tutorial was made using windows! doing this instead of making my own gifs #procrastination.
apps / things needed:
kmplayer (or any screencap program of choice)
downloaded video of choice (recommended 720p or higher quality)
coloring / sharpening action (optional)
so first we're going to download our video. you can use any program for this. 1080p or higher quality is better obviously, but i downloaded my video at 720p since that's the minimum quality i'll gif at.
ONE.
first thing is opening / loading the video:
click the program name and then quick open file then load your video. you can also load the video by dragging it into the kmplayer box.
TWO.
right click the screen to open the main menu. then go to capture > frame extract. alternatively you can just use ctrl + g.
these are my settings, you'll have to adjust it for your screencaps if you want something else.
THREE.
open your files in photopea. first go to file > open > (your folder with your screencaps) and pick the first or last screencap you have. i picked the first (leftmost image).
then go back to file > open > open and place > (your folder with your screencaps) and select ALL of the images. it should have all of your screencaps now and you can delete the first/'background' image.
FOUR.
to crop your image use the crop tool. you can do any size obviously, but my new gif looks like this.
FIVE.
select all your frames and then right click and go to layer > rasterize. this allows you to sharpen your gif like a smart object in photoshop. (it's greyed out since i already clicked it.)
SIX.
to make the frames into an actual gif go to layer > animation > make frames. if you don't want to do anything else then go to export as > gif.
this is the final product. note: there has been no coloring or sharpening applied here! since photopea has no traditional timeline like photoshop you adjust your gif speed here during the saving portion. this gif has 171 frames and has a 240 speed.
SEVEN.
you can create actions in photopea the same way you create them in photoshop. so we'll create a sharpening action under window > actions.
obvious note: every gif is different so one sharpen might not look good on another. this is a very basic example sharpen. figure out what works for you!
this is the final product with sharpening applied. note: there is no coloring added here!
EIGHT.
to add someone else's psd open the psd in photopea. then right click the psd and duplicate into. then choose your gif as the destination.
this gif has sharpening and coloring added.
you can also obviously do your own coloring. you'll have to experiment with colors/sharpens and see what works.
i'm not sure if people have seen or tested out the forums on discord but i thought i'd make a tutorial on how i use it for roleplaying since i found it super fun and helpful for organization purposes!
so what are forums? discord describes it as "a space for organized discussions". much like threads, the discussions can be contained in one post which makes it easy to keep your topics in order. the part that i find most useful is that you can organize your post by tags and filter through them! now in order to get forums in your server, you will have to enable 'Community' on your server. so let's start!
♡ . ) first thing you'll do is open your server setting. there will be an 'Enable Community' that you can click on and it will take you to a page like this
♡ . ) once you click 'Get Started' it will take you through a series of questions and system settings. you will need at least one "default channel" where discord will send automated updates. this channel is necessary if you want to use forums.
if you continue with the default settings, discord will automatically create two channels for you: one titled 'rules' and another titled 'moderators-only'. the announcements made whenever there's an update as mentioned above will be sent to the latter.
NOTE FROM CUPID ! i personally like to make a single channel titled something like 'updates' and keep it locked. this can be done before or after enabling community, you will just need to change the settings to go to the new channel first.
♡ . ) once you have community enable, you're free to make all the forums you want! when you go to create a new channel, 'forums' will show up as an option like this
for this example, i'm going to show how i set up my muses' profiles for 1x1 writing server like a roster, but you can also do this for single muse / threads / sms / etc.
♡ . ) when you click into the forums channel you created, you will see a landing page like this. there are instructions on how to navigate the channel as well so feel free to read those as well! the first thing i like to do is create tags. you can open that setting by clicking either of these buttons.
(navigate to the 'Tags' section and click 'Create Tag' if you need to) it will open a popup box like this. i like to create a tag for every muse that i want to add to my roster and you're able to add 20 tags!
when you're finished, they will be listed as you see below. there are other options in forums settings that you can play around with including a 'default reaction' emoji, 'slowmode', layout and sorting option, age restriction and 'hide after inactivity'. all these are based on preference!
♡ . ) once you've saved your setting changes, you can leave this page and are now able to make your posts by clicking 'New Post' on the upper right hand corner.
this is where you're pretty much able to do whatever suits your style including formatting how you like and adding photos, all you need to make sure to do is add the corresponding tag to the post! once you're finished making it look how you want, you can click 'Post'
they will appear in the channel like this!
♡ . ) and by clicking on a post, you will be able to open it in a side view like this. if you want to see the post in full view, you will click the three dots in the upper right hand corner of the side view and then choose 'Open in Full View'.
you're now able to add more messages within the post! for me, i like to add stats of my muses and headcanons that may be useful when i thread.
NOTE FROM CUPID ! one set back i found is that you are not able to use threads within a forum post so it may get a bit cluttered depending on what you send in a forum post. so if you are wanting multiple different sections for one topic, i suggest creating a forum instead. for example, if you are wanting to add musings, faceclaim pics, headcanons and stats all for one muse, i would create a single forum post just for that muse instead to avoid having important info getting lost!
and that pretty much covers how i use forums for discord rp! i encourage you to play around with it to find a style and format that best works for you. and if you have any questions, you're more than welcome to send it to my inbox. happy writing everyone♡♡♡
