#dinosaurchestra

[i-collect-shiny-stuff]

Things yr3k likes:) (26, unsorted)

[zarfcup]

This Might Be... a Dinosaurchestra?!?

TMBG'S self titled album,, but it's Lemon Demon!!! WAHOOO!!!

[lemondemonlyrics-daily]

Into the crotch of Indiana Jones

[tainebot01]

Everything is gonna be fine…

[lonely-coconut]

Dinosaurchestra CD gifs + png

Here's a new gif style today! I've seen gifs like these online before (example, example, example), but I haven't got a clue how they're made, if there's a standard size they're supposed to be, etc. So this is me just trying it out. I did Dinosaurchestra because I wasn't finding a flat photo of a CD I wanted to use, so I just used the one that was next to me irl. Plus, I'm mega autistic for Dinosaurchestra (if you couldn't tell by my profile header lol). I plan to make a few more of these so I can get the hang of this soon.

Here are some smaller ones:

And here is a brief tutorial of how I made them, since it took nine years to figure out:

First, I made a CD in Photoshop. It's important that the hole be completely centered, or the asymmetry will be very noticeable. (But hey, nothing worth loving isn't askew, anyhow.) Here it is:

The layers are split between the base, and the reflections over it.

Then I get a photo of the CD and transform it until it fits into the CD I made. The photo goes above the base, and under the reflections, then on top of the reflections again (also with some different layer modes and varying opacity. Just try shit. Trial and error.). Now I have the png:

Now I take it into 3dgifmaker and put these settings:

Then download, and now I have this:

Next, I take it into Ezgif and click "crop". Instead of cropping, I just extended the canvas twice (I think? maybe thrice) to make room for the album cover. I also made sure the album cover image had the same height as the initial CD. Then I take that to the add overlay section and put the cover halfway over the CD gif. Lastly, I took it back to the crop section and clicked "trim transparent pixels around the image". Then it's done! Little convoluted? Yeah... but hey, I figured it out, right? A win is a win.

[murderofsomeone]

the goodsielings would like to see you

marching band alt

[alpsbulky]

Let’s have fun in the Dinosaurchestra :)

[engravelives]

misc band/music pt. 2 blinkies but it's mainly lemon demon LOL