# What's New?

## Coming June 2026

* [Linked Color Palettes](/ae-extension/color/linked-color-palettes.md)
* Splash Screen Modder

## May 2026

* [Sketchpad](/sketchpad.md)
* New Tool: [Align](/ae-extension/tools/align-new.md)
* New Tool: [Distribute](/ae-extension/tools/distribute-new.md)
* New Tool: [Arrange](/ae-extension/tools/arrange-new.md)
* Text Break to [Text Layers](/ae-extension/tools/text-break.md)
* Backup & Restore option for Motion Studio (*Settings -> Backup*)

## March 2026

* Custom [Scripts Library](/libraries/scripts.md)!

## January 2026

* Color Designer + Color Matrix

## October 2025

* New Tool: Key Cleaner
* New Tool: Copy Comp

## Past...

* New Tool: [Re-Key](/ae-extension/tools/re-key-new.md)
  * Save keyframe presets to apply any time to new layers
* New Tool: [Key Assist](/ae-extension/tools/key-assist-new.md)
* New Tool: [Grids](/ae-extension/tools/grids-new.md)
  * Overlay modern grids on your AE Compositions
* New Tool: [Trim Comp to Layers](/ae-extension/tools/crop-to-layer-new.md)
  * Resize your composition to the size of your selected layer(s)
* New Extension: Motion Mini
  * Organize and run your favorite tools, palettes, and easings with one click, from a minified UI. One of our most-requested features. See [Motion Mini](/motion-mini.md) for more.
* New Extension: Motion Video for Premiere Pro
  * Dedicated extension in Adobe Premiere including Switchboard, Grids, Sort, and Easing. See [here](/premiere-pro-extension/easing.md) for more.
* New Extension: Motion Color extension in Adobe Illustrator
* [Advanced Easing](/davinci-resolve-easings.md) in DaVinci Resolve
* Explodable Panels
  * Highly requested feature that allows you to split your Motion extension into multiple separate panels including the Main extension, Color, Easing, Focus, and Motion Mini.
* Image to Color Palette
  * Generate color palettes from images with the new “Create Palette from File” button. Drop an image to the window, and Motion Studio will generate a range of color palettes.
* Vector Library
  * We’ve added a huge new vector library, giving you access to over 24,000 high-quality vector assets. You can drag them straight into your projects or export them for use in any design software.
* Native AE Commands
  * Add native After Effects commands to your Motion Mini to run with a single click
* Stagger keyframes within layer groups
  * Stagger now offers the ability to stagger keyframes between groups in the same layer.&#x20;
* Sort Subfolder support
  * The Sort tool can now create subfolders. Simply specify your folder structure in the format `root/subFolder1/subfolder2/...`
* Bulk-Edit Composition
  * On the Composition screen, you can now select multiple Comps, and bulk-edit their dimensions, FPS, and duration
* Access to [Futures Lab](https://futures.mtmograph.com/) - Our community roadmap and requests board where you can submit and vote on what we work on next! A large number of requests from Futures Lab have already been included in our initial release of Motion Studio, with more in the works.


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