News and happenings.
Adobe MAX is back to in-person events this year, but Adobe is still offering virtual events and sessions… and they’re still free! The virtual sessions will be different than what’s offered in-person, but there’s still plenty to see on October…
Looking for some artistic inspiration? Blursday got ya turned around? Remedy both of these by transforming this October, into GIF-tober! We’re following the same prompts from Jake Parker’s popular Inktober, but adding our own digital spin by using GIFs as…
This month we covered the Essential Graphics panel in After Effects. Co-manager Paul Conigliaro demonstrated how the seemingly simple Essential Graphics panel can unlock a new way of thinking about text templates, rigs, and sending graphics to Premiere Pro. The…
This month our prompt is Camping! Create a short video with the theme and share it with us! You can post to social media using the hashtag #mnae, but the best way to make sure we see it is to post…
This month we challenged you to take one piece from your first (or earlier) reel and reimagine it with the skills and eye you’ve developed since. This was a lot of fun to see. Hanna shared her new take on…
This month we covered a lot of ground on rigging. Nice Moves Co-Founder Alicia Allen demoed a rig created by using image sequences. MNAE Co-Admin Tara Iannarelli showcased how to set up a mouth rig for voiceover lip-syncing and a…
Chances are if you’ve been online for more than 37 seconds you’ve had a targeted ad pop up somewhere for School of Motion. You might have clicked on it and wondered, “would this be a good investment?” MNAE asked me…
After Effects 18.0 was release yesterday along with a new public beta for 18.1. These releases bring some great new features to your workflow and a BIG new feature to test. After Effects 18.0 The latest release brings us up…
If you’ve been digging into the After Effects public beta builds, you know it’s a great way to test out some upcoming features. In the latest beta, the After Effects team introduced two big new features for testing — a redesigned…