hi youre so talented! would you mind explaining how you did the moving arrow + side gifs changing colors here https://64.media.tumblr.com/d710334afe1c8f78a81f475e991a51c3/b34c69492de7b019-b5/s540x810/ddd1b2efe4f631649597b13dff48822bc10307ee.gifv? i always learn/see new things in your gifset so thank you for shairng them :)
hi anon!! honestly it's actually pretty easy? a bit tedious, but easy!! i dont have the psd for that gif saved anymore so pls bear with me as i do my best to explain 🙏 (gif from this set)
so basically what i did was make all 3 of those smaller side gifs (text and all) individually with color, so that when i put them as part of the big gif, all i had to do was make a gradient map layer (layer > new adjustment layer > gradient map) and use the raster mask to only cover the gif not being "highlighted" by the arrow by doing something like this:
which gives you this result (minus the arrow):
you can actually put the gradient map where you plan for one gif to stop being in color like this in the folder with your gifs, and it'll work just fine:
though that only works after you've merged all your gifs together so they run as one gif (as seen above), but since all those gifs are colored anyway, that shouldnt be a problem!
then, for the arrow, i color code each of the gifs (as seen above) for when one gif begins/ends, and then use a png of an arrow. pretty sure i got mine off google, but photopea has the option for making custom shapes where you can pick an arrow if you'd like:
unlike the gradient map, you cant just put the arrow in between the frames because the layer for the arrow counts as a still image that just gets... stuck on the top of your gif the whole time, so this is the tedious bit where you have to merge the individual frames with a png of the arrow (copy and paste it however many times you need) and then make sure its in the whole "_a_frm0,50" or whatever format so it runs correctly. and, side note, but if you're doing the gradient map trick, i recommend using the raster mask so you can see the color of the arrow if you did add color to it, otherwise it'll just be b&w like the rest of the gif.
i hope that all made sense!! i really enjoyed making that set because it was something a little new for me :) <3
