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Kyle Hamrick @kylasaurusrex.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

This is an ad that was just served to me. ... it feels a little on the nose these days.

Kyle Hamrick @kylasaurusrex.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Attn #kansascity food nerds: I have 2 tickets for this Friday's Alton Brown show at Midland Theater I can't use. Msg me if interested!

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Kyle Hamrick @kylasaurusrex.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Today's Motion Design Hotline: @ecabrams.bsky.social & I take advantage of the new Null creation commands in After Effects, which make connecting layers, tracing paths and more easier than ever. @adobelive.bsky.social Live at Noon ET/9a PT! Behance.net/adobelive OR www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyZW...

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Kyle Hamrick @kylasaurusrex.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

This week, Motion Design Hotline takes on Corporate Memphis. @ecabrams.bsky.social & I break down the style and tackle tips for creating your own elements using After Effects and Illustrator - because we know they're still asking for it. 🤷‍♂️ Wed Noon ET / 9a PT Links below!

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Kyle Hamrick @kylasaurusrex.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

There's an Italian takeout place here that does meatball and other messy sandos in a hollow-ed out loaf with a little bread cap! I love it.

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Kyle Hamrick @kylasaurusrex.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Compilation of photos from yesterday's Presidents' Day (2/17) protests across all 50 states + DC. Keep it up! 💪 #50501

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Kyle Hamrick @kylasaurusrex.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

I'm looking forward to this phase

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Kyle Hamrick @kylasaurusrex.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Reworked a lame dino joke for a Risograph animation workshop with @kellianderson.bsky.social (u prep, she prints & scans, you reassemble). I've been exploring ways to emulate this vibe in After Effects (+ Photoshop?): this both gave some great insights and was lots of fun! 🦖

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Kyle Hamrick @kylasaurusrex.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Whether you've got an official valentine or not, it's as good a day as any to show a little love to a fellow human, and/or do something kind for someone you care about. Futzing around in Substance Stager; shapes quickly modeled in Illustrator + some final compositing in Photoshop.

A golden "LOVE" arranged with glass hearts and abstract 3d shapes.

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Kyle Hamrick @kylasaurusrex.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Superscript doesn't appear in the text style expressions, but I have an Expression Selector preset that will find certain characters and then do [whatever] to them. (This is of course adapted from an Ebberts answer in the depths of old Creative Cow posts.)

An example of an After Effects text preset making use of the expression selector.

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Kyle Hamrick @kylasaurusrex.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

A little shift in perspective can go a long way. Today on Motion Design Hotline, @ecabrams.bsky.social & I are exploring perspective-shifting transitions in After Effects. Join us on @adobelive.bsky.social at Noon ET/9a PT, and send us your questions in the chat!

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Kyle Hamrick @kylasaurusrex.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

What's your favorite vintage title sequence? This week on Motion Design Hotline, @ecabrams.bsky.social & I are saluting the OG of motion design, title designer Saul Bass (+ his wife Elaine)! We'll talk style & concepts, and recreate aspects of a few iconic opening titles in After Effects.

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Kyle Hamrick @kylasaurusrex.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Today @ecabrams.bsky.social & I have another batch of awesome viewer-submitted After Effects tips coming at you in about 90 minutes. Come hang out and get your mind blown! 🤯 www.youtube.com/live/0PAcxe0...

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Kyle Hamrick @kylasaurusrex.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

We're less than an hour from our 100th episode of Motion Design Hotline, which will be FULL of awesome After Effects tips. @adobelive.bsky.social @ecabrams.bsky.social I got dressed up and everything! Noon ET / 9a PT 👉 Behance.net/adobelive 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImJC...

Kyle wearing a tuxedo T-shirt, looking vaguely excited

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Kyle Hamrick @kylasaurusrex.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

What's your favorite After Effects tip? @ecabrams.bsky.social & I are coming up on episode 100 🤯 of Motion Design Hotline, and we want this show to be chock-full of useful tips & tricks ... like yours! Join us Jan 8th on Adobe Live Noon ET | 9a PT to see how many tips we can pack into this show.

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Kyle Hamrick @kylasaurusrex.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

I've been quietly raging about Meetup for a couple years now; the platform and outdated & clunky, and they charge insane rates for organizers. (Which are about to DOUBLE, btw!) Now they're throwing this nearly uncloseable pop-up when you're just trying to *look* at events. Mind-blowing.

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Kyle Hamrick @kylasaurusrex.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

I've always had a fondness for goofy Amazon store names, but "rabbitgoo" is the new champion, hands down.

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Kyle Hamrick @kylasaurusrex.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

If motion design edu-tainment existed around the time @ecabrams.bsky.social & I were born, it would look something like this? This week on Motion Design Hotline, we boot up some retro-futuristic FUI (fictional user interfaces) in After Effects. Join us on Adobe Live & send us your Qs in the chat!

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Kyle Hamrick @kylasaurusrex.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

This week on Motion Design Hotline, @ecabrams.bsky.social & I are diving into techniques & tips for creating visual for live events, concerts, sports venues and more. Adobe Live this Wednesday @ Noon ET / 9a PT! behance.net/adobelive www.youtube.com/live/2cOAhD1...

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Kyle Hamrick @kylasaurusrex.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

If you liked my grotesque turkey animation, but wished it was more overtly political and even less appealing to look at, you're in luck! 🎶 (The Cure: "Never Enough")

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Kyle Hamrick @kylasaurusrex.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

You turkeys keep sending us questions about the crazy collage style made famous by Ariel Costa (aka BlinkMyBrain), so this week @ecabrams.bsky.social & I are taking a few nibbles at that recipe. BTS tomorrow on Adobe Live @ Noon ET / 9a PT Behance.net/adobelive www.youtube.com/live/umGa51z...

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Kyle Hamrick @kylasaurusrex.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

And I thought the existing designs were niche

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Kyle Hamrick @kylasaurusrex.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

It's what's inside that counts. Hopefully there's something there. This week on Motion Design Hotline, @ecabrams.bsky.social & I will slice into collage-style cutaway techniques in After Effects. I cut so deep, I went all the way into the third dimension, but still all done in AE.

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Kyle Hamrick @kylasaurusrex.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

I've gotta hand it to @ecabrams.bsky.social - always ahead of me when it comes to posting. I was supposed to be focusing on the glorpy text, but I started diving into details and ... it got a bit out of hand. 🥁 Join us live this morning and let us know what you'd like us to show you!

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