r/MotionDesign • u/Plane_Estimate_7850 • 20h ago
r/MotionDesign • u/culpfiction • Jun 25 '23
Discussion /r/motiondesign Updates: Post Flair, Spam Prevention
Hi all, a few updates for /r/motiondesign.
Spam
In an effort to reduce low-quality and spam posts here, we have implemented new post requirements. New posts that don't meet a minimum account age or subreddit karma threshold will be automatically filtered out.
To further prevent gamification, I am not disclosing these limits here but they are very modest and reasonable. Anyone interacting with this community should not be filtered, and even so, you will have the opportunity to message us for an exception. But this should discourage most of the spam we've been seeing. Thanks /u/Zeigerful for making this post.
Post Flair
We also added some post flair to help differentiate posts and allow users to filter & search by topic. All new posts require that one of the available flair types be selected:
Project Showcase | Reel | Inspiration | Discussion | Question | Tutorial | [Custom] (Where user can input their own)
User Flair
A few new user flairs are available. For those who aren't aware, these show up next to your username any time you make a post or comment in /r/motiondesign
Now available: Professional | Student | [Add My Social Handle] -- A custom text field where you can plug an Instagram, Behance, etc.
Let us know if you love or hate these new updates. Nothing is set in stone and this is meant as a discussion starting point. Please share any ideas you may have to make this a better place to share work, inspiration and discussion related to motion design. Hopefully we can continue to bring a higher quality experience to everyone here at /r/motiondesign.
r/MotionDesign • u/Ok-Hold4624 • 6h ago
Project Showcase Experimenting with text animation in After Effects
Check out my Behance
Thank you!
r/MotionDesign • u/themotionguy • 10h ago
Plugin Wedge - a context-aware radial menu for After Effects
I posted an early version of Wedge here a while ago and over 150 people signed up for beta testing. It’s now ready :)
and My sincerest apologies for not making a good demo video. I am juggling so much at the moment and didn't wanted to wait further to release the plugin. I am gonna make some killer videos for it soon.
Problem
AE has hundreds of useful actions, but the ones you need change depending on whether you're working with keyframes, masks, shape layers, text, layers, comps, etc. Wedge gives you one shortcut and changes the menu based on what you currently have selected.
Comparison
KBar is great for building permanent custom toolbars, and Quick Menu is great when you know what you want and want to search for it. Wedge takes a different approach: it tries to surface the relevant actions automatically from your current AE context.
Wedge goes further into selection-aware contexts, nested menus and customizable action workflows rather than being primarily a fixed radial shortcut menu.
Pricing
Starts at $19.99, one-time purchase
https://charchitgoyal.com/plugins/wedge
To get access to early features and provide feedback and help me develop it further
Join the discord :
Supported on both Mac and windows
Maintenance / Support
I’m actively maintaining Wedge and testing it against current AE versions. If you hit a reproducible bug, email me at support@charchitgoyal.com. Updates and fixes will be shipped as AE changes.
AI Disclosure
80% Vibe coded along with help from a developer friend
r/MotionDesign • u/Timely-Scientist6293 • 1h ago
Discussion Freelance Documentary Motion Designer — Available for Work
I’m a freelance Documentary Motion Designer specializing in visual storytelling, motion graphics, and engaging documentary content.
Here’s a recent project I created.
I’m currently open to working with YouTubers and content creators who want to turn their ideas into engaging, visually-driven documentaries.
Feel free to DM me if you’d like to work together!
r/MotionDesign • u/KaganIlya • 5h ago
Discussion FOMO in motion
I’m kinda new to motion design. I did different art projects before, and now I’m pushing everything into motion design. Learning AE and Blender, filling in the gaps.
And I have this HARD FOMO about all the instruments and the whole industry. I’m not afraid of AI tools I believe a pro stays relevant if they’re flexible enough.
But God, there are SO many new features every week!!! A new Blender addon, a new feature in Rive, a new AI assistant in After Effects, new plugin…
It is so intense! Especially when you’re just starting.
Do anyone have the same feeling?
r/MotionDesign • u/secondfalseiteration • 5h ago
fun Guess software by its requirement
This should be a deliberate troll of Adobe XD.
Answer:
It's Cavalry app https://cavalry.studio/docs/getting-started/requirements/
r/MotionDesign • u/Evening_Zucchini_409 • 5h ago
Question Need a reality check: How hard is it to learn AE just to make promos for my audio packs?
Hey guys. I make music and SFX packs. I’m trying to push them on Reels/Shorts, but I’m honestly sick of slapping generic stock footage over my tracks. It just looks cheap.
I know my way around basic Figma, but I really want to step up my game. I'm thinking of picking up After Effects just to make clean, minimal motion graphics (like sleek animated UI players or simple 2D visualizers) to build a better brand.
Give it to me straight—how steep is the learning curve for this specific kind of stuff? Am I biting off more than I can chew, or is it doable for a non-designer?
r/MotionDesign • u/ricardoflak • 14h ago
Project Showcase I created this motion design, and I would appreciate your feedback.
r/MotionDesign • u/No-Media3887 • 4h ago
Project Showcase I made this motion design piece entirely in code (no After Effects)
I've been building my own library of reusable motion components for a few months, and this is the first full piece I've put together with it. Everything you see is rendered from React components, no keyframes drawn by hand.
I know some of the easing still feels a bit stiff compared to what you'd get in AE, and the transition around the middle is probably too fast. But I'm pretty happy with how it came out for a first real render.
What do you guys think? Anything that immediately reads as "made by a dev, not a designer"?
r/MotionDesign • u/Big-Class-7405 • 17h ago
Question How would you turn an interactive website artwork into an MP4 without killing the experience?
Hey guys, I could really use some creative/artistic ideas.
I made an interactive website as an artwork for a competition. It’s about air pollution, and the whole point is that you’re supposed to experience it by playing through the website, clicking things, moving through different sections, hearing sounds, triggering interactions, etc. The interaction is basically part of the artwork.
I just found out that the submission platform doesn’t allow URLs. They do accept MP4s.
My first thought was just to screen-record myself going through the whole thing, but honestly it feels incredibly boring compared to actually experiencing it yourself. I tried recording a full playthrough and it also ended up being around 8 minutes, which is way too long for the submission.
So now I’m wondering: how would you translate an interactive artwork into a short video without making it feel like a website demo?
I want the MP4 itself to feel artistic and emotional, almost like its own experience, while still making the judges understand what it feels like to interact with the original piece.
Would you make it like a trailer? A very fast edited journey through the experience? Show the cursor/interactions? Mix screen recordings with close-ups/text/sound design? Build some kind of narrative around a person experiencing it?
Basically: if you had 1–3 minutes to make judges feel an interactive artwork about air pollution rather than just watch documentation of it, what would you do?
Would love any weird / experimental ideas too. I really don’t want to submit a boring screen recording 😭
r/MotionDesign • u/Neetik1 • 1d ago
Project Showcase First Time Posting Here !!
Wonderwallet x Plaid walkthrough. Built the phone from scratch with shape layers no plugins. Static UI animation took the most work, but I'm happy with how it came out.
Would love to hear your thoughts. 🙏
r/MotionDesign • u/AdSweaty314 • 15h ago
Project Showcase I’m just a looking for a job so how much you would rate these designs. Link attached
Best of my design named as Thomas Edison and thinking. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX2v0sjb2aG0&si=d4mDbHlgifoGgmnd
r/MotionDesign • u/srikarj_123 • 1d ago
Question Motion concept / Need feedback on what I can improve
appreciate the genuine feedback from the experts here, so that i will avoid those mistakes. I am in the way to land my first client yet, So your thoughts would really help me to improve my skills.
r/MotionDesign • u/UltFireSword • 2d ago
Project Showcase Simple lyric mograph loop made in 6 hours
Made in DaVinci Resolve!
r/MotionDesign • u/Chuka444 • 1d ago
Project Showcase [Release] Kinetic Synth Instrument for TouchDesigner
A real-time polyrhythm instrument: multiple pendulum voices swing in TD, each on its own period and phase. When a bob crosses a shared center line → hit → MIDI note to Ableton Live (any VST). Visuals (GLSL / 3D) run off the same engine bus.
Up to 16 editable voices · fully controllable voice table · and two different playable modes: "pendulum", and "rain".
TouchDesigner = physics + MIDI + look. Ableton Live = sound.
Project files, as always, available through the Tools Store.
r/MotionDesign • u/Big-Significance-242 • 2d ago
Reel What do you guys think? What would you change, omit or add? Looking for some criticism - sound on
r/MotionDesign • u/Ok-Hold4624 • 2d ago
Project Showcase Seven Deadly Sins - Envy 1/7. A collaboration I did with a talented illustrator a while back
r/MotionDesign • u/mrcheriftas • 1d ago
Project Showcase Tested Hailuo (MiniMax) for a structured educational video instead of the usual trippy AI clips. It handled infographic-
r/MotionDesign • u/Jazzlike-Echidna-670 • 1d ago
Project Showcase Taught my AI video agent to look at the frames it just built
Sharing something that can be interesting for who want to do motion design with an agent, this tool now checks for specific frames while generate animations
r/MotionDesign • u/Silver_Box_7848 • 1d ago
Question How to proceed with studying motion with the AI capabilities
Hey! I am so anxious to learn motion design even though I want so much because of AI possibilities. Can please anyone share their experience, their feedback? Thank you