After Effects May 2024 Release, Packshot AI, Veo and more

In this week's episode of Motion Mondays, we look at some great new quality-of-life features in After Effects' May 2024 release, and see how the Packshot AI tool can turn simple photos into production-ready HDRIs.

Plus, get a sneak peek at Google's revolutionary Veo video model, which transforms text prompts into stunningly high-quality video clips.

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School of Motion Courses Mentioned

16-Bits of Character Animation, Action and Nostalgia

After Effects Kickstart

Animation Bootcamp 

Cinema 4D Basecamp

For more details and links, check out the show notes below.

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Show Notes

Adobe’s May 2024 After Effects Release Notes - The latest new features and quality of life updates include improved Freeze performance with Roto Brush, multi-layer keyframe copy-paste and more.

@SternFX ’s New AE Features Round Up - Want a more detailed breakdown of Adobe’s May Features? Then check out this deep dive by SternFX!

Cub Studio’s New Reel - Check out the legendary Cub Studio’s new reel! And right after that, check out Fraser Davidson’s 16-bits of character animation, action, and nostalgia workshop for a glimpse into their creative process.

Substance Modeler 1.1 - Get all the details about release of Adobe Substance Modeller 1.1, including the ability to seamlessly switch between Desktop and VR.

Collin Leix VR Modeling Podcast - Want to find out more about sculpting in VR? Check out our podcast episode with the legendary Collin Leix!

CORRECTION: In the video we mixed up Scenery, the group that put on 36 Days of Cavalry, and Scene Group, the company behind the app.

36 Days of Cavalry - The winners of 36 Days of Cavalry have been announced! Go check out their amazing creations on Instagram.

Cavalry - If you’re unfamiliar with this powerful 2D animation software, you can go try it out for yourself for FREE right here.

Packshot - An incredible new tool using AI to turn a single image into an HDR environment for 3D scenes!

Max Ganiyev (Packshot creator) - Follow the creator of Packshot for updates about this exciting new software.

Ryan Brotherston on Drums + Rive - Animating in Rive using drums? The incredibly talented Ryan Brotherston achieved just that in his latest project.

Connor Henkle - Follow Connor to see his amazing work in sports venue graphics, including behind the scenes content.

CJHFX (Connor’s company) - Check out the full portfolio of this amazing company!

Icons8 AI Generator - A unique new AI illustration generator trained on Icons8 licensed artwork.

Google I/O 2024 Opener - Check out the pre-show for Google I/O '24, a generative AI performance featuring musician Marc Rebillet and Google’s MusicFX DJ.

Google Labs AI Tools - VideoFX is the latest experiment from labs.google, and you can check out new updates to MusicFX and ImageFX

Google Veo - Google’s most capable text-to-video generation model to date! Go check out its mind-blowing capabilities.