Black Mixture released their top 10 After Effects plugins for 2020 and we are proud to have 7 out of 10 on their list:  Lockdown, AutoFill, Magnum, Splash, Element 3D, Animation Composer, Mocha Pro

We are happy to be sponsoring the latest character animation challenge from @MotionMarkus and Motion Design School by giving away Character Tool, Swiss Knife, Super Morphins to the lucky winners.

Amazing film and message by the McGloughlin Brothers

Rocketstock asks if Newton is the ultimate After Effects plugin and as you can imagine, we are very excited to know the answer!

Ever wanted to learn scripting in After Effects? Mathias (aka mamoworld) will hold a four-hour session on exactly that at Adobe Video World again this year! Due to the coronavirus it's a digital only conference this time, so it's a great chance to join this amazing event from anywhere in the world!

We are all affected. Please read to learn how we are doing and how we are giving back to the community.

After Effects guru Ben Marriott released his top 10 plugins list and we are proud to have received so many mentions:  Stardust, Deep Glow, Element 3D, Joysticks 'n Sliders, AfterCodecs, Limber, Flow

Thanks Ben!

Great video on the origins of rotoscoping in animation by Vox

What Unreal is able to achieve in real-time is so mind-blowing that you might want to buckle your mind before you watch this!

Motionographer has a great profile and interview with Ariel Costa who designed our aescripts + aeplugins playground animation when we launched our new site back in 2012!

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Meetup has been unfortunately canceled. We are doing it again this year! Join School of Motion, Motion Hatch, Greyscalegorilla, Video Copilot, Motion Array, Action VFX, aescripts + aeplugins, Red Giant, Puget Systems, HitFilm, Pixel Plow and Maxon at the NAB MoGraph Meet-up!

The lads over at Cub Studios made a blog post explaining how animations created with Bodymovin and Lottie are the future of web design.

Gui Esp is giving away 50 free gradients for Stardust After Effects. Get them while hot!

Fantastic animated explainer created with Joysticks 'n Sliders, Prism, Labels, EaseCopy, KBar, Quick Menu, Wayfinder and more by YellowLab

Adobe today released After Effects 2020 which is focused on improving performance.

We are happy to be sponsoring the Maxon 3D Design + Motion Tour. Use code AES3DMT and save 25%. 26 cities around the world with tons of speakers, special guests and software for you to take home.

Stardust version 1.5.0 will be available soon is now available. It is another Free update to all current customers.

We are doing it again this year! Join School of Motion, Greyscale Gorilla, Video Copilot, Maxon, Red Giant, Motion Hatch, Action VFX, aescripts + aeplugins and more at the NAB MoGraph Meet-up!

Adobe released an important new version of After Effects today which they are now calling 16.1 but it can be considered CC 2019.1 if you are going by the old naming convention. Joey from School of Motion does a great job breaking down the new features and showcasing the amazing new Content Aware Fill for Video which will surely blow your mind. He also includes the project file and a free script in his review.

We are happy to again sponsor @motionmarkus's Animation SmashDown with some excellent prizes!