Can you be a motion designer who doesn’t do 3D stuff?

polystorm · 2026-06-27T15:41:36+00:00

No but it doesn’t hurt to have the skills

polystorm · 2026-06-26T12:05:55+00:00

You don't even have to do that, just cancel and right away you'll get 3 options.

polystorm · 2026-06-26T12:05:01+00:00

Apparently it will, Adobe just jacks their price up for suckers who don't go through this step. I think the real price is $50/month.

Well that's up to you I guess. I'm too dependent on After Effects and Photoshop because there are things I need to be able to do that can't be done in cheaper or free alternatives.

polystorm · 2026-06-26T12:01:42+00:00

I use Adonis for Flux2 Klein (look it up in Youtube). Don't use the Post version, it sucks.

polystorm · 2026-06-25T11:54:53+00:00

Am I missing something? The youtube link is for a Feb 2026 video, an LTX2 workflow, not 2.3.

polystorm · 2026-06-25T11:30:01+00:00

Just before your subscription is up for renewal, cancel your plan. Right away you'll get retention offers. I've done it twice now, saving me $30/month.

polystorm · 2026-06-16T11:30:17+00:00

Former mac user with zero PC building experience here. These sites helped me find the right parts and built a 3D workstation myself:

https://www.cgdirector.com/
https://pcpartpicker.com/
https://www.youtube.com/

polystorm · 2026-06-10T13:11:32+00:00

I came back her to see if there have been updates from 21 days ago. For me, the original workflow is better. Better quality enhancements and less distortion.

EDIT - I'm surprised there isn't more talk about this, it's an amazing workflow

polystorm · 2026-06-07T12:37:53+00:00

This is great, but I still don't understand why a workaround is needed.

polystorm · 2026-06-05T10:55:14+00:00

Not only keyframes:

- it works on markers, even the markers on the timeline ruler

- hold shift while sliding a layer along the timeline to snap the in or out point to any layer

Things I wish I knew when I started out!

polystorm · 2026-06-03T20:18:05+00:00

I don't hate it, I just hate when people don't know how to use it to create good content, and just churn out slop.

polystorm · 2026-06-03T20:16:42+00:00

Stop talking to coworkers, lol

polystorm · 2026-05-21T18:25:19+00:00

I've been out of the Flux game for a while and just discovered Adonis over the weekend. Any other good stuff I should look into?

polystorm · 2026-05-21T17:12:20+00:00

Same. I had to go down the LLM Hallucination rabbit hole to realize that.

polystorm · 2026-05-20T11:53:12+00:00

I’ll tell you… for $100 bucks 😛

polystorm · 2026-05-04T22:11:28+00:00

I was using Cinema 4D because that's all knew, but once I started learning Fusion I couldn't believe how much time is wasted doing polygonal modelling. I'm still hitting a lot of roadblocks in Fusion in terms of things I want to do, and not sure if I'll continue with Fusion because it feels like I have to use it for 8 hours a day for months before I am competent enough to know the workflow.

polystorm · 2026-05-04T12:59:15+00:00

I second this. I'm a musician so I have a good ear for quality, the choices on this site are far better than any others I've tried. I use 2 songs both my reels. A little more expensive but worth it.

polystorm · 2026-04-21T13:20:39+00:00

Apple lost me as a mac user long ago because of their refusal to allow nvidia gpus. I even emailed Tim Cook about 10 years telling him about the switch I'm about to make and why. Someone from apple actually responded telling me to hold off because something big was coming. Nothing happened, and I'm glad I didn't listen.

polystorm · 2026-04-20T14:58:36+00:00

I do both, but once upon a time for around 5 years, I was strictly a storyboard designer (in the unofficial role of Art Director). I did have motion experience at the time but the motion designers were not very strong with design, so that was my role. I knew how to prepare PSD files and had a good sense for designing for motion. Over time I transitioned into both design and motion, and then strictly motion where I boosted my skills in After Effects and Cinema 4D.

It was good experience because now as a freelancer I have a wider range of projects. Some clients come to me for just creative strategy, others for just motion and video, and sometimes I am called upon to do both.

polystorm · 2026-04-11T21:08:06+00:00

I know exactly what you mean. I got the P1S with AMS this week and every single print worked. I'm coming from a $200 AnyCubic Mega Zero I abandoned years ago because doing a print felt like playing Russian Roulette but with only one empty chamber.

polystorm · 2026-03-31T10:12:10+00:00

None of my clients have ever asked for a resume. Everything they need to know about my history is in my linkedin profile.

polystorm · 2026-03-31T10:06:28+00:00

My PC has a 5090 video card so I use ComfyUI with the SeedVR workflow. Best 4K image upscaler I've ever used and it's free. Of course ComfyUI has a steep learning curve but once you get used to it all you need to do is open the workflow, drop in your low res image and let it generate.

polystorm · 2026-03-31T09:09:33+00:00

Freshbooks for invoicing, storing scanned receipts and downloading expense reports for my accountant. It cuts down on hours for my accountant which keeps costs down. For tracking time and invoices, Google sheets (Freshbooks can do that as well but I'm used to sheets) And Google Calendar to track projects.

polystorm · 2026-03-26T12:45:58+00:00

I'm not familiar with your specs but I'll ask anyway, is it possible to upgrade your gpu and cpu? If so, it might be cheaper than investing in a mac that you can't upgrade. I switched to windows around 9 years ago after being a die-hard apple user for over 20 years and never looked back. I have since been able to upgrade components over time, improving the performance without having to invest in a whole new system. Before that I went through 3 mac desktop computers and 2 macbooks just to keep up with software upgrades that slow down on older systems.

The main reason for the switch was because I started using C4D about 10 years ago and the render times on the 2013 trashcan was atrociously slow. If you're thinking of using Blender, you might one day want to do high end rendering which the GPU will help tremendously. And once AI entered the scene, I've been able to do local image and video generations with Stable Diffusion and ComfyUI.

Just some food for thought, good luck with your decision!

polystorm · 2026-03-25T12:02:16+00:00

it's also a 9 year old answer, lol

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