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15th August 2024

15th August 2024

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Mat Auld

Mat Auld

Learning Cavalry

I’ve been slowly getting into Cavalry as an alternative to After Effects. It’s not a full swap, but for procedural and looped animations, it’s good fun. The rendering is way faster, and tweaking parameters to quickly test ideas feels much more fluid than AE ever did.

That said, it’s still a learning curve. I keep using After Effects shortcuts out of muscle memory, and the way timing works takes a bit of adjustment.

I’ve been posting a few experiments and personal projects over on Instagram @auld.co if you’re curious.

Most of what I’ve learned so far has come from scenery.io — they’ve got a bunch of free scenes you can break apart and learn from, which has been a massive help.

I recently upgraded to the Pro version so I can dig into audio-driven animation next. Keen to see where that takes things.

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