One-Click Liquid Glass in After Effects & Hundreds of Walk Cycles | Motion Mondays
After Effects gets that Apple liquid look, Cartwheel adds hundreds of walk cycles to their mocap library and Animation Composer gets an upgrade.
This week, Animation Composer for After Effects dropped version 4 with faster previews and better keyframe tools, while a new plugin called AE GPT brings ChatGPT directly into AE to help with expressions and troubleshooting. Production Crate is jumping on the liquid glass trend with a one-click plugin that recreates Apple's new iOS aesthetic without needing 20+ effects.
We're also covering Cartwheel's massive motion capture library update, a new 3D asset manager, and some absolutely stunning creative work including BBC's hand-sculpted claymation for UEFA Women's Euro 2025. Plus we've got School of Motion course updates, Mocha Pro's new machine learning features, and our student spotlight on Mau Bonilla's incredible 3D work.
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