Photoshop’s upcoming agentic AI, a temperature check on the animation industry, and an easy way to create product animations.
This week, Discover Rive's powerful new Data Binding feature that connects UI elements to data without any coding knowledge. Get the scoop on Octane 2025.1's impressive updates with Silverwing's comprehensive breakdown, and check out Premiere Gal’s tutorial on easy product animations.
Also, ByteDance unveils OmniHuman, a lip-sync AI that creates realistic expressions from a single image, Howard Pinsky gives us a peek at the future where you can literally talk to Photoshop, and the Collision Awards report reveals an uptick in the demand for animation work.
Plus, we showcase stunning work from Tendril's IBM piece and Sehsucht's handcrafted animations for ZDF.
🎓 SCHOOL OF MOTION COURSES MENTIONED
🗒️ SHOW NOTES
- Rive Data Binding
- Silverwing - Octane 2025.1 New Features
- Premiere Gal - Create Product Animations with Adobe PPro and Firefly
- ByteDance OmniHuman-1
- School of Motion All-Access is coming in one week
- Dash Bash Demo Duel
- Dash Bash tickets
- Creative Bloq - Talk to Adobe Photoshop
- Collision Awards - Animation & Motion Design Report
- Blender Auto Focus Camera addon
- Modular animation system for Unreal Engine
🎨 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
ENROLL NOW!
Acidbite ➔
50% off everything
ActionVFX ➔
30% off all plans and credit packs - starts 11/26
Adobe ➔
50% off all apps and plans through 11/29
aescripts ➔
25% off everything through 12/6
Affinity ➔
50% off all products
Battleaxe ➔
30% off from 11/29-12/7
Boom Library ➔
30% off Boom One, their 48,000+ file audio library
BorisFX ➔
25% off everything, 11/25-12/1
Cavalry ➔
33% off pro subscriptions (11/29 - 12/4)
FXFactory ➔
25% off with code BLACKFRIDAY until 12/3
Goodboyninja ➔
20% off everything
Happy Editing ➔
50% off with code BLACKFRIDAY
Huion ➔
Up to 50% off affordable, high-quality pen display tablets
Insydium ➔
50% off through 12/4
JangaFX ➔
30% off an indie annual license
Kitbash 3D ➔
$200 off Cargo Pro, their entire library
Knights of the Editing Table ➔
Up to 20% off Premiere Pro Extensions
Maxon ➔
25% off Maxon One, ZBrush, & Redshift - Annual Subscriptions (11/29 - 12/8)
Mode Designs ➔
Deals on premium keyboards and accessories
Motion Array ➔
10% off the Everything plan
Motion Hatch ➔
Perfect Your Pricing Toolkit - 50% off (11/29 - 12/2)
MotionVFX ➔
30% off Design/CineStudio, and PPro Resolve packs with code: BW30
Rocket Lasso ➔
50% off all plug-ins (11/29 - 12/2)
Rokoko ➔
45% off the indie creator bundle with code: RKK_SchoolOfMotion (revenue must be under $100K a year)
Shapefest ➔
80% off a Shapefest Pro annual subscription for life (11/29 - 12/2)
The Pixel Lab ➔
30% off everything
Toolfarm ➔
Various plugins and tools on sale
True Grit Texture ➔
50-70% off (starts Wednesday, runs for about a week)
Vincent Schwenk ➔
50% discount with code RENDERSALE
Wacom ➔
Up to $120 off new tablets + deals on refurbished items
