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    <title>SplashIt is out, and it&#x27;s free — v1.0.0</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <description><![CDATA[<p>A new free After Effects panel for flat cartoon ink that comes apart.</p><ul><li><b>New</b> Trails whose tail breaks into a ribbon of ink that necks, pinches and drips</li><li><b>New</b> Liquid type: a stroke builds your word where your text layer is, then takes it apart or melts it</li><li><b>New</b> Splashes with a crown and puddles, two-tone tyre smoke and rocket flames on any layer</li><li><b>New</b> Built as one native shape layer with a flat fill per colour, looped or following your layer</li></ul><p><a href="https://am-motionlabs.site/splashit">Open SplashIt</a></p>]]></description>
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    <title>SplashIt opens in the Hub — v0.3.0</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <description><![CDATA[<p>The Hub now finds SplashIt and opens it inside, like the others.</p><ul><li><b>New</b> SplashIt joins MotionKit, BlendIt, RigKit and MotionKit PRO in the Hub</li></ul><p><a href="https://am-motionlabs.site/#hub">Open MotionLabs Hub</a></p>]]></description>
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    <title>One window for all your MotionLabs plugins — v0.2.0</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <category>MotionLabs Hub</category>
    <description><![CDATA[<p>The MotionLabs Hub is a small free panel that opens every MotionLabs plugin you have, right inside it.</p><ul><li><b>New</b> Finds the MotionLabs plugins you have installed and opens any of them inside one window</li><li><b>New</b> MotionKit, BlendIt, RigKit and MotionKit PRO all run inside, and paid plugins open already activated</li><li><b>New</b> Shows when a plugin, or the Hub itself, has a new version</li></ul><p><a href="https://am-motionlabs.site/#hub">Open MotionLabs Hub</a></p>]]></description>
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    <title>Updates and About, right in the panel — v1.0.4</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <description><![CDATA[<p>Click the version number to check for updates, and RigKit is ready for the MotionLabs Hub.</p><ul><li><b>New</b> Click the version number for About &amp; updates: check for a new version, open the website or the Discord</li><li><b>Improved</b> Your licence is kept in one place on the computer, so RigKit opens activated inside the MotionLabs Hub too</li></ul><p><a href="https://am-motionlabs.site/rigkit">Open RigKit</a></p>]]></description>
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    <title>Check for updates from the panel — v1.0.2</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <category>BlendIt</category>
    <description><![CDATA[<p>Click the version number to see if there's a newer BlendIt.</p><ul><li><b>New</b> Click the version number for About &amp; updates: check for a new version, open the website or the Discord</li></ul><p><a href="https://am-motionlabs.site/blendit">Open BlendIt</a></p>]]></description>
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    <title>Ready for the MotionLabs Hub — v1.0.1</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <category>MotionKit PRO</category>
    <description><![CDATA[<p>Your licence now lives in one place on the computer.</p><ul><li><b>Improved</b> MotionKit PRO opens activated inside the MotionLabs Hub, with the same licence as its own panel</li></ul><p><a href="https://am-motionlabs.site/motionkit-pro">Open MotionKit PRO</a></p>]]></description>
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    <title>Gradients sit right on shapes and text — v1.0.1</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <category>BlendIt</category>
    <description><![CDATA[<p>A quick fix for BlendIt on shape and text layers.</p><ul><li><b>Fixed</b> Linear, radial and mesh gradients are now centred on shape and text layers, wherever they sit in the comp</li><li><b>Fixed</b> Sheen follows the same centre</li></ul><p><a href="https://am-motionlabs.site/blendit">Open BlendIt</a></p>]]></description>
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    <title>BlendIt is out, and it&#x27;s free — v1.0.0</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <category>BlendIt</category>
    <description><![CDATA[<p>A new free After Effects panel for gradients that look right and move.</p><ul><li><b>New</b> Clean OKLab and OKLCH blends with stop easing, bound to the layer so they follow the artwork</li><li><b>New</b> Six looping motions: Flow, Rotate, Breathe, Drift, Sheen and Hue, plus gradient States with easing</li><li><b>New</b> Mesh backgrounds and gradient maps that recolour footage by brightness</li><li><b>New</b> One palette for the whole comp: themes, linked gradients and fills, and Spread over many layers</li></ul><p><a href="https://am-motionlabs.site/blendit">Open BlendIt</a></p>]]></description>
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    <title>RigKit is out — v1.0.3</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <category>RigKit</category>
    <description><![CDATA[<p>A new After Effects panel that rigs your character in one click, then helps you animate it.</p><ul><li><b>New</b> Auto-rig from your layer names: IK arms and legs, hand and foot controllers, one undo</li><li><b>New</b> Pose picker and pose library: select any part, key it, save poses, mirror and flip</li><li><b>New</b> Walk, run, sneak, strut and idle cycles you can tweak, then bake to keyframes</li><li><b>New</b> Squash, overlap, jiggle and float for the extra bit of life</li><li><b>New</b> Quick character: Noodle, Bean, Lanky or Block, built and rigged in one click</li></ul><p><a href="https://am-motionlabs.site/rigkit">Open RigKit</a></p>]]></description>
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    <title>PixelForge is out — v1.0.0</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <description><![CDATA[<p>A new free panel for Photoshop that gets your PSD ready for After Effects before you import it.</p><ul><li><b>New</b> Audit: everything After Effects won't read, with a click to select the layer it's on</li><li><b>New</b> Rename: prefix by type, number in order, strip the “copy 3” leftovers — one undo</li><li><b>New</b> Prep: rasterize styles and smart objects, clear hidden and empty layers, trim the canvas — on a copy</li><li><b>New</b> Export: one PNG, JPG or WebP per layer, 0.5x to 3x, trimmed to its artwork</li></ul><p><a href="https://am-motionlabs.site/pixelforge">Open PixelForge</a></p>]]></description>
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    <title>MotionKit PRO launches — v1.0.0</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <category>MotionKit PRO</category>
    <description><![CDATA[<p>Everything in MotionKit, plus seven tools for the bigger jobs.</p><ul><li><b>New</b> Animate in / out: fade, slide, scale, blur or wipe, staggered across layers</li><li><b>New</b> Keyframe tools: cascade, align to the playhead and reverse</li><li><b>New</b> Rigging and kinetic type: one controller drives the selection, type by character, word or line</li><li><b>New</b> Audio to animation, an animation library and FrameSmith import</li></ul><p><a href="https://am-motionlabs.site/motionkit-pro">Open MotionKit PRO</a></p>]]></description>
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    <title>FrameSmith 1.0 — v1.0.0</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <category>FrameSmith</category>
    <description><![CDATA[<p>The Illustrator panel leaves testing: signed, and one drag to install.</p><ul><li><b>New</b> Signed .zxp — no Terminal, no debug mode</li><li><b>New</b> Prep, Layers, Canvas, Audit and Export in one panel</li><li><b>Fixed</b> The panel no longer opens blank on some Illustrator setups</li></ul><p><a href="https://am-motionlabs.site/framesmith">Open FrameSmith</a></p>]]></description>
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    <title>MotionKit 1.1: Null to selection — v1.1.0</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <category>MotionKit</category>
    <description><![CDATA[<p>One click puts a null at the centre of your selection and parents everything to it.</p><ul><li><b>New</b> Null to selection — nothing moves, existing parent links are kept</li><li><b>New</b> Update notifications inside the panel</li><li><b>Improved</b> A denser panel, ease presets that show their curve, scrubbable number fields</li><li><b>Fixed</b> Anchor point works on shape and text layers, and on rotated, scaled or parented layers</li></ul><p><a href="https://am-motionlabs.site/motionkit">Open MotionKit</a></p>]]></description>
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    <title>MotionKit 1.0 — v1.0.0</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <category>MotionKit</category>
    <description><![CDATA[<p>Out of beta. 20+ tools for After Effects in one panel, free.</p><ul><li><b>New</b> Organize, Animate, Layout and Text tabs</li><li><b>New</b> Ease editor with a live preview, and your own saved curves</li><li><b>New</b> Signed .zxp that installs in one drag</li></ul><p><a href="https://am-motionlabs.site/motionkit">Open MotionKit</a></p>]]></description>
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