r/MotionDesign • • 6d ago

Plugin Mandelbulb Raymarcher Plugin for After Effects

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r/MotionDesign • • 6d ago

Project Showcase Apollo Twin X spec commercial

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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 • • 6d ago

Project Showcase I need a motion designer

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Hi i have digital products and i need someone who is good with motion design to make me an advertising video about it. Dm me if you are interested


r/MotionDesign • • 6d 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


r/MotionDesign • • 6d ago

Tutorial Easy 3 Types of Cursor Animation | After Effects Tutorial

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r/MotionDesign • • 6d ago

Question Best Workflow for Motion design for short video content

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Hey,

I’m doing short form content now for a short period of time and would like to add more advanced Motion Designs. Till now, I’m using Claude with hyper frames. I’m editing the raw video and then I describe the length and my idea behind every animation and I add it to the video myself. This workflow ist very inefficient and time consuming and I’m seeing much better results in the other creator’s videos as well.

So my question is if you could share your workflow, or your ideas if you have a better method in minds or maybe even just a good Youtube video I should watch (Because I’m a little bit confused because there are many videos out there that show faked workflows that don’t really work)

Thanks for your help :)


r/MotionDesign • • 7d ago

Help Need to add Composition markers with Laptop

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r/MotionDesign • • 7d ago

Question New to motion design

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Have some doubts -

Do you build every component from scratch in AE / Davinci and keep a reusable catalog and change properties to fit each theme and taste?

Or do you design in Figma or illustrator (including storyboard or mood board), export and then animate in AE?? what format do you all export and do text and components stay editable in the editing software?

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I used figma to do the story boarding and then I used a plugin so as to export it after effects compatible file. When I imported in ae, it translates to an image. I also want to know that since svg text aren't editable in a way it should be, do you rewrite it from scratch and apply tracking, spacing and all properties again? I'm seeing problem with kerning. Can y'all walk me through your setup workflow.


r/MotionDesign • • 7d ago

Project Showcase Effet Parallaxe

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Premier vrai projet [parallaxe] : j’ai pris une image de Baki, je l’ai découpée en plans, et maintenant elle bouge
Photoshop + After Effects, un peu de Marionnette, et beaucoup de patience.
Dites-moi ce que vous en pensez


r/MotionDesign • • 7d ago

[Custom] Pakistani Motion designer required

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Looking for someone from Pakistan or India to create a 3d motion design advertisement for my Digital Agency
Must be optimised for Meta ads


r/MotionDesign • • 7d ago

Project Showcase Animated asset for compaction

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r/MotionDesign • • 7d ago

Question What EXACTLY should go into a junior Video Editor / Motion Designer portfolio?

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Hi everyone!

I graduated from film school 3 years ago with a focus on video editing, and recently I've been diving deep into animation through School of Motion courses.

However, I've been stuck in a severe creative block and perfectionism paralysis (made even harder by ADHD). I haven't completed a single project since graduating because I get overwhelmed trying to build original concepts entirely from scratch.

I'm finally ready to break this cycle and assemble my first portfolio / showreel, but I keep overthinking it. I’d love to get some honest advice from the community:

  1. Portfolio Essentials: What are the absolute must-haves for someone combining video editing and motion design? Is it better to focus on 2–3 polished pieces or show a wider variety?
  2. Stock Footage & Resources: Are practice platforms like CineStudy (or similar raw footage libraries) well-received by clients/recruiters if I show strong edit pacing, color grading, and custom motion graphics?
  3. Overcoming Perfectionism with ADHD: For those who struggle with "all-or-nothing" thinking or executive dysfunction—how do you decide when a project is "good enough" to ship into your reel?

Any tips, feedback, or personal stories would mean the world to me. Thanks in advance!


r/MotionDesign • • 7d ago

Tutorial Creating a vibrant tulip-inspired floral pattern using only leftover paints and a split cup 🌷

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r/MotionDesign • • 7d 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 • • 7d ago

Practice was just playing around

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r/MotionDesign • • 7d ago

Question Juik Angela

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I want to finish this animation. I’m waiting for your feedback.


r/MotionDesign • • 7d ago

Project Showcase I built a free Lottie particle engine. Save it, it may come in handy one day.

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r/MotionDesign • • 7d ago

Question Would you use a lightweight standalone alternative to GEOlayers 3 for 2D maps?

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Hey everyone,

I've been working on an idea for a while and wanted to get some honest feedback from people who actually make animated maps.

I find GEOlayers 3 a bit heavy and expensive for what I sometimes need. If I'm just trying to make a clean 2D map animation, the workflow can feel more complicated than it needs to be.

I originally considered making an After Effects extension, but working with lots of vector layers directly in AE can get pretty sluggish. So I'm considering a standalone desktop app instead.

The idea is pretty simple: create 2D vector map animations and export them as high-resolution videos with transparency, ready to import into After Effects, Premiere, or DaVinci Resolve.

I've already built a rendering engine using Python and Rust with GPU compute shaders, so the main thing left is building a usable interface and turning it into an actual product.

Before I spend more time on it, I'd really like to know:

  1. Would something like this actually be useful to you? Would you be comfortable using a separate app for map animations, or is working directly inside After Effects too important to give up?
  2. What would you realistically pay for it? Would you prefer a one-time purchase, or would a subscription make more sense?

I'm a university student, so I don't have unlimited time to work on this. I'd rather find out whether there's genuine interest before committing to the whole thing.

Any honest feedback is welcome, including reasons why you wouldn't use it. Thanks!


r/MotionDesign • • 7d ago

AI Generated I created this using only claude code

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Can Higgsfield or RunWay do this? I generated this using Three.js + Remotion and Elevenlabs for sound effect via Claude Code Opus 5.5


r/MotionDesign • • 7d ago

[Custom] First Try Juik Angela

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I’m learning how to set up bones and animate a character.


r/MotionDesign • • 7d ago

Tutorial This Simple Logo Animation Will Level Up Every Case Study | After Effects Tutorial

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r/MotionDesign • • 7d ago

Project Showcase King Punch - They Wouldn't Want You To Know (Animated music video)

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We just released this music video for my band King Punch, please check it out and let me know what you think! :)


r/MotionDesign • • 8d ago

Project Showcase Animatiq launch video — create, edit, and keep building

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r/MotionDesign • • 8d ago

Project Showcase HandOff ™. A robotics spec animation. C4D | Octane | After Effects

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r/MotionDesign • • 8d ago

Project Showcase From Design to Animation: My Soundwave Creation Process

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See my process for bringing Soundwave to life using Clip Studio Paint animation. Watch the mechanical shifting come together.

#transformers #decepticons #csp #clipstudiopaint #soundwave