After FX Tutorial - How to make a Vortex

[Mamma269]

Thanks for the Tutorial, I was wondering if you could lead me to a tutorial that will teach me how to take a person and suck them into an object. Thanks. ImwithSmee@gmail.com

[chazntitch]

fantastic job!! it works a treat! i was wondering if you know how to make a twisting and turning one? i can't get my head around how to do it?

Rich :)

[JJCsProductions123]

i cant get CC Cylinder when i look what could of gone wrong???

[Spunkyman5]

where did u get the cc cylinder thingy from?

[FudgePop101]

Thanks for the help, this is awesome.

[Tavor21Actual]

my two sides of the vortex dont match up with the shapes they whirling and not meeting

[iolo26]

yeah! british!

[MovieMakingTeamAAA]

gay

[rex800510]

is there a way to make it turn around insted of going just straight forward ?

[doctordavstar]

when I typed in cc cylinder, it didn't work

[ThEpisodez]

Great tutorial!!!

I just wanted to say that i found out a way to make the vortex end kind of move making it look like its not just a straight tunnel.

I used the Smear effects listed in Distort and i increased the radius and just animate the smear!

[DavidWoodFX]

Excellent job Jon, one of the best Time Vortex tutorials out there.

[hyacinthdibley]

Thank you for the tutorial. I've been trying to get this right, but I have one problem. I don't have trapcode at all. is there a way to do this without TC Shine? Thanks.

[mystyxiii]

@hyacinthdibley I've got much the same problem and am trying to figure out how I can do the colour change without Trapcode. Any help would be great. Thanks for the tutorial!

[CANALIZO]

@hyacinthdibley @mystyxii he explained how to use shine, he then showed how to do it without it at 9:45

[hyacinthdibley]

@CANALIZO Silly me. I guess i got frustrated and didn't finish the tutorial, lol. Thanks so much.

[4000Firefox4000]

I cant find the CC Cylinder! D=

[impbadminton]

why this isn't any better than the 3D new doctor?

[jdogbolt8265]

@Anermay what program is this? is it After FX? idk man i am stupid but PLEASE tell me

[ConnorSmith1110]

I have 5.5 and I can't find CC Cylinder what do i do?

[liverpool12301]

i cant find he cylinder where is it?

[timelordstudios100]

How do I open the position thing?

[ToyReviewCentral]

I cant find the cylinder in the search box thing

[ToyReviewCentral]

when i made the second composition it didnt end up as a tube D:

[KC0WIR]

@charlietutorials20 - It's After Effects CS4

[gwapaulo]

is this possible in cs3?

[TheMatty1996]

i dont have trapcode in effects (cs5)

[B767rules]

@TheMatty1996 you have to download it

[TheLuisberg]

Im at the part where you tweek the evolution. What did you do to make it move. it has to be more than just clicking

[callyboy82]

Blimey! i created a 40 second one of these and it said 17 hours :S, is there anyway you can speed up a render?

[doctorwhobw]

@callyboy82 same problem here :'(

[MrVestek]

@callyboy82 In a word: no. The machine has to do alot of work creating these effects and teh render time will go up or down depending on the specifications of the actual machine itself.

I usually set my renders to happen overnight therefor I lick render before I go to bed.. wake up and there it is! :-)

[SirWillig]

is there a way you can make the vortex have curves and loops?

[FangedBeast]

I DON'T HAVE CC CYLINDER ON CS4.. HELP!!!

[SirWillig]

hint: If you want a 2010 style vortex use turbulent noise

[Auton710]

How do you do this part 4:33 to 4:43? Please Reply?

[Auton710]

@Auton710 Sorry Worked it Out. Sorry

[OwenDWF]

Im 4 Mins 40 into the tutorial, and everything is plain sailing so far, except one thing. Once you put the null object in, you started to resize some stuff by hitting a control on your keyboard [im guessing it was because your mouse didnt hit anything] and the null object got a little black dot on it etc, and you managed to open some little boxes on the composition too. How can i do this?

Oh, and forget the comment from earlier. I got it all sorted out =D

[OwenDWF]

Hi Jon. Quick and small problem. Im on Composition 2, and ive made it a different colour just so i can see what im doing, because of one problem.

The little preview image of the composition in the top left looks like its 1280 by 3000, but on the actuall screen thingy mcwhotsitbob, its just 1280 by 720. Any buttons or anything i need to press to actually have it looking like 1280 by 3000?

[SCRebelMetalHead1]

@TheTimeLordsReturn: By writing the same thing three times? You're too desperate, or obnoxious.

[brozzyfilms]

when i finish there is still the red box in the tunnle and a big red X how do i get them out

[brozzyfilms]

i cant get the position tooll for when you need to get to the end of the vortex.

can you please tell me what to do.

And for everyone that doesn't have cc cylinder, go to google and search for adobe after effects cs4 cc add on. then download it.

[hawerqyurito]

for some reson my vortex wont move what have i done wrong???!!!!???

[Anermay]

@hawerqyurito there is a number of things that could of gone wrong!

Im not able to help you with out any information about how far into the tutorial you are when this happened ect.

If there is such a problem stop and start the tutorial again, then work on it slowly step by step

[SCRebelMetalHead1]

@TheTimeLordsReturn: No one cares!

[Mozzyeon]

u can make this in adobe after effects right?

[flyinveevsfender13]

@Mozzyeon Yes that is what he is doing it in now :L

[flyingtardis]

you know when you move the camera veiew to the top i can't that arrow you get on photoshop does not appear

[LoweQualityProducts]

how do you make the particular effect?

[MrHowdareyou]

I cannot find the CC Cylinder

[Anermay]

@TheTimeLordsReturn Remember to make it 3D

[FireChestProductions]

When I create my red solid I can’t adjust it to a "slither" because the thing to pull it up and down, smaller and bigger isn’t there.

Do you know why? :)

[Anermay]

@FireChestProductions not a clue, sorry, might be a button has been pushed, just reset after effects to factory default and try again, look up on google how to :)

[FireChestProductions]

@Anermay Thanks I was thinking it was somthing like that to :)

[manudan08]

how did you do the black solid extra to make the rocks? :)

[Anermay]

@manudan08 what rocks?

[manudan08]

@Anermay the like white thingys that pass the camera as the camera goes down the vortex :)

[Anermay]

@manudan08 still have no idea what your talking about, sorry,

do you mean the stars? if so I did say in the video and have done in comments that it is an extra effect from Particular,

[chasla99]

on mine its saying that i dont have the cylinder so i carnt go futher tham that do u no wat i should do (please reply)

[Anermay]

@chasla99 This is more to do with your version of After effects and how you installed it, without that info, I cannot help, and Im not promising I can.

[TheLunarEclipse8]

Ok, thanks 4 the reply! So it works with cs5 naswell. :)

PS: I have no idea why i said i'm british to!

[Anermay]

@4DFuturist yup, I knew that :P I thought I played with it in the video, the reason why I duplicated the tunnel was to give control over more elements of the vortex look :)

[TheLunarEclipse8]

Erm... well. I want to make stuff like this, but first, is this Adobe After Effects CS4 or Adobe After Effects CS5?

Cos CS5 doesnt work on my computer. So if its CS4, can you find a link with a trial of After Effects CS4? I've been searching for it for ages! Lol ?_?

PS: Im british 2!

[Anermay]

@TheLunarEclipse8 Umm I dont see what being British has to do with this, plus I have said in a few other comments that this is CS4, I think I might of said it in the video.

I have no idea if you can find a trail of cs4, probably not as its out dated now,

plus if CS5 dosnt work on your computer then im afraid it might be time for a system upgrade

[alainawithana]

you did that purpose didn't you?! XD

[alainawithana]

lolololol!!! you crack me up! you sound like the 1oth doctor from doctor who!! aw I love it!

[xxxdoctorwho1xxx]

cheers for the tutorial! i've been looking everywhere for a software to make things like 'the vortex' and things but i never knew what i could use! so i will now get adobe after effects and try it out haha :)

[eddie2000]

@Anermay Great tutorial, but I have a slight problem with it. I'm running CS5, but I can't find CC Cylinder, which is what you use about halfway through the video. I'm stuck unless I can find it. Does CS5 come with CC Cylinder or do i need to get that elsewhere and add it to the program?

[Anermay]

@eddie2000 CC Cylinder should come with CS5, there it should ether install with CS5 OR be on the extra installation disc, take a look at the emails from adobe with the product key or on the install discs, it should be there.

However getting CS5 at this stage is a very BAD idea due to the fact half the plug-ins need updating to 64-bit only, so maybe Cid-Core (CC) havn't yet created an updated version.

Try getting CS4 instead, as CS5 is a lot of trouble at the moment, for plug-ins :)

[woodswork]

Nice tutorial, be using that in a music video. Watch this space!!!:)

[SuperRichi1A]

Oh, sorry. just read you comment about staying in the 6th form, well, I'm having EXACTLY the same problem, terrifying. Problem with me is, I unfortunately go to the 3rd highest ranking school in Britain, which just adds to nerves. Anyways, have you figured out a way to make the vortex twist yet? I've just stumbled upon a method which seems to work, but I'm not sure how it will look when finsihed, wondering if it is a conventional method.

[TheRealStupidMovie]

wow

mine took 12 minutes to render

it was four seconds long

[ravenimperatrix]

thanks, you made it easy to understand....not many can do and teach! Keep up the great work!

[RegenerationStorm]

this was so damn difficult to follow O.o i had to at least restart over 3 times ,and repeat what you said about 5 times , hmm..

[Anermay]

@RegenerationStorm Im sorry to hear that,

However you do appear to be the first person to have problems like that, O.o hmm,

also as a video tutorial, you are kinda of meant to stop, and watch a bit again, oh well :)

[RegenerationStorm]

@Anermay Look , im sorry i snapped - I'm in a really tired mood since iv'e just finished my exams and now im stressed over getting my prom outfit sorted and going to colledge opening day.. its a nightmare O.o

I will attempt this again soon , i Just wish you sort of went over it slower

[RegenerationStorm]

@Anermay @Anermay Look , im sorry i snapped - I'm in a really tired mood since iv'e just finished my exams and now im stressed over getting my prom outfit sorted and going to colledge opening day.. its a nightmare O.o

I will attempt this again soon , i Just wish you sort of went over it slower

[Anermay]

@RegenerationStorm Its no problem,

Iv just finished my AS exams and I am also stressed about if I did well enough to keep my place in 6th form,

I still say that the idea is you do a'bit, stop, move on, stop, etc, Its done at a pace similar/if not the same to most other video tutorials, just try maybe turning up the volume and playing around in after effects.

[RegenerationStorm]

@Anermay Alright thanks 

[NeoHaseo579]

Hey I can't get Cs4 anywhere but can you do this on cs3? Im not even sure if i can find that

[Anermay]

@NeoHaseo579 yes it can be done on cs3, but seeing as CS5 is the newest version available, I think it does have all the the elements, so your better off getting that

[UltimiteSaiyan]

@NeoHaseo579 Haseo, nooooooo!!!!!! lol

[Cuxito17]

Thx for the tutorial.

One question... How can I fix the duration of the white particles "beams" at the beginning?. For example, start from nothing to the start of the particles spread and finish without opacities... like the video ends in the middle of the particle spread. You understand me xD?. Thanks :P

[Anermay]

@Cuxito17 I think I do, xD

Id say move the Particular layer over so in the comp window you can see the stars forming, then extend the end of the layer so it fills out the hole video space, :)

If its not clear what I mean then I recommend going to Video Copilot and watching the Basic Training series, that should explain it better :)

[Cuxito17]

@Anermay Yay!, thx for respond :P ... I will fix that soon :)... Any question I will post here again :) ... bye! :)

[ATV642]

Why is there a green cross when i place CC Cylinder on the Comp?

[JamesPDower]

brilliant tutorial, thanks a lot for this mate! looking forward to animating my Tardis from Maya into this :)

[gallooo64]

this is the video I've been looking for! Thank you so much for posting this! I have one question though-How would you bend the vortex so it's wavy like a Doctor Who opening titles, so you don't see aorund the corners...?

[Anermay]

@gallooo64 aha! yes I was waiting for this question, :P

As far as I know bending the tunnel isn't possible in After effects, however if you play with the camera or use vector blue you can create the idea of a spinning vortex, but if you want the effects of the 2005 titles especially then your gonna have to move into a 3d animation program Maya, Lightwave, 3ds max, there are a few tutorials on Google that cover it :)

[gallooo64]

@Anermay aaah, a pity, ah well. I'll use Lightwave then. Hey, it can put in a Tardis for me =D

[SuperRichi1A]

Sorry, last thing, can I just ask, more out of interest than anything else, is that star field at the start some kind of Mr. Mercury effect? I've been trying to find away to "stretch out" the stars like a hyper drive effect, a bit like this...

[Anermay]

@SuperRichi1A Its a pre-set in Particular :)

[SuperRichi1A]

@Anermay Aaaahhhh

[GarnerMovies09]

tritone looked better than colorize when i tried it. Great tutorial!

[SuperRichi1A]

Actually, no, sorry, I know what i wanted to ask. We are essentially making the vortex move, by basically zooming into the end of the vertex, yes? Soooo, how would you make a vortex whereby you never reach the end?

[Anermay]

@SuperRichi1A move it really long and dont move the camera down to the end,

maybe try using a vector blur to bend the distance :)

[SuperRichi1A]

@Anermay Sounds simple enough, thanx :)

[SuperRichi1A]

When you created more than one layer of vortex, did you recreate the whole thing or did you just duplicate the old one?

[SuperRichi1A]

@SuperRichi1A Sorry, ignore me, doesn't matter :)

[SuperRichi1A]

Hey :) First off, sorry if you get this comment twice, not sure if it got posted last time, my internet failed just as I hit "post", so I thought ask again :)

I have a very odd problem, and I'm sure it's a very simple and mundane fix but, I've never encountered anything like this before. When I make the new comp, I don't get a nice black screen, I get the "transparent" white and grey squares, and i can't add any solids etc. Any idea what has gone wrong and how to fix? Thanx :)

[Anermay]

@SuperRichi1A If you upload a stillto your youtube page I can take a look and tell you what needs fixing :)

[SuperRichi1A]

@Anermay

Great, thanks, nice to meet someone as helpful as you, I'll get hypercam out and do a video for ya, I think it might be more useful than a still. Sorry in advance, by the way, as soon as you see this your going to realise the stupidness of my stupidity!! I'll send you a link when it's up.

[SuperRichi1A]

I don't have "CC Cylinder", do I need a plugin or something for it? I'm only using CS3 here, I assume that still HAS CC Cylinder?

[Anermay]

@SuperRichi1A CC Cylinder is part of the Cide-Core effects disc (I believe) I think it wasn't bundled with CS3 or below so for a CS3 user I'm afraid its a 3rd party plug-in,

[SuperRichi1A]

@Anermay

Thanx, yeah, I think I've actually figured it all out now, it turned out I had a load of CC and CE stuff living on my AE disc, going unnoticed, so it was bundled, I was just being a stupid-arse, sorry to waste half a minute of your like lol ;)

Also, thank you very much for the quick reply! You are very helpful and this tutorial has taught me loads about After Effects. Lets see, next I have to learn Lightwave...oh great. :) Great vid

[TheTeenagedCritic]

Is it possible to animate a dalek on after fx? If so can you show us how?

[TheTeenagedCritic]

what did you press at 7:51

(to activate the posistion)

[Anermay]

@TheTeenagedCritic I pressed "p" I think :)

[TheTeenagedCritic]

@Anermay thanks! (i can't spell position)

[Matty09Magic]

can u do wax please

[KYTyr]

Do you have any idea how to animate a tardis?

[tardiselliotstudios]

hey thanks for your tutorial, really helped me get an idea for making my own, much appriciated

[aryoshi]

A major thank you! I've done several tunnel effects, especially for my AE class, but I never thought about using CC cylinder. I always had the older version 6 with out this effect but now that I realize it came in our school pack I'm excited! no more rendering up to 50 layers just for the shape anymore!

[dalekidea]

very good tutorial im having a go at it now, like to see more doctor who related ones

[FireWorksStudiosplus]

i might use it for my next intro, thanks! i'll subscribe!

[WriterfromNowhere]

Even though I probably would never need this tutorial (no AfterEffects) I still found it very helpful.

Which makes no sense... But anyway, nice vid. :P

[CyberEwan]

Really great tutorial, any chance of a regeneration tutorial as well?:)

[docandk9]

Amazing! Really needed tutorials like this! :D Three questions though...

1) Where do you get After Effects presets from?

2) How did you do the lines in the Vortex as well?

3) Please can you do a regeneration effect tutorial as I really need one!

Faved and Liked (as utube has changed /:(

[richsc21]

Don't forget your CC Wire Removal!

[cyberking999]

thanks for the vid

[13productions13]

thankyou so much for this!

[walsallmatt]

John your a life saver kidda

[FloProproductions]

Loving the videos!