Hello! Here is a tutorial on how I color screencaps. Message me if you have any questions! 😃
You'll Need
Photoshop (I'm using CC)
Basic understanding of how Photoshop works
The rest is under the cut. Have fun!
Part one: Cropping and Sharpening
Step One: Find the screencap(s) you want to edit
I recommend using these sites...
screencapped.net
homeofthenutty.com
kissthemgoodbye.net
Or you can just google "[name of show] screencaps gallery"
I’m using this screencap:
Step Two: Cropping
If you're doing one screencap per row you'll want the width to be 540px, and if you have more two screencaps in a row in your post you'll want the width to be 268px. If you want to use the old Tumblr dimensions, it's 500px and 245px. The height can be whatever you want. If it’s a lot of screencaps in the set and in rows of two, I usually do something like 150px by 268px, and if it’s one in each row I usually do 300px by 540px. But that’s just me!
Step Three: Sharpening
Go to the filter tab at the top, and under sharpening you'll see "smart sharpen" which you should click. The settings I use are:
Amount: 123
Radius: 1.0
Reduce noise: 10
Part Two: Coloring
Step Four: Adjustment Layers
Next, you'll add adjustment layers. I use these settings, in order of bottom to top:
Step Eight: Save As
Now all you have to do is go to File > save as > and save it wherever you want! 😃 I like to save images as PNGs because it preserves the quality more than a JPEG does.
Here is the PSD for the coloring
I hope that was helpful! Message me with any questions you have, or any requests for other tutorials or resources! 😃