In this 3-in-1 Tutorial we get the high-voltage action! This massive 56 min tutorial has so many tips and tricks you are sure to learn something new! Techniques: Direction Lightning Movement Dynamic Reflections with realistic[…]

    Direction Lightning Movement    Dynamic Reflections with realistic falloff Source: Video Copilot 2

Solving some interesting problems with Lightning and Electricity! Watch for the tutorial on Tuesday! Had a great time at NAB, Adobe has recorded my presentation, will be posting that soon! Thanks to everyone who stopped[…]

Yo Andrew! Where are all the Tutorials!?! A reasonable question actually. I don’t have a simple answer but maybe I can share a bit of my process with you. This year I’ve been working on[…]

I must confess… I was never a big fan of shape layers… we just didn’t get along. I was used to using masks but suddenly (around AE CS3) the same mask tool began creating Red vector[…]

So we’re working on a new Blog Show and thought this was a good time to remind everyone to be safe! It has begun! #cinedrive #kesslercrane A video posted by Video Copilot (@andrewkramer) on Jan[…]

Just playing around with a new After Effects experiment without using any 3rd Party plug-ins! I need to refine some parts of the effect but I really want to make a tutorial for it ASAP![…]

    Create a dripping water displacement map    Simulate realistic camera DOF Source: Video Copilot 2

In this tutorial we’ll use After Effects to create a realistic water effect without any 3rd party plug-ins! Great for adding atmosphere to a rainy scene or title. This effect is fully customization and can[…]

What is this thing! I’ve basically combined a bunch of stuff into one experiment! I might have been inspired by the amazing planet explosions from The Force Awakens but wanted to see if I could get[…]