Plugins for ALL + Maxon Doubles Down on Autograph | Motion Mondays

Maxon made Autograph free for entire studios this week, and there are more plugins dropping than we know what to do with!

Get the full show notes here: www.schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-mondays-may-11-2026

NEW COURSE | Cavalry Kickstart: Learn to think procedurally and build flexible animation systems in this 13-hour foundational course taught by Greg Stewart. https://www.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. https://www.schoolofmotion.com/courses/cinema-4d-insider

👉 CHAPTERS 👈
00:00 Coming Up
00:11 Danny Yount
01:31 Autograph Free for Everyone
03:06 SOM News
04:39 Rive Agent
05:31 Better Ramp
06:42 Figma Draw
07:25 Lazy Cracker
08:11 Awesome Work
09:20 Gaussian Splats
09:54 Free C4D Tools
10:41 aescripts Summer of Sales
11:16 Student Spotlight
11:58 Motion Hatch
12:31 Frame Rate
13:10 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-for-teams
NEW: Cavalry Kickstart: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/courses/cavalry-kickstart
NEW: Cinema 4D Insider: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/courses/cinema-4d-insider
Cinema 4D Basecamp: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/courses/cinema-4d-basecamp
Courses & workshops coming soon: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/coming-soon

🗒️ SHOW NOTES
Danny Yount: https://www.dannyyount.com
Autograph (free for teams): https://www.maxon.net/autograph
Rive AI Agent (free for all): https://rive.app/blog/free-rive-ai-agent
Better Ramp: https://elementsupply.co/products/better-ramp
Figma Draw updates: https://x.com/figma/status/2049569247417012274
Lazy Cracker (Blender): https://superhivemarket.com/products/254791
Pixel Lab Gaussian Splat Cloud Pack: https://www.thepixellab.net/gaussian-splat-clouds-pack
LFO Procedural Selection Tools (free): https://lfodesign.gumroad.com/l/tools2026
aescripts + aeplugins Summer of Sales: https://aescripts.com/learn/post/summer-of-sales-2026
Oddly Satisfying Render Challenge: https://oddlysatisfyingchallenge.com
Motion Design Hiring Guide: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/motion-design-hiring-guide
Motion Hatch Client Outreach Challenge: https://link.motionhatch.com/som-clientoutreachchallenge
Frame Rate screensaver (Florian Thamer): https://play.florianthamer.com/frss/
Wine After Coffee on Frame Rate: https://framerate.tv/channel/wine-after-coffee

🎨 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
FITC Toronto 2026 Opening Titles – Escafandra Studio: https://framerate.tv/watch/19b4f808-a65c-4279-9eec-ffa62e87452f
Journey through the Forest of Eels – Flow: https://weareflow.uk/project/forest-of-eels
Black Math + ComfyUI: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jeremysahlman_recently-our-studio-was-profiled-by-comfyui-ugcPost-7454613781235707905--0Jj/
SOM Student of the Week – Emilio Macia Fumero: https://hub.schoolofmotion.com/c/student-showcase/cinema-4d-basecamp-super-modeling-challenge-78e16237-8e2e-4ec5-8f72-60d800990c8d
Emilio's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emaciaf/