Resources

Communitites
Places around the web to connect with other motion designers.

• The Motion Exchange – A social network for motion designers & a place to find someone to fill that job. Started by Harry Frank of graymachine.
• mograph.net – Great community of motion designers who will help answer your questions and give brutal honesty about your work.
• Creative COW – Got a question? Someone here most likely has the answer.

News
Keep up with the industry.

• SqueezeME.tv – Aggregator of many of the top motion graphics news sites.
• mographnews – User submitted motion graphics news site. Similar to Digg.
• Motionographer – Blog posting some amazing work & news.
• Keyframe TV – A semi-regular show about motion graphics & animation.
• QBN – Not motion graphics specifically, but design news from around the world.

Tools
Some helpful tools to improve your workflow.

• Expression Toolbox – Keep all your expressions in one place.
• Post Haste – Organize your post-production assets before you start your project.

Blogs/Tutorials
Good places to keep learning.

• Luxx – By Tim Clapham, formerly HYPA.tv. Great posts on Cinema 4D.
• Greyscale Gorilla -By Nick Campbell. Mostly a video-blog with tutorials & interesting rants.
• Motionworks – Hosts the popular “Unplugged” series of interviews among other great tutorials & posts.
• aeTUTS – The quality of the tutorials can vary a bit, but some great ones none-the-less.
• Maltaannon – Plenty of useful tutorials on this site.