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Full Blender on Android? + Talk to C4D with MCP | Motion Mondays
Non-destructive AI relighting comes to Photoshop, Blender is officially heading to Android tablets, and Cinema 4D now connects directly to Claude via MCP.
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This week, Maxon shipped native Model Context Protocol support right inside Cinema 4D's preferences, allowing external AI models to build and manipulate parametric 3D objects in real time. We also dive into Cavalry's massive 2.8 update featuring native liquid metaballs and a major overhaul to undo performance, alongside Photoshop beta's new Relight tool that turns flat still images into interactive lighting sandboxes.
Elsewhere in 3D and motion, the Blender Foundation revealed an official Android tablet build, a developer forked Blender to create a custom visual controller app called Vision Canvas, and Anderson Rohr released another batch of free everyday mocap animations. Plus, a new Cinema 4D gaussian splat plugin, quick After Effects patches, inspiring community work, and our latest School of Motion course announcements.
🎓 SCHOOL OF MOTION COURSES MENTIONED
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A Vibe Coded After Effects Clone + Claude is Inside Blender Now | Motion Mondays
Photoshop drops a big AI update, a Buck animator vibe codes a browser-based animation app, and Anthropic connects Claude directly to Blender and Adobe Creative Cloud.
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Three NEW After Effects Plugins + Canva Launches ProSuite | Motion Mondays
Canva takes direct aim at Adobe with its new ProSuite ecosystem, Jake Bartlett calls out misleading AI motion graphics tools, and Putty gives After Effects a modern mesh warp alternative.
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New AE Particle Plugin + Blender 5.3 Teases New NPR Shading | Motion Mondays
There's a fast new GPU-based particle plugin for After Effects in beta, an AI agent lives inside After Effects and actually impressed Jake Bartlett, and Blender is getting real per-light cel shading in 5.3.