For those who have issues when adding the tracking data to 'Illumination', this is the solution: 1. Export Tracking Data > After Effects Transform Data [position, scale, and rotation] 2. Create a Null Object and paste it there. 3. Depending on which frame your effect is aligned to, parent the 'Illumination' layer to the Null Object. This is because by exporting it as a Corner Pin from Mocha, the corner pins are actually on the edge of the mask itself. Since our 'Illumination' composition setting is 1920x1080, it gets shrunk to match the mask's corner pins when copied over.
Could you please elaborate on this more, I exported the tracking data into the null object but it just adds the corner pin effect and doesn’t acc track with the footage, could you please please provide any more info on what to do to make it work? Thanks
FOR ANYONE HAVING TROUBLE COPYING TRACKING DATA TO ILLUMINATION MAP: I had the same problem as many of you where when I tried to copy my tracking data over from my solid to my illumination map, it would resize it or just not work. So what I did was changed a few of Andrew's instructions. 1. Use the "X-Spline" tool in Mocha instead of "Bezier" pen. 2. When exporting your tracking data, choose "After Effects Transform Data [position, scale, rotation]" 3. Instead of copying the data to a "solid", copy it to a "null" layer 4. Instead of copying the data from your null to your illumination map, simply parent the "illumination map" to the "null" layer. Hopefully these changes help you guys as much as it helped me.
This is SO god damned cool. I watched the entire video, even though I will probably never use this technique anywhere. It's just very fascinating to know how this kind of art/rendering technique is done. Keep up the great work! :D
The term Special Effects specifically refers to physical effects. Like real explosions, triggered charges etc. VISUAL effects is what you do in post. Nuke is used for professional compositing, but so is After Effects, to a much larger degree than many will give it credit. I worked for 3 years at a VFX house in Hollywood (Look Effects) and Id say we were at least 40% After Effects, 40% Nuke, and 20% Flame. The general rule of thumb is use the best tool for the job. Don't limit yourself.
You saved a man life with this video. I made this video by your tutorial and pass my motion graphic course in university. After that I'm just loving After Effect
OK, everyone like this so he can see please. After watching this and the Amazing Spiderman 2 trailer I would like you to make something of this sort but instead of these people Electro! If you could make a tutorial about this it would be amazing!!!
Adding a displacement map to the whole effect would have made it a lot better, that way the texture would be deformed around his cheek and the corner of his eye. Either way, an amazing tutorial that I just watched for the 7th time. Much love Andrew!
"We're not going to lunch later!" lol! Great tip to get some emotions and facial expressions without even trying hard when doing a little acting. Great video. I'm new to this and this works perfect enough for me ;-) Thanks for tips and the wonderful tutorial.
So everything worked like a charm until I got to copying and pasting the datatracking to the end of my clip. Its not following my face, its just sitting still in middle of screen. Any help?
Could anyone please help me? When I copy the tracking data from the solid layer with the Grid and Corner Pin applied to it; and Paste that info to my Illumination layer- it shrinks. To a point that makes it unusable.....I have gone back and redone it four times with the same results.... i'm loosing it. lol
Wow I have stopped doing VFX for a few years now but I remember watching your videos as my inspiration! I watched this just for the sake of the humor and the puns and the jokes are still great!
I just say... THANK YOU! This tutorial was very good but i got one problem, when i paste the tracking data into the illumination map, it rescales. Do you know how to fix this?
I found the button. But I still don't know why everyone is looking for that. Is this somehow gonna help me with sizing issue when importing the tracking data?))
Videocopilot has AMAZING tutorials! I love em all... exept this one.. the effect simple does not work.... Maybe because its 5 years old and both Mocha and AE have hade some changes since then. but the changes are too big to figure out without a professional by your side... Been smashing my head behind a keyboard for the last 4 days now, working over time, and finally.... I just drew the masks frame by frame.... and it STILL doesnt look like this tutorial...
Well, actually he reminded us (or at least me) about the "brainstorm" feature in AE and also about the "guide" layer that doesn't appear in the render. Those are two pretty useful tips in my opinion. And of course the sub surface idea was great!
There are many free options like Hitfilm (mixture of editing & compositing) ,Natron , Fusion ... and even Blender can be used like that, so there are no excuses :P
I am very much a beginner in AE so this stuff is a little above my station for now but I just wanted to say thanks for the excellent videos. It is fascinating what is possible and the explanation of technique is super helpful, top stuff, please keep up the great work, thanks again :)
I'm a complete novitiate as well, but imo the best way to learn this stuff w/o forgetting it is to follow him along slowly and just do the stuff even if you don't understand EVERYTHING beforehand.
Looks kinda flat. Would be cooler if you moved the vains a bit back i 'z' space, so it would have a bit more dimension to it. But other than that, nice effect!
Omg i think i cried over your username :'( tragic story... But yeah you're right. When i watched this for the first time, that was my first thought. It is pretty cool though, but i know he can do better. In his "City Demolish" video, he uses that 3D placement, so it looks like the holes in the building is actually there, and not just like a painting.
My dear this is very very great... Please do a Tutorial on 1. Matte painting 2. Green screen with Photoshop after effex 3. Set extension I am very happy with what AFTA is doing..this is good.
I like your tutorials the way you take your time to teach, but one thing I will like to comment about is " any of your videos try to start from scratch by opening a new composition because you are already my teacher. Am some how editor through your tutorials. Thanks.
Thank you very much. I think this is the most professional answer i ever get! Most answers are fanboy stuff. I also think "dont limit yourself" combine stuff and do new things to get the best result.
This is really cool and helpful! But am I the only one experiencing a bit of flatness in the effect? Like, it doesn't feel like it curves well with Sam's head. I'm still super impressed by Andrew's skills and will find use in this a lot :)
veins links: www.4shared.com/photo/uKMUPQDX/white_veins.html
www.4shared.com/photo/zBlj3t0e/vein_together.htm
Thanks Man
i was getting annoying tryna find them thanks
+stalkert101 very very thanks :)
thanks !
thank you so much!
For those who have issues when adding the tracking data to 'Illumination', this is the solution:
1. Export Tracking Data > After Effects Transform Data [position, scale, and rotation]
2. Create a Null Object and paste it there.
3. Depending on which frame your effect is aligned to, parent the 'Illumination' layer to the Null Object.
This is because by exporting it as a Corner Pin from Mocha, the corner pins are actually on the edge of the mask itself. Since our 'Illumination' composition setting is 1920x1080, it gets shrunk to match the mask's corner pins when copied over.
@dukesweden
Could you please elaborate on this more, I exported the tracking data into the null object but it just adds the corner pin effect and doesn’t acc track with the footage, could you please please provide any more info on what to do to make it work? Thanks
Hey Vanessa, thanks so much for the solution! Can I ask if you know the drawbacks from this solution?
not working
Why am I watching that, I have school right now and I don't even have Aftereffects, but cool tutorial for sure!
Lol that's me but my laptop is not working and I have after effects
FOR ANYONE HAVING TROUBLE COPYING TRACKING DATA TO ILLUMINATION MAP:
I had the same problem as many of you where when I tried to copy my tracking data over from my solid to my illumination map, it would resize it or just not work. So what I did was changed a few of Andrew's instructions.
1. Use the "X-Spline" tool in Mocha instead of "Bezier" pen.
2. When exporting your tracking data, choose "After Effects Transform Data [position, scale, rotation]"
3. Instead of copying the data to a "solid", copy it to a "null" layer
4. Instead of copying the data from your null to your illumination map, simply parent the "illumination map" to the "null" layer.
Hopefully these changes help you guys as much as it helped me.
I don't know why this isn't working for me. I'm so confused and sad right now.
SoBoss300 I don't understand the 4th point? 🤔
it is not working with the null object. I can't copy it.
thanks, it is working!
what is the point of the 2nd if it doesn't export perspective?
How is this 7 years old? Man. Great stuff. I still use these root overlays for design elements all the time.
Please where can I get the root overlays
This is SO god damned cool. I watched the entire video, even though I will probably never use this technique anywhere. It's just very fascinating to know how this kind of art/rendering technique is done. Keep up the great work! :D
me2 lol
u sir took that comment directly from my brain lol
NINE YEARS AGO!
still coming back to this in 2020 your the G.O.A.T. Andrew!
His voice makes me want to listen more for some reason
the depth is all that makes this realistic and it was the first thing i checked out
andrew also talks about it in the beginning
Wow this is very cool! Can't wait to use this effect in my next short film! Great tips, thank you Andrew!
The term Special Effects specifically refers to physical effects. Like real explosions, triggered charges etc. VISUAL effects is what you do in post. Nuke is used for professional compositing, but so is After Effects, to a much larger degree than many will give it credit. I worked for 3 years at a VFX house in Hollywood (Look Effects) and Id say we were at least 40% After Effects, 40% Nuke, and 20% Flame. The general rule of thumb is use the best tool for the job. Don't limit yourself.
nice
*Half his face glows red*
chewing tobacco is one hell of a drug!
You saved a man life with this video.
I made this video by your tutorial and pass my motion graphic course in university.
After that I'm just loving After Effect
**Brings his A game** **Only has to turn around**
+Jono Pedersen That's the Mark Hamill acting method for you.
+Jerem Pillot heh
4:49 "then you can kinda see whrrrr... feel free to make sound effects". cracked me up so hard!!
14:04 I mean i gotta watch my kids, whereever the hell they are XD
Great tutorial by the way!
I was about to mention how much I enjoyed that statement
Very cool. Add a little spline warping for the reveal and it'd look perfect!
I use Nuke as my daily driver but your tutorials still help me out a ton.
The fast blur is strong in this one.
you are great teachers designers, dreamers and visual artists. I admire them much.
OK, everyone like this so he can see please. After watching this and the Amazing Spiderman 2 trailer I would like you to make something of this sort but instead of these people Electro! If you could make a tutorial about this it would be amazing!!!
I love each and every tutorial you upload. This looks very cool indeed. Thanks a lot for sharing.
"Feel free to make sound effects" - instant love! xD
Glad to see u back Andrew, its been a minute!
4:12 The main question is not "Why is the head without a skull?", but "Why the hell did Adobe remove that Brainstorm feature?".
Adding a displacement map to the whole effect would have made it a lot better, that way the texture would be deformed around his cheek and the corner of his eye. Either way, an amazing tutorial that I just watched for the 7th time.
Much love Andrew!
14:03 #1 DAD OF THE YEAR. lmaoo
11 Year past but still the goat.... one of the first guy that got in After effects
this reminds me of electro in the amazing spiderman 2
StevieG FanFights Iron man 3
Imaster1001 That was so cool! It was like there was a thunderstorm inside his head!
same
imaster1001 ....Me too
From 2013 to 2021 this tutorial is still helpful
"We're not going to lunch later!" lol! Great tip to get some emotions and facial expressions without even trying hard when doing a little acting. Great video. I'm new to this and this works perfect enough for me ;-) Thanks for tips and the wonderful tutorial.
+SOURCExRxE Pretty sure he was poking fun at the actor, but ok.
+Jono Pedersen hi can you tell me why my vein color change to skin color ? please please please
i need help
Appreciate the time you take on these tuts Andrew. I will be using some of the tips on this tut in one of my projects.
i do not have the align surface button and when i track it goes on my nose plz help someone
This was like a two in one with the veins and the eye glow! Thanks!
So everything worked like a charm until I got to copying and pasting the datatracking to the end of my clip. Its not following my face, its just sitting still in middle of screen. Any help?
+reebullard that way isn't going to work anymore this is 2015 there are easier ways
did you got the help same problem hear
yes i did it like u, its not following my face and it just move on the right top on the screen ,im so stress right now
Greatest guy, awesome humor, priceless tutorial.
Could anyone please help me? When I copy the tracking data from the solid layer with the Grid and Corner Pin applied to it; and Paste that info to my Illumination layer- it shrinks. To a point that makes it unusable.....I have gone back and redone it four times with the same results.... i'm loosing it. lol
Wow I have stopped doing VFX for a few years now but I remember watching your videos as my inspiration! I watched this just for the sake of the humor and the puns and the jokes are still great!
@Skipple Gaming just checked and my heart is still beating
@Skipple Gaming I have been waiting for this day for 13 years. I can now make a new account.
I just say... THANK YOU! This tutorial was very good but i got one problem, when i paste the tracking data into the illumination map, it rescales. Do you know how to fix this?
Don't forget to clic on "align surface" at your last frame in Mocha, the same thing happened to me
When I'm tracking on mocha. I cant found align surface
thank you!
Wowzers. Thats some magic sauce for doing it all in comp without doing any 3d rendering. Well done sir, well done ^^
"We're not going to lunch later...what?!" Lol
just drop dead lol
still useful, thank Mr.Kramer you are the king of AE users
14:48 Please don't hit me
where can i find the align surface tool? button ? plz someone reply
Yebby thats what im trying to figure out
In Mocha AE, go to layer controls which is in the left. There in the drop down, there is a option called "Align Seleced surfaces".
I found the button. But I still don't know why everyone is looking for that. Is this somehow gonna help me with sizing issue when importing the tracking data?))
@@krsNAMEK parece que si
Videocopilot has AMAZING tutorials! I love em all... exept this one.. the effect simple does not work....
Maybe because its 5 years old and both Mocha and AE have hade some changes since then. but the changes are too big to figure out without a professional by your side... Been smashing my head behind a keyboard for the last 4 days now, working over time, and finally.... I just drew the masks frame by frame.... and it STILL doesnt look like this tutorial...
He looks like the killian from Iron man 3
In the description it says the effect was inspired by Iron Man 3
It's inspired of the movie.
I am fairly new to After Effects and I found this to be a great tutorial.
i cant find the brain storm icon in AE CC 2017 Did they remove it or something? im kinda stuck now
right after he does it manually. so just skip it coz "it's a waste of time"
wiz _0_Moz lol, this comment is a year old, I hope this guy figured it out by now lol
Well, actually he reminded us (or at least me) about the "brainstorm" feature in AE and also about the "guide" layer that doesn't appear in the render. Those are two pretty useful tips in my opinion. And of course the sub surface idea was great!
where can i find the "brainstorm" tool bro?
Mocha isnt working, says file is corrupted or not supported. ive tried quicktime, any other suggestions?
try .mp4, quicktime renders huge file size and probably the worst way to edit
same problem :(
"We are not going to lunch later..." and all of a sudden.. what?.. robert re niro!
it was brilliant!!!
i wan to ask why i cant creat a new project in mocha?i wan import a 6sec video but it say failed to open file
4 years hasn’t been answered by admin, well try to wait another 4 years and he might consider to answer, 😃😃
Install quick real time and restart
Dude..chills all over! Well done!
I don't get it, at 9:09 when I set it to Luma matte, I get transparent veins over the fractal noise
me too
@@LuciaRodriguez-kq4pw could you solve it?
@@arturovilho si, pero ya no me acuerdo como lo hice
I have the same problem as well
i learned so much new in after effects because of your tutorials - thank you.
"Heh Classic"
sub surface sam seems like a great name for a superhero
Hey ;) I really need a hand. What do I do if I don't have the panel in animation of "Track in Mocha AE" be awesome if anyone can tell me
10 years later it's still looks fresh 😮😮😮
well, i just wasted my time. i could never do such thing. Great video
Practice makes the master!
There are many free options like Hitfilm (mixture of editing & compositing) ,Natron , Fusion ... and even Blender can be used like that, so there are no excuses :P
Alpha Blaq but this is pro type of Editting and next level shit it takes years to get into this guy level,.... so it's really hard ..
Junior Unruly dude I did just check my comment... Copy the tracking data with property link and it will attach to it..
hahaha pro type level? This software is children stuff compared to real software used in films.
I am very much a beginner in AE so this stuff is a little above my station for now but I just wanted to say thanks for the excellent videos. It is fascinating what is possible and the explanation of technique is super helpful, top stuff, please keep up the great work, thanks again :)
I'm a complete novitiate as well, but imo the best way to learn this stuff w/o forgetting it is to follow him along slowly and just do the stuff even if you don't understand EVERYTHING beforehand.
I would agree with that, no use watching, if you're not gonna have a tinker yourself :D
Jodezza
:D
Looks kinda flat. Would be cooler if you moved the vains a bit back i 'z' space, so it would have a bit more dimension to it.
But other than that, nice effect!
***** I think you could go on for hours trying to make something like this look almost pixel perfect, but it's a great start for beginners :)
Omg i think i cried over your username :'( tragic story... But yeah you're right. When i watched this for the first time, that was my first thought. It is pretty cool though, but i know he can do better. In his "City Demolish" video, he uses that 3D placement, so it looks like the holes in the building is actually there, and not just like a painting.
The horrible story of a man that was forced to connect his youtube account to google+ tears are falling over this username
Best Tutorial On youtube. Keep Uploading my friend
iron man? You mean iron fist!? 😊🤗
He meant the bad guy in Iron man 3.
Oh mygawd i can use this for an iron fist short! thanks for the spark of inspiration
He meant aldrich killian in iron man 3
good days of AE 10 years ago, still watching this tutorial to this day.
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OMG !! I really loves it ... thanks for sharing this ... I wanna learn more.... eagerly waiting for the next ... love you ... thanks ..
We miss you
Andrew Kramer, you are my hero
Thank you for making a tutorial that didn't require me to purchase a package I REALLY WANT but can't afford at the moment :)
This tutorial WAS very exciting.
Watching it in 2024. Awesome tutorial!
Thanks for uploading these tutorials Andrew!!!!!!!!!
Awesome after effects. Good job.
The greatest tutorials!
THIS WAS CRAZY INSIGHTFUL THANK YOU
My dear this is very very great...
Please do a Tutorial on
1. Matte painting
2. Green screen with Photoshop after effex
3. Set extension
I am very happy with what AFTA is doing..this is good.
LEGENDARY
Awesome techniques
When 2013 results from Iron Man 3 does a "HELLO" inside you RUclips feed
These tutorials are awesome
Can we please get a updated version of this
I love these effects
who the hell disliked this awsome tutorial..
I like your tutorials the way you take your time to teach, but one thing I will like to comment about is " any of your videos try to start from scratch by opening a new composition because you are already my teacher. Am some how editor through your tutorials. Thanks.
Thank you very much. I think this is the most professional answer i ever get! Most answers are fanboy stuff. I also think "dont limit yourself" combine stuff and do new things to get the best result.
You make great tutorials. Thanks
That was really good man....you explained it very well....keep it up....can you do a tutorial for Harry Potter spells
i subscribed just because the joke about your kids made me laugh, thanks bro
sub surface skin tutorial is an excelent material of disney
"Hey watsup? Andrew Kramer here for VideoCopilot. net and welcome back to another very exciting tutorial.." !! :D
Andrew Thank you! You are awesome teacher and all of your tutorials are perfect :D
sub surface skin tutorial is an exelent material of disney
hey this is really easy toturial and well explained got what i was looking for thank you
came here after 1920
thankyou
This is really cool and helpful! But am I the only one experiencing a bit of flatness in the effect? Like, it doesn't feel like it curves well with Sam's head. I'm still super impressed by Andrew's skills and will find use in this a lot :)
I love your tutorials!!!!
Thank you for going back to just after effects. I feel left out when you do 3rd party tutorials.
Youve guys are really good ive finally find some professional guys
Amazing as always.