Shape Shifting in AE, New Tools from Maxon, Virtual Monitors are Here | Motion Mondays

New After Effects Plugins, infinite monitors, and a Roomba for Gaussian Splatting!

This week, we dive into a slice of motion design history with Digital Kitchen's legendary "Designer Slash Model" parody, check out a promising new shape-morphing tool for After Effects, and explore Autodesk's Wonder Animation that's bringing AI assistance to 3D workflows.

Plus, Apple Vision Pro gets a killer feature with infinite virtual monitors, Maxon drops some early holiday gifts with new Red Giant Universe plugins, and Active Splat's robot helper brings a fresh approach to Gaussian mapping. We're also checking out incredible work from around the world, the CGCookie topology guide, and Puget Systems' hardware deep-dive.

Finally, do not forget to check out our All-Access Team Training program.

🎓 SCHOOL OF MOTION COURSES MENTIONED

• SOM Scholarship Application Course

• Tutorial - Bring Rigged 3D Characters into After Effects

• SOM Training for Teams

• Animation Bootcamp

🗒️ SHOW NOTES

• Designer Slash Model

• Mysteropodes on Gumroad

• Mysteropodes on X

• The Art of Good Topology

• Wonder Animation

• Puget Systems + Aharon Rabinowitz

• Stevie Mac shows off Hailuo AI video model

• Runway's Camera Control

• Apple Vision Pro virtual monitor examples:

  • Hunter Hammonds

  • Robert Scoble

  • Dominic Carter

  • Justin Ryan

• ActiveSplat's autonomous system

• Red Giant Universe Pixel Dither

• Z-Brush for iPad update

• Artlist LUTs

🎨 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

• Beyond UFOs and the Unknown

• Fangsbites - A Worm's Universe

• Yond Studio - Grape Seed

• Animade - Hitachi Energy

• SoM Student of the Week - Jay Geldenhuys