Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Maxon made a $299 compositing app free, Premiere got a dedicated color workspace, and DaVinci Resolve added a full photo editing application that nobody saw coming.
NEW COURSE | Cavalry Kickstart: Learn to think procedurally and build flexible animation systems in this 13-hour foundational course taught by Greg Stewart. schoolofmotion.com/courses/cavalry-kickstart
NEW COURSE | Cinema 4D Insider: A 4-hour professional-level course taught by EJ Hassenfratz that transforms how you work in Cinema 4D — faster workflows, scene organization, Redshift mastery, and team-ready production techniques. schoolofmotion.com/courses/cinema-4d-insider
👉 CHAPTERS 👈
00:00 Coming Up…
00:11 Maxon's Big Week
02:26 Adobe Takes Aim at DaVinci Resolve
03:24 Blackmagic Builds a Lightroom
04:31 SOM News
05:54 After Effects Is Cooking
07:01 NeXus Comes to Blender
07:48 Cool Work
08:59 Frame.io Goes Local
09:42 FrameRate
10:37 Rive Updates
11:12 Cavalry's Plugin World
11:57 Torn Paper and a Better Halftone
12:48 Student of the Week
13:12 That’s a Wrap!
🎓 SCHOOL OF MOTION COURSES MENTIONED
School of Motion All-Access: schoolofmotion.com/all-access
School of Motion Team Training: schoolofmotion.com/training-for-teams
VFX For Motion: schoolofmotion.com/courses/vfx-for-motion
NEW: Cavalry Kickstart: schoolofmotion.com/courses/cavalry-kickstart
NEW: Cinema 4D Insider: schoolofmotion.com/courses/cinema-4d-insider
Courses & workshops coming soon: schoolofmotion.com/coming-soon
🗒️ SHOW NOTES
Autograph (free): maxon.net/en/autograph
Autograph – Getting Started on Cineversity: cineversity.maxon.net/en/series/getting-started-with-autograph?tutorial=getting-started-in-autograph-introduction
Cinema 4D 2026.2 release video: youtube.com/watch?v=LyzjOo9FtLc
Cinema 4D for iPad beta: maxon.net/en/cinema-4d-for-ipad
Premiere Color Mode: youtu.be/a1JVlRYOZAQ?si=_VSLCwIfz72dC8nW
DaVinci Resolve 21: youtube.com/watch?v=j7oNYaJqVbk
After Effects new features (Jake Bartlett): youtube.com/watch?v=XlWmj5RdVwI
NeXus for Blender announcement: youtube.com/watch?v=keZdUKP2U74
Frame.io Mounted Storage: frame.io/features/mounted-storage
Suite Studios: suitestudios.io
FrameRate student pricing: framerate.tv/student-pricing
Scenery.io (Cavalry plugins): scenery.io/plugins
Easy Torn Paper: aescripts.com/torn-paper
Retratone: texturelabs.org/tools/retratone-plugin-for-photoshop
🎨 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
Vitor Cervi – ESCAPE: framerate.tv/watch/a52f517d-77bb-4f96-a62d-e81f7297fa82
Victor Verdugo – Anxiety, Chocolate and Keyframes: framerate.tv/watch/c8ab8674-2bd4-4442-8183-195315af30fb
Andrew Vucko – Google Cloud work: linkedin.com/posts/andrewvucko_theres-so-much-work-that-never-makes-it-ugcPost-7450196359929884672-OZ16
Audrey Havey – Sword and Shield: linkedin.com/posts/audreyhavey_over-the-last-few-years-justin-and-i-caught-ugcPost-7449834177408966656-9wX4
SOM Student of the Week - Melissa Chen: hub.schoolofmotion.com/c/student-showcase/vfx-for-motion-really-unreal-f2a51977-d52b-41c0-ab57-b0c2d6a95cd1
Melissa Chen's Instagram: instagram.com/melothechen
Maxon made a $299 compositing app free, Premiere got a dedicated color workspace, and DaVinci Resolve added a full photo editing application that nobody saw coming.
NEW COURSE | Cavalry Kickstart: Learn to think procedurally and build flexible animation systems in this 13-hour foundational course taught by Greg Stewart. schoolofmotion.com/courses/cavalry-kickstart
NEW COURSE | Cinema 4D Insider: A 4-hour professional-level course taught by EJ Hassenfratz that transforms how you work in Cinema 4D — faster workflows, scene organization, Redshift mastery, and team-ready production techniques. schoolofmotion.com/courses/cinema-4d-insider
👉 CHAPTERS 👈
00:00 Coming Up…
00:11 Maxon's Big Week
02:26 Adobe Takes Aim at DaVinci Resolve
03:24 Blackmagic Builds a Lightroom
04:31 SOM News
05:54 After Effects Is Cooking
07:01 NeXus Comes to Blender
07:48 Cool Work
08:59 Frame.io Goes Local
09:42 FrameRate
10:37 Rive Updates
11:12 Cavalry's Plugin World
11:57 Torn Paper and a Better Halftone
12:48 Student of the Week
13:12 That’s a Wrap!
🎓 SCHOOL OF MOTION COURSES MENTIONED
School of Motion All-Access: schoolofmotion.com/all-access
School of Motion Team Training: schoolofmotion.com/training-for-teams
VFX For Motion: schoolofmotion.com/courses/vfx-for-motion
NEW: Cavalry Kickstart: schoolofmotion.com/courses/cavalry-kickstart
NEW: Cinema 4D Insider: schoolofmotion.com/courses/cinema-4d-insider
Courses & workshops coming soon: schoolofmotion.com/coming-soon
🗒️ SHOW NOTES
Autograph (free): maxon.net/en/autograph
Autograph – Getting Started on Cineversity: cineversity.maxon.net/en/series/getting-started-with-autograph?tutorial=getting-started-in-autograph-introduction
Cinema 4D 2026.2 release video: youtube.com/watch?v=LyzjOo9FtLc
Cinema 4D for iPad beta: maxon.net/en/cinema-4d-for-ipad
Premiere Color Mode: youtu.be/a1JVlRYOZAQ?si=_VSLCwIfz72dC8nW
DaVinci Resolve 21: youtube.com/watch?v=j7oNYaJqVbk
After Effects new features (Jake Bartlett): youtube.com/watch?v=XlWmj5RdVwI
NeXus for Blender announcement: youtube.com/watch?v=keZdUKP2U74
Frame.io Mounted Storage: frame.io/features/mounted-storage
Suite Studios: suitestudios.io
FrameRate student pricing: framerate.tv/student-pricing
Scenery.io (Cavalry plugins): scenery.io/plugins
Easy Torn Paper: aescripts.com/torn-paper
Retratone: texturelabs.org/tools/retratone-plugin-for-photoshop
🎨 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
Vitor Cervi – ESCAPE: framerate.tv/watch/a52f517d-77bb-4f96-a62d-e81f7297fa82
Victor Verdugo – Anxiety, Chocolate and Keyframes: framerate.tv/watch/c8ab8674-2bd4-4442-8183-195315af30fb
Andrew Vucko – Google Cloud work: linkedin.com/posts/andrewvucko_theres-so-much-work-that-never-makes-it-ugcPost-7450196359929884672-OZ16
Audrey Havey – Sword and Shield: linkedin.com/posts/audreyhavey_over-the-last-few-years-justin-and-i-caught-ugcPost-7449834177408966656-9wX4
SOM Student of the Week - Melissa Chen: hub.schoolofmotion.com/c/student-showcase/vfx-for-motion-really-unreal-f2a51977-d52b-41c0-ab57-b0c2d6a95cd1
Melissa Chen's Instagram: instagram.com/melothechen
