ALL DESIGN TOOLS
127. The Jungle
• Create a overgrown jungle scene with rocky title
• Move 2D layers into 3D space with floating particles
• Move 2D layers into 3D space with floating particles
Posted on Jun 01, 2012
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Title Design PLAYLIST
Create title design in AE
28:00
The Grid
Create an intricate grid design using built-in tools
20:00
Advanced 3D Light Rays
Create 3D Light Rays inside After Effects
26:00
Fancy Bevels
Create detailed bevels with Element 3D
20:00
Shatterize
Create a progressive shatter effect in After Effects
20:00
Translucent Glass
Create a cool title design using a 3D displacement map.
26:45
Metro City
Use the new Metropolitan with Element 3D to create a realistic city title
25:48
The Jungle
Create a overgrown jungle scene with rocky title
45:00
Galactic Orb
Create an infinite galactic zoom through particle energy
20:00
Green Smoke
Create a cloudy smoke title with real footage
19:00
Ancient Titles
Create particles that only appear in the light beams
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266 Comments
Odd
6 years ago
Hey Andrew , i parented my camera with the null object but the null object wont move , and sometimes i repeat they said camera parent zero scale error.can i get some help please and thnx.
malik
9 years ago
These tutorials are great but hard to follow. I come close to finishing one then nothing works. So I give up.
Mark
10 years ago
I used this technique for the titles on DJ Khaled's "How Many Times" music video. Thank you so much man.
Xavier Galceran
10 years ago
I created this video using the technique that Andrew shows us in this tutorial, check it out and I hope you guys like it.
Thanks Andrew!
https://vimeo.com/98884515
Thanks Andrew!
https://vimeo.com/98884515
chanim
11 years ago
I am soo thankful for all these tutorials!! I really appreciate that work you put into it 
It's the perfect website to maintain your knowledge about AE! Exactly what I needed for my job!
PS: I have a question: what could be the reason for a not working wiggle expression?
It's the perfect website to maintain your knowledge about AE! Exactly what I needed for my job!
PS: I have a question: what could be the reason for a not working wiggle expression?
TEditor
11 years ago
http://www.videoblocks.com/videos/details/ae-cs5-template-welcome-to-the-jungle/
although this is a rip off it actually looks like they've used your actual elements and are selling it.
although this is a rip off it actually looks like they've used your actual elements and are selling it.
emad
11 years ago
hey what happen to the video, its not showing up.
but i really like your site, Im trying to become an designer. Your site really helps me out.
but i really like your site, Im trying to become an designer. Your site really helps me out.
NameArthur
11 years ago
Andrew ur tutorial have transformed my life total into video effects i must thank you.... its cute tutorial ever seen..... Bravo nice one...
Jason
11 years ago
I only got 4 images of grasses and a text named "cgtextures" written textures from cgtextures.com
abdulkalam
12 years ago
hello Sir i am from tamil nadu (india) i like your teaching style and english
Rich
12 years ago
I'm using CS6, and I'm having a problem with particle world here, as I've had with a couple other projects. When I try to key frame the birth rate for the particles and slide those frames back to the start I get very glitchy and unpredictable results. Has anyone else had this problem? Otherwise great tutorial as always.
moin
12 years ago
Andrew you are such a nice guy...... all i can say u r rock.... i love your teaching methodology.
Kem
12 years ago
After Effects crashed after almost finishing, foolish me didn't save anything, only like two plants were showing when I opened it again 
Awais Bashir
12 years ago
Sir,I request you to make me a template or found me a template for Website Add
Please Sir
Please Sir
Warr
12 years ago
hey what happen to the video, its not showing up.
but i really like your site, Im trying to become an designer. Your site really helps me out.
but i really like your site, Im trying to become an designer. Your site really helps me out.
DanaV
12 years ago
Great tutorial! I was thinking it would be cool to have dappled light moving over the title, like the shadows of leaves blowing gently in the wind. Any suggestions about what would be the best way to accomplish that?
alex
12 years ago
At 24 minutes, I lost EVERYTHING i did except for the CC Particle World and like 2 plants. Can't get it back. Help?!?!?
Shashank
13 years ago
Thanks a ton guys, I am learning a lot from you guys...
This one is for you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIFrzqADFX4
This one is for you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIFrzqADFX4
Shashank
13 years ago
Hey,
This is cool but I am doing it in cs3 and following what exactly you doing. But I am facing a problem that when i am draging the Jungle back ground to my comp and adding key frames to the title, the background and title are both moving.
Help me in it, Please
This is cool but I am doing it in cs3 and following what exactly you doing. But I am facing a problem that when i am draging the Jungle back ground to my comp and adding key frames to the title, the background and title are both moving.
Help me in it, Please
kred
13 years ago
AM a video director in african country, i also edit and litel graphics. but i dont have good color grading, pleas can you help me for that?
Chandra Gurung
13 years ago
waw... it is really nice tutorial and good quality. im so happy to fine out this site thanks keep it up.
Derek
13 years ago
I enjoyed this tutorial not because it had a huge WOW factor to it but because you taught the basics - you reemphasized the fact that just using the stand alone tools already provided in AE, you can create some pretty awesome motion graphics. It just goes to show that you don't need all the expensive 3d plugins, fancy tools and a wealth of knowledge to use them. Thanks for always making things simple! In a world of complexity, just using ones own imagination, creativity and basic tools in AE, one can make a huge impact in any project - It's not so much how you Wow the person or client that they take away but the story or message behind it! Thanks for always going BACK TO THE BASICS!
Linn Burma guy
13 years ago
Hey man, awesome is the word, When i pay homage to teachers of my life, i also imagine u in the picture in my head. Thanks and may copilot become the best in the world where all visual artists spend their time looking for new and great awesome new techniques. I believe knowledge should be free for the people of the world and i thank all your vision and effort to making each of our everyday lives a little easier.
inMotion
13 years ago
nice to see something more organic done in AE. i would have done this in a 3d package with a lot more headache. thanks for showing the obvious workaround.
paras730
13 years ago
Andrew kramper u r awesome keep making tutorials like this make more tutorials which didn't use any plugins like in past bcs its not about money every time just a request
Gabeatles
13 years ago
Thanks a lot!!!!
I'm making an video kind like this but more simple. Really thank you. Once I get more profesional I'll start to buy plugins in here.
Amazing tutorial.
I'm making an video kind like this but more simple. Really thank you. Once I get more profesional I'll start to buy plugins in here.
Amazing tutorial.
Guilherme
13 years ago
Thanks for this amazing tutorial! I learned a lot about the usage of the camera, I'm now exited to try some effects with this.
Andrew
13 years ago
Hi Andrew!
You are such a genius! I haven't ever really been thinking of things like this, but it's so amazing what you can do with 4 different plants.
Keep up the good work, Andrew.
You are such a genius! I haven't ever really been thinking of things like this, but it's so amazing what you can do with 4 different plants.
Keep up the good work, Andrew.
Mutu Aaronaire
13 years ago
really tooooooo good,thanks SIR.ANDREW. i always wondered how to use a single footage.
Willie W.
13 years ago
Awesome tutorial! If I may ask, what kind of hardware setup are you using? I'm going to be upgrading some components and would like to be able to gracefully handle multi-element projects such as this, as well as some Maya modeling which I will integrate into AE. So far, I've decided on an i7 with 8-16GB of RAM. Any recommendations?
johnPaul
13 years ago
hi... first of all this tutorial is awesome!!! but do you have any tutorial about popping image effect?
Ethan
13 years ago
Without the plants and everything, the text looks like an intense movie title / logo.
Stuart H
13 years ago
Great work on these tutorials. It makes After Effects much more enjoyable as you demonstrate how you tackle these creative situations.
Keep them coming, please!
Keep them coming, please!
Pope
13 years ago
Hi there,
very cool work,yet,
if it doesn't bother you,
a small off topic question: what program do you use recording this high quality videos ?
Karl
13 years ago
Gidday Andrew...
First off, thank you SO MUCH for the amazing work you do here, for free, to help us n00bs get to grips with the sheer power at our fingertips. You make amazing results look so easy...
BUT, I have to ask. After flicking through a pile of your tutorials, and the downloaded project files, I see that in some you have included the .aep file, but in the one that REALLY caught my eye - Jungle - you didn't! And in fact it seems to be that you haven't for a while now.
PLEASE tell me that there is some way to still get the .aep file for this Jungle tut! I am one of those learners who does best with a full reference to work with, and the ability to flick back to your file to see what I may have missed, done wrong, or just plain botched up, would be invaluable.
In hopeful anticipation of some good news...
First off, thank you SO MUCH for the amazing work you do here, for free, to help us n00bs get to grips with the sheer power at our fingertips. You make amazing results look so easy...
BUT, I have to ask. After flicking through a pile of your tutorials, and the downloaded project files, I see that in some you have included the .aep file, but in the one that REALLY caught my eye - Jungle - you didn't! And in fact it seems to be that you haven't for a while now.
PLEASE tell me that there is some way to still get the .aep file for this Jungle tut! I am one of those learners who does best with a full reference to work with, and the ability to flick back to your file to see what I may have missed, done wrong, or just plain botched up, would be invaluable.
In hopeful anticipation of some good news...
Seth
13 years ago
This is a great tutorial and an excellent lesson on lighting
I kept thinking to myself that you were going to animate a "page turn" effect to one of the foreground leaves just as the camera passes it, to add the effect of the camera passing it. You know, as if the camera touched it. At least, that's what I would have used for something like that.
I kept thinking to myself that you were going to animate a "page turn" effect to one of the foreground leaves just as the camera passes it, to add the effect of the camera passing it. You know, as if the camera touched it. At least, that's what I would have used for something like that.
Thommy
13 years ago
welcome to the jungle makes perfect sense andrew! Love this! I used this strategy to create movie posters and stuff but putting plants in 3D space etc. could you do a tutorial on exploding a house behind a person walking away from it like a badass? I'm curious how you would animate the house exploding and the windows breaking and stuff.
Thanks!
Thommy
Love this! I used this strategy to create movie posters and stuff but putting plants in 3D space etc. could you do a tutorial on exploding a house behind a person walking away from it like a badass? I'm curious how you would animate the house exploding and the windows breaking and stuff.Thanks!
Thommy
Rojan.ts
13 years ago
Hi..this is one of my favourate site..
I am learning a lot from hera..
Thank you for making tutorials...
I like u & this site a lot..
Thank you very much..
I am learning a lot from hera..
Thank you for making tutorials...
I like u & this site a lot..
Thank you very much..
Tomy Ray
13 years ago
Hey Andrew i really like your tutorials
but there is small off topic question which program u use in recording this high quality videos ?
but there is small off topic question which program u use in recording this high quality videos ?
Tansu Ni?anc?
13 years ago
There is no problem except that to find true colours between foliage. Great work dude... Thanks for share
Camille Dunn
13 years ago
You are hilarious! I'm a beginner, and you've taught me almost everything I know, thank you!! you are so unbelievably skilled..If you ever teach a class I would definitely go
kushal rathod
13 years ago
hey, Andrew sir can v make an interior walk through in after effects. if yes den can u make a tutorial for it.....!!!
Laurynas Jatužis
13 years ago
Hello,
Could you make tutorials just with 3ds max. Like how to create walking crature, how to create body, face and etc...
Could you make tutorials just with 3ds max. Like how to create walking crature, how to create body, face and etc...
Panda.Chen
13 years ago
hello.AK, i love you tutors..i'm a chinese guy in BeiJing, in my country , AE was very populor, from now on, you are my Hero.i'll learn all of you , and beyond what I see! (sorry , my english very poor..>_<
see you at website..next time..hei , what's up ... panda. chen here. and what..(i love this)
see you at website..next time..hei , what's up ... panda. chen here. and what..(i love this)
Valentin.M FX
13 years ago
Guys,if you want the Metal Texture, go to cgtextures.com then in Metal \ Bare.
For the BG, go to google, search Jungle, go to image, and you will fin it.
Don't forget, Google is our friend.
For the BG, go to google, search Jungle, go to image, and you will fin it.
Don't forget, Google is our friend.
Smogen
13 years ago
What, wait....first the text was "Welcome" and then it was "Jungle"...you lost me Andrew, I don´t understand!
Seriously, great tutorial Andrew! What you do so good is not only that it looks awezome, you make it funny and interesting for both novice and pro users.
just wich you had tutorials a liiiitle more often.
Seriously, great tutorial Andrew! What you do so good is not only that it looks awezome, you make it funny and interesting for both novice and pro users.
just wich you had tutorials a liiiitle more often.
Abraham
13 years ago
Awesome !!!
I´ll be like u I´m 12 and I´m following your steps
fan ,desde Nuevo León
I´ll be like u I´m 12 and I´m following your steps
fan ,desde Nuevo León
ExCELLENT
13 years ago
So original, you are a genius!!!, you should make a movie... saludos de México
Yaikel Dorta
13 years ago
Excelente tutorial!.. por algo tus tutoriales son los mejores, saludos desde Venezuela
I'm happy now...
Manu
13 years ago
Hey wtzz up....hav learned many things abt ur tutorials...thnks a lot...can u plzz suggest me for my career if i want to be an animator..am very much intrested...plz do rply...currently am doing my animation in 3D in arena institute...
Aran
13 years ago
You should have supplied us with the Bg image too...
Still Amazing tutorial!
Love you, Andrew Kramer
Still Amazing tutorial!
Love you, Andrew Kramer
Andy Abdallah
13 years ago
Thanks bro, you are awesome, sorry if my english sucks, saludos desde VENEZUELA
Rich
13 years ago
this is on natgeo. seen this motion graphics before buh i never though it was made like this. i rele thought they go to the bush running just to capture that footage.
chase
13 years ago
Looking Sweet!
Question - is that where Sam and Tino crashed landed after having that Mid-Air collision on Kramer Airlines?
hmmm come to think of it
- One plane - One crash.
Kinda shoots your Aviation Safty rating all to hell.
Question - is that where Sam and Tino crashed landed after having that Mid-Air collision on Kramer Airlines?
hmmm come to think of it
- One plane - One crash.
Kinda shoots your Aviation Safty rating all to hell.
Jorge Leal
13 years ago
Dude you really need to stop!!! lol... the one and only amazing Andrew Kramer! Awesome!!! Saludos desde Panamá!!!
arnox
13 years ago
Great tut,I would have liked to see the virtual camera somehow push the leaves aside as it fies thru'
Awesome as usual
Awesome as usual
Abang Chriz
13 years ago
Hi Andrew, you are just a prodigy...your creativity is inestimable.thumbs up
Nik
13 years ago
Hey andrew, I dunnow why, but in my After Effects there aren't any Effects like "CC Rain" or "Particular" how do i get them :O
high time
13 years ago
your the best if they should ask me I realy love your tuts man they rocks your the worlds best after effect teacher I know, big up your self love and peas from SURINAME
turbowebguy
13 years ago
You know somebody is going to replace these plants with marijuana plants, lol, instead of JUNGLE it'll read Cannabis sativa etc, just saying, bound to happen (and suggesting it probably won't help it not happen, lol) awesome tutorial Mr. Kramer.
Anderson
13 years ago
WHAT!!!! NO WAY!! ANDREW YOU ARE A COMPOSITE GENIUS! THE HAIR EFFECT IS MIND BLOWING! I'M SORRY FOR INTERNET SHOUTING!!! I'll use my inside voice now. THAT WAS AMAZING!!!
Shahab
13 years ago
adding a little random warp effect to the leaves will add to the realism so they are sort of affected by atmospheric wind or when the camera pierces though the leaves ...
Jason
13 years ago
I was looking to do something simular like this for a DVD menu, and this tutorial helped a lot. Thanks Andrew!
abie silva
13 years ago
Thanks again! For all of your insight & hard work. I'm sure I speak for all of us when I say that it is greatly appreciated!
Andy
13 years ago
Love your work, I always pick up new ways of looking at compositing techniques when I do these tutes. The only thing I don't like is how far above the benchmark you are - it's quite irritating as a recruiter going through motion graphics showreels and trying to find one that's original work and not just VCP tutorials!
Big Drew Grafix
13 years ago
I prefer my Jungle at night so i stopped the tutorial at 8:45 but im sure the rest was just as good....A tip of the cap to u Andrew.
Big Drew Grafix
bigdrewgrafix@yahoo.com
Big Drew Grafix
bigdrewgrafix@yahoo.com
Roner
13 years ago
I didnt like tutorials till i got on this site... but videocopilot is just awesome... I never get bored of watching. Keep it up Andrew!!!
Koppany
13 years ago
"You can skip this part... Maybe it's the jungle AT NIGHT..."
Like your jokes in tuts!
Like your jokes in tuts!
Alex
13 years ago
Hello Andrew. I'm french and I make movies with AE and sometimes your tutorials and plug-ins.
With a Zombie fr example: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xp29iu_the-black-eclipse-s01e05-web-serie_creation
Or with a super heros: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xn7t49_the-black-eclipse-s01e03-web-serie_creation
Thanks and Video Copilot is the must !
With a Zombie fr example: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xp29iu_the-black-eclipse-s01e05-web-serie_creation
Or with a super heros: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xn7t49_the-black-eclipse-s01e03-web-serie_creation
Thanks and Video Copilot is the must !
vfxpraveen
13 years ago
after 2 months andrew do a great tutorial!!!!
..........very very very thanks
..........very very very thanks
wolaem
13 years ago
Hi Andrew,
thanks for this beautiful tutorial and
greetings from Munich,Germany !
thanks for this beautiful tutorial and
greetings from Munich,Germany !
Flo
13 years ago
Another great Example of how creative you can become by thinking a bit more outside the box. Thank you for this one.
Here my two cents:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lrrta4269j0aa68/Jungle_Fin.m4v
Here my two cents:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lrrta4269j0aa68/Jungle_Fin.m4v
Ron Dadon
13 years ago
I must say, although I don't comment on every tutorial,
YOU ARE THE BEST!!!
I've learned everything about AE from your site (was using very basic video editing until then). Started about 2 years ago with the BASIC TRANING, and saw every tutorial. Personally it is only for a hobby, but it's just tons of fun!
THANK YOU!
Ron Dadon from Israel.
YOU ARE THE BEST!!!
I've learned everything about AE from your site (was using very basic video editing until then). Started about 2 years ago with the BASIC TRANING, and saw every tutorial. Personally it is only for a hobby, but it's just tons of fun!
THANK YOU!
Ron Dadon from Israel.
Abel Connor
13 years ago
I'm happy you're back with another tutorial. But I think this one is so much for beginers... and I thought you were to make the titles lighting with the new Ray-Traced rendering from CS6 to make it more realistic, as well as the BG converting the layer into an enviroment layer.
I hope next tutorial about Sam and the train could be as exciting as we are used to watch.
Anyway, thank you for everything you do, we love you.
I hope next tutorial about Sam and the train could be as exciting as we are used to watch.
Anyway, thank you for everything you do, we love you.
Ivan
13 years ago
Very exciting tutorial! Excellent!
Thanks a lot from Russia for the best VFX site and your great work, Andrew!
Thanks a lot from Russia for the best VFX site and your great work, Andrew!
john leigh
13 years ago
thanks monsieur Kramer that was great - been a while since I had a chance to do any After Effects stuff and seeing this new tutorial was really helpful in getting back into that mindset
best regards
john leigh London UK
best regards
john leigh London UK
Lukas
13 years ago
Nice joke with Mechete and a Video Camera. Made me laught. And also thank you for this amazing tutorial.
Made me laught. And also thank you for this amazing tutorial.
Wilboy
13 years ago
Andrew sir,
One again you amazed us with your skill.
Awesome Tutorial
I waited for your tutorial from very long time.
Regards to you and your family.......
One again you amazed us with your skill.
Awesome Tutorial
I waited for your tutorial from very long time.
Regards to you and your family.......
Chris Rosenblum
13 years ago
Hey Andrew, I think a good useful tool with AE CS6 is the new extrusion tool that u can add to text layers, and includes a bevel, which makes it so much easier. I think this would be good to the parallax effect and boost up the depth in the camera move. It was awesome meeting you at DMALA. I was the only 12 year old there. Hope you remember me U are my idol!
U are my idol!
Chris Rosenblum
13 years ago
Hey Andrew, a cool thing with After Effects CS6 is you can extrude 3d text and I think that will really boost the parallax to the camera and show some depth. Great Tutorial. It was awesome meeting you at DMALA. I was like the only 12 year old there. Hope you remember me
Dorian
13 years ago
Hey Andrew, great tutorial! I think that you could have added a fake DOF look to really sell foreground and background elements, but overall very good quality, thanks!
Visual Vendetta
13 years ago
Excellent tutorial... My only complaint is that Kramer just wasn't as jolly as he normally is. This may sound funny but I kind of look forward to his little jokes here and there. Still good video though. thanks.
thanks.
mike
13 years ago
hi there!
i'm writting from Mexico, and all i can say it's that you're awesome! (i'm 15)
i'm writting from Mexico, and all i can say it's that you're awesome!
(i'm 15)
Orlando
13 years ago
You did great job thank for teaching us and helping to understand after effects ...
Youssef
13 years ago
Well, why not just use particular to do this effect. use shadowlet and shading system to achieve realistic composite..
Tom
13 years ago
awesome and quite simple if you look at the effect!
what computer do you use?( for that smooth workflow )
what computer do you use?( for that smooth workflow )
Energy Videos
13 years ago
nice work man. my company owes yours alot! i love you man. you keep me in business.
James
13 years ago
Link to jungle background he used: http://everydaybipolar.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/jungle2.jpg
uyrum
13 years ago
how did you actually come up with this idea to make this one Andrew? after a long time this suddenly..motionGraphic..
Prince ARB
13 years ago
Cool! hope i understand quickly your tutorials & get benefits of it.. just waiting for No: 128
Ramzes
13 years ago
Thank you very much Andrew!We need such tutorials more! Enough killing people,it's not that often used in our projects
Jimmy Ramesar
13 years ago
Great tutorial!
I think creating fog with trapcode particular would make it look even more realistic.
Or instead of the title you should place sam loya in the jungle and make him invisble with a sound effect that says: cloak engaged, that would sure add realism.
I think creating fog with trapcode particular would make it look even more realistic.
Or instead of the title you should place sam loya in the jungle and make him invisble with a sound effect that says: cloak engaged, that would sure add realism.
Gabe Jones
13 years ago
Well, I must be honest and say I didn't like that tutorial at all. While Andrew's techniques are always helpful, and he's always great to listen to, I just don't think that tutorial gave us anything new, and the end result wasn't really that great.
Just being honest, I'd still marry Mr Kramer in a shot.
Just being honest, I'd still marry Mr Kramer in a shot.
cromic100
13 years ago
Another great tutorial.
This simple technique creates such a nice look.
Thanks, Andrew.
keep going.
This simple technique creates such a nice look.
Thanks, Andrew.
keep going.
Murdock
13 years ago
You Sir are the After Effects god!
Thanks for all Tutorials.
But one thing... could you upload the images?
I´m really looking forward to the next tutorials!^^
Thanks for all Tutorials.
But one thing... could you upload the images?
I´m really looking forward to the next tutorials!^^
cannon
13 years ago
Nice Guns N Roses reference. The tutorial is good too. Love your work, keep it up.
Love your work, keep it up.
makosx
13 years ago
Thank you again for this. I'm wondering how you get the real 3D look with no lights and with those realistic camera movements and... you do that this seems easy! Thank you very much!
David
13 years ago
Very cool as usual Mr Kramer.
The biggest compliment I can give is I thought it was a motion tracking tutorial when I saw the original shot. Little did I know that entire bad boy was created in Photoshop and After Effects.
As I always say, and you already know...You Da Man \^^/
The biggest compliment I can give is I thought it was a motion tracking tutorial when I saw the original shot. Little did I know that entire bad boy was created in Photoshop and After Effects.
As I always say, and you already know...You Da Man \^^/
ARIFIN SARKER (MAMUN)
13 years ago
wean I Saw The Video I Think This is A Stock Footage,& You Show How To Create The Title. ButAwesome, like always. Sir
Split
13 years ago
Awesome, like always.
But you wrote "MOve 2D layers", I guess it should be "Move"
But you wrote "MOve 2D layers", I guess it should be "Move"
Casey Schoch
13 years ago
So insanely epic!!!
My channel: http://www.youtube.com/insanityonabunfilms
My channel: http://www.youtube.com/insanityonabunfilms
