Welcome to the Motion Magnet Ep2.

The pace of innovation is staggering—news and breakthroughs are emerging faster than ever. In this episode, we've curated another essential collection of links packed with insights and resources you won't want to miss. Dive in!

CG + Motion Design

Big news from Grayscalegorilla!

They've expanded their Plus platform, making a significant leap by eliminating the need for C4D to access assets. This change is a move towards a more platform-agnostic ecosystem, allowing members to utilize PBR textures and models in various software environments. They've also introduced material importers, streamlining the integration of PBR textures into Blender, Houdini, and Unreal Engine, marking a milestone in their commitment to a universal user experience.

Simulation in Cinema 4D - Week 1 - Simulated Halloween VFX

Learn how to create a Halloween-themed VFX shot with Cinema 4D Master Trainer Sandro Sanakoti. You will learn how to can use cloth simulation to create a ghost, and light it up with Pyro to reveal loads of sweets and candy. Sandro is also going into tracking, rendering and compositing briefly.

Meet Monday Meeting

If you are into Motion Design and Freelancing check Monday Meeting live Zoom Calls and their Podcast.

Project Avalanche

Project Avalanche is the new UE5’s Motion Graphics tool coming out soon. Check Winbush’s review.

Look how fast is C4D now!!

Don’t miss Paulo Esteves’s new Patreon tut Houdini series.

If you are looking to learn Houdini don’t miss Hipflask’s tutorial series.

These courses are designed by an award-winning 3D artist and cover various topics, such as geometry essentials, interactive selections, scattering, and distribution. The courses aim to provide clear and comprehensive explanations, as well as structured learning paths to help users progressively build their skills.

AI Corner

OpenAI's DevDay Unveils GPT-4 Turbo and New Suite of incredible AI Tools!

OpenAI's DevDay saw a slew of exciting announcements, some of them are:

1. GPT-4 Turbo: A new iteration of GPT-4 with a huge 128,000 token context window and knowledge up to April 2023.

2. User-Created GPTs: OpenAI will enable users to build custom GPT models without coding skills.

3. GPT Store: A future store for users to publish and monetize their custom GPT models.

4. Assistants API: Developers can now build specialized AI agents.

5. DALL-E 3 API: The text-to-image model DALL-E 3 is now available via API.

6. Audio API: A new text-to-speech API featuring six voices.

7. Copyright Shield: A program to defend businesses from copyright claims using OpenAI’s products.

New GPT-4 Vision API is awsome!

Luma Gaussian Splatting Unreal Engine Plugin Unveiled

Luma has released their official Gaussian Splatting Unreal Engine Plugin, which is compatible with version 5.3 of the engine.

The plugin offers several features, including the ability to include both NeRFs and splats in the same scene, crop and cull splat files, and merge multiple splats into the same file. It also supports relighting, but only on parts that are directly casting light, and does not support emissive lighting at this time

LumaLabsAI has released a text-to-3D called Genie.

In light of the recent surge in AI developments, it's worth noting that Luma Labs AI has released a remarkable new tool called Genie. This text-to-3D model generator operates similarly to Midjourney, where you can give prompts directly in Discord. Even more exciting is that, currently, Genie is available for free as it's in its research preview phase.

Freelance Focus

Motion Design as a Subscription Service?

Austin Bauwens of Ravie Studio interview by School of Motion.

Tech Coolness

MacBook M3 Unboxing… beauty.

Some Cool and useful Tutorials

Lighting Quick Tips in HOUDINI with SOLARIS!

Rubber inflate with Houdini

It’s Houdini Time!

Not a new post but definitely really helpful! Thanks Paul!

"Houdini Tutorial: Recursive Growth" by Doxia Studio.

The tutorial teaches how to create a recursive growth effect using Houdini.

Cinema 4D Tutorial: Break Chains Dynamically

Cinema 4D Tutorial - Create a Wavy Band Surface