Discover How To Recreate the Sherlock Holmes End Credits Effect

Discover How To Recreate the Sherlock Holmes End Credits Effect

on Apr 13th 2010 with 89 comments
Tutorial Details
  • Requirements: After Effects, VCP Riot Gear.
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
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After Effects, my dear Watson! This tutorial uses hand drawn elements, textures, and pre-matted motion elements to recreate a look that is similar to the Sherlock Holmes credits. It gives you basics to build on. The great thing about this effect is that it is made to look organic and not 3D and effects heavy, but it still turns out looking really professional. It does not require very much expertise in free hand drawing seeing that all you have to do is trace a still image. Take this tutorial and build upon it to create something awesome.

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Tutorial

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File size 97MB

 
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I have been working with video since 1999, when I was a teenager and worked on a Videonics Titlemaker™ connected between two VCR’s. I have been a professional since 2004 and work on many kinds of projects, mostly for non-profit organizations. I am eager to learn and happy to share my experience. I hope you learn something from the information provided.  

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  • Slayer

    This tutorial sucks. Reasons?
    1. you can always tell the user what elements he needs, BEFORE you start working
    2. it is a tutorial so people who DON’T KNOW how to use AE watch it, so you might just zoom on to the tools you use
    3. You suck!

    • http://www.pzmedia.hu Papp

      To those who have problem with the tutorial:
      1. As it is a video tutorial you can always stop and rewind.
      2. If you don’t even know the tools, go and do some basic training first.

  • Steph

    I agree with Slayer….you idea is cool but you suck as a teacher.

    You go so damn fast its impossible to keep up.

    You dont say what resources are needed.

    The quality of the video itself is poor and hard to see.

    You make assumptions about the level of knowledge of AE for the people “trying” to use this tutorial.

  • rose n. demetry

    its ok folks … at least he is the only one did that idea… calm down :)

    • EmPaul796

      He isn’t the only one that did it. There is one in a different langue (I think its Japanese’s.) I can actually keep up with that video better then this one lol.

  • http://www.ardeshir-alemi.com ardman

    Dude that was awesome.
    nice job.and please keep up.
    Thanks

  • shanthkiran

    good tutorial… was really helpful…. Thank so much

  • Alex

    to Slayer and Steph. Guys actually you suck, because you cant understand anything and I think I’ll be right when I’ll say that u can just stop trying to do something in motion graphics. Why? Coz u suck!

  • kanji

    We all know that you’re good at this, it would be better if you would slow down a bit so that we know where to find our materials for our own sake! But over all, nice tutorial.

  • EscuelitaCubana

    Bunch of hater here.. Good job dude keep it up..

    • kanji

      There’s nothing to hate when it comes to learning tutorial EscuelitaCubana. I’m just saying that he shouldn’t go too fast when he’s giving out tutorial. Maybe you should try to be honest sometimes.

  • Yea

    Cool tutorial….

  • http://no KOREAN MAN

    good~! very useful~

    thanks you~

  • senthil

    can u plz tell me where you got that bleed.mov footage .

  • Tud-i media

    D video is cul but d quality shud be beta and d resourses for d work shud be given……

  • Arteacher

    I am an art teacher and I am having my high school students create self portraits in the Sherlock Holmes end graphics style. This tutorial has actually been very helpful and the kids GET IT. Although they are doing theirs totally by hand with various artistic techniques this was very helpful. Maybe some of the other folks don’t know anything about the art end of it? Hue, value, saturation, texture, gradation etc. I am “technologically challenged” myself but it was still a valuable tool. Thanks!

  • Nikhil

    Nice Tutorial.

    Creating tutorials specially for free is really a helpful thing & even if u have any problem with tutorial ask politely rather then posting rude words like kanji.

    Thanks again.

  • Libby

    Great Tutorial Thanks a lot :D

  • david

    good job dude keep it up!! gonna use this effect for the credit in my vid!!

  • http://aryarc.com Majid

    Was very interesting trick

    thanks.

  • freckles

    Thanks for the tutorial!
    I’m studying design in college and we have just started AFX and i wanted to do something that was more creative than moving photographs from one side of the screen to the other, for everyone who is moaning about how it is done and telling him how he could do it better, if you know so much why are you even on a tut site?
    He says its a basic thing to help you build upon the basic desgin elements, so lay off.
    I found it great, and I got a great mark for my project so thanks a million!

  • http://www.paradigmcompass.com/wordpress Jhefie

    I normally don’t comment, but after reading the negative comments here and THEN watching the video, I’m going to have to say this was an informative tutorial. I can see how someone who is not familiar with After Effects would be upset with this tutorial… as you would be exposed to a lot of new material in a short amount of time.

    However, getting upset at the artist because of your learning curve is like shooting the messenger.

    Please, try and stay positive. One day you will be at the level the teacher is, and you will revisit tutorials like this one and you will say to yourself… Wow, I can’t believe I thought so negative about this ;)

    Okay, have a nice day!

  • firenasios

    where can i find the black bleeds….??? or any tutorial for that would be helpful…

  • Vossi

    Hey, I actually don’t comment that often, but I just have to say that this Tutorial is awesome! It took me some time, but I’m deeply satisfied with my own results, thank you very much.
    And to all those flamers, just do some basic tutorials before you start more advanced stuff, it’s simple as that…

  • aaron
    Author

    All of the elements are from Video Copilot Riot Gear. To those who believe I went too fast… I agree. This tutorial was originally created to be a “quick tip” but I couldn’t teach the entire process under the time limit so I had to make it as short as possible. Apologies for that. But, I do teach students the entire Adobe MS, and I never recommend any of the students to take on a lesson that is more than what they are capable of.

  • Lisa

    Hey aaron, first of all thanks for this tutorial, this idea is really awsome.
    But I got stuckat that part with the bleeding because I can´t get the material. You say that it is from Video Copilot Riot Gear – but if I want to use it I have to pay for it.

    Is there any other way to get it or to make it by my own? I want to use this tutorial for a project in school and it is really very important for me to know how to move on.

    Thanks

    • aaron
      Author

      Hey Lisa. It’ll be hard to film the ink bleeds and drops yourself, but you can use fractal noise and masking to get the same effects. Create a comp and also a white solid for the background. Then create a black solid and add a mask to the black solid layer and add keyframes to try and make the mask move similar to an ink bleed. Add fractal noise and roughen edges to this layer to get an ink effect. I haven’t tried it, but it in theory, it should work.

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