#gif help

[heybaetae]

(Same anon as before) I meant the coloring itself! But honestly a tutorial for the swiping effect would also be great! Thank you <3

okie! i wouldn't call this a tutorial, but more of a coloring breakdown because a couple of the adjustment layers i used to bring some skin tone back are only tools i use in very dire stage lighting situations and are not always necessary, but good to know about if you ever need them.

here's the uncolored gif, just sharpened.

the lighting tints them almost entirely yellowish/green. thankfully there are ways to fix this...

i always start with my lighting adjustments in this order: curves, levels, and exposure.

i made the tiniest adjustments just to give my gif the contrast i wanted and darken the black points, which helps keep the file size low.

next, i added a brightness/contrast layer and set the layer to "screen" with 50% opacity. this is a neat trick that can brighten a gif without actually tinkering with the brightness or contrast sliders at all. they're both still set to 0.

next, i began manipulating the colors with a channel mixer layer to minimize as much as of that green hue as possible. i'm gonna be honest, this can take patience and time. moving the sliders even the tiniest bit under each output channel (red, green, and blue) can have pretty drastic results. so i did just enough to give me something i could work with before moving on to other tools.

this helped a lot with the green, but it desaturated the gif quite a bit so i continued onto selective coloring. i focused mainly on the reds to give a bit of life back to their skin without going overboard because i knew the next adjustment layer was about to do the most heavylifting thus far...

the tool i'm referring to is color lookup. this is not something i use very often, but it can absolutely bring the colors in a gif back to life. it remaps the colors in your gif and color grades them using something called lookup tables (LUT), basically acting like a preset.

i typically try this adjustment layer as a very last resort if something is horribly color graded. the preset i chose for this is 3Strip, but there are several to choose from that could work for whatever look you're going for.

normally, this layer at 100% opacity would be way too intensely saturated for most gifs, so i usually lower the opacity down to 20% or 30%. but in this gif's case, 100% is actually kinda saving it's entire life lol. is it a bit too pink? sure. i probably could have lowered it down to maybe 80% and it would have been fine. but i personally like the saturation here, so i left it at full opacity and moved onto color balance to further tweak some of the midtones and hightlights.

the last layer was a vibrance layer bumped up to 30%. overall, there are definitely some more adjustments i could have made. there is still a lot of greenish/yellow tones in their clothes and jimin's hair that i probably should have spent a bit more time fixing, but i didn't want to stray too far from where i was at this point because it's clearly a lot better than where it started.

voila! i hope you found this interesting and picked up a couple tricks. basically: channel mixer and color lookup are the two layers i only whip out for emergencies. i refuse to depend on them, but man, they can come in clutch.

another note about color lookup layers: they're a bit of a nuisance bc they cannot be copied or dragged to other gifs for some reason if you're trying to apply the same coloring to multiple gifs of the same scene. you have to remove the layer from your PSD group, copy your layers to your other documents, then manually add it back to each group. it slows me down every time lol.

as for the sliding effect i used to show off the before and after, i learned to do that from this tutorial! (make sure to disable your timeline shortcut keys when using the keys to move the vector mask or this won't work.)

[brinarph]

sabrinarpt's little gif-making tutorial for those who have asked <3 placed under a read more to keep from cluttering dashboards.

step one: read all of lexiresources' tutorial. click here. download her action. that's what i did, and it's what you need to do if you want to make gifs as quickly as i do, too. please note that lexi uses a mac in her tutorial, but i have a windows pc and cannot help you if you have a mac. my tutorial will be of no use to you if you have a mac because i don't know how those computers work.

done? great, continue on to...

step two: download microsoft clipchamp. it's free! it doesn't require a subscription of any kind. when you open clipchamp, you'll meet this screen:

you can ignore basically all of it. click on 'create a new video' - it sounds daunting but it isn't. clicking on that, this is what you'll see then:

step three: you will want to click on 'import media' once you get here. you should already have your videos downloaded; i use 4k video downloader+, but you can use t*rrents for movies or tv shows. my specialty and what i prefer to work on are tiktoks or interviews from youtube, both of which you can download directly from 4kvd.

once you add your media, it will look like this:

completely random video btw. so, you're going to add that media to the timeline:

by default, it's going to show you the whole video. this video is 1 minute and 55 seconds long, but that's way too long. that brings us to...

step four: shorten the video. click on the very edge on either side of the video, and your mouse cursor will turn into a directional arrow pointing left and right. i like to shorten videos to about 30 seconds. i find this to be the easiest once i get into photoshop; it's not too long, and makes shortening the clips into gifs a lot simpler. once you shorten your video in clipchamp, it'll look something like this:

if you're happy with how it looks, click the 'export' button in the top right corner. then you can move on to photoshop. if you're not happy, stick around!

when i make gifs, i prefer for the person's face to take up as much of the gif as possible because they're going to be a lot smaller in gif form. so for me, the above image of meryl streep isn't zoomed in enough. clipchamp allows you to drag from any one of the corners and zoom in, like so:

so i'm going to zoom in until i like how meryl is framed:

i like the subject to be in the center as well. i just think this looks better in gifs, but you do what you want when you're making your own.

clipchamp also allows you to split videos into sections. unsplit:

split:

you do this by moving the white bar to any section on the timeline, then hitting the scissors right above the timeline. this allows you to clip videos into sections of only what you want to gif. so for this video, if i only wanted to gif meryl streep, i would split the video into sections of just her and remove the rest. also, if you split something and delete it, make sure to attach the video pieces back together. don't leave it looking like this when you export:

that will result in a section of black during your video. simply click on the clip to the right and drag it toward the clip on the left until they're touching. clip and drag as much as you want until you either have 30 seconds of footage or until there's no more footage left, then click 'export' in the top right corner.

now for the fun stuff: we can finally open photoshop!

step five: open photoshop. i'm using the 2017 version. i can't help you with any other version, but i imagine they all mostly work the same. this is what it looks like for me (don't make fun of the fact that i have the ui set to 200%, my eyesight is really bad lmao):

as you can see, lexi's atn is already loaded in. now i'm going to give you the step-by-step process. you MUST go in this order if you want to make gifs the way i do. deviating from the order is fine, but i can't guarantee success.

file > import > video frames to layers

pick your mp4 clip from clipchamp. it will look like this once you have chosen the one you want:

'make frame animation' MUST be checked. it should be checked by default, but double check just to be sure. after that, the little what arrows underneath the line are what you will use to choose the frames you want to make gifs of. it'll look like this:

click ok and this is what you will see:

it looks a lot scarier than it is, i promise.

don't touch anything, just click 'lexi's big bad gif action' and hit the triangle button below. this takes A LOT of the work out of making gifs

an option will pop up - hit close or the escape button; do not hit ok

it should look like this afterward:

see how layer 1 is already selected? leave it be; scroll up to the last layer, hold down the shift button, and click on it:

they should all be selected. after that, right click on any of the layers and then select 'convert to smart object'

you will then be left with only one layer:

at this point, click on the first smart sharpen option and press the triangle button:

hit enter or click okay TWICE. it should come up twice, if not, press control + z to start over and do it again. once you're done sharpening, it should look like this:

next, you're going to want to resize your gif. i use 268 by 151 as i personally like that size and think it looks good in tumblr posts, but you can do whatever size you like

click on image > image size

put in any dimensions you fancy

you can also turn this mode into an action, but let's save that for another time. resizing it will make it appear a lot smaller in ps:

step six: it's time to finally export that lovely gif we just made. you will want to save for web (legacy):

you'll then be met with this:

make sure that 'looping options' is set to FOREVER. otherwise, the gif won't loop like it's supposed to. if you've done everything correctly, you should have a gif...

and there you have it! from start to finish, making each individual gif takes about a minute. usually less than that, honestly. it's the repetition of pressing the buttons that gets tiring, and clipping the videos isn't always easy, but once you get the hang of it? it's not too hard at all.

i hope this tutorial was mostly easy to follow and if you have any questions about how i do things or if you need help at all, please don't hesitate to reach out and ask!

[housewifebuck]

COLOR CORRECTION BASE PSD PACK

please reblog if you plan to use!

credit is super appreciated but not required:)

don't repost/claim as your own

optional: tag me in your creations with #usercam!!!

download here (mediafire) | more gif help

more info + instructions under the cut

these are base PSDs which each include two adjustment layers for color correcting scenes with various oversaturated colored lighting. the gifs above have additionally been brightened and sharpened.

you will still need to play around with all the adjustments to make your gifs look perfect! these are just meant to get you started:) please send me an ask if you have any questions. if you use these psds and choose to give credit (thank you!) please add a link to this post!

Instructions for use:

1. Save the PSD files to your computer

2. Open your gif in photoshop. In a separate tab open the PSD file

3. CTRL + click or right click on the adjustment layers folder (titled: group 1) in the “layers” box. Click duplicate folder, and choose your gif as the destination for the duplicate.

4. Finish editing your gif and save!

[celebgifmaker]

FREE GIF PACK -> SABRINA CARPENTER

#15 gifs of sabrina carpenter has been added to her gif pack, bringing the total to #179 gifs.

CONTENT WARNING: these are all gifs from the bring your love music video. some of these gifs have flashing lights in them!

Do not use these gifs in smut or taboo rps, do not use them to portray a minor, to race or genderbend. Please do not take and claim as your own or put in gif hunts. If you find this resource useful please give this a like or a reblog.

[ezekiel13]

Does anyone know how to convert a video to a gif without losing all of the quality??

Video ^ looks nice, it’s all edited and ready to become a gif

Gif ^ What is that?? All I did was convert it to a gif.

If there are any apps/websites that won’t do this please let me know <3

[darcylightninglewis]

Anyone know a way to download high res clips that youtube claims? I just want to download a F4 deleted scene to gif! Or other ways to dl the scenes???

[chikoriita]

what is good sharpening vs oversharpening? im sorry if i have oversharpened anything i am to new to this

It's a great question! There are a lot of reasons that oversharpening is a problem and just one is that it causes intense colorwashing. Oversharpening introduces excess graininess that skews skin tones and accentuates stray highlights that can wash out a gif.

I want to preface this post with this: I am not here to shame anyone who is oversharpening.

The most important part of this answer is to bring awareness of why these basic steps of gifmaking are so important to the whole process.

Each of these gif pairs are uncolored, unedited, and has the same save settings. The only difference is the sharpening settings that are listed on each gif. The left side has my usual sharpening filters, and the right side has the filters that usually lead to oversharpening.

(Kate Sharma, Bridgerton, 2022, 1080p footage live action)

(Matilda, 1996, 1080p footage live action)

(Barbara Howard, Abbott Elementary, 2022, 1080p footage live action)

(Miles Morales, Into the Spider-verse, 2018, 1080p footage animated)

It's not a crime to oversharpen your gifs, but it does lead to the slippery slope of colorwashing (even for white people).

Look for the halo: If you look at the oversharpened gif of Barbara, you can see a yellow outline around her hair. That is an obvious indicator of going too far.

Use a layer mask to see what the colors were before sharpening: you can see in most of the oversharpened gifs above that there is a huge difference in the colors shown vs. in the less sharpened gif.

If you're working with older footage: don't try to overcorrect the graininess of the media. It's okay if some of it comes through!

Try to get the highest quality footage you can: I primarily work in 1080p files because my poor laptop starts to sound like a plane taking off when I try to screencap 4K files. If you're like me, look for larger file sizes. That will reduce the graininess of the gif.

Here are some links to different sharpening actions and guides: daenerys-stormborn action anyataylorjoy action anya-chalotra sharpening guide

These are great to use if you are starting out in Photoshop! (psst if you need a hookup lmk) I know some people don't use PS, and for them, I put my sharpening settings on this post. I think both of the action sets I linked above have similar if not the same settings.

Also, one thing I noticed when making the gif pairs is that the less sharpened gif was always a smaller size. Fixing sharpening settings might help people who are trying their best to keep things under the 10mb limit.

I hope this answered your question, anon. If anyone has any questions or would like other resources, let me know!

[empireofstarsandsmoke]

Final Fantasy XVI- Shadow Vanquished- Gifs edited

Trying out a new way to make/ edit Gifs. Feedback welcome :)