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[cozysip]

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[zenkai-icons]

Quick-N'-Easy Icon Editing Set-up with Krita!

I'm sure there are already a few tutorials like this one out there, but hey, what can one more hurt?

What's this do?: Krita has features you can use so you can make quick edits to your icons all at once, and save them all out individually with the press of a button. It's a great time-saver, and gives you a lot of flexibility in your edits!

What you'll need:

Krita, a free and open-source painting / image editing program!

Icons!

Part 1: How to export your icons all at once.

( warning: long and image-heavy! Written with beginners in mind. )

Once you open Krita, you'll want to go to Window > Workspace > Animation on the uppermost bar to change the layout for what we'll need, here.

We're going to be using Krita's animation features to make iconing / icon-editing a little easier.

( as an extra note, hitting '1' on your keyboard will set Krita's zoom to the image's actual size, while '2' will have it fill the available space. Helpful for seeing how your icons will appear on the dash. )

Okay, let's get started! Make a new image ( File > New or press Ctrl + N ), set it to whatever dimensions you want ( I default to 100x100px ). Make a new layer ( Click the plus icon in the layers tab, or press ins ), and then put that layer in a group ( Right-click the layer and click group > quick group, or press Ctrl+G while its selected. )

With that grouped layer selected, Grab your icons, and click & drag them into Krita, onto the canvas ( the big empty grey space in the center ). When Krita prompts you, select 'insert many layers.' This will load in each image as its own layer. If you don't have the grouped layer selected, you'll have to select them all and put them back in the group. ( No big deal, just shift + click the first and last layers, and drag them where you need them. )

You can now delete your initial paint layer in the group, if you want. Otherwise it will make an 'empty' icon when we export.

Select that group, then go to Layer > Convert > Convert Group to Animated Layer on the top bar. ( This is only accessible through the top bar, not the menu that appears when you right-click on a group. I don't know why. )

Congrats! Now all your icons are frames in an animation. Each cell on the timeline is a single icon. If you have a scroll wheel, you can scroll to quickly look through them all.

If you can't see all of your icons on the timeline, click the three bars here and set 'clip end' to whatever number of icons you have ( or a little more, for extra wiggle room. )

Find the last filled cell, right-click it and select 'set end time.'

When you're ready, hit File > Render animation.

You'll want to make sure you set it to export as an image sequence, and select where you want your icons to go on your computer. Give them a naming scheme. Make sure you save before you export your icons, as I've had Krita crash while exporting a large number of icons all at once. ( If it does this to you, just try again. Worst comes to worst, you can export by setting the first frames and last frames to smaller chunks instead of all at once. )

Hit OK and voila! No more saving icons out one-by-one!

Of course, we haven't done any editing yet, so this is all redundant unless you're saving out your own freshly-cropped icons. Let's move onto the fun part:

Part 2: Editing

Right-click your new group layer and hit add > filter mask. Choose any you want- for demonstration purposes, I'll be using my favorite: gradient map.

This will put that filter over all frames in that animation layer, meaning you won't have to repeat your edits per icon.

If you want to edit your filter mask after you click off, just right-click it in the layer tab and select 'properties.' It will bring the initial prompt up again for you to adjust.

You can add as many filter masks as you want! The order the layers are in does matter, though, so keep that in mind.

If you want to add frames, banners, name tags, symbols etc, you can do that on layers over or under that animation layer! They'll stay consistent across the 'animation' unless you add new frames to them on the timeline.

If you want to edit your icons again, just do so, and re-export! If the naming scheme and numbers are the same, Krita will automatically overwrite the old files. But watch out; if you're trying to save new icons, make sure you start numbering at a higher number than your last icon, or change the base name.

Happy iconing!

[nick-web]

𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺 𝗰𝗼𝗺 𝗴𝗶𝗳! (rebloguem)

♡🔒 - 𝖿𝖺𝖼̧𝖺 𝗈 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇𝗅𝗈𝖺𝖽 𝖽𝗈 𝖼𝖺𝗉𝖼𝗎𝗍 𝖺𝗊𝗎𝗂 .

[shins-rpc-sources]

HOW TO GET YOUR OWN SCREENCAPS FOR MAKING ICONS / GFXs / ETC.

being able to find pre-made icons of whomever you want to roleplay as can be nothing short of tedious, right? well, that's why i've put it upon myself to make this tutorial! because idk about you guys but i prefer making my own icons because mine are all 150 x 65 because i simply like and prefer rectangular icons to square icons. so let's get down to business, yeah? and like pretty much all of my lengthy tutorials, this will be under a READ MORE.

STEP 1: PROGRAMS

the main program you'll need for this is VLC Media Player. the reason for this is because it has a built-in feature that allows you to screencap any video you play. now if you're roleplaying as a video game character and you need the cutscenes from said game ( or video game movies as i call them if they're all together in one video ) then i definitely recommend you getting 4K Video Downloader. the free version allows you to download up to 30 videos / day for free whereas the license grants you an unlimited # of downloads / day off of youtube.

STEP 2: THE SETUP

after you've install VLC Media Player, get it going and go to Tools > Preferences. once you've done that something like this should pop up.

now do me a solid and click All in the box that's highlighted in the red box. by doing so will result in this popping

now scroll all the way down to where you see Video and then click on Filter. once done you'll have this pop up.

once you have this window up scroll the sidescroll all the way to the right until you see Scene filter video. it'll be third from the top as highlighted down below. check it and then click Save.

STEP 3: WE'RE ALMOST THERE

so once you hit Save, the box closes. there's nothing to freak out or worry about because that's perfectly normal. what we're gonna do now is have you go to ... like ... your Pictures folder and make a folder named after whatever you're getting screencaps for. if you're needing screencaps for, say, crisis core reunion then you'll create a new folder and name it something like ... say ... Crisis Core Reunion Screencaps. now do me a favor and double click on the folder so that you're now actually in it. you'll see why in a minute.

i need you to go back to Tools > Preferences > All > Videos in VLC Media Player. once you do that i need you to click on the little > right next to Filter so that a little drop down menu will pop up. it'll look a little something like this.

now scroll all the way down until you see Scene filter and click on that. once you've clicked on it this window will pop up.

remember when i told you to keep that folder up and running for Crisis Core Reunion Screencaps? well, this is where it comes into play! click on where it says This PC > Pictures > Crisis Core Reunion Screencaps , highlight everything , and the press CTRL + C to copy it. and for those of you wondering ... ... ... ... ... it'll look a little something like this: C:\Users\PROFILE\Pictures\RP Stuff\References. that's perfectly normal!

now i want you go pay close attention to the box i have highlighted down below. why? because the original number they had for the Recording ratio is ridiculous. switching the number to 1 means that it'll take one ( 1 ) screencap every second! and the number of screencaps you'll have will determine how long your video game movie is.

now you're probably wondering why the Directory path prefix is empty. of course you are. why wouldn't you be wondering it? well, that's where you're putting the directory for the directory path you just copied earlier! click on the empty box and press CTRL + V to paste it. once finished, click save and you're good to go.

STEP 4: GETTING THE ACTUAL SCREENCAPS

now that you've gotten all of the hard stuff done and out of the way, this is when you click on Media > Open file and then click on that Crisis Core Reunion movie you downloaded using 4K Video Downloader. once you have that going, the screencapping will commence and all you have to do is just minimize VLC Media Player and go on your merry way until the "movie" is done!

this is all you have to do to get screencaps. and all you have to do every time you want to get screencaps for something super specific is to make a folder for said thing, copy the directory path, and paste it into the Directory path prefix.

i'm hoping this tutorial was simple enough and easy to understand for y'all!

[cheri-sources]

how to colour icon panels !!  🍒✨

want to give your icons a bit of spice under the psd ?? give it a little POP of colour ?? don't worry babes, i gotchu !! it's much easier than you may think && in this tutorial i'll give you all the lil tricks i use on a daily basis. ( remember if you found this helpful, reblogging && likeing is highly encouraged but not required )

this tutorial will cover 2 ways of colouring panels, plain white panels (without starting colour) && pre-coloured panels such as webcomics.

firstly you'll need : photoshop (PS for short) , manga panels source of your choosing ( i use this source here ), and a reference for colours to make things easier on yourself. it's recommended to use a drawing pad of somekind but this can also be done with a mouse && keyboard.

i'll be using panels from Therapy Game by Hinohara Meguru as an example. collect your panels by saving them to your pc, and also a reference image. this can be the title page / cover or a reference image of your muse. ( this is to be able to colour pick easily but if you can raw-dog colours you can skip this step Picasso. )

upload you ref && your panel side by side like this : 

on the side with the panel, you'll add a NEW LAYER overtop and set that layer to MULTIPLY located at the bottom right corner. this is the layer you'll colour on. 

the colouring doesn't have to be neat-- and you don't need to colour the whole thing. you're going to crop them for icons later anyway.  i'll also warn you now, it's going to look FLAT. that is okay !! because you'll be adding your own psd to it later anyway. 

see ?? super flat, but we add a little psd and suddenly the graphic looks much more unified !! it'll hide alot of your shading mistakes so don't fret !!

now this part comes from a personal recommendation from yours truly -- save the whole panel WITHOUT a PSD !! put it in a folder somewhere on your pc / external drive, ect. the reason for this is because having a stash of coloured panels at your disposal allows you to just pull up PS and make and icon lickity-split on the spot without the need to batch edit or spend your time making a million icons when you could be focused on the fun part-- WRITING !!

icon credit.

now that you know how to do the basics-- what about pre-coloured panels ?? DON'T WORRY !! i said i gotchu babes ! i'll use the same example and we'll just pretend its pre-coloured. 

the steps are basically the same except we will be adding 1 more to the beginning. first upload your reference and panel like before. then on the panel side, BEFORE YOU ADD A NEW LAYER, go to the top add click ADJUSTMENTS. 

click on hue/ saturation && bring the middle slider ( the saturation ) all the way down. this makes your panel black & white. 

left click on the new layer labeled hue/ saturation and click merge down. NOW you can continue the rest of the tutorial as if it were a plain panel !!

thats it's that the WHOLE tutorial !! 🍒 way to go superstar !! 🍒 now you can experiment with brushes and giving your icons / graphics your own personal touch. i use this method myself && it works like a dream. if you enjoyed this tutorial or found it helpful, consider reblogging. it helps me out alot !

[tidemoonchild]

Comic Version of Maggie

Original:

Used this sites: (x) (x) for the first two pictures. They're free to use and you don't have to sign up. At least I didn't had to and I made a few pics there And also this site (x) for the third one. This is also really good and you can use it for free too (kind of). Only thing is you have to sign up if you want to download the picture and with the free account you can only download one pic per day (Or you just make a screenshot works too and you don't have to sign up...). Beside that some things are only accessible with premium for which you have to pay. Also depending on what filter you use you maybe have to edit it a little. Edit: I made a little mistake on this site (x) you also need to sign up to download the picture. It's been a while since I used them so I remembered it wrong. I also checked the other site (x) and this one works with out signing up.

[romanovafilter]

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[byronreblog]

tag setup.

[uzuigami]

⠀⠀⠀𓆩♡𓆪 ➔ tag dump: resources.  

[vvampics]

Eu fiz esse mood atoa, ia vender ele, porém... sla, não gostei muito, na realidade odiei ele, ficou pior do que eu imaginei.

Mas agradeço de verdade ao @nick-web pois o icon principal ( do perfil ) foi feito com base no tutorial de icon rp dele.

Eu sinceramente queria ter feito algo melhor para postar e marcar, porém decidi ir postando alguns moods para no fim ver a minha evolução no fim. Não postarei frequentemente, apenas pro diversão e tédio, então talvez poste mais de um em um dia ou simplesmente poste um a cada ano-

Enfim, obrigado nick pelo tuto, você é incrível. 🐣

[shins-rpc-sources]

here's a few additional websites in case anyone's curious to give them a look at! these are highly beneficial to those who write novella replies, fanfiction, and even just original stories in general.

GRAMMARLY: this is definitely useful if you struggle with grammar, punctuation, spelling, and whatnot. i don't use it, personally, but i know several others do and it definitely works! HEMINGWAY APP: i. love. this. to. bits. and. pieces. it's more or less your own personal editor. and to add icing to the cake? you can actually buy the program for a whopping $19.99 and is available on windows and mac, both! CLICHÉ FINDER: this one is pretty neat, too. it tells you what phrases, sayings, and whatnot are overused. i've only used this a couple of times, myself, but i really like it!

if you guys have any others you'd like for me to add then feel free to let me know!

for some reason i felt the need to compile a list of some neat little websites that are of use for us roleplayers.

FSYMBOLS: this site has a ton of symbols and emojis that can be used for tags. it's super neat. FSYMBOLS' FONT GENERATOR: they also have a neat font generator where you can type in anything you want and get a wide variety of different neat results to use for dialogue or even your tags! 10 out of 10 recommend. ALT CODES: much like fsymbols, this website has tons of symbols, letters, and whatnot that can be used not only for tags but also for just typing stuff out. it tells you the alt codes for everything which is hella beneficial. this is especially helpful if you're writing in a language that's not english. PAST TENSES: this site is incredibly beneficial because it tells you synonyms, antonyms, and verb tenses for pretty much any word in the dictionary. this is particularly helpful for those who struggle with vocabulary and / or english isn't your first language. LIST FIST: i, myself, have this website saved because of the bleach episode to chapter conversion list for when i make icons but it has all sorts of other lists on there as well. heck, you can even find other lists of episode to chapter conversion lists for various anime. some include one piece , naruto , naruto shippuden , boruto , dragon ball , etc. just type in ANIME EPISODE TO CHAPTER and see if they have it on there. just don't get too discouraged if they don't have the anime you're looking for on there because there are still tons of other interesting articles on there. MANGASEE: while they don't have every manga under the sun on there they still have quite a few. this is beneficial for those who make icons and gfx! READ COMICS ONLINE: this is incredibly beneficial for those who make icons and gfx for comic books in particular. super neat tbh.

that's about all i can think of off the top of my head for now. hopefully y'all find this useful!

[cyaerandom]

FAQ

Do not interact with this account if you're a minor.

I highly recommend not following me at @cyaerandom, because it's a personal account. If you like what I draw, please consider my art blog instead. I will reblog any scribbles I post here.

ART BLOG @cerberusmahou I draw whatever and this can change any day. Take this into consideration before following. Mute #riya reblog for art only and check the other stuff I'm into to curate your space. Alternatively, you can install XKit and turn on the feature Show Originals. Art only tag Scribbles tag (cw: suggestive content) Ask me anything, or give me ideas to draw! Unless specified otherwise, I don't take art requests. However, I'm always on the lookout for inspiration, happy to read about your headcanons and talk about our mutual interests. As a general rule expect me to reply by text, but if any prompt gets my brain gears turning, I may draw it.

🌈M/F ATLA. A discord group for LGBT+ adults who enjoy or create straight ships content and want to meet people similar to them!

All joining members must be 20+ years old. Mlm/wlw is obviously allowed and welcomed, but not our focal theme.

Can I use your art as icon and/or for rp? Sure, I'll be honored.

Can I repost your art? Send me a message first, please.

Can I tag headcanons in your art? Of course, I love reading them.

How did you add music to your blog? Wikplayer & CommonNinja.

Which program do you use to draw? Paint Tool SAI.

Which brush do you use for drawing? It's a custom, here's the settings. However, I recommend sketching on a hard brush and using this only for inking or doing a more refined sketch.

Any anatomy book you recommend? Figure drawing by Kan Muftic and Morpho collection by Michel Lauricella.

Could you share your art style inspiration? Here.

Any tips for dynamism? Besides checking on art tutorials (dynamism and gesture drawing), I'd say studying the principles of 2D animation, paying attention to real people's body language, and watching animation compilations from great artists like Richard Williams, Milt Halt, Hiroyuki Imaishi, Yutaka Nakamura, etc. I tend to tag animation gifs I go across and like, feel free to use it as reference library, if it's helpful for you.

Are you open to collabs? If I follow you or you're a writer whose fics I comment, I will most likely be interested. Message me and we can talk, no compromise for either of us.

Why am I blocked? Nothing personal. You probably talk about discourse non-stop, don't follow proper fandom etiquette or were caught up in a blockchain I used. I want to see specific content, so I curate my spaces. Please, message me if you'd like to be unblocked.

We are mutuals and I appreciate you, but your blog isn't for me anymore. Unfollow me, I'd never take it personally. You have to cater your social media to your own tastes and whatever makes you happy. We can interact in other spaces anytime.

I'd like to follow you, but my moral and political beliefs don't align with yours. Is that a problem? As long as you're an adult, feel free. I don't intend to live in an echo chamber and I aim to learn about other realities.

I mainly draw m/f, but I talk and draw about gender and sexuality in a very fluid way. Sometimes seriously, sometimes as a joke. If you need characters and ships to be gender-conforming to a fault, my account is not for you.

+18 only

Do you take commissions? Yes, here's my carrd. Adults only. Do you have Patreon? Yes, here's the link. Once again, adults only.

Check my former pinned post and appreciate this beautiful fanart of my wife and her husband.

[fart-graphics]

Big Canva Tutorial Document

Hi guys! Canva's been my hyperfixation for a while now, so why not try to compile everything I've learned into one place? This Google Doc is intended to introduce you to this browser-based editor and help guide you through using it for RP graphics. It contains a couple tutorials, and some questions along the way to help inspire you to create your own awesome stuff.

Tutorials already present:

— How to use a Canva template to make icons — Making a pride icon in just a few seconds — Adding freckles/moles/etc features to your faceclaims — "Fancier" pride icons/regular icons once you've got the basics

This Doc will be continually updated with more tutorials, templates, and tips. So once you have access to the Doc, you'll get to see those as I add them!

★Link★ ✰Alt link✰

[steadfvsthearts]

Cutting Legacy/New Xkit Posts with Beta/Xkit Rewritten

written 02.06.23.

you’re stuck in beta editor and receive a reply that’s been edited in legacy with new xkit like the one screenshotted below. what are you supposed to do now ?? how are you going to cut it ??

there is a way ---an annoying one, sure--- but it’s possible.

before moving on, i want to make it clear that i highly encourage switching to beta + xkit rewritten for replies --- especially if you are in a new group rp where inevitably some members will have brand new blogs and thus are stuck with only the beta editor. mixing legacy and beta just makes for a lot of headaches, most of which are very avoidable. this post here from rpschtuff describes the whole compatibility issue extremely well and i recommend reading it if you’re still resistant to the whole idea.

but in the case of some stubborn people, here’s a hack to still cut legacy/new xkit reformatted replies with only beta/xkit rewritten.

i hope this is useful in getting through this transitory phase!

Step 1, copy the previous person’s reply and save to your drafts. you can copy the gif/images by right click, copy image link, and pasting the image url --- for some reason, this workflow doesn’t make the ugly source links show beneath the image. i have no idea why and am not questioning it. you should now have something in your drafts that looks like this:

Step 2. Trim away the first combined legacy reply

If you get this note, just click continue.

Check the first box and then trim.

You will now be left with just the previous person’s reply you just copy and pasted.

Step 3. Now REFRESH the drafts page. And you will see the famous double glitch that happens when beta and legacy interact.

We want this and now we will exploit it.

Step 4. Click the edit option and you will see this:

There is a version of the reply that is uneditable and one that is editable. We will keep the uneditable one and delete the second one in editable space:

Step 5. Type your reply in the editable space.

When you post, you’ll see that the previous person’s reply (that you copied and pasted in) has been separated out into a similar format as beta naturally does!

The downside is the “account” that posted this reply shows up with a default icon (highlighted in yellow here).

However, this works in a pinch if you really really need it.

i just want to reiterate this is just a temporary work around --- and frankly, it’s far more annoying than just switching to the beta editor + xkit rewritten. if the original post were made in beta and cut with xkit rewritten, the tutorial on how to cut posts would consist of step 2 and step 5 (clearly much shorter).

this hack also relies heavily on an existing glitch, and if tumblr ever fixes said glitch, this method will not work.

switch to beta for replies ✌️😔, but hope this helps in this transitory period!

please like/reblog if you found this useful <3

[cheri-sources]

Helpful RP TIPS ✨feat. beta editor

subject : how to make custom text colours && formatting.

using beta editor is a learning curve for those of use that are used to legacy ( rip ol' boi ) . you can say goodbye to all that beautiful custom formatting that gave your blog that PIZZAZ. . . . SIKE !! you can still do all that time consuming / wonderful formatting just as easy. there is a small work around but one you should be used to if you are using Roleplay Formatter ( view this tutorial here ) .

⇧ this right here ? garbage. trash. colour choice is not the vibe. do better t/umblr. what even is that red ?? that green ?? CARDINAL SIN.

luckily for you, i'm going to show you an easy way to make your text colours match your blog aesthetic using icons && graphics.  

first youre going to want to pull up adobe PhotoShop ( PS for short ) or any other editing service you use for your icons / graphics. the most important part if that it uses the ' EYEDROPPER ' tool function. now assuming your icons / graphics ( i'll be using my icons as an example ), already have the PSD you want attached an active-- use the eyedropper tool on the colours you want to use. i recommend three for variety but you can do as many as you want. 

keep in mind by default most people's blog editors have a white background. so using white text is not recommended. i personally like to use 1 vibrant colour && 2 muted colours because of eye strain. vibrant colours can be overwhelming for some viewers but you are welcome to do whichever colours you like. it is subjective after all.

now that youve selected your colour, consider having a notepad ready ( either digital or ol' fashioned pen & paper ) . at the TOP RIGHT side of the program in PS you'll see your colours, click the top overlayed square. this will open a sub-menu that shows you indepth stats. from there you'll see that EXACT colours HEXCODE. 

go ahead && write down the HEXCODEs including the ' # ' sign. you'll plug in this code here in the Roleplay Formatter. ( the ' A ' symbol at the TOP RIGHT. ) from there another sub menu will open and you'll click ' More Colors '. that is where you will plug in your hexcode. while the editor is open it will save your colours, however when you close they will disappear which is why i recommend writing them down. but you can always just have PS open and copy & paste them from there. its a matter of personal prefenece at this point.

and thats it. Thats the whole thing. take your now formatted and coloured reply, copy the source code and paste it into t/umblr's HTML editor ! play around with bolding, italics, capitalizing, && enlarging / shrinking specific words or phrases to give your reply that speical little OMPH !! you're on your way to being a pro, good job !

[glacialswordsman-a]

out of curiosity. does anyone have like... tutorials for making like. tumblr graphics for rp and stuff? like. making your own icon templates/banners/dividers/etc etc. i have many ideas but it's kinda hard to execute them when i don't know where to start you know?