#editing things

[cartwrong]

I love when I'm writing and I write a neat little bit and then I find the same neat little bit two paragraphs down.

Only thing that's better is when I write a neat little bit and then I find another neat little bit that completely contradicts the first neat little bit.

[twisting-echo]

I'm so jealous of your edits. HOW DO YOU GET THEM TO BLEND SO SEEMLESSLY?

Is it witchcraft? (Joking).

Haha yes! It's absolutely witchcraft! But seriously, thank you so much, Hannah! I honestly just mess around until it feels right, and sometimes it works in my favor. 😂

Okay, when I make a ship manip, I start by choosing a main photo that sets the scene, usually featuring one half of the ship. Then I find a second image with the other character I ship them with. Then I cut that character out and blend them into the first image.

This picture of Captain Hook will be my main photo. I used my photo enhancement app to improve its clarity and HD quality. The app I use is called AI Photo Enhancer.

This shot of Ariel and Melody is my secondary photo. I love the pose they’re in and it just works perfectly! I ran it through the same enhancement app to boost the clarity and HD quality too.

I cut Ariel and Melody out of their background, which left me with a rough PNG/render. But I actually did this cutout using an app called Photo Studio.

Then I carefully take the character I cut out and shave off whatever the background remover didn't catch, and blend them into the first image, adjusting the lighting, color, and composition. I always use my Picsart app for this because it offers a lot of tools and features that really work well for me. You can see I made Hook and his background a little brighter in both lighting and color, while I darkened Ariel and Melody and added shading to help them blend in more believably.

And voilà! Hook and Ariel are a happy couple with their baby Melody.

As for my watermark in the top left corner, I used Canva. I really like the text fonts and effects it offers.

So that one was a relatively simple and easy manip. It probably took me about 20 minutes to make. But this next one I’m about to talk about was a complete BITCH to make.

I pick a main photo.

Then my secondary photo.

And then I used my app called, AI Retouch–Remove Objects to get rid of Prince Phillip and Hook’s sword hilt (because swords and exes don’t belong in this AU). Then I cut Hook out of his background. Oh, and before I did all of that, I slapped my main and second photos onto transparent backgrounds using Picsart, just so I could dodge that huge-ass watermark. Now you can see Hook’s sword hilt is gone, and so is Prince Phillip, taking Aurora’s hand with him, lol.

I got Hook into the frame and shaved off part of his sleeve to make it look like it was tucked behind her hand, just enough to make it believable. I also cut out the fingers that were resting on Phillip’s arm and placed them onto Hook’s arm in a natural-looking position.

Then I cropped it and edited the lighting and shading to make certain details crisper. If you notice, Hook matches the lighting in the room. I also made both of them brighter and more colorful. It still didn’t render quite as well as I wanted, but I’m happy with it. After that, I uploaded it to Canva, scrolled through the available filter presets, and selected Belvedere to apply the effect to my image. I also added my little watermark.

And ta-da! Hook and Aurora are royalty at last~ 👑

I'm not sure how everyone else does their manips and edits, but this is how I do mine! I’m no expert, but I’ve come a long way since I first started. I hope that you or anyone else reading this found it at least somewhat helpful.

[spvffys]

Raided my Spuffy playlist to make this list — for my own future reference songs I wanna make edits to next

Broadview by Slow Pulp

Work For Love by Ministry (duhhhhh)

Daylight Blush by Take Van

Soul Meets Body by Deathcab for Cutie

Fly to You by Caroline Polachek

Fool by Djo (duhhhh)

Aquarium by Matt Watson

Tainted Love by Soft Cell (DUHHHHH)

When the Lights Go Out by Naked Eyes

Yuck by Charli XCX 😭

I might make the yuck one first because it could be quick and funny LOL

[mmhm-vids]

Hello, I hope you don't mind my coming to this community to ask for a bit of beginner's technical help. I used to make fanvids, but it's been a few years, and at this point the programs I used to use to rip my source material (Handbrake and 4K Video Downloader) don't work anymore. Could anyone share suggestions about what programs they use to rip these days? Most of my source material will be on either DVD or YouTube, and any suggestions would be very appreciated. Or if there is some discord/forum/website where I should direct such a question, please do give me a heads-up if you can. Thanks so much!!

Mod Cat: I personally don't know what programs/websites are best (I use https://cobalt.tools/ or JDownloader 2 to download) but maybe someone who sees this post can help you more?

[siratonin]

i colored this million times and i'm not satisfied even once :)

[chenslucy]

would anyone be interested in being tagged for a zach edit?? I’m currently working on it and i should have it done by tomorrow

[protectgeorgeweasley]

Editing mid-day update: 16/199