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AI Can Roto SMOKE Now!?!? + We Tried the Adobe App Clones | Motion Mondays

LTX Alpha Gen has us questioning how long we'll need green screens, ArtCraft has built seven open-source Adobe lookalikes, and ShotLink brings a live Unreal Engine preview into After Effects.

By School of Motion1 min readAfter EffectsUnreal Engine

Alpha Gen's demos tackle hair, smoke, and glass while preserving the original footage, but corrective control is still limited. Jonathan Winbush demonstrates the workflow, and we compare what we've seen with Adobe Firefly's background removal. I also tried PhotoCraft, FilmCraft, and EffectCraft, where familiar interfaces and responsive tools meet missing polish, compatibility limits, and bigger questions about support and the creative software ecosystem.

Simulon's phone-based preview combines augmented reality with AI video, Photoshop's Enhance Edge tackles cutout halos, and Cloudy turns text and shapes into volumetric clouds. There's a School of Motion and Greyscalegorilla bundle, free GSG resources, new courses, and upcoming community events, plus Stash's industry survey and printed annual. Great Work features Imaginary Forces, Neil Rostance, Already Been Chewed, and Cameron Defrates-Penelon. Scott Nellis is our student spotlight, and Kevin Parry's printable activity book makes stop-motion practice possible with a phone and household objects.

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