♥ EROMANGA-SENSEI PSD by kireiharuka requested by the lovely tachibana--chan from this gifset that i [made] // download link here
— psd enhances blue tone to lighter/pastel blue and as well as pink-ish tone
— works best on lighter scenes lol pls don’t use it on darker scenes
— BONUS: i provided some adjustable/optional colouring on the psd for you to play around with colours (uh, to adjust the pastel-ness? of your gifs)
— please like/reblog before downloading it and do not claim as your own or repost
i am NOT an expert in making gifs or psds but if you have any questions feel free to hit me up by sending me an ask or message me (∪ ◡ ∪)
PS: i would love if you tag me by #kireiharuka if you use this psd in your gifset ♥
A request for an Akatsuki no Yona PSD; it looks great on almost every scene I’ve tried so please have fun with it! I adjust the curves sometimes depending on the brightness of the scene but otherwise, it is honestly very versatile.
This tutorial and resource list is for @kingkuchiki.
Recently, you asked me to teach you my ways on coloring manga caps. I don’t exactly have a way to color manga panels, but I here are some tutorials and resources I’ve found. Hope this helps.
Note: I used to use Paint Tool Sai to color manga panels, but the software glitched so I now I use Fire Alpaca. It’s similar to Sai.
HOW TO COLOR MANGA PANELS IN PAINT TOOL SAI (Personal Favorites)
I originally coded this for my studyblr but decided to release it as well since it’s just a simple take on Tumblr’s default mobile theme. The colors are taken from Seijou’s school colors as the pastel tones put me at ease whenever I scroll down my blog. The Aoba Johsai logo does NOT come with the theme. If you’re confused about where to paste your Font Awesome icons, here’s quick and easy tutorial
A request for a 3-Gatsu no Lion PSD; I actually haven’t heard of this anime before but it’s got shogi in it and that’s pretty dope. I had a lot of fun with this and made sure to keep the yellows and darker browns rich and pretty.
EDIT: i DO NOT color like this anymore. this tutorial is sooo old omg.
okay. i’m assuming you already know how to make a gif. if not, check out my gif tutorial. it shows you how to capture frames and assemble a gif using kmplayer and photoshop.
btw, the reason why you can see me using a preset is because i’m not going to go back and redo a gif i already made a psd for.
all you need is photoshop. i’m using CS6 in this tutorial bc it’s what i used in the gif tutorial.
before you read this, just know that you need to play around with adjustments to find what you like (and that i frequently cuss in this tutorial).
1. curves
curves are basically used to change the overall tonal range of a picture.
i made the gif lighter in this instance, but curves can also be used to make pictures darker. it just depends on how you bend the curve
(rule of thumb: up curve = lighter // down curve = darker)
2. hue/saturation
hue: changes what hue the colors in the pic are and affects all colors so use this with caution. if you find that the hue adjustment is changing too many colors and the gif doesn’t looks really good, move on to selective color.
saturation: changes how intense the colors are (i don’t use this too often)
for this gif, i shifted the hue slider to the left (-17) to give it more of a cyan hue.
3. selective color
you’re going to see me repeat this step again like 2 other times.
i fucking love selective color btw
selective color lets you modify one color without touching the rest.
you can take a color (red, yellow, orange, green, cyan, blue, magenta, black, white, neutral) and manipulate it using the sliders to change that color’s hue/tone/saturation. for example, you can make blacks super dark and rich or turn blues to purples using the sliders.
the hue sliders are pretty self explanatory. examples: to increase the amount of magenta in the color red use the magenta slider and swish it to the right; to make a dark blue pastel purple, in the color blue, use the black slider and move it to the left to decrease the color’s pigment and use the magenta slider to increase the amount of pink in the blue (pink + blue = purple).
in my opinion, this tool is something you’re going to need to experiment with. you won’t get it right with the first try.
depending on when you use selective color, your gif may turn out with a different look. using multiple selective color layers allows for the precise adjusting of colors.
for this gif, in the color black, i moved the black bar all the way (+100) to the right, which made it very saturated and dark (i wanted no-face to stand out).
4. brightness/contrast
brightness: make the highlights lighter/darker.
contrast: make the shadows lighter/darker.
i just made it brighter (+50) for this gif bc i attempted to make it a pastel gif
5. selective color
again, this is me making the color black in this gif darker.
6. selective color
so now i’m manipulating the cyans and blues.
i’m making the cyans and blues in the gif more prominant by increasing the cyan, magenta, and black. i’m also making it less green by decreasing the yellow in each color.
7. selective color
this basically made the gif pastel-looking.
i used this to make everything lighter and more pastel bc it didn’t make no-face look gray; he was still very dark (which was how i wanted him to be).
changing the black setting for the color neutral won’t always work in making gifs pastel. it just happened to do so for this one.
8. save as a gif
make sure the gif is under 3mb
make sure the width is above 540px (that’s tumblr’s current width for the desktop dashboard)
if there is pixelation, try using surface blur (lol idk how to use that with a gif)
A request for a Sailor Moon Crystal PSD; it’s vibrant and works nicely in bright scenes because it adds a really refreshing peachy tone to things if that makes any sense? The darker blues are also more cyan now and the reds are very pronounced.
A request for a pastel Shingeki no Bahamut: Virgin Soul PSD; it works really well in bright and middle tone scenes but I’m not sure how it’ll look in darker ones so please adjust when necessary.
