#asklostiel

[lostiel]

Begging with my nose in the dirt for you to reveal what you use to make such high quality gifs. Mine come out grainy no matter what I do!!!

that's so kind of you to say, thank you so much!!❤️❤️❤️

i use the following programs:

vapoursynth to resize and crop videos - its main advantage is that it lets you resize videos without affecting the quality (photoshop compresses it when you change the image size of the file). it also repeatedly autoplays the clip so you can see whether objects/characters go out of frame and crop accordingly

topaz to sharpen and denoise videos (vapoursynth has excellent sharpen/denoise filters so you don't necessarily need topaz)

photoshop to colour and export videos as gifs

a few tips that might help with the quality (you probably already know these but i wanted to share just in case):

1) use tumblr recommended gif widths:

540px for 1 gif per row

268px for 2 gifs per row

anything bigger/smaller will get stretched out or compressed which will reduce the quality

2) add contrast (lighten light areas and darken dark areas) by using any of these adjustment layers (or a combinations of them):

curves

levels

brightness/contrast

3) export gifs using these settings:

honestly vapoursynth was a gamechanger for me - it might look a bit complicated at first but there's a short youtube tutorial how to use it (please lower the audio before opening) and a great detailed tumblr post with tips and sharpen/denoise settings for vapoursynth 💖

[lostiel]

thank you for answering our cries and yearning about davrin in the catsuit, may your future bring great fortune and bliss 🙏🙌

you're so sweet thank you!!🤗 i'm very happy you like it pls have an extra one for good luck❤️

also special thank you to @emmavakarian-theirin who inspired this🙏

[lostiel]

ur 100% cooking with the solas/rook take!!!!!! their dynamic is insane(ly fun) and bioware owes a "villain" romance 🫡

thank u for sharing the vision ❤️

[lostiel]

Ooof, I've been seeing a lot of people writing off veilguard because prev choices don't matter as much, and while I get where that frustration is coming from, the reaction on the whole seems a bit... extreme? It's a new story with new characters and a new setting, plus the world is kind of... on the brink of ending? Idk Inquisition had a lot of flavor text, but objectively, it still wasn't a good game? I love the Warden, I love Hawke, but I get why they are not important to THIS story, and that's fine? The Well of Sorrows plotline was kind of resolved in Inquisition when Solas consumed Mythal (it was a bit like heeey you were worried about that Well when really, you should have paid more attention to your weirdly knowledgeable companion). Personally, I think it would have made more sense to take into account who ended up ruling Orlais because THAT kind of stuff is of interest internationally? But then again, none of us have played veilguard, and it seems like act 1 alone packs a punch and could have been an entire game in and of itself — it genuinely seems like a well-crafted, high-stakes story, and trespasser already made it pretty clear that da4 would be all about stopping solas so the "why is solas at the centre of this story" salt makes NO sense to me? (and here's the thing – he is not! he is the catalyst, but the story itself is about... the veilguard + rook's journey, so a completely new set of characters 😭😭😭😭).

Idk, I'm curious about your take on the situation?

to be honest i can't say much on this as a relatively new fan but i appreciate your ask so i'll try!

my general attitude is to ignore the bits of canon i don't like and use the bits that i do like as prompts for my headcanons so even if veilguard had no mention of previous choices/characters at all i'd still be excited about the new game bc we get a new story to play with

if the choices are a deal-breaker for someone it's understandable to stay away from the game that makes them unhappy. though i do hope they still give it a chance bc there's soooo much fun stuff to explore like the locations and new companions alone are worth it imo

[lostiel]

hi.

your edits are so good.

That's all" :)

hi hi!! thank you so much i'm happy you like them!🤗💖💖💖

[lostiel]

sorry anon i had to hide your ask under a read more but hopefully you see this!

veilguard spoilers about the ending below

VEILGUARD SPOILERS WARNING AGAIN JUST IN CASE

unthinkable exactly!! i did choose harding the first time which was painful too but losing davrin especially if you romaced him is just a whole new level of hurt

my curiosity got the better of me and i regret it (even if i don't consider it my canon choice) bc you lose two cutscenes and all you get in return are a couple of lines from davrin's statue in the fade and a few in davrin's room where rook talks to themselves… idk i think it could've been better

but you're right it was way easier to choose to fight/trick solas after davrin died so if that was the writers' goal then i gotta hand it to them lol

[lostiel]

WAIT WAIT WAIT did bioware mention that there's an 8th romanceable companion???? Justice for male elves who couldn't romance him in Inquisition 😭

sorry that's just me speculating bc we usually get an even number of romanceable companions but one can hope!

[lostiel]

lol I don't even follow you but I saw your url and I lost it

ur laughing... an angel went to superhell to make my 10 year old url come true and ur laughing