#m:coloring

[donghyucktual]

i have to smile. perhaps even nod sagely

[kimsuyeon]

coloring tutorial - requested by @hiraismomorin ♡

i color from scratch for every single set. i am by no means perfect and can always improve and try new things, but this is my basic progress. i tend to focus on fixing whiteness/paleness first and then adjust colors. when giffing files that aren't pale (i.e. movies, shows, western music, etc.), i don't do as many corrections.

sharpen first! sharpening can (and often will) emphasize highlights and can take nice coloring and make it seem pale. here is my source video upscaled using handbrake and sharpened.

first, i use levels! i use the top eyedropper and select the area i want to have as black - this is generally hair (when the hair is very dark) or the very center of the pupil.

i use curves and exposure next. i normally adjust all four channels (especially when the original lighting is difficult, or for stage gifs) to make a base brightness, contrast, and skin-tone that makes other edits easier. i also try to adjust the tone / shade of black areas to be neutral. exposure can be easily overdone and i rarely go over +.30.

i use brightness and contrast next. i almost always use negative brightness and positive contrast at this time to counterbalance some of the paleness exposure and curves tends to add.

i use hue/saturation to adjust reds and yellows! i try to lower saturation here so it doesn't look too strong when i do my next adjustments, and i try to even out skin-tone (i.e. fixing areas that are noticeably a different shade because of previous adjustments)

i use selective color to adjust the tone of reds, yellows, whites, and blacks. i occasionally adjust neutrals on harder source files. i then do a second selective color to lighten highlights on peaks of the face, the bg, etc. (the previous one added black to the white channel)

generally, this is enough! if i'm not satisfied i do hue/saturations, brightness and contrasts, and color balance until i feel like the coloring is nice! below is the result, exactly as i showed step-by-step.

here are two other colored gifs with more difficult bases! attached in this drive folder are all 3 coloring psds i used over a sharpened frame of each gif.

[mushyichhi]

“I’m sorry…”

>>Kimetsu no Yaiba ch 202

*click for better view

[lunxsole]

Hana…

[malumarpt]

COLOR PSD #001;  ↳DIVERSITY by malumarpt.

Diversity is a very simple coloring that works for all skin tones with barely any adjustments. However, it was made to work with pictures that have a lot of white or pastel tones in them, so you might have to adjust some layers if you use colorful ones. DO NOT: redistribute or claim as your own. Please, like or reblog if using. Enjoy !!!

DOWNLOAD.

[kimsuyeon]

green yeji coloring for fun 2025 ver

[donghyucktual]

we have to forgive me for only having 1 gif when the slay is this substantial

[donghyucktual]

friends i have a choom base psd would u be interested. both of these gifs are unsharpened. the first one is the base as is over a section of choreography with many lighting changes (skin looks normal during red / magenta bg sections too).

second gif is with 3 minimal adjustment layers done over the base to make cyans and whites more clear.

finally, how it looks without any coloring.