Browsing Tag
Motion Graphics
29 posts
Cinema 4D plugin for organic line growth hits the web
AlgoMesh releases Differential Line Growth, a free Cinema 4D plugin that iterates splines into organic curves.
ActionVFX Ignites: 30 Flamethrower Clips Free
Feeling the heat in global news? Now you can literally add it to your comps: ActionVFX drops 30 free flamethrower shots.
Text2Spreadsheet bridges AE and spreadsheets with one click
Text2Spreadsheet exports all text layers in After Effects to a spreadsheet for editing, then re-imports them in one click. Simple.
RealFX Part 2: From the loading bar to the keyboard
Three scripts, one goal: easyRulers, LoadUP and keyboardFX bring clean, functional motion graphics utilities for everyday After Effects work.
Photoshop Joins Overlord 2.6
Overlord 2.6 links Photoshop to After Effects for the first time, with a new image scale selector and expanded 265 MB transfer limit.
Continuum 2026: AI masks, fixes, and faces
Continuum 2026 upgrades AI masking, keying, and transitions. Face ML, Matte Refine ML, and smarter Pixel Chooser save time on tedious isolation work.
RealFX Part 1: Perfectly formed scripts
The landscape of plug-in providers for After Effects (and other host applications) has thinned out noticeably in recent times. Whereas in the 2000s and 2010s we used to receive press releases about new and interesting plug-ins several times a week, nowadays we are lucky to receive one announcement per month. But we found a few beauties!
Fluid Flow paints physics into Blender
Fluid Flow is a $14 Geometry Nodes add-on for Blender 4.2+, painting real-time water, sand, and lava straight into the viewport.
After Effects Gets Hands-On: Victoria Nece Shows Off Quick Offset & Co.
At IBC 2025, I talked with Adobe’s Victoria Nece about Quick Offset, Smooth Zoom, and 3D compositing in After Effects. It’s tactile, fast and oddly fun.
Maxon drops Red Giant 2026.0
Red Giant 2026.0: fixes, Capsules, Resolve controls. Universe 2026.0: UI polish. A maintenance release wearing a party hat.
Resolve Animation: Everything moves!
Resolve Animation? Well, everything is based on keyframes. Fusion adds power (and pain), 3D feels clunky. Still: motion graphics inside an editor? Works.
Premiere Pro gains 90+ Film Impact effects – plug-in now built-in
Premiere Pro 25.5 folds Film Impact into the app. 90+ GPU-accelerated effects now ship natively, real-time playback, no plug-in, no red render bars.
River in a Click: Baga River Generator v2 Brings Automated Terrain Carving to Blender
Baga River Generator v2 for Blender adds terrain carving, procedural foam, and scatter modifier support for rapid river creation in 3D scenes.
ScatterFlow Add-on brings gravity‑aware scattering to Blender
Apex Assets releases ScatterFlow, a Blender 4.4 add‑on enabling physics‑based scattering with optional asset pack.
Achoo-Free Effects: “3D Dust & Pollen Free” for After Effects
New free preset "3D Dust & Pollen Free" for After Effects simulates pollen, dust, spores, dander and other floating irritants – without triggering allergies.
Adobe’s Premiere Pro and After Effects 25.2
Adobe unveils Premiere Pro and After Effects 25.2 at NAB 2025, introducing AI-driven tools like Generative Extend, enhanced search capabilities, and HDR monitoring.
Maxon One Update: ZBrush for iPad, Redshift Resolve and More
Maxon's latest update for Maxon One introduces ZBrush for iPad, Red Giant tools for DaVinci Resolve, enhanced Cinema 4D splines, and Redshift upgrades.
Using 3D Objects in After Effects
Since 2024, it has been possible to integrate 3D objects into After Effects Beta. The updated version of the Adobe compositing solution now also has this functionality.
HandCraft Pro: Giving Animators a Hand – Literally
Animator Tal Minks introduces HandCraft Pro, a Maya plugin that captures hand movements via webcam, offering an alternative to traditional motion capture methods.
Adobe After Effects Beta: HDR Preview for Precision Workflows
The latest After Effects beta introduces HDR composition previews, supporting more accurate workflows for HDR-ready monitors.
Photoshop und Express Beta – Refill my Picture?
As soon as the Adobe Firefly beta is officially available to every Adobe Cloud subscriber, the features are also being introduced in the Photoshop beta and then immediately in the Adobe Express beta.
XPresso in Cinema 4D
XPresso in Cinema 4D is a node-based programming and an important way to build or programme small circuits,
to build or program small circuits that can help you simplify complex processes without writing a line of code. Today we will look at a few small examples and create a small setup to build a road configurator.
The Continuum plugin package gets an update!
Continuum 23 from Boris FX comes with over 250 presets - and Particle Illusion has been significantly accelerated. Suitable for artists in broadcasting, motion graphics and compositing.
News in After Effects?
The fun thing about IBC is that you meet interesting people - and as we were walking through Hall 7, we met Victoria Nece from Adobe!
Is Motion Graphics Artist a crisis-proof profession?
Eric Say, founder of the agency Gameday Creative, talks about the importance of the motion graphics industry - and how artists manage look development with Cinema 4D and After Effects.
Title sequence for the action comedy Bullet Train!
Motion graphics with a bite: Picturemill has reached into its bag of tricks for the Brad Pitt action film Bullet Train - without the Black Mamba!
Premiere listens – and types!
New functions and tools are added with every Creative Cloud update. In the last major update for Premiere, there was an entire subsection - transcribing. But how exactly does it work? (Including self-test and prize draw)
Adobe After Effects: April Update
The update for Adobe After Effects comes with interesting new features, including a Motion Graphics Panel, new Deblur effect, Lumetri Scopes and more!
Adobe Update: After Effects 14.1
After the major update from Adobe in November, the 14.1 update for After Effects follows with bug fixes and changes for team projects.