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GIF Glitch Effect (Tutorial)

Frame 2: I copy-merged everything (Shift+Ctrl+C) and pasted into a new layer. The broken effect was made by selecting random parts of the image with the rectangular marquee tool, and moving the pieces around with the transform tool. I didn't want it to be too busy, so I only broke the image into three pieces. The delay for this frame was set to 0.1 (along with the remaining frames).

Frame 3: The previous layer was then hidden. I added a gradient coloring, and a texture by pixelnoizez (the site is inactive/gone?) was placed over it. Googling "glitch texture(s)" or "glitchy texture(s)" gives plenty of great results.

Frame 4: Basically the same as frame three, but without the texture.

Frame 5: The same as frame four, but I moved the Triforce symbol's layer above the gradient coloring and turned it upside down.

Frame 6: The gradient coloring was removed, and the Triforce symbol was duplicated twice. The duplicates were recolored to red and blue, set to the lighten blending mode, and moved to opposite sides of the original symbol. Then I copy-merged everything and pasted it into a new layer. I added noise to this layer (Filter > Noise > Add Noise). The noise amount was 9.5

Frame 7: The previous layer, and the Triforce symbol duplicates were hidden. I followed steps similar to frame two to break up the image again.

Here's the completed GIF:

That's basically it! There is no set way to give your images a glitch effect. There are plenty of other elements/techniques you can use, and a lot can be learned from experimentation. Hope this helps, and happy editing!

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I like to sharpen my gifs before coloring them. There are many different sharpening techniques, but I prefer to use actions. I made an action that will sharpen up to 145 frames that you can download here, if you would like to use it! Just keep in mind it only works if you haven't deleted any layers or frames (it works through layers 1-145), so be sure to use it before removing any unwanted frames or layers. If you have under 145 frames a little window may pop up:

In which case you can click 'Stop'. Here's the gif after sharpening:

Now time for coloring! 

I know I've said this a million times, but for those just getting into editing who would like to make their own colorings/psds from scratch, I have a list of tips here. Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Vibrance. Alternatively you can click the button below to access vibrance settings as well.

Here are my settings:

And here's the gif after playing with the vibrance settings:

The coloring looks kind of off, doesn't it? We'll fix it soon! Now go to Layer > New Fill Layer > Gradient (or just click the little button on the bottom and select 'Gradient'). Here are my settings:

I used the 'Copper' gradient, it should be under your default gradient group. Set this layer to Soft Light, at 100% opacity. My result was this:

Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Curves (or click the button again to access it). Here are my settings:

And the result:

We're getting somewhere, sort of. Now go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance. Here are my settings:

Midtones:

Shadows:

The Highlights settings remain at default. The result:

Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Selective Color. I only adjusted the red settings:

Finally, go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation. Here are my settings:

And the result:

Wow. That looks kind of scary. We're not done yet! Make sure your Hue/Saturation layer is still selected, and the layer mask (white rectangle) is selected as well. It should look something like this:

Use the brush tool (my brush is a 160px soft-rounded brush, with 0% hardness, 100% opacity in black. Make sure to use black.). Brush over Yuna and parts of the background, while making sure to leave the left and right edges intact. Mine came out looking like this:

And the gif now looks like this:

The GIF is now complete! Here's the settings I used for saving:

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! Happy editing!

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Hello everyone! In this tutorial I will show you the process of creating this psd. I'm going to assume you have a basic knowledge of Photoshop before following along. 

First, sharpen the image. I usually sharpen my images before applying colorings, text, etc. I don't know if there's a difference between sharpening it first or last, it's just what I prefer doing.

Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Brightness/Contrast. Alternatively, you can click this button here to access adjustment layer settings.

Here are my brightness and contrast settings (I get a little too "contrast happy" sometimes, haha). 

The resulting image:

Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Vibrance. Here are my vibrance settings:

And the resulting image... everythings more saturated!

Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance. Here are my settings:

Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Selective Color. Click the box at the top to choose which color to adjust. I started with cyan.

At this point I was satisfied with the coloring.

 The next step is entirely optional. Make a new layer and fill it with #000000. Then use the eraser tool (soft-rounded brush) and erase the center of the layer, making sure to leave the edges dark.

Then set the layer to soft light and 40% opacity...

...And the coloring is finished! Here's a before and after: 

I hope you found this useful! I made a psd for this tutorial as well (if you just want to use the coloring, or use it as reference), which you can download here. Happy editing!

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Hello everyone! This tutorial explains several techniques I use to edit eyes. I usually just stick to the steps in the first image (making eyes pop), but I’ve also included ways to alter eye colors, and add special effects. Happy editing!

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Thanks for putting together more wonderful colored psds, it's the top on my list to use and the best I've ever seen. Is there a way to do half and half coloring like b&w or half pink and another color in the same gif? Hope to see more of your psds.

Hi there! Thank you so much, I’m really happy you are enjoying my colorings!I’ve never tried using two psds at once (besides mixing colors), so there's probably a better way to do this. Here’s a screenshot of the layers from my last coloring:Select one of the colors you want to use, and then right-click the white rectangle (this is your layer mask). Then select “Add Mask To Selection.” Your image should be outlined with a dotted marquee. From here you can use the lasso tool/marquee tool/etc to add or subtract to the selection of what you don’t want colored.And press the delete key to remove the coloring from the selected area.Notice how the layer mask looks now.Then hold down the ctrl key, and click the rectangle again. The colored part of your image should now be selected:From here you can select what second coloring you want to use. Make it visible and be sure to click the white rectangle/layer mask.Then press the delete key again to remove the second coloring from the selected area.Now you have two colorings!Again, I’ve never tried using two colorings at once, so hopefully this is understandable and not too confusing to follow. This is also for gradient map colorings. For a psd that consists of multiple layers it may be a bit more difficult. I hope this helps!

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How to Make Character Christmas Ornaments Tutorial requested by maritaheartilly  Hello everyone! This tutorial explains the process of making the ornaments found in this photoset. There are multiple ways you can achieve this effect, but I found it easier to work with what was listed above. Enjoy!

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Hello everyone! I've decided to make a series of tutorials explaining some of the techniques I use when making edits. This tutorial is pretty basic, and I'm sure a lot of people already know this. I just thought it would be interesting to show different things that could be done with the lighten blending mode. Enjoy!