HOW TO: Do a Motion Blur Transition
Using Timeline or Frame Animation
Hi! Someone asked me for a tutorial on the transition effect in the second gif ofĀ this set (also featured inĀ this setĀ and the text on this set).Ā So, here it is! This is one of the easiest and least tedious of the gif transition effects in my opinion ā and Iām going to go over how to do it both in Timeline and Frame Animation (using the screencap method).Ā Disclaimer: This tutorial assumes you have a basic understanding of gif-making in Photoshop.
Iāve enjoyed hosting a Star Wars Event the last couple of years, so weāre back for Year 3. Funnily enough, May 25th will be the 40th anniversary of Return of the Jediās release, so I decided to go with the same dates as last year.Ā This event includes all of the Star Wars content out there (Originals, Prequels, Sequels, TV shows, Games, Comics, Legends, etc.) and thatās why I included a bunch of prompts, hopefully so that everyone can cover all the range of Star Wars content they enjoy! A few of the days have a couple of prompts so you can choose either or both.Ā
Use the tag #swaw2023 for all of your creations! Iāll be reblogging as much as I can. Please reblog this if youāre interested or even just to signal boost! If you have any questions message me or send me an ask.
This is a 14 day event running from May 12-May 25, 2023. Here are the prompts:Ā Ā
May 12: Favorite Trilogy
May 13: CostumesĀ
May 14: Color
May 15: Expanded Universe (Books, Games, Comics, etc.)
May 16: Planets / Locations
May 17: Favorite TV Shows
May 18: HopeĀ
May 19: Favorite Character | Favorite Duo | Favorite Trio
May 20: Favorite Romantic Relationship
May 21: Underrated Character | DetailsĀ
May 22: Cast | Favorite Character Arc | Free Space
May 23: Favorite Ships/Vehicles
May 24: Quotes
May 25: Favorite Movie
USERGIF 1 YEAR CELEBRATIONĀ
SHUFFLE CHALLENGEĀ š APRIL 3-7
On April 4, USERGIF turns 1 year old! Weāre so grateful to have the support of over 3k followers and weāre constantly inspired by the mind-blowing creations you tag us in! To celebrate, weāre hosting another gif effects event that we hope will inspire and challenge you to create something outside of the box. This event is open to gif-makers from all fandoms and will run from April 3-7. Hereās how to participate:
Reblog this post and follow @usergif
Take a screenshot above to generate 3 randomized prompts
Create a gifset featuring your combination of prompts
When do I post? Any day between April 3-7!Ā
How many creations can I make? You can make as little as one creation for the whole event week or post one gifset per day (up to 5 creations)
Caption your creations:
@usergif 1 year celebration:Ā shuffle challenge
day #: prompt 1 | prompt 2 | prompt 3
Tag #usergif1yearĀ so we can reblog your creations!
Questions about the event? Send us an ask here. Weāll tag all event answers with #usergif1year.ask. Need inspo? Check our TAGSĀ for specific effects or our RESOURCE DIRECTORY for tutorials!
FYI iOS app users may not be able to see the full width of the prompts due to an app glitch. Please open this post in your mobile browser if youāre not on desktop!
Hello. I already asked this to the op of these gifs, but apparently she must be on hiatus, so I decided to ask the same question here and see if anyone can help me š
how can i make the credits and other parts blurry like these gifs: one two three four
hi! I would just make a duplicate layer of your gif, remove any sharpening you already applied, and only apply gaussian blur. you can make the blur as strong as you like. then just use a layer mask so it only appears over the captions/credits/etc. (here's our tutorial on masking if you need it!) make sure the blurred gif is above the normal gif layer, and that should be it!
Hi! I love this /post/708273065503653888/paying-attention-to-things-its-how-we-show gifset so much! I was wondering if you could tell me how you achieved that line/text effect or if you maybe have a tutorial or something š„¹ thank you so much š
Hi there! It's actually super simple, but I can absolutely show you how!
How to do a through-line effect on gifs
The gifset in question is this one here.
First, start off by making and coloring your gifs. Make sure they're all the same size (I usually go for 540x540). I would go for somewhere between three and four for a continuous effect, and it helps if they're related. I'm going to start off with this one:
Once you have all of them made, save them and reopen the gif you want to be the first in the set and convert it to smart filters. It should look like this:
Now add a new layer and using the marquee tool (m), set a fixed size of 2 pixels by 540 or more pixels for the height. I usually make the height a little taller for safety so I don't fall short on the top and bottom of the gif. For the instance of the first gif (as well as the last), you can either go down to half that height or just drag it to the middle of the canvas after the following step. This is because we're eventually going to put a circle marker at the center point.
At the bottom of the layers panel, click the fill/adjustment layer icon and go to solid color. Set the color to white and hit ok. Label your layer as line or something similar that way it's easier for you to find it while making the other gifs for the set.
Drag the line a little under halfway down the canvas, then set the opacity to somewhere around 85% and fill to 100%. You'll have to adjust the opacity as you go based solely on the brightness and coloring of the scenes you use. For this gif of Sarah, I have it at 75%.
Once you've got this settled, the next step is to add a drop shadow. For this, I kept the opacity at 80% and made sure to move the angle so you can actually see it.
Next up is the marker! You're going to make another layer and go back to the marquee tool, this time going to the circle. At this point, I'd highly recommend grouping these layers together for ease of access.
Doing the same as before, go to fixed size and set your parameters as 10x10 pixels, and add a solid fill layer. Make the opacity is the same and change the angle of the drop shadow a little so there isn't a stark overlap, and drag it so it sits at the top of this line.
Keep in mind that since both the line and the circle have lowered opacity, you'll be able to see them overlapping, so make sure you zoom in and adjust their placement.
Now your gif should look something like this:
From here, do the same thing for the next gif(s), leaving the circle out until the last gif, where you'll bring it back in and add it to the bottom of the line, with the line coming in from the top like this:
My best advice for this is to keep a canvas with the line and circle layers accessible and drag your remaining gifs onto that canvas so the line stays even through the whole set. That way all you have to do is move it up and down, not left or right. But keep checking as you work.
Once all your gifs are made and your throughline is added, your set should look something like this:
And that's it! I'll usually add words or some sort of text to break up the lines but it works either way.
Heyyyyyy!! Itās been a million years since I did a tutorial. How is everyone? I thought Iād share my process of removing that yellow tint that some movies have. Iāll be showing you how I made the gif shown above from Indiana Jones & The Raiders of the Lost Ark, and at the end Iāll show you some more examples :D
what youāll need:
Your scene of choice, screencapped and ready to rumble
Photopea, lots of storage and a damn good internet connection lmao
Basic gif knowledgeĀ
Read the full tutorial below the cut! And share it with your friends if you liked it! <3<3<3
HOW TO: Make a PantoneĀ āColor of the Yearā Gif
A few people have asked about my Pantone setsĀ which use the āColor of the Yearā swatch design. So, hereās a full tutorial with a downloadable template of my exact overlay! Disclaimer: This tutorial assumes you have a basic understanding of gif-making in Photoshop.
anonymous asked š¬ hi! i know you guys already made a font rec but can i request a font combination rec?
USERGIF FONT PAIRING RECS šŖ PER MEMBER
Here are some of our membersā favorite font pairings! Check out our previous FONT RECSĀ and ourĀ #typography orĀ #fonts tags for more inspo! TIP: On mobile, slide your finger over the gif to slowly scrub through frames.
CREDITS:
ā retro video game backgrounds: [one] [two]
ā all fonts & links listed below the cut
hi! thank you so much, i really appreciate your words šā¤ and yeah the set did take me some time to make like around two days asdfghjkl but i love how it turned out especially the green gif, and sorry for deleting the ask! i answered it but got anxiety of it not being the answer you expected so i decided to make a tutorial instead on how i did that set (blending and color manipulation), but first iāll leave some links to some great blending and coloring tutorials down below :)
- blending tutorials
beccaās, sophās (which taught me how to blend) and alieās
- coloring tutorials
beccaās, hellaās and samās
(personally i use beccaās tutorials bc we work in a similar way and theyāre super amazing and were a huge inspiration and help me out on how to make this tutorial)
okay so lil blending and color manipulation tutorial under the cut
ā ( 002. ) TEXTURE PACK + TUTORIAL BY ASTRAEAWRITES
So, Iāve noticed that the trend of having these snazzy animated textures over your graphics or edits and I love it! Of course, I knew I had to make something and seeing as how Iāve just reached 400 followers, why not? Iām super excited about these and I hope you all love it just as much as I do! But first, letās go over a few of what the pack and this post will contain:Ā
1 camcorder animation, 1 camera flash animation, 1 dust animation, 1 film grain animation, 3 fire animations, 1 fireworks animation, 2 ink animations, 3 smoke animations, 3 snow animations, 4 sparkle animations, 3 star animations, and 2 static screen animations making it a grand total of 25 animated textures
all of them are large ( 1000x563 ) just in case youāre working on a larger canvas. you can free transform it to your liking
under the cut, youāll find a detailed tutorial on how to use these textures but first, please like/reblog if you found this helpful & donāt claim as yours!
Hey, do you have some fonts recommendations? I'm so bad at them I've been using the same ones for the past few months please help š
hi, sure! here are some below~Ā
disclaimer #1: a few of these fonts have different weights but I didnāt go into that detail.Ā
disclaimer #2: all the categories below are based on how I categorise my fonts on my laptop so some might actually fit in/ overlap with a few categories
(you can open this in a new tab and zoom in the size of this jpg is like bigger than A4 (ā āā¢āĻāā¢ā ā))
Iāve also done other fonts here before, but if you need help/ tips on choosing fonts (using the same old fonts despite the number we have in our library is a Very Common Issue _:(Ā“ą½`ć ā ):_), this reply might help you too!
Hello and welcome everyone to another round of Giftober! ššŖ
One year went by from our first edition and now IĀ“m excited to be here againĀ with a new challenge!
These 31 new prompts were put together to inspire, encourage and support gifmakers from all fandoms! And also important, I want you all to have fun! š
HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
Reblog this post. (Optional but encouraged.)
Create a gifset inspired by the daily prompts.
Tag your posts with #giftober2022.
Caption your gifsets with:
@giftober 2022 | Day #: āprompt descriptionā. (Recommended.)
IMPORTANT:
Make your own gifs. (I wonĀ“t reblog reposted gifs or gifs taken from the Tumblr search.)
No explicit content. Also, no inc*st or p*doph*lia.
All fandoms are welcome! As long as you all respect each other! ā
(The prompt list written and more info under the cut.)
Any doubts you may have, youĀ“re welcome to leave it in my š§ inbox.
THIS EVENT STARTS ON OCTOBER 1ST and I canāt wait to see all your creations! š
Here I am, trying to do something like this again. Wish me luck to stay on track haha. Feel free to do this yourself if you like :) Order doesnāt matter, just do it in the order you want and feel inspired to do it (because thatās what I will do).
OVERVIEW:
First movie you watched in theatres
Last movie you watched in theatres
First movie you ever watched
Last movie you watched
Your favourite movie overall
Your favourite action movie
Your favourite adventure movie
Your favourite comedy movie
Your favourite drama movie
Your favourite horror movie
Your favourite thriller movie
A movie you watch to feel better
A movie you know by heart from start to finish
Your favourite childhood movie
Your favourite animated movie
Your favourite movie series
Your favourite movie franchise
Your favourite director
Your favourite actor/actress
Favourite international feature (non-US/UK production)
Your favourite classic
Movie with the best soundtrack
Movie with the best score
Your favourite character from any movie
A movie you had high hopes for, but disappointed you
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