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5 Storyboard Checks That Catch Problems Before You Animate

Catch confusing action, awkward cuts, and rushed timing before you animate with five practical storyboard checks you can run using paper, a pen, and a script.

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5 Stress Tests for Rive Animations and How to Fix What Breaks

Stress-test your Rive animations with long text, missing data, awkward images, resizing, and rapid clicks. Learn how to fix each problem before launch.

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5 Rive Interactions You Can Add to a Portfolio Site

Explore five purposeful Rive interactions for portfolio sites, from hover and click responses to scroll motion, character animation, and loading indicators.

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Join the 2026 School of Motion Holiday Card

Register your name and topic for the 2026 School of Motion Holiday Card, and create a three-second animation inspired by “2027, it’s time to _________!”

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Greyscalegorilla Just Made C4D Easier + The Figma Node ARRIVES | Motion Mondays

Greyscalegorilla tackles three everyday Cinema 4D headaches, Figma and Weave turn a trading-card design into a reusable AI workflow, and Andrew Price tests whether viral AI 3D demos survive contact with Blender.

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Introducing Rive Academy: Data Binding!

Make Rive respond to the real world.

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5 Signs It’s Time to Raise Your Freelance Motion Design Rate

Five signs your freelance motion design rate may be outdated, plus practical ways to test a higher rate with clients and new inquiries.

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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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5 Ways to Make Your Motion Design Portfolio Easier to Hire From

Your portfolio is not an art gallery. It’s a decision-making tool. Here’s how to help a busy creative director understand what you do, see your best work, and decide whether to call you.

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Clankers are EDITING now? + Rive Gets Brushes | Motion Mondays

AI assistants are finding their way into creative apps, Rive is getting closer to that Flash feeling with a new Brush Tool, and After Effects has a new trick for textured 3D type.

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Introducing AI Foundations for Motion!

Use AI with taste, control, and confidence in your motion design workflow.

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10 Tiny Typography Decisions That Make Motion Graphics Feel Designed

Typography can make a motion piece feel intentional before a single keyframe moves.

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