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After Effects' AI Agent is HERE & Rive Can't Stop Won't Stop | Motion Mondays
After Effects can now take spoken instructions and build an editable rig, Rive shipped another pile of serious animation tools, and Dash Bash is bringing five hundred motion designers back to Raleigh.
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This week: Adobe's new AI assistant works inside an actual After Effects project, where it can create layers, write expressions, and handle repetitive setup while the artist keeps control, while Rive added better vector drawing, keyframe editing, character rigging, and data-driven animation.
Also this week, there is a tiny After Effects toolbar hack, a thoughtful Procreate Dreams update, and a much friendlier version of Lockdown. Ben Marriott explains how an animatic and a reusable wing cycle made an ambitious solo project possible. Ingi Erlingsson, State, and Kinisi supply the beautiful work, while Alex Walsh returns to 3D as our Student of the Week. School of Motion has two live community events coming up, Type Chopper is free, and Motion Hatch is asking whether successful freelancers should start studios at all.
Did you know?
School of Motion has two FREE courses!
Path to Mograph is an in-depth look at a career as a Motion Designer, aimed at students who are ready to start their mograph journey.
Level Up is for motion designers who've already gotten started, but need to figure out the next step in their career.
If you decide to take the plunge into All-Access, then you'll also get access to our Jobs Board, as well as monthly livestreams and workshops with industry experts!
All that on top of joining our amazing SOM Community, and access to ALL of our courses, with unlimited (real human!) coursework critiques!
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Adobe Illustrator’s WILD new 3D tool + Sketch’s VFX Sorcery | Motion Mondays
Adobe gives us full 3D rotation Illustrator , Maxon gives us a behind the scenes look at SKETCH, and Blender showcases realtime denoising.
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After Effects Kills FX Console & Junior Artists Feel the Pinch | Motion Mondays
Adobe just quietly started eating its own plugin ecosystem, a Japanese fashion company handed Blender a Houdini-grade cloth solver for free, and there's a talent gap in this industry that's been building for a decade.
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Plugins for ALL + Maxon Doubles Down on Autograph | Motion Mondays
Maxon made Autograph free for entire studios this week, and there are more plugins dropping than we know what to do with.