I've hardly posted anything hands-on technical, and this one's definitely not beginner's material. But it's too cool not to share.

Warning: This is not for the faint of art.

Here's master animator and educator, Andrew Kramer, showing how to pull off a dazzling effect.

Andrew's been posting tutorials on his site since January 2005. I've followed him since July 2007. He's definitely gone from holding your hand to 'this is just how's it's done.'

But if you're into it and want to get to the point where you're actually following all his nesting and precomposing (hey, be glad there's no expressions in this) just pull up the tutorial page at Video Copilot, start at the beginning and work your way through them. Eventually you'll understand everything he's talking about.

For now, be amazed.

WATCH TUTORIAL HERE