We have another AE Plus tutorial exclusively available to Plus members today. If you want to take your Photoshop and After Effects integration skills to the next level, then line up your cross hair, we have an exciting tutorial in sight for you.
Additionally I mention and highlight keyboard shortcuts I use to speed up the work, so this tutorial is not intended for absolute beginners who still struggle with the interface but for users already somewhat familiar with getting around, although I mention every step clearly and make it easy to follow.
Requirements are:
After Effects CS3
And for custom made assets, additionally:
Photoshop or Illustrator
A photo camera
A small video camera
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( ADD YOURS )sMiter911 October 16th
I think I’ll pay for that membership now.
( )Roy October 16th
Very well done!
( )Youssef Sarhan October 16th
Looks nice, I may have opted to make the scope bigger so that you see less of the view from outside of the scope! Also, nice job on over exposing the area outside of the scope.
( )V October 16th
I really don’t like the idea of paying for memebership. The new AE users usually do not have enough money for monthly subscriptions, and this will really lag in our learning capabilities. If we had to pay for products, that’s fine. But for tutorials??
( )Matt October 16th
I agree with you. But prepare yourselves as the wealthy elite will be bashing you for complaining about paying. I still have not paid for a membership and I don’t plan on it anytime soon.
( )Matt October 16th
Please note I am not ruling out paying. I would rather just wait until I see a tutorial that has information that I can’t find elsewhere for free.
LxrKan November 17th
but dont forget they give you access to all other envato sites… i think
i may be signing up… any feedback from members would be great to see if its really worth it! THANKS!
Philo October 16th
I think the Plus membership is great, it only costs $9! (Whats $9 a month?)
incredible tutorials! Keep them coming!
( )And it’s worth paying for
Anthony October 16th
I a gree With Topher!! i’ll wait a few months then do it haha
morsjie October 17th
ehhhhhhh mathematic…
9 monthly = 108 dollars x 1 year
u still think its not much?
naimalwan October 16th
they have to find some way of paying the tutorial makers. this site is a business and to ask somebody not to make money from their business is naive. everybody has to pay the bills some how.
instead of moaning about the plus membership be grateful that they also provide ones for free. $9 that’s the price of a coffee right? come on guys let give them a hand. the more people that will pay for membership will mean the better for us viewers. also the plus membership is for ALL the plus sites.
Hope some of you are ashamed and sign up.
( )Topher Welsh October 16th
Do you drink a 5 shot, white coffee, soy, white chocolate-vanilla-almond-caramel, blended 32 ounce coffee? Cuz, I have never spent nine bucks on coffee… hahahaha
naimalwan October 17th
two super duppa, extra large coffees then. lol
Nate October 16th
Dude…jeez… “lag learning capabilities”….??? WTF. With that mentality – why do we have to pay for college? What about the people that can’t afford college?
What is with people bitching about $9/month? That is not gonna break anyone’s bank. I hate it so much when people feel entitled to free stuff.
( )LD October 17th
“That is not gonna break anyone’s bank…”
You obviously haven’t seen my bank lol.
Dustin October 18th
I buy a crap gas station coffee on the way to work every morning, it cost $1.50. That is roughly $30 a month and around $360 a year.
It is all relative.
( )Topher Welsh October 18th
yeah if you really wanna budget for buying this… cut out your morning coffee, or your beer drinking for one night every weekend. Its simple.
Al Capwn October 16th
Slick. I’ve thought about doing something similar but never could get it to look right.
( )Marshall October 16th
very cool!
( )umer October 16th
nothing plus about this one… infact very very simple
( )Matt October 16th
I think what makes it Plus is that it ideals with that nasty word to beginners “expressions”
( )ev149 October 16th
The only problem with that to me is that this can all be replicated without using expressions.
Topher Welsh October 18th
But, its all about learning new techniques, not always the final product. Learning is learning, copying is copying. People need to stop focusing on the end product and see that you will be learning useful techniques, the effect you create is just the gateway for those techniques to be taught.
Abojung October 16th
“This is so disqualified to be a plus tuts “. And the easiest of all the tuts i have seen till now in aetuts :-p
( )Adam Everett Miller October 16th
Though this effect may come across as just being some simple animation of still elements, there’s a lot to it. If you were to actually view the tutorial, you’d find it stocked full of incredibly helpful content and. Not me mention the presentation is quite entertaining.
( )Topher Welsh October 16th
not to mention you get the project file if you are lazy… haha
versusINK October 17th
if you think THIS is the easiest tutorial, you obviously haven’t seen the jib-jab puppet mouth tutorial. it’s easy as al hell. I love it, but it’s still easy. this one doesn’t even look all that great…
( )Rev65 October 16th
Nicely done, Phil!
Remember, gang, your $9 a month is for the ENTIRE tuts+ network, not just aetuts+.
( )Modisana October 16th
its hard to get used to aetuts going plus
( )Adam Everett Miller October 16th
One more thing that I probably should have mentioned in the description is that with what Phil created, you can change out the footage instantly to anything you want and generate the same zoomed effect. It’s not just a “one shot” specific example.
( )your name October 16th
Take Kramer’s business model. Free tutorials, get a ton of people to your site, then make content, plug-ins, effects for people to buy that are actually good and are relatively inexpensive. $9/month isn’t a lot, but it can add up.
( )Dustin October 18th
The vast majority of people whining about $9 a month are not buying products.
Also just because a business model works for someone, does not mean everyone should do things the same way. The price of one Video Copilot product can get you all the tutorials and other bonuses from 9 sites covering 3d work, AE, photoshop, webpages, etc…
The internet has almost completely destroyed a generations concept of value and trade.
( )Evangelos Methodd October 16th
WOW a PLUS tutorial for this one ??? How could anybody need a tutorial for such a simple task ?
( )I guess next tutorial will be how to move a layer from point A to point B…
Mark October 16th
Seriously? You are talking about the quality? Look at your website…puahhahhahha… and the portfolio..buahhaaha…You just used various stock graphics to make your website and your portfolio looks like student projects.
( )Vag October 17th
student projects that grant me 60.000 euros a year for the past 6 years in my country (Greece)
versusINK October 17th
really… try not to be such an ass. it’s completely unnecessary.
TheCheeze October 18th
We are not all pro like you. I have only these tuts to teach me everything about AE as a hobbie. This tut is more about the creativity more then the skill of it. Lets see you pump more tuts on here that are “hardcore” put in some time and teach us what a real tut is. blow our socks off.
( )Håvard Fandrem October 16th
Why can’t we just pay for one and one tutorial instead of paying on monthly bases?
( )Freezo October 16th
This one seems fun, and its probably packed with lots of info (the tutorial). But the sniper effects lacks something…
I think its the movement which is not correct (sorry if I am picky).
A sniper doesnt shake that much and doesnt move this way (not exactly). I think its the wiggle, perhaps too much. Just a suggestion.
( )Phil October 16th
true. i opted for clarity’s sake for a rather fidgety movement so one can see the effects in both the scope and the background.
fear not: it is easily possible to change the movement to anyone’s personal needs for a good shot (pun intended).
( )Freezo October 20th
hehe, true you are totally right. I kinda forgot the idea of a tutorial doh! You set up the method and people should use their own ideas and creativity to change it.
Nice tut
Billy October 16th
This tutorial is even less likely to get people to join tuts than Lloyd’s tutorial. Is an OK tutorial….but to pay for it? Hardly…
( )Zuyva October 16th
Well, I think I’m getting Plus now =D
( )frontiers-tobi October 16th
i wont hang out at the puch-trainstation anymore! seems dangerous :S
( )EffectsGroup October 16th
You have to admit, that was actually really good. I think I might just join PLUS now! (or at least soon)
( )Allen October 17th
Looks pretty cool and game-like…maybe some day you’d want to create a game yourself!!!
( )Robin Hood October 17th
There is nothing one can say really if a tut maker wants to attempt to sell his tutorial. I commend you as it is something you can do.
There is also nothing one can say if those of us choose to file share all the tuts they attmept to sell that other cretors offer for free. As there are those who comend us – and is something we can do.
And to those elite tut makers that complain about us file sharers
( )eh eh eeeh… now – What’s that you downloaded on “your” HD?
Craigsnedeker October 17th
thats awesome!
( )Un October 18th
9$/ month and i can see the tutorial ?
my last visit here i guess
( )morsjie October 18th
about the coffee…
if u drink it sitting in p.zza S. marco in venice, u spend around 12 euros for a single coffee
( )Lost for words! October 18th
For all you cheapskates that moan about possibly having to pay for a tutorial check out this conversation on Motionworks between John Dickinson and Aharon Rabinowitz. 11.30mins onwards.
http://www.motionworks.com.au/2009/10/unplugged-10-aharon-rabinowitz/
Lot’s of other stuff for you to think about as well!
( )Loay Emad October 18th
The most thing that attracted me to AE Tuts that it makes AWESOME tutorials for free but sure if I got the money to support it of course I will.
I think that the idea of downloading the tutorials every 6 months us a cheap way to be grateful to AETuts for all the great tutorials that made.
Finally Thanks for the great free tutorials and I believe that you guys at AETuts Deserve the Support !
( )Karen October 18th
Looks like the real thing… its like your’re holding one in your own hands… very very impressive.
( )eric October 19th
There is so much work behind a good tutorial. And there is so much work running a site. If u rather spend $9 on a trip to McDonalds that is your choice, but dont expect every good thing in life to be free. You will be very disappointed. $9 a month….uhuuuuu. Also please lose that attitude that the tuts sites owe you something. They dont.
( )abullett October 19th
Uhm, just to distract you guys from your ProPlus/AntiPlus argument for one moment…
I hope I’m not about to be burned for missing something obvious, but I can’t find the tutorial file to download. I have the preview demo and the project files, but I’m missing the tut itself!
Am I just not looking hard enough?
( )Adam Everett Miller October 19th
Under the plus content there is a post for project files and another post for viewing the tut itself. You can download it from there. Just make sure you’re on the right tab while on the plus side.
( )abullett October 20th
D’oh! Tabs…
Ta.
Waugh October 19th
This stuff is great, and with a little bit of tweaking, can be a part of a good first-person shooter game.
( )luantran October 19th
I can’t watch video tutorial. Help me, huhuhu…..
( )AEtuts Help
Topher Welsh October 20th
Just got Plus… just watched this tutorial… man, this is AWESOME! To all those saying this is easy, this is possibly my favorite tutorial on the site. So well produced, heavily explained theory, and TONS of techniques that I didn’t know… Minor knowledge of expressions needed… this is absolutely an amazing tutorial, and a must see!
Phil… you have to make more tutorials. Seriously.
( )Phil October 21st
yay — thanks for the nice words, topher! and no worries, i will create a new one as soon as i have some more time on my hands. glad you like it.
any requests?
( )GiX October 21st
My monthly income is 150$ in Serbia, 9$ monthly is to match for me, sorry
( )Smithy October 21st
Video Co Pilot is still free this is a massive fail IMHO
( )Zuyva October 21st
The decision accepted by you about payment will ruin your fine resource…
IMHO
( )Ben October 22nd
Awesome stuff keep updating
( )Zuyva October 23rd
For a payment it would be possible to download files of projects and additional
Materials to a lesson, instead of lessons… Lessons Should be free!
So it will be fair…
IMHO
( )Max October 23rd
That’s like saying you should only pay for the books when you go to college. The people who make the tutorials get paid, so tutsplus has every right to offer paid premium content – they don’t owe us anything.
( )Ramzes October 25th
Come on guys!Because of this tutorial you now talking about membership:)We should be grateful that they make tutorials for us.With all respect to tutorial makers, thanks for your time doing this tutorials for us:)
( )asd October 29th
gotta pay?
( )lame, this starts the downfall of this site…
David Moreen October 29th
Now that’s realistic!
( )LxrKan December 13th
lol… i figured out how to do this just by looking at the preview
quite easy really…
( )heres my atempt:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ3ESnJjDgM
LxrKan December 13th
for you cheapskates who dont want plus…
( )here is my tutorial for this effect:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydgAlh_iRL4
webber January 10th
i hope to see more tutorials from phil he REALLY knows whats going on and it shows
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