Have you ever struggled with your cropping decisions because the scene you were giffing from had too much movement? There's a quick and easy fix for that! 💜 key frames 💜
This is hardly a tutorial, but rather a tip post for gifmakers who never thought to do this before (because really this is beginner-type stuff) but it's actually life-changing if you haven't.
In my first example above, Katherine is in the same center starting point in the beginning in both gifs, but in the original footage, she drifts off out of frame with this crop.
Most of you have worked with key frames in timeline before so I'm not explaining the in-depth details of that here but, did you know... you can use key frames on your gif layer to stabilize panning and keep your subjects centered?
This especially comes in handy when you're trying to make big gifs, or gif from footage with a wide aspect ratio, but you don't want a wide aspect crop.
So onto my quick examples of the gist of it:
The original set I made featured large gifs of thizzy going at it but the only way to achieve giffing this scene in these dimensions was to key frame the layers because they moved out of frame a lot with this close up kiss.
👆 These are the same exact gif but the second one has key frames that center the focal point:
Transform is your buddy for this. Each key frame is an adjustment to the movement of the document from side to side.
So taking a look at this wide aspect crop:
In this shot, Natalie is far left and then slowly the camera pans to center her, but what if we wanted a big gif of her in this scene with a 1:1 crop?
Imagine this doesn't do it for you, let's center her. To do this, place your first frame at the point right before the camera starts to pan left, and the last one where it stops panning (if it doesn't stop panning, the last key frame would just be placed at the very end of your gif).
For the second key frame, click and drag with the move tool, or use your keyboard arrows to skew the document until she's centered. And result:
If you're working with something that jerks back and forth or pans quickly, you're going to have trouble centering the subject it in a way that looks natural, as more key frames would have to be used and they would have to be closer together which can quickly start looking messy like this example of Sinners (click to see bigger).
Obviously the original (left) is fine and doesn't require this because he's still very much in frame anyway but for scenes like this, key frame at your own discretion.
Additionally, you could create a pan where there is none and an example of when this might be helpful is when you are overlaying two+ gifs that just don't sit exactly right together, so you can experiment with that.
That's it, just wanted to put this out here as a concept although it's so simple because it saves my sets occasionally and I hope it helps someone.
hi everyone! so, i recently hit 20k followers on this blog, which is actually insane when i think about it. i really wanted to make something for you all and decided to make a little pack of some psds and actions. i absolutely love what i managed to put together, and hopefully you will as well!
the pack includes:
8 psds: 6 gif psds & 2 image psds
6 effect actions (+1 sharpen for gifs)
you can find previews and information for everything as well as the download link under the keep reading cut.
don't forget to like or reblog if you download the pack, and thank you, for following me over all these years! i love you all so dearly.
action information:
actions for image edits
the .atn file includes six effects, all of them are automatic and will flatten visible layers at the end.
it's recommended to use the actions before using psds.
you can use these actions on each other, or multiply them until you get your desired effect.
all previews (except for the natural light.atn preview) are made with using the iconic.psd, also included in this pack!
actions previews:
gif psd information:
these gif psds are made for the specific shows / movies named, however, they can of course be used on different projects as well.
the florence.psd is made specifically to work on youtube videos & celeb interviews.
none of the psds contain vibrance.
all the psds are poc friendly.
certain layers may need adjustments (they're named adjust) for different scenes.
gif psd previews:
image psd information:
iconic.psd & filter.psd are specifically made for image edits.
these psds do not contain any vibrance.
certain layers may need to be adjusted depending on the image. these layers are marked with "adjust".
70+ icons from season 3 caps in various colors ranging from vibrant to pastel to earthy tones can be found on (my icon page) or you can (dl) the pack from my drive.
all icons are 128x128 for best resolution on tumblr
Please like/reblog if you take any
Credit always appreciated but not necessary for use
Each header will open up exactly like the preview image and comes with the coloring psd, borders, textures, doodles, tutorials, etc (as shown in the individual design) and are all organized in folders to keep the file organized. Just add your images, change the colors to match and you’re done! The fonts and info about the headers are listed in the header notes so you can download them to use.
You can purchase each template by following the links below:
Dua Lipa Header • Laura Harrier Header • Ariana Grande Header
Howdy! Thank you so much guys for the 1.5k followers, it means a lot specially in a moment that pale creators are struggling to have good feedbacks about their work.
This pack contains 8 psds from my sets:
Lilo & Stitch (example) | Cinderela (example)
The empreror’s new groove (example) | Mulan (example)
Peter Pan (example) | The Princess and the Frog (example)
Ponyo (example) | Atlantis: the lost empire (example)
I hope you like it! Some psds may need brightness or saturation adjustments. Feel free to track #userzmariana in your creations using these psds, I’d love to check it out!
Remember to reblog if this pack if it’s userful and/or if you download. Let’s keep pale community alive! And please don’t repost or claim as your own, obviously. (DOWNLOAD)
