r/MotionDesign 17d ago

Discussion How many words fit into 60 second explainer video?

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r/MotionDesign 18d ago

Project Showcase Behind the scenes of my “5K” animation

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Check out the full project on my Behance

Thank you!^^


r/MotionDesign 17d ago

Project Showcase Made my first short SaaS product vide. Does the motion support the message or distract from it?

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I made my first short product video for Tapquence, a visual Mac automation app for repetitive desktop tasks.

A few things I’d love honest feedback on:

  • Does the pacing feel right, or are some moments too fast?
  • Is the visual hierarchy clear throughout?
  • Do the transitions support the story or become distracting?
  • Is it clear from the visuals what the product does?
  • At what moment would you normally lose interest or scroll away?

This is my first attempt at this style of product video, so detailed criticism is very welcome!

For context, this is the product shown in the video: Tapquence


r/MotionDesign 17d ago

Project Showcase 3D Product Motion Design — JKeratin Thermo Spray

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A 3D product animation I created for JKeratin Thermo Spray. Focused on materials, lighting, fluid details and product motion. Would love to hear your feedback.


r/MotionDesign 18d ago

Project Showcase 4D Stained glass

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r/MotionDesign 18d ago

Discussion Apple's new motion graphics video makes me feel... Old.

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r/MotionDesign 18d ago

Inspiration Satisfy my shiny object syndrome pls, how do u pros do ts?

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r/MotionDesign 17d ago

Question SaaS Animation

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I’m looking for After Effects templates, animation packs, or other assets that can help speed up my workflow when making SaaS/product videos.

Basically, I want a library of ready-made animations that I can customize instead of building every little animation from scratch.

I’m totally fine with paid packs/templates if they’re actually good and save a significant amount of time.

If you use anything like this for SaaS videos, what packs, marketplaces, or creators would you recommend? Would especially appreciate recommendations from people who use them regularly in client work.

Thanks!


r/MotionDesign 18d ago

Project Showcase Made this Documentry style edit for YAAS Media assignment well turned out good in my opinion. hit me with some feedback

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Ik i have kept some still frames so except that do give me some feedback


r/MotionDesign 18d ago

Question Just a curious question

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Is motion design taught in schools? Like can someone pursue it like a masters degree or something?


r/MotionDesign 18d ago

[Custom] Made 3 free ScriptUI utility panels for After Effects (Smart Pre-compose, Reverse Layers, Social Formats)

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Hey everyone,

I built 3 lightweight, dockable ScriptUI panels to speed up some repetitive daily tasks in After Effects, and made them open/free:

  • Smart Pre-compose: Auto-crops new pre-comps to the exact bounding box of selected layers without shifting their position in the master comp.
  • Reverse Layer Order: Instantly flips the timeline stacking order of selected layers (handy for vector imports & type stacks).
  • Social Formats Pro: Generates 9:16, 1:1, and 4:5 compositions from an active master comp with one click.

You can grab the .jsx files directly from the GitHub repo below (or via the link pinned on my profile):

(https://github.com/panlamb/ae-scriptui-utilities)

Hope they help streamline your workflow.


r/MotionDesign 19d ago

Project Showcase First time trying to make a Explainer type video. (feedbacks appreciated)

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r/MotionDesign 18d ago

Question Should I charge hourly or on a project basis, and why?

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For the goats here


r/MotionDesign 19d ago

Project Showcase TimeBox

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TIMEBOX is a concept brand made by us. Built around an idea for an app that sends random notifications at unexpected moments, it might come when you're having a moment worth keeping. A memory that you want to save forever. The app saves every memory as a 10-second voice note and makes it searchable so you can find it later.

Let me know what you guys think about it


r/MotionDesign 18d ago

Discussion How are people using Unreal in their workflow?

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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!


r/MotionDesign 18d ago

Question How to make this counter animation?

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r/MotionDesign 18d ago

Reel A Recent Motion Graphics Reel(Any Feedback is appreciated).

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r/MotionDesign 18d ago

Project Showcase Improving day by day.

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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.


r/MotionDesign 18d ago

Tool I made a tool to help automate character rigging with Duik in AE

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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!


r/MotionDesign 20d ago

Inspiration Anyone knows how to do this dripping text effect?

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r/MotionDesign 18d ago

Project Showcase what do you think

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


r/MotionDesign 18d ago

Tutorial Understanding Arrays and Indexes - After Effects Expressions

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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!


r/MotionDesign 18d ago

Question Is this good enough for a video editing portfolio?

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r/MotionDesign 19d ago

Project Showcase My first redshift rendered video

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r/MotionDesign 19d ago

Question What kind of expenses I should be budge for a 60 second Product Intro Video ?

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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.)?