oooooooooooooooh

nice

thenk you

First ! Bravo !

Beautiful! there’s no other way to explain your work. This is what creativity is all about.

Great work…!!! Really amazing, awesome and ingenious!

Greetings from Germany

ohrenstoepsel

this is brill

I really like this effect.

i from china!

the is super good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

nice work I really like this effect.

its amazing and cool

doesnt work for me

Vlw muito interresante o tutorial

keka

Preview plays audio, but no visual :’(

I cannot see it. Hear it i can but not see. Any ideas?

looks good

Transitions way too long, not snappy at all and gets a bit tedious. Nice effect though, just poorly executed.

Fantastic. I never would have thought of using this effect in such a way. Great work.

FINALLY A NEW PLAYER!!!
Sorry, the last one was just piss annoying…

Nice effect, i can not wait to finish.

I love what you’ve done. I’ve used Radio Waves for years to do the conventional silly stuff and now I have an elegantly delightful reason to use it much more often.

Your movie, though, It’s w-a-a-y too big. Took me two hours to download it on a corporate T1+ in the States.

Hmm – problems loading the video – but when I entered the page earlier it was fine ?

This is amazing. Something that looks really interesting and complex. Thanks for this awesome tutorial

So nice !

Why did you change the player? I can’t see a thing…
But still I can hear his voice and imagine the tutorial..
No but seriously guys, I upgraded my flash player and still nothing….

No video – audio only.

in ie its commin only audio.., try to open in firefox..its working in firefox mozilla

Seems like a nice tut, but all I get is audio. Just upgraded my flash and it still didn’t work, I luv this site becoz of the quality of tuts you provide but this new player might have a bug and that will be a shame. Hopefully you will get it fixed soon, keep up the good work.

http://aetuts.s3.amazonaws.com/036_etherealletters/tut_reencode5000.mp4

Here’s the link to download the video. iTunes plays mp4s pretty well.

I only get Audio as well….i tried the fullscreen and that didn’t work…ill just try again later

With Flow player 3.0.5, I can hear audio but can’t see video.
Earlier versions of flowplayer seem to work fine with both.
I installed Adobe Flash Player version 10.0.22.87 but still no success in seeing video.
Any ideas?

HEY! incredible work, congratulation.

greetings to all

Looks great Satya,
Very cool effect!

Nice effect, nog the best explanation. I can hear it’s not the most outgoing fellow.

33:08

“you have a beautiful tuts”

the last time i said this, the lady in question slapped me in the face.

very good tutorial, 19 yrs old, default effects, very impressive!

depressive speacker…
:’(
great tutorial
but after 10 minutes a little sensation of killing me is coming…

Dear Satya (and all who seek to make tuts),

a really great, yet simple effect that will sure (I do agree with the editor) have alot of copy cats in the future. Thank you for that. But now, some professional advice for all o fyou guys, that are looking forward to do tuts:

Tuts are online training. Training is repetitive action. And usage of pro skills. Keeping this in mind, please use your skills.
a) As you guys know how to work with video, editing and FX, why (really, I mean it) not edit your tut a lil but to make it excellent. Whats up with all this time that your machine needs to render, waiting, users going out for a smoke, coming back, ah! ok now we´re going forward. Where´s the harm in cutting that out? Less time, less weight = better!

b) Being a pro trainer is way more than having a deep knowlegde about any programm or trick. It is about teaching people. Of course, we all here do it for free. For the will to share, not for the will to power. But, why not do this (and as I recommended you editing your stuff, this will save you double the time!):
Make a testdrive. Make some notes. Have a cheat sheet. This will save yourself alot of eh´s and ah´s and oh´s and hm´s. And the students.

So, I don´t wanna be rude. But it´s not only about knowledge to make a tut, but about sender and reciever as well.

Thanks to all of you who do take the time to show us all the goodness and keep it up. If I can help someone with anything I wrote here, don´t hesitate to write me a mail.

AE rocks.
Dirk

@Lloyd: I use Firefox 3.0.7 on Winxp and the tutorial is running nice

Hi Satya,
you are really talented!
Great technique and creativity with a “formerly known as boring” effect

The presentation could be a little better – at least cutting out the rendertimes would have been nice.

Thank you, anway!

cant see the flv, h.264. Nothing is working only audio and im on IE

They both play great in Firefox for me…

Great tutorial…y’know.

VIDEO STILL DOESNT WORK.

Unfortunate.

Was hoping to tackle this one.

Yes I have the latest version of everything.

Lovely. I can play both versions. MAC 10.5.6
Thanks for the great tutorial. Delightful.

The H.264 worked great for me, and when compared to the FLV version it was 100 times better in terms of quality.

I can’t see the H.264 Version.

Great Video!

PS. I’m using Safari on a Mac and I can see both videos, h.264 and FLV.

@Satya: How did you render your comp so that your movie file (h.264) came out looking so clear. I have tried exporting/rendering straight out of AE but my radial ramp has banding, lots of “steps.” I’ve also rendered as Animation from AE then convert it to h.264 through QT but no luck. Can you help me?

asome!! Great! thx for share!

Great tut! Amazing result, this effect is very useful.

The movie is so slow downloading I have 1Mbit connection, with the other player can watch tutorials better, please fix this come back to the other video player :S or reduce the bitrate movie

Thanks for the Tut!

I can only see teh FLV vesrsion and not the other one…

Great outcome dude…

Should now work on IE 6 & 7 PC, FF 3 Mac & PC, Safari 3 Mac & PC. Sorry guys, transitions can sometimes cause unexpected issues.

If you are having trouble viewing in general upgrade your Flash Player and things should be working perfectly now. Go to http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ to get the latest version.

If you are still having problems, please hard clear your cache and reload the page. command or ctrl + shift + r

Only FLV version working across all browsers.

Keep the Tuts coming!!! Cheers boys! Envato Pwns.

Both play in Safari 4. H.264 is higher quality though.

The Tutorial was fantastic but it’s waaaaaay huge
what happened to FLV edition…..?

Wonderful! Thank you, Satya.

H.264 Version not working.

From Pakistan.

Cant see a frist one…
nice tut

amazing, this technique is limitless, it can be applied in so many different ways.

thanks man

i cant see H.264 Version …

shot for the tuts dudes !

they both are visible …

thanks for the tuts dudes !

The video works perfect for me! Thank you, it’s a very nice effect.

can’t view the H.264 version.

in full screen the tutorial is a still frame with audio; plays ok in regular mode.

awesome effect

How about vimeo? They have a wonderful player.

no vid. Mac OSX 10.4 , FF3 , flash 9

but nice i gues

can only see flv version

Amazing tutorial, Amazing idea.
Great creativity
thx for share!
cheers from Uruguay

The tutorial takes ages to load

Paul

Very nice effect! Great tut, too!

nice
thank you

nice tutorials
thank you

Thank you very much~
it’s really cool tutorial
I made something~ http://www.vimeo.com/3762328~^^;

NICE Effect….. Reminds me of the new watercolor effect in the Street Fighter IV intro, but more like how inks react in water. The H.264 version works fine for me, the FLV version displays, but is squished to the top of the player. It looks like either the .height or .scaleY property is not sourcing properly. Maybe the onMetaData method is having issues. Interestingly, I have sort of the same issue with my player sometimes, but the opposite!! (H.264 sometimes gets squished). The Tutorial’s scaleY is not correct either

Hi… first, congratulations… this site and tutorials… are amazing… i m new here (After Effects)… but this is like Photoshop, so i havent much problems… but i have a question/problem…

I cant understand what i must do at min 14:54 to 15:06… i add both frames… but i cant get that effect… i add frame in the 0;00;04;16… but nothing change… i dont understand “Symbol + C n V”… someone can explain to me??

Cheers

The best AE TUT thus far !!! All vids played perfectly. H.264 is a beauty. Thanks a million.

please move your videos on vimeo for example.
i can’t watch this one, and for the others, more often my FF shutdown alone.

Both play in Firefox 3, H.264 is way better quality though.

Very very nice my friend!!!
Thanks for the INFO.

Satya,
Young men like you make me fear for my livelihood in the near future!
Great work.

Both the H.264 version and the FLV version are “scrunched” up at the top of the video screen (about 1/4 inch) the rest of the screen is black. FLV loads faster by far. And yes, I do have all the latest drivers etc which work fine at other sites.

My recommendation is stick with what was working before. Focus on keeping the user’s experience on your website easy and positive.

My background includes user interface design. A “great user experience” should be fully intuitive and not require extra hoops to be jumped through (like clearing caches etc). Inability to see the video means users will go away and not come back.

I really want to see this effect but since I cannot I am frustrated and yes, I am a first time visitor to your site. If this problem persists for long I will remove my bookmark to your site because why visit if I cant see anything.

H.264 is just black for me…FLV player works great.

Is there any way to download this tutorial? For some reason it needs to buffer every few seconds.

Fabulous technique. It has many possibilities.

A+ for concept

The grade for presentation could improve a lot just by editing out dead time.

How many other possibilities are right under our feet!

The Radio Waves has been around forever, and nobody saw it’s full potential.

This reminds me to explore on my own and experiment. It’s too easy to get lazy or rely on other people’s tutorials.

Again, Congrats and thanks, Satya

Great effect! =D

(Note: I can only see the video in the FLV Version)

Marvellous tutorial

Hello Everyone!

There is only one bug left that I am trying to squash and it appears it might be isolated to Firefox 3 for Mac. It basically makes the first video blank. The solution so far is to refresh the page and the video will appear. I’m doing my best to get the problem fixed but Flowplayer is not responding as quickly as I would like.

Other than that, I’m almost sure it should be working for you all pretty well by now. If you are still experiencing problems please reply to this comment and leave the rest of the space for stuff pertaining to the actual tutorial. Also, leave the OS and browser you are using with your comment.

Thank you,
Derek

H.264 don’t work…

Both versions do work now in Firefox…

New player stinks,
The old one is way better and faster.

I was able to see the final render, no luck with the tutorial though. Just doesn’t load. And I do have the latest Flash versuion installed. Just my bad luck or something else?

ace tutorial.

how would i get around having holes in text? trying to write something with o’s and e’s in.

safe

nettodog. uk

i love you men reallly love you i think andrew kramer is not best i thin ku r the super best…………………….

nice work! the video tutorial itself needs a little editing but sides that, its an awesome effect.

Great tutorial, thanks.

great

The tutorial is good, pity it can not be applied when the letters are separated

I propose we moderate the crap out of those who uselessly post “FIRST” as a first post, not constructive feedback at all, did I say USELESS?

C’mon..

Ok, ok … Dude, very nice technique!! Beautifully executed!
Thanks for sharing.

amazing
2nd works 4 me

in firefox 3.0
i wl try the H.264 version

The tutorial is very good, pity it can not be applied when the letters are separated

H.264 all the way!!

great work, you openned so many possibilitys in my mind, thanks a lot

now, about the player, for me works good, in H.264 or even in FLV player, I took a few days to watch the tutorial, because i had som troubles to load the video tutorial, but i think that is a conection problem here.

thanks again and keep on

i see there are bitch and moaners here too! wow. good work. long download but imma use the time to try to figure out the effect, makes it more worth it i think. good stuff. and to the complainers-grow the hell up!!

ps- o sh!& –19yrs old!! i’m in my 20’s and barely figured out what i wanted to do!! bad ass!! u r in for a beautiful future- just keep the passion alive within u man.

peace

Muito bom mesmo

Muito bom mesmo, adorei… vou tentar fazer…

this will probably just come out as ungrateful and i don’t mean it to be bad criticism. This was a fantastic tutorial (content). It seems as you are nervous in speaking and it’s frustrating to listen to. Also, there is a lot of wasted time explaining each parameter of a plugin (leave it to us to figure that out) – just show what you’re trying to do. My biggest gripe is that you waste yours and our time with renders. Just put your resolution down to 1/2 and save both our time. It should be a part of your workflow always. Other than that, great job. Glad to see some fresh stuff. Keep it up! Remember I’m just trying to help you become better and more comfortable at this.

HI all …… looks like an incredable tutorial and a lot of time has gone into it. I found it a little difficult following it because of the bluriness. What recording software are you using.

CHEERS & Thanks

MR HOLLYWOOD

Very nice work!!!

iv had problems with streaming, has anyone downloaded this? the file size is 464MB, is that the size on the stream server aswell? if so put a warning up for people incase theres bandwidth issues, not to mention a video stream even with hd option for this duration does not need to be so big. realy cool look though, cheers for takeing the time to make it.

Nice tutorial thanks

IMPRESSIVE!
Thank You Very Much!

Great tutorial bro!

this is really amazing.. though you created it in mac I presume.. I already tried it in windows and it’s awesome.. really creative and brilliant..

maybe you want to create or add some lines after the download button telling the counterpart of the symbols from mac to windows.. just a suggestion..

anyways great tutorials..

Rendered it with a little colorama and it looks great. Time remap it a bit faster and add some vector blur and you’ve got a pretty decent fire-y effect.

I have noticed that because you can only use one mask, any forms you create can have no center, what about using text that is much longer and has breaks within it. How can we animate that?

video plays for me but dammmmmmnnnnn it’s slowwwwwww…..

I could watch 5 videocopilot tutorial before this one loaded completely….

H.264 player renders much faster, and in a much higher quality. If I was to choose, I’d keep the H.264 player and throw the FLV one to the trash

AMAZING tutorial

THIS TUTORIAL VERY NICE. I WISH GOD BLESS YOU.

Great tutorial, and I’ve managed to get the cool liquid shapes working, but I’m having problems with the text – it always comes out as a smudge when I bring the wiggle slider down to 0.01 , not the nice strong edges with the whispy bits around it. Any chance of an AE project file for demonstration?

i cann’t see it
why didn’t it work compleatly for me ???
it stops at 6:33 min.

hello

i’cant download it ,
can someone help me ?
thanks

What a waste of time. I watched 3 minutes and u hadnt even started doing it. u was just talking about it and the stuff you use, its a tutorial to show you how to do the affect we dont care about what each affect does. 35 minutes. i bet if u didnt talk about random stuff and just did it. it would take no more than 6 minutes.

Great effect. Great song. Loves me my gershwin.

Great stuff.

Just one request — could you please name your downloadable something a little more descriptive?

Dude you presenting is boring…

Great Technique, thanks a ton for sharing! I really appreciate how this was done without 3rd party expensive plugins.

In the future try to practice the speech a couple times, I can tell you get nervous a bit. The smacking noise, ums and pauses were bugging the crap out of me.

I love the end result!! I only wish some of the render time was edited out of this tutorial.

Both previews worked for me – I’m on Safari 4.0 on Mac

Wow, your Tut is totally inspirational, great work…

Keep the tuts coming your rocking it…

nice tutorial bro!!!!!!!!!!

nice tutorial bro!!!!!!!!!!!111

This is a great tutorial, however I want to point out a few keypoints to make your tutorials better.

You’re obviously very intelligent and have good taste, but you need to improve some things so that your tutorials flow better.

1.) Turn down your resolution to Half so that your renders don’t take as long. It doesn’t matter if the quality isn’t 100% as long as we can make out what you are doing.

2.) Practice what you’re going to say, you can’t keep saying “You know…” and “Uhhmmm” and “Yeah…” you really need to work on your speaking. Sometimes it was difficult to follow along the tutorial because you wouldn’t speak clearly or finish a thought. It made you sound nervous, which made me lose confidence in you even though the tutorial was great.

3.) Practice your mouse movements and where you’re going to go, looking for the effects or solids wastes time. Several minutes of the tutorial could have been cut if you kept everything moving along smoothly.

I enjoyed how you explained what each effect control did and how it worked, this was wonderful and made the tutorial very educational. Great job, keep up the good work!

wow, amazing usage of radio waves!! thx Satya, greetings from germany!

good tuto thanks man

muy buen tutorial!

Hiya, thanks for a great tutorial! I am just wondering how to make this with a see through background if the text is black?

hi, great tutorial! i am wondering how to do this in after effects with a see through background and the text black? i tried just with no solid but it just comes out with a blackground-this is not see through as it tried putting it over another video in adobe premiere and it shows as grey smoke with black background?! help would be greatly appreciated!

Satya, this is truly amazing stuff you came up with there. Very nice.
I don’t think there is another way of producing this look in AE.

Can u lower down ur video size for download? like video copilot.. the quality is good n almost same like yours… pls improve it, as long as we could stream the video faster without wait and wait… thanks

i noticed you used only one mask for the radio waves and animated the mask shape.

How about using multiple masks with multiple radio waves effects and synching them up, i know it may be heavy on RAM preview, but will it work?

dan.

Satya, Your animation is really beautiful! You have a lot of patience:-) My machine seems to be quite a bit slower than yours. I’m curious to know the speed of your processor and how much RAM you have installed. Thanks for this tutorial.

hey this tutorial is soooo lovely – thanks for sharing!

Is it also possible to use a logo instead of Text Mask for “AE” and “TUTS” ?

thx

Great tutorial !
Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

good tut man! one tip, if you add a vector blur u gonna have a great result…

How can I view the whole tutorial? I can only get up to maybe 11 minutes of it then it just stops.

does the video stop playing for anyone else after 10min?

how can i do this effect when i dont want to have my mask in one part? i dont want to have the letters that close to each other. so in this way it creates one mask for each letter.. how can i solve that problem?

cheers!

Are you able to try it in safari or firefox? Thanks for helping us get to the bottom of this.

I just posted an FLV of the preview, if you were unable to see the H.264 version please let us know if you can see the FLV version.

i tried it in safari. Just play it and when the video stands still and audio goes on. just move the slider a bit and the thing will start playing again normally.

Enjoy This man is GOOD! Heads up for him…………

Hey Lloyd,
I have Flash 10,0,22,87 installed for FF and IE.

plays scrubber & sound in IEv7 but doesn’t play video itself.
H.264 Version doesn’t even appear in FFv3 – it’s just blackness.

FLV version plays fine in IEv7 and FFv3.

Great tut!!

The TUT itself plays scrubber & sound IEv7 but doesn’t play video itself. FFv3 plays the TUT fine. Again, I have Flash 10,0,22,87 installed for FF and IE.

I have the same exact Flash version and the same exact problem in FFv3. I also have IEv8 installed and that works perfectly fine with both versions.

I prefer using Firefox, like many other people, (21.73% of the recorded usage share of web browsers as of February 2009) so let’s hope this is fixable.

.FLV worked fine in both FFv3 and IEv8.

I retract what I said before. I do get the black screen in H.264 if it’s the first time I’ve loaded the page in the current session of FF, but if I refresh it loads properly. What a strange little quirk.