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4 tools for designing better UI animation (and when to use them)
This guest post from Val Head, author of Designing Interface Animation, shares workflow tips for motion designers who want to craft elegant and performant UI… Read more
Flip the Script: The Underwear Perception
aescripts+aeplugins is an essential marketplace for the contemporary motion designer. But how did it come to be? Who's the man behind it all? And, perhaps… Read more
Animade launches Boords storyboarding tool
The wizards at Animade recently released Boords, a simple, web-based tool for sharing storyboards.
Motionographer contest with Fabrik, a slick portfolio tool built for video
Build a portfolio with Fabrik, enter to win a membership for life
Imagining a better After Effects with Sander van Dijk
Sander van Dijk loves After Effects. Which is exactly why he wants to change it.
Watching Glean Keane draw in virtual reality is amazing
Legendary animator Glen Keane is famous for his work on Disney classics like Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and Pocahontas. Despite his notoriety as a traditional… Read more
Journey through the layers of the mind
In case you missed it, a couple weeks ago, Research at Google posted a fascinating blog post entitled, “Inceptionism: Going Deeper into Neural Networks.” The team… Read more
Get Your Shit Together
I’ll admit it. I’m a voyeur: Every chance I get, I ogle other people’s After Effects project files. What I find just as fascinating as the… Read more
The MOX file format
Brendan Bolles (developer of the EXR/DPX file formats that ship in After Effects) is looking for backing for a new, open source video format: MOX.… Read more
First person POV + Time lapse + Stabilization = Hyperlapse
Microsoft Research shares news of the new video stabilization technology, Hyperlapse: We present a method for converting first-person videos, for example, captured with a helmet… Read more
The Adobe Illustrator Story
When Adobe Illustrator first shipped in 1987, it was the first software application for a young company that had, until then, focused solely on Adobe… Read more
Draco: Bringing Life to Illustrations with Kinetic Textures
Autodesk Research introduces Draco: Draco is a prototype sketch-based interface from that allows artists and casual users alike to add a rich set of animation… Read more
Ouroboros: AE Preset
After Effects wizard Sander Van Dijk has created a very powerful AE preset that will help you with all your stroke related needs. With the… Read more
PS Animation Gamechanger?
AnimDessin2 is the latest release of a powerful Photoshop plugin that creates a helpful palette of tools for traditional (i.e. frame-by-frame) animation. The current version… Read more
Pixar’s RenderMan free for non-commercial use
Pixar’s RenderMan will be free for non-commercial use. Submitted by vdavidtv via reddit
SculptGL
SculptGL is a web sculpting application, powered by WebGL and JavaScript.