Andrew,I love this great work but still looks too CG to me..talking about the buildings

atmani

12 years ago

i'love youuu

bahaa halabi

12 years ago

great work and awsome stuff as always!!!!!

Slux

12 years ago

Its just brilliant!!!

DinoLampa

12 years ago

the golden age with new really useful tutorial for everyone is over... i think you have forget that most of us make video for fun...not for huge 3d production movie.

Christian Meyer

12 years ago

You are so brilliant! So awesome i love it so much!!?

MURTADA MUHAMMAD

12 years ago

YOU GUYS ARE F****** DOING WELL. KEEP IT UP.

rajesh

12 years ago

nice

caikop

12 years ago

i love te music of yout trailer and amazing turotial

AON

12 years ago

Please help me i want to learn but my computer is very slow and i wish to learn this tutorial. Please can you describe the brand and the requirements needed in my computer before i can use Adobe CS6.

rohit

12 years ago

buy processor i5 2500k, nvidia gtx 560 gfx card and 1 tb HDD, and 8 gb ram

Grant

12 years ago

Do any of you guys know how Andrew did that thing in the demo video where he made the kinda scanning blue line things that followed the contours of the city? I want to try to do this on a real-life scene but I don't know what to do, besides modeling the scene in 3D and then make a sweeping light

Lydia

12 years ago

I would also love to know.Several clues or similar tutorials would be really helpful.

Zedul

12 years ago

Still enjoying this pack...Would be great if you could show a tutorial about building destruction in 3D Element.

Samiullahk

12 years ago

City

Stefan

12 years ago

Incredible work, Andrew + co. You guys are redefining what AE can do. Amazing.

Mithun

12 years ago

Hello, one of the best teachers in the world, my teacher and teacher of all people. Andrew is only Andrew, I've never found any successful teacher like you. this is Mithun from Afghanistan and I like my teacher Andrew so much.

Brandon Moniki

12 years ago

Please, Stop the Element 3D Tuts, I can not afford it now but would love to in the future. I know other people may not have it either. You guys were my main web site but too much on your latest plugin leaves the site un usable for me and other people, please at least do
a few new things that dont require Element 3D so i can continue learning on your website.

(its almost like a pay for website because to be able to use your new tuts you need to buy the latest plugin)

Jeff T

12 years ago

If he doesn't make a little money, he can't support his family OR make the more broad tutorials. Even if every tutorial from now on was how to use Element, he has done more great tutorials for general AE users than any other website on the planet. We need to thank him for what he does, not get upset at him for wanting to promote VC products.

Ben L.

12 years ago

That would be a bad move. To not support his customers in their purchases. Honestly, if you were the memorize the wealth of NON element 3d tuts on here, you would pretty much be a After Effects wizard anyway.

Sean

12 years ago

Seriously Dude? Start with Andrews first Tut on Sky replacement and work your way up. Master all of them before you piss and moan about Element 3D. VCP is on its way to big things, step up your game or watch cheezy Youtube vids by little kids.

Naval

12 years ago

thx for the tuto, that's greate!!!

Tokir Godil

12 years ago

Very nice tutorials......

Nate

12 years ago

Hey Andrew! Great, great new tutorial, as many have said before me! Just something I was thinking about: most real cities have their shorter buildings on the outside, and the big skyscrapers on the inside. I was thinking it would be neat if, inside Element, you could set up ramped scaling. For instance you could gradually scale particles to be larger and larger over a ramp in any direction. Then you could use a radial ramp to make particles' scales larger and larger over a radial ramp. Hope you understand what I mean!
Thanks as always,
Nate

King rimas

12 years ago

I love It, tell me how can i buy this?

LAI

12 years ago

I very very love you,man

fernando esparza chavolla

12 years ago

Andrew this is magic, maybe you can show us how can we use our own models of buildings. I teach 3ds max and digital modeling in La Salle University of architecture in mexico, we have many models maded in revit, auto cad, 3ds max and many more software.

Jonathan Junttila

12 years ago

BACON!!!

Really awesome and well made!

Mehmet

12 years ago

andrew thanks for sharing, I m learning after effects with your tutorials thanks

12 years ago

I miss your AE tutorials...

german

12 years ago

where are the 10 project files included?

Flávio

12 years ago

Hello, good afternoon!
I think the most of your videos lessons.
I consider the best in this segment!
I have a question and wonder if you can enlighten me.
how do I use the files after Vray?
I appreciate your attention, stay with God ...

Anthony

12 years ago

Hi all. After purchasing, and installing, I too am having trouble locating the '10 city templates' files. Does anyone know where these can be located?

Any help would be great.

Cheers

Chris

12 years ago

I have paid for/downloaded the Metro Pack and I can not find the "10 City Templates / AE Project Files". Are they a separate download? Will appreciate any assistance.

Chris

skywalker

12 years ago

I had a same question and I've just found it in Documents\VideoCopilot\Materials\Metropolitan_Skies

german

12 years ago

I have the same problem..did you find them?

Chrismb1

12 years ago

Skywalker,
The 5 images in the Metro_Skies folder are NOT the 10 Templates / Project files. And they are similar images, but not the same images used in the tutorial above. The reply I sent to Tech Support said that these things will be released '...in the days ahead'. I love VC, have many of their products but this one was released with things missing. Missing components from a free tutorial, project or preset are much more acceptable than those missing from a PAID product.

Chris

12 years ago

In my previous comment, it should have read, "The reply sent to me from Tech Support..."

Chris

Markyb

12 years ago

Hi, are you saying the 10 City Templates are inside the Metropolitan_Skies folder? I can't find any .aep files there - lovely HDRIs though.

Chris

12 years ago

Matt Kramer contacted me with instructions for downloading the templates and project files. I am grateful for the speedy reply and assistance. I look forward to using the newly updated Element 3D and its templates. Thanks, Matt. You guys are the best.

Chris

Jeff

12 years ago

I able to produce something pretty cool in only a few hours. Would have taken me 100s of hours in my usual 3D software and the texturing would have been a nightmare. Mostly defaults settings, although I altered the backdrop from a preset in PhotoShop.

See for yourself:
http://youtu.be/WinrmIgxIfM

Johny Mnemonic

12 years ago

great pack.. check my short athmospheric film on my youtube channel... 3ds max option actually made me buy it.. GJ
www.youtube.com/user/MrJohnyMnemonic

Andi

12 years ago

got me. bought it.
Thanks to Andrew Kramer and the Video Copilot Team.

Darren

12 years ago

I only have 104 buildings, in the video Andrew has 156......why is he so special....?

Gackoo

12 years ago

Very Great Idea!!
Thanx a lot
Gretting from Germany!!

Mohammed Alsager

12 years ago

you're the best
King of After Effects

Prosz Saren

12 years ago

You Rock Andrew

Seth

12 years ago

2:05 He has 11 items in a folder called bacon. The bacon folder is first in his list. Andrew knows his priorities, ladies and gentlemen. BACON

Kev

12 years ago

what can one say but absolutely awesome now i have to save up to buy it

Henry Medhurst

12 years ago

I can't thank you enough for these tutorials Andrew! The first time I looked at Video Copilot, I thought I'd never be able to do anything with After Effects, but your teaching style is so worth paying attention to. You're awesome

shorey

12 years ago

very good Andrew you great of the world

Jad

12 years ago

It's been a long time since last tutorial !! Love to see you back again !! I can see the videocopilot team is working real hard on its plugins ! I'm glad I bought Element !!

Tomas Amlöv

12 years ago

anyone know where I can find the jpg skyline background files? cant find them among the extracted files (PC version)

Jon

11 years ago

Try buying a real copy instead of pirating it.. it'll solve that problem.

Aftermathvfx

12 years ago

Awesome, Great tuts! greyscale city kit is useless now. Sorry Nick!

Christian Michael

12 years ago

This pack is so damn cool. I’m curious to know if you can/how it would look merging some of these buildings together, to create a custom building. (currently working on wayfindings map for the hospital/university I work at)
At the price, this is by no means expensive, actually it’s a darn bargain, but I just moved into a new house so will have to wait till next month to find out :0)
Till then, fabulous work as always team :0)

sobhan farzaneh

12 years ago

andrew you are my love
you are a real man

i'm the best editor in iran

SpearHead

12 years ago

You are crazy

Kwon

12 years ago

Fantastic tutorial, I've been a fan since series one.

manoharan

12 years ago

it´s great Tutorial

Daniel

12 years ago

Downloaded and its insane! Just got the ultimate pack!

Tomas Amlöv

12 years ago

Where do I find the jpg skyline background files?

Brad Kraw

12 years ago

Truth. Where are these elusive skyline jpgs hiding?

skywalker

12 years ago

I had a same question and I've just found it in Documents\VideoCopilot\Materials\Metropolitan_Skies

alexxander luthor

12 years ago

Documents - VideoCopilot - Materials - Metropolitan Skies.

The same folder where the other environments are stored

umk3

12 years ago

why u r not release this to fusion r nuke andy..?

Huse

12 years ago

It's been a year :l

Shishir

12 years ago

Very Nice ! Keep up the good work sir , Greyscalegorilla's city kit is useless now

hahaha !

MARS

12 years ago

Absolutely revolutionary...you are one of a kind...AK

BTW when are you gonna create a destruction plugin within a 3D environment...I would buy anything from you.

REDINK Studio Graphique

12 years ago

Thanks Andrew for this great tuto! Thanks to all video copilot crew.. guys you're the best!

BLACK SQARE

12 years ago

Andrew Kramer great plugin I think you're a professional designer you example for me and for all i)

Red Mouth Bird

12 years ago

Thanks Andrew.
You're the best.

i amt the nile earls

12 years ago

i want to buy this now

I am the nile earls

12 years ago

Dang i was watching all today and i didnt even get to comment first. !!!

@iamthenileearls

anybody want a video created

JonDowler

12 years ago

This rocks!! Probably paid and downloaded before the demo was even finished playing. Thank you VideoCopilot team!

Ayoub

12 years ago

Why cs5.5 used instead of cs6 ?

jaysong

12 years ago

i love you

Ayoub

12 years ago

War in my city di it with Element 3d Thanks Video Copilot

vfx lover

12 years ago

ilove u man you had one step to make transformer movie hope that andrew

Ryan Temple

12 years ago

FIRST

GREAT TUTORIAL

MILO

12 years ago

First Coment, Congrats VC-Team Ur the best! AWESOME PACK!!

TommyRustad

12 years ago

This is what I need in my project!

Tommy Rustad

12 years ago

This is exactly what i needed! Thanks!

Tommy Rustad

12 years ago

This is exactly what i needed! Thanks!

Zul Osman

12 years ago

Genius! Another cool product from Sifu Kramer

Daniel Cruise

12 years ago

Great work..!!

Brad Kraw

12 years ago

When are you dropping Blue Steel on us, AK?

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