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colony22graphics · 4 years ago

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Welcome to Colony 22′s Holiday AU Bingo Challenge!

Since the last AU Bingo board was such a hit, we decided now would be the perfect time for volume 2—holiday style! It’s our hope that this little (totally optional) game will help give you fun bursts of muse during a quieter season on the dash, and lots of engaging things to explore, whether you’re interested in canon self-paras or headcanons, non-canon AU threads, or playful graphics, for yourself or for others!

Of course as it is not actually December in the RP verse, the ‘holiday’ theme is mostly for us muns, but is also intentionally vague—you may explore any holiday, family gathering, religious or non-religious tradition that strikes your fancy or that inspires you based on the tiles above! (i.e. in the RP verse, it’s actually around Passover time, so you may prefer to explore something along those themes, or any other holiday your character(s) would have participated in—or even decidedly not participated in). I also know snow and winter and some of the traditions references don’t apply to everyone for the December holidays, but feel free to get creative and explore them in whatever way you like!

How it Works

Each square on the board has a theme that you can incorporate into any kind of creative work you wish! The WHITE tiles (trope themes) are specifically AU, and are intended for any written or other creative works that involve other characters from the RP but are intentionally an Alternate Universe and therefore non-canon. (Of course, mentions/inclusions of characters other than your own in self-paras etc will require the consent of other muns!) The BLUE tiles, however, are WORD PROMPTS and can also be used to explore canon things, including flashbacks/self-paras, moodboards, headcanons, etc. (If you choose to do any of these blue tile word prompts as AUs instead, then be sure it’s clearly labelled as such!)

Additionally, for the AU Themes, if you are interested in writing threads with other players, you are certainly welcome to do them as paras (might be a great opportunity if you need to up your para counts) but you are also welcome to explore chat threads—and here’s a fun kicker: if you wish, you may choose alternate faceclaims for the threads, if the AU involves any age changes (your character as a kid or teenager, or perhaps your character older and married or so on and so forth!) But of course, this is totally optional!

Non-Written Creations

As all media rules still apply, the following submissions should be submitted to the Graphics Blog:

gif sets

graphics

visual artwork (i.e. sketches, drawings, paintings etc etc)

video edits

playlists (with cover art)

[ As always, you will be properly credited for all your work, and you are always welcome to add your own credit text in the description of your submission and format it any way you like! ]

[ submit here ]

Written Work

Written work (self-paras, para or chat threads, poetry, miscellaneous ~experimental~ wordy things) can be posted on your own character account as long as it is clearly marked in the title to indicate that it’s an AU bingo activity or canon flashback/word prompt/headcanon etc and everything should be tagged with #col22bingo, so that the mods can easily locate it and there is no confusion. Feel free also to track the tag!

Please also note in the TITLE (and separately in tags if you wish) which square the submission/creation is for. Some of them are going to be super obvious, but some may not be, and it’ll make things a lot easier for the mods to track if you title and tag them appropriately!

Some Theme Examples

As you can see, most of the categories are pretty self explanatory, but we thought a couple of them would benefit from a bit of clarification, so:

National Lampoon AU: Inspired by the classic Christmas film “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” this tile is basically looking for anything involving family gatherings and the chaos/absurdity/disaster that often comes with it. First holiday shared with the crazy in-laws? Family members or exes who absolutely can’t be in the same room but are in the same room? Over crowded homes with cousins and uncles sleeping on couches and air-mattresses? Disastrous cooking or decorating or gathering fiascos? Basically, you name it, and we’ll be here for it—with popcorn.

Home Alone AU: A Macaulay Culkin style adventure—feel free to explore the ‘getting left behind at the airport’ element, the ‘going ham on home intruders’ element, any creative variation of such scenarios, or all of the above! This might be an example of one that works well as a crossover idea!

Holiday “Spirits” AU: Get into the Holiday Spirit by breaking out those Holiday Spirits!! As in, any scenario involving getting tipsy (or downright sloshed) on eggnog or liqueur or wine (the list goes on and on.) This doesn’t have to be your character, of course, it can be any combination of scenarios, just something about celebratory drinks (or lack there of!) Reminder to please tag any triggers where it might be appropriate!

Pantomime AU: A very British Christmas tradition of comedic, fantastical stage performances often based on well known children’s stories, with encouraged (and silly) interactions from the audience. If you’re not British, but you’ve ever been to a Rocky Horror performance, it might be a little bit like that. Read about this fabulous and fun tradition here.

"The tree” AU: This one is a bit more Christmas specific, but any scenario involving getting a tree—whether it be buying a real one from a market, fetching one from the woods and bringing it home, putting up a fake one, decorating, arguing... and of course, if you’re looking for chaos, any fiascos that may come with any of these scenarios!

Closing Details

Just like last time, this is purely for fun and there is zero pressure to participate if it doesn’t tickle your fancy, but if you do want to, you can track your progress on the board located on the graphics blog here. (We will update as frequently as we can, but it may take up to a day or two for your results to appear!)

During the course of this challenge, we will post updates whenever someone achieves a line, (or if by some miracle, someone goes for a blackout!) There are no prizes, but there are definitely bragging rights. For the time being, the end date of this challenge is TBD, but it will likely last through January. It doesn’t feel particularly necessary to close these things super quickly, but we may at some point stop tracking the results, and we’ll let you know when that happens!

As always, if you have any questions at all about the game, submission types or any of the AU themes or prompts, please hit us up on the main blog ask and we’ll be glad to help! We will tag all posts and answers regarding this challenge with col22bingo so you can easily find it in the tags or on the main blog!

And finally, to every member of this little star RP fam, new and old and everything in between, thank you for an amazing year. Though 2020 was rough on all accounts and for everyone, this community and you fabulous people helped to provide an oasis of safety and imagination to escape to when things on the outside got bad. I know I speak for just about every last one of us when I say I seriously don’t know where I would have been all year without you guys. All the mods and I are so, so grateful for your continued, absolutely staggering loyalty and commitment. So here’s to another incredible year at Colony 22! Let’s finish off our 7th year right!

Lots of love, and have fun!!

Col22!Mods

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njmphadora · 8 years ago

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NATALIE'S TUTORIALS: 003 - SPARKLE GIFS

In this tutorial, I will be explaining how to create edits where there is a sparkle / falling snow effect overlay. An example of this is the banner used above. Here are some more examples of what you should be able to achieve by the end of this tutorial: x x x

Please let me know if you experience any problems / notice any mistakes and I will try and help you / correct them.

↳ requested by anonymous

STEP ONE: Setting Up

Okay so, the first thing you need to do is create your photoshop file and set up your image as you would like it. Do whatever cool fanciful stuff you would like to your image and make it look however you would like. One key trick that you will need to remember is to not let your image be too dark. The method I use to add sparkle textures will darken your image slightly, so lighten it up if you have to. Once everything's sorted, put all your layers in a folder so that they're easy to move / copy over when required. Also take note of your image size.

STEP TWO: Obtaining the GIF

Now, most people don't make the sparkle layers themselves. Most people, myself included, will use easily accessible files either found on tumblr or via google image searches. I have a folder on my computer of saved GIFs to use in my editing, and I would recommend that you start collecting any good texture GIFs that you see in the future. Just save them all into a folder on your computer and you'll never need to hunt them down again. To help you get started, here is the main one that I use: here You will need to save this file to be able to use. Remember that you will need to save it as a GIF file or this process won't work.

STEP THREE: Importing the GIF

Now, you will need to import the GIF as a new file. To do this, click the "File" button at the top of your Photoshop, and in the drop down menu, find "Import" and select "Video Frames to Layers...". Now, this will open up a box where you can view your documents. Go to where you've saved the GIF file. Depending on a variety of things (specifically, which version of photoshop you're using) the GIF may or may not be immidiately visible. If the GIF is not immidiately visible then what you'll need to do is ~ where it says "File Name", type in - *gif - and press enter. Now your GIF files should be visible. Select the GIF file you want to use and double click on it. This should open up a screen that looks like this:

Now, make sure that you've selected everything the same as shown above ~ you will want to be importing it From Beginning to End and you will need to check the box to Make Frame Animation. In some instances, you will have experienced errors trying to get to this stage. For instance, in my new version of Photoshop, I was unable to import this GIF in this method. In this case, what you'll need to do instead is ~ go to File and click Open... which should then bring up your documents. Follow the stages above here ~ type *gif into the search bar once you've located the correct folder where you've stored your GIF, and then double click on the one you want to use. Unfortunately, in this scenario, the frames imported but without any correct timings. I'll explain this more in the next stage. Just focus now on getting that GIF imported so that each frame of it is a seperate layer.

STEP FOUR: Setting up your Workspace

Right, now it's very important that you have all the right Photoshop Windows open for this stage. In recent updates of Photoshop, they have changed the name of the correct window from "Annimation" to "Timeline". What you'll need to do is, at the top, where you can see the drop down titled "Window", click on that. Find either the window called "Animation" or called "Timeline". If there's a tick by the name, then it means that window is visible. If not, click on the name, and it should open up the window for you. Below are two screenshots, both respresting this stage, one for outdated photoshop and one for the more recent versions:

STEP FIVE: Making Sure Your Gif Runs Correctly

Now, depending on how you uploaded your GIF, this stage will have to be executed differently, but it's sort of similar? Basically, you need to make sure that your GIF 1. Runs smoothly; 2. Is set at a good speed. Now that you have that nice friendly GIF editing window open, this should be quite easy. All the frames should be represented in it, each layer of the GIF on a new frame. If you were able to import the gif to layers properly, then it will have imported the frames with a "delay" as well, meaning that the frames will all have a little number in the bottom that's above 0. This little number represents how many seconds/milliseconds it will show the frame before moving onto the next one. Anything under 0.1 normally works, and feel free to play around with these numbers to make sure that the GIF runs at a speed that you're happy with. If you had to open the GIF as a file because it wasn't able to import, then you will need to pick a number yourself and set it from scratch. I would recommend starting at 0.01 and seeing how that looks, and then maybe trying to increase it by 0.01 a few times to see if you prefer it any slower. Tip: To change the delay on all the frames at the same time, select all of them in the Timeline/Annimation window before clicking on the time. Bear in mind, that the smallest number that they will show as a quick click option is 0.1, and to set it any slower than that, you will need to click "Other" and type the time in yourself.

STEP SIX: Setting the Size

Now, remember I told you to make a note of the size of your edit? This is important now. You will need to make sure that your gif is not smaller than your edit. It's okay if it's bigger, because then you can crop it, but if it's smaller then things really won't work correctly. To change the size of your file, click "Image" at the top and in the drop down select "Image Size". This should bring up a box that looks like this:

I have highlighted on that image the things you will need to focus on. First, I always tend to work using pixels, so I always make sure that when I'm redefining my image size, I've selected "Pixels", but if you're using a different measurement, just make sure that you've selected the right one. Secondly, make sure you've kept the demensions locked. To do this, click on the button that looks like a chain. This will mean that the proportions of your image will stay consistent, leading to the best looking GIFs. Now, set these sizes so that they are at least as big as your image and then press OK.

STEP SEVEN: Combining Images

Right, now it's time to bring over your original edit. If you've followed my instructions, it should be as easy as pie. Just go back to that file and (this will work if you've saved all the layers in one folder) right click the folder and press "Duplicate". Duplicate it over to the PSD with your GIF in and then make sure all of those layers are underneath the gif. Note: You should be fine to move text above the GIF files if you'd like, but any full images should 100% be underneath the GIF. Tip: I like to save all my GIF files in one folder as well, to make everything easier to organise. Below is an example of how your layers should be organised now.

STEP EIGHT: Opacity

Now, your image should look completely hidden behind the GIF. I know some people have other ways of completing this step, but what I like to do is play around with the opacity of the GIFS (these means how transparent it is). To do this in the most effective way, first of all you will need to select all the frames in the Timeline/Animation window again to make sure you're editing it in all frames and not just one. Next, in your Layers window, select the GIF folder and where it says "Opacity", change it to, well, anything. Here you will really need to play around with numbers to see what looks best. I tend to like using 20% but sometimes that can be too much or too little, it depends on what image you're using behind it.

STEP NINE: Correcting Errors

It's important at this stage now to check that your GIF looks good and is working correctly. The Timeline/Annimation panel allows you to play your GIF. Press the play button and watch it. The most common error that I experience is moving/changing layers. This is a frequent problem. This happens when you've changed the positioning / formatting of a layer in one frame and not another. Now, yes, you can go through each frame correcting this. Or, alternatively, you can just find the frame where it looks correct, click on that frame, and all the layers will show their settings for that frame. Then, select the layer you want to make consistent, and use the "Unify" buttons to make sure it looks the same in every frame.

STEP TEN: Exporting the GIF

Now, you should be done! First of all, save the file as a PSD in your Documents. Now, you need to save it as a GIF. To do this, click "File", "Export", and select "Save For Web (Legacy)". There are a few important things to check here before you save ~ first of all, make sure at the bottom where it says "Looping Options", you have selected Forever. Also, this is where you have the opportunity to change the size of the GIF. My recommendations are this ~ if you're creating a banner (like the one I've used in this post), make the width aprox 700px. If you're making character posters, then a width of 500px is ideal. Once you're happy with the settings, save this in your documents. You should now have your sparkle gif!

And there you should have it!

Feel free to send me tutorial requests!

#mine #natalies tutorials #anonymous

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opixpk-blog · 6 years ago

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BoomBox — Viral Magazine WordPress Theme

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Improvement: Embeds output approach - Overall minor UI / UX improvements Boombox Theme: - New: AMP Support (brand new design) - New: AMP ESSB & Mashshare sharing plugins integration - New: Facebook Instant Articles Support - New: "Views count scale" option - e.g. 1 view counted as 3 ( in Customise->Post Ranking System) - Improvement: Attachment template Previous / Next Buttons - Improvement: Excluding featured area's posts from main post listing - Minor fixes and optimisations // v1.8.2 - 25.05.2017 - New: Daylimotion support in boombox advanced fields "video url" - Improved: WooCommerce 3.0 support improvement - Improved: nofollow is added to affiliate button link - Fixed: Mediaelement js error - Fixed: H1 heading appears twice on post single - Fixed: ESSB plugin error during installation - Fixed: Via field is missing in story / image (Zombify) - Fixed: Image upload via Froala doesn't work properly (Zombify) - Fixed: Open / Ranked lists items template issues (Zombify) - Fixed: "Choose a format" string isn't translatable (Zombify) - Fixed: Multiple conversions during GIF upload (Zombify) - Fixed: Branding colour isn't applied in popup (Zombify) - Minor fixes // v1.8.0 - 29.04.2017 (major update) Zombify Frontend Uploader Plugin: - New: Froala Rich Text Editor advanced integration - New: Complex Stories with Quizzes, Polls, Listicles & other formats (all optional) - New: Instant File Uploading - New: MP4 Upload for Video format (including mp4 file upload size option) - New: MP3 Upload for Audio forma (including mp3 file upload size option) - New: GIF post format with direct MP4 file upload - New: Autosave - New: Excerpt & Preface optional fields - New: Enhanced embeds functionality: facebook, reddit, tumblr, coub, imgur, vidme and more - New: Option for controlling max count of categories & tags on post - New: Options for allowed categories - Improvement: User roles permissions - Improvement: "Items per page" option for Open / Ranked lists - Improvement: Validation errors visibility - Improvement: Better placement for Featured image upload box - Improvement: js files loading optimisations - Fixed: Translation issues - Overall minor improvements and fixes Boombox Theme: - New: Related Posts Widget - New: Separate option for featured posts on front page - New: Icon option for "Boombox pick" widget - Improvement: Option for disabling featured image in post single by categories and tags - Improvement: WooCommerce 3.0 support - Improvement: Structured data better support - Improvement: Multiple minor speed optimisations - Fixed: ESSB plugin integration minor issues - Minor fixes Source

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Hello and welcome to Colony 22 AU Bingo Challenge!

To celebrate our survival of the particularly weary-dreary month of January, we are introducing this entirely optional, entirely non-canon little activity to help spark muse in a new and playful way! We hope this bit of stress-free fun with your characters helps to put the spring back in your rp-step! We for one, had a ton of fun coming up with these squares (honourable mention goes to the very seriously considered but ultimately rejected prompt of “jeggings”.)

How it Works

Each square on the board has a theme that you can incorporate into any kind of creative work you wish! Anything written or created for any of the squares isn’t considered canon, and of course mentions/inclusions of characters other than your own require the consent of other muns (the no-godmodding rule still applies!)

Submissions/Creations

As all media rules also still apply, the following submissions should be submitted to the Graphics Blog:

gif sets

graphics

visual artwork (i.e. sketches, drawings, paintings etc etc)

video edits

playlists (with cover art)

[ As always, you will be properly credited for all your work, and you are always welcome to add your own credit text in the description of your submission and format it any way you like! ]

[ submit here ]

Written work (self-paras, chat threads, poetry, miscellaneous ~experimental~ wordy things that strike your fancy) can be posted on your own character account as long as it is clearly marked in the title to indicate that it’s an AU activity and everything should be tagged with #col22bingo, so that the mods can easily locate it and there is no confusion. Feel free also to track the tag!

Please also note in the TITLE (and separately in tags if you wish) which square the submission/creation is for. Some of them are going to be super obvious, but some may not be, and it’ll just make things a lot easier to track, (and probably more fun, too) if you title and tag them appropriately!

This is purely for fun, and there’s zero pressure to participate if it doesn’t tickle your fancy, but if you do you can track your progress on the board located on the graphics blog here. (We will update as frequently as can, but it may take up to a day or two for your results to appear!)

Some Theme Examples

As you can see, most of the categories are pretty self explanatory, but we thought a couple of them would benefit from a bit of clarification, so:

2020 / Non-Apoc AU: So because Colony 22 takes place in the future and is already sci-fi, this is a slightly backwards, modern day AU. In Lottie’s words: “just assholes on tiktok drinking starbucks and fretting about global warming.”

Musical AU: You’re obviously free to get creative with this one, and put your own spin on it, but for a jumping point, our train of thought was along the lines of: ‘you know when a tv show has a musical episode every season? Imagine Colony 22′s.’ So think Grease, Rent, Avenue Q, Sound of Music—whatever floats your boat, really—and now Col22-ify it.

Crossover AU: For those of you poor souls who are unfamiliar with the great wide world of fanfiction, a crossover in this context would suggest creating an AU universe with your character where it combines the Colony 22 verse with some other fandom (or fandoms!)—like Harry Potter, Sherlock, Teen Wolf, Star Wars, etc etc etc. The possibilities are endless.

Actor AU: This one is the intentionally meta one, (because who didn’t love the episode of Supernatural where they were all cast of a sitcom, or the one where they found out a fandom of followers were writing fanfiction about their lives fighting demons?) Again, feel free to interpret as you wish and play around, but the idea is that the characters of this verse are actors in a show with the plot of this RP and verse—whether that be a Netflix series or a reality TV show or some kind of elaborate stage play, that’s all up to you. You can choose to say that, for example, Mouse Quinley is perhaps an actor playing himself in some sort of reality interpretation, or that Mouse is simply a character, played by an actor with another name and life entirely—however, the only rule here is you have to make up the actors, in that case. No using the actual FCs, because that’s cheating, and way less fun.

During the course of this challenge, we will post updates whenever someone achieves a line, (or if by some miracle, someone goes for a blackout!) There are no prizes, but there are definitely bragging rights. For the time being, the end date of this challenge is TBD. We will likely keep it going until we are closer to the launch of the games, but we’ll keep you posted!

Finally, as always, if you have any questions at all about the game, submission types or any of the au themes or prompts, please hit us up on the main blog ask and we’ll be glad to help! We will tag all posts and answers regarding this challenge with col22bingo so you can easily find it in the tags or on the main blog!

Thanks so much, our little star RP-Fam, and have fun !!

Lots of love,

Col22!Mods

#col22bingo

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