Adobe just dropped After Effects 25.4, and I can hardly contain my excitement! Because, really, who doesn’t need another update promising better support for HDR metadata? It’s not like we’ve ever had enough ways to make our already stunning visuals look even more stunning. Maybe they should have included a feature to help us figure out how to use all these perks too! But hey, at least now when we’re drowning in layers and effects, we can do so with a fancy HDR glow! Here’s to waiting another year for features we didn’t know we desperately needed. Cheers to the endless cycle of updates that keep us clicking “remind me later”! #AfterEffects #AdobeUpdate #VFX #MotionGraphics #HDR

The Architectural League of New York just revealed this year's recipient of the Deborah J. Norden Fund: University of Miami student Catalina Cabral-Framiñan was awarded a travel grant to explore industrial reuse strategies in rural Japan for her research project "Industrial Ghosts: Revitalizing Japan’s Abandoned Industrial Landscapes." The investigation will focus on three sites: Sado Island Gold Mine in Niigata; Ishikari Coal Basin in Hokkaido; and the Setouchi region's "Art Islands" of Naoshima, Inujima, and Teshima."The landscapes of Japan bear the marks of a profound ongoing transformation — one that reflects the complex interplay of economic migration, industrial decline, and the aftereffects of colonial and wartime histories," Cabral-Framiñan shared. "Japan’s population continues to gravitate toward urban capitals such as Tokyo, leaving their rural communities hollowed out. Industrial infrastructures in many of these places — especially those pertaining to extraction — ... #norden #fund #winner #ready #investigate

Today, let's take a little break from 3D art and revisit the incredible portfolio of Tony Babel, an Illustrator specializing in bizarre old Disney-style 2D animations. #2d #2dart #2danimation #animation #disney #oldschool #rubberhose #aftereffects #aftereffectsanimation #adobeaftereffects #ae