Adobe Illustrator’s WILD new 3D tool + Sketch’s VFX Sorcery | Motion Mondays

Adobe gives us full 3D rotation Illustrator, Maxon gives us a behind the scenes look at SKETCH, and Blender showcases realtime denoising. Check out the corresponding blog post: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/blog/m... NEW: Rive Academy: Vol. 2, our next-level course for animators, UI artists, and developers who want to learn this powerful tool for interaction design. Learn more: https://schoolofmotion.com/rive2 This week, Adobe just dropped their Turntable feature in Illustrator beta, letting you spin 2D vector art into 3D space using AI magic, and honestly, the results are pretty bonkers. Meanwhile, Blender developers are cooking up DLSS integration that'll make your viewport smoother than butter, because apparently we needed our 3D software to borrow tricks from video games. We're also breaking down how Seth Worley pulled off a feature film that looks like it cost 100 million bucks using After Effects and Cinema 4D, proving once again that it's not the tool, it's the artist. Plus we've got updates on Houdini 21's machine learning integration, Adobe's new VR review tool that feels like the holodeck, and an open source Mixamo alternative. We’ll also look at and check out some great work from studios like Meat Department, BIEN and more. 👉 CHAPTERS 👈 Intro 00:00:00 Houdini's AI Power-Up - SideFX Weaves Machine Learning Magic 00:00:21 Blender's DLSS Magic - Smooth Like Butter Viewport Performance 00:01:26 SOM News Roundup - Rive Volume 2 and All Access Updates 00:02:19 Motion Design Events - Stash Curates the Real World 00:03:10 Wonder Dynamics Flow Studio - AI VFX That Doesn't Take Control Away 00:03:51 Adobe Substance Updates - 3D Materials and VR Reviews 00:04:49 Mesh2Motion Alternative - Open Source Mixamo Competition 00:05:30 Creative Spotlight - Meat Department and Beyond's Wild Work 00:06:26 Creative and Coin - Haley's Business Systems for Motion Designers 00:08:09 Seth Worley's 'Sketch' - Feature Film with Motion Design Tools 00:08:52 Student Spotlight - Saanel's Expression Session Success 00:09:51 PBR Check Tool - Unreal Engine Material Troubleshooting 00:10:38 Adobe's Turntable Magic - 2D Vectors Go 3D 00:11:08 That's a Wrap! 00:12:22 🎓 SCHOOL OF MOTION COURSES MENTIONED School of Motion All-Access: https://schoolofmotion.com/all-access School of Motion Team Training: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/traini... Expression Session: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/course... NEW: Rive Academy Volume 2: https://schoolofmotion.com/courses/ri... Courses & workshops coming soon: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/coming... 🗒️ SHOW NOTES Houdini 21 Keynote from SIGGRAPH:    • H21 Keynote Vancouver   Blender showcases DLSS upscaling/denoising:   / blender_showcases_dlss_upscalingdenoising_at   Stash Partner Events: https://www.stashmedia.tv/partner-eve... Autodesk (Wonder Dynamics) Flow Studio adds free tier: https://www.autodesk.com/products/flo... Adobe Updates Substance 3D Sampler to v5.1: https://www.cgchannel.com/2025/08/ado... Adobe Substance 3D Reviewer: https://reviewer.substance3d.adobe.com/ Mesh2Motion: https://mesh2motion.org/ Motion Hatch - Creative and Coin: https://motionhatch.com/creativeandcoin The VFX of SKETCH:    • The VFX of SKETCH   PBR Check for Unreal Engine: https://www.fab.com/listings/5b7425f4... Turntable in Adobe Illustrator beta: https://x.com/icreatelife/status/1957... 🎨 ARTIST SPOTLIGHT Meat Department - IGORR ADHD:    • IGORRR - ADHD   BIEN Studio - Red Hat 2025 Summit opener: https://www.thisisbien.com/portfolio/... Bol + Device - OFFF Sevilla conference film: https://bolprod.com/projects/offf-sev... SOM Student of the Week - Saanel Bhatnagar: https://hub.schoolofmotion.com/c/shar... Saanel’s Portfolio: https://saanel.framer.website/