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How to Sharpen Gifs (all at once without actions!)
How to get your gifs like this!
Tutorial by: anniescubes Requested by everyone I’m using photoshop cs6, but this should work or sort of be similar with cs5, and cs4. Like/reblog if this tutorial was helpful!
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> Main gif tutorial In this tutorial you are explained from A to Z how to make a gif. While this tutorial does not go into the steps in a detailed manner, per section it will have links available which can be used to find a more detailed tutorial I wrote on it.
> Setting up Photoshop Are you new to Photoshop or have you never put too much thought into setting it up just for gifmaking? Do you want to improve the performance of the software so that everything works faster and smoother? This is the tutorial for you! We explore the general preferences for Photoshop that suit gifmaking most and look how we can easily set up our interface.
> Converting video files Before you can import something to Photoshop, you need to make it a short MP4 file. In this tutorial we talk about how to use converting software and efficiently import files into Photoshop.
> Colouring pastels This tutorial is an exploration of colour theory with a focus on how to properly execute pastels. It goes into how certain colours will or will not work for certain scenes and how to generally edit a colour scheme from scratch. While it focuses on pastels, the theory discussed is applicable to everything!
> Sharpening gifs What does sharpening do? How does it work, what settings do you use? How do you get those smooth lines and how far should you go with sharpening? What does everything even mean. Let’s find out!
> Removing panning from gifs You ever find yourself with a scene that would look wonderful if there were no camera movements going from one side to another? In this tutorial I explain exactly how to get rid of it.
> Reducing filesize Tumblr requires gifs to be under 3MB in filesize. Sometimes your gifs will be bigger than that and you’ll have to reduce the file size. In this tutorial I go over several options you have to reduce the filesize without really affecting the quality too much.
> Creating and using actions Actions are recorded steps you take in Photoshop which you can then execute on different files. Especially in gifmaking this can shorten your process by a lot. In this tutorial we look how to make and use actions of our own.
> Save for web explained Gifs aren’t saved the same way other pictures are saved in Photoshop. You need to go through the save for web option. But how exactly does this all work? What is everything you see in save for web and how to do you get optimal saving results?
> Making a gif loop You want a gif that never ends? In this tutorial we look at how to find the looping point of a gif easily and make it so that the gif itself looks like it keeps going forever.
> Making a clean/grainless gif Removing grain is not only aesthetically wonderful, but also reduces the file size of a gif by a lot. In this tutorial we go over how exactly you use Photoshop to ensure that there’s no grain or hardly any grain in your gifs, to get that smooth and clean result.
> Timing a gif How to not make a slideshow and instead make a smoothly animated gif.
Considering Tumblr is fickle and terminated me last night for like 3 whole hours, I figured I should back this tutorial collection up.
If this blog is ever deleted, you can find these tutorials over at http://anues.tumblr.com which will also be where you can find me if this account ever disappears in case you need to ask a question.
For future reference, here’s a back up
Gif PSD mostly suited for the anime Orange. Requested by anonymous. Left witout PSD/ Right with PSD. Download link.
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Today I will show you how to make a simple background. I currently use Photoshop CS6, therefore any controls may vary from your favoured graphic editor.
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finished screencaps for season three of Voltron: Legendary Defender! caps may vary slightly per episode in size, but they’re all around 1580x889. all zip files are hosted on mediafire, just right-click save.
LINK TO MY MEDIAFIRE » VOLTRON FOLDER. click to access the caps, then choose which file(s) you wish to download or just choose from the following:
→ 3x01 - “Changing the Guard”. 1,630 caps. 207mb. Sample. → 3x02 - “Red Paladin”. 1,836 caps. 246mb. Sample. → 3x03 - “The Hunted”. 1,576 caps. 197mb. Sample. → 3x04 - “Hole in the Sky”. 1,328 caps. 179mb. Sample. → 3x05 - “The Journey”. 1,430 caps. 172mb. Sample. → 3x06 - “Tailing a Comet”. 2,065 caps. 264mb. Sample. → 3x07 - “The Journey Begins”. 1,673 caps. 226mb. Sample.
credit isn’t necessary, but very much appreciated; i only share these to make edits/graphics easier on others. but please feel free to tag me (#bentfire, #caps by bentfire + #screencaps by bentfire) or @ me so i can see what you make with my caps! also guys, please be mindful of what you make and tag your spoilers!!
other voltron screencap logs: season one | season two
250 ICONS OF RYAN DESTINY IN STAR 1x01. please like or reblog if using and give credit to us via your blog! mediafire | cap source
Layer Masks: what they are and how to use them.
Version of photoshop being used for screenshots: CS6 Portable
A layer mask by definition is something that “allows the user to obscure an entire layer or layer set, or just a selected part of it. You can also edit a layer mask to add or subtract from the masked region. A layer mask is a grayscale image, so what you paint in black will be hidden, what you paint in white will show, and what you paint in gray shades will show in various levels of transparency”
To sum it up on my own words, layer masks are just freaking cool.
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Helpful things for action writers to remember
Sticking a landing will royally fuck up your joints and possibly shatter your ankles, depending on how high you’re jumping/falling from. There’s a very good reason free-runners dive and roll.
Hand-to-hand fights usually only last a matter of seconds, sometimes a few minutes. It’s exhausting work and unless you have a lot of training and history with hand-to-hand combat, you’re going to tire out really fast.
Arrows are very effective and you can’t just yank them out without doing a lot of damage. Most of the time the head of the arrow will break off inside the body if you try pulling it out, and arrows are built to pierce deep. An arrow wound demands medical attention.
Throwing your opponent across the room is really not all that smart. You’re giving them the chance to get up and run away. Unless you’re trying to put distance between you so you can shoot them or something, don’t throw them.
Everyone has something called a “flinch response” when they fight. This is pretty much the brain’s way of telling you “get the fuck out of here or we’re gonna die.” Experienced fighters have trained to suppress this. Think about how long your character has been fighting. A character in a fist fight for the first time is going to take a few hits before their survival instinct kicks in and they start hitting back. A character in a fist fight for the eighth time that week is going to respond a little differently.
ADRENALINE WORKS AGAINST YOU WHEN YOU FIGHT. THIS IS IMPORTANT. A lot of times people think that adrenaline will kick in and give you some badass fighting skills, but it’s actually the opposite. Adrenaline is what tires you out in a battle and it also affects the fighter’s efficacy - meaning it makes them shaky and inaccurate, and overall they lose about 60% of their fighting skill because their brain is focusing on not dying. Adrenaline keeps you alive, it doesn’t give you the skill to pull off a perfect roundhouse kick to the opponent’s face.
Swords WILL bend or break if you hit something hard enough. They also dull easily and take a lot of maintenance. In reality, someone who fights with a sword would have to have to repair or replace it constantly.
Fights get messy. There’s blood and sweat everywhere, and that will make it hard to hold your weapon or get a good grip on someone.
A serious battle also smells horrible. There’s lots of sweat, but also the smell of urine and feces. After someone dies, their bowels and bladder empty. There might also be some questionable things on the ground which can be very psychologically traumatizing. Remember to think about all of the character’s senses when they’re in a fight. Everything WILL affect them in some way.
If your sword is sharpened down to a fine edge, the rest of the blade can’t go through the cut you make. You’ll just end up putting a tiny, shallow scratch in the surface of whatever you strike, and you could probably break your sword.
ARCHERS ARE STRONG TOO. Have you ever drawn a bow? It takes a lot of strength, especially when you’re shooting a bow with a higher draw weight. Draw weight basically means “the amount of force you have to use to pull this sucker back enough to fire it.” To give you an idea of how that works, here’s a helpful link to tell you about finding bow sizes and draw weights for your characters. (CLICK ME)
If an archer has to use a bow they’re not used to, it will probably throw them off a little until they’ve done a few practice shots with it and figured out its draw weight and stability.
People bleed. If they get punched in the face, they’ll probably get a bloody nose. If they get stabbed or cut somehow, they’ll bleed accordingly. And if they’ve been fighting for a while, they’ve got a LOT of blood rushing around to provide them with oxygen. They’re going to bleed a lot.
Here’s a link to a chart to show you how much blood a person can lose without dying. (CLICK ME)
If you want a more in-depth medical chart, try this one. (CLICK ME)
Hopefully this helps someone out there. If you reblog, feel free to add more tips for writers or correct anything I’ve gotten wrong here.
How to apply Writing techniques for action scenes:
- Short sentences. Choppy. One action, then another. When there’s a lull in the fight, take a moment, using longer phrases to analyze the situation–then dive back in. Snap, snap, snap. - Same thing with words - short, simple, and strong in the thick of battle. Save the longer syllables for elsewhere. - Characters do not dwell on things when they are in the heat of the moment. They will get punched in the face. Focus on actions, not thoughts. - Go back and cut out as many adverbs as possible. - No seriously, if there’s ever a time to use the strongest verbs in your vocabulary - Bellow, thrash, heave, shriek, snarl, splinter, bolt, hurtle, crumble, shatter, charge, raze - it’s now. - Don’t forget your other senses. People might not even be sure what they saw during a fight, but they always know how they felt. - Taste: Dry mouth, salt from sweat, copper tang from blood, etc - Smell: OP nailed it - Touch: Headache, sore muscles, tense muscles, exhaustion, blood pounding. Bruised knuckles/bowstring fingers. Injuries that ache and pulse, sting and flare white hot with pain. - Pain will stay with a character. Even if it’s minor. - Sound and sight might blur or sharpen depending on the character and their experience/exhaustion. Colors and quick movements will catch the eye. Loud sounds or noises from behind may serve as a fighter’s only alert before an attack. - If something unexpected happens, shifting the character’s whole attention to that thing will shift the Audience’s attention, too. - Aftermath. This is where the details resurface, the characters pick up things they cast aside during the fight, both literally and metaphorically. Fights are chaotic, fast paced, and self-centered. Characters know only their self, their goals, what’s in their way, and the quickest way around those threats. The aftermath is when people can regain their emotions, their relationships, their rationality/introspection, and anything else they couldn’t afford to think or feel while their lives were on the line.
Do everything you can to keep the fight here and now. Maximize the physical, minimize the theoretical. Keep things immediate - no theories or what ifs.
If writing a strategist, who needs to think ahead, try this: keep strategy to before-and-after fights. Lay out plans in calm periods, try to guess what enemies are thinking or what they will do. During combat, however, the character should think about his options, enemies, and terrain in immediate terms; that is, in shapes and direction. (Large enemy rushing me; dive left, circle around / Scaffolding on fire, pool below me / two foes helping each other, separate them.)
Lastly, after writing, read it aloud. Anyplace your tongue catches up on a fast moving scene, edit. Smooth action scenes rarely come on the first try.
More for martial arts or hand-to-hand in general
What a character’s wearing will affect how they fight. The more restricting the clothes, the harder it will be. If they’re wearing a skirt that is loose enough to fight in, modesty will be lost in a life or death situation.
Jewelry can also be very bad. Necklaces can be grabbed onto. Bracelets also can be grabbed onto or inhibit movement. Rings it can depend on the person.
Shoes also matter. Tennis shoes are good and solid, but if you’re unused to them there’s a chance of accidentally hurting your ankle. High heels can definitely be a problem. However, they can also make very good weapons, especially for someone used to balancing on the balls of their feet. Side kicks and thrusting kicks in soft areas (like the solar plexus) or the feet are good ideas. They can also (hopefully) be taken off quickly and used as a hand weapon. Combat boots are great but if someone relies more on speed or aren’t used to them, they can weigh a person down. Cowboy boots can be surprisingly good. Spin kicks (if a character is quick enough to use them) are especially nasty in these shoes.
If a character is going to fight barefoot, please keep location in mind. Concrete can mess up your feet quick. Lawns, yards, etc often have hidden holes and other obstacles that can mess up a fighter. Tile floors or waxed wood can be very slippery if you’re not careful or used to them.
Likewise, if it’s outside be aware of how weather will affect the fight. The sun’s glare can really impede a fighter’s sight. A wet location, inside or outside, can cause a fighter to slip and fall. Sweat on the body can cause a fighter to lose a grip on an opponent too.
Pressure points for a trained fighter are great places to aim for in a fight. The solar plexus is another great place to aim for. It will knock the wind out of anyone and immediately weaken your opponent.
It your character is hit in the solar plexus and isn’t trained, they’re going down. The first time you get hit there you are out of breath and most people double over in confusion and pain. If a fighter is more used to it, they will stand tall and expand themselves in order to get some breath. They will likely keep fighting, but until their breath returns to normal, they will be considerably weaker.
Do not be afraid to have your character use obstacles in their environment. Pillars, boxes, bookshelves, doors, etc. They put distance between you and an opponent which can allow you to catch your breath.
Do not be afraid to have your character use objects in their environment. Someone’s coming at you with a spear, trident, etc, then pick up a chair and get it caught in the legs or use it as a shield. Bedsheets can make a good distraction and tangle someone up. Someone’s invading your home and you need to defend yourself? Throw a lamp. Anything can be turned into a weapon.
Guns often miss their targets at longer distances, even by those who have trained heavily with them. They can also be easier to disarm as they only shoot in one direction. However, depending on the type, grabbing onto the top is a very very bad idea. There is a good likelihood you WILL get hurt.
Knives are nasty weapons by someone who knows what they’re doing. Good fighters never hold a knife the way you would when cutting food. It is best used when held against the forearm. In defense, this makes a block more effective and in offense, slashing movement from any direction are going to be bad. If a character is in a fight with a knife or trying to disarm one, they will get hurt.
Soft areas hit with hard body parts. Hard areas hit with soft body parts. The neck, stomach, and other soft areas are best hit with punches, side kicks, elbows, and other hard body parts. Head and other hard parts are best hit using a knife hand, palm strike, etc. Spin kicks will be nasty regardless of what you’re aiming for it they land.
Common misconception with round house kicks is that you’re hitting with the top of the foot. You’re hitting with the ball. You’re likely to break your foot when hitting with the top.
When punching, the thumb is outside of the fist. You’ll break something if you’re hitting with the thumb inside, which a lot of inexperienced fighters do.
Also, punching the face or jaw can hurt.
It can be hard to grab a punch if you’re not experienced with it despite how easy movies make it seem. It’s best to dodge or redirect it.
Hitting to the head is not always the best idea. It can take a bit of training to be able to reach for the head with a kick because of the height. Flexibility is very much needed. If there are problems with their hips or they just aren’t very flexible, kicks to the head aren’t happening.
Jump kicks are a good way to hit the head, but an opponent will see it coming if it’s too slow or they are fast/experienced.
A good kick can throw an opponent back or knock them to the ground. If the person you’ve hit has experience though, they’ll immediately be getting up again.
Even if they’ve trained for years in a martial art, if they haven’t actually hit anything before or gotten hit, it will be slightly stunning for the person. It does not feel the way you expect it too.
Those yells in martial arts are not just for show. If done right, they tighten your core making it easier to take a hit in that area. Also, they can be used to intimidate an opponent. Yelling or screaming right by their ear can startle someone. (Generally, KHR fans look at Squalo for yelling)
Biting can also be used if someone’s grabbing you. Spitting in someone’s eyes can’t hurt. Also, in a chokehold or if someone is trying to grab your neck in general, PUT YOU CHIN DOWN. This cuts off access and if they’re grabbing in the front can dig into their hand and hurt.
Wrist grabs and other grabs can be good. Especially if it’s the first move an opponent makes and the character is trained, there are simple ways to counter that will have a person on their knees in seconds..
Use what your character has to their advantage. If they’re smaller or have less mass, then they’ll be relying on speed, intelligence, evasion, and other similar tactics. Larger opponents will be able to take hits better, they’re hits may be slower depending on who it is but will hurt like hell if they land, and size can be intimidating. Taller people with longer legs will want to rely on kicking and keeping their distance since they have the advantage there. Shorter people will want to keep the distance closer where it’s easier for them but harder for a taller opponent. Punching is a good idea.
Using a person’s momentum against them is great. There’s martial arts that revolve around this whole concept. They throw a punch? Grab it and pull them forward and around. Their momentum will keep them going and knock them off balance.
Leverage can used in the same way. If used right, you can flip a person, dislocate a shoulder, throw out a knee, etc.
One note on adrenaline: All that was said above is true about it. But, in a fight, it can also make you more aware of what’s going on. A fight that lasts twenty seconds can feel like a minute because time seems to almost slow down while moving extremely rapidly. You only have so much time to think about what you’re doing. You’re taking in information constantly and trying to adjust. Even in the slow down adrenaline gives you, everything is moving very rapidly.
Feelings will be your downfall even more so than adrenaline. Adrenaline can make those feelings more intense, but a good fighter has learned not to listen to those feelings. A good fighter may feel anger at being knocked down or in some way humiliated - their pride taken down. Yet they will not act on the anger. Acting on it makes a fighter more instinctive and many will charge without thinking. Losing control of anything (adrenaline rush, emotions, technique, etc) can be a terrible thing in a fight.
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Ryan Destiny Icons
Below the cut are 70+ icons of Ryan Destiny as Alexandra Crane in the first episode of Star. These icons were all made by me but you are free to take them and use them as you please. More will be added as the show progresses, hopefully.
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Under the cut is #248 100x100 icons of Kylie Bunbury as Suhad in Tut Ep.1:Power. I cropped, resized and brightened them a bit and added a shadow border. Some of these are faceless, i.e. her back turned or showing only her hands. I’ll be adding more to these later on. use as you like, but give credit where credit is due. Sceenshots from http://tv.homeofthenutty.com/ . like/reblog if you use~
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✖✖ Under the cut are #61 bordered icons w/ texture of Kylie Bunbury. The original material is not mine; I only edited and cropped them. Requested by anonymous. Please like/reblog if you find them useful.
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Under the cut you will find #59 icons( static ) of Kylie Bunbury as SUHAD in the TV mini series TUT. All of these icons were capped by [x] and cropped by myself, so please do NOT claim as your own or repost elsewhere, credit is appreciated, but not mandatory. If you use/save them please LIKE or REBLOG them!!
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Under the cut you will find #50 icons( static ) of Kylie Bunbury as SUHAD in the TV mini series TUT. All of these icons were capped by [x] and cropped by myself, so please do NOT claim as your own or repost elsewhere, credit is appreciated, but not mandatory. If you use/save them please LIKE or REBLOG them!! These were made for @bengalisms , however, anyone may use them.
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lotor in the new season 3 trailer
