hi!! i've seen some of your gifs/edits and they look really good! i've been wanting to try to make gifs but im not really sure where to start. what app/website do you use to make them? thank you!
Well first of all, thank you so much for the lovely compliment!! 💖🥰 I’m so happy you like my gifs. And second of all, I use Photoshop 2018 to make my gifs.
The version I use can be downloaded here for free. I’ve downloaded it on multiple PCs many times and never had any problems with it, and recommended it to quite a few people who still use it today. Out of all of them, only one person had issues with it being incompatible with their computer, so it should be fine!
I also have an #editingguides tag for photoshop tutorials and other guides like them. You may have to scroll to the bottom to reach a lot of the ones I myself used to learn photoshop, so here are some recommendations:
Basic Gifmaking Tutorial (Easy) - Includes everything from coloring to sizing to captioning the gifs, and how to create a timeline/export them.
Basic Gifmaking Tutorial (Easy) - Includes everything from coloring to sizing to captioning the gifs, and how to create a timeline/export them.
Basic Gifmaking Tutorial (Medium) - This is the gifmaking tutorial that I followed the most. It’s a good one, and seems difficult to follow at first, but once you’ve got the methods down it’s a much smoother way to make gifs, imo.
HD Gifmaking Tips (Easy) - This one covers much of what the above posts did, but has some helpful links to many useful posts that can expand your knowledge on gifmaking.
How to Use Actions (Easy) - This guide helps with actions. If you’re just beginning, I wouldn’t worry too much about them right now. I mostly just mention it to say that I use this sharpening action by @rubyredwisp, which is very helpful to use if you’re struggling with all the steps of sharpening on your own.
HERE & HERE are graphics showing how to size your gifs for tumblr!
Coloring Tutorial (Complex) & Coloring Tutorial 2 (Complex) by @inejz-ghafa - The both of these are a lot more difficult for a beginner, so I’d leave them alone until you learn the basics, but they go over how to make vibrant gifs using painting and layer masks and other such skills. If you’ve ever visited Becca’s blog before, you’ll know just how vibrant and beautiful the guides will help you make your gifs. Hers always knock me right out of the park.
How To Avoid White-Washing POC (Medium) & How To Avoid Orange-Washing POC (Easy) - These two are quite simple to follow, and are good ways to avoid coloring POC incorrectly in your gifs. I highly recommend them. The second one has been especially useful to me for dark scenes.
How To Blend Gifs (Complex) - This is the guide that I taught myself to how to blend gifs with! It covers a variety of methods and strategies and has quite a few helpful tips. It’s one of the best blending tutorials out there.
Coloring Tutorial (Medium) - I learned coloring with a tutorial that’s no longer available anymore, and I’m having trouble linking anything even close to it, but recently I’ve been taking a lot of tips from this one. It has some great advice on lighting and depth.
And there are a great many other tutorials out there as well as in the #editingguides tag! I also visit @chaoticresources whenever I need a new guide or reference. It’s got a lot of content saved to it that you should totally check out!
All in all, I use Photoshop 2018 in combination with the VLC Media Player. I download full 1080p episodes from 1337x using a VPN (although I know some people who don’t use one, so it’s really up to you), and then use VLC to record smaller scenes that I can import by frame into Photoshop.