TUTORIALS FOR VFX & MOTION GRAPHICS
Free After Effects Tutorials & More Hosted By: Andrew Kramer
November 01, 2009
• Add Rain & Atmosphere then build a Lightning Bolt
• Use Action Essentials 2 and make Sam explode
 
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Running Time: 32mins.


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by Adrian 03/13/2010
Best tut ever!

And funny too :)

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

LOL!
by persevest 03/12/2010
hello and thanks a lot!!! You have inhumane powers and knowledge!!!

Greetings from Antarctica!
by nkid 03/07/2010
your tuts are so good ommd i didnt know that ae could do all these things so thnx for showing me
by hadasa 02/24/2010
thanks A.K i appreciate your good work....keep up.
found it helpful when i do my projects
by vicky 02/18/2010
poor sam..whatever happns sam must die..heheh..
gr8 tuto..
by mert 02/13/2010
trapcode- particuler cs4 no.. upload pls :S ?
by published 02/06/2010
man como desearia ser como tu, esto esta a la pura crema :) desearia que tus tutos tuviesen subtitulos en español
by Sums 02/06/2010
Thank u so much!!
Andrew the best)
by Cesar 01/31/2010
Hey Andrew, I want to thank you SO MUCH for sharing your knowledge with the world, more people should be like you.

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

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

Cheers and hugs :)

Mexico
by ROHIT 01/31/2010
YOU ROCK THE WORLD ANDREW.............
YOU ARE GOD GIFTED MAN..........
by behnambehzad 01/27/2010
hi.very tanks for of tutorials.im lerning of you all in good .very good in AE .plz tutorials for boujou .tnx mr andro
by Kovida 01/26/2010
Greetings from Sri Lankan
I found your tutorials very helpful with my work and I've learned a lot. Keep up the good work and thank you.
by ErickPactli 01/22/2010
This is my future I love this tutorials
by ronald 01/22/2010
what a nice tutorial..thank you so much!even it makes my head bow..^^can you teach me or give me some tips of making a nice project in after effect?pls..pls..pls..pls.. reply to my email please.. "ronell25@yahoo.com" i am a beginner!
hope i can make one of your tutorials.. once again thank so muck. Philippines
by khan 01/21/2010
man u just rock , the most talented guy out there... ur tutorials took me to another level..
by Tito 01/18/2010
You make AE so much easier, thanks!
by Kasup 01/16/2010
Great Great!! I learnt a lot.
by Post Production Kid 01/15/2010
Andrew Is offically my Idle!! Your work is just Great!!

Keep it up Andrew !!

Thanks For Everything

Post Prodcution Kid
by arjun narain 01/13/2010
u are so awesome man ....sick talent.....really hepled me ....
by Drew 01/09/2010
Found this really interesting,
by sci-fi-si 01/08/2010
Awesome.

Thanks Andrew!
by SaV T 01/04/2010
Mayne u rOOCKK
by better 01/02/2010
great tutor,....
by jay 01/01/2010
hi, great tut. thnx
by costa 01/01/2010
i love you
by Martin 12/31/2009
Andrew has demonstrated what every developer should learn. SHOW PEOPLE how to use the tools. Another way to say it is Andrew has learned the principal of "Giving before receiving". Look at how many tuts he has and keeps on posting. This is REAL customer support.

Your lessons are awesome, they give us confidence
by sabari 12/30/2009
its very use full of tutor
by kamel 12/29/2009
wow wow
by umesh 12/28/2009
very nice work. your r great sir.
by love kramer 12/27/2009
OMFG u are a genius! genius!!
by Femi Adedeji 12/15/2009
thumbs up from Nigeria... you have a thousand and one followers from here...
by GivikO 12/14/2009
hey andrew its cool i love your tutorials i am teaching from your tutorials can you add tutorial of flying with white sonic boom
by Danny 12/14/2009
amazing.
by hampis 12/13/2009
Awesome tutorial Andrew thnx for all this amazing tutorials... Greetings from GREECE
by DarkEntity 12/13/2009
Woooow...Sir Andrew that was pretty heavy arsenal...really great!more power!
by zhuweiwei 12/13/2009
everyday you make a surprise for us,thanks.
by mohamed 12/10/2009
Thanks :)
by Bas 12/10/2009
I never noticed the fullscreen button :P Nice tutorial as always (y)
by Charlie 12/06/2009
poor Sam, i want to c sam "kill" Andrew next tutorial...ha
by Andrew 12/06/2009
Oh, this is simply chic. Very good. No words.
Andrew! fellow.
by yazid zipo 12/04/2009
wooow Amazing ! great job

yazid from Algeria
by preshki 12/04/2009
You are amazing bro.. You have a great future!
by NcT 12/02/2009
Fantastic. I Like ur tutorial Kramer.
by kgosi 12/02/2009
wicket man!!!!! I dig it man, love it
by dasaca 12/01/2009
killed Sam!!! again... Fantastic tutorial I Like some much!!!
by Tom 12/01/2009
very good!
thanks from brasil!
by Ugly 11/29/2009
I cant find a world to tell you gow is this tut was great. THANK YOU
by szabelek18 11/29/2009
Good job!Thank you Andrew
Greetings from Poland
by Dawei Xie 11/28/2009
Great!
And thanks!
by Velt 11/28/2009
Raiden...Wins....FATALITY! Nice Work!!
by F@rsh@d 11/24/2009
Very very very nice!

Thanks...
by osama 11/24/2009
Very Awesome tutorial Andrew keep going like that
by osama 11/24/2009
(Awesome)...very nice toturial .... keep going

like that Andrew
by animelordvijay 11/24/2009
hey! nice tutorial..but u could have give us the presets used in the porject(with the download project option) .(just the ones used!!..:))..anyway..cool tutorial
by TRIXCO 11/23/2009
IT'S GREAT KEEP IT UP.
by Touche 11/23/2009
You are the man! Thanks a ton for all the tutorials
by Giul Viera 11/21/2009
http://vimeo.com/7739774

My sample :)
by hananhphong 11/19/2009
thanks man!its very impression
by exe 11/18/2009
I folowed your tutorial, a great one btw, and came up with surprizing results, I've posted them on my site www.lightedge.ro , keep up the good work man you rock!!!
by www.magixline.com 11/18/2009
hi
andrew i have action essentials of you and digital juice.mind is important and you have.i will create rell(6 month later)and i love to send you.
by Antonio 11/18/2009
I found your tutorials very very helpfull and i've already learned a lot.Keep the good work and thanks for sharing your knowledge with us Andrew.
by Tolahah 11/17/2009
Thanks Andrew,
Very Impressive Tutorial. Keep it up.
Long Live Andrew!

Tolahah, Malaysia.
by shan 11/17/2009
UR MY ROLE MODEL ANDREW! THANK YOU! A MILLION! FOR TEACHING EVERY ONE OF US UR SKILLS KEEP IT UP THANKS!
by Sophie 11/17/2009
Thats a pretty awesome effect!!! Its hard to make that....I tried, its really complicated to me.
by Kent 11/17/2009
Hey Andrew That Lighting strike tut. is nice. very cool. how about you do more of those kind of tuts. i sure people be on your case about showing this ifo for free, at time i would like to say thanks to VC for making this web site possible. i have a request. plz do a tut. like a smallvile, clark kent super speed. have yo boy do some superman acting and have him running like the flash or my fav Clark Kent. thanks again Andrew
by zukyak 11/17/2009
Oh Mi gawd. It looks amzing!
I want iit.
Nice Tutorials :D
by VFX course 11/16/2009
I’m gonna try out this program just because of you buddy, I’m amazed, really astonished, speachless. Excellent work.<br><a href="http://www.escapestudios.com/en_GB/training/courses-main/visual-effects.html">VFX course</a>
by dilshad 11/16/2009
dilshad from kurdistan
thank you man your doing great job
by Hiroshi Kurahara 11/16/2009
Nice tutorial!
by serwet 11/14/2009
hi...these tutorials are very cool..maybe the coolest one..actually your every tutorial deserve to be said like that...anyway my point is that if there was a blood splatter effect on the camera lens as in the first video which is shown at the beginning of the video(with blur or something you used(i dont know)),it would be perfect..i think you miss that Andrew or you think that it's very easy to do that..maybe for you but for me,its a bit challenge..i hope and i wish that you will launch a short tutorial or something about it...we all love you man,you're our hero..keep up the good work..
by balu 11/14/2009
very very super effect
thankyou
by nourdine 11/13/2009
you are our teacher ANDREW .i hope to reach your level hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
thank you very much superhero
by by BenoitAnbu 11/13/2009
super really super Thanks......
by pandi kumar 11/12/2009
thank you very much
by james 11/10/2009
it only goes up to a certain point then cuts off
by Calimero 11/10/2009
Hey Andrew

Du bist der absolute Mann

Thanks and greetings from Bavaria, Germany
by black and white 11/09/2009
Nice , but it can't be believed......
by enzo 11/09/2009
before i even watch this tut. i gotta say. i love you man
by zubair shah 11/09/2009
hello videocopilot.net this site is veryyyyy wonderful site and i see this all effects by from pakistan
by Joraph 11/08/2009
Thanks Andrew...
it is Nice.....but people don't just blow off and disappear just like that....there should be bigger fragment or chunk of body piece lying on the floor ....don't u think so......

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

Greetings from Nigeria
by ignorant of English 11/07/2009
I come from China and ilove you
by man 11/07/2009
it`s so amazing......
by Andrepd 11/06/2009
awesome... when I look back 10 years and see how much the CG world progressed...
by Stealthway 11/06/2009
great!!
by chamara 11/06/2009
WOW...
by Ali 11/05/2009
Thanks, Its really Helpful and intresting.
by necrodrama 11/05/2009
yeha... mil gracias, y en cuanto tenga una lanita te juro me hago de tus vfx.
by Tyler 11/05/2009
I don't have that CC Drizzle effect!?!? (I have After Effects CS4) How do I get it?
Thanks!

Tyler
by Alby Smith 11/05/2009
great stuff, I really like those simple method for creating such scenes. pretty straight forward!

Thanks AK!
you are the best man!
by ashishmohan 11/05/2009
the first time i visisted by myself in search of quality and comparison betweenthe effcts used and created in maya and affter effect, but i need to say it really impressive, and would like to have suggestions that the effects created by maya is more quality driven and works on actual visualization in our mind or affter effect output.
i shall be very much thankful for this reply.

ashishmohan
by JackieNP 11/05/2009
Very cool!
There're tons of layers in this tutorial.
Thank you Andrew.
by umerzafar 11/05/2009
so very generous of you andrew.. thanks from Pakistan.
by Christian McClanahan 11/04/2009
Thanks so much AK! I've been waiting for a tutorial with lightning!
Keep up the good work!
by theleadr 11/04/2009
so amazing you r great andrew. just wondering did the newest rambo movie use action essentials 2 because i have it and noticed the rambo movie looked similar to mine
by Andrew 11/04/2009
Awesome Andrew!! Its like Distric 9!!
by erpang 11/04/2009
Thank you very much
by 1badman 11/04/2009
@Karl ;)
Stop drunk typing!

@ Andrew Kramer
Thanks for keeping it coming. Only thing I don't like about your site is that I drop by for a quick refresher on a technique and get sucked into some new whizbang tutorial you just posted. 30 minutes off the project clock chalked up...
by Kcid_216 11/03/2009
Wonderful tutorial! What more can we say....... You're the best Andrew. Keep it up dude! God bless.......
by Karl ;) 11/03/2009
skeet skeet boobada skeet....
very nice andrew...or should i say drew Ha wink wink
by Juan 11/03/2009
Gracias por los proyectos
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