This month, special guest Zack Lovatt gave us a great introduction to what expressions are and how they can help in projects. It was a great demo for both newcomers to expressions and experienced users. We reviewed prompt submissions for…
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…
Shhhhhhh. This month, our prompt is secret. No really, the prompt word itself is “Secret.” To be included in the meetup, please post by 11:59PM (CDT) Wednesday March 24th. You can post to social media using the hashtag #mnae, but the…
This month special guest Caitlin Cadieux joined us to go over her cel animation workflow from Procreate to Photoshop to compositing in After Effects. It was a great free flowing demo on concerting, techniques, tools, and finishing. Caitlin covered material…
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…
We’re now past the coldest month of the year, but nowhere near rounding the corner into Spring. So we’re trying to stay warm and looking forward to getting warm. So it seemed fitting. To be included in the meetup, please…
Media replacement is coming to Motion Graphics Templates in AE and Premiere! This is something anyone who’s used Final Cut Pro X (I know, I know…) has been wanting since MOGRTs were first introduced! Under the hood a replaceable media…
After Effects 17.5 is being introduced today! Two huge features are making it out of Beta and into the public release: A new 3D design space and tools Rotobrush 2 For more on each of these features, there’s a detailed…
Jon Dickinson, known for his resource site motionworks.net, gave great talk last fall at Node Fest. It’s 40 minutes, but will save you hours over time in After Effects.