Still relevant even many years later, thank you. I'm just in the middle of this tutorial but I already have so many ideas about how to use the same effects to achieve different results.
Anyone who needs help with the Text, I worked it out. You have to go to Compostion in the to menu -> new. The create a new Text layer by selecting "Layer - New -> Text" from the top menu, you can style it how you want with the Font options box on the right/where you see paragraph, effects etc. He's using the Font "Die Hund", copy his options to get to the stroke(white border). This composition will be in your project panel on the left. Click the "The Grid" composition where his says "Comp 1, Output Grid, The Grid A, Digital Growth" etc, then drag your text composition from the project box down and put it above the Digital Growth layer and it will be like his, then you can continue from from 13:37 (his text layer/composition is named "Title_Template". Hope that helps anyone else who gets stuck :)
I was already planning on buying E3D when I get to that stage in my learning, but if I hadn't been, I would be now. All the tutorials you do for regular non-plugin effects, the free plugins, the quality and enthusiasm of your teaching style. I'm so impressed and thankful, as a learner, that I don't think I could express it without sounding even more goofy and corny than I undoubtedly already do. Thank you.
Yet another God-tier tutorial here!! Love it, i genuinely struggle to believe that this is all free too! Incredible work Andrew as ever! Sidenote - i was having issues with editing the bezier curve at 04:27 , whereby i couldn't rotate the handles when changing the curve. I fixed it by clicking the 'choose graph type and options' button, and switching it to value graph rather than speed graph. Just wanted to share in case anyone else is experiencing this issue :) Thanks again Andrew! These videos are genuinely timeless!!
The main thing i'm learning about Vfx is: It doesn't matter how your project looks inside the software, if its just a bunch of weird layers all improvised or whatever. What matters is the final result, the render. BUT you have to remember you may want to change something later, so your project must be recursive.
I learned so many techniques watching you, but there's one lesson that definitely all us learned with you... Experimentation! That's the key... Many thanks Andrew
Could anybody explain me how the GRID text was executed....coz that was not shown in this tutorial i.e from 13:34 And I am unable to drag the Grid back to Z space and neither able to use the Camera from 17:54 Please help me clarify my doubts anybody
+D2K Prime he commented similar on my own reply. I don't think his English is too strong but his other message says he's using cs4 so maybe it's that causing issues
You have to watch the tutorial very close. Do not just follow what he says in words, push the pause button anytime the cursor moves, to see what he just hit. Also,when he makes his adjustment like (opacity) I would pause and put the exact numbers. One thing I noticed (among others), was that the tutorial composition is for ten seconds, but if you time the video of the actual effects, it is approximately 18 seconds long. So there are things you have to play around with like he says in his tutorial. I like that he leaves a few things (simply things) out because that forces you to learn. Maybe a little frustrating, but I have learned so much!! Thanks Andrew!
I've been using this tutorial for the past couple days and the project came out great! Thanks a lot Andrew, killer tutorial. If I may make a suggestion, could you do a keystroke overlay so we know exactly which shortcuts you're using? Thank you again!!
Video Copilot How do you move the lightning like the cross hair things at 2:50 you move the lightning but on my screen there's no cross hairs, how do I do that?
figured it out, i changed the lightning back to direction and the cross hairs were there, then went down to bouncey and the cross hairs were still there so i could move it.
Thanks man I needed this one. One of my professors told us to make a titantron (if your a wrestling fan you know what that is) for our exam. Looks like I wasnt the only one watching wrestling or wwe in ourschool, haha. this will help alot. Thanks bro
pls help me at 2:21, when i moved or scale that grid layer,its not work, the main lightning effect still center with no scale, and disappear when i just move the grid screen to left
Is there another tutorial explaining the BEST part of the Grid Experiment, the beginning introduction to the main title? The circuitboard effect with the camera movements should be explained! please!
+Jordan Ortez The movement of the camera is really easy. You activate 3d and make your templates 3d and you make some camera movements. After you duplicate your templates and offset them.
I have everything done and stuff but I need help with the rendering part. Whenever I render the video is too far away from the text and the effects. Is their a way to fix that?
I tried to do it in After Effects 2017, but the Bouncy type looks different than in the movie. in AE 2015 everything is ok. How to solve this problem in AE 2017?
I got stuck around 4:15 , Because when I opened the Graph Editor, I didn't see the white line that indicated how smooth it preformed. It just wasn't there, and I couldn't find out how to get it there. Could anyone help me?
Every time I'd watch an After Effects tutorial, I have the music video on stand by so when I hear TD being spoken, I pause that tutorial then play a couple seconds of the TD music video xD
When I add the pre-rendered "Digital Growth" around 26:00 I can adjust/duplicate it how I like. I set it to screen to blend in and it looks perfect. But when I toggle into 3D the "screen" setting seems to go away leaving me with the black BG again...anyone know why this happens??
A problem i've been having with this is that the lighting starts to become very jumpy when i animate the decay. between frames it can suddenly be completely different. anyone know how to solve this?
I'm having the same issue. I found this on Reddit, hope it helps: "So, after a few nights of tinkering I figured out how to fix the glitchy lightning effects which seem to occur when you are stacking layers of advanced lightning on top of one another.. just play with the Alpha Obstacle setting and it should clear right up, I have mine set at 60 and no glitches and everything is animating smoothly.. GL!"
superb tutorial - just followed this through and got my own mess of DOF'd digital noise - epic :D will work a treat for some of my HUD elements :D thanks AK! personal fave moment was going to google for electrical puns then "ah never mind" - nearly spat coffee lol!
Could anybody explain me how the GRID text was executed....coz that was not shown in this tutorial i.e from 13:34 And I am unable to drag the Grid back to Z space and neither able to use the Camera from 17:54 Please help me clarify my doubts anybody
I was having the issue (14:40) where the lightning was still showing up behind the letters and not interacting with the alpha channel as shown. After investigating I found under Advanced Lightning > Expert Settings > Main Core Collision Only
Dont get it,@16:13 I drop tint effect in above adv lightning effect and my whole stage goes black. Cannot make any moves after that... whats the deal here?
Could anybody explain me how the GRID text was executed....coz that was not shown in this tutorial i.e from 13:34 And I am unable to drag the Grid back to Z space and neither able to use the Camera from 17:54 Please help me clarify my doubts anybody
Hey Dude I have never seen such professional stuff shown on youtube and I love this kind of stuff the making of videos and editing oh I just love it but I know so little about them I really am looking forward to learn more by watching your videos so please keep up with the great content like this.
how do you get that Bezier handle so long @ 4:20 ? When i grab and drag the handle, it stays to a fixed size, regardless if the keyframe is linear, hold or bezier. using AE C6
Hello 'Copilot. I would like to know if there is a tutorial to create the entire 20 secund intro. As you show in the exemple at the begining of the video.
I give up at 24:20, because it doesn't work for me as that "Rhombus point" didn't show up and my animation don't do anything. I'm trying to create this on AAE Ver. 15.1 (2018) which looks slightly different, but this Grid is just too much for my brain i think :D. I love your tutorials and they're well presented but, maybe this is just too hard for me.
Could anybody explain me how the GRID text was executed....coz that was not shown in this tutorial i.e from 13:34 And I am unable to drag the Grid back to Z space and neither able to use the Camera from 17:54 Please help me clarify my doubts anybody
I cannot get rid of this weird jumpy lightning bug when the decay is animated and dropping from above .25, and it's so niche that google isn't helping me.
im really stuck on the title part, do not understand what to do, ive read your edit notes but no idea, plaease help somebody. What is the *add a white stroke on black type* ???????
You are truly the best guy, but I am using the mac book pro and when i open the project file it is asking me to convert the file from 10.0.4 to windows 64, now I am wondering if it does support with mac book pro?
8 years later and I'm still learning so much from that same tutorial
9 years later and I'm still learning so much from that same tutorial
10 years later and I'm still learning so much from that same tutorial
@@yy-cq4bm 10 years later and I'm still learning so much from that same tutorial
Still relevant even many years later, thank you. I'm just in the middle of this tutorial but I already have so many ideas about how to use the same effects to achieve different results.
This is seriously one of the coolest things I've seen that can be done with a video editor. Very clear tutorial, nice job!
Each time Andrew says it, I like that he finds his own tutorials so exciting. :)
yeah excalty,...He feels so proud on his work.
Anyone who needs help with the Text, I worked it out. You have to go to Compostion in the to menu -> new. The create a new Text layer by selecting "Layer - New -> Text" from the top menu, you can style it how you want with the Font options box on the right/where you see paragraph, effects etc. He's using the Font "Die Hund", copy his options to get to the stroke(white border). This composition will be in your project panel on the left. Click the "The Grid" composition where his says "Comp 1, Output Grid, The Grid A, Digital Growth" etc, then drag your text composition from the project box down and put it above the Digital Growth layer and it will be like his, then you can continue from from 13:37 (his text layer/composition is named "Title_Template".
Hope that helps anyone else who gets stuck :)
I was already planning on buying E3D when I get to that stage in my learning, but if I hadn't been, I would be now. All the tutorials you do for regular non-plugin effects, the free plugins, the quality and enthusiasm of your teaching style. I'm so impressed and thankful, as a learner, that I don't think I could express it without sounding even more goofy and corny than I undoubtedly already do. Thank you.
Yet another God-tier tutorial here!! Love it, i genuinely struggle to believe that this is all free too! Incredible work Andrew as ever! Sidenote - i was having issues with editing the bezier curve at 04:27 , whereby i couldn't rotate the handles when changing the curve. I fixed it by clicking the 'choose graph type and options' button, and switching it to value graph rather than speed graph. Just wanted to share in case anyone else is experiencing this issue :) Thanks again Andrew! These videos are genuinely timeless!!
im always in awe of how you even think that these effects and layers can turn out like that. have loved you videos for a long time
The main thing i'm learning about Vfx is: It doesn't matter how your project looks inside the software, if its just a bunch of weird layers all improvised or whatever.
What matters is the final result, the render. BUT you have to remember you may want to change something later, so your project must be recursive.
I learned so many techniques watching you, but there's one lesson that definitely all us learned with you... Experimentation! That's the key... Many thanks Andrew
The secret to AK's success: add another adjustment layer, and push it back in z space, followed immediately by the ancient chant, "Pr Et iK Ool."
lolz
You forgot to change it to screen.
Could anybody explain me how the GRID text was executed....coz that was not shown in this tutorial i.e from 13:34
And I am unable to drag the Grid back to Z space and neither able to use the Camera from 17:54
Please help me clarify my doubts anybody
I might only be watching this for your sense of humor I swear !
More seriously, still relevant 10 years later
The humor can be very droll at times, but your tutorials are unmatched by anyone.
+D2K Prime sorry friend, that the draft version works is that I get an error or something asy version
Um....okay?
+D2K Prime he commented similar on my own reply. I don't think his English is too strong but his other message says he's using cs4 so maybe it's that causing issues
a mc I'm sorry I'm speak Spanish translator
+Negan Oficial Mi esposa es de Barcelona :)
Hablamos catalán . Estoy practicando pero no muy bien haha :)
You have to watch the tutorial very close. Do not just follow what he says in words, push the pause button anytime the cursor moves, to see what he just hit. Also,when he makes his adjustment like (opacity) I would pause and put the exact numbers. One thing I noticed (among others), was that the tutorial composition is for ten seconds, but if you time the video of the actual effects, it is approximately 18 seconds long. So there are things you have to play around with like he says in his tutorial. I like that he leaves a few things (simply things) out because that forces you to learn. Maybe a little frustrating, but I have learned so much!! Thanks Andrew!
After all these years, I am still watching this tutorial
"Rotate it 45 degrees. Makes it about 45% more futuristic." Ehehehehe
Love these CoPilot videos! Clear and impressive easy-to-follow delights. And very funny.
Wow, what a creative way to use the lightning effect. Pretty obvious Mr Kramer here is on top of his game ^___^
"The higher the value, the more the forking"
Turns value up on max and hopes for the best.
I've been using this tutorial for the past couple days and the project came out great! Thanks a lot Andrew, killer tutorial. If I may make a suggestion, could you do a keystroke overlay so we know exactly which shortcuts you're using? Thank you again!!
Dude, you are a genius.
Bad Robot should be like "WOW" every time you go to work.
The Greatest motion designer. Thank you very much for all your stuff and tutorials.
It always amazes me on how you can create such elaborate things with minimum work!
Andrew, thank you SO MUCH for your tutorials.
We really apreciate it as much as I can't even describe!
No one ever made better tuts then this guy
My 100th favorite video !
Keep up the good work !
AK never stops surprising me with this great videos!
Video Copilot How do you move the lightning like the cross hair things at 2:50 you move the lightning but on my screen there's no cross hairs, how do I do that?
same, i can move the lightining but it doesnt change and there are no cross hairs
figured it out, i changed the lightning back to direction and the cross hairs were there, then went down to bouncey and the cross hairs were still there so i could move it.
Love the tutorial! Very insightful!
To much Film Riot on my part, at 16:30 I was expecting Josh to dance to Turbulent Displacement
Ahah, so true, i did to :)
SuperGbip Leave it up to Ryan and Josh to pervert our minds in the effects rack of After Effects
tur-bu-lent dis-place-mennnt!! JOSH's DANCE BREAK!
Brilliant stuff. Clear and impressive demonstrations that are easy to follow. Love it.
haha electrical Puns. Andrew great work, you always know how to brighten up the tutorial
Thanks man I needed this one. One of my professors told us to make a titantron (if your a wrestling fan you
know what that is) for our exam. Looks like I wasnt the only one watching wrestling or wwe in ourschool, haha.
this will help alot. Thanks bro
Very nice, As a beginner, Would there be a tutorial on the editing to create the full clip?
this tutorial was "electric", ha ha.... it was very "energizing"....
you just made my innovation "spark"
ok, im done,
nice tutorials man!
Download the text from here www.dafont.com/die-hund.font then double-click it and hit install then go back and the font will be instantly updated.
eccislam thnx dud :D
eccislam be carefull the license for tht font says for personal use
Osama Hesham be carefull the license for tht font says for personal use
haha - loved the quick query for an electrical pun ... then the sudden accepted defeat by google "never mind" :P
pls help me at 2:21, when i moved or scale that grid layer,its not work, the main lightning effect still center with no scale, and disappear when i just move the grid screen to left
i mean using Adj layer i can not move the lightning efffect as solid layer can do.
ps: AE cs6.0
Why is it when i play around with the camera the text only moves.. is it because i used text or something
I love the warning sighs next to "Advance Lightning" - like proceed with caution, that effect - it might be lethal
hey do you have a tutorial on how to do the camera like you did and how to put sound on the video aswell? thanks
45% more futuristic; that a good one!
You are so good at what you do, Andrew!
Is there another tutorial explaining the BEST part of the Grid Experiment, the beginning introduction to the main title? The circuitboard effect with the camera movements should be explained! please!
+Jordan Ortez The movement of the camera is really easy. You activate 3d and make your templates 3d and you make some camera movements. After you duplicate your templates and offset them.
you said it ....
I have everything done and stuff but I need help with the rendering part. Whenever I render the video is too far away from the text and the effects. Is their a way to fix that?
I tried to do it in After Effects 2017, but the Bouncy type looks different than in the movie. in AE 2015 everything is ok. How to solve this problem in AE 2017?
I had the same issue in AE 2020, finally solved it by turning up the Alpha Obstacle. Not perfect but much better
"45 percent more futuristic"... :) Love your videos - you really know your stuff!
i remember the first time i finished this last year haha it took me like an hour or two and was so worth it in the end
The intro about LinkedIn. LMAO!!!
This effect is buddy as hell. Lines are turning on and off, flickering, Ive been playing with the settings for an hour and its just a mess.
Awesome tutorial, I learned a lot about After Effects and I made a stunning new intro video as a result!
my back ground is pure white checker board how do I fix that?
are you like the designer of after effects because you're ridiculously good at these
I got stuck around 4:15 , Because when I opened the Graph Editor, I didn't see the white line that indicated how smooth it preformed. It just wasn't there, and I couldn't find out how to get it there. Could anyone help me?
" Makes it at least 45% more futuristic" ! HAHAHA! Love this guy!
16:28 Being a FilmRiot fan, I cant watch him search for turbulent displace and not laugh :D :D
Every time I'd watch an After Effects tutorial, I have the music video on stand by so when I hear TD being spoken, I pause that tutorial then play a couple seconds of the TD music video xD
TURBULENT DISPLACE! *Josh dancing
***** yeah i'm remember that episode
FTHB. Could you give me the link to this episode?
i realize it is kind of randomly asking but does anyone know a good website to stream new series online ?
That is amazing. My personal favorite from you, Andrew.
When I add the pre-rendered "Digital Growth" around 26:00 I can adjust/duplicate it how I like. I set it to screen to blend in and it looks perfect. But when I toggle into 3D the "screen" setting seems to go away leaving me with the black BG again...anyone know why this happens??
A problem i've been having with this is that the lighting starts to become very jumpy when i animate the decay. between frames it can suddenly be completely different. anyone know how to solve this?
I'm having the same issue. I found this on Reddit, hope it helps:
"So, after a few nights of tinkering I figured out how to fix the glitchy lightning effects which seem to occur when you are stacking layers of advanced lightning on top of one another.. just play with the Alpha Obstacle setting and it should clear right up, I have mine set at 60 and no glitches and everything is animating smoothly..
GL!"
thank you so much dude! :) had the same issue
thanks so much, you saved my day! :'D
Thanks for sharing all your knowledge haven't had a chance to play with this yet but very excited. You are awesome!
when i adjust the solid composite effect at 9:00, my apha channes not got fixed. you guys know why?
Nice pic
superb tutorial - just followed this through and got my own mess of DOF'd digital noise - epic :D will work a treat for some of my HUD elements :D thanks AK!
personal fave moment was going to google for electrical puns then "ah never mind" - nearly spat coffee lol!
+a mc sorry friend, that the draft version works is that I get an error or something asy version
Could anybody explain me how the GRID text was executed....coz that was not shown in this tutorial i.e from 13:34
And I am unable to drag the Grid back to Z space and neither able to use the Camera from 17:54
Please help me clarify my doubts anybody
I was having the issue (14:40) where the lightning was still showing up behind the letters and not interacting with the alpha channel as shown. After investigating I found under Advanced Lightning > Expert Settings > Main Core Collision Only
Dont get it,@16:13 I drop tint effect in above adv lightning effect and my whole stage goes black. Cannot make any moves after that... whats the deal here?
give more info..cant understand what you are saying..
what did he do between 23:25 and 23:28 that gave his footage a secondary blue tone along with the original green color?
Hey thanks man easy steps. feel like I could learn more. did not know after effects could be that awesome cheers and happy new year
Could anybody explain me how the GRID text was executed....coz that was not shown in this tutorial i.e from 13:34
And I am unable to drag the Grid back to Z space and neither able to use the Camera from 17:54
Please help me clarify my doubts anybody
I should like to congratulate on their excellent work
I need help, please. What is the camera basic principle that we have to do to create the show at 30 seconds?
and thank you very much.
Hey Dude I have never seen such professional stuff shown on youtube and I love this kind of stuff the making of videos and editing oh I just love it but I know so little about them I really am looking forward to learn more by watching your videos so please keep up with the great content like this.
+_Thunderbolt_ sorry friend, that the draft version works is that I get an error or something asy version
Your stuff is inspirational! Thank you for taking the time to post these videos.
Great advice on experimenting. I think that is a great way to learn more about the effects and overall design skills.
how do you get that Bezier handle so long @ 4:20 ? When i grab and drag the handle, it stays to a fixed size, regardless if the keyframe is linear, hold or bezier. using AE C6
420
Silvan Fennema Blaze
how do we do star burst with CS5? :( I did everything until there, even researched how to find it otherwise... no results.
You are After Efects genius. And I thought that I need expensive plugins for that.
10 years later still getting some tips from this video
Do you have a tutorial how to do a camera angle like in the intro sir? hehe thank you.
I find it easier to control the camera by selecting "4 Views" instead of "1 View". Its located on the bottom of the Render Window.
OMG. Thsi tutorial is amazing
for some reason the advanced lightning will not do 3D space, when I turn the camera it just stays in the same spot
Did you make the layer that it's on 3d?
yes, still no good...is there an option in the expert settings that will not let it twist in 3d?
What do you mean by "let it twist?" What are you trying to do that isn't working?
i'm twisting the camera in 3d space, every layer spins except the lightning effect.... i just don't understand why, because all layers are in 3d mode
Unless you could post a screenshot of the scene so maybe I could see if anything else looks weird, I have no idea. That sounds really strange.
How is the grid seen without the lightning at 4:54
Could you please inform me how you created this effect in camera at 0:28 ? Thank you in advance.
When I select the Bouncy Lightning type it doen't change all that much. any ideas? I doesn't look anything at all like yours...
Hello 'Copilot. I would like to know if there is a tutorial to create the entire 20 secund intro. As you show in the exemple at the begining of the video.
Been waiting for this one since I saw the preview image!
@ 9:50 dots layers appear in timeline please let me know how you got that
42 subscribers to go, then you'll have your youtube camera!! damn! more power!
Awesome tutorial! Love the electrical puns!
I give up at 24:20, because it doesn't work for me as that "Rhombus point" didn't show up and my animation don't do anything. I'm trying to create this on AAE Ver. 15.1 (2018) which looks slightly different, but this Grid is just too much for my brain i think :D. I love your tutorials and they're well presented but, maybe this is just too hard for me.
Great tutorial!. Would be nice if we could see all the shortkeys you use. Thanks!
you are freaking genius dude.
thanks alot bro , keep making tutorials like this.
You had really helped me,
ThaNk YOU ...;)
Thank you for finally putting it up! Can not wait to make some of it!
My after-effects version is 2018, but I want to change the GRID mode to the SCREEN mode, but I can not seem to see it. What should I do?
How to make one of the panel go fullscreen then go non full screen again using a keyboard shortcut (2:25)?
Could anybody explain me how the GRID text was executed....coz that was not shown in this tutorial i.e from 13:34
And I am unable to drag the Grid back to Z space and neither able to use the Camera from 17:54
Please help me clarify my doubts anybody
when I change my decay, the lightning jumps all over the place, has anyone ideas how to smooth it out?
Legend ,I never became fan of any movie star but I am fan of video copilot
Very helpful. I directly used it for my first episodes. :)
I cannot get rid of this weird jumpy lightning bug when the decay is animated and dropping from above .25, and it's so niche that google isn't helping me.
im really stuck on the title part, do not understand what to do, ive read your edit notes but no idea, plaease help somebody. What is the *add a white stroke on black type* ???????
Fantastic look and use of the stock plug-ins. Thanks!
P.S.: LOL @ "nonstop spam messages to you..."
You are truly the best guy, but I am using the mac book pro and when i open the project file it is asking me to convert the file from 10.0.4 to windows 64, now I am wondering if it does support with mac book pro?