#i downloaded this whole movie just to get that one screenshot

[telumendils]

sb: how do you feel knowing the assassin who tried to kill you is still alive out there? 

the warden:

[shinsources-archived]

USEFUL SITES FOR ROLEPLAYERS

Thought I'd make a list of some useful websites for those of us who enjoy roleplaying and what have you here on Tumblr and whatnot.

roleplay formatter: Made by the awesome @rpclefairy. I honestly can't recommend this one enough. Great for adding color, changing the font size, and the whole shebang with bold + italics + underline + strikethrough. 10/10 always use

fsymbols + emojipedia: These are both great for making your tags fancy and whatnot.

alt codes: This is genuinely great for teaching you how to make the symbols with your keyboard for everyday use so there's that. It's especially useful if you and/or your muses speak a second language so that's a bonus.

text color fader: *marge vc* I just think gradient effects on text is neat. *end marge vc*

list of colors (wikipedia): Has a list of an infinite number of colors and their hex codes. Very useful if I do say so, myself. But that's just me.

screencapped.net: Great for getting all sorts of screenshots for making icons, GFXs, promos, and whatnot.

fancaps.net: Also great for getting all sort of screencaps for making icons, GFXs, promos, and whatnot. My only complaint is that it's a little annoying to navigate so here's the proper links to movies, tv shows, and anime.

photopea: Great if you can't afford Photoshop and/or don't like using GIMP.

hakuneko: It's not so much a website as much as it is a program. You can download manga, comics, webtoons, doujinshi, etc. for making your icons, GFXs, promos, and whatnot. It's also just a great way to read stuff and catch up on everything.

Feel free to reblog and add more. <333

[hesokuri-wars]

Pokomatsu: Hesokuri Wars' "Replacement"

For those who don't know, when Heso announced its shutdown last year, a new app game called Pokomatsu (technically its full name is Osomatsu-san: Protagonist Contest Pokoball) was also announced, serving as a replacement for Heso. Despite this, gameplay-wise, it has nothing in common with Heso lol -- I think it can be best described as a pinball game in which you can collect cards like in Hachamecha Party (anyone else remember that one?) -- but I FINALLY downloaded and tried it today and it's actually reusing a lot of Heso assets?

For one, that little ghost that shows up when you kill an enemy looks mighty familiar, and so does that HP bar -- and oh wait, how strange! Why do I feel like I've seen that corner showing all my coins before?

(You get the idea. RIP to New Osomatsu, btw.)

But I think the most notable thing - and this is something I had been told before I downloaded the game -- is the fact that some of the cards you can collect are just... Heso units? The other types of cards you can collect are screenshots from the show and the movies (a given), but then you just have this other catalog of collectible Hesokuri Wars cards that remind you of happier times that you can fill, whether through rolling in the in-game gacha or beating levels. Like, Cthulhu Mythos Summer!Karamatsu was literally the first card I got when I started playing earlier:

And there's just a whole bunch of these that you can collect in this game if you were to play. There are only really a handful of sets that are available in Pokomatsu -- most aren't in here at all -- but idk. It's just something interesting I felt was worth mentioning, given that the staff seems like it wants to connect the two games to each other, even if they're otherwise totally unrelated and even if one of them has been shut down. Fuck, I miss Heso.

Oh, and the voice clips used in this game are the same voice clips as the ones from Heso. Obviously, I can't really show people this one unless I upload a video with audio or something buuuut I also don't feel like doing it atm so lol. Maybe later.

🐾 Mod Ichi

(Also, just for the hell of it, here are the other Heso cards I got so far)

[potential-fate]

Get to know you- Sims Style

I was tagged by @simbury

What’s your favorite Sims death? -- I find it incredibly entertaining that sims can spontaneously combust if they get too warm.

Alpha CC or Maxis Match? -- mix, but ig it leans towards realism nowadays.

Do you cheat your sims weight? -- not that I can think of. sometimes if I am shooting a specific scene and they weren't that shape at the time. but not during gameplay.

Do you move objects? -- absolutely. I'm incapable of decorating without moveobjects on honestly.

Favorite Mod? -- uhm... I guess the 3t2 traits project or ACR/Romantic Standards.

First Expansion/Game Pack/Stuff Pack? -- I have been playing ts2 since it literally came out, so my first ep was whichever one came out first. I think that was Uni? but in spirit of the question, for sims 4 I only bothered downloading the game when they came out with cottage living lol.

Do you pronounce live mode like aLIVE or LIVing? -- aLIVE. my brain always said essentially like a movie set "and we're live!" so.

Who’s your favorite sim that you’ve made? -- Evren Thorne (who you're more likely to see in @luverofralts or @nappe-plays-the-sims game than mine) because he's not story relevant yet, or (much to everyone's chagrin) Callum

Have you made a simself? -- at some point far in the past, yes. I do not have that sim anymore, and I probably wouldn't do it again, but yk. I was also 11 when I started playing this game, so of course I made a digital barbie of myself. (not to say it's childish to do in and of itself, but that it's definitely something that every child tends to do)

Which is your favorite EA hair color? -- since ts2 only has 4, I'm going to assume this was more ts4 centric. in which case I like the neutral blonde/light blonde colors (the two that are less yellow)

Favorite EA hair? -- eh. for ts2 I wouldn't use any of them. for ts4... the mullet thing from werewolves? ig.

Favorite life stage? -- teens or young adults. (I think I may be the only person I know how actively likes Uni for ts2 the most lmao)

Are you a builder or are you in it for the gameplay? -- oh. both. depends on my mood.

Are you a CC creator? -- yeeeup. recreationally though. (read: with no real consistency.)

Do you have any Simblr friends or a Sim Squad? -- I feel like I do lmao. I at least hope they feel the same LOL.

Do you have any sims merch? -- I now have a gameplay guide for the original Sims game lol. but I think that's all I own.

Do you have a YouTube for sims? -- nope. I uh... don't like watching gameplay videos, and sims machinema is way too time consuming to make so I do not.

How has your “Sims style” changed throughout your years of playing? -- oh gosh. I was one of those edgy emo kids so it was a lot of grunge and dyed hair and bright makeup. I've honestly been leaning a bit more towards that style again though so....

Who’s your favorite CC creator? -- depends on what I'm looking for. tbh a LOT of the CC I have now is older stuff that I just still like. but anyone who isn't exclusively making 4t2 stuff is probably someone I've downloaded from.

How long have you had Simblr? -- technically this blog since January 1st 2020. that being said, I moved from LJ to simblr in like.... idk, 2012? whenever that great migration happened.

How do you edit your pictures? -- a lot of photoshop. color correction, a slight film grain at the very least. most times I also do aesthetic edits to hide clipping, and add painted hair strands nowadays. if I can't get an emotion right for a screenshot, I edit those too.

What expansion/ gamepack is your favorite? -- for ts2 I really don't think I could pick one. the problem is I use like 90% of them for SOMETHING gameplay wise, even if I don't use the main function. ie: I love the chemistry/attraction from nightlife, even though the whole downtown thing is frankly annoying sometimes (do YOU WANT TO GO DOWNTOWN? no, random townie I do not. ) But, seeing as I listed it earlier, I guess university.

Tagging uhm.... @rebouks, @pralinesims, @luverofralts, and @nappe-plays-the-sims

[marshallpupfan]

Just realised. How come you haven't used any stills or shots from the first movie for your Daily Pics? The last time that you did was for the premiere day of the movie back in August 20 2021.

One reason is that I'm particular when it comes to the screenshots I use for my Dailies. The theatrical film is in a panoramic resolution, so a regular screenshot won't fill my entire template. Case in point...

That's not something I like to do. Sure, I could just increase the size of the picture, but that'd look a little too obvious, and that's not something I like to do, either. Thus, when I used that screenshot for my Daily back in August of 2021, I tracked down a 4K trailer, found the screenshot I wanted, and then cropped it to fit my 16:9 template. The quality's perfect when you do that.

Of course, that's just a trailer with a few screens. I don't have access to the entire film in 4K (or even in 1080p yet), and I'd rather not download a pirated copy, so I figured I'd just settle for pics from the TV series...

...which I don't mind, since I'm loyal to his OG design. Don't get me wrong, I think Marshall looks fine in the theatrical film, but I just like his TV design a whole lot more. Yeah, I'm in the minority, I know. 😅

[sanssouci-sims]

♥︎ 𝒯𝒽𝑒 ℋ𝒶𝓅𝓅𝒾𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒟𝒶𝓎 𝒪𝒻 𝒯𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 ℒ𝒾𝓋𝑒𝓈 ♥︎

Okay, so I don’t know if any of you have caught on to my subtle hints toward this lovely couple, but I figured it’s about time I introduced them. This is Jack and Rose Dawson on their wedding day! Rose is my character, while Jack is owned by a friend of mine, @whoretownsims, aka Drew. You can view his interpretation of our characters here.

I grabbed a bunch of romantic poses and snagged some gorgeous wedding CC (even the “venue” was a gallery find - it’s so vast and beautiful!!), which inspired me to make this series of images! In fact, I actually took a lot more screenshots, and as I don’t want to clog up this post with like, seven more images, I just made a separate page on my blog where you can view them here!

Not only did I find a... *ahem* movie-accurate hairstyle for Rose, but her dress was also a gorgeous find (courtesy of @vintagesimstress​)! I don’t even know how long I spent looking for a dress that would suit her style. Ideally, I pictured her veil to be slightly longer, but eh, I kinda gave up and went with the one shown here. I think it compliments her outfit nicely, and I’m sure her husband thinks she looks just as beautiful and radiant. ♥︎

As you can see, some of their wedding photos are framed in their home. :) They’re very much in love with each other, can’t you tell?? yes, there’s another one of these “custom” photos on the side there

Funny story, I have this whole convoluted method for taking photos which involves summoning/teleporting a random townie to the lot, adding them to my family (I remove them afterwards when the photo session is done) and giving them a camera, then cheating their photo skill up so they can take perfect photos once I pose my other sims (look, I don’t want to download a game-breaking mod for this, okay? I’m cheap, *wheeze*). The “photographer” I summoned was this fine specimen, Deandre Herron.

He’s kind of weird, and it’s not just because of the way he looks. The whole time he was on this lot, he had the “poorly decorated” moodlet. DESPITE THIS BEING ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LOTS I’VE EVER LAID EYES UPON?? Oh, and it turns out he’s kind of a creep. When I looked in his relationships tab, he’d already went and made acquaintances with a bunch of people, but there was one person he was “friends” with: a LITERAL CHILD. STRANGER FUCKING DANGER.

Besides that, it took some... well, adjustments to get the Dawsons to pose properly (one of the poses apparently only worked if the teleporter thing was placed diagonally??? It was weird). It didn’t happen too often, but once in a while, they would end up in the wonkiest poses if I didn’t place the teleporters correctly.

But yeah, anyways, be on the lookout for more of the Dawsons!! They’re my favorite couple in my town.

yes they’re named after the titanic couple, sue us james cameron. jack didn’t deserve to die

[simsinlowspace]

Freetime Posters - 12 Film & Literature Hobby Posters

Hi everyone! 120 posters later and the Freetime poster series is finally finished! Whooo!🍾 Today we wrap up with the last hobby, Film & Literature. Swatch, details and download below! 📚

So, for the last time...these are on @linacheries’ best-poster-mesh-in-the-whole-world 4t2 conversion of Simsza’s National Park Prints (mesh is included), and they feature another 12 designs made with Flaticon elements + lots of Simlish fonts. They’re all inspired by locations, items, Sims and features from the game.

Translations:

Werewolf Poster for one of the spooky movies

Subtext: A Lucien Hyde Film Title: Cat Lady Poster for the other spooky movie. I borrowed Lucien Hyde's name from TS3's Midnight Hollow; it seemed apropos

Weather Control Poster for one of the action movies

Top: Chickmate! Bottom: Chicken Poster for one of the comedy movies (y'all didn't think you were getting out of this without more bad puns I hope XD)

Top: Alan Stanley's Bubble Bath Quote: "This year's most dripping drama" -- Sim City Times Bottom: Emmy Starr Devin Ashton Tiara Angelista Poster for one of the drama movies, with more borrowed TS3 names (all from Bridgeport)

Fetch Poster for the other action movie

Desirable Discourse For the film and literature secret lot

Top: Discover the Magic of a Good Book Bottom: Bell Books Desiderata Valley Bookstore advertisement inspired by Issac Bell, Desiderata Valley film and literature enthusiast

Madeleine Mace's Book Club Named for Madeleine Mace, one of the film and literature hobby trainers

Voleskine Notebooks and Journals Since I couldn't find a name for the in-game journals, they're now Voleskine :D

Once Upon Whenever Felicity Joyeuse Poster for the in-game romance novel

Larry Owens' Writing Workshops Named for Larry Owens, another film and literature hobby trainer

A numbered swatch is included.

Icons are by Freepik, Chanut-is-industries, justicon, Smashicons, max.icons, Futuer, RaftelDesign, ultimatearm, mikan933, photo3idea_studio, iconixar, Victoruler and smalllikeart. Huge thanks to all the designers for their amazing resources!

And a huge thanks to everyone in the Simming community as well! I've so appreciated your wonderful feedback while working on these. It was a crazy project and sometimes I felt frustrated or overwhelmed, but then I'd read your kind comments or see one of these designs in your screenshots and it was always worthwhile. <3

DOWNLOAD (SFS) Recolors are ~350KB

I should be back to posting content more regularly this week. This post is scheduled to go out while I'm (hopefully) still sleeping, but I'll be getting caught up on everything I missed once I'm conscious again! 🤗 See you all very soon!

Lots of love, Spacey

UPDATE: Now that this series is complete, here is a master list of all the posts, plus a single download link for all the posters. All swatches are included, and files are sorted into folders so you can easily keep just what you like:

Tinkering Nature Arts & Crafts Fitness Science Cuisine Sports Games Music & Dance Film & Literature

DOWNLOAD ALL THE POSTERS (SFS) Recolors are ~8.5MB

You can now also get all the designs on BV's Travel Keeper!

[fightingdragonswithwho]

How do you go about making your gifs? And where do you download the content safely? Hoping for some help :) but no pressure to explain!!

hi, anon! no worries at all, happy to help if i can!! :)

putting a quick rundown of everything below and hoping i managed to make this somewhat clear and organised!

for downloads, i always use torrents and i try to always use at least 1080p in terms of quality! i’ve been using torrents for so long now and never had any real trouble, but i always try to download them from sites dedicated to shows/movies torrents, just so i know them and that they are safe to use: i usually check these two: (x) (x) You can search the movie or show there and see if they have links in their directory!

Moving on to the actually gifmaking (this will all sound very confusing at first, but it gets a lot easier as it goes!), i use Photopea to make my gifs, which is an online tool that basically has the same features as Photoshop and works pretty well! this tutorial was a true blessing for me when i started making gifs and i basically still follow everything that is in it, since it outlines the whole process from screencapping the frames for the gifs using KMPlayer to actually making the gif on photopea. this tutorial is also amazing, especially to know more or less how Photopea works.

This is what Photopea looks like to give an overall idea for all the steps i'll mention below, which are a little more specific to how i started doing gifs once i had some more practice:

once the gif is cropped and resized according to the tutorials i linked above, i can explain the process how i personally have been doing lately! i always start by using double sharpening (go to Filter at the top bar >Sharpen > Smart Sharpen) and it tends to be around the values below:

once i have the gif set up, cropped and with the sharpening settings applied, i might go in with a little bit of the reduce noise option (Filter > Noise > Reduce Noise) - i screenshoted the values below, just for reference!

these settings can be really different for different shows (editing Criminal Minds or Stranger Things is very different because the quality in ST is waaayyyy better so the values might vary a lot accordingly, but i wanted to give an overall idea!)

after that, i start working on the coloring process. this one is very much trial and error because it really depends on the show but here are the editing layers i usually use in case you wanna play around with these:

these can all be found under Layer > New Adjustment Layer and then you can select the one you want from the list!

sometimes i might use Color Balance or Photo Filter from that list too, to really adjust the coloring. For example, for shows like A League of Their Own that have a little bit of a yellow filter, i usually add the Photo Filter Layer to correct the color a little. Here's an example below of the before and after the PhotoFilter:

and i’m linking some more useful tutorials, including for coloring, that go into a bit more detail and that i followed a lot when i was starting: x and x.

aaaand i'm done (sorry for rambling so much!) and i'm sorry if this is all a little confusing, i tried giving an overall idea on everything, but please feel free to reach out if there’s anything in specific you’d like to know and i’ll do my best to explain! i’m still learning a lot of stuff myself, but it’s truly a try and error process, especially with coloring, but it can be really fun!

feel free to reach out if you need anything, for questions or for any links to shows/movies! thank you for the question and wishing you an amazing day! <3

[tellthemeerkatsitsfine]

Of all the Britcom shows I’ve watched in the last couple of years, and there have been a hell of a lot of them, I think Comedy World Cup is the most underrated. I only learned about it because I saw it on a list of panel shows that I came across on IMDB once; I haven’t seen it talked about online otherwise. And for some reason, they only ever made the original seven episodes. I do not understand how this didn’t get more seasons.

I first watched it last May, and have avoided re-watching any of it since then so I can try to forget the answers to some of the questions and then re-watch it while again playing the game of trying to guess the answers before they’re revealed. But I have decided that today is the day to re-watch it. Mostly because my roommate is away for the night and I have spent all day taking advantage of this by washing everything I can find and getting things clean enough so I can actually feel relaxed, and now I’m taking advantage by enjoying an evening of beer and playing audio without headphones. It feels like this occasion should be accompanied by the re-watching of a show that I know is fun to watch.

And Comedy World Cup is so much fun to watch. It’s fun to guess the answers to the quiz’s questions. It’s fun to see the interactions of the panelists. It’s fun to see their jokes and it’s fun to see them get competitive but at the same time there’s this nice relaxed atmosphere. It’s fun to see David Tennant be fantastic as the host. It’s fun to see the mix of guests! Many of the teams were clearly calibrated to have one comedian who had been around for 100 years, one comedian who was well established by the time this was made (in 2012), and one comedian who was quite new to TV work at the time. The time being 2012, so it features baby versions of a number of comedians who have gotten bigger since, most of whom are quite excited to be there. For example, look how much Baby Sara Pascoe is enjoying herself in this screenshot:

But there’s a whole other layer of fun here, in that it’s all comedians talking about their own industry and their own craft (not to be too pretentious in using that last word, but I feel like it applies). It’s a topic that actually interests all of them, and they all seem to be enjoying discussing it. The old ones have lived through the stuff they’re talking about and the young ones have grown up watching the stuff they’re talking about and are now excited to be on TV with those people they watched growing up, talking about those things they watched growing up. It’s so much fun to see.

And I haven’t even gotten to the dramatic storyline of a younger Johnny Vegas and a relatively-new-to-television Josh Widdicombe (it wasn’t his first TV appearance or anything, but he hadn’t done much on TV before it) and Johnny Vegas acting out some combination of a gangster movie and a sports movie as the established comedian and the knowledgeable newcomer jockey for position within their team before learning to work together for the good of the whole team. It’s possible that the reason this show never got a second season is they knew they could never strike gold a second time, with the beautiful story arc of the first season that unfolded naturally in an unscripted show - they just couldn’t repeat that. (Seriously though, they should have made more seasons and I would like Channel 4 to know that it is absolutely not too late to do so.)

Last year I watched it all on YouTube, but when I tried to go back to that today, I saw it had been taken down. So I immediately downloaded it all from Dailymotion, to make sure the whims of the internet would not leave me with no way to re-watch this show. Then I uploaded it to Google Drive, in case anyone else wants to watch it. I highly recommend it.

[samssimsarchive]

Lazy Man’s Tips for Better Pics Part 1: In-Game Tips

Take it from someone who has no idea what she’s doing and does her best to do the least amount of work possible. 

Part 2: Editing in FireAlpaca

So for me, simblr is a hobby and I enjoy using the game as a storytelling platform as well as a gameplay platform. And I don’t like to put a lot of time into it outside of that. I use reshade in my game to add lighting effects and blur effects. 

Reshade is in no way necessary to have in your game to take good pictures.

We’ll get back into Reshade. But first here are just some simple things you can do to take better pictures in game with no mods: 

TIP: Use the in-game lighting! 

That’s right! You can click on any light inside the game and “Set Color and Intensity...” for added fun. 

You can set it different per room, for the whole house, or per light. 

“This Room” is useful if you need a different tone in each room or if you use each room as a different “set”. 

“All Lights” is useful to get a nice starter base light for the whole house. 

“This Light” could be useful for desk lamps or club scenes when you need different lamps to emit different colors or shadows. 

Reminders: 

The more lamps in the room, the brighter it will be. 

The more windows in the room, the more natural light will affect it. 

Keep in mind the time of day and the world you are in. Sulani sunsets are longer and brighter than Forgotten Hollow. 

Overhead lights will cast different amounts of lighting than desk lamps. Mix and match and try out what fits your scene.

There are different colors you can choose for the lights. 

Tips: 

1, 2, and 3 are your white tones. Cooler, cool, and neutral. I suggest using these as “bases” if you choose “all lights” options. My homes usually stick with the neutral white.

EA lamps automatically use a more yellow tone so I suggest changing to get better colors. Unless you want a yellow desk lamp, then you can use any of the colors that come after the white.

The crazy colors are for you to use to your discretion. Green could be good for laboratory scenes. Red for late night street lamps down sketchy streets. Purple for spooky scenes. If you have a club scene, each lamp can blast a different color which would make your dance floor pop. The options are limitless.

Notice the difference in this picture from the one above it. I choose neutral light and dimmed it a bit using the dimmer. 

From lighting, the next best thing you can do is put up all the walls.

Tip: When you are ready to take the picture, put up the walls to the END view. It just looks more like a movie set with all the walls and less like a video game. However, feel free to put down the walls as you play. Pause and put the walls back up when you’re ready to take a picture.

From there, it’s time to pose your sim. You can use natural gameplay interactions or you can use the Pose Player. 

Now here comes the fun part. Get your sim in position and press TAB on your keyboard. TAB is your best picture taking friend. 

Use your mouse to swivel the camera toward where you want your shot to take place. Click once to lock it in place. Use the W,A,S, D keys to move around and Q,E keys to move up and down and Z,X to zoom in and out. And of course C to take the picture. Hit TAB again to get out of this mode.

After moving the camera around, if you need to readjust, you can click once more to move the camera freely around. It’s how you can get an overhead shot of the bed like this: 

Tip: Get rid of the plumbob. 

For “story” things, it’s like having the boom mic in the shot. For gameplay, it’s totally fine to have. And honestly it’s a choice if you like it or not. The easy way to get rid of it is to just have a second person in the household. Click on the second person before going into TAB mode. 

So from there you can zoom in and take your picture as you need it. This is a natural in game shot. 

This is the same shot with reshade turned on. I did not edit this shot at all. It’s all in game effects from reshade. The reshade I use is Intramoon’s Aspen Effects.

Reshade is an adventure all on it’s own. If it’s something you are interested in, there are numerous tutorials to check out on tumblr but to get started I recommend:

How to Download Reshade

Now that last screenshot is something I would upload straight from the reshade folder. I, personally, do not edit my photos further than that. However even if you follow all these steps, your pictures may still not look the same. And that is because of individual graphic processors. Some computers will have stronger ones than others. 

Now I have a gaming laptop which handles the game pretty well. My in game graphic settings are as follows:

Now my computer can handle all of these settings without overloading the game and making it lag. Some computers and graphic processors will not be able to handle all of these “high” or “very high” settings. Which is fair! 

You do not need an expensive computer to play and post pictures from the sims!

My recommendation is to find out what your computer can handle and stick with just that. Honestly, play how you like. Beautiful screenshots are nice but for me, it’s about the content and the sims and the fun of playing. 

Keep in mind that everyone is going to have their own style as well. So you can follow all these steps and your camera angles in the TAB mod might be different or your lighting might be darker or lighter. It’s all part of being creative and finding your groove. So play around with your settings and the camera. See what you like. And don’t be afraid of doing something different. Symmetry in sims is a myth.

[ohdarlingohsweetheart]

FOUR.

One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six

Second time's the charm~

A casual greeting at a book store turns into so much more.

[WARNING]: This is a YANDERE story! Stalking, murder, the whole nine yards!!! Read with caution!

If you find this story on any website NOT under misfitgirlwrites/misfitgirl3390 please let me know!

Font for book cover credit (x)

   After scrolling through Cherri's Tumblr for nearly two hours, Leo found pictures of her on Halloween. She was dressed as Poison Ivy and it suited her nicely. He stared at the pictures for a while before saving them to his phone. She really was beautiful. His thoughts were interrupted by his phone vibrating.

Marcel: So I was going to pretend I didn't see you guys in the ice cream shop with some dude but I changed my mind. Who was he?

   Leo arched a brow.

Mary: His name is Leo! Cherri met him yesterday and we ran into him again today, nothing to be worried about  d a d

Marcel: Haha very funny

Cherri: It's okay, Marcel. He seems nice

Marcel: All guys seem nice when they want something from you.

Mary: He's just being friendly! Cherri is perfectly fine! And cute! I think it's about time a guy tried to sweep her off her feet! Anyone is better than Darius 🤢

Cherri: ;;;;;

Marcel: There are a lot of guys just like Darius and that's why I'm worried.

   Did Darius do something to Cherri before? Leo didn't like the sound of that. He also didn't like how skeptical Marcel was.

Cherri: ...I think he's kind of nice

Cherri: I understand why you're worried but I'll be okay

Cherri: And if I need you I know I can call you ☺️

Marcel: ...alright

Marcel: Fr though be very careful

Cherri: I will! My dad just got in, I have to go

Marcel: Ard

Mary: Baiii 💖💗💖💗💖

   Leo hummed. He'd have to look into Darius. In the meantime, he went back to Cherri's Tumblr. He could tell by a certain blog she interacted with a lot that it could possibly be Mary. That and the username seemed very fitting.

   Brattyxkitten_.

   Leo clicked on the username and looked at the bio.

Bunny 🐰 | 18 | A Princess 👸🏻 | 💚 Loki Laufeyson 💚 | 💗 Sebastian Michaelis 💗 | MANY MORE 🥵

   There were also mobile links and one of them led to her Instagram account, which wasn't private. He scrolled through and saw a few pictures of her and her siblings. He knew now that Marcel was her older brother. There were a few pictures of Cherri as well, which he screenshot to save.

Cherri: Hi Leo :)

   Leo quickly stopped what he was doing to reply.

[Text]: Hey Cherri

[Text]: Did you get home safe?

Cherri: Yeah, I did

Cherri: I just wanted to ask, could you maybe use Google hangouts?

   Leo didn't respond right away. He wanted to ask her why she was hiding her text messages. Could her father be looking through her phone? It's not like she's doing anything wrong so it couldn't be him, right?

[Text]: Yeah I'll download it now

[Text]: What's your email?

Cherri: cherriacrawford@gmail.com :)

   He knew that already and he was glad he remembered to pretend he didn't. Leo set up his own account on Google hangouts and switched over before texting Cherri once more.

[Text]: Is this better?

Cherri: Yes! Thank you ☺️

   Leo smiled slightly. He completely forgot about trying to find more on Darius. Instead they talked about books. He liked that Cherri genuinely liked the books she was forced to read in high school. The Great Gatsby was her favorite book and she didn't hate Shakespeare but made it clear that she could also live without his work. She thinks she would suck at poetry but Leo disagrees. He thinks that she'd be amazing at anything she tried to do.

[Text]: You know, I think you'd really like Little Women. Did you read that book?

Cherri: Yes!! Omg I absolutely loved it! Women are powerful 💪🏽

[Text]: Well what about the movie?

Cherri: 1994 movie? Yes

Cherri: Not the recent one

[Text]: Well what if we see the recent one together?

Cherri: I would love to do that! But I'm kind of short on money

[Text]: Don't worry about that, I'll pay for you. I'll even pick you up if you'd like

   Leo was definitely considering this their first date. He wondered if she was too. She didn't respond right away, so he switched back to her account to see her rapidly texting Mary. He quickly opened the chat.

Cherri: HE ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO SEE LITTLE WOMEN WITH HIM

Mary: uM??? DID YOU SAY YES?

Cherri: YES

Mary: Y E S

Cherri: HE ALSO OFFERED TO PICK ME UP?? DO I SAY YES???

Mary: Heck yeah!!!! This will be your real first date!!!!

Cherri: Yes and I don't want to think about Darius or Commissioner Hughes >.<

   Commissioner Hughes? Was Darius the Commissioner's son?

Mary: Tell him yes and dress cute!

Cherri: what about my dad?

Mary: Tell him that you're coming over to my place! Don't forget to tell Leo your curfew!

Cherri: Right! Okay!

   Leo switched back into his account and checked his messages.

Cherri: I'm fine with you picking me up! :)

Cherri: But my dad is a bit strict so I need to be home by 6:30

   Leo thought that was pretty early for someone her age.

[Text]: We can just hang out early. I'll make sure you're home before 6:30, I promise

   He wanted to promise that he wouldn't do whatever Darius did to fuck up her first date.

Cherri: Okay! Thanks so much! So tomorrow then?

[Text]: I wouldn't want to wait any longer

Cherri: I'll see you then, Leo 🥰

   Leo smiled. This was definitely a date. If things would keep going this smoothly, Cherri would be with him in no time. But he knew that wasn't the case; not with Darius apparently being a reoccurring problem and whatever is making her keep everything on an account in case she has to clear her phone.

   He'd focus on that later. For now, he wanted to relax and enjoy his date tomorrow.

~~~

Taglist: None yet~

[sgntaeho]

❱❭ sgn task #01 ; “kiss me thru the phone"

a peak into kwon taeho’s phone;

✦ what kind of cell phone do you have? ⁠ iphone 11 pro, midnight green

✦ how often do you use your cell phone? no more and no less than the average person my age. honestly depends on how much i’m not paying attention in class or other involuntary functions

✦ what is your phone’s lock screen photo? (see above)

✦ what is your phone’s home screen photo? (see above); just trying to catch some summer vibes, ya feel?

✦ how many contacts do you have in your phone? around 400? only cause i don’t bother to clear things out. i can’t remember who half of them are, and i definitely won’t be hitting them up anytime in this lifetime

✦ do you customize contact names or enter as given names? mostly given names; unless we’re close (or you’re a memorable character), in which case you’ll get a spirit emoji or something tacked onto the end. i’m not slick with nicknames, so unless you set one for yourself, i’d rather not try

✦ what is their default ringtone? whatever the factory setting is

✦ do you have personalized ringtones for your contacts or does everyone use the default ringtone? everyone on default; too much of a hassle otherwise, and i don’t take enough calls or have my volume up for it to matter anyways

✦ how many alarms do you have set and why? i only have one actively set for the morning but have way too many saved, for nearly every time of day. i’m a weirdo who’d rather spend 30 seconds scrolling through my endless list of alarms instead of just setting a new one for the time i need. also times always set on odd numbers (xx:01, xx:09, xx:13, etc.) and never on nice times that end in xx:00, xx:15, x:30, etc. because i hate even or clean-cut numbers

✦ what are your top 3 most used apps? imessage (+ other messaging apps), instagram, spotify

✦ what are your favorite apps? reddit is my guilty pleasure and safe space. twitter is fun even though i personally don’t tweet much (or else i’d spend all day fighting people on there, and i get enough of that in real life). also spotify because i’m almost always listening to something and can’t stand being idle in silence

✦ what are your last 3 google searches or the last 3 things you’ve asked your built in ai? ⮕ "memento movie ending interpretations” ⮕ "do you get notifications if someone screenshots your instagram story” ⮕ "can i feed my cat grapes”

✦ do you delete your internet search history or use incognito mode? if so, how often, and why? i’ll use incognito; not because i feel the need to hide anything, but because i don’t want too many one-time searches polluting my ‘recommended’ results later on. that shit’s the worst

✦ do you download music or use a streaming app? if so, which one and why? self-proclaimed spotify supremacist here. they have a comprehensive stock of both korean and non-korean stuff, which is a must. plus it’s so much easier to curate playlists, jump around, and discover new music without me having to fully commit to buying and downloading something (...does this say something more about me as a person?)

✦ what are the last 3 songs you’ve listen to on your phone? ♫ ‘error’ by ash island ft. loopy ♫ ‘all day (band ver.)’ by giriboy ♫ ‘please love me’ by colde (yeah, i’m a sucker for k-hiphop/rnb)

✦ what does your photo album consist of? it’s a pretty scary and eclectic place in there. to start, i take a lot of screenshots: receipts of when my friends say stupid things, school stuff, cocktail recipes, the outright ridiculous shit my dad’s various news outlets will put out (which i subsequently flame him for whenever we actually have to talk). so. many. cat. pics — but they’re fucking cute, alright? some random fit pics and fashion inspo. to be completely frank, there are more selfies than i’d like to admit and some... highly cringe gym pics. but none of that is being sent for anyone else’s eyes, so it’s chill. totally chill... and of course, i have a lot of stuff for photography club in the cloud.

✦ what is your texting style? do you reply quickly or are you a slow texter? do you send several messages at a time or paragraphs? i’m not the type to be texting a million people at once, so if we’re talking, i’ll probably reply pretty promptly. sometimes i’ll drop off the face of the earth, but try not to take it too personally. i definitely tend to spam send multiple, shorter messages as opposed to a single longer one. chaotic thoughts, grammar, and structure alike

✦ what are the last 3 texts you’ve sent? ⮕ vince: "is this dry needling thing supposed to be hurting still? it’s been a whole ass week...” ⮕ junhyung: "stop texting me” ⮕ hyunjoo: "hey, do you know when my mom is getting back home?”

✦ who do you text the most? couldn’t really tell you for sure. i’m not the type of person who needs to live update their life over text to somebody, and i’m not particularly invested in every little thing someone else is doing either, no offense. among my guy friends, we can maintain friendships without a whole lot of constant talking. so if i’m texting someone in high volume and frequency, it’s probably because we’re arguing over something (i’m sure you aren’t even surprised by now). or, it could be a girl i’m interested in and that’s like... not so common either.

✦ what are your top 6 used emojis? 😤 🙃 🥴 👀 🤷‍♂️ 😈

✦ how often do you call others? i hate phone calls. they’re clunky af, and you always have to awkwardly go “i-- oh-- no you go ahead” because you’re always interrupting each other. quite often people call me and i purposely watch it go to voicemail and text them back some time after, because i don’t want to pick up. so really, i only call when it’s really necessary. i think facetime is better and cool for casual though, so i’ll do that with friends instead.

✦ who were the last 3 calls made to and why? assuming you mean traditional phone calls... ⮕ dad (well more like my dad’s assistant) — to tell him to gtfo of my school life and stop signing on to throw money at (or ‘sponsor’) things without telling me. i can already tell he’s gearing up to pitch me the ‘you should take over the company’ case again when i get home for break ⮕ older sister — just to make sure she’s alive or well or whatever. total nuisance ⮕ campus police — i just had to... test a little something about their alarm infrastructure. please don’t ask any more

✦ who do you call the most? again, i don’t like calling people — few things in life are that urgent. but my mom, i guess. she calls me a lot when she’s not shooting for something, but i think it’s just to make herself feel like she’s doing the most as a mother

✦ do you have someone blocked? if so, who and why? no. i’m not petty or proactive enough to do something like that, even to the most annoying of people... now that i think about it, i should probably block an ex or two, just so drunk me won’t even get the chance to do anything stupid. but it’s not like i’ve ever done anything like that before, so whatever.

✦ are you apart of any group chats? with whom? just what you’d expect: swim team, photography club, people in my major, friends i’ll go out with on weekends, and so forth. albeit i’m that guy who shamelessly has the group on mute, so you’re probably going to have to aggressively @ me if you want me. then there’s the family group chat, which is mostly my parents getting on my case and making sure i have family obligations marked on my calendar while my sister sits back and laughs at my pain.  

✦ do you use the notes app? yep... i have a lot of thoughts, okay?

[gildedmuse]

I keep meaning to ask and keep forgetting, but I figure throwing this question out to tumblr is as good as any of my other options.

Are any of the One Piece films any good?

I am aware that seems like a hard question to answer because it's pretty opinion based. Good news: I'm kinda looking for opinions.

I watch One Piece on Crunchyroll* which I believe only has the episodes and I guess randomly Nebulandia (was that a movie? Or just the weirdest breaak in the middle of Dressrosa?) I started watching because my family watches, but they are are a weird group; only only read the manga until I made him watch with us, one only watches the anime but skips "filler", and one is some strange hybrid creature but has no interest in the movies as "non-canon".

(Usually, I break posts up with screenshots. So... umm... Enjoy these really simple, kinda terrible Zoro wallpapers I made, I guess?)

Me, on the other hand, I get less hung up on those things. I have a feeling that if the movies had been inserted to the line up as I wwnt, I would have gladly watched them (after all, I enjoy the whole Boss Luffy and Super Chopper sagas). So I've been wondering if tracking down the movies would be worth it.

I guess a few quick observations about me:

I am not particularly visual, so I am not likely to be turned off by poor art styles. If I like the story and character, that kind of stuff doesn't both me at all.

I have no problem with filler (obviously) so long as it's not 'tread the water' filler. I mean, I want it to have a point, that point just doesn't necessarily have to be moving the main narrative ahead.

Characters are really central to me. I will and have read novel long fanfics that are just minor character moments linked together. I'll obsessively rewatch plays to see what lesser parts are doing in the background of scenes that might further inform their character motivation. If it has good character work, I'm more likely to be into it.

I don't care too much about how canon a movie is, though I suppose still being kind of new to the fandom it would be nice if it didn't actively contradict canon since I'm still getting familiar with that.

If you're at all familiar with my recent posts you probably have noticed since I prefer not to play favorites but.... Zoro. Just Zoro. Like every single bit if Zoro.

(This is just, straight up, a picture of my posts from some point in the recent past. If he was a real person, that would be the wall of a serial killer.)

So, yeah, opinions of all shape, sizes and reasoning welcome. I'd also love to know about when the movie was supposed to be seen/was released in terms of the surrounding episodes, but you owe me nothing and I can probably Google that shit so if you don't have an answer, no worries. Just looking for a couple of recommendation, if any.

Thank you!

*Up through Skypiea I was watching my sister's downloads, so of they DID include any of the earlier movies I would have no way of knowing.

[marksloan]

cristalcarrington’s icon tutorial!

a little treat for day 28 of my filmuary challenge!

i’ve honestly lost count of which one this is, but welcome to another icon tutorial! here i’m going to breaking down my icon creation process step by step. i currently am a mac user and all my previous tutorials have been windows orientated (which unfortunately were all lost in the great url loss of 2017). my process hasn’t changed much since then, but i have picked up quite a few new go-to tricks and i’ll be sharing these tips in this post!

anyway! here’s what you’ll need-

photoshop (i currently use photoshop cc so be aware that options and tools may not translate onto other programs/versions of ps) and yes, i do pay for my photoshop but if you’re in need of a decent, safe download i might be able to point you in the right direction so hmu

patience (believe me some of these icons have taken me a painfully long time to create) just don’t feel discouraged if things don’t work out perfectly right away!

a creative mind. please be aware that this tutorial is only for educational purposes. under no circumstance directly replicate my icons! the one involved in this tutorial is clearly fair game, but please try to take creative liberty with your work. what i’ve found a lot of fun is incorporating bits and pieces of what other people do into my own work.

further resources

if you need more reference/help, here’s an icon psd for you to have a look around while reading the tutorial or instead of the tutorial. again, please do not re-upload or redistribute.

please consider reblogging this if you’ve found it useful. or checking out my resources!

starting off

so today, i’m going to tackle a screencap for my ongoing filmuary challenge!

i tend to get my screencaps from google, so for this i literally just googled “mirror mirror screencaps” and selected a image from google images. when i’m not feeling lazy, i tend to go through the whole movie (great screencaps can be found at screencapped or kissthemgoodbye)

my first move is to open the screencap in the photoshop on it’s default canvas. the one i’ve chosen is normally the sort of screencap i’d go for-- one that has a central focus on the character and allows me to get a solid outline.

i tend to avoid screencaps that cut off the top of the characters head. i also tend to gravitate towards scenes that look easy to colour; if you choose overly saturated screencaps or screencaps that are too dark/light, then you will find it difficult to colour while conscious of the screencap quality.

base colouring

i then duplicate the screencap.

and then i set that duplicated layer to screen.

i like to make my icons super bright so i repeat this. it will vary depending on how dark the scene is. i prefer to do this to the screencaps as i find that it preserves the quality of the cap.

alternatively, you can use a psd-- my favourite as mentioned in previous tutorial is @blairsfelicity‘s icon psd which you can find in her tutorial here. my new method is just a whole lot lazier and i’ve been really enjoying the way my icons have turned out.

outlines

now here comes the menial part-- time for the outline.

remember to add a layer (unless you want to break your own heart by doing it directly onto the cap and being forced to start over (which i would NOT recommend by the way, crying over a screencap is as demoralising as it sounds)).

 i vary between using the pen tool and a brush/eraser for my backgrounds. i like to shake it up depending on what i feel like doing or what the screencap would best fit. it also completely depends on whether i’m feeling particularly lazy or not-- if i have time to burn, i’ll use a brush. if i’m in a rush, i’ll use the polygonal lasso tool and refine my selection area with masks.

in this tutorial (due to my boredom of doing things over and over, this beautiful filmuary) i’m opting for the brush method. but if you want me to talk through polygonal lasso process which is a lot quicker and really streamlines the process-- then feel free to drop me a message and i’ll be happy to make another talk through.

i like to use a brush for my erasing, on 30-50% hardness. i like to use a diffused/low hardness so my icon doesn’t look too sharp and the background and model seem to go with each other more. i’ll go for a small brush size when it comes to detailing (for example, when it comes to profiles, hair etc).

once i’ve outlined the model, i select the area around her with the magic wand tool and fill in the selected area with either a brush or a fill layer. then i merge the outline layer with the new colour layer.

(these two examples are from another icon process bc im dumb and forgot to take screenshots)

there will be a full little line around the model once you’ve merged the layers. i just tend to fill it in manually with a brush.

now here comes the fun part-- the colouring.

make those colours pop!

as you can see, the screencap has a lot of colours, but we need to make them pop. i take one of the colours, make a new layer and just paint until it’s vibrant and bold. once you’re happy with your colour selection, set the layer to soft light and adjust accordingly.

i tend to go for softer brushes when it comes to facial features. the lips, to make them a darker colour, i opt to set the layer style to multiply instead of soft light, and paint over the lip shape with a light pink/red.

i always like to highlight the eyes to aid contrast in the screencap. i also like to fill all eyebrows in with a black (set on soft light) as well as the lashline, just to add further dimension and contrast to the model.

prepping the icon

this is what my screencap looks like with the colouring complete. as you can see, each colour is on a separate layer. this is so i can adjust/duplicate each colour accordingly. once i’m happy, i place everything into a group together.

i make all of my icons on a 100x100px canvas. 

i like to edit the screencaps on their original canvas as it helps with the quality of the screencap as well as allowing me to outline accurately.

i just drag the files from one tab into another.

and then you can size it appropriately. 

my next step is to select the same colour as the background and to paint over the white strip at the top of the icon. i do this directly onto my outline and then merge the two together. you now have the foundations of your icon to build onto!

final touches in the colouring department

there is honestly no direction that i could give you when it comes to these final colouring steps. 

i like my icons to be very bright, so i target the contrast with levels and brightness/contrast layers. I like to also turn up the vibrancy to make the colours pop even more. 

my preference is for the skin to be very neutral, so i try to combat the saturation of the skin with colour balance and selective colour layers (as well as another step i will explain later in the tutorial)

as you can see above, i place the final colouring all underneath the background layer as this makes it easier for me to place textures later on. 

if you have problems with the model’s skin appearing too saturated, i’d recommend taking a solid fill layer of a black/white/grey and setting it to colour. place that layer just above the screencap and adjust it so it combats any saturation you might be experiencing.

textures and finishing touches!

clipping masks are honestly a god send for me. you can find them by right-clicking on the layers and selecting clipping masks. as you can see above, i use clipping masks to place a green texture on top of the icon’s background. i then layer above that by using further clipping masks, adding other textures and even layers to adjust the colouring of the background.

my favourite place to find textures are livejournal and deviantart-- soaked on livejournal is my go-to at the moment and i really enjoy evey-v’s icon textures. i also have my own resouces/textures that you can find here!

once i’m happy with how the icon looks, i copy all of the layers together and paste them under the background.

this is a super lazy way of sharpening the icon-- an alternative method is explained really well by @jennifergarner (aka the god of icons) on her icon faq page. i have used this in the past but after filmuary i’ve found a few little tricks.

i then just sharpen the icon and adjust the opacity of the sharpened layer depending on my preferences.

and then there we go---

my chosen export settings are just to go for PNG every time. this helps preserve the quality of the icon and help it look super clean and tidy for whoever wants to use it.

and with that, that’s a wrap up of my tutorial.

for other tips and tricks, here are some of my asks that i’ve responded to;

do you have any tips for cutting short/curly/messy hair?

hey, would you mind sharing a psd icon?

what are some of your favorite icons textures?

can you break down how to use different types of textures?

[bellameblake]

Hey! I really love your gifs and everything you post. I was wondering if you have any tips when it comes to giffing, something for a beginner? And if you got other favorite giffers in this fandom, someone who inspires you as much as you inspire me?

gfhjfdhgjfhgjfhgfd you have no idea how much this message means to me. i never get messages like this so thank you so much

okay so i get long winded when explaining things a lot of the time so if you ever have any specific questions please feel free to send me a message and i will try to help to the best of my ability. I’m always happy to help! 

so first off I have a bunch of photoshop resources and the gif tutorials are here and here are a few good tutorials for gifs for beginners here and here and i’m sure i have more in my tag! 

so here are some tips!

first off i use photoshop CS5. idk how to make gifs any other way…

I use potplayer to get my caps the good thing about potplayer is you can copy a youtube link into it and then cap the video without downloading it! another is kmplayer. 

if you have windows you can hit the windows button + g and get a game scream up and record the screen from there! 

okay so speaking of video always use the highest quality video you can 1080p is the best hands down 720 if you have to but frankly, don’t go any lower just don’t do that to yourself it’s not worth it. it will only turn out grainy and you cant color it and ugh just aim for 1080p videos which you can find on youtube if you don’t want to get involved with downloading entire episodes of shows!

then comes to making caps make sure you have the cap size right out else it can look wonky there are tutorials for that too

once you have your caps you need to use tumblrs sizing… 540xwhatever you want, 268c whatever you want, and 177x178x177

i know some people don’t sharpen their gifs but i always do! i have some sharpening actions tagged but you can find them on deviantart too! if you have any questions about actions feel free to ask me it took me a while to figure out how they worked honestly haha

then it’s time for coloring! this you can do however you want! my style has changed a whole lot over the years… you can use a tutorial… i started out by using psds but i really recommend just coloring on your own because its actually really fun to test things and see what they do and so on

recently i have been starting with levels then curves and vibrance, selective color, brightness/contrast and color balance i just go with the flow honestly lmao i am just coloring things how i like and worrying about others liking it less and less 

please becare about whitewashing you can use selective color, photo filters, and color balance to help this

PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE! just keep going it will get easier over time i swear and the more you gif the better you get like with anything haha

gif what you want, color how you want make what you want. do i make things that i think will be popular? heck yeah but i also make things for myself because i want them

then saving it do save for web and devices, check the size, make sure the loop is forever not once, and the size must be under 3M! i think my settings are at 256 color, adaptive and pattern? i can screenshot my settings if you want just ask! 

honestly just have fun with it! giffing has become something i do as a distraction and just for fun! i love seeing what colors i can make

i’m assuming you are referring to the 100 fandom…. the 100 is a horrible show to color most of the time. it is so dark but starting with it i learned how to color and now absolutely every other show/ movie/ ect is so so easy in comparison 

if you want a specific the 100 tutorial i can try like for drak scenes of the awful yellow of praimfaya or the blue on the ark/ring and the whitewashing on the 100 is so bad 

as for people i admire in the 100 fandom (which unfortunatly is so so dead rn and a lot of people left)

the person i admired most and actually got tips on giffing from is no longer on tumblr a lot of people aren’t on anymore 

@captainheroism - makes such beautiful sets for so many fandoms 

@jasperjoordan - iva always has clean amazing gifs

@jordanjaspergreen - kate blows my damn mind wither her gifs she creates such complicated sets and idk how she does it like one set i was on the phone with her for like 5 hours talking while she made it and going over scenes and dfhgfjdhdg kate’s amazing i could go on forever about kate 

@flawlessbellamy - banangh’s going to yell at me for adding her but you know what he gifs for bbp are some of my favorites 

@commander-anya - maru makes such pretty colurful gifs!

@ginervaweasley - makes such colorful gifs and im always in awe!

some other amazing giffers are @zekeshaw @clarkgriffon @fen-ha-fuck-you, i know i’m missing a lot of people and i know a lot are inactive and such

thank you again for this ask! it means so much! if you have any questions about anything let me know im happy to help! 

[thequeenofindie]

hello jess! could u share how u make your gifs please?

Sure thing! It’s been a while since I’ve made a tutorial, so please bear with me. In the tutorial below the cut, I’ll show you how I make my GIFs. There’s a million different ways to make GIFs— I know 3 different ways myself— but I’ll show you how I go from a video clip and produce this in less than TEN STEPS!:

Also, TW for length! Please like/reblog this post if you found it helpful! // Buy me a coffee?

What You’ll Need:

Mac

Quicktime

Photoshop CC 2019 (or Photoshop version that allows Video to Frames conversion)

Movie or Video that you want to clip!

This ATN Pack, by yours truly! Please like/reblog this post if using!

Step One: Open Up Everything You’ll Need

Open up that video, movie or clip you want to GIF. Start up Quicktime & while you’re at it, Photoshop too. Did you download that ATN Pack (action pack)? If you did, open it up too (double-click is what I mean by open it up)!

Step Two: Screen-Record 

Go to the Quicktime application. In the top bar, open up the ‘File’ drop down and select ‘New Screen Recording’. You’ll get a pop up titled ‘Screen Recording’. Now if you did step one, then you should have the video/movie that you’re gonna record. I’m doing a small clip ‘From Prada to Nada’. Click the red recording button and you’ll get a message. That message says something along the lines of ‘click anywhere to record the entire screen OR click and drag to outline what area you want to record’. I like to click and drag to ONLY record the movie. You can see what that looks like, below.

Great. Now start recording! NOTE(S): If you’re doing the whole movie, just set it and forget it; but make sure that the captions/subtitles are off & your laptop is plugged in or fully charged.

Once you’ve recorded whatever it is that you want to GIF, then go to the top bar again and on the righthand side, you’ll notice a small ☐ (stop button). Click it and save your recording!

Step Three: Video Frames To Layers

For the sake of keeping this tutorial quick and short, I did a very small clip! Photoshop should be open, so now what you want to do is click File > Import > Video Frames to Layers! Select the screen recording you just saved. After a minute or two (depending on size of recording), you’ll get this pop-up:

You have a couple of options here, you can choose to convert the entire clip by selecting the ‘From Beginning to End’ option OR convert only a specific scene/part of the video by selecting the ‘Selected Range Only’. For either of these options you have the option of limiting how often a frame actually gets converted— this is the ‘Limit To Every # Frames’ option that you see above. More frames = less of the scene, bigger file (remember Tumblr restricts GIFs to 3mb)! For the most part, I like to do Selected Range Only and I use the trim controls (the 2 funky looking triangles under the video preview) to select the scene I want. AND I check the box to limit frames and I change it from 2 to 7! See my settings below:

Select OK and give it a few seconds/minutes. Why I specifically prefer the video to layers option: it’s quick (usually), easy, and does most of the work for me. After it’s finished doing its thing, your screen should look like this:

NOTE(S): delete any frames and layers you don’t need/don’t want to GIF.

Step Four: Crop/Resize

Several options here! on how to crop and or resize. My preference is to make GIFs that are 268px wide and about 150px in height, but the height can vary due to a number of things like the FC being in the background/part of a group. For this step and the ones that follow, be sure to have the actions menu open. If the action menu is not open, go to the top bar, then go to Window > Actions. It’ll open up on the side and if you did step one, then my action pack should be loaded on there!

Option 1: Select All (the entire image) by doing CMD + A. 

You should get a dashed and moving outline around the entire image:

Option 2: Select a specific part of the image by using the rectangular marquee tool.

In case you don’t know what that is, it’s that dashed rectangle button that’s on the left panel:

Click it. Be sure that the Style is set to normal. Click and drag on the image to select the specific FC/area you want to GIF. NOTE(S): if your FC moves around a lot in the scene, then you do NOT want to do this option! The outline will not follow your FC. You should get a dashed and moving outline around your selection:

Now, open up the action menu by clicking the sideway triangle/play button that’s to the right of the preview. You should see my ATN Pack in there. Click the ‘>’ that’s next to my ATN Pack. It’ll reveal about 5 individual actions. 

You’re going to select the ‘Crop & Resze’ action just by clicking it. Then press the play button under it. The image/GIF will now be cropped and resized to 268px wide with an auto adjustment on the height! This is what I ended up with:

Step Five: Video Timeline

Alrighty-roo. This step is a must. You’ll be focusing on the layer panel, which looks like this:

Select ALL LAYERS. Quickest and easiest way is to select Layer 1. Then hold down the SHIFT key and scroll to the top. Click the top layer and everything should be highlighted like so:

Great, now go back to the action menu and click the action that’s labelled ‘Timeline’. 

Press the play button. And after it’s done, you should see something like this:

Step Six: Sharpen

Quick step. Back to the Actions menu. Click the action labelled ‘Shrpn ATN’ and press the play button. You’ll notice the Sorry, no preview for this, bc I forgot to screenshot. You’ll pretty much end up with a sharper/less blurry image.

Step Seven: Coloring

You can apply your coloring PSDs now. You’ll note that I included two coloring PSDs in my Pack. They’re pretty simple and, definitely won’t work with everything. For this GIF though? I actually liked the movie’s coloring. Everything I tried either made it look too grainy or whitewashy.

Step Eight: Save For Web

Quick shortcut: Press the CMD + Alt/Option + Shift + S keys at the same time. It’ll open up this window:

Take a look at my settings on the right. That first drop down has preloaded preset settings. The one you’re looking at on the screen is one I saved on my PS. From that drop down, you’re gonna want to select ‘GIF 128 Dithered’. Then, you have the option of using those preloaded settings or you can copy mine; I’d play around with em to see what works best for you. NOTE(S): The two things you MUST select are the GIF option from the second drop down AND the Forever option from the Looping Options drop down at the bottom.

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