After Effects Learns a New Trick, Frame Rate Cooks & a NEW Course! | Motion Mondays

This week: After Effects gets proportional scrubbing, Vimeo's competitor dials it up to eleven, and we launch our new course on Substance Painter.

Frame Rate, a vimeo competitor, launched their Selects awards, hired Studio K for branding, and brought on Motionographer founder, Justin Cone. The 2026 State of Motion Germany report shows Adobe and Cinema 4D still dominate professional workflows, but the data on AI anxiety across income levels is worth sitting with. Jayse Hansen and Darby Faccinto break down their Tron: Ares UI work, including the Figma-to-After Effects pipeline they helped inspire, and share a nuanced take on what refusing to use AI could mean for your career in ten years. After Effects beta dropped proportional scrubbing, a small feature with real time savings. Epic acquired Meshcapade, and their platform shuts down April 18th so download your motions now.

Also in this episode: Good Secrets and Taylor Yontz dropped killer reels, Recraft V4 generates actual layered SVGs, True Grit walked through their screenprint Illustrator workflow, LottieFiles launched a digital asset manager for design teams, and Cinema 4D Scene Nodes finally have a great intro tutorial.

New Course: Substance Painter for Motion Designers

Learn pro-level material authoring techniques for 3D models.

We are excited to release Substance Painter for Motion Designers, an 8-hour course where you'll learn to create professional, realistic textures and materials for 3D models using Adobe Substance 3D Painter. Taught by multi-Emmy winning 3D artist EJ Hassenfratz, you'll master non-destructive workflows, procedural weathering, custom smart materials, and integration with Cinema 4D and Redshift to create photorealistic and stylized renders.

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Please Note: Substance Painter for Motion Designers is included as a part of our All-Access and Team Training programs.

🎓 SCHOOL OF MOTION COURSES MENTIONED

• School of Motion All-Access

• School of Motion Team Training

• Animation Bootcamp

• NEW: Substance Painter for Motion Designers

• Courses & workshops coming soon

🗒️ SHOW NOTES

• Frame Rate

• Justin Cone leaves Buck

• Studio K branding project for Frame Rate

• State of Motion Report 2026 (Germany)

• Motion North is this week

• New Course: Substance Painter for Motion Designers

• True Grit Texture Tutorial

• 4D Render Queue

• Open Light — FREE HDR Light Texture Generator

• Free unlimited generations in Firefly until March 16

• Adam Savage learns about Gaussian Splats

• TRON Ares' Secret Workflow: Figma to After Effects

• Recraft V4

• Lottiefiles launches Digital Asset Manager

• Cinema 4D Scene Nodes Tutorial

• After Effects Beta feature - Proportional Scrubbing

• Epic Acquires Meshcapade

🎨 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

• Good Secrets - Reel

• Buck - Claude Opus 4.6

• DERE∀LISATION - Panopoly

• BIEN - Google Curry on Curry

• SOM Student of the Week - Dennis Niekamp

• Dennis Niekamp's Portfolio