NEW Maxon Updates + This Tool Fixes Blender Materials FOREVER | Motion Mondays
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Motion Design
Lottie Creator 2.0 takes aim at interactive animation workflows, Crayon Box brings smart material tools to Blender, and Maxon drops procedural scratches in Redshift 2026.8.
Full show notes: schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-mondays-august-3-2026
NEW FREE AE EXTENSION: Type Chopper - Split type by letters, words, or lines and animate immediately. schoolofmotion.com/chopper
👉 CHAPTERS 👈
0:00 Coming Up...
0:16 Lottie Creator 2.0
1:04 SOM News
2:04 Physical Atmosphere²
2:49 Crayon Box
3:50 InstaMAT 2026-07
4:33 Cool Work
5:55 Kiri Gaussian Splat
6:35 Clippy
7:13 LucyLive
7:54 Student Spotlight
8:34 Half Rez 2026
9:27 Redshift 2026.8 + Red Giant 2026.5
10:10 Wrap Up!
🎓 SCHOOL OF MOTION COURSES MENTIONED
School of Motion All-Access: https://schoolofmotion.com/all-access
School of Motion Team Training: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/training
NEW FREE AE TOOL: Type Chopper: https://schoolofmotion.com/landing-page/type-chopper
Cavalry Kickstart: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/cavalry-kickstart
NEW COURSE - Unreal Engine for Broadcast Design: https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/unreal-engine-for-broadcast-design
Courses & workshops coming soon: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/coming-soon
🗒️ SHOW NOTES
Lottie Creator 2.0: https://lottiefiles.com/blog/working-with-lottie-animations/lottie-creator-a-powerful-web-based-lottie-animation-tool
Type Chopper (AE Extension): https://schoolofmotion.com/landing-page/type-chopper
Physical Atmosphere² for Blender: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJosDYXQvQo
Crayon Box for Blender: https://superhivemarket.com/products/crayonbox
InstaMAT 2026-07: https://instamaterial.com/
Kiri Gaussian Splatting plugin for AE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbUhOM9HBV4
Clippy for Cinema 4D: https://rickgude.gumroad.com/l/clippy
LucyLive AI Render for C4D: https://github.com/VantageInc/LucyLive-AI-Render
Half Rez 2026 (Use promo code PixelsAndCubesSOM for 25% off): https://www.halfrez.com/
Maxon Redshift 2026.8 Scratches Shader: https://help.maxon.net/r3d/cinema/en-us/Content/html/Texture+Scratches.html
🎨 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
Never Sit Still - The Design Conference 2026 Titles: https://neversitstill.com/projects/the-design-conference
Everfresh / Sebastian Pfeifer - "Process": https://framerate.tv/watch/c4a34848-913c-444e-9782-57f5434cb970
Eve Sculpts - Short Film Teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04cPrprfH_8
SOM Student of the Week - Katrina Soohoo: https://hub.schoolofmotion.com/c/student-showcase/cavalry-create-your-poster-generator-6ccffc5a-06ae-4c13-abaf-dea51f3bdb0f
Katrina Soohoo's portfolio: http://soohoo.tv/
Full show notes: schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-mondays-august-3-2026
NEW FREE AE EXTENSION: Type Chopper - Split type by letters, words, or lines and animate immediately. schoolofmotion.com/chopper
👉 CHAPTERS 👈
0:00 Coming Up...
0:16 Lottie Creator 2.0
1:04 SOM News
2:04 Physical Atmosphere²
2:49 Crayon Box
3:50 InstaMAT 2026-07
4:33 Cool Work
5:55 Kiri Gaussian Splat
6:35 Clippy
7:13 LucyLive
7:54 Student Spotlight
8:34 Half Rez 2026
9:27 Redshift 2026.8 + Red Giant 2026.5
10:10 Wrap Up!
🎓 SCHOOL OF MOTION COURSES MENTIONED
School of Motion All-Access: https://schoolofmotion.com/all-access
School of Motion Team Training: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/training
NEW FREE AE TOOL: Type Chopper: https://schoolofmotion.com/landing-page/type-chopper
Cavalry Kickstart: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/cavalry-kickstart
NEW COURSE - Unreal Engine for Broadcast Design: https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/unreal-engine-for-broadcast-design
Courses & workshops coming soon: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/coming-soon
🗒️ SHOW NOTES
Lottie Creator 2.0: https://lottiefiles.com/blog/working-with-lottie-animations/lottie-creator-a-powerful-web-based-lottie-animation-tool
Type Chopper (AE Extension): https://schoolofmotion.com/landing-page/type-chopper
Physical Atmosphere² for Blender: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJosDYXQvQo
Crayon Box for Blender: https://superhivemarket.com/products/crayonbox
InstaMAT 2026-07: https://instamaterial.com/
Kiri Gaussian Splatting plugin for AE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbUhOM9HBV4
Clippy for Cinema 4D: https://rickgude.gumroad.com/l/clippy
LucyLive AI Render for C4D: https://github.com/VantageInc/LucyLive-AI-Render
Half Rez 2026 (Use promo code PixelsAndCubesSOM for 25% off): https://www.halfrez.com/
Maxon Redshift 2026.8 Scratches Shader: https://help.maxon.net/r3d/cinema/en-us/Content/html/Texture+Scratches.html
🎨 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
Never Sit Still - The Design Conference 2026 Titles: https://neversitstill.com/projects/the-design-conference
Everfresh / Sebastian Pfeifer - "Process": https://framerate.tv/watch/c4a34848-913c-444e-9782-57f5434cb970
Eve Sculpts - Short Film Teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04cPrprfH_8
SOM Student of the Week - Katrina Soohoo: https://hub.schoolofmotion.com/c/student-showcase/cavalry-create-your-poster-generator-6ccffc5a-06ae-4c13-abaf-dea51f3bdb0f
Katrina Soohoo's portfolio: http://soohoo.tv/