TUTORIALS FOR VFX & MOTION GRAPHICS
Free After Effects Tutorials & More Hosted By: Andrew Kramer
January 12, 2010
• Sure Target 2 is a plug-in for controlling the AE Camera
• Features Inertia, Auto-focus, Camera Roll and more!
 
 
TUTORIAL NOTES:
UPDATE 2.0.10 Available. Word montage website: http://www.wordle.net/create
Running Time: 28mins.


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319 RESPONSES TO "SURE TARGET 2"

by Khall 03/17/2010
Thanks for this amazing plugin!!

I made a test video using 83 targets, sycning it to some music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL4gMSyzSW8
(explicit, but not vulgar lyrics)
by Emmanuel 03/11/2010
Wow, Thank you for all this !! it's very Appreciated !!

Emmanuel from Quebec City, Canada
by Amir 03/11/2010
Andrew for president :D

Amir from Rotterdam - The Netherlands
by Nurey 03/09/2010
Hi Andrew, how are u doing. i don't know there's this thing i want to do but i think i can't do it without u, amm my problem is fonts animation like that os the sure target font u can see is some kind of glass,bold and shiny i don't know if i have to maya,3d max or anything else i realy need ur help thank tou and i know i will get it soon. may god bless u
by kenshin 03/09/2010
very great tutorial...and a very good site


thanks Andrew
by Acerex 03/08/2010
I cant say a thing... Im your biggest FAN!!!
by Matteo 03/06/2010
Hi Andrew!
Thanks for another fantastic free plugin.
I notice only a limit doing a recent project.
The position values of the "Driver Null" can't reach value over 10000.
In the previous version there wasn't those limitation.

But this remain a fantastic plugin!

Thanks for all your great works

Matteo from Italy
by David 03/04/2010
Heyy Adrew Cramer;) ilove your tutorials i want to make a sure Target Intro bug when i want to open the sure target.aep it comes a bug (0 § 1) whats that
by John Keir 03/03/2010
I'm going to sum up this Plugin with Two Syllables

AWE-SOME!
by Infictus 02/27/2010
WOW, just WOW...it brings tears to my eyes :')...this is absolute joy...
by FX 02/26/2010
I Andrew!
thanks for sure target 2 it's awesome!
I'm working on mac, plug is ok but i want to notice you a minor bug :
The auto populate fonction is not working.
i think it's because on mac we have to hold "cmd" button instead of "ctrl" button to select multiple layers.

thank you very much for your all!
by CJ 02/24/2010
Bloody Brilliant!
by Wayne Satterlee 02/21/2010
Andrew love your Sure Target! Once I got into this old brain of mine how it works really helped tee hee! I used it and an Optical Flare or two on this photo gallery project! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT_gp65XfyA

Keep it up love your tuts and products.....
by Phemmy 02/21/2010
Lord Kramer, the Lord of AE and aasociated FX; saying u are too much will be an understatement. thanks for the tutorials
by jim Medcraft 02/20/2010
serriously one of the best plug ins ever, I can not even begin to estimate how much time this will save me in animating camera, being able to bake the camera is pure genius...

ANYHOW

Too add to your tutorial when using the print PDF from, to add a bit more depth and variety to your work, I have a suggestion for people to open PDF in illistrator and distribute some or all of the compound groups to different layers then export as PSD, which you can then import to AE, opening up a lot more options having different elements to play with and put ino 3d space instead of one big picture.
by mango 02/19/2010
Thanks, Andrew.
by pepito 02/17/2010
you are as god should be
by t-pain 02/16/2010
thanks andrew!
by Lionel 02/16/2010
Andrew! thanks again man!!!
you are really doing make my work easier an better!
Best wishies! Mis mejores deseos!
from Argentina!
Lionel
by Allan 02/16/2010
Thanks a lot Andrew, it will be very useful
by Deercamp 02/16/2010
Incredible plug-in. Makes life a heck of a lot easier!
by Ryan 02/14/2010
OMG this is so amazing and so much better that the old 1 i dident know there was a new 1 and have been working with the old version ( Non-Plugin) for a while now :D <3 VIDEO COPILOT
by John 02/14/2010
well the plugin is in the project file just download it and copy the plugin into ur plugins folder :D
by rio 02/13/2010
wooowwwwwwwwwwwwww..... what a great tutorial n plugin too, i`m so amaze with this tuts, but i`m wondering where i can find or download this plugin,... pls anyone help me give me the link... :D
by Dimitrios 02/12/2010
Respect from Greece Andrew.
by Tyler 02/12/2010
Hey where do i download sure target 2? I only know where to download 1.5
by A.R.Herrington 02/11/2010
Haha... "make sure your computer is on" made me laugh... or was it the Jack Daniels... some of my best work in AE has been from Jack Daniels... or AK...?
by Juan 02/11/2010
A very nice work guys!!!! Thnx thnx thnx!!!
by Erik 02/10/2010
Best Tutorial Ever Made
by roidimitris 02/09/2010
Man you are a very talented and clever man... Keep inspiring us!!!! Greece supports you!
by lance 02/09/2010
In the tutorial you mention using PDF Distiller to captuer the Wordle. Where can I get the PDF Distiller on Adobe's website I could only find Distiller server 8 for $4K.
by roberte 02/09/2010
Romania send you a big hello :)from Constantza. i've watched you since the begining.. you improved a lot.. but you know there is always room for improvment.. just kiddin'. keep it rockin'!
by Mata 02/09/2010
Hello, when i use my sure target, its moving realy fast, how can i make it go slower?
by nick 02/09/2010
for anyone that cant find the plugin download try DOWNLOAD PROJECT its in there. the only download button there !!!!! im smiling not shouting lol :0)
by Destan 02/08/2010
Hey Andrew! I really like your tutorial, but where do you get those "particles" Or whatever its called, but what i mean is the blue backrground with those black things flying around.

Would be nice if you putted a download link to that too :)
by Fátima Rocha 02/08/2010
you're just too good to be true, can´t take my eyes off of you lalalal
by Janusz 02/06/2010
You are the best, Thank you for this amazing pluin!
by hieri 02/06/2010
hey andrew... your a life saver and video-copilot kick a$$...

to those using AE they're plug-ins and tutorials are very very useful... it's a must have...

hope you could create a promo with your bundles like... everything in one package... hehehe...

can't wait for the next tutorial/plug-in/bundle to come-out!
by shekar 02/05/2010
its super.. ultimate. u done a great a job...
real super.........
by Derick 02/05/2010
Andrew! Another great plug-in by Video Copilot. Great work by you and your team. One question, where do I download the plug-in? Am I missing it somewhere?
by jheison 02/05/2010
hey Rogier Righart well it depends cuz like if you want to go back to your first title dont type the number of the target you desire you must put the number after the title that is showing..Ex:Target one then target 2 then 3 after the camara whent trough al of dose if I put 1 is going to show 3 N 2 but if I put a keyframe at the desire spot and type 4 it will go to the 1st title with out showing the other two targets =) I hope I help you bro if not the check out the other suretarget tut from andrew he explains how to what your trying to do
by T-Bird 02/04/2010
You're a genius!
by Faiq Hussain 02/04/2010
You are a God [period] (of VFX)
by Luis Cosme 02/04/2010
A.K. you use to be ok..... but now... the man has to kneel down to you! You are past the level of above and beyond with this!!! I don't even know what to call you now! Out of this world! Thank you!
by TuhinD 02/04/2010
Hi Andrew, Great Story - would have been quicker to call your wife's phone to find it but anyway - great tutorial. I've just spent two days doing a 3D camera animation with video windows and text the "old" manual AE way. I should have got your plugin which I'm sure would have saved me a lot of time. Oh well - I'll get it now ready for the next one. Thanks.
by Phemmy Odusolu 02/04/2010
Andrew you inspire me everyday and night even while i have not gone through the tutorial i know i have got a lot to learn .
Nice one brother
by zaheerullah 02/03/2010
hi salam Andrew
tanks so much for thos tutorial
by Dino 02/03/2010
Love it! Very simple yet powerful!
by Impulse 02/03/2010
Hey Andrew! awesome work, keep it up!
I love this plugin, it makes it so easier to animate camera. But when i try to "bake" the camera i get this error :( http://screenforyou28.hit.bg/Clipboard625.jpg. I dont know whats wrong but i have 2 GB RAM, shouldnt it be enough?
by Steve Brigantino 02/03/2010
Hmmm

Auto rotate doesn't seem to work for me.

Mac OS 10.6- AE CS4
by Scott F 02/02/2010
Very intuitive, especially after having worked with version 1. Would like to echo the praise for the dolly function. The inertia feature also is appreciated. SOLID!
by dion Coursen 02/01/2010
Sure target just changed my life. for real.
by Mauro Gorrin 02/01/2010
Wuzzup Andrew!.. dude.. u rock!!.. these tutorials help me a lot in my job.. keep up a good job!.. thnx..
greetings from Venezuela
by Asish 01/31/2010
Hey Andrew ,big fan of urs , just wanted to know how you make the glossy effect of ur object in 3d maxs, will really appreciate it if you could show. Cheers
by VideoCopilot Mania 01/30/2010
Hey Andrew come on make the 102 tutorial :) We are waiting whole moth :(
by Niklas Berg 01/29/2010
This is truly epic, such a timesaver and its free! I love you
by augustine boakye 01/29/2010
i want to know how to used adobe 3d
by Steve AKA Briggs 01/29/2010
Andrew,

Seriously thank you for your great tuts and this great plugin.

On a lighter note, the jokes can be funny and the stories nicer, it adds a touch to some long could be boring tutorials.

Keep up the good ad-lib

Best regards,

Steve
by Rogier Righart 01/29/2010
Hallo Andrew,

Loving your work....and i realy digg this sure target preset....i realy want to get full controle of camera movements in AE.

now that i am using your sure target preset....i have a quiestion.

lets say i have 4 targets...and now i want to move from target 4 to taget 1....i have a problem because the preset is counting back so the camera also passes target 3 and 2....but i want the camera go straight from target 4 to target 1....not seeing targets 2 and 3.....is it possible to do what i want??...if so how?

Kind Regards,

rogier righART
by Thiago Padoan 01/29/2010
I'm from Brazil and I don't speak english very well but I really learn a lot about AE with your tuts. Thanks Man!!!
by rubz 01/28/2010
Andrew Kramer is the Bob Ross of the 21st century!
...that's a compliment.
by Dr Face 01/28/2010
Awesome. I love the Sure target tool, use it very often.
Love your Vids: they are very funny and you can even learn something from them!
by Ellis 01/28/2010
thanks guys i'm just an amateur and it's just great these stuffs jaja . SEE YA GOD BLESS YOU
by syong 01/28/2010
i've watch and learn ur tutorials.....thnx idol..
by Aki 01/27/2010
Nice I like them All thanx For the tutorials
by Evan 01/27/2010
lol Minority Report reference was funny i actually chuckled...
by Octavio 01/27/2010
Hi Andrew
Thanks for all your vids
Im from Xalapa Veracruz, Mexico and Im very glad
to have found tutorials like this
my dad just got me your whole products
and i will try to do new things with them
hopefully as good ones as yours jaja

well i just want you to know that i wanna be involved in cinematography when i grow up (I´m 15)
and your work served to me as an inspiration

Muchas gracias!
by Mike 01/27/2010
Thanks for this and all the other great Tutorials.

Greetings from Germany
by Remo 01/27/2010
THANKS A LOT Andrew. AWESOME WORK .. and thanks for SHARING!!!

It also works in CS4 on Snow Leopard ... just copy the plugin into:
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Plug-Ins/CS4/File Formats
by whilst 01/26/2010
ahaahahha! did you just see minority report?

awesome tut by the way, keep up the good work, thanks!
by mips 01/26/2010
Hello bonjour Andrew

First, a very big thank you for all your tuts and free plugs !!
About this tut, how do you made the particules ? With particular or Particule playground ? And what are your settings for the particules ?

by Jason Q 01/25/2010
Great Tutorial and fantastic plugin! thanks for the tut andrew !
by DEDE TATOO 01/25/2010
I am just enjoy the website,enjoying the fun is not all i want, i want to be part of the fun,
you guys are the best keep on
by Gary 01/25/2010
Awesome Tutorial!

Question, in your design how did you get the particles to react with the suretarget movement?

Thank you.
by KArthik 01/24/2010
Hey ANDREWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWwww....ur GOD........i was thinkn about asking u guys how to do this sure target 2 sort of thing...and here you are with this........thanksssssssssssssssand ur story is toooog good................Kepp rocking.....
by napster 01/24/2010
hello. andrew copilot
la verdad es que no hablo mucho ingles pero les dejo el comentario gracias por sus aportes y un saludo desde colombia..
el que se quiera contactar conmigo mi msm napster_jaml@hotmail.com
by Rico Che 01/24/2010
Brilliant! This is a powerful tool. I am glad you fixed all the bug from the previous one i will be sure to put this to the test
by Leoo 01/24/2010

Thanks man very very much
by Reuben 01/24/2010
when i try to put open plug in after effects it says it's an unsupported file. i have CS4.
by greg 01/24/2010
you stop drop and roll if your on fire
by eliya 01/24/2010
I loved your phone story...
dont worry Tomm Crusse will begg to make movie with you :o.
by marcus redd 01/24/2010
this, tutorial rocks... made things a lot easier on AE... You Rock, Maestro!
by nagaraju 01/24/2010
wow very nice tut ... thanks to ANDREW
by bin hlabe 01/24/2010
Andrew Help me
I have Problem K If I render some Projects messeage show is:

After Effects Error:unlabe to Allocate space for a 5000× 8000 image buffer
you may be experiencing fragmantation < In the Memory
by Nathan 01/24/2010
hey Andrew,

Wondering if you would mind sharing with us how you did the ‘airplane style rolling effect’ I would love to implement that feature in a camera I have already animated (not with sureTarget) for my current project- I cannot seem to find the relevant expression.

Thanks for this great work by the way

–Nathan
by agamemnon 01/23/2010

hi andrew when u will drop ur next tut
cant wait.. lookin forward to see

greez from germany
by lachgre mustapha 01/23/2010
thinks Mr andrew kramer i'm very happy to watch you exeptionnel work.a'm lachgre mustapha proffetionell after effects.of morrocco.
by gywo 01/23/2010
hi, it's always great
i hope you win a lot of momey with your work and dvd cause you're a nice guy

thk a lot broth

... a french guy ...
by assaf Lavi 01/23/2010
great tutorial, great plugIn. great guys, Ride on..
by pras 01/23/2010
hi andrew great job
by talamanca 01/22/2010
Just super cool, thank you very much!!!
by nash 01/22/2010
CS4 AE crashes as soon as i click on auto focus - focus target
by gkourk 01/21/2010
hi where can i find it to download
thanks
by Xubair 01/21/2010
hello andrew how r u dude plz tell me that how to do that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90VyvOhPmA0
by marios 01/21/2010
hello!!! great job. can anybody tolod me abou tht e paticale ? which tutorial to watch to creat particale like this?

thank you
by Sharky Bear 01/21/2010
Way to remove all the hassle of animating the camera, mate, haha. Top stuff!

Now I'll just wait for all the TV channels here in Sydney to start using your newer style :P
by siddhant 01/20/2010
lol............nyc story man......
and all ur tutorials are awesome.....ive seen all of dem....ur great man......:)
by ibrahima 01/20/2010
wow very fantastic,
thanks for great nice tutorial

by Drakey 01/19/2010
Ander you are a legend mate, This is going to save me so much time!!! Thanks so much for taking the time to make this. VC.COM is awesome!!! Keep up the work :D
by ........... 01/19/2010
great ..

I hop to make tutorail about drop fall onto the ocean ..

and thank you very much for this ecxellent lesson..

^^
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