After Effects Tutorial: Gun Build Up

[@glp]

Dude I swear, on my next montage I might as well just put: Edited by Baker. Every effect that I've seen and want to use I find in your tutorials. While they will be inevitably overused, I don't see it as a bad thing. The sharing of knowledge can only lead to better a community. While some will simply copy the effects, others will find creative usages and expand on our database of effects. I appreciate all the help Baker, I've learned a lot!

[@TheSirEon]

How do you progress the shatter's completion? Mine does absolutely nothing but blacks out the screen.

[@TheCheeseHeadChannel]

open the gun masked and drag the frame all the way to the beginning than go back to the gun build up composition and go to the very first frame and you should see it working now hope this helped you! :)

[@knackzac4249]

***** still didnt help :(

[@OhhhSync]

Solution to problems : If you cannot see the gun when you apply the "shatter" effect it is because the shatter animation starts at the beginning of whichever layer you applied "scatter" onto. So therefore extend your work area to the start of the layer and the animation (shattering) should be at the start. ( The reason you cannot see the the shatter is because it has already finished ) Like so others can see :)

[@linasjesaias]

Can you do a tutorial with workflow?

[@Rogerztheurbanlegend]

Dude is an inspiration for editors, thank you. I want to branch out to more, but this is an excellent start (COD montages). I just finished my first try with AAE on a OCE. Only thing I regret is not doing some sort of audio syncing with the beat. Again, I give credit where its due, and I mention Baker and his tuts. Keep it up!

[@Silverlight6369]

I did a very similar one by using a shatter effect, played around with the options. exported it, and then reversed the time.. did a similar thing. Might want to try it out.

[@spinksy9]

Baker i remember when you only had 3k subs! Man you've come a long way, congrats! :D

[@TwiitzFX]

Baker, because of you, i edit now, and im starting to get a little good in it! Keep on going man, you doing great!

[@JMontage]

I love your introduction. So much energy in your voice lol!

[@laxointmentfactory818]

0:52 how do you get only speed to pop up for twixtor??

[@OhhSlurpiezz]

Could you do a tutorial on how to get downloaded MBL CC's into after effects and be able to use them? i can't find any tuts on mac

[@M96S96]

To Do in vegas: duplicate the layer, and mask out the intervention. add the newblue transition with a lot of small pieces coming together, (cant remember the name) set the transition settings to a lot of small pieces and then make them transit from nothing! :) Not exactly the same but it is a way to do it in vegas :)

[@Jonawizkid]

Baker, would this be easier with CC Poly? although i know not many people have it. But i saw a tutorial on video copilot about shattered text building up. Looks very similar to this effect.

[@keenaro]

How do you get after effects to play song it annoys me I have to guess where to put bullet sounds

[@MyFrenchDesign]

hello baker, what is the name of shatter in french please or where can we find it ?

[@TrueForceHD]

Hey Baker, I got the build up, but I think it would look much better with twixtor. And as you probably know, AE doesn't come with twixtor. Could you provide a link for free twixtor?

[@MrJacksonboxer]

How do you close of the gun? I think you may have changed some settings from the default AE so that it creates a black background and you only see the gun. When I use pen tool exactly like how you showed, it just outlines it. Help?

[@briandawkings]

this should work with any transparent image right?? cu thats what this is, an image right??? if i have a transparent image already or text it should work right??

[@yuriydee]

I love your tuts i just that as soon as they come out, people overuse the same effect.

[@fifatrickster51]

really tutorial you got there but i want your opionion which 1 do you say is best sony vegas or after effects ? =)

[@SBHxOfficial]

After I add shatter effect my masked out gu is gon and only shows a small piece all throught the timeline if I take shatter off my gun appears but then I cant obviously work with this effect....

[@MysteryCheaterMan]

Same problem! And on my pc it opens up an layer while starting to cut the sniper out with the pen tool!

[@OyezCronic]

i hade sam issue freaked out trying to find a anser, but i went into the comp and click arrow to show where it says mask 1 and turned out i hade 2 seperate masks but they were so close together i thought i hade 1, so just delte second one then countune to add on where it left off then when u click last one should work, srry if this dont make sense just trying to help

[@xiOrigiinaL]

i'll try but make sure u pre comp and do everything he does and make sure u set the origin on the gun and all that stuff :)

[@SoarzahFX]

I NEED HELP PLEASE REPLY!!! I just downloaded nad installed CS5.5, and im missing aload of effects such as CC VECTOR BLUR, CC LIGHTBURST, CC JAWS AND MORE! anyideas why im missing them?!!!

[@NoLimits9909]

it doesn't wrok by me if i place it in my main composition it doesn't show the cop anymore

[@Miologist]

Is this just like the ground blowing up thing in versatile?

[@IntelCalBa]

Is there any way to do this with 3D motion tracked text in CS6? ...or can you only do it with C4D and boujou?

[@Sameer15557]

how do I set my quality to low so my video doesn't look so pixelated when I move the line on the timeline and also why doesnt my audio playback? I need help here :/

[@LetsAllTrickShot]

@BakersTuts Do you have to use twixtor? I have it i was just wondering

[@XxTheCoconutMasterxX]

You can't do anything CLOSE to this in Sony Vegas. You need After Effects to do something like this and if you want to do more of ANYTHING you're going to want to switch to Final Cut Pro (Mac only) which is a great program or Adobe Premier Pro (both OS's) which is in my opinion the best out of the three. But if you want to do anything like this you have to have Adobe After Effects.

[@dirtbike1777]

how do you stretch clips for like the twixtored output so it will show full clip?

[@MrTCreations]

at 2:43 what did you click to close of the mask so just left with gun ? (on a pc btw?)

[@sunbud11]

Do you have many programs open when doing it? That really slows mine down.. :(

[@ATiGaming1]

when does the contest finish?

[@ImpropaOriginals]

HELP!!! Im a beginner in AE and I got a pretty sweet clip but the audio lags by 1 second. Is there anyway I could fix that in The program? Cus I really want to use this clip but idk how to fix it ),: so if you can help thankyou!!!

[@Rogerztheurbanlegend]

Quick question, for anyone here. I have 64bit Windows7, and can't get MBL to work. I have it for Sony Vegas 11 though. What would you all recommend, doing MBL on the clip/clips THEN doing the work in AAE, or vice versa?

[@LyykNevaDies]

i found out how if you scroll really high on the last point before you connect it should atoumatily clost it it worked 4 me

[@zuminee]

you go to Macintosh HD / Library / application support / looksbuilder / looks and drag the mbl files in there.

[@TrueForceHD]

Well I have twixtor as well, but I have a cracked version of it and I get a red x every 6 frames or so, could you provide a link that works for windows 7 ? and I figured it out, I just hit Ctrl+D (:

[@MrLazarevic96]

I'm having a really basic problem but I'm a AE noob so I don't know how to solve it, basically on my preview screen I can see only a piece of preview how can I solve it pls ?

[@rodricknaufal1373]

I have a question, pls answer it :) Well i began the presentation but the background is transparent, i already went to composition setting and the color is in black but it only appear with grey and white squares, ive tried everything, can someone tell me how to make it black plss, it appear like black in comp setts but it doesn't work so anything would be greatly appreciate, sorry for grammar :D!

[@edwincollins7722]

does the pieces automatically go back together because mine don't

[@Dota2oFace]

is this THE FaZe Baker?

[@Dota2oFace]

RockzEdits i see where im wrong :P

[@Dota2oFace]

***** this guy crushed your dream aswell? :)

[@ArkManix]

faze barker is different from baker left faze before barker joined

[@WeEvolveSnipin]

The render times length depends on you processor

[@MrFRMario]

I have a problem Baker, why doesn't it turn black after I've used the pen tool around the gun? Please answer :)

[@zuminee]

oh well whatever your main disk is, you should know what it is whenyou go into finder. its USUALLY Macintosh HD or Untitled. its pretty obvious whichone it is

[@TheOjAJ]

wat does RE: vision effects.inc mean? after the gun builds it flashes those words for a split second :/

[@XxTheCoconutMasterxX]

Alright well then I was mistaken. Even still Vegas isn't the best editor out there and I would suggest an upgrade when you get the chance.

[@Patcheee1]

PLZ ANSWER! when i do render of my edit, when I render the clip appears to me this error you must have at least one render item queued in order to render wtf is this??????????

[@ImWielding]

i followed it and when i switch to my main comp it doesnt do the affect.

[@bloodeka]

To get the full access version yu have to buy it or torrent it.

[@randolfd]

which after effects version is that

[@gapzyy]

the editing conetest ends tommorow?

[@VibrantArtZ]

would polypixle also look good? just wondering :)

[@xTracTedFX]

you need to select what composition u want to render

[@WatchCloselyKiid]

Do you think its capable to use it with text?

[@IMMORTAL1417]

ok do you still have twixtor in the effects bit of your photosnap comp?, if you still do, delete Twixtor off of it :) hope you know what i mean

[@SenszR]

Why didn't you just make a pre comp and reverse it instead of exporting?

[@babiandmakeup]

do u haft to use twistor for this to work?

[@XeNoRandom]

Nearly at the top in the right conour is there is a play button but dont use that one use the one on the riight side ( the last "tool" ) sorry if it was hard to understand i can screen share you on skype if you feel for it. my skype is on my channel

[@ZelectEdits]

dude, sync before you add effects, and i reccomend you to only use one program so you can easily change stuff!

[@iDestinyyHD]

My pen tool isn't working like the vids? Someone help. It only makes two lined and i cant keep them going, if that makes any sense

[@FluxHoundTL]

Stop giving away your secrets Baker :( You'r so original I love it.

[@TheTaylormademan]

BAKER I NEED HELP MAN i dont have a presets or plugin folder what do i do?

[@LoadedDiice]

as soon as i put the shatter effect in the comp it makes the mask go invisible :( how can i fix that?

[@ThatGamerPaintTV]

bro cn tell me where i cn buy freeze frame for after effects?

[@ThePTFOGaming]

Hey, can you help me please everytime when i want to put the shatter effect on the clip then i only have a black screen anyone knows what i can do

[@BagDaddy]

can you make a tutorial on twitching like in your intro

[@CnnrPC]

My after effects wont play audio how do i fix that?

[@notareallygoodplayer]

basically complete the shape of the mask. once you complete an object it should automatically close...

[@DawnRisingDG]

how do u get the sound of the gun building up

[@Adrian.Wigert]

go to composition-composition settings- and set the lenght of it

[@ByMxzeh]

its just black when ive putted the shatter on the layer? help!

[@xiOrigiinaL]

hey man make sure u set the centre on the gun because other wise it will shatter in the blackness and it wont work / u wont see anything :)

[@AndeInTheName1111]

make the effects on AE and put the sync and transmitions with vegas :)

[@ImpropaOriginals]

@GabzitoHD Well some people need to watch tutorials to exceed there skill level. For instance I am new to AE and I look at tutorials just to get an idea of how it works

[@TheDezzi55]

put it on quarter and change your ram preview settings to skip every one frames if your comp is 59.94 fps

[@BakersTuts]

im sorry that i like to be thorough and make sure everyone understands what im doing. and stop being so loud.

[@TheLegandQ8]

Answer Please how much is your Mac or PC and is it 8 RAM OR WHAT?

[@OyezCronic]

if u use twixtor , it wil slow down the clip but not audio, it dosent work on audio just cut audio add gun noises after words

[@thehayboys]

Almost all of them, yes.

[@danielparadise]

Yo baker I have a quick question do you have to use twixtor?

[@cooljared100]

You can use time remapping too

[@danielparadise]

thank you

[@Bdejonge12]

can you tutorial about overedits?

[@OhhSlurpiezz]

I opened my finder and i can't find anything about my hard drive, i even tried to search Looksbuilder in my spotlight but it doesn't come up

[@Retalak]

When I make my comp 59.94 everything is half speed (including music, clips, etc.) HELP

[@Tanzer]

I love your tuts but they never work for me :S

[@ichopyou3]

can you do this with transitions?

[@AwsmEdits]

Baker i'm subscribed to u since 5k subs ;D wow it's like yesterday man u grew up so fast :D Keep it up

[@happyboy2518]

Can you also do this with text? PLEASE REPLY!!

[@iMw3Hack]

but how do you get the sound for it?

[@IMMORTAL1417]

how do you delete the background without deleting the gun just after masking it at 2:40 HELP IM A NOOB

[@iKillaCam12]

I need twictor I think that is how you spell it can you help me I'm making me a montage I Start all over when I watched your videos

[@N0v4Music]

Hey dude, do you use any editing packs? or know any good ones :C?

[@LilLleelZz]

im make a video on it later this week.

[@Silverlight6369]

I just played around with this effect for an hour last night and u do the tutorial today!! D:

[@TheHaydoz]

when i slide the time bar it dosent update untill i let go y ?

[@LAMcNamara716]

What I would do is mask it out as you did, but use "pixel polly" to explode the gun. Reverse the clip and you're done.

[@ItsWierdo]

how much ram you got?

[@TrueForceHD]

How do you duplicate? I'm new to AE