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Gif Tutorial (+ some Tumblr basics)

So I received this beautiful ask from @floydtab​ :

Again, I want to thank you greatly for this very sweet message. ♥ Hope you find this tutorial helpful. x

To know how I make my gif, read under cut:

First, I use KMPlayer to screencap the scene I wanted to gif. So if you don’t have one yet, I suggest you download.

NOTE: But before anything else, this is how I screencap in KMPlayer. Open the Player and the video you want to capture. Hit “Ctrl+G” and this box will appear: (and the highlighted ones are the settings I use)

Then click “Start” and it will start screencapping. To Stop, just click “Stop” and choose “Open” to see the images screencapped.

So after you have screencapped the scene you wanted, it’s time to open Photoshop! cheers!

But first, take note of the sizes Tumblr accept for photosets:

NOTE: Tumblr can only accept up to 10 image sets.

Sorry, if I’m saying a lot of things so let’s go back to Photoshop Click “CTRL + N” for new image. I’m going to be using the size: 540 x 268 px. 

Make sure to choose “Frame Animation”

To load your image, go to: File > Scripts > Load Files Into Sack...

Then another box will appear. Hit “BROWSE...” and choose the images you screencapped. After it loaded click “OK”

So i will be using some clips of Joe Mazzello from The Social Network since i love him. lol. 

First group your layers by clicking “CTRL + ALT + A” and you will notice that all your layers are selected. Then click “CTRL + G” and there your layers are grouped: circled in yellow. :)

 (now look the red circle)

This one: 

Click on it and choose “Copy Frame”

Then go back to your blank image where you will paste the images you loaded, to gif. 

Just click on those bars again and choose “Paste Frame.” 

A box will appear.  Choose “Paste Over Selection” and hit “OK”

And this is how your workspace will look: (You will notice the ‘background’ layer, which I encircled in red. Delete that by clicking on that layer and hit the ‘backspace’ or ‘Del’  in your keyboard.)

I know, it doesn’t look really good, so we gotta transform. And this is where it will get a little complicated. But it will get easy once you’re familiar.

Hit “Ctrl + T” of your keyboard and see the red circles, you can choose either of them, then hold “shift” (or as for me I hold “Alt”, it depends) as you drag the image, so it won’t warp. until it fits in the box. (it depends on you what perspective you wanted with your image.)

As for me I like to focus on his face, so I will only fit his face in the box. And it will end up like this:

Now, we’ll go to the animation, the basic of gifmaking. ;)

This is your “Timeline” (look at the image below). Make sure the Photoshop you downloaded have the Frame Animation and Video Timeline.

Notice the bars again (circled in red). Click on them again and choose “Make Frames From Layers”

And the frames will appear. Now we gotta “Reverse” them. So, click on the bars (circled in red) again:

And choose “Reverse Frames”

After that, select all your frames, as we’re going to change the speed of your gif.

TAKE NOTE OF THE TINY ARROW HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW (image below), CLICK ON THAT AND CHOOSE “OTHER...”

And a box will appear: “Set Frame Delay”

I always use “0.05″ or “0.07″ for my gifs, as it’s make the gif smooth.

To play your gif, click on the “play button” or the arrow that is, on your timeline. And always set it to “Forever”

For closer look: 

WE ARE ALMOST DONE! This time you’re just going to play with the colors or you can just download coloring PSDs from any resource blogs like: @chaoticresources​ or @yeahps​ ; and also check my resource blog: @rexourcez​.

So from this:

After adding some PSD coloring, it will end up like this:

But we’re not yet done  as we needed to add another secret ingredient of gifmaking: THE SHARPENING.

To sharpen image the easy way, we have to convert to Video Timeline. (see image below)

Then your workspace will look like this:

Now, choose on the “group/folder” of the images you gif. And “Convert it to Smart Object”, by “right-clicking” on your mouse.

So let’s now move on to sharpening. Go to “FILTER > SHARPEN > SMART SHARPEN”

And this is my sharpening settings: (you can also download some sharpening actions from the resource blogs I mentioned, or to any resources blog)

To save your image, go to “FILE > EXPORT > SAVE FOR WEB (LEGACY)”  or in your keyboard click  “ALT + SHIFT + CTRL + S”

And this is my save settings: ( I only use either “Diffusion” or “Noise” depending on the quality.) and Tumblr only accept sizes up to 8mb, so make sure not to exceed.

THE RESULT:

FEEL FREE TO TAG ME IN YOUR CREATIONS, IF YOU FIND THIS TUTORIAL HELPFUL! ciao! ♥