152. Sci-Fi Weapon FX
• Create a variety of futuristic weapon FX
• Add Distortion and shockwaves
Posted on Jul 21, 2014
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Alice
4 years ago
where do we click to start editing
???
5 years ago
Why is there a crack in the upper part after adding the transform effect? I don’t know if this is related to the center point of my Shockwave layer.
Gayan
6 years ago
awsome video
josef
6 years ago
great tutorial you're rely an inspire guy.
rayyan al abdullah
7 years ago
thank u god bless your sole without u i wouldnt be able to work on effect for our new bollywood movies! may my 10 gods bless u
Damon Mosier
7 years ago
Too bad Mocha AE won't work worth a crap. Apparently, Mocha AE has very narrow codec support, but they claim to work on .r3d files. It pulls in footage from the Red Weapon with 6k Dragon sensor, but try to use 8k footage from the Helium and it doesn't work.

The only solution being offered by Mocha on their own forums is to pony up $700 for Mocha Pro 5.

https://forum.borisfx.com/t/mocha-ae-not-bringing-in-clip-from-after-effects/2219/12
ali
5 years ago
i need your help please i m not being to able install saber plug in it error 40 plz help me out
Kyle Wright
7 years ago
I embellished and made a HUD effect for this clip!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8vd8-hNtvQ&t;=264s
IGNACIO
7 years ago
Where can I download the Badass plugin because I need it
Thank you
yosef
7 years ago
how did you make the lightning laser effect?
???? ???? ??????
8 years ago
thanx
you re the best
Aditya Kapadnis
8 years ago
hi Ak, this is aditya. I'm your biggest fan. because I like your VFX techniques. I should be trained 50% by your guidance. I'm glad to you . and once again thank you so much.

you are hi-tech mentor

my short name also belongs to you
AK
Logan Fulford
8 years ago
Just me, or does this image look familiar?
http://i.imgur.com/GDsCquBr.png
trailmex
8 years ago
The "download project file" button only downloads the footage...
trailmex
8 years ago
The "download project file" button only downloads the footage...
Jonathan
9 years ago
Hi there I'm trying to follow the tutorial but I can't find the vibrance plugin, where can I get it.
Phoenix_Knight
8 years ago
http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/color_vibrance_plug-in/
Left is a download button.
MajedHD
9 years ago
The most amazing tutorial>>

This is my result after your tutorial :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqqnINAOmg0
Mads
7 years ago
That is really empressive. I know your comment is from 2016 - and I am pretty late to the party. I am just now starting to learn AE. Great work Majed!
Shirif
9 years ago
I think I saw this footage used in a movie channel break on TV.
dreadest
9 years ago
thanx, you re the best
max
9 years ago
Cool, THX
Sam Winchester
9 years ago
Where can I find the free shockwave plug-in i can't seem to find it.
can someone please tell me the link for it
AGreenCup
9 years ago
it isn't free....... however he did a tutorial on how to make shockwaves for free, and you can download one or two shockwaves there for free
Ramazan ALKAN
9 years ago
Thank You Perfect Lesson www.ramazanalkan.net
Khalnayak Suraj
9 years ago
Thanks ????
Akif
9 years ago
where is the sound design learn?
amir
9 years ago
very god, thanks
Mason
9 years ago
Is vc color vibrance not working very well in the lastest AE cc 2015... as in its crashing as you adjust settings?
Jon Colando
9 years ago
Mine actually keeps crashing if I just apply it to a solid. I am wondering the same thing.
Joe
9 years ago
which product contains the vc color vibrance?
max
9 years ago
it is its own stand alone plugin you can find it here:
http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/color_vibrance_plug-in/
Maikent
9 years ago
Fun and Very Easy To Learn, yo thanks so much Bro
standardsdata.in
10 years ago
very good
Mateus Ferreira (BR)
10 years ago
Where can I get this background?
DrX
10 years ago
I need a help please.When I use the effect transform on the polar coordinates,there will be a gap in the ring,the shockwave just cannot fit together seamlessly,I dont know why,coz in your tutorial,it fits perfect,how can I fix it? Btw my AE version is CC 2015,Thanks a lot.
Jonah
10 years ago
I'm having the same problem, anyone got any ideas?
benson
10 years ago
Pls where can i find holomatrix in after effects?
Issuan
10 years ago
First,Great tutorial!
Then I have a question here,when I use the effect transform above the polar coordinate,there will be a gap in the ring?it just cannot fit together seamlessly,how can I fix it? Btw,My After Effects' version is CC 2015.
zeng
10 years ago
I love you
Tray
10 years ago
when i open the video in mocha it only has one frame rendered nothing else how do i fix
Felix
10 years ago
where can u install all the cc plugins (cc cylinder...) it would really help and a really good tuto btw thanks
Help
10 years ago
I don't know for sure but it would seem to me that the cc plugins are just regular plugins included in After Effects but that were added after After Effects CC released. So you cannot install them, you must upgrade your After Effects to CC 2014 or 2015.
Joe
10 years ago
When you are doing the lights on the gun you say if we move it over to the surface we aligned it to how do you do that?
Mig
10 years ago
3:39 when I press F it just shows "rotation".
Paul
10 years ago
Ok, so that has to be the most entertaining (and informative) two minute intro that I've seen thus far (and I've seen quite a few)! Loved the blink!
Shahzad
10 years ago
When going to Mocha, it's popping an error on my PC "Video is corrupted or in unsupported format" - Anyone knows the solution to this?
BlueDemon
10 years ago
Where do you get the ripple plugin ?
Simon
10 years ago
Where can you download BadAss?
Adam
10 years ago
Why is that i when i pre-compose the 2 plasma layers they disappear?
mohame nohassi
10 years ago
waaaww you are best Andrew Kramer. .. i love your workk from morooco ..
thank you Andrew Kramer. soo much
Jonathan
10 years ago
Did anyone else see that wwe wrestling used a shockwave element in there logo during the royal rumble? Haha it was awesome
Jayde
10 years ago
they also did it for WrestleMania! good stuff lol
Stanislav
10 years ago
Hey, I watched the tutorial and I was really impressed by the effects so I implemented it into my short Minecraft Animation . If you want to check it out, here's a link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcwYj838GXs
les
10 years ago
https://www.videocopilot.net/products/motionpulse/
Jamie
10 years ago
What about the sounds, where are they from. Thanks.
Elliot Ritchey
10 years ago
The sound effects are from the Motion Pulse Black Box by Video Copilot. You can purchase the pack for $150.
Simon
10 years ago
I where planning to play some games... but then I saw one tutorial. Then one more. Then this one... and now I want to play around with After Effects xD

This tutorial gave me an idea that has nothing to do with this piece. But when I noticed the effect, that ripple had on the environment. Inspiration hit me xD
Amr Fikry
10 years ago
You are THE AE God Father

Thank you too much for your effort
sitendu chowdhury
11 years ago
nice
Raymund
11 years ago
Hey! I tried using a pen tool but it creates a separate Shape Layer instead of a mask .. How can we resolve this
Mr. Mailbox
11 years ago
You have to have the layer you want the mask to be on selected, with no layers selected it will make a shape layer instead.
Eko
11 years ago
Cool....!!!
Dillon
11 years ago
Hey Andrew, what was the audio editor at the start of the video just before the tutorial really gets going? Is that within AE or a separate editor? Fabulous work, thanks for all you do
Aeon
11 years ago
Adobe Audition
yair
11 years ago
this is just amazing!!!
what type of gun is that
like brand and stuff
WillyB
10 years ago
He just spray painted a NERF Gun black
Ahmad Grapher
11 years ago
hello mr amazing >> i have one question for u can u tell me information about your computer using for this work ??
^__^
Ashref
11 years ago
can u plz tell me what motion pulse sound exactly did you use
yahya salam
11 years ago
this is one of the most amazing tutorials i'v ever sow, i learned so many things from this tutorial and i'll apply it not 1 time or 2 only, but until i remember all of them every time i work on a video... so thank you so much and i hope you keep posting tutorials like for ever coz i can't get enough of your knowlodge. thanks again
Jaleel Ahmad
11 years ago
I love this tutorial,,,love this audio mixing and the whole editing is just awsom man !!!
Fernando
11 years ago
Where do you get the sound effects from the beginning? Are there any free options?
Jasmin
11 years ago
Man, never saw someone make a tutorial with this much passion.
Your work is "no comment".
Keep it up brother.
Fredrik Montelius
11 years ago
I love your 152 scifi weapons commercial. Not so much for the spledid effects it shows off, as for the "film" itself. Perfect editing, good drive ande very appetizing!
Name
11 years ago
Kramer is the best vfx artist I ever known
Me
10 years ago
Hear Hear
Hi Def Jones
11 years ago
You ARE the man bro!
Steph
11 years ago
I am having trouble with mocha, it will not let me change the frame range (0 to 0) to what you have (0 to 69). Why is this?
Safalya
11 years ago
You look like a Hollywood actor in your footage.
Alexander
11 years ago
Yeah IKR he is so handsome
Kumail
11 years ago
Hey man ! I'm a huge fan of yours....
Could you post a tutorial or way to make big blast effects.
I am doing a film of my own so in it i wanna give a blast so please tell me how to make one!!!
Please do reply
Mohammad
11 years ago
cool ! tnx nice tutorial
Abdujan
11 years ago
It's so cool. Thanks for tutorials man.
Mouang
11 years ago
The CC Color Vibrance is different from the Vibrance. Help?
AM
11 years ago
hey kramer! good video, but you forgot to add the lights on the face when the muzzle flash goes on.
aslam
11 years ago
you are really crazy

i like your work much much much but when i saw any tutorial of you i dont sleep in night , please guide me where did you learn and what is master key to use effect how you know that which effect you need , thanks thanks thank
Asanka
11 years ago
oh when i see frist seen of this tut i thought im watchin a gread gread sci-fi movie.oh man im stop i cant convert my feeling to word about ur tutorials and ur talent . im realy appriciate it . Thank you Kramer .long live .
Sadiq
11 years ago
Kramers,

As usual a superb video. Never disappoint. but always wanted to know how do get such music like when you were shooting, it was as your plugin badass.
Naqash Afzal
11 years ago
You Look Cool In Your Video Like Your Tutorial You Are Best Andrew Why You Can t Make Your Own Hollywood Movies You Are best
shd
11 years ago
i think so too
dima
11 years ago
Thank you very much, (sorry for my english )
I have a question - what camera was used for shooting this? Interesting what "price-segment" of cameras for this quality?
semon
11 years ago
good
Clive
11 years ago
Great tutorial. Got me thinking!
Tim Ngai
11 years ago
Thanks Andrew! This is great!!! Genius!!!!
Juvenal
11 years ago
Thank you very much. Excellent tutoriales.
Zubair
11 years ago
Andrew will you Please make a tutorial where a guy do some shooting practice, e.g shooting some bottles,crates, or any thing else and fracturing/destroying them. also will love to have the 3D models used in that tutorial.
Looking Forward to it
Chris
11 years ago
I'm new to After Effects, this might be a stupid question but I'm wondering where and how he got the warehouse background, and you can tell it's the same environment when the camera angle changes.
Anthony Camm
11 years ago
Great tutorial - don't worry about them ever being too long I could spend days watching them!
DuongAnh
11 years ago
Where is BADASS? :\
Sofiane
11 years ago
AE competences, yes. Actor, lol Noooooooooowww
namal
11 years ago
nice thank
Ahmed Rashed
11 years ago
I'm still waiting for Action Essentials 3 (4K)
luis
11 years ago
Wait!

Why is not Sam in the footage
Vlada
11 years ago
He is there no worry, Andy is shooting at him
Prince Nafay
11 years ago
Awesome...
I really like it..
Superb
Sunny
11 years ago
How did you make that bg in the green screen?
Zee
11 years ago
YOHOO!Right on time for another great tutorial. A big thanks to Andrew and his VC team!
pejman
11 years ago
You are very Creative and clever .
Thank you for tutorials and ...
I love you
Dan
11 years ago
GREAT TUTORIAL !!!
Bader Ahmed
11 years ago
Great ... Very comprehensive Tips ...But I thought you would include some tips on how to compose the SFX from MOTION PULSE.

Motion pulse product has NO tutorials unlike the previous sound effects products like DESIGNER SOUND FX & PROSCORES.

Thanks
Jaxx
11 years ago
I think u r looking for this tutorial...

https://player.vimeo.com/video/94043813
Eric
11 years ago
could you pls sell the bad-ass plugin?
Rammiekay
11 years ago
Where is sam loya
zafar
11 years ago
woow this is amazing i love the way u teach
Jaxx
11 years ago
An another awesome tutorial....
I felt that it ended very soon...
was looking for more and more tricks...
Specially the "eye blink" (Bad A**) one...
btw i done it by manual tracking...
other than that, this is an amazing tutorial...
thax a lot...
Barhom
11 years ago
wow I Waite for this tutorial along time
thankx
Rammiekay
11 years ago
Awesome idea
Miguel
11 years ago
omg mr andrew kramer i love you so much!
Aroop
11 years ago
Andrew you are killer.................. and your ideas are incredible
hackerc5
11 years ago
Wow!!very cool,I like it!!I love you!!
Zack
11 years ago
Dude! This is fantastic. You're my hero. I really love the attention to detail. Keep up the awesome work!
Michael S
11 years ago
Great tutorial! I have been waiting for a new tutorial and kept coming to the website everyday.
VIZWORX
11 years ago
Awesome as always Andrew! Thanks so much m8
Alan Nehuén
11 years ago
Muchas gracias muchachos, muchos de nosotros esperabamos el tutorial!!! Se agradece el aporte maestro!
Benjamin
11 years ago
Guns with Social-Networking! Great Idea1

Benjamin just killed Steven.
3 Likes

haha
Stefanos
11 years ago
Great use of Motion Pulse. though is there a specific reason why u stayed on cs6. Just wondering.
tobi0688
11 years ago
Gun/shoot effect plis
Emmanuel
11 years ago
futuristic hummm..... interesting.. Now we are on
Neil London
11 years ago
Very useful! Awesome to see how you can do things inside of AE without any added plug-ins! Other then free ones of course! Thanks for keepin' it real!
Usman Ellahi
11 years ago
I was Waiting for this
Thankx alot
Mike L
11 years ago
Amazing tips and tricks. Thank you so much.
Jake
11 years ago
Where is the stock footage so I can do this tutorial
George Laird
11 years ago
high class stuff Andrew as usual, I loved that video and how you got a plastic gun and made cine magic
Vincent Alex Msigwa
11 years ago
Thanx Mr. Kramer
Carlos
11 years ago
LOVE-IT!!! *1000
mayank
11 years ago
Yet another great tutorial by you andrew kramer sir.
Rinku Tiwari
11 years ago
This tutorial is the most helpful for me to know advance technique in After effect. I thanked to Andrew Kramer for High quality After Effects Video Tutorials for motion graphics and visual effects.
Chad R
11 years ago
Very nice!
Thiago
11 years ago
Woooow...Amazing Mr. Kramer!
Seojanghyun
11 years ago
I love V.C

great tutorial thx!!!
Brando
11 years ago
Your tutorials have come along way, This one is a good one.

I'd love a Rain tutorial! This kind of footage always look cooler when things are dripping wet.

Hien
11 years ago
There was a small rain tutorial in the lighting strike tutorial if you need something simple.
Alexchervon
11 years ago
This is a terrific Tutorial. Thank you!
ali
11 years ago
very nice
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