Adobe Illustrator is a powerhouse for vector graphics, but creating precise geometric shapes like triangles often requires manual calculations or drawing tools that aren’t always straightforward.Enter Triangle Maker (Unified UI), a script that simplifies the process by allowing you to generate triangles using mathematical inputs, such as side lengths and angle measures. Based on earlier…
Mastering Text Animation in After Effects: Introducing SY_TextSplitter.jsx As motion designers, we constantly seek tools that streamline our workflow and unleash creative potential. One such gem is SY_TextSplitter.jsx, a powerful After Effects script developed by Zain Aldin (aka Sphiment) that transforms how we handle text animations. This script allows you to effortlessly split text layers…
Here is another useful After Effects script that adds a marker-style highlight to selected text. This script is an improved version of SY HIGHLIGHT and still under progress.
Recently I needed to add Scalar User Data to 200 Cinema 4D Redshift materials (bitmap) in order to control their opacity with effectors and fields. It was extremely time consuming and boring process so I decided to write an useful Cinema 4D Python Script which does it automatically in seconds to all materials. Basically It…
Here is a handy Cinema 4D Python Script that adds cloner index number as prefix to children’s names.
1. User Presets Folder (ffx files) After Effects looks in your user profile for presets: Windows path: Make sure that you select Explorer Folders from Effects&Presets panel. 2. Extensions (zxp files) 3. Scripts (JavaScript / JSX / JSXBIN) Example (Photoshop 2025): 4. ScriptUI Panels (JSX + .xml for UI) Example (Photoshop 2025):
Here is a quick Cinema 4D Tip about how to control opacity of mograph clones with plain effector and fields. We need to add Scalar User Data to our material’s Opacity Input. Make sure you assign Weight for Attribute Name field. Then we can apply this material to our cloner. Other important thing is that…
Automate Your Workflow: Split Paths into Layers in Adobe Illustrator If you’ve ever worked with complex vector artwork in Adobe Illustrator, you know how messy things can get — dozens (or hundreds) of paths stacked inside a single layer. Editing, animating, or exporting these elements individually becomes a nightmare. That’s exactly why I wrote a…
Title: Pixel‑Perfect Parliament Diagrams in Adobe Illustrator — A Practical Guide for Graphic and Motion Designers If you’ve ever tried to lay out hundreds of perfectly spaced dots in a clean semicircle, you know how fiddly it can be. Parliament (a.k.a. hemicycle) diagrams look simple, but getting the bottom edge to read as a smooth…
Stop Coloring Objects Manually: The Illustrator Script Every Designer Needs As a graphic designer, you know that some of the most impactful visuals come from data. Whether it’s a seating chart for a parliament, a map showing population density, or a simple bar graph, data visualization is powerful. But let’s be honest: the process can…