This week, we're covering Adobe's impressive new one-click rotoscoping tools in Premiere Pro Beta that streamline masking. Meanwhile, OK Go has partnered with Blender Studio, Lucas Zanotto, and Will Anderson Jr. to create an interactive music video featuring a live puppet rig that's available for free download.
We're also exploring why humans are being hired to clean up AI-generated content, Douglas McGinness's private beta for AI-controlled animation in After Effects, and some stunning handcrafted work that highlights why artistry remains essential. Plus, there's a productivity-killing Tamagotchi plugin for After Effects, free new Houdini shape tools with extensive functionality, and a motion designer who transformed his skills into a physical keyboard available for purchase.
The Rive Academy Continues!
We are excited to release Rive Academy: Vol. 2, our next-level course for animators, UI artists, and developers who want to learn this powerful tool for interaction design. In volume 2, Joey Korenman will teach you to build and implement a fully interactive website hero section with multiple layers of interactions and is fully responsive.You’ll also learn how to use bones, constraints, nested events, and much more.
LEARN MORE ➔
🎓 SCHOOL OF MOTION COURSES MENTIONED
- School of Motion All-Access
- School of Motion Team Training
- Design Kickstart
- NEW: Rive Academy Volume 2
- Courses & workshops coming soon
🗒️ SHOW NOTES
- OK Go - Impulse Purchase (Official Animated Video)
- Live Puppet Rig for Blender
- Houdini - Simple Shapes 2.0, Capsule, Hexagon Grid
- Simple Shapes documentation
- KNOB - Low Profile Mechanical Keyboard
- Rive Tutorial - create an interactive hero section for your site
- Tether - directable AI animation inside AE
- NBC - Humans are being hired to make AI slop look less sloppy
- Object Masking in Premiere Pro (Beta)
- Shape Shifters for After Effects
- NanoLook for Unreal Engine
- Frozen Waterfall Generator for Unreal Engine
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