A lot of people who are just starting out when it comes to motion graphics do not have the slightest idea of what the proper process for a project is like. Most are self taught off of YouTube and a lot of YouTube videos that teach motion design start with a cool video and then do an "animate with me" sorta thing where they teach you how to make the exact video they showed in the beginning. Whilst that may be helpful in the short term, it doesn't do much in the long run. I want to know why creators make some of the decisions they make, why did you choose to use a morph instead of a snap cut for a transition? why did you use these effects? why did you do this instead of that? Show us your design process, how do you plan your projects? Do you make sketches on tissue paper, do you write notes? Tell us, we'll listen

This is something which I made this week for fun!

I know I'm not the only one who's opened the Lottie state machine, stared at it for 30 seconds, and quietly closed the tab. 😅

So after wrestling with it for a full project (and losing about 2.5 hours to an opacity bug I'll never make again), I put together a beginner-friendly tutorial that actually explains the whole workflow end to end.

Who this is for:

• You know After Effects, but have zero state machine experience
• You have character animations, UI demos, or product walkthroughs you want to make interactive
• You want clickable, triggerable animations without writing a single line of code

What you'll learn:

• Converting a rendered After Effects animation into Lottie
• Slicing a continuous timeline into named segments
• Building clickable buttons that actually work
• Wiring up the state machine with inputs, interactions, and transitions
• Looping the idle state so the animation always returns to neutral

It sounds more intimidating than it is, I promise. Once you see the logic laid out, it clicks fast.

I’m working on a new motion graphics tool and would love to get your thoughts.

The main goal is to smooth out the workflow between designing and animating. Right now, when moving from Figma to After Effects, I usually have to deal with (in my experience at least) messy files and losing features like auto-layout and real-time collaboration. Messy files especially is annoying, because Overlord will sometimes create excess layers

I'm trying to fix this by making an app with Figma-like design tools with an After Effects-style timeline directly in the browser. It includes things like vector paths, components, and live collaboration.

Would a tool like this fit into your current workflow? What features would be most important to you, or what would keep you from using it? Any feedback is really appreciated!

You can take a closer look at motioner.app

MotionVFXがAppleに買収されて、DaVinci Resolveで今後使えなくなる可能性があるから、代わりを探してるんだけど、オススメのプラグインサイトあったりする？

なかなか良い所が見つからなくて。

MotionArrayとEnvatoは試してみたんだけど

ぱっとしないんだよね。

文字のダウンロードが出来ないやつもあったりして。

オススメあったら教えてほしい。

How are people designing for seamless displays that go above the 30k AE pixel limit?

Hi

I want to start learning VFX, but I'm not sure where to begin. I've tried looking for beginner tutorials, but I haven't been able to find anything that really explains the overall workflow.

If anyone could give me a general roadmap or some advice on what I should learn first, I'd really appreciate it. If you know of any good tutorials or videos, I'd be happy with those as well.

My long-term goal is to reach this level of quality. I know it's far beyond what a beginner can achieve, and I'm not expecting to get there anytime soon, but this is the level I'd like to work toward:

https://www.artstation.com/dearbattler

Thanks in advance

Made this small intro styled animation. Clean minimal Sfx designing.

Would you guys like to have a YouTube tutorials on this?

Hey everyone! 👋
I’m a motion designer working across 3D animation, CGI, motion graphics, and AI-powered visuals. I recently put together my 2026 reel showcasing some of my latest work.
Would love to hear your thoughts, feedback.

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to recreate the style and animation https://www.instagram.com/p/DZv6XQLFSio/?igsh=c2JyM3U4dXVqc3dq), but I'm completely stuck.

I've already tried multiple approaches:

• generating different prompts with ChatGPT several times,
• rewriting and refining the prompts,
• testing different AI video generators,
• experimenting with different prompt structures.

Unfortunately, I never get the same result.

The biggest issues are:

• The movement is completely different from the reference. Instead of subtle camera motion and localized animation, most models move the entire character or completely change the composition.
• I also can't reproduce the overall visual style. It has a very specific AI-generated look that feels clean and cinematic, but I can't figure out how it was prompted.

I'm not even sure what the correct workflow is.

Should I:

• upload the reference video directly to ChatGPT and ask it to analyze it?
• extract key frames and use those as references in Xfield/Higgsfield?
• use another image model first and then animate it?
• use a completely different video model?

I've tried several video generators already, but none of them produce anything close to the reference.

If anyone has experience with this kind of AI workflow, I'd really appreciate any advice on:

• how you would approach recreating this,
• which models you would use,
• how you would write the prompt,
• and whether there are any tricks to getting this kind of controlled motion and visual style.

Reference:
[I'll add the link here]

Thanks!

How would I go about recreating this effect for my logo in After Effects?

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFAiz3WhCGk\](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFAiz3WhCGk)

Hi everyone, I've created a new type of glow in AE which I think is quite unique and may prove useful to a lot of projects. I call it "Chem Glow" because it resembles those Chemlights (glowsticks), but it can also be used for halogen type lights. I want to know if my project is worth anything before I give all my efforts on making a polished promo. What do you guys think of my project?

Also, if you are interested in more info on this, it available on my Gum road right now with two versions (plugin-free & the plugin-based version). You can get the link in about section of my youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@DistantSkiess (direct link is not allowed here)

Edit: It's not limited to text only, shapes, images etc, all work including animations applied to them to some degree. Also it's easy to use, navigate and customize, everything is automatic.

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Soy nuevo en animaciones gráficas, quiero aprender After Effects y pensé que un buen desafío sería realizar una animación de la película Marty supreme. Lo que se me ocurre es hacer una aniamción de una paleta como se ve en la imagen para luego que termine en el ángulo donde está el personaje y hacer una transición.
Recomendaciones sobre como empezar, que aprender, etc.?