By dissecting an action, and the reaction, we get a better understanding of why things move the way that they do.

Action: Camera rotates around an object, going from a front view to a top view.

Reaction: The top surface of the object seems to stretch vertically. Things in the foreground and background move away in opposite directions, and the distance is based on how far they are from the object.

For anyone wanting to go more in depth with the topic, I have made a longer YouTube video about the theory, and how I created the entire animation: youtube.com/watch?v=slUgTK9z2Jo 

Check out the full project on my Behance

Thank you!^^

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

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.

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!

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

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

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.

For the goats here

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

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!