#ps faq

[joohys]

How do you make your icons so clear? They look soo nice 🤩🤩🤩

thank you!! i just use these smart sharpen settings

[cruvcio]

how do you make ur graphics?

the process is tedious, you need to ride unicorns over rainbow, do the fluffle shuffle, don’t sleep for 36 hours, observe that all stars and planets are aligned, proceeded by obligatory hater-sacrificing ceremony to achieve that maximum photoshop glow….okay jokes aside, basically what i do is just find stock images that i like and cut them out and arrange them on a canvas while adding textures and a little bit of coloring and add text in the end :)

[joohys]

Hey sorry to bother you but how did you find the flowers on your yeri reveluvrevival gfx?

i found most of them here on tumblr!! i’ve downloaded tons of texture packs, and it seems the one with the flowers i use most in my gfxs is gone :(

but i have all the flowers saved from that pack and i can share it with you!!💕 this folder includes all the flowers (i think) from the sorrydearie texture pack and then the other flower i've been frequently using lately, which was from a different pack but i don’t remember it’s name orz; 

if i’m looking for specific flowers or want to try using new ones; i use google images, type in transparent flower or *flower name* transparent!!

[joohys]

hi it's the anon that asked about your edit, and if you didn't mind i'd truly appreciate it, thank you so much again for providing this for me and many other people, you're an angel, i love you!! 💛💜💛💜💛💜💜💛💜💛💜💛

asdfjkla;sjflaksdjf you’re too precious anon 🤧💕

ok!! now onto the process/tutorial!! i’ll post it under read more because this will definitely get long

this will be really long, i’m going to go into extreme detail of how i did this orz; and there is a possibility of there being shortcuts for how i do things, i just haven’t figured them out yet

so let’s jump right into this!

this one was a little tricky! i really liked how the clouds moved on red velvet’s page, but i couldn’t save it moving; so i saved the cloud image and had to make it move myself

i use photoshop cs5 to edit/gif!

so opening up the bg image into ps, i cropped and changed the image size down to the size i wanted (540x540) 

then i would add 5 pixels to the top and then reduce it back to 540. i did this five times. 

next i reopened the frames in photoshop and started adding them into one file with the animation window open, i found a nice speed for the clouds to move, (i tried matching it to the speed they moved on the website) converted the timeline to animation, and then converted the layers to smart object

i copy and pasted the red velvet logo from one of the teasers, and the ‘start’ i made frames (one with the word, and a blank frame) for as well and i pasted that on top of the cloud frames (to get the shadow effect: blending options => drop shadow) my settings: 

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for the second image, i added a letter to every frame to get it to look like it’s being typed out. 

the pop up box actually isn’t mine, i had downloaded this pack of overlays a long time ago and finally was able to use them orz; i took the box overlay, and edited it to fit with my edit

the yes/no selection is simple, i made a frame with each yes and no selected and a yes chosen as the answer layer, the selection arrow i took from the original box overlay, just changed the color and resized!

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now the big one!!!!! 💀

i started off with the selection icons and then worked my way down! 

i opened the images, cropped, added the colored bg, applied my sharpening and psds and saved them individually.

after saving the files, i reopened them and applied a fill layer of the same color background, changing it to hue. each little fruit icons were cropped from the same images i got the characters, i used the elliptical marquee (while holding shift) to get the perfect circle

the select a character, i did the same way i did the start from the first image

now with the characters, i used the same color from the icon bgs, used it for the bg and the character shadow (which i now realize i forgot to apply wendy’s 🤦‍♀️) the box is the same one from the overlay box from before!

how i outlined the character icons, drinks and character names: blending options => stroke, settings are

simply copy and pasted the fruit, and the back arrow and the ready images! (all of them came from the teasers)

i used the elliptical marquee tool again to get those perfect circle icons and put text over them.

now each character has an icon folder and character selected folder, so for example, with irene’s folders visible, i save three individual frames with the arrow in three different positions, so it’s moving when i go to gif it. each character got three frames 

with all 15 frames done, i reopen them and start placing the frames into the first frame’s animation window

the sparkles i had decided to add last minute, just so it wouldn’t be boring. i don’t have the source saved for the sparkle gif (it’s from tumblr is all i know orz)

to get the sparkles on my animation, i selected the frames of the sparkle gif and pasted over the selection of my gif

save for web and devices, and i’m all done!

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the loading page! pretty easy now that i’ve done the others. 

the loading text was done the same way the text on the second image was done (add a letter each time), the cloud background moving, done the same way it was with the start screen!

all the items were copy and pasted, resized, and part of them erased to fit in the clouds. 

frames were opened and pasted into the first frame’s animation window, set a speed, save for web and devices, and all done!!

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this is the second time i’ve done a character select edit like this, but this time i went a little farther! this took me around 12 hours to do and i’m very happy with the end result and i’m happy everybody else likes too!!

i hope i was able to explain everything in an easy way for everybody to understand orz;; if not, you can ask and i’ll try to explain it again, might add visuals to help ><

thank you for taking an interest in my edits and loving them too!

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[cruvcio]

i love your acc!! may I know what font did you used in "The Houses as Your Friends" ? ❤️

thank you, it’s Brandon Text :)

[cruvcio]

I want to start in gfx but I don't really know where to get started, do you have any tips for a beginner? Thank you and have a good day, your work is beautiful!

Thank you so so much for your kind words! ♥

For beginners who’d like to dabble in making graphics, I would say look through Pinterest for inspiration, from there plan out and write down your own ideas of the theme/subject that your graphic is going to be. Decide what style of graphic you want to make, be it posters, infographic, typography, etc. It’s best to have a specific idea in mind and then search for the images surrounding the theme of your graphic. For example if it’s a studyblr type of graphic, you’d search for study related styled stock images such as books and stationary. After gathering all your sources, draft a new canvas, with your visualized color palette in mind, mix and match the images together. Not all images compliment each other in a graphic, it’s sort of a trial and error process, until you see what fits together to make the graphic look nice. If it’s an anime character graphic, do the basics like cleaning and coloring mangacaps, and then add different textures and some words/info to your graphic to make it look more complete. Most importantly, keep experimenting and practicing and you will find your own graphic style eventually.

Those are just my two cents, purely advice and not professional, but I hope it helps you in one way or another! If you need photoshop/graphic tutorials, visit comepleteresources, itsphotoshop, yeahps, chaoticresources and animeps. These sites have great resources that could help beginners out in making gifs and graphics.

Good luck and have fun making them! :)

[cruvcio]

hi i was wondering if you could tell me what fond did you use for house names? It's beautiful <3 /post/160873643591/the-houses-as-literary-quotes-click-to-enlarge

it’s ‘Pillowbook’ :)

[cruvcio]

Hi, what a font you use here???post/160478655851/the-houses-as-studyblrs-click-to-enlarge-info

Hi, it’s Moabhoers :)