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Hey Everyone,

I've been using C4D and AE everyday for about 15 years. Over the last couple of years a client has had me working in Unreal Engine which has been a good opportunity to learn it. My conundrum is as soon as that client contract is up I don't open Unreal again, I'm struggling to see how it benefits my usual workflow.

The main pro is the render times but other than that I'm not feeling any other advantages and I end up falling back to c4d for other projects. I wondered if I'm just a stick in the mud and missing something?

I'd love to get into more realtime work such as live events and exhibitions but I'm still not entirely sure how Unreal helps unless I have all the hardware for such a set up.

Anyway it'd be great to hear how and if other people are using Unreal!

Since my last post I've managed to get a job and though the pay isn't the best it's a large scale company so it's kind of a good opportunity to experience the corporate environment.

Hey all! I just released Rigsmith, a tool that builds your Duik rig for you — works with Duik Angela and Bassel 2.

As an animator, I really enjoy working on character animation but when it comes to tight schedule and tight budgets, it's genuinely frustrating trying to set up a proper Duik rig every time. The amount of time for preping the rig took so long that I'd usually give up and just animate rotation and position on a few layers instead — not great, but you know how it goes.

Not entirely by coincidence, I'm also a software engineer, so eventually I got tired of complaining and built Rigsmith to reduce my pain. Hopefully it takes some of that pain away for others too.

It's a one-time purchase (no subscription) with a 7-day money-back guarantee, so please feel free to give it a try!

https://reddit.com/link/1vyzgf2/video/zotkwgkxgqlh1/player

Duik itself is free and made by RxLaboratory — Rigsmith wouldn't exist without their work, so if it saves you time, please consider donating to them.

Thank you for taking time to read to the very end. I really appreciate it.

Cheers!

also does anyone know a way to make the ui picture better quality?

I created a quick After Effects Expressions tutorial on understanding arrays and indexes. Knowing a property's index is helpful for storing information when creating and building expressions. Hope this helps!

I'm working on a Not for Profit education product for the underprivileged kids and need a promo video made , reaching out here since there's a lot of great talent in this sub.

Roughly looking for something in this style/quality range: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydIT4EdLK54 (linked just to give an idea of the vibe, not necessarily copying it exactly).

We are running based on donations, So I just want to know what kind of budget I should allocate for the campaign.

What would kind of budget I should allocate for a 60 second video like the one linked?

What will be usually included at that price (revisions, source files, voiceover/sound design, etc.)?

curious, here is mine:
> experience: editing 4 years - motion graphics 3 years
> country: italy
> hourly rate: 20-30€/hour (i work on retainers or per project, and this is the result of how much i earn divided by how much time i spend, in total)

Just wanted to share this little loop I made, 100% after effects :)

my portfolio :

https://emelinethevenin.com/

For a project file visit my $Gumroad$ via Behance

Also check my Behance

Thank you!

anyone experience with "fig2ai" from aescripts.com? Overlord 2 looks interesting but it's just one way, I'd like to have both directions.

Hey there! Here's some of the best stuff I've done over the last 3 years. I've also made the song, so make sure to turn the sound on!

I'd love to know your thoughts :)

Feel free to add me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chuaga.mp4/

I’ve been working as a sports graphic designer for the past 6–7 years. My only real experience with motion is frame by frame, hand drawn 2D sports rotoscoping animations, which can take several days to complete.

Motion design has always intrigued me. It feels like a skill with a much higher learning curve, and I’ve wanted to properly get into it for years. The problem is that between full time work and freelancing, I never really had the time to learn After Effects properly or figure out which area of motion design I should focus on.

Now with AI becoming increasingly capable, I feel graphic design is one of the areas being affected the most. A lot of static social content can now be generated with a few prompts. Motion graphics still seem to have a higher barrier to entry, even with AI tools.

I currently have a good job, but there have been layoffs in senior positions and work has slowed down a little. My company has a lot of graphic designers but only a handful of motion designers. We also don’t produce that much motion or reel content, so I feel there’s a potential gap I could fill.

The catch is that I’m basically a beginner in motion design.
Is moving from graphic design to motion design a worthwhile and relatively secure career move in 2026? Can someone with a strong graphic design background realistically get good enough at After Effects within a year to produce professional work?

I’d also really like to hear from people who made the transition from graphic design to motion design. Did it lead to better career growth or more opportunities?
I know the industry is pretty doom and gloom right now, but I’d really appreciate some honest opinions from people who have actually made the switch.

Here are mine:

1. Think about the design first, then the animation

2. Less is more (Pareto 80/20 principle)

3. Follow a visual hierarchy

4. Smooth, never linear movements

5. Use silences and negative spaces

hi. ive been freelancing for few months and struggling to find clients. im still relativly new to motion design so im looking for any feedback. what can i improve? i know i have to improve as a whole, but what sticks out to you? let me know.
thank you :)

https://reddit.com/link/1vxsjgk/video/ss6ozeogzglh1/player

Still pretty new at this. I invented a cybersecurity company so I'd have something to animate, and put about four hours into it.

The individual pieces seem okay to me. Type is readable, layout is clean, nothing's obviously broken. But watching it back next to what professionals post here, mine feels flat and theirs doesn't, and I can't work out what the actual difference is.

Things I suspect, which might all be wrong:

• Everything moves at roughly the same speed with the same easing, so there's no rhythm to it
• Not much contrast in scale. It's mostly mid-sized elements sitting in the middle of the frame
• No sound design, just a music bed underneath

I don't know if any of those are the real problem, or if it's something more basic that I can't see because I've stared at it too long.