New · Free
SplashIt
Ink that comes apart. Free.
Trails that break into drops, type built by a stroke, splashes with a crown, drips, tyre smoke and rocket flames. One native shape layer.
Tools that give designers their time back.evenings back.clicks back.weekends back.
Plugins for After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop and whatever comes next — made by André Martinho, a motion and graphic designer who got tired of clicking.
The plugins
Seven plugins. One family.
For After Effects, Illustrator and Photoshop. Every plugin has its own page with a live demo, and most of them are free.
Free
BlendIt
Gradients that move. Free.
Clean OKLab blends bound to the layer, looping motion, states, mesh, gradient maps and one palette for the whole comp.
€15 · one payment
RigKit
Rig a character in one click.
IK arms and legs from your layer names, a pose picker, walk and run cycles, squash and overlap.
- Ae SplashItNEWInk and smoke Flat cartoon ink: trails, liquid type, splashes, smoke and flames. v1.0 · Free
- Ae BlendItGradients Gradients that look right and move, bound to the layer. v1.0.2 · Free
- Ae RigKitCharacter rigging Rig a character in one click, then animate it. v1.0.4 · €15
- Ae MotionKitEveryday toolbox Ease editor, elastic, anchor points, cleanup and text. v1.1.0 · Free
- Ae MotionKitPROFor the long jobs Animate in and out, keyframe tools, kinetic type, audio, library. v1.0.1 · €8
- Ai FrameSmithArtwork ready for AE Unpacks, registers and exports your Illustrator artwork for After Effects. v1.0.0 · Free
- Ps PixelForgePSDs ready for AE Audits, renames and exports your PSD for After Effects. v1.0 · Free
Free · v0.3.0
MotionLabs Hub
One panel for the whole family. Open every MotionLabs plugin you have from a single window, and see when one has an update.
- Every plugin in one dockable panel
- Update alerts for all of them
- Your licences carry over, nothing to re-enter
Download the Hub
After Effects 2023 or newer · 26 KB
Updates
What's new.
Every release across the MotionLabs tools, newest first.
SplashItv1.0Latest
SplashIt is out, and it's free
A new free After Effects panel for flat cartoon ink that comes apart.
- NewTrails whose tail breaks into a ribbon of ink that necks, pinches and drips
- NewLiquid type: a stroke builds your word where your text layer is, then takes it apart or melts it
- NewSplashes with a crown and puddles, two-tone tyre smoke and rocket flames on any layer
- NewBuilt as one native shape layer with a flat fill per colour, looped or following your layer
MotionLabs Hubv0.3
SplashIt opens in the Hub
The Hub now finds SplashIt and opens it inside, like the others.
- NewSplashIt joins MotionKit, BlendIt, RigKit and MotionKit PRO in the Hub
MotionLabs Hubv0.2
One window for all your MotionLabs plugins
The MotionLabs Hub is a small free panel that opens every MotionLabs plugin you have, right inside it.
- NewFinds the MotionLabs plugins you have installed and opens any of them inside one window
- NewMotionKit, BlendIt, RigKit and MotionKit PRO all run inside, and paid plugins open already activated
- NewShows when a plugin, or the Hub itself, has a new version
RigKitv1.0.4
Updates and About, right in the panel
Click the version number to check for updates, and RigKit is ready for the MotionLabs Hub.
- NewClick the version number for About & updates: check for a new version, open the website or the Discord
- ImprovedYour licence is kept in one place on the computer, so RigKit opens activated inside the MotionLabs Hub too
How we build
Made by a designer, for designers.
Free at the core
MotionKit, BlendIt, FrameSmith and PixelForge are free: download, use them on real jobs, tell us what's missing. No account needed. PRO is there when you want more.
Never destructive
Every action is a single undo. Nothing is deleted — originals are switched off, not thrown away.
Built from real work
Every tool starts as a click repeated a hundred times on an actual project.
Pick your tool.
Start free with MotionKit, BlendIt, SplashIt, FrameSmith and PixelForge. Go further with MotionKit PRO and RigKit.
Questions, bugs or ideas? Join the MotionLabs Discord.