Duolingo BUYS Animade + Your Phone Is an After Effects Camera | Motion Mondays
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Motion Design
Duolingo acquires Animade, Phone Cam Controller turns your phone into a virtual After Effects camera, and Dan George Hill shows why everydays still work.
Get the full show notes: schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-mondays-august-24-2026
NEW COURSE | Grease Pencil Field Guide - Learn to combine hand-drawn 2D animation with Blender's 3D tools to create stunning illustrated scenes. Learn more: https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/grease-pencil-field-guide
👉 CHAPTERS 👈
00:00 Coming Up...
00:14 Everydays - The Good and Bad
01:13 Duolingo Buys Animade
02:36 SOM News
03:37 Better Gradients
04:20 Hi3D V3.0
05:10 Great Work
06:10 Back to Macs
07:08 TripoSplat
08:12 Hyperion 2
09:05 Phone Cam
09:47 Richard Kizlo
10:14 Half Rez + London
10:55 Wrap-Up!
🎓 SCHOOL OF MOTION COURSES MENTIONED
School of Motion All-Access: https://schoolofmotion.com/
School of Motion Team Training: https://schoolofmotion.com/training-for-teams
Grease Pencil Field Guide: [GREASE PENCIL FIELD GUIDE URL - ADD BEFORE PUBLISHING]
VFX for Motion: https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/vfx-for-motion
Courses & workshops coming soon: https://schoolofmotion.com/coming-soon
🗒️ SHOW NOTES
Dan George Hill’s Everydays Story: https://youtu.be/E6d29yG0bG4?si=5btteEAn6VZ5YCgc
Duolingo Acquires Animade: https://archive.animade.tv/scoops/over-and-owlt
Better Gradients: https://www.pluginplay.app/product/better-gradients
Hi3D V3.0: https://www.hi3d.ai/
Greyscalegorilla Switches Back to Macs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aheTC8N2xQg
OTOY Studio and TripoSplat: https://otoy.studio/
Topaz Hyperion 2: https://www.topazlabs.com/sdr-to-hdr
Phone Cam Controller: https://www.motionist.studio/
Half Rez 2026 (25% off with code “MotionMondays”): https://www.halfrez.com/
Playgrounds In Motion London: https://weareplaygrounds.nl/event/in-motion-london-202
🎨 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
Buff x Starling Bank: https://framerate.tv/watch/caff86ee-b217-4ad5-acf4-dec197cf1893
Logitech MX Master 4 Film: https://www.stashmedia.tv/coming-to-grips-with-the-logitec-mx-master-4-mouse/
Thomas Girometti - Born in the Echoes: https://framerate.tv/watch/2de7b670-7499-48ee-9bbc-36091d7b705c
Josh Edwards - 2026 Reel: https://framerate.tv/watch/2962368f-b188-48f5-93ed-5320f535a1b2
SOM Student of the Week - Richard Kizlo: https://hub.schoolofmotion.com/c/student-showcase/vfx-for-motion-mixx-it-up-part-1-555f21cc-5f20-4795-9ed3-8509636ebb7b
Richard Kizlo’s portfolio: https://www.instagram.com/Richard_Kizlo
Get the full show notes: schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-mondays-august-24-2026
NEW COURSE | Grease Pencil Field Guide - Learn to combine hand-drawn 2D animation with Blender's 3D tools to create stunning illustrated scenes. Learn more: https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/grease-pencil-field-guide
👉 CHAPTERS 👈
00:00 Coming Up...
00:14 Everydays - The Good and Bad
01:13 Duolingo Buys Animade
02:36 SOM News
03:37 Better Gradients
04:20 Hi3D V3.0
05:10 Great Work
06:10 Back to Macs
07:08 TripoSplat
08:12 Hyperion 2
09:05 Phone Cam
09:47 Richard Kizlo
10:14 Half Rez + London
10:55 Wrap-Up!
🎓 SCHOOL OF MOTION COURSES MENTIONED
School of Motion All-Access: https://schoolofmotion.com/
School of Motion Team Training: https://schoolofmotion.com/training-for-teams
Grease Pencil Field Guide: [GREASE PENCIL FIELD GUIDE URL - ADD BEFORE PUBLISHING]
VFX for Motion: https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/vfx-for-motion
Courses & workshops coming soon: https://schoolofmotion.com/coming-soon
🗒️ SHOW NOTES
Dan George Hill’s Everydays Story: https://youtu.be/E6d29yG0bG4?si=5btteEAn6VZ5YCgc
Duolingo Acquires Animade: https://archive.animade.tv/scoops/over-and-owlt
Better Gradients: https://www.pluginplay.app/product/better-gradients
Hi3D V3.0: https://www.hi3d.ai/
Greyscalegorilla Switches Back to Macs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aheTC8N2xQg
OTOY Studio and TripoSplat: https://otoy.studio/
Topaz Hyperion 2: https://www.topazlabs.com/sdr-to-hdr
Phone Cam Controller: https://www.motionist.studio/
Half Rez 2026 (25% off with code “MotionMondays”): https://www.halfrez.com/
Playgrounds In Motion London: https://weareplaygrounds.nl/event/in-motion-london-202
🎨 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
Buff x Starling Bank: https://framerate.tv/watch/caff86ee-b217-4ad5-acf4-dec197cf1893
Logitech MX Master 4 Film: https://www.stashmedia.tv/coming-to-grips-with-the-logitec-mx-master-4-mouse/
Thomas Girometti - Born in the Echoes: https://framerate.tv/watch/2de7b670-7499-48ee-9bbc-36091d7b705c
Josh Edwards - 2026 Reel: https://framerate.tv/watch/2962368f-b188-48f5-93ed-5320f535a1b2
SOM Student of the Week - Richard Kizlo: https://hub.schoolofmotion.com/c/student-showcase/vfx-for-motion-mixx-it-up-part-1-555f21cc-5f20-4795-9ed3-8509636ebb7b
Richard Kizlo’s portfolio: https://www.instagram.com/Richard_Kizlo