I was born with glass bones and paper skin. Every morning I break my legs, and every afternoon I break my arms. At night, I lie awake in agony until my heart attacks put me to sleep.
never forget that hugh dancy (star of the show hannibal) became infamous among fans for constantly saying that hannibal and will were “platonic” and “non romantic” (implying he was freaked out by it) only for mads mikklesen (aka hannibal) to go to a con (where hugh was NOT present) and happily expose to fans that hugh had been sending HIM erotic fan fiction for years and the one thing mads had taken away from it was that he (hannibal) was “quite good”
reblogging with victorine’s tags because they’re the truth:
#ok fine but can we please remember #that hugh ‘son of the philosophy professor who inspired the good place’ dancy #confirmed he’d always been using platonic as in plato’s theory of soulmates #i.e. will and hannibal are two halves of a whole and each other’s soulmate #the man is a huge troll who knew exactly what he was doing with this shit #and then was kind enough to confirm for us that he’d shipped it the whole time #guys he wrote the ‘it’s beautiful’ line #he conspired with mads to make the cliff scene as romantic as possible #and he almost certainly has an ao3 account
In this tutorial, you will learn how to add photo and/or video textures on your gifs using the Video Timeline method which is easier and faster than the Frame Animation method.
This tutorial also doubles as a VHS gif effect tutorial :)
Please like/reblog if this has helped you and feel free to send an ask for any questions and concerns! ♥︎
↓ TUTORIAL UNDER THE CUT ↓
[1] Create your gif
Make the gif like you normally would, apply coloring, sharpen, etc. If you don’t know how to make gifs yet, click here for some great tutorials.
Assuming you’ve already converted into a Video Timeline and your layers into a Smart Object in your gif making process, let’s proceed.
[2] Make sure the playhead is at the start of the timeline
If your playhead isn’t at the start of the timeline, do this before adding new layers (which are the next steps) so the new layers will be aligned with your gif and coloring layers as demonstrated below:
[3] Add a photo texture
[3.1] Resources
Download the texture here, which I found through this post. You can also get free textures from Freepik, Pexels or Free Stock Textures.
[3.2] Place your texture
REMINDER: [2] Make sure the playhead is at the start of the timeline before placing.
To place your texture, go to File > Place Embedded... > then select a texture from the file downloaded in [3.1].
I chose the texture named "VHS TEXTURE - LITTLEDR3AMS (2)". It's a long image but I only used the bottom part of it.
NOTE: Make sure the texture layer is above your gif and coloring layers.
[3.3] Change the blending mode
I set the texture's blending mode to Soft Light. Feel free to experiment with the different modes and adjust the opacity.
[4] Add a video texture
[4.1] Resources
The texture used in my gif example from Youtube. In hindsight, I should have gotten my video texture from Pexels or Videezy. They're (mostly) free to download.
[4.2] Make a gif from the texture video
Make the gif like you normally would, but no need to apply coloring and sharpening.
NOTE: No need to gif the whole video, otherwise it would be very long.
[4.3] Change the blending mode
Just like in [3.3], I changed the texture's blending mode. For this one, I set it to Screen with the opacity at 70%. Feel free to experiment with the different modes and adjust the opacity.
Now that you already know how to do that, here's a psd file of the texture I used 😂
NOTE: Before we proceed, make sure you’ve already converted your Frame Animation into a Video Timeline, and converted all your layers into a Smart Object. Here's an easy tutorial on how to do it.
[4.4] Transfer your texture gif onto your main gif
REMINDER: [2] Make sure the playhead is at the start of the timeline before transferring.
To transfer the texture, check out how to do it here. It's super quick.
NOTE: Make sure the texture layer is above your gif and coloring layers. I put my texture gif over my texture photo.
[5] Split colors (OPTIONAL)
If you've noticed, there are green and pink color outlines in the gif. If you haven't, here it is zoomed in:
[5.1] Duplicate your actual gif layer
Select your gif layer then press the shortcut key for duplicating layers: command (Mac) / Ctrl (Windows) + J
[5.2] Split the RGB channels
With the duplicated gif layer selected, click the fx button which is at the bottom of the Layers window then click Blending Options...
Under Advanced Blending, untick the R and B boxes (later, you can experiment with this and untick G and B or R and G). This is what my settings look like:
[5.3] Nudge the duplicated layer
Select the Move tool (shortcut key: V) and press the left arrow key twice. It's a bit subtle, but it should look like this when you're moving it:
You could also nudge your duplicated layer upwards, downwards or to the right. Now that we can see what it looks like, you can now go back and experiment with the channels—untick G and B, or R and G—and see which colors you like best on your gif.
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Please like/reblog if this has helped you and feel free to hit me up for any questions and concerns! ♥︎
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- short. it has SIX EPISODES and each ep is only half an hour long
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hi everyone! i've decided to make a tutorial on how i make gifs. it came about as i'm teaching my dear friend @ellesgreenaway the bases of gif making. as a reminder, everyone has a different way to gif, this is just how i personally gif. i'll be giving a fully detailed tutorial, from downloading the video files to saving the gif. if you find this useful, please like/reblog :)
software: photoshop (any version with timeline feature)
difficulty: easy
full tutorial undercut
getting high-quality videos
1080p is the best quality if you want clean and crisp gifs. you can get away with 720p,
i use different websites to t*rrent tv show episodes and movies. be careful when searching through these websites as they could affect your device with a virus. it's best to use a vpn to protect your device.
some links:
‣ tvshows.today
‣ filmxy.tv
‣ pahe.ph
for music videos, i use 4k download to parse the music video or any other youtube video in 1080p (if available). to directly download video files directly from websites such as soap2day, i use video download helper (it's a chrome extension).
*before you import your video into photoshop, make sure your version of photoshop has the timeline feature. to make sure it is on, open photoshop, go to windows, and near the bottom, there's the timeline option
this is the example gif i will be showing:
importing to photoshop
open photoshop and go to files > import > video frames to layers. a dialogue box will appear. make sure to select "selected range only" and to deselect the limit to every 2 frames option. use the arrows under the video to drag them to the moment you want to gif. make sure to have frame animation selected!
deleting unnecessary frames, set frame delay, crop, image resize
with the timeline on, you will see your gif having some frames that aren't needed. using the trash can button at the bottom, only delete the frames you don't want in your gif. in case you accidentally deleted a frame, you can always go back by clicking on the history panel.
now, click on the first frame and go all to the end, and press on the shift button while clicking the last frame to select all the frames in your timeline. optionally, you can click on the little button, in the upper right corner of the timeline panel, that has a bunch of straight lines. once you click on that, you can select the "select all frames" option. from there, go over to one of the frames and click on the number and go to other. this will pop up a dialogue box for setting the frame delay. personally, i set the delay to 0.06.
the larger the frame delay, the slower the gif will be. from there, with all the frames selected, go to the bottom left corner of the timeline panel to convert all the frames to video timeline. *make sure the forever option is selected. this will allow for your gif to loop infinitely.
then, going to the layers panel, press the shift button and select all the layers and right-click. you should see the option "convert to smart object". this will condense all the layers and make it into one singular object.
on the toolboard to the left, click the crop tool option. crop according to the different dimensions. with this example, i'm cropping this gif 540px by 300 px.
now to resize, go to image > image size. a dialogue box will appear.
make sure to change inches to pixels. on width type, change your gif width accordingly. for this example gif, i'm going to change the width from 1920 to 540. the height will adjust accordingly.
sharpening
now it's time for some sharpening!. these smart filters help with making your gif(s) clean and crisp. go to filter > sharpen >smart sharpen. these are the settings i use for all the gifs i make.
after you’ve sharpened your gif, you can color your gif. this basically means brightening, adjusting, adding contrast, bringing out or muting certain colors, et cetera. since this is a basic gif tutorial, i'll only show the layers that i use to create vibrant gifs.
adjustment layers
to add adjustment layers, hover over to the panel right above the layers tab. right next to the properties tab, click on the adjustment tab (circled in red). this tab will show the different options for adding adjustments that will make your gif look better!
i. brightening
the first adjustment layer i add is the curves layer (the top third to the left in the first row of the adjustments tab). using the little eyedroppers to the left, i set both a white point (by clicking the lightest area of the gif) and a black point (by clicking the darkest point of the gif), both are circled in re. by using these, these points instantly brighten the gif.
ii. coloring
with this example gif, there isn't much to color besides adding more color. by adding a vibrance adjustment layer (two over from the curves layer), you adjust according to how you would like your gif to appear. for this example, i'll show you a before and after.
and since i want it to be a bit more brighter, i use the brightness/contrast layer. i use this to give the gif an overall brightening lift and add some contrast. here's what the gif would look like at this point. i try not to add too many adjustment layers as it may add any unnecessary grain.
saving your gif
and finally, it's time to save the gif! go to file > export > save for web (legacy). most gifmakers, if not all, use this method to save their gif(s). use the most optimal save for web settings. what i mean by optimal is what save settings are best suited for you and your gifs specifically. here are my save settings. most of the time i use selective + pattern, but then again, it depends on the gif itself. for quality, i use bicubic. personally, i feel like it keeps the gif clean and crisp. remember to keep the looping option as forever.
it takes years to develop your craft. do not romanticize the idea of an ‘overnight success’. be a student. grow organically. get really good. hate your work. start over. find new ways to express the same ideas. the student becomes the master. your time will come.
