A Legendary VFX Studio Shuts Its Doors & Free Photoshop Hits Mobile | Motion Mondays
Free Photoshop for iPhone, a major VFX studio collapses, and AI Mocap gets powerful predictive technology.
This week, we dive into the shocking closure of legendary VFX studio The Mill and what it means for thousands of artists, plus the silver lining as former staff join forces to create Arc Creative.
Adobe delivers a surprise with Photoshop landing on iPhone with AI-powered features and a free tier everyone can use. Womp's browser-based 3D app gets a powerful new draw tool that completely changes what you can create online—and it won't cost you a penny.
We also explore Blender's ClayPencil 0.2 update, Wonder Dynamics' impressive AI motion prediction technology, and Substance 3D Sampler's new path tracing capabilities. Plus, Beeple Studios is hiring and Plasticity drops a major update!
As always we’ll spotlight incredible work from artists around the globe including Harrison Vincent, Nocky Dinh, and Tendril Studio.
🎓 SCHOOL OF MOTION COURSES MENTIONED
🗒️ SHOW NOTES
- Womp's free draw tool
- EJ's Womp Tutorial
- Daniel Martinez Lara on LinkedIn
- Clay Pencil
- Technicolor shuts down The Mill
- Mill leadership bands together with Dream Machine
- Wonder Dynamics - Motion Prediction
- Adobe Photoshop for iPhone is free
- Adobe releases Substance Sampler 5.0
- Beeple Studios is hiring motion designers
- Plasticity 2025.1 new features
🎨 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
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