Description
Adobe acquires Topaz Labs, Figma ships a full native animation timeline, and a motion designer runs live experiments to find out if AI is finally taking his job.
Get the full show notes: www.schoolofmotion.com/blog/motion-mondays-june-29-2026
NEW COURSE | Unreal Engine for Broadcast Design - Learn to bring motion design work into Unreal for real-time graphics and broadcast packages, taught by Jonathan Winbush. https://schoolofmotion.com/unreal
👉 CHAPTERS 👈
0:00 Coming Up...
0:20 Adobe Is Buying Topaz Labs
1:22 SOM News
2:15 Substance Painter 12.1
2:59 Nordmesh for C4D
3:43 CurveConductor for AE
4:30 Cool Work
5:58 Texture Ripper
6:47 Weight Paint Box
7:38 Student of the Week
8:27 Figma Motion
9:59 Rive Character Challenge
10:34 Pixel x Pixel Tokyo
11:24 That's a Wrap!
🎓 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
Unreal Engine for Broadcast Design: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/unreal-engine-broadcast-design
Rive Academy Kickstart: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/rive-academy-kickstart
Character Animation Bootcamp: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/courses/character-animation-bootcamp
Courses & workshops coming soon: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/coming-soon
🗒️ SHOW NOTES
Adobe Buys Topaz Labs: https://news.adobe.com/news/2026/06/adobe-to-acquire-topaz-labs
Node Ninja Plugin: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/node-ninja-unreal
Substance Painter 12.1: https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/substance-3d-painter/using/release-notes/version-12-1
Nordmesh for C4D: https://thegreatsummit.com/products/nordmesh
CurveConductor for AE: https://aescripts.com/curveconductor/
Texture Ripper: https://puszke.itch.io/pucks-texture-ripper
Weight Paint Box: https://superhivemarket.com/products/weight-paint-box
Figma Motion: https://www.figma.com/blog/introducing-figma-motion/
Rive Character Challenge: https://contra.com/community/topic/characterchallenge
Pixel x Pixel Tokyo: https://pixelpixel.jp
🎨 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
Cub Studio: https://x.com/frazdav/status/2069759639386743070
Roger Kilimanjaro: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaA0MLBs9Kk/
Lucia Alonso: https://luciaalonso.com
SOM Student of the Week - Abraham E.:: https://hub.schoolofmotion.com/c/student-showcase/character-animation-bootcamp-strike-a-pose-b8ba146b-7699-4cd9-99c6-422e0427e037
Abraham E.'s portfolio: https://behance.net/abraham-e