Brian Maffitt
Quality Engineer, Adobe
Brian Maffitt is listed as Quality Engineer, Adobe. Brian spoke at Adobe MAX 2026 in November 2026 (speaker, “Demo Spotlight: Building a Product Hero Shot That Doesn't Look Like a Render”).
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About
Brian Maffitt has been a professional After Effects animator since version 1.0 (the CoSA days), way back in 1993. Before that, he was a Mac-based 3D animator using FormZ as a modeler and ElectricImage for animation. In 1997 he founded Total Training to teach people around the world how to use After Effects (along with many other Adobe apps), and in 1999 he founded Atomic Power Corporation, a software company that developed plugins for Adobe After Effects including the celebrated Evolution package, which was acquired by Adobe in 2000 and which are still some of today’s favorite effects (Colorama, anyone?). Brian continued producing and directing thousands of hours of training for 15 years as an official Adobe partner, along with continued work as an animator. In 2017 he went to work for Stephen Colbert at the Ed Sullivan Theater, where he served as technical director for three animated prime-time TV series for Late Night Cartoons and Visual Effects Supervisor on dozens of Late Show spec