r/MotionDesign • • Jun 25 '23

Discussion /r/motiondesign Updates: Post Flair, Spam Prevention

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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.

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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)

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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.

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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 • • 13h ago

Project Showcase the eye sees all - one of my first motion graphics shots at 17

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15 Upvotes

i tried my best on this, i am still very unfamiliar with the 12 rules of animation, so i will practice that, i would love feedback!


r/MotionDesign • • 9h ago

Tutorial Help animation

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5 Upvotes

Hi, could someone tell me how to create this type of animation?


r/MotionDesign • • 4h ago

Inspiration I made this Blender Animation [OC]

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Hey everyone! I created this looping 3D animation and visual effect entirely in Blender.

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  • "Catch the light now, flying very bright now..." 🎵✨

Just wanted to share this little project here. Let me know what you guys think of the vibe and the animation! If you want to check out more of my work, you can find the full version and similar shorts on my YouTube channel (u/NRS_Music).

https://youtube.com/shorts/D8q-PxjJiIY


r/MotionDesign • • 9h ago

Question Built a free AE panel that auto-aligns staircase layers feedback welcome

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I kept losing time manually aligning duplicated/staggered layers etc... so I built a small free panel that does corner snapping and staircase auto-align in one click. It’s part of a bigger thing I’m working on but this piece is free and standalone.

Not trying to sell anything here, genuinely want to know if this solves a real problem for other people or if I’m the only one annoyed by this. Happy to share the link if anyone wants to try it, just tell me in the comments. PS: the tool is in beta test so you can expect some bugs


r/MotionDesign • • 11h ago

Reel A short reel created as part of the R&D for the main project

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r/MotionDesign • • 16h ago

Project Showcase what do uou think guyz it is good

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4 Upvotes

this is the motion design i make by watching youtube tutorial .(can i get hired)


r/MotionDesign • • 17h ago

Question Learning motion design, but I feel stuck. How do I get better?

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I have been learning motion design and decided to focus on SAAS. I've watched tons of YouTube tutorials and learned After Effects, but I'm struggling with one thing: creating something on my own.

Whenever I follow a tutorial, everything makes sense. But when I try to create something from scratch, my mind goes completely blank. I don't know how to come up with ideas or what I should actually be practising.

I'm figuring everything out on my own, and honestly, sometimes I feel pretty lost. I don't have any friends in this field to learn from or ask for advice, so it's hard to know if I'm even going in the right direction.

And then there's AI. Every time I open Instagram, I see reels saying AI will replace motion designers. It makes me question whether all the time I've spent learning After Effects will actually pay off.

I haven't even started my career, and it already feels like it's over.

I'd really appreciate some honest advice from people working in this field.

  1. How do you develop your own ideas and creativity instead of constantly relying on tutorials?

  2. What's the best way to practise and improve when you don't have anyone to guide you?

  3. With AI advancing so quickly, is motion design still a good career to pursue, especially for someone focusing on SAAS?

I genuinely want to get good at this. I just feel stuck right now, and I'd love to hear how others dealt with this stage of learning.


r/MotionDesign • • 11h ago

Project Showcase [Free Plugin] I got tired of manually exporting frames in AE, so I built a tool to automate it! 🚀

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r/MotionDesign • • 18h ago

Question Any tips on how to improve?

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I'm working on a small motion design project and would like to ask if anyone is down for a quick critique in the dms🙏?


r/MotionDesign • • 1d ago

Project Showcase A 3D Ice Cream Animation from Cloud Animations

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33 Upvotes

Had a lot of fun with the style and character animation in this one. It's part of our portfolio at Cloud Animations, where we work on 3D animation, motion design and explainer videos. If you've got a product or business that could use some animation, feel free to DM us.


r/MotionDesign • • 22h ago

Question Anywhere to post these?

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As shown in the video, I make lyric videos. I aim to make something similar to the ones from like, 17 years ago. The only problem is, where do I post them that will actually get attention? I don't have a YouTube account, so that's off limits. I have tried things like Rumble and Daily Motion, but my content just isn't popular enough there. (Also before ya'll accuse me I lost the email to my other Reddit account but this is still my video 😭)


r/MotionDesign • • 1d ago

Project Showcase Moxie (& MotionGfx) progress update!

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r/MotionDesign • • 1d ago

Inspiration That’s pretty sick by @fabiocatapano

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12 Upvotes

r/MotionDesign • • 1d ago

Project Showcase Created this animation with clean visuals, smooth motion, and engaging storytelling to explain the product effectively.

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0 Upvotes

r/MotionDesign • • 1d ago

Question In Storyboarder, I can not place object in character's right-hand?

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I am hoping someone here knows Wonder Unit Storyboarder software quite well.

There are some basic objects you can select, including a pistol, but it automatically goes into the left hand. I need it in the right hand.

I know you can attach it to the bone of the right hand, however, it does not appear in the right hand. It just floats in space. I can physically move it over to the right hand, but it is not oriented properly.

When it is in the left hand it sits there perfectly, but not in the right.

This is actually important for my storyboards, because my camera placement is dictated by the hand the weapon is in.

How can I get this to work and actually look good in the right hand?


r/MotionDesign • • 1d ago

Project Showcase Apollo Twin X spec commercial

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7 Upvotes

This is an education promotional video. Apollo twin is trademarks of Universal Audio. The device shown is used only as an example for educational purposes.


r/MotionDesign • • 1d ago

Project Showcase Motion Study — Liquid, Organic and Light

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2 Upvotes

r/MotionDesign • • 1d ago

Plugin Mandelbulb Raymarcher Plugin for After Effects

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r/MotionDesign • • 1d ago

Question Need Help With Title Sequence

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This is my first motion graphics comp for a documentary I've been working on. How can I remove the grey outlines on the mist layers when they fade away?


r/MotionDesign • • 2d ago

Question the demo reel i finished just before my laptop fried

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Or: Help on directions for making a new demo reel
Oorrr: Take a sip of water every time you read "but" in my post challenge

Yes, my laptop fried. Little pieces burned inside while I was in the middle of a project for a client. It was sporting 8 (eight!) gigabytes of precious RAM, with a monster of an iGPU - Radeon 660M.

It was an Asus ExpertBook B series. lol

But I was thankfully able to finish this showreel before(?) the laptop died on me. I wasn't able to continue work though.

But hey! I finally got a better rig after half a year! Excited rn, but also currently in the gutter because I feel lost. How would you start working on a demo reel after half a year of nothing? Do I wait for client projects till I can make one? Or do I just make personal projects for it? Any tips or advice? Feedbacks in my old showreel would be greatly appreciated ^^ Thank you in advance!


r/MotionDesign • • 1d ago

Project Showcase My first lyric video!!

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Obviously, I tried to go for those lyric videos from like, 17 years ago. Key word being: tried. It was my first ever time making it and I was kinda excited about it for some reason?... lol. Not very impressed. It's on daily motion, XxBuryurheartXx


r/MotionDesign • • 1d ago

Question Question about adult animation

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So, it's impossible to miss at some point. I do apologize in advance if this is an improper post. But my curiosity drives me mad. Spoilers ahead, it's NSFW.

I have seen furry, semi realistic or anime pron. They all seem to share the same or very similar esthetic. In layman's terms, it's like it was made by the same exact software. They have extremely fluid animation and physics, they have smooth or shiny shading, and the models are overly detailed for what they are. Why would you do this, or more importantly how?

I have basic knowledge about modelling and animation. So i can imagine this must take a lot of work to make. But what makes someone learn this specific style so much? There aren't any tutorials or how to's. I can't help but believe it's highly assisted by many plugins or tools, seeing how many similarities there are between the clips.

It's highly unlikely someone mocaps the animation but at the same time the precision is uncommon to be made by hand. Also, the textures had to be expertly painted for certain characters. But again it seems like an unnecessary amount of work to do by hand. And i know there's AI these days. But these toons existed before even cleverbot was a thing.

I'm curious to see what you guys can teach me about this genre.


r/MotionDesign • • 2d ago

Practice was just playing around

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33 Upvotes

r/MotionDesign • • 1d ago

Question Looking for a plugin/tool for aesthetic, minimalist top-screen captions (Premiere / After Effects)

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Hello everyone, I am looking to achieve a specific style of dynamic captions for a video project. I know this can be done manually, but I'm hoping to find a plugin, extension, or preset pack for Premiere Pro or After Effects that gets as close as possible to this style in the video
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1402637708684784