#edit advice

[lia-makes-trashy-edits]

How do you make some of you edits look like they're on a screen? Like the one you did with your red Celestia wallpaper, it looks like they're on a screen (No I'm not being dumb Ik my phone is a screen /lh) like, the the horizontal lines that go across the edits. Like, how do you get those? Sorry if I'm bothering you hhhhhh

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I'm pretty sure there's a transparent of the horizontal lines (like a longer version if that makes sense) but I couldn't find it so I just made my own. The transparent is 720x1280 because I made it for the celestia wallpaper but you can just change the size. (To make it look like it's a screen you just overlay it on whatever app/program you use to edit.

*transparent under the cut*

[lancemcclains]

Hi how do you make edits? Including dimensions. Like that Keith and lance red, blue and purple coloured one with the animated crown. Sorry if that's super vague and if you've answered this before!! Thank you so much!

I have an extension on xKit that lets me see someone else’s dimensions on their own posts, so I just use those!  I can’t remember what post I referenced for that specific edit, but yeah!  If you have xKit, it’s called “post sizes” or something!  Download that and look at a post you’d like to replicate size-wise! :)

[lia-makes-trashy-edits]

Hiya! If you feel comfortable sharing, what do you use to edit backgrounds? I’ve been trying to work with them, but can’t find a good app/program. Thank you so much!💕

I use ibisPaint X to edit my backgrounds! It's really easy to use and overall very good, I hope this could somewhat help you find a app/program!

[dirtbagdefender]

Sorry if you've answered this before, but what font do you think is the best for adding text to gifs?

nooooo worries if you think i've answered stuff before, i truly don't mind questions! 💗 and nobody's asked this before, so thank you for asking! i think it's a big preference, but i also think it's a good idea for a editor (be that gifs, vids, or static images) to think about readability, and at what scales that readability declines. because, let's face it, nobody's going to be looking at your gif at 150-200% like you are - they're gonna be scrolling the dash, and it'll catch their eye. if they have to squint, strain or take context clues to understand the quote you've used, it may be a good idea to use an easier font to read!

and that's all rule of thumb! sometimes i use overly cursive fonts on edits that people have complained are hard to read, because i liked the look of them!

as for dialogue on gifs? popular font at the moment, is ariel rounded!

[tavs-kin-korner]

hey tavros!! was wondering if you've got any advice for someone wanting to start their own edit blog?

i THINK i CAN HELP YOU! aS i DO BOTH PICTURE AND VIDEO EDITS!

mAKE GOOD USE OF TAGS! tHAT'LL CAUSE YOU TO HAVE A WIDER AUDIENCE OF PEOPLE WHO WILL SEE IT,

oCCASIONALLY REBLOG YOUR OLDER POSTS!

rEBLOG THEM ON YOUR MAIN/SIDE BLOGS! nO HARM IN PROMOTING YOURSELF,

sET YOUR BLOG'S FEATURED TAGS TO EDIT ONES, pLUS ANY FANDOMS YOU PLAN ON EDITING MOST!

sHARE A LINK TO YOUR BLOG WITH YOUR FRIENDS/IN dISCORD SELF-PROMO OR EDIT CHANNELS, iF YOU HAVE IT!

hOPE THIS HELPS! gOOD LUCK ON THE BLOG!! }:D

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[I think I can help you! As I do both picture and video edits!]

[Make good use of tags! That'll cause you to have a wider audience of people who will see it.]

[Occasionally reblog your older posts!]

[Reblog them on your main/side blogs! No harm in promoting yourself.]

[Set your blog's featured tags to edit ones, plus any fandoms you plan on editing most!]

[Share a link to your blog with your friends/in Discord self-promo or edit channels, if you have it!]

[Hope this helps! Good luck on the blog!]

[tabbycraft]

your last edit is so nice and smooth! it looks so HD. How did you edit it?

Hey anon! I’ll let you in of some of my deepest secrets…1. once you cut out the background, go around the sim and delete all the pixels around the sim that are different from the sim/the sim’s clothes/whatever you’ve got on your sim (Idk if I explained that well lol)2. use softglow (I use gimp, idk what it’s called on other programs) it makes the sim look softer and adds a little glow3. paint white on the sim’s forehead, cheeks, nose etc. then use the blur tool to your liking. It adds a little highlight to your sim and makes them really pretty! Keep in mind that this is how I edit my sims, and this isn’t the only way to edit a sim. The best advice I can give you is just play around and find your own style! (p.s. if you don’t understand message me off anon and I’ll go more in detail)

[bettysgarrden]

what size should you crop them to for the moodboards?

as long as the images are proportionally squares it doesn’t really matter. i tend to just crop the images to the largest possible n x n dimensions (where n is the smallest side of a given photo) to preserve resolution. though i know some people crop all the images to a certain number of pixels, like 500 x 500, so all the images kinda look consistent. it’s up to you as long as they’re squares.

[bettysgarrden]

how do you get your pictures to organize that way for the moodboard????

if you go into tumblr on a desktop it’s pretty easy. just add three photos and then drag one so it sort of lines up with another and they’ll appear side-by-side. do this again with the third picture and then you have the first column of three in the square. then you just do that two more times with 6 more pictures until you have three rows of three. a moddboard! yayyy.