Adding outside elements into a scene can be a tedious endeavor. Today we'll be shown a few different compositing tips as we superimpose the space ship from District 9 into our shot.
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User Comments
( ADD YOURS )Hooper September 4th
SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Been looking for more compositing tuts thanx!
( )Leo September 25th
For those who are interested, I followed this tutorial and have the files needed.
Here’s my result: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm1QP0LIURw&hd=1
And here’s my project file (includes ae project, footage I shot out of my back yard, and full ship cutout): http://bit.ly/OiEdT (zipped on a MacBook Pro, 41MB)
Note: it doesn’t include the titles, you should come up with your own.
( )Jgar2007 November 6th
Great work. That was really good. Do you still have those files online. I wasn’t able to download them. Please let me know if your able to post them back online or email them.
Thanks,
Phraise One November 7th
Do you still have the files?
Siupej September 4th
Nice
( )i watched the movie yesterday..really great.
Vag September 4th
Please NO MORE BEGINNERS TUTORIALS !!!!!
PLEASE !!!!
( )lane September 4th
agreed. this was exceptionally silly.
( )James September 5th
You are PRO right
LOL
( )Please stop talking like that
Please
Cheesebottoms September 18th
Judging from your website, it looks like you could use more beginner’s tutorials.
( )ckRED September 4th
I’ve seen quite many (big budget) movies the last years where they didn’t manage to make realistic compositing…
( )jink September 4th
if you want to see this tut go to video copilot and look at the set extention tut
( )John Doe September 4th
I don’t remember seeing anything like this on VC. Can you provide a link?
( )Chris September 5th
http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/set_extensions/
EffectsGroup September 4th
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love compositing tutorials!
( )m-_g September 4th
Good Tut Youssef !
Contrary to Vag I would say it’s good to watch tuts in wich the author make mistakes, search why and find the solution. Beginners can see that it is never easy
Just two points :
1 : I think you should add a mask to the adjustment layer on the part where there is a tree (upper right part of the picture) because it is in shadow not under the light
2 : Maybe you should make a null object with a different position of the anchor point to parent your lens flare easier
Good job and continue to share what you know ; )
( )Youssef Sarhan September 4th
Good 2nd point, Thats very useful to gain more control over the positioning of the lens flare.
Thanks for the tips
( )Billy September 4th
ae.tutsplus.com’s new site slogan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3IQTjOMewg
Sorry couldn’t resist. Funny….and sorta true.
Actually, in and of itself, this tutorial isn’t bad. Very basic, yet again, but OK. However, nothing presented isn’t covered in much more depth by Andrew Kramer in a number of tutorials. The audio is very good though the clarity is horrific when blown up full screen. I’m sure the downloaded tutorial is better…but who needs 400 megs of basic AE tutorial sitting on your hard drive?
If you are going to do a compositing tutorial…..downloadable project files are a must. People who want to do this tutorial (beginners) probably don’t have files to use.
( )Satya Meka September 4th
So finally I couldn’t resist posting a reply to your opinion. I generally reply to technical questions but not opinions. But as you are a site regular and lot of people here including me here consider your criticism very important, I have a few things to say. Firstly, a lot of people compare this site to various other AE tutorial sites. But I say, this site is a bit different from them as the tutorials are more frequent here than any other sites. Consider VCP, Maltaannon or anything they have 1-2 tutorials per month while this site has 8-10 tutorials per month. This is more like a TV channel which HAS to produce content always. Also keep in mind that Aetuts caters to users who range from beginners to advanced users, so you can’t expect highly advanced tutorials every week. Finally, my last point here is there are so many tutorials for AE and AE is not a rabbit hole. There is pretty much a tutorial on the web for everything in AE. So the tutorials from this point should be more about design and building a composition rather than how to use a tool in AE. Now, if I am supposed to design something really COOL, it probably takes me weeks/months to come up with something new. But then again, I can explain only the techniques used to build it, but not the complete composition. In conclusion, what I am saying is this site is FAR from dead. I am pretty sure there will be atleast 3-4 amazing tutorials per month and a few ground breaking tutorials every once in a while. As I mentioned before, it is like a TV channel where the content will always be produced. Even though not everybody finds useful stuff in every post, there will be someone who benefits from them.
( )Flora September 4th
Then please make more tutorials. I love your tutorials as they are very different.
Nick September 4th
I agree! This site and it’s all of its tutorials have proved absolutely invaluable in enabling my, and I am sure many others a better grasp of After Effects.
The scope and diversity of tutorials allows for a greater community, which ought to be considered a good thing by all. Keep up the good work and thanks.
Billy September 4th
Satya….the youtube link was something funny…nothing to be taken too seriously. However, even taken at face value, I wouldn’t say this site is dead. There have been a couple of very good tutorials around her since the first of August. However, the number of good tutorials and the span between them has grown significantly….thus the “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” anology. The old lady has fallen….but she isn’t dead.
I anxiously await Maltaannoon’s, Stern’s, Rhabinowitz’s, Kramer’s, Khan’s tutorials. They are much fewer and far between but each and every one is packed with new information and incredible effects. The stuff we have been getting around here lately is just rehash after rehash of the basics. ONE basics tutorial is OK every once and a while….but as a staple?
This site is free. I understand that. But I am one of those people that would actually PAY a monthly fee to have access to more advanced tutorials. I wouldn’t join the plus side of aetuts right now to simply have access to the project file of one basic tutorial after the next, though. So, to say that people shouldn’t complain because they are free is ridiculous. A meal that is comped to you by a restaurant because it doesn’t taste good…..still tastes badly whether you pay for it or not. Free doesn’t equate to anything. As was said by another poster….sometimes less is more.
I’d love to pay….as long as I knew I was getting my money’s worth.
Satya Meka September 4th
You can criticize any post no matter if its free or not. Honestly, I do appreciate your honesty and look upto your opinions. I do get what you are saying and all I have to say is be a little bit more patient and keep in mind that sometimes the authors are just busy with their personal projects and making new tutorials during that time isn’t easy at all. Also, don’t think I am angry/offended, I am just trying to explain my view of the situation.
Satya Meka September 4th
You can criticize any tutorial irrespective of it’s status(free/commercial). Infact, you should! I honestly like reading your honest comments and ofcourse look up to people’s opinions. But all I have to say be a little bit more patient especially sometimes the authors are just busy with their projects and making tutorials is very difficult.
John Doe September 4th
This site kicks ass!
lame September 4th
who is this guy anyway, he pops up on every single tutorial and says blah blah blah beginners blah blah blah very basic blah blah blah i’ve seen better blah blah.
( )geeeez I really wanna see some of your works..I do!
PLEASE LINK SOME OF YOUR WORKS ON YOUTUBE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Evangelos Methodd September 5th
Hi , if you’re referring to me I work as a professor teaching AE in Greece for the last 11 years. Some of my work can be seen on my site methodd.com and myspace.com/methoddproductions. If you search aetuts you’ll find some tutorials that are way much more demanding than some of the later. Sorry if i offended anyone, wasn’t my intention, i just get the feeling that lately noone is posting something revolutionary Iincluding Kramer from VC)
sergey kritskiy September 4th
Totally agree.
I do not understand, the tutorial was about compositing but what I saw in preview was badly tracked object. Compare it with this one for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucir-9kOYzk
Half year ago I was visiting ae.tuts to know something new, but last months tutorials are becoming worse and worse, just basics technics or riped of tuts
This is really sad
( )Evangelos Methodd September 5th
I agree with u actually 100%
kk September 4th
this one is looking cool man..
( )Daniel September 4th
Would be great to see more compositing tutorials !
( )god September 4th
this a poor tutorial, its needs edting and practice the comp before you post.
( )Kevin September 4th
sorry this really could have been edited down to 5 minutes.
( )Billy September 4th
Its sorta funny…I should go through and count up all the negative comments on all the tutorials since August 1st. I seem to get all the blame for being the most negative….but there are SOOO many negative comments in about 90% of the tutorials over really the last 2 or 3 months, but especially since around the first of August. Hmmmm………strange……
( )Rev65 September 4th
It may be related to how easily identifiable your avatar is versus all the default ones in use by most commentators. But that’s really a good thing for you, right?
I know you’re just trying to be and keep everyone honest.
In regards to this tut… Is it me or is the tracking a bit loose? I think that latter!
( )Matt September 4th
Maybe because he only used one point. and didn’t track the rotation.
Youssef Sarhan September 4th
Hey guys, the tracking isn’t perfect but such is the nature of AE’s pixel tracking. I could have used PF Hoe but everybody has access to it.
Thanks for the feedbacks, good and bad!
YS
Adam Sklar September 4th
Awesome..
( )Although, I did see it was a lil jaggedy and not to the video at some points.
Momcilo Stojkovic September 4th
Hi there, great tutorial i always love to see how people have different compositing tips
Can you please upload sound effects files on some free share webs service??
( )cookie September 4th
Sorry, very poor. As far as the comparison with a TV channel. Sometimes less is more…
( )Rex Cardan September 4th
Creative. Mimicking effects in movies is a must. I agree could have used a bit of editing but still good.
( )Huesped September 4th
Wow Billy, you must be an AE GOD, just bitching around on each and every tutorial.
PLEASE, PLEASE show as your AMAZING and OUT OF THIS EARTH work!!! YOU ARE SOOOO ADVANCED!!!!!!
( )Satya Meka September 4th
Billy..You can criticize any tutorial irrespective of it’s status(free/commercial). Infact, you should! I honestly like reading your honest comments and ofcourse look up to people’s opinions. But all I have to say be a little bit more patient especially sometimes the authors are just busy with their projects and making tutorials is very difficult.
( )Billy September 4th
Huesped….and I’ll continue to comment on just about every tutorial and will do so on their merits. You don’t like it? I find it hard to express how little I care. Get that through your thick skull. I….don’t….care.
Satya….I understand and appreciate your point. Basic tutorials are easy to crank out….the more advanced ones take more time. However, outside of calling this basic (and I’m not the only one to point that out) I actually said this was an OK tutorial. Youssef did a pretty good job. My comments in this thread are not directed at Youssef but at the editors. And I believe that Adam is simply putting out the tutorials he has. I think you understand my sentiments.
( )Frank September 4th
I too want to see your work and some advanced tutorials from you, Billy.
Not trying to be combative here. Just saying, why don’t you raise the bar if you’re so troubled by the content on this site? Seems to me that contributing actual material would be more constructive than armchair commentary.
( )Martin Klekner September 5th
Don’t overdo it with that “I dont care” stuff, bill, its starting to be a bit repetitive, doesnt look good =) Well…people are also repetitive with that “AAE God” type of replies every time you comment.
I think its simple. We all have our point.
( )ABOJUNG September 4th
Replay!!!…
stock files+ Tracked + color corrected+ lens flare= done.
( )pretty decent tutorial on compositing but could have done some more.
looking at this i feel you got ideas so in the future come up with something nice. all the best!!
Huesped September 4th
Hahaha, and of course I don’t care if you don’t care either. That’s ok with me, I just find laughable someone who bitches so much and does nothing for the rest. If you are so good maybe you could write a tutorial, what do you think?
Love
( )Topher Welsh September 5th
keep the profanity to a minmum dude, this is a family freindly website.
( )joey September 4th
kinda bad tracking. sorry i’ve just seen better. the ship moves to much. tripods are essential.
( )Johannes September 4th
were did you get the space ship ?
( )James P. September 4th
Nice work Youssef. Some tough critics on this board. This tutorial isn’t the most complex, but the end result is nice and it’s a good example of a start to finish effect utilizing a few different techniques (motion tracking, color correction, effect plugins, etc.) Not to mention it was made by a graphic design student.
Maybe as the tutorial pool grows we will see tutorials grouped by beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Until then, keep up the good work!
( )William Cannavaro September 4th
Vamos Billy deja de ser racista y acepta las humildes aportaciones de los demas.
( )No al racismo amigo, grabatelo en la cabezota
ABOJUNG September 4th
what does that mean? something related to racism….
( )-__-”
Billy September 4th
How am I “racist”….you flippin’ moron. I will say nothing else to an imbicilic idiot such as yourself.
Racist? what a douche bag…..wow….
( )Rafael Guerra September 5th
That was spanish, racismo doesn’t literally means racism, it means general prejudice…i don’t think it relates much either.
bud September 4th
basic tutorial, good for beginners, bad for advanced… good job, hope to see some advanced ones soon
( )lame September 4th
Why dont you two Billy & Abojung make a collab work next time? I WOULD PAY to watch if you guys could do.
( )we are well aware of that you guys have almighty skills so you guys should make tuts, it’s gonna be dope!! fo sho! pretty please???????
ABOJUNG September 4th
wtf…Mr. lame are u really a lame. have you read the comments. please dont jump in and talk blabla bla………….if u havent then please scroll up.
( )maybe billy n myself post some comments, but its not that we share the same view regarding every tuts. and btw, you seem to be a quite good samaritan ^o^. what have you done? have you ever given an honest view on every tuts or just get satisfied with whatever is thrown at you. sometimes when the tuts are not upto par, we give our honest views.
and also we dont just criticize, but also tells the author about what could have been done.
what about you???
and regarding me posting tuts, i have already been asked. and billy has a nice lesson for you if you go back to the previous tuts comments.
dont be lame PUNK!!
Raivan September 5th
In a forum like this it is very simple-
Keep the emphasis on learning and inspiration. Thanks for the tutorial Youssef Sarhan!
( )2mnyshp September 5th
he just copied it from this exact tut: http://tinyurl.com/2w4apm !!
( )Youssef Sarhan September 5th
Very nice, you got me. Haha, we needed that.
( )Rafi September 5th
cheers
Leo September 24th
nice.
( )Nathanael September 5th
So far, i’m just ignoring all the other negative comments. I just wanna know what the name of the short song in the preview is called lol
( )Daniël September 5th
Hi, Youssef
Could you please tell me the name of the song of the preview?
Regards,
( )Daniël
Youssef Sarhan September 5th
It is from the D9 soundtrack, available on iTunes.
( )Daniël September 5th
Thanks
EffectsGroup September 5th
You know what would be a great advanced compositing tutorial? I tutorial on compositing a plane crash! That would be awesome!!!!
( )Momcilo Stojkovic September 5th
@2mnyshp: I cracked when i opened the link XD
( )lame September 5th
I can’t believe someone’s still up for Rickrolling! HAHAHAH lovedit!
( )Abhishek September 5th
Reading the comments on this site has become an almost regular form of entertainment for me… Unfortunately.
I would, however, take a good tutorial over a good critique any day.
( )titso September 5th
it looks like there is a frame mixup on the cg and the real footage, the cg footage is to fast
( )alex9191 September 5th
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpAhLjMIvSg
( )the vidéo is in french ^^
thanks for your tutorial
Youssef Sarhan September 6th
Nice to see someone try it.
( )John September 5th
Complaining about free tutorials is like complaining about the free soup at a homeless shelter.
…Thanks for the soup, Youseff
( )edk September 5th
this is noob
( )xxx September 5th
hello noob
this is xxx
nice to meet you
( )Rafael Guerra September 5th
lol, that was funny.
Kevin September 5th
This was awesome! I want to try this so badly but I can’t find a picture of the d9 ship anywhere! I cant afford Photoshop either =( Youssef do you think you can send me a picture of the ship you used to KevinStiller@ymail.com? It would be SWEET.
( )srw September 6th
bad work
( )patrick riley September 6th
could have just parented the ship to the null
( )jens September 7th
tbh, i got really annoyed when you did the same things over and over. but it was a nice tutorial overall. thanks.
( )aetutsboy September 7th
WOW! Excelente! Gracias!!!!!!
( )Jan V September 7th
Sorry but i’m 100% sure that AE’s built-in tracker could have handled that A LOT better.
And there’s absolutely no need to use PFHoe or any other matchmoving software like you mentioned, with a stationary camera all you need is a 2d tracker – a pixel tracker or a planar tracker.
And why don’t you just parent the spaceship to the null, why the expression and changing anchor points? If you’ve tracked rotation also, the composite wouldn’t have worked at all if you changed the anchor point.
As for the lens flares, you should have added another null to the comp, moved it to the place where the lens flare should end up, parent it to the tracker null and link the position of the lens flare to the new nulls position.
And last but not least, if you mess something up (which is totally normal), you could have edited it out from the final tutorial, what’s the point of showing that you added the flare to an adjustment layer, then added another adjustment layer, then deleted them both, added a new solid and added the flare to that?
i’m not bitching at all, just my 2 cents
( )Julian September 7th
Well, kinda nice, but why didnt you exclude your messed up steps from the final tut-video? often this is really annoying.
parenting everything to the null would also be a better and easier way…
i know, its not easy at all – so good job – but 200 bucks for that? i dont know…
( )Jack September 7th
To those so free with their criticisms:
( )1. Why do you put up where you mouth is and make these fabulous and complex tutorials for the rest of us?
2. The sites teaches techniques. You have to bring your own creativity. And judging by the large number of VCP knock offs I see, I suspect that many people are just looking for ways to copy from others than actually apply the techniques. Andrew Cramer had to learn by doing, reading the manual etc. – you can too. I think this site is turning some of you into uncreative lazy whiners.
Billy September 8th
Such a moronic comment….for reasons I have detailed in several comment threads to several other tutorials. Claiming one has to “put their money where their mouth is” is contrary to the criticism of every form of art…..literary, culinary, etc., etc. People can comment all they want both positively and negatively. That is life. Attempting to “criticize” someone else’s “criticism” is illogical….
( )Jack September 9th
Such basic criticisms. You need to be a little more complex in your thinking Billy. Using phrases like “moronic comment” is first grade stuff. So go learn to reason and then come back here and comment. And do it in a video and I hate to read …
Zamkovy Mykola September 7th
Could you give a link to project files?
( )fidget September 7th
i think it should be required for the authors to watch their own tutorial before posting it and see if it needs to be re-edited. showing mistakes you might encounter is one thing, but we do not need to see multiple takes of those mistakes. Or maybe the editor for AE tuts should tell the author to clean it up before sending it out. especially if the author is being paid for this.
( )Bones September 7th
Can you link us to the picture of the space ship?
( )myu from srilanka September 15th
hey guys i’ve cropped the mother ship image in PNG and PSD format..
( )here is the download link.
go to http://www.slingfile.com
username=moreimage
password=player
then go to >> myfiles
http://www.slingfile.com/members/myfiles=1
download ufo.png or ufo.psd
14k September 17th
Thanks for the link and image. It is very helpful. Thanks for the all works.
Plus, I agree with John, “Complaining about free tutorials is like complaining about the free soups at a homeless shelters.”
Take it or leave it.
Thanks
myu September 8th
awwww its the best …..
( )grayday September 8th
Yep…a link to that ship would be great….very hard to find at the moment!
( )grayday September 8th
Okay…now I feel a bit stupid. Just looked at the ship in the tutorial again and I can see that he’s photoshopped it a fair bit. He’s rounded off the top, etc. So anyone can use the existing pics (of which there are a lot of high res ones) that are on Google.
( )NicoB September 8th
Billy (not to clever professor) I lecture and crit but believe you should always back up your agrs with some of your own examples.
PS: maybe a change of team on the football scene?? – you may feel more positive
( )Billy September 8th
Look at how many people have criticized this tutorial….for you to single me out is moronic.
…And I love Arsenal…I feel very positive about them. Attempting to criticize my football team is pathetic. Douche.
( )Jack September 9th
Billy
I would read your argument if you would put it in a video. Hate reading. Especially basic arguments written by a beginner like you who is just boring to the rest of us. Take a class in logic and get back to us.
Adam Everett Miller September 12th
Billy, can I get your email address?
sneak September 9th
good tutorial – - – dont know why ppl are complaining – im a beginner so therefore i learnt and benefited from this tut… thanks
( )myu from srilanka September 10th
guys better take the pic of the ship from the wallpaper of district 9 and crop the space ship image in photoshop.. thats the best idea how i did and, its works pretty gud. if not if u r a 3D animator better model a ship and composite to AE….
( )Robert Morris September 11th
Wow… this was a really long tutorial about basic techniques done poorly. Clouds should not be tracked if there are better SOLID contrast points (which there were) and the rotation should be tracked with handheld camera footage, as it usually rotates (which it does here). Hence why the track looks like it’s slipping. Creating atmosphere on a solid ship is not done by drawing a feathered alpha mask. Additionally, the color correction between plates was barely addressed and didn’t even match when the author moved on. Not good for even beginners trying to learn the techniques. Then I got bored watching about 10 minutes of pointless lens flare expressions.
Sorry, I just hate when people are teaching bad form, and others are learning the wrong way to do things. Granted, there are many ways to do things in AE. But if you’re wanting to learn compositing skills, these techniques shown here are not even close.
That being said, I agree that the audio was clear. Nice change from many other tutorials having poor audio quality.
( )Metallikat79 September 12th
Good stuff, I’m quite new to after effects.
One question though, after pickwhipping the light source to the postion of the null, I added the code like you said:
thisComp.layer(“Track Null”).transform.position-65
but what if i want to move it along the y axis as well? I can’t suss it out. SOMEBODY HELP PLEASE!!!!
( )frayquantum September 12th
you can use temp/value index
in after effects, multiple values of every properties are represented by their index. therefore:
transform.position = all general values
transform.position[0] = first value
transform.position[1] = second value
if you want to target specific values for instance, leaving x and subtracting 65 from y,
do it as such :
x=thisComp.layer(”Track Null”).transform.position[0];
y=thisComp.layer(”Track Null”).transform.position[1];
[x,y-65]
where x will be filled by x values, and y filled by y values
then further operations on the separate values are possible by adding operator on them.(on the example above, y have been reduced by 65 points)
when they have 3 values, such as 3D layers, the index will be [0], [1], and [2].
hope that helps.
( )Metallikat79 September 13th
that all seems to make sense, however, it disables the expression because of a syntax error???!!!
basically i pasted in the text as you said:
x=thisComp.layer(”Track Null”).transform.position[0];
y=thisComp.layer(”Track Null”).transform.position[1];
[x,y-65]
is there anything missing from this that should also be there????
frayquantum September 13th
hmm, it works on my cs4.
Oh I know, replace the ” on both lines.
web formatted type comes with a curved ”
in AE, you must type the new ” which is straight.
silly I know.
x = thisComp.layer(“Track Null”).transform.position[0];
y = thisComp.layer(“Track Null”).transform.position[1];
[x, y-65]
“Track Null” is the name of the item you’re tracking (change it if u used sth else).
and thisComp refers that the null is in the same comp
frayquantum September 13th
oh btw, when you copy/paste code for whatever reason, make sure that they are “code formatted” meaning everything is in unencoded text form.
this board does not have that capability yet so it will be confusing when you paste something and it doesn’t work. in this case though it’s simply the slanted/curved ” quotation marks. who knows what else.
myu from srilanka September 13th
i like the film look… but camera tracking is really poor
( )myu from srilanka September 14th
hey guys i’ve cropped the mother ship image in PNG and PSD format..
here is the download link.
go to http://www.slingfile.com
username=moreimage
password=player
then go to >> myfiles
http://www.slingfile.com/members/myfiles=1
( )download ufo.png or ufo.psd
14k September 17th
Words to the complainers and big talkers, this is a FREE tutorial.
Exit is that way, take it or leave it.
( )Robbie Stewart September 18th
DISTRICT 9 SUCKED!
that is all…
( )se7en89 September 19th
hey everybody,,,, anybody help me file music in tut here? plz
( )Digital Domain September 20th
Okay, back to the topic. I like the idea of compositing the aircraft with the scene and adding the appropriate lighting for more realism, really beautiful if I may say. Except as I was watching the preview, I couldn’t help to notice that the aircraft was moving ahead, maybe two frames faster than the camera, resulting in poor match-moving. In my opinion, I would have used high-end tracking systems such as Boujou, PFTrack, or even the new tracking system added into AE CS4 (Mocha). Other then that, I enjoyed the tutorial! Thank you for adding this to the list as we need more compositing tutorials.
( )Simon September 22nd
Billy’s comments are very useful i find, I dont always agree with em,
( )but someone said something about ‘Raising the bar’ and i think Billy is that motivation for members/people to try and do just that.
Simon September 22nd
PS: All tuts are awesome
( )Victor September 22nd
Very interesting, I’d say… it certainly becomes tough to insert elements in outdoor settings, and this one here is a neat example of doing it right…combined with the right music, it can truly become the next big thing…
( )funk September 23rd
The tut is available only in low res??
( )Leo September 24th
Great tutorial, great tips.
Here’s my output (I ripped some of your audio, I hope you don’t mind, ha)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm1QP0LIURw&hd=1
( )Hary October 8th
I don’t know about the AE tuts?
( )I think nothing can compare to Video Copilot.
net tuts are great ,I don’t like when people are after money and they try to take over everything they can.You should do the one thing you are great in. Video Copilot is the best for AE tutorials.Net Tuts is one of the best for web but this kind of building an empire makes me see it from another prospective.
If Jeffry starts he’s own project ,I will never visit net tuts.
Miguel October 10th
Hi, i’m a beginner, this is my D-9 i would like to use after effects and i try to do something like your.i like your tut.. OK ! I know ! I have a long way to do…HAHAHA !
( )http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuKYzJq0MgM
Xemon October 12th
Hi, great tutorial!
I wonder where i can download your last sound the man who “sing”, “scream” THX.
and maybe a couple files like that.
( )trey October 16th
Sorry, but I don’t see the picture mother ship in http://www.slingfile.com/members/myfiles=1 …. where is it???
( )myu from srilanka October 23rd
oww i’m sorry i don’t knw how but the files r getting deleted.. i had more images now all r lost
( )Alberto October 25th
please Mother ship png
( )Vikash Verma October 30th
Nice. U have a great future.
( )Mike December 2nd
can someone put up the picture?
( )John Rambo December 23rd
i’m just learning after effects. it would really help if tutorials were accompanied by project files. project files anyone, author??
( )LucaOZ January 1st
Hi !
He just took the spaceship of the poster (here for example : http://www.nuffnang.com.my/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/poster.jpg )
And cut it out, I tried myself and I get that : http://i14.servimg.com/u/f14/11/74/29/55/spaces10.png
See ya’
( )moviemaker January 2nd
This tutorial is completely useless if you don’t show how to color correct the space station. You basically just dragged in the image and it looked OK. You didn’t teach us anything at all.
( )Radeon January 4th
402mb for a crappy quality video, no better than mobile phone size quality!!
( )medwed January 10th
ship png http://www.keyframekid.com/dump/ship1.png
sound http://www.keyframekid.com/dump/district9sounds.zip
( )Talamanca January 30th
Thank you very much for your tutorial an effort, it helps a lot a many of us to learn more.
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