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Do you ever get a song stuck in your head, but like really loud? Because that's Bara Bada Bastu for me right now. I'm in meetings and my brain is going "saunaaaa". www.youtube.com/watch?v=28__...

Looks like it’s time to replace our router. Please suggest good punny WiFi network names for its replacement.

πŸ†• A little Friday afternoon treat for you in After Effects Beta: you can now paste text and match formatting! community.adobe.com/t5/after-eff...

πŸ†• in After Effects Beta today: πŸ”Ž Smooth Zoom πŸ” More info: community.adobe.com/t5/after-eff...

πŸ†• Three super-helpful 3D quick actions, new in After Effects Beta! 🌈 Apply 2D effects to 3D layers with Create 3D Layer Instance πŸ’‘ Position lights with camera tools via Control Light with Camera 🌐 Visualize Env. light sources with Create 3D Environment Layer community.adobe.com/t5/after-eff...

Here's a good example of when you might want to mess with 3D compositing options in After Effects. The text in the middle is a 3D precomp with accepts lights/shadows turned off so it's not affected by the scene lighting.

πŸ†• Now in After Effects Beta: Import/export support of CICP metadata for improved color interchange. This is another important step in improving our HDR pipeline. More info here: community.adobe.com/t5/after-eff...

* * This Flavor Only * * Love our new grocery store but I think they're still working a few things out with the labeling system.

🀯 New feature in #aftereffects just dropped, and Michael is almost too excited! You can now tie your effects' positional control points to null layers with a click - no need to write complex expressions. And you can even make the controlling nulls 3D and parent them to other layers. More tips in 🧡

New in After Effects Beta: πŸ’‘Animated Environment Lights.πŸ’‘ Makes it super quick and easy to light a 3D scene with surrounding footage (even non-360 stuff works well) -- or with totally synthetic sources like animated gradients! community.adobe.com/t5/after-eff...

Another great After Effects Beta update -- and something I've personally wanted for years! -- you can now choose to keep your existing workspace when opening projects. (Does this mean the perpetual fight over where the eyeball icon goes is over?) community.adobe.com/t5/after-eff...

Really excited about this update for After Effects Beta that makes nulls even more powerful tools. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUnX... More info here: community.adobe.com/t5/after-eff...

πŸ†• FBX model import is live in After Effects Beta! Details here: community.adobe.com/t5/after-eff...

Here's a fun trick with Advanced 3D in After Effects: 1. Animate a 3D model 2. Precomp and use 3D Channel Extract to get its depth map 3. Apply CC Ball Action and use Brightness to drive Displacement 4. Colorama and Glow!

πŸ†• More After Effects Beta news! See your project in full brightness with HDR Preview and Transmit, new in today's update (x81). 😎 community.adobe.com/t5/after-eff...

I've been on the road a lot the last few months, and no matter where I go it's been super foggy. I feel like I'm being stored in the cloud πŸ˜†

What if I told you After Effects was getting rid of RAM preview? It's true. Preview your whole sequence directly from disk with Improved Caching For Longer Playback. Now live in public beta. Lots more info here: community.adobe.com/t5/after-eff...

I’m not remotely a morning person but there’s just something about a dawn train on a crisp winter day.

I like maps, so it's cool to see a map of the plumbing and sewer lines in my condo complex. I don't like *needing* this information.

πŸ“’ Filmmakers: Our Public Domain Remix Contest is open! πŸŽ₯ Create a short film using public domain material from 1929. πŸ”œ Deadline: Jan 17 πŸ₯‡ $1,500 πŸ‘‰ https://blog.archive.org/2024/12/16/2025-public-domain-day-remix-contest-the-internet-archive-is-looking-for-creative-short-films-made-by-you/

"No I haven't drank any Kool-Aid, silly. Just peppermint mochas!" Petition to make this annual holiday viewing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9fV...

I forgot that traveling for the holidays instead of business means way more people bring their cats. 😻

YES. One of the best travel tips I ever got was to go through the anthropology museum in Mexico City backwards because the last room is full of great little guys.

Last year I DIY'd a Christmas-themed version of the game Timeline from a pack of index cards. The goal is to clear your hand by taking turns putting cards in chronological order. It was a blast to play with family and surprisingly challenging. Make your own! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Was creating a signup form for a motion design thing and clicked suggest questions thinking it would give me a basic sign-up structure. I guess the AI took "motion" to mean something very different?

Goofing around with After Effects Advanced 3D on my lunch break... this is 100% shape layers!

This week on Motion Design Hotline, @ecabrams.bsky.social & I are diving into techniques & tips for creating visual for live events, concerts, sports venues and more. Adobe Live this Wednesday @ Noon ET / 9a PT! behance.net/adobelive www.youtube.com/live/2cOAhD1...

Some proper pareidolia from a real estate listing. The sink does not approve of what you're doing.

πŸ†• After Effects 25.1 is rolling out this week. Here's what's new: helpx.adobe.com/after-effect... Some good fixes, too: helpx.adobe.com/after-effect... Personal fave: "Dialogs now always open on the same monitor as the main application window."(!)