Motion Mondays April 27 2026 - Cavalry is FREE, Canva vs Adobe

Cavalry Is FREE! Is Canva Trying to Mog Adobe? | Motion Mondays

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Cavalry went free, Canva is quietly building a full creative pipeline, and The Verge declared war on Adobe.

This week, Cavalry is now completely free for anyone with a Canva account - and it's just one piece of a much bigger story. Canva is quietly assembling a full creative pipeline which also includes Affinity and fresh integrations with Capture One and DaVinci Resolve - completely bypassing the Adobe pipeline. The Verge ran a piece calling this an all-out industry war, but as the long-established force, we wouldn't count Adobe out yet. Also, Andrew Price gave a talk about AI and motion design that's worth watching before jumping into the discourse.

Also this week, Rive has a $10K Impossible UI challenge running, and Webflow dropped a much better Rive integration using GSAP. OpenAI launched Images 2.0 with strong character consistency and layout-aware generation. Blender got two useful plugins: Light Painter and Copy to Autograph. Albert Omoss is launching a beta of ArcBrush, a node-based image editor he's calling a cross between Photoshop and Nuke. Plus a free font manager for Mac, and some incredible work from Colosseum, Believe Studios, and Good Secrets.

New Course: Cavalry Kickstart

We are excited to release Cavalry Kickstart, a 13-hour foundational course taught by Greg Stewart for motion designers ready to think procedurally and build flexible animation systems that would take hours to set up in After Effects. Learn to create mograph-style effects, dynamic text animations, and responsive templates that update in real time.

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Please Note: Cavalry Kickstart is included as a part of our All-Access and Team Training programs.

New Course: Cinema 4D Insider

We are also excited to release Cinema 4D Insider, a 4-hour professional-level course taught by EJ Hassenfratz that transforms how you work in Cinema 4D — covering faster workflows, scene organization, Redshift mastery, and team-ready production techniques.

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Please Note: Cinema 4D Insider is included as a part of our All-Access and Team Training programs.

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The All-Access discount is SOLD OUT, but you can still get 25% off all individual courses! We’ve been quietly rolling out our new All-Access program, where you can get every course we make for one low price. It’s a crazy good deal even without this sale. But until Wednesday 12/4, you can get it for 25% off. For this sale we are opening up 100 spots. After those sell out, you’ll have to wait at least a few months until we open more. Don’t sleep on this deal. We expect it to sell out fast.

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Acidbite ➔

50% off everything

ActionVFX ➔

30% off all plans and credit packs - starts 11/26

Adobe ➔

50% off all apps and plans through 11/29

aescripts ➔

25% off everything through 12/6

Affinity ➔

50% off all products

Battleaxe ➔

30% off from 11/29-12/7

Boom Library ➔

30% off Boom One, their 48,000+ file audio library

BorisFX ➔

25% off everything, 11/25-12/1

Cavalry ➔

33% off pro subscriptions (11/29 - 12/4)

FXFactory ➔

25% off with code BLACKFRIDAY until 12/3

Goodboyninja ➔

20% off everything

Happy Editing ➔

50% off with code BLACKFRIDAY

Huion ➔

Up to 50% off affordable, high-quality pen display tablets

Insydium ➔

50% off through 12/4

JangaFX ➔

30% off an indie annual license

Kitbash 3D ➔

$200 off Cargo Pro, their entire library

Knights of the Editing Table ➔

Up to 20% off Premiere Pro Extensions

Maxon ➔

25% off Maxon One, ZBrush, & Redshift - Annual Subscriptions (11/29 - 12/8)

Mode Designs ➔

Deals on premium keyboards and accessories

Motion Array ➔

10% off the Everything plan

Motion Hatch ➔

Perfect Your Pricing Toolkit - 50% off (11/29 - 12/2)

MotionVFX ➔

30% off Design/CineStudio, and PPro Resolve packs with code: BW30

Rocket Lasso ➔

50% off all plug-ins (11/29 - 12/2)

Rokoko ➔

45% off the indie creator bundle with code: RKK_SchoolOfMotion (revenue must be under $100K a year)

Shapefest ➔

80% off a Shapefest Pro annual subscription for life (11/29 - 12/2)

The Pixel Lab ➔

30% off everything

Toolfarm ➔

Various plugins and tools on sale

True Grit Texture ➔

50-70% off (starts Wednesday, runs for about a week)

Vincent Schwenk ➔

50% discount with code RENDERSALE

Wacom ➔

Up to $120 off new tablets + deals on refurbished items

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