The latest motion design and animation trends, tips, and tutorials.

Tutorial: Photoshop Animation Series Part 2 | Timing

In this Photoshop Animation lesson we'll show you how to time an infinitely looping video.

Tutorial: Tapering A Stroke with Expressions in After Effects Part 2

In this tutorial we’re going to customize our tapered stroke rig for After Effects.

Tutorial: RubberHose 2 Review

Do character animation in After Effects? In this video Jake Bartlett Reviews RubberHose 2, a character rigging extension for After effects.

Tutorial: Squash and Stretch in After Effects

Want to bring your animations to life? squash and stretch is one of the most important principles of animations to learn in After Effects.

Tutorial: Making Giants Part 1 | The Idea

In this tutorial you’ll learn a variety of techniques to start generating and organizing your ideas for a short film.

Tutorial: Make a Better Glow in After Effects

Stop using the glow effect! This tutorial will show you how to make a better glow in After Effects.

Tutorial: Making Giants Part 3 | The Scene

In this lesson we'll begin creating the environment for our short film in Cinema 4D.

Tutorial: Making Giants Part 10 | Sound Design

Tutorial: Tapering A Stroke with Expressions in After Effects Part 1

Create your very own tapered stroke rig in After Effects in this exclusive video tutorial from Jake Bartlett.

Tutorial: Using MIDI to Control Animation in After Effects | Part 1

Learn how to automatically control your animations using MIDI data in After Effects.

Tutorial: Making Giants Part 4 | The Building

In this lesson we'll take a look at how to create the building for our animated short film using Illustrator and Cinema 4D.

Tutorial: Using Splines in Cinema 4D to Create 2D Looks

In this tutorial we'll take a look at how to use splines in Cinema 4D to simulate a 2D look.

Tutorial: Making Giants Part 9 | Compositing Part 2

In this lesson we'll finish compositing our 3D elements for our animated short film.

Tutorial: Ray Dynamic Texture Review

Learn how to quickly work with textures on your Motion Graphic projects using Ray Dynamic Texture for After Effects.

Tutorial: Motion Design in Real Life | The Godfathers of Hardcore

Take a behind the scenes look at how Joey created a few shots for a hardcore documentary Kickstarter campaign.

Tutorial: Photoshop Animation Series Part 4 | Splash Animation

In this Photoshop Animation lesson we'll take a look at how to create a splash effect.

Tutorial: Make a Water Shader in Cinema 4D

Learn how to make a shader in Cinema 4D that looks like water and then automatically generate waves for something to float on.

Tutorial: Making Giants Part 2 | The Edit

In this lesson we'll take a look at how to create an animatic sequence for our short film.

Tutorial: The Predki Animation Trick in After Effects

In this After Effects tutorial we'll how to do the 'predki' style of animation.

Tutorial: Using MIDI to Control Animation in After Effects | Part 2

Learn how to automatically control your animations using MIDI data in After Effects.

Tutorial: Making Giants Part 8 | The Composite

In this video we'll use Nuke to composite our scene together for our animated short film.

Tutorial: Tapered Stroke Preset for After Effects

Easily add a quick tapered stroke effect to your layers with this free After Effects preset.

Tracking and Keying in After Effects | Part 2

Learn the basics of compositing in After Effects in this two part series that covers keying, planar tracking, color correction, and more.

Tutorial: Precompose Your Work | The Power of Precomps in After Effects

In this tutorial you'll learn how to use the precompose feature in After Effects to save a ton of time.

Tutorial: Making Giants Part 7 | The Details

In this lesson we'll add some finishing details to our short film in Cinema 4D.

What are we up to in 2018?

2017 was an epic year and 2018 is shaping up to be even bigger.

Motion Design News You Might Have Missed in 2017

Get caught up on everything that happened in 2017 with this Motion Design roundup.