#i learnt how to make gifs in photoshop!!

[the-mallorca-files]

THE MALLORCA FILES S01 E08 — Death in the Morning

“The papers will enjoy this story. But at least the motive was personal, not political, so... a national outcry averted.”

[galatariel]

BEFORE/AFTER COLOURING TAG 🧡 thank you @minghao-s for tagging me </3 i can’t ever resist these sort of things!!!

lately i’ve been trying to do simpler colouring and not to overthink my adjustment layers. because i feel like i always stare at a psd too much and suddenly it doesn’t look right to me 

most of these gifs have a curves layer for lighting and a channel mixer layer to subtly fix the red/green/blue casts on the gifs

a lot of the time my colouring also depends on the sharpening im going to use because if i’m using a really sharp colouring it can work well for shows/films but it highlights the whites on the face too much on kpop gifs - the point of whitewashing so i need to add some extra layers there to take care of that

i’m not sure who has already done this but just in case i’m tagging @loverbbh @dqmeron @saintalicent @capinejghafa @woozification @suuho @heeseunq @bisexualgyu @jjaes @nina-zcnik @kingsroad @sahyoz @sith-maul ❤️

[equizart]

Day 8: Family guy imp

Lois, spin around (this is in 4/4 time so she dances to almost every song)

[magic-aggy]

my take on the Stone Greatsword from DS1

modelled in blockbench, with the textured created in blockbench and then refined in photoshop. no lighting whatsoever, the shading is all in the textures. really happy with the impression it gives of a sharp shining edge on the blade, and the metallic ridges on the rest of the sword. the vines were a lot of fun as well. i learnt a lot making this and im really happy with how it came out.

[kitconnor]

Hi! Happy 4k celebration 🥰 Can you share how you make your gifs or make a gif tutorial?

hi !! tysm <3 i'm more than happy to give you a little tutorial on how i make my gifs ! of course, my process is not the same to other gifmakers and may not always work for everyone but i hope it helps !

for this tutorial, i'm using the most recent edition of photoshop (2023) on my mac. full explanation under the cut.

full disclaimer: most of what i've learnt about photoshop and the giffing process is through pure trial and error. this won't work for everyone and others may think it's a little weird, but this is just how i make my gifs !!

1.find your scenes.

finding your scenes is sometimes very time consuming but you want to get it right the first time !! for this tutorial, i'm using a music video in mp4 format.

2. loading your scenes.

to load your scenes, you want to go: 'file' > 'import' > 'video frames to layers'. i know that this step varies on the user because some people like to go to timeline first, but i'd advise starting in frames first !

after that, a screen like i've depicted below will pop up. i've also annotated everything for you as well.

so, select your desired range, press 'ok' and then it will all load into ps !

3. setting up your gif.

i'm grouping this all into one step, but it's broken down into a few things.

the first part of this is: cropping. the recommended dimensions i follow are on this guideline here, but for the sake of this tutorial i'm just going to crop my gif 540x540 (as a w x h setting). the crop tool is on the left hand tool bar.

now, my gif looks like this. from here, i'm going to click on the timeline (the space along the bottom that has every frame). from there, click on the three lines to get this menu (i've circled where to go + what you'll click):

from there, go 'select all frames' and then click on any of the frames NUMBERS (where it says 0.04 with an arrow besides it, or whatever yours says) then change the frame rate. with most youtube videos i will use 0.08 as my desired frame rate, but when i'm gifing a show or something, it loads in as 0.02, so i change it to 0.05. 0.05-6 on any normal screen cap should be fine, but obviously you can change it depending on if it looks right or not.

from there, you've basically done the first half of the basics. now, you'll want to click on this button:

and now you'll be taken to the video timeline ! from here, select command + option + a (this is for mac, i think it would be control if you're on another device) then, right click on your layers and go 'convert to smart object'.

from here, i'll sharpen my gif before i colour. for this step i have two alternative sharpening settings first one by anyataylorjoy (rb to download !) and the other by maygrant (please ask !). the first one is tuser maygrant's and the second one is tuser anyataylorjoy's. i typically use morgan's for all my basic gifs but anyataylorjoy's for creative sets. every user has a different preference but just find what's good for you !

4. colouring your gif.

definitely the most tedious, this can be a little bit of a hassle depending on the scene. if the colouring isn't riddled with heavy yellows or cyans, colouring is usually a breeze but if it is, it can be hard.

CURVES

the circle with the arrow dropdown and that's half grey-white is the circle you want to click on to find curves. it'll open a menu and curves will be at the top.

you'll see a little menu like above appear. now, select the dropper i've indicated as being the "light point" and then, using the zoom tool, we're going to zoom in and find the brightest point on the gif. this is typically where the light source is.

in this section here, i can see a couple of bright points. using the dropper, i'll click on the closest to white (note: i find that white rarely changes the colouring of the gif, so if there's like, a really really light yellow, for example, click on that) and then i'll do a similar process with the "dark point" dropper, finding the darkest spot, which is usually in shadows or in the corners. unlike with the light dropper, you want the closest to black, whether that's a dark dark brown or dark dark blue.

now, we can see how the colouring has changed:

optional: you can change the white line on the curves menu, which can make it lighter, or darker in different points of the gif.

LEVELS

levels is an optional step, but i recommend it on very light gifs, or if you want to add a little more depth. probably don't do it on an already very dark gif.

the levels menu looks like this:

the far left slider adds shadows and the far right slider makes it lighter. on this particular gif, i only need a little bit of depth to her face and i only need to contrast that a little bit. by just dragging the slider a little bit:

this is the result:

with levels, it can very quickly alter skin tone/make your gif look bad !! with levels, i don't think you need to go above 1-12 in adding depth.

OPTIONAL: BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST

brightness/contrast is optional !! only add it if it's necessary :)

COLOUR BALANCE

a colour balance layer is great for fixing the tones for the gif !!

this one's pretty self explanatory. if you want it to be more yellow, slide it towards yellow. if you want it to be more red, slide it more towards red, etc etc. i've attached some gifs showing how i change tone:

but just play with it until it looks right. be very careful with skin tone !! colour balance can very easily whitewash/colour wash and that is not something encouraged, in the slightest.

SELECTIVE COLOUR

a selective colour layer is basically a "final touch" to colouring. where colour balance just kind of does an overall change of the gif, selective colour allows you to alter your specific tones, ie. reds, magentas, blues, etc. for me, i'll do the bulk of getting my desired colouring with colour balance, but if it overcorrects reds, for example, i'll add some cyan to red tones in selective colour, to diffuse that.

currently, in my gif, it's very red/yellow heavy. to balance that out, i want to add cyans. so, on the drop down list of the selective colour menu, i'll select 'red' and then i'll ADD cyans (so move the slider to the right, not the left to decrease) and then repeat that on other tones that i want to correct, with different colours.

with each of the sliders, just add or decrease how much of that colour is in that tone. once again, be mindful of skin tone and whether it is appropriate or not.

with selective colour, if there are any standout colours (eg. in my gif, there's a big patch of cyan) that don't interrupt their face (eg. reds and yellows are always in faces) and change the way the subjects look, you can change those colours to make it more vibrant. so, in this gif, i'll enhance the cyans and blues and magentas to make the colours pop more.

5. saving your gif

once your happy with the colouring of your gif and done what you need to do with it, save it as a smart object with all your colouring layers, then go to 'file' > 'export' > 'save for web (legacy)...' . play back your gif, and it should be all good !! congrats on making your gifs !

i've included a playback of each layer, which is staggered to show each layer come into effect.

in order: nothing -> curves -> levels-> brightness/contrast -> colour balance -> selective colour.

hope this helped !!

[ndostairlyrium]

✨ Self Rec Tag Game✨

I was tagged by the creator of the tag game herself, @shivunin and I'm terribly sorry if I came back to it super late ;; it was super fun looking at what others made with it tho <3 people are so talented!!

Rules: Share five of your own fanworks (fic, art, etc.). Then, tag five more people to share the things they've made.

Something you absolutely adore

Something that was challenging to create

Something that makes you laugh (or smile, if that fits more comfortably) 

Something that surprised you (in how it turned out, how much other people liked it, etc.)

Something you want other people to see

For those I'll tag: categories aren't necessary, "they're more guidelines than rules" (cit. @shivunin)

I may have broken the rules because I'm chronically undecided << hopefully it's fine sorry in advance

Something you absolutely adore

I just... I'm into chill and comfy vibes <<' These three together bring me so much joy, like, I remember reading all their interactions on the wikia and smiling like an idiot because I wished that all of it was more blatant rather than "yea there's a 3% chance you'll get this interaction in game"

Something that was challenging to create

Probably the first batch from everything-else-but-Inktober 2020. I decided to drop the idea of messing with inks and straight up exercised on things I usually fail at / wanted to improve. The whole challenge was, well, a challenge. I remember struggling from day 1 to 30 because I'm terrible at studies, I tend to filter and filter and filter and... But I like the results!! Far from perfect, but I've learnt big deal through it ;; If you're interested, here's the links to the instagram posts: Weeks 1 - 2 - 3 - 4

Something that makes you laugh (or smile, if that fits more comfortably) 

I can't decide! Aaaaaargh Here, have a multitude of things that make me crack a smile :'D

...I wanted to add more but I don't wanna make another monsterpost :'D

Something that surprised you (in how it turned out, how much other people liked it, etc.)

This fanart of Ophélie from Le Passe Miroir, which I'm very proud of ;; I know it doesn't seem like a huge accomplishment or an art megazord, but I was very in my head before opening Photoshop but during the process, when I realized I was doing exactly what I pictured beforehand, I just couldn't stop being proud of myself lol which is something I don't experience a lot :'''

Also this comm I did for @n7viper that made me say "oh, you can handle this" This was quite the experience ;; thanks again for letting me work on this dude <3 I started with a greyscale then added colors, which is a technique I used some times and like, I was sure it was challenging because it's super hard to balance everything out, but when things came out exactly how I wanted them to be?? Woah, alright Picasso, slay

Something you want other people to see

-My dwarven ladies 🧔✨

you can check it out here

-The things I'm doing for this artfight lol I think I leveled up in some cases 👌

These are previews, everything will be posted in this blog, my artblog, insta, twitter etc etc

-The collabs and trades I made with some of the most talented people I know and cherish ;;

Like this one amongst the many I did with @greypetrel who dragged me back into Lord of the Rings after years and I'll be forever thankful for that ;; but also for the experience <3

Or these ones I did with @underneathestars Plus our joint effort for last year's N7 Day: her post - my post That was a challenge and your girls served 💅

Also This!!! Courtesy of @demandthedoodles This was like, one of the funniest - yet astounding - outcomes from a sketch I almost forgot I made lol I need to print this out when I can!

I would include all of them, because I traded art and collaborated with people I really appreciate but I can't possibly include other things ;; I'll mass reblog / share them in the next days!

Also, thanks again @shivunin for this tag game ;; I discovered things I've never seen from people I follow and found out awesome new things from people I didn't follow already. So super fun <3

I'm tagging (no pressure, no commitment): @n7viper @underneathestars @qwib @skeltrr @lethalhoopla @kassarts @aukanemin @ii-then @daggerbean @vaesivlasta @sparatus

[arwensundomiels]

hello! i'm not sure if someone has asked this before but the blending here post/733052341549498368/kpopcreators-bingo-challenge-free is really good!! i was wondering if you could teach me how you did so perfectly because i don't understand much about blending and yours is so pretty

thank you so much! i've listed some of the basic steps here but i've also linked some really good tutorials i learnt from 💙

so if you want to get a gif with blending (like this! as a rough example below <3)

first make sure you have your two gifs ready! they should have the same amount of frames 🫡

the key to remember when selecting scenes for blending is that you're gonna be utilising blending modes on photoshop (most commonly screen or rarely multiply) so you want to choose scenes that have equal amounts of black in them.

because since you're choosing screen as a blending mode, the top gif will be more visible in darker parts of the bottom gif! so you can see there's plenty of dark available in the two gifs, think of them as merging/meeting spots for the two gifs to blend the most <3

once you've coloured your gifs as you like (a bit of contrast/increase in black selective colour is good!) you can put both gifs in folders with their respective colouring, and go to the top gif and change the blending mode to screen!

so this is the most basic blended gif <3

for a pop of colour, add a solid fill layer of any colour of your choosing 🫶

and you can play around with the blend mode settings for the colour but i most commonly use multiply for darker or bolder colours, and overlay for brighter ones!

and there you go <3

there's lots of experimentation to be done tbh with blending and i'd definitely recommend reading through the amazing below tutorials:

this double exposure tutorial by @eddiediaaz this blending tutorial by @aziraaphales this one that i first used ages ago to learn <3 by @yenvengerberg

hope that helps!

[rookthorne]

Duuuuude! You are so incredibly talented. May I ask, how do you make your graphics? Everytime I see one, they look fucking amazing. What program/s do you use? And how hard are they to learn?

nonnie! you are coming for my heart like this! 🥹😭

of course you can ask! I am always willing to help out anyone creatively where I can.

this is quite a spill so I have the explanation underneath the cut! 🥰

I use 2 programs, and it depends what for -

my gifs, headers, icons, and dividers I use adobe photoshop.

my collages for my writing social media and my wattpad, I use canva.

I want to give credit where it is due and say I learnt how to make gifs and graphics from my best friend, @sgt-seabass. she took me under her wing and from there she's taught me how to operate photoshop and make the gifs like I do, and since then, I branched out and fucked around with the program and that's how I got where I am.

as for how hard it is to learn, personally, it is not hard at all.

gif making can be challenging but I also don't have so much of an affiliation for them, and I like keeping them simple. header, banner, and divider making is my bread and butter. I fucking love making them and I just... I don't know. I love doing it so much, and I guess my passion shows.

the most important thing to making graphics look seamless and effortless is familiarity with the program you use, because if you don't know your tools, you don't know shit, basically. I would really recommend getting to know the software you choose to use - play around and make some dummy designs and make mistakes. making mistakes has helped immensely in my creative process.

learn the dimensions for posts and pixels, too. it can be different for all blogs!

I use the following for my blog: (all in pixel measurement)

line dividers - 600 x 5

thin dividers - 600 x 15

thick dividers - 600 x 25

headers - 3000 x 1000 the squares for these headers are 1000 x 1000

blog header - 640 x 360 even when transparent, like the two I use, they are still the above dimensions.

disclaimer banner - 2000 x 300 (the bigger the canvas, the better the transparent elements show)

if you have any other questions, my love, my inbox is always open! 💗

honestly, I would be open to doing tutorials when I have some spare time between these events - would that be something that's helpful? lemme know, chaos kittens! 😘

[withered-rose-unbreakable-lotus]

Today's twitter writing community's question of the day that's making big rounds is where would you be now if you had followed the career ambitions you had at age 13.

Hah..hah..hahahhahaha ahhh...life loves to rub it in my face. I'd still be here, mourning my life. I did follow my ambitions since 13. In fact the ambition started at age 9 and it's been haunting me since.

At age 9, while it was mostly play pretend that I was already in the business of my dreams, I started making edits as much as I could with the resources I had. At age 11, my teachers allowed me write and direct my first and last theatrical play ever (didn't go that well cause they put it last at the school closing ceremony and parents and kids were tired and chatting, but oh well my family and the families of the kids that played did pay attention). At age 12 I turnt more on video editing, cause I finally decided which exact job I wanted in the business of my dreams and that required knowledge on video making. At age 15-16 I met my Technology teacher in high school, who after finding out my love for music video making, gave me a cracked version of Vegas pro and books on filmmaking and camerawork. At age 18 I applied for 3 filmmaking schools in the UK. I was accepted in 2 but one wished to give me a place in animation instead (probably cause I didn't have original material just fanvideos, not my fault my friends didn't want to help me record shit) so I ignored it and went with the one in Wales, but due to my parents' insecurities I lost my chance. At age 21 I finally found the balls to try Photoshop and start building a portfolio. I also learnt how to code through the uni I was forced in, helped with building my fanblogs and website.

And it all froze there. I made a couple of fanvideos, one of which got noticed by the band I had made it for and got banned in Japan the next day, no wonder why (I didn't know much about copyrights back then and just accepted people can no longer make fanvideos). I quit making videos within the year. My portfolio not being good enough and not getting attention in social media either eventually discouraged me and I stopped improving it around 2019. I haven't finished a single original work since. But it is slight improvement I got back to both thanks to vtubing. Even if it's not really what I want in life.

Dream they said. I'm good.

[k00296010]

Today I went and did the Photoshop Introduction Workshop for my morning session. We got shown how to use all the basic tools and function of Photoshop. We also got to make a little animation using the skills we learnt in the workshop. I had always wanted to learn how to use Photoshop so i had a lot of fun in this workshop.

[smitmb1]

week 12

this was our final week of fundies, learning the software. today we did a bit on exporting in InDesign. we looked a little bit into RGB and CMYK. what these stand for and what we use what for. i had learnt a bit about this in DT1 and DT2 so i already had an idea of the use and what the colours combined in each one create.

today we exported our book as a PDF.

3mm bleed is always a good idea, because it means we aren't loosing any of the image but still getting the full size. we don't want a white edge going down the side of the page.

we also use crop marks to know where to cut the page, with the bleed on.

in the compression tab we can adjust how big the file is. we can also make it a high quality print which is what we want.

then we opened it with adobe acrobat.

we downloaded mockups for our book in photoshop and were able to add covers. it was all under smart objects so it created another file that when we save it, it will update the other tab of the mockup... see below.

i started off having a transparent background so i went back into indesign ad editted the actual cover. little did i know there was a shortcut for this that would save me so much time...

then we made spreads, it was the same idea and system to it...

from there we can add any background we want to.

learning this was super handy and helpful. i know know how to create mockups! throughout school in design, i always made it manually and edited the individual images.

shift + option + command + s (save as web) this means it can easily be uploaded. it saves as a gif.

here are the mockups of my whole book. (below) (because the mockup file was very small the quality is not very good)

[josharthur]

Reflection

Today was the last day we had of Fundamental's. So now I need to write an honest report on how I felt the course went.

Firstly I want to look back at the start of the course where we looked at vector art/drawing. As much as I want to say I loved it I honestly found it very frustrating as I wasn't able to properly comprehend how the curves would go based on the anchors and branch's. Although it did get better and got everything done as necessary.

Apart of this was a group activity where we chose picture's to replicate with vector drawings. I found this helpful as I got to see how someone else delt with these drawings. We spoke on aspects of our drawing and about things we could change so the communication was there which was great.

Next we looked into photoshops photo editing and how we can make images look more alive wither its bring color or taking away. I really enjoyed this part of the course and thought I was okay at doing what I was doing. From sacrificing aspects of an image to bring forward another part was fun as it was a toss up which you had to consider. It was great being able to edit my own personal photos which were taken on a real bad phone so now they look good as new.

We moved onto cropping and editing images by moving stuff around, tacking them out, or adding stuff in. This part was pretty mild for me as I neither really enjoyed it or hated it, although I could not for the life of me get my head around the smart objects / masking layers as they never worked for me as I wanted them to. This was probably due to lack of knowledge on this part of the program. When it came to the jumping man I am still confused on how we ended up getting to make the line object to move around him. I know it uses masks and such but If I had to replicate this action I would be lost on how to do it.

And now the holy grail of Fundamentals Dum Dum Dum. In Design!!

This was by far the most fun part of the course for me and more intuitive. It really allowed for mostly free creative freedom when making the book especially. I found some parts strange as InDesign worked in places and not in others but it always seemed to fix itself or a quick google search would give me the answers. It's funny how I had a InDesign project on the go for another class that I finished and handed in a week before we started this which would have been very helpful but what can you do.

Overall I learnt lots from this course, some stuff I will hopefully remember for a very long time and unfortunately other things I have already forgotten. But a great experience and enjoyable ride non the less.

CHEERS!!

[balsamslifeblogs]

Photo Essay 

Working individually through these tasks I was required to produce a photo essay discussing 5 original photos that portray a single theme as working for production across many media platforms. My chosen theme is books. 

Through the production of this piece, I was overwhelmed with emotions as my photos were quite basic and dull due to the chosen location and comparing them with other peoples. However, after using Photoshop I was able to transform and improve these photos which has boosted my self-confidence.

 Some of the key elements that went well was the process of taking the photos as Kingston library was spacious and condensed with books and objects that gave me the freedom to take a lot of content then choose the best 5.

 On the other hand, I’ve struggled with editing the images using Photoshop as I felt it was a complex app to use. It was quite difficult to find the perfect tone and shade to match the” dark” mood that I was aiming to portray. However, using shadows and different warm tones I was able to achieve the final product. 

In conclusion I’ve learnt to always familiarise myself with a tool/ app as it’s time consuming making repetitive mistakes and starting all over again. As well as to develop my knowledge and skills on Photoshop I’ll watch guidance videos on how to use the app. Final thoughts on the photos, in the future I'll use less intense undertone filters and shadows since they all appear identical now.

[2022-504-poppirobertson-gray]

Week 9 - Video Animation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB-ONAZacxY ^

This video shows how to create text with a moving image inside. He teaches how to remove the type outline from background, and how to use mask to keep the moving image inside the outline of the type.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCyWobGmHpw&t=553s ^

This video outlines how to get object to look 3d using layer settings such as outflow and gradient. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VWGsXuRDfs&t=627s ^

This video was the most helpful to me. He showed how to animate text to appear from behind an object, while also showing how to animate the object the text is coming from. It is This video that taught me how to use keys to move an object/image and how to use masks to make this happen

One interesting thing in this video was the use of guides. When using the transform tool it is important that shapes stay consistent, and suing guides to make out where things are meant to be can keep this consistency. I did not know that photoshop had the option to use guides.  

In this image I was making the line go bigger and small but I need to keep the ending and beginning shape of the line the same. By using guides I could see where the line began and ended, even when the layer was hidden. 

Frame by frame came easily to me, but video timeline did not. These videos helped me to understand. I learnt that video timeline makes it easier and much smoother to create transitions, to move objects and to have text come out of something.

Further Research

Our animations are meant to portray the typeface itself. Nunito was created by Vernan Adams in 2011. This is the colour of the year for 2011:

2011 was a year of pink. I will use this in my animation to have the reminder that  there isn't a typeface without influence from its creator and the time in which it was constructed. 

In my research for project 1 I found that Nunito was originally made as a display font. However another style (Nunito Sans,) was created as a slightly more formal and editorial version of the original Nunito font. I highlighted this difference In project one, and will continue to do so in project 2. 

Although this is a very simple way of showing just how altering both font size and weight can transform the vibe a words or sentence can give off, it is effective through keeping in concise and clear. This is a key asset for me to use in my animation because it aligns perfectly with the purpose of the animation which is to showcase the different weights and sizes and how that can simply transform the purpose of text. 

For the video timeline I would like to take advantage of smooth transitions. This is a brief story board of a visual I have in my mind.

BRINGING STORYBOARD TO LIFE (PRACTISE)

FIRST VIDEO ANIMATION

SECOND VIDEO ANIMATION

This is the overview animation. 

I have now learned that Adams, passed away in 2016 from the ongoing injuries he sustained in a scooter accident in 2014. He left behind his wife, 14-yr old son and 6-yr old daughter. He was only 49 years old. I find this very sad as he has been responsible for the creation of so many typeface used by people everyday. I wanted to include an image of the typeface designer as it could not exist without its designer. 

[mpdev]

Asteroids Development Post:

What have I tried to achieve?:

For this, my aim was to experiment with the mechanic of teleporting objects between the two portals, including the portals redirecting the objects by changing their directory.

What is something I've learnt:

The first new thing I have learnt was how to code and manipulate object positions, angles, and force.

Learning these lead me to figuring out how to make objects, when colliding with the portals, changing and setting their position to the Portals Portal.X() & Portal.Y() position leading them to teleport from one portal to the other.

Using angles, I was able to detect the angle of the players ship and then setting the thrown portals angle to the players current Player.Angle() from when they shot out the portal and thus rotating the portal to match the players angle making them look more natural when they travel through the air.

And by using force in conjunction with angles allowed me to make teleported objects and shot out portals move in the direction set angle, this allowed me to make shot out portals shoot in the direction of where the player was looking, and make asteroids move in the direction of the portal they come out of.

Game Showcase:

Above is a GIF of my initial testing of the portal system.

Above is a GIF of me testing the portals in conjunction with the asteroids.

Above is a screenshot of me creating the Player Space Ship in photoshop.

Above is a screenshot of me creating the Green Portal in photoshop.

Above is a screenshot of me creating the Purple Portal in photoshop.

[grad504-brunoking]

Week 8

This week we continue to expand our skills within Photoshops frame by frame animation tools. We learnt about 'tweening' which is the process of creating start, middle, and end frames to allow photoshop to fill in the 'in-between' frames for us which greatly reduced the time taken to create our animations. We also went over some more tips and techniques to utilise throughout this making process we are embarking on in these first weeks where we’re creating various tests and sequences to experiment with the tools. In class we created a series of gif animations that taught us how to explore the use of opacity and movement through the tween function on the timeline panel. I found these short tutorials to be quite useful as if I had known these tips before the start of the holidays I would have been able to finish my holiday SDL a lot faster than I ended up taking but this class made me quite excited to dive into our last few weeks and create some animations.

I wanted to do some further research and searched through some examples of kinetic typography gif animations that I found to be quite interesting. I understand my chosen gifs to be quite advanced and a little bit above my current level as these animations are quite smooth with their transitions and movements but I definitely feel as though there are some patterns and movements that I am hoping to draw on for some inspiration through my social media gif animations. I was also looking for some inspiration in regards to colour palette as I have been looking to expand my colour palette to three colours and am excited to be able to draw upon a third colour with this project.

I started off by creating this shorter animation, based on the techniques we learnt in class, and admittedly am not very happy with the result. I wanted to draw upon some of the techniques I saw in my research including the expansion of objects and type, however feel as though my work doesn’t replicate this effect successfully. I do think that the first half of the animation where I use different weights of the typeface do a good job of creating movement and flow through my work.

This second animation I am a lot more satisfied with. I am really happy with the colour palette and feel as though it reflects a somewhat retro style which aligns well with the geometric and angular features of the letters. I also feel as though the movement created throughout the animation flows quite well. I am quite satisfied with the overall quality and feel of the animation, however I do see where there could be obvious improvements. I believe that the animation could be improved through a closer attention to detail as some of the frames feel a little abrupt/not as refined as the others but I am quite excited about my progression and feel as though with some improvements and further practice I would be able to produce a result I’m content and happy with.