Motion Mondays February 23 2026 - After Effects Proportional Scrubbing

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After Effects Learns a New Trick, Frame Rate Cooks & a NEW Course! | Motion Mondays

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This week: After Effects gets proportional scrubbing, Vimeo's competitor dials it up to eleven, and we launch our new course on Substance Painter.

Frame Rate, a vimeo competitor, launched their Selects awards, hired Studio K for branding, and brought on Motionographer founder, Justin Cone. The 2026 State of Motion Germany report shows Adobe and Cinema 4D still dominate professional workflows, but the data on AI anxiety across income levels is worth sitting with. Jayse Hansen and Darby Faccinto break down their Tron: Ares UI work, including the Figma-to-After Effects pipeline they helped inspire, and share a nuanced take on what refusing to use AI could mean for your career in ten years. After Effects beta dropped proportional scrubbing, a small feature with real time savings. Epic acquired Meshcapade, and their platform shuts down April 18th so download your motions now.

Also in this episode: Good Secrets and Taylor Yontz dropped killer reels, Recraft V4 generates actual layered SVGs, True Grit walked through their screenprint Illustrator workflow, LottieFiles launched a digital asset manager for design teams, and Cinema 4D Scene Nodes finally have a great intro tutorial.

New Course: Substance Painter for Motion Designers

Learn pro-level material authoring techniques for 3D models.

We are excited to release Substance Painter for Motion Designers, an 8-hour course where you'll learn to create professional, realistic textures and materials for 3D models using Adobe Substance 3D Painter. Taught by multi-Emmy winning 3D artist EJ Hassenfratz, you'll master non-destructive workflows, procedural weathering, custom smart materials, and integration with Cinema 4D and Redshift to create photorealistic and stylized renders.

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Please Note: Substance Painter for Motion Designers 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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