Resources for Motion Designers

High quality tools speed up and improve your AE workflow

Some of my free tools, presets, and templates. More coming soon!

Searchable, curated library of useful After Effects expressions

Free project files and experiments from the absolute best of the best - JRCanest and team share freely so you can learn!

Interviews with pros. Great end of year podcasts talking about big picture of the industry.

After Effects pro tips & tricks to your inbox

The biggest marketplace for After Effects scripts and tools

Animation plugins, presets & templates for AE & premiere pro. Lots of bundles and huge variety to choose from.

...I mean, obviously

Software for 2D cel animation.

Color schemes and pallete builder

Searchable library of Command IDs for each version of After Effects, curated by Hyperbrew

The most comprehensive After Effects Expression documentation I know. Updated regularly and easily searchable.

A free video training series by David Torno on scripting for After Effects

The searchable documentation for extendscript scripting for After Effects

Zac Dixon interviews industry pros - no longer active, but still worth a listen!

The bible of animation - learn the principles and basics from one of the all-time greats.

Curated title design for movies and tv shows

I use these tools every day. THE best After Effects tools

Massive source of motion and other art inspiration

After Effects tutorials for motion designers. Great tutorials on different styles and animation techniques.

Conference hosted by Wine After Coffee - usually in Vancouver.

Free, powerful 3D software. Highly recommend!

A lightning-fast boilerplate for Adobe CEP Extensions in React or Vue built on Vite + TypeScript + Sass

Free online storyboard & animatic creator. Built for real client animation work.

Annual retreat for mograph folks to get away from the computer for a few days.

The principles of making fun animation

Powerful, modern 2D animation software. Everything is procedural.

Fast, straight to the point tutorials & breakdowns for motion designers. More coming soon :)

Detailed technical articles for mastering After Effects, including chroma-keying and optimizing performance

Industry standard 3D software

Expression examples and breakdowns from the godfather of expressions.

New conference for motion designers, hosted by Dash Studio.

Book about making time to do real, deep, focused work. A must-read for creatives

A great resource for a variety of design/art inspiration

Designers posting designs and stuff

Tools & Presets for motion designers

Evan has a TON of After Effects tutorials and other content from beginner to advanced

Folder Structures, Naming Conventions, After Effects Folder Organization and more from Industry pros and leaders

Expression cheat sheet, useful scripts/tools

Weekly newsletter with inspiration, resources, & creative thoughts from Greg Gunn

Highly curated workshops that are more like walk alongs and deep dives.

Interface design & animation from video games

Thorough, engaging After Effects tutorials

The platform-agnostic guide for javascript/extendscript language for Adobe applications

A collection of helpful scripts for After Effects that run natively or with a 3rd party script launcher.

A motion graphics blog sharing tons of tutorials

Scripts, templates, and business resources for motion designers! Plus a YT channel with tutorials and useful videos.

Courses & tutorials for motion designers from industry pros. The new all-access plan has amazing bang for your buck!

A large slack community for practicing motion designers.

Courses for motion designers.

Articles, Resources, and nerdy stuff for expressions in After Effects. Code + Motion.

Resources and community for the business side of motion design

Podcast about the business side of motion design

Tutorials breaking down Motion UX workflows for designers in real world production environments.

Curated motion design work and interviews

Videos & tutorials about writing scripts & extensions for Adobe products.

Flexible workspace for notes, databases, etc. Airtable meets evernote

Browse, collect, and organize inspiration

Austin Saylor's newsletter about making money as a freelance motion designer.

Excellent quality AE tools, courses, and resources for motion designers from Sander van Dijk.

A full online school for motion design - from beginner to advanced courses.

Tutorials, live streams, and more for motion designers

An incredible tool for building ScriptUI interfaces visually

The guide to working with ScriptUI for building extendscript user interfaces.

Large library of courses for animation, design, and more

A fascinating look into skills vs passion in your creative career

Library of example commercial videos from all types of brands

YouTube tutorial series going through EVERY SINGLE effect in After Effects by Jake Bartlett (Jake in Motion)

Joey Korenman from School of motion reveals all the tricks of how to be a freelance in the motion design business.

Business education for designers. People love to hate on this, but the content is very helpful

Podcast on the business side of creative services.

Everything you need to know about business in 1 book

A book about defeating the inner critic and getting your work done.

After Effects tutorials and tips for nearly everything you can do in AE. Great technical content as well.

The OG After Effects tutorials & tools. Geared towards vfx, but a great resource for motion designers

Curated branding and graphic design projects blog

A hand-curated channel of amazing motion and animation videos.

Advanced motion design tutorials for After Effects, Cinema 4D, and more

A free in-depth beginner-friendly video course introduction to expressions

A bunch of free small scripts to make AE more powerful