Joseph Labrecque

Associate Teaching Professor, University of Colorado Boulder / Adobe Insider / Adobe Community Expert / Adobe Education Leader

[Joseph Labrecque @JosephLabrecque]

New publication from myself and Adobe Press!

"Adobe Certified Professional in Product and Experience Design with AI Using Adobe Firefly"

https://t.co/7XHkDjOOaM

Unlock the power of generative AI with this comprehensive video training course from Adobe Press.

[Joseph Labrecque @JosephLabrecque]

The CREATOR Act is the protection artists need in the age of AI

https://t.co/oFWTNrhsGA

[Lee Brimelow @leebrimelow]

Flash to Rive conversion? Time to go into the archives!

[Joseph Labrecque @JosephLabrecque]

Well, shit.

[Joseph Labrecque @JosephLabrecque]

@jnack I was part of that 20!!!

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

Entire chapters of internet culture grew up in Flash. When it was switched off, most of it should have disappeared forever. But it didn't, thanks to the efforts of the software preservation community.

Flash is just part of the story of VANISHING CULTURE, a new book exploring the fight to preserve our fragile digital history.

Join us at the book launch. 📖
📅 Thu, April 23
🕠 5:30 PM: Doors open & entertainment
📍 300 Funston Ave, SF
🎟️ https://t.co/fBrSesWFOn

#flash #SFevents #VanishingCulture @InternetArchive #BookTwitter @funcheapsf

[Joseph Labrecque @JosephLabrecque]

“software” 🫠

[Joseph Labrecque @JosephLabrecque]

We've been working with Adobe to build a new community focused on professional creative design sodtware... the Adobe Higher Education Faculty Community: https://t.co/PueraFCSRc

#AdobeEducation #HigherEducation #FacultyDevelopment #AdobeHEDFacultyCommunity #CreativeEducation

[Joseph Labrecque @JosephLabrecque]

Nice to see Adobe Firefly Custom Models finally available!

[Joseph Labrecque @JosephLabrecque]

Trained a model on a bunch of my 35mm photography from the late 1990s - it works pretty reliably - looks very similar to what I trained it on!

[CU Boulder 🦬 @CUBoulder]

Big news—Boulder will be the home to the #SundanceFilmFestival January 21-31, 2027! 🎞️

We are excited to be one of the hosts for this legendary Festival founded by Robert Redford, who attended CU Boulder in the mid 1950s. https://t.co/tOoSOnqiuF @sundancefest

[Figma @figma]

Okay maybe you shouldn’t vectorize *everything*

[Joseph Labrecque @JosephLabrecque]

Important updates and clarifications around Adobe Animate regarding yesterday's communications.

[Mike Chambers @mesh]

I just shared an update on Adobe Animate over on reddit (/r/adobeanimate), and given the conversations on X, wanted to also share here. Its a bit long, as there is a lot of info, so I also included a screenshot of the core info on Animate.

TLDR: We have made some changes to to our plans for Adobe Animate, and it will continue to be available for both new and existing users

Hey everyone, my name is Mike Chambers, and I work on the community team at Adobe (and am a long time Flash / Animate user). Yesterday, Adobe shared an email with Adobe Animate customers on the future of Animate. What we shared did not meet our standards and caused a lot of confusion and angst within the community. On behalf of Adobe, I want to apologize.

While an email to all Animate customers will go out shortly, I wanted to quickly share a few things: 1) our standard approach for applications in maintenance mode, 2) changes to our plans for Adobe Animate and its status, and 3) our commitments to ensuring that you always have access to your content, regardless of the state of development of an application.

Standard Approach for Applications in Maintenance Mode

If we deprioritize active development of an application, our approach is to move that application into maintenance mode with continued support. Under maintenance mode, the application will continue to be available, will continue to receive security and bug fixes, but will not get new features.

If we decide to go a step further and discontinue a product, we will work closely with the community to ensure they have adequate time to plan in order to minimize disruption and will take steps so that the community continues to have long-term access to their content.

Current State of Adobe Animate

Adobe Animate is in maintenance mode. While we are no longer adding new features to Animate, we will continue to support it and provide ongoing security and bug fixes. More importantly, Animate will continue to be available for both new and existing users. This is a change from what we communicated in the email yesterday for the status of Adobe Animate, its time-frame, and availability.

To be clear, we are not discontinuing or removing access to Adobe Animate and it will continue to be available to both existing and new customers.

Commitments for long-term content/file Access

For Adobe Animate, our commitment is to work with the community to ensure users continue to have long term access to their content, regardless of the state of development of the application.

On a personal note, as someone who started their career with Macromedia Flash 3 and Macromedia Generator, Adobe Animate has a special place in my heart. I know how frustrating and stressful this has been and we clearly could have handled and communicated this better. I might not have answers to everything, but I will try to answer any questions you might have.

[Joseph Labrecque @JosephLabrecque]

@mesh Thank you, Mike - this is welcome news.

[Joseph Labrecque @JosephLabrecque]

Might want to check in on the Adobe Animate prerelease community as well. I know it's been a few years since you've done so... after completely abandoning us and all... but you really should.

[Joseph Labrecque @JosephLabrecque]

Read the comments here, @adobe. Really read them. What you are doing is... wrong - to state it gently.

[Adobe @Adobe]

We’re committed to helping filmmakers and creators bring their visions to life. Learn more about the Adobe Film & TV Fund. ⬇️

[Joseph Labrecque @JosephLabrecque]

We are seeking qualified individuals to apply for an Assistant Teaching Professor position specializing in Public Relations.

More information & qualifications can be found here: https://t.co/0ViuoUCHBS

If you know someone who might be interested... please do pass this along!

[Howard Pinsky @Pinsky]

Several new goodies dropped in Photoshop today, including the new Reference Image with Object Stitch! 🙌

[Wes McDermott @The3DNinja]

Big After Effects release! Native Substance Material Support, parametric primitives SVG as Vectors, Spot and Parallel lights cast shadows. @AdobeVideo https://t.co/DzkhGVGk0r