After Effects Gets a 3D Upgrade & Unreal’s Bright Future | Motion Mondays

AE gets a serious 3D upgrade, Unreal packs in some new powers, and Adobe gives away the substance farm.

After Effects just added FBX support in beta, opening up a world of possibilities with Mixamo animations and 3D models. Plus, Unreal Engine 5.6 is on the horizon with improvements to Nanite, Lumen, and a new animation pipeline that could change how we work. Also, EJ Hassenfratz shares a quicktip on getting better looking glass renders in C4D and redshift.

The animated film "Flow" just made Oscar history with two nominations, showing what's possible with Blender and a small team. We've also got news about Plugin Everything's free Thicc Stroke plugin, Adobe giving Substance users access to 20,000 new assets, and a marketplace for Rive animations in development.

Finally, check out Sophie Lee's incredible portfolio update, Golden Wolf's mind-bending new reel, and that hilarious "Tears of a Motion Designer" short film.

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🎓 SCHOOL OF MOTION COURSES MENTIONED

• NEW - Blender for 3D Artists

• School of Motion Team Training

• Cinema 4D Ascent

• SOM Scholarship Applications

• After Effects Kickstart

• Photoshop & Illustrator Unleashed

🗒️ SHOW NOTES

• Unreal 5.6 Predictions

• FBX in After Effects

• Flow nominated for two Oscars

• Toolbox - A resource for Designers

• Thicc Stroke - Free AE Plugin

• Pika 2.1 launches

• Color Swatch Codes in Illustrator

• Rivefiles - Rive project marketplace

• Tears of a Motion Designer

• Substance 3D Asset Library

🎨 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

• Sofie Lee

• Golden Wolf Reel

• Fu Yang - Fortune Cookie (animated short)

• SoM Student of the Week - Felipe Ramírez