#NEGROSWNS : featuring various pieces of media created by hala [ or sahlest ( pron. celeste ) ]. they/she. twenty. black && creek-indian. physics major, astrophysics researcher.
#MOBILE NAVIGATION : main blog, kofi, terms, tags, templates, filters, gifs, gameplay, media reviews. commissions are closed.
#DNI : if you're under the age of eighteen, racist, homo/transphobic, zionist, fetishizers, or other bigots.
#HEADS UP : credit is absolutely necessary, don't claim my work as your own, don't use it for muses under the age of eighteen, don't use it for taboo roleplay, if you have any questions lemme know!
hello! i've been working on this for a bit (and i plan to continuously add to this as more packs are reblogged) but since i have a good number (350+) already on here, i figured i'd share it now! i'm hoping this can be helpful not only for navigating this blog, but also to help people find new face claims to use!
if you notice any mistakes (typos/misinformation/etc.) please don't hesitate to let me know so i can fix them!
additionally - all gifs used on this page have been credited (via the packs they're from being reblogged under the face claim's tag) but if you are a creator that doesn't want your gif(s) on there, please let me know and i will replace them!
tip: if you'd like to see more faces at once just zoom the page out - it's a responsive theme & the little posts will resize!
this template is made entirely from scratch & requires decent photoshop knowledge ── smart objects , timeline , slight knowledge of layer masks & effects . fonts used in preview are switzerland & adobe caslon . credit is not necessary but appreciated . feel free to inbox me with any questions . happy editing ! ꣑꣒
⠀⠀a⠀／SITE THEMED⠀prose & muse template — to imitate a minimal black & white site with compact formatting and text. it's meant to be very simply to use with extreme comfort with customisation and utility.
⠀⠀＜METAMORPHOSIS＞⠀comes from an old server, accompanied with sci-fi themed remarks of distant humanity and anomalous backgrounds ― notations based off of a lack of humility inspired by ihnmaims.
⠀⠀⠀⠀𝗖𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 !
⠀﹙ ✦ ﹚⠀images with rounded corners are drawings.
⠀﹙ ✦ ﹚⠀every page has a separate table, and each are utilised by the "Table Options" > "Quick Layout" > "Centre". to make a new table on a new page, just select the whole table from another page, copy-paste and centre it through the quick layout.
⠀﹙ ✦ ﹚⠀it's meant to be a high-contrast template, where it's best utilised with gradients or two colours.
⠀﹙ ✦ ﹚⠀it can be used for both simple writing or minimally as a character sheet due to the lack of components or sections meant for specific descriptions.
⠀⠀⠀⠀𝗨𝗦𝗔𝗚𝗘 !
⠀⠀DO NOT REMOVE CREDIT⠀the main credit source is a small four-pointed star ( ✦ ) either in the header of footer of the first page of my docs.
⠀⠀TO COPY⠀—⠀file > make a copy
⠀⠀TO COPYLOCK⠀—⠀share > settings icon ( ⚙ ) > uncheck "Viewers and commenters can see the option to download, print, and copy"
Have you ever struggled with your cropping decisions because the scene you were giffing from had too much movement? There's a quick and easy fix for that! 💜 key frames 💜
This is hardly a tutorial, but rather a tip post for gifmakers who never thought to do this before (because really this is beginner-type stuff) but it's actually life-changing if you haven't.
In my first example above, Katherine is in the same center starting point in the beginning in both gifs, but in the original footage, she drifts off out of frame with this crop.
Most of you have worked with key frames in timeline before so I'm not explaining the in-depth details of that here but, did you know... you can use key frames on your gif layer to stabilize panning and keep your subjects centered?
This especially comes in handy when you're trying to make big gifs, or gif from footage with a wide aspect ratio, but you don't want a wide aspect crop.
So onto my quick examples of the gist of it:
The original set I made featured large gifs of thizzy going at it but the only way to achieve giffing this scene in these dimensions was to key frame the layers because they moved out of frame a lot with this close up kiss.
👆 These are the same exact gif but the second one has key frames that center the focal point:
Transform is your buddy for this. Each key frame is an adjustment to the movement of the document from side to side.
So taking a look at this wide aspect crop:
In this shot, Natalie is far left and then slowly the camera pans to center her, but what if we wanted a big gif of her in this scene with a 1:1 crop?
Imagine this doesn't do it for you, let's center her. To do this, place your first frame at the point right before the camera starts to pan left, and the last one where it stops panning (if it doesn't stop panning, the last key frame would just be placed at the very end of your gif).
For the second key frame, click and drag with the move tool, or use your keyboard arrows to skew the document until she's centered. And result:
If you're working with something that jerks back and forth or pans quickly, you're going to have trouble centering the subject it in a way that looks natural, as more key frames would have to be used and they would have to be closer together which can quickly start looking messy like this example of Sinners (click to see bigger).
Obviously the original (left) is fine and doesn't require this because he's still very much in frame anyway but for scenes like this, key frame at your own discretion.
Additionally, you could create a pan where there is none and an example of when this might be helpful is when you are overlaying two+ gifs that just don't sit exactly right together, so you can experiment with that.
That's it, just wanted to put this out here as a concept although it's so simple because it saves my sets occasionally and I hope it helps someone.
