The Smart Updates to Threads' New Logo, Panera's Subway Mistake, & A Big Photoshop Update | File New

Breaking down why the new Threads logo succeeds. Does Panera's new campaign feels like Subway to you? We show an Art Director's toolbox! And check out this Photoshop plugin to relight your pictures + more!

We also get into Pentagram's identity overhaul of St. Paul's Cathedral, 8 new Photoshop features worth knowing, Instagram's crackdown on repost accounts, the Oscars' new rules for AI and VFX, and a Kickstarter tripod that gives me anxiety.

⚠️ This is the cutdown of the livestream. File New is live on the @AdobeLiveCommunity channel every Wednesday @ 1pm ET | 10am PT. If you'd like to watch the unedited version you can do so here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcMyg5Zzdfg&list=PLMMOwZoEbhuwLunOhnaXOXzb0HKV97rdB&index=1

🔎 In This Episode:
- The new Threads logo refined wordmark
- Panera's "It Just Meals Good" campagin from 72andSunny feels like Subway
- Pentagram designed a new identity St. Paul's Cathedral
- @TerryLeeWhite breaks down some of the best new Photoshop features like reflection removal, layer cleanup, distraction removal and rotate object
- Instagram is no longer recommending accounts that re-upload other people's work
- The Viper Pro Kickstarter is selling a stress inducing tripod
- The Oscars set new rules for AI and VFX for the 99th ceremony
- A free grid builder for After Effects
- @jason_swet 's Art Director Toolbox
- Photo Palettes, a free tool for extracting color palettes from any image
- Vivid's new Photoshop plugin that relights photos
- Unicode Explorer
- The Cognitive Bias Index
- Font of the Week
- Neal.fun's new cursor camp game

File New is a weekly show hosted by Ryan Selvy. It's a weekly rundown of the latest news for designers, artists, and creators.

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📖 Chapters
00:00 - Threads' New Logo
02:02 - Panera's "It Just Meals Good" Campagin
05:57 - St. Paul's Cathedral Branding
06:05 - New Photoshop Features
09:05 - Instagram's New Original Content Guidelines
09:42 - Viper Pro Tripod
10:48 - The Oscars' New AI and VFX Rules
13:13 - After Effects Grid Builder
13:22 - The Art Director Toolbox
15:13 - Photo Palettes
16:25 - Vivid's Relighting Plugin
18:00 - Unicode Explorer
19:04 - The Cognitive Bias Index
19:56 - Font of the Week
21:11 - Cursor Camp
22:09 - Outro

File New is produced with the support of Adobe Live, where Ryan streams live every Wednesday as a paid freelance host. Creative direction is entirely his own. Any content requested by Adobe will be disclosed within the episode.

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