After Effects’ most UNDERUSED feature & Secret Photoshop Sorcery | Motion Mondays

Dynamic Text support for AE, an insane amount of awesome Photoshop tips, and Xencelabs drops some serious competition for Wacom.

This week, we're diving into After Effects' most underused superpower that'll revolutionize how you build animation rigs, plus Brady Erickson just dropped 21 Photoshop tips that'll make you question everything you thought you knew about the program.

We're also checking out the Xencelabs drawing tablet that's giving Wacom some serious competition at a fraction of the price, exploring why being a multi-disciplinary designer like Matthew Encina might be the key to thriving in today's creative landscape, and celebrating some incredible work from Camp MoGraph's new title sequence to Cyriak's wonderfully weird animations.

Plus we've got updates on Blender's plugin paradise, Spline's wild new 3D projection features, and a look at why Rive interaction reels might be the future of motion design portfolios.

🎓 SCHOOL OF MOTION COURSES MENTIONED

• School of Motion All-Access

• School of Motion Team Training

• Rive Academy Volume 1

• VFX for Motion

• FREE COURSE: The Path to Mograph

• FREE COURSE: Level Up

• Courses & workshops coming soon

🗒️ SHOW NOTES

• Matt Encina: Design Apps & Tools I use for Product, Brand, & Marketing

• Creative Boom Briefs

• Xencelabs Pen Display 24+

• Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 touch

• YT-Tools for Blender

• Grease Pencil Shape Builder for Blender

• New 3D Projections & Noise Effects in Spline

• Houdini 21 Keynote Vancouver

• Texturelabs - 21 Photoshop Tips - Easy Through Hard

• SternFX - After Effects August 2025 – New Features You'll Love

• Node Fest 2025

• Nodefest Idents contest

🎨 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

• David Mellor - Camp MoGraph Titles

• Bryan James' Rive Reel

• Cyriak Animator Pro

• Honk by Cyriak

• SOM Student of the Week - Kash Bhatia

• Kash’s Portfolio