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Adobe's Major Partnership Announced & Blender Gets New Leadership | Motion Mondays

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Adobe builds a future with Runway, Blender has a changing of the guard, and Tencent introduces an AI retopology tool that looks like the real deal.

This week, we're covering Adobe's announcement of a multi-year partnership with Runway that gives Creative Cloud users exclusive early access to Gen 4.5 and other cutting-edge AI video tools. We're also saying goodbye to an era as Blender founder Ton Roosendaal officially steps down after 32 years. Plus, Tencent just dropped PolyGen 1.5, and it might be the best AI retopology we've ever seen—could manual retopo finally be a thing of the past?

We've got a sweet new After Effects plugin called Delay Motion Pro that brings C4D-Delay Effector style follow-through animation to AE, Nick Greenawalt's viral projection mapping tutorial, and Maxon dropping Cinebench 2026 while also fumbling an AI announcement that didn't go over well. We're looking at Dell's massive new 52-inch 6K monitor, checking out a cool new design reference site called SearchSystem, and exploring Rokoko's take on whether AI will replace mocap. As always we’re highlighting incredible work from Moth Studio using Rive, Steven Ong's new reel, School of Motion alumni Marina Nakagawa, and even an AI Star Wars fan film.

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Adobe's Major Partnership Announced & Blender Gets New Leadership | Motion Mondays

Adobe builds a future with Runway, Blender has a changing of the guard, and Tencent introduces an AI retopology tool that looks like the real deal.

⚡️ New Course: UX Animation Essentials

LEARN MORE ➔

🎓 SCHOOL OF MOTION COURSES MENTIONED

🗒️ SHOW NOTES

🎨 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

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