#misc:ref

[aaronstveit]

Hi! Do you have any advice for edit-making? I haven't done it before.

hi anon!!! sorry for the late response, the past few days have been a lot and i’ve been v busy!!!!! yes of course i’ve got some advice for you!!!!

find an editing program that you enjoy! personally i use (and love) photoshop, and it’s all i’ve ever used, but i know some people swear by photopea, canva, etc. and i’ve never noticed a difference between edits made with different programs! i know that photopea and canva are free and technically speaking photoshop costs money or whatever but you can download it cracked here (mac) or here (windows)

make the types of edits that you are interested in!!!! personally, i like making gifs, and lately i’ve started making graphics, but some people only like to do one type of thing, and that’s okay!!! if you like giffing, do that! if you think moodboards are cute, make those!!! graphics, doodle edits, typo edits, etc - it’s all up to you!!

also, edit things that are interesting to you!! when i first started editing, i worried a lot about how popular the subject matter was instead of considering how much i actually enjoyed it. notes are great and i love validation, don’t get me wrong, but you are going to enjoy editing a lot more when it’s something you like than when it’s just something random!

now, personally, coloring is my favorite part of editing, but i do recommend using PSDs when you start, just so you can get the hang of things!!! when you do color by hand, please believe me when i say that selective color is a godsend and will make your life 1000x easier!!! personally, my coloring levels are usually brightness/contrast, selective color, vibrance/saturation! i tend to keep it simple but some people use curves, levels, gradient maps and more! it’s really all up to you!

you’re totally going to talk yourself into thinking your edits are ugly, but i promise that they aren’t. when i start talking myself into hating the things i make, i always stop and make myself imagine what my friend marthe would say about it because she’s always so supportive and encouraging. i swear, half the edits that i’ve posted in the last year wouldn’t have seen the light of day if it weren’t for her.

find resource blogs here on tumblr and download fonts, PSDs, and templates that you think are interesting! i have found all of my favorite fonts here and i find more that i love all the time! some good resource blogs are @quirkyresources @springresources @chaoticresources @allresources and i also have a sideblog where i reblog resources i see on the dash @dawnresources!!! plus my very fav font intro just because i love it fjdklsfjds

there are also SO many cool and helpful tutorials here on tumblr!!! i love tutorials because sometimes when i’m following them, i find something i didn’t even know existed on photoshop and i can suddenly do cooler things with my edits. some of my fav tutorials: how to gif in photoshop - multiple gifs in one canvas - adding a gif overlay (like sparkles)

this is all i can think of right now, i hope this helped!!!!💛✨🌟🌙🌻🌼☀️⚡