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Andrew Kramer
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The Video Copilot programmers from Germany
Review: In DP 04 : 2019, our author Nils Calles meets Andrew Kramer's programmers - two Germans who want to know how volumes can be illuminated in real time and manipulated with masks.
Video Copilot live on Tour – Talking with Andrew Kramer
„Hey what’s up, Andrew Kramer here with another very exiting tutorial“ – you have heard this, if you are somewhere in the sphere of VFX, especially within the Adobe and After Effects ecosystem. This intro has been around for 15 years – and it took 15 years for Andrew Kramer to finally make it to London, Paris, Barcelona and Berlin. And we took the chance to meet him on the last and biggest event at the Estrel Congress Center in Berlin – which was sold out, just like the rest of the tour.
Master Artists Motion Graphics Templates
The free Master Artist Motion Graphics Template Collection is available for Premiere Pro CC: Adobe offers the templates free of charge via Adobe Stock.
Tutorial: Videocopilot Electrified
Andrew Kramer is back with a new tutorial: After Effects techniques for electricity effects with reflections and illumination of clouds are shown.
Workflow Power
Video Copilot with a new free plug-in: workflow improvements for After Effects users!
Free “Star Wars” 3D model pack!
Andrew Kramer is deeply connected to "Star Wars" - both professionally and as a fan of the film series. To celebrate "Star Wars" Day on 4 May, Video Copilot has therefore published a 3D model collection in HD quality with 4K textures, which can be downloaded free of charge.
Saber Plug-in Finished!
After several night shifts, Andrew Kramer has released the free After Effects plug-in Saber for creating lightsabres, neon lights and more.
Update for the Color Vibrance Plug-in
Video Copilot has updated its free Vibrance plug-in for After Effects colour effects and fixed several crashes.
City Destruction Tutorial
This new Video Copilot tutorial is extremely practical in times of apocalyptic films. Kramer explains how to create a destroyed city backdrop with After Effects.
New Element 3D Tutorial
Andrew Kramer from Video Copilot explains deformation effects with 3D Noise and Twist in around 20 minutes - enjoy!
Old-Fashioned Polygon Tutorial
Video Copilot has published a new tutorial in which Andrew Kramer explains how to create a cascading polygon with an old-school look in After Effects.
Element 3D V2
Video Copilot released version 2 of Element 3D for After Effects today. Andrew Kramer previously released a half-hour video showing new features.
Free 3D Halloween Package
Video Copilot has a free Halloween 3D model package for Element 3D on offer — in case you want to put together a CG costume for this evening at short notice.
Element 3D V2 on the Way
The Element 3D plug-in from Video Copilot has been well received in the After Effects community. The tool's next major release appears in November.
Pixel Screen Experiment by VC
Video Copilot has published a new experiment in which Andrew Kramer creates an LCD pixel effect using plug-ins included in After Effects.
3D Pre-Compose Script
With this free 3D Pre-Compose script, you can save yourself a lot of work in After Effects – in a tutorial, the Video Copilot boss shows how to use it.
Make It Go Bang with Video Copilot
Video Copilot released its sci-fi weapon video a while ago; now the detailed tutorial is available.
New Short Film from Video Copilot
Andrew Kramer's new short film “Lock & Load” is more entertaining than quite a few of the feature films currently coming out of Hollywood.
Sci-fi weapons video from Video Copilot
Mr Video Copilot, Andrew Kramer, has released a sci-fi weapon video. He used plug-ins in AE, design elements from ShockWave and the new Sound FX Library.
Make Some Sound!
Video Copilot has released MotionPulse, a sound-design tool package that can be used to create sound effects for motion-design projects.
Free Future City Pack
Just in time for Christmas, thanks to the release of the Future City Pack for Element 3D from Video Copilot, you can think about the future in CG form.
So Many Airplanes!
At Video Copilot, from today there are no Disney airplanes with amusing googly eyes, but realistic-looking 3D models—the Jetstrike model pack has been released.
Submit a Building of the Future
Since yesterday, buildings can be submitted to Video Copilot for the Future City Pack—until September 15.
Free Vintage
Not retro, but Vintage Paper Textures: Andrew Kramer may not impress any hipsters with them, but certainly many artists, because they are free and in 4K.
Nuke Lens-Flare Heaven
Another chapter in lens flares opens today: Video Copilot is releasing the Optical Flares package for Nuke.
An All-Round Future Package
One for all, all for one, Andrew Kramer apparently thought. His plan: everyone in the community contributes a futuristic building to a free footage pack.
Driving a Car with Element 3D
Andrew Kramer of Video Copilot shows how to create a simple car rig system in After Effects using Element 3D.
Element 3D 1.6 Update
Element 3D 1.6 adds a World Position Pass intended to improve integration of 3D particles within scenes.
Lens Flares for Nuke
Video Copilot will release Optical Flares for Nuke in April. J.J. Abrams may be delighted. Even more lens flares.
Particle Experiment
Andrew Kramer of Video Copilot got creative and made a particle experiment with Trapcode Particular. Here is the download for the CS5 project.
Explosive Tutorials
Video Copilot has published a free tutorial series for creating explosive effects in After Effects and 3ds Max.
Rebuilding New York
The new Metropolitan footage package from Video Copilot has just been released, together with a tutorial showing interesting tricks with Element 3D.
Update for Element 3D
Video Copilot has announced the release of Element 3D version 1.5 for this week—and a new footage pack with 3D buildings for tomorrow.
New Tutorial on Element 3D
In a half-hour tutorial, VFX artist and After Effects trainer Andrew Kramer shows the options of Element 3D's Particle Replicator.
Element 3D Plug-in for After Effects
The new Element 3D plug-in released by VFX artist Andrew Kramer enables the import and animation of 3D objects in AE and makes them dance like particles.