#screencaps from cap-that ❤️

[ahsokatanoe]

CROSSHAIR: I’ve… done things. I’ve made mistakes. HUNTER: I have regrets too, Crosshair. All we can do is keep trying to be better. And who knows? There might be hope for us yet.

[boromirswife]

How I Make Gifs ~ For Anon ❤️

An anon asked me if I would ever consider doing a tutorial for how I make gifs! It's very flattering that you like my gifs enough to want to know exactly how I make them, so here is a little tutorial using my favourite character from my favourite movie ❤️

I might also make a separate tutorial for giffing dark scenes later 😌

Here's a download of my gif in PSD form if you'd like to get a better look at the settings I used.

Programs used: PotPlayer, Photoshop.

First, you need to get your screencaps. I would suggest using a high quality recording of whatever movie/TV show/video you want to make gifs of. My recording of Fellowship is in 1080p, and the quality looks incredible!

I use PotPlayer to get my screencaps. To do this, open the video file in the program and find the moment you want to gif. It's probably best to go back to just before that particular moment, and then press Ctrl + G. This will bring up the consecutive image capturer window. Below are the settings I use to get my screencaps:

Then, press start and wait for your moment to be captured! Once you've got everything you need, press stop and navigate to the folder that you indicated under storage. Here you will find all of your screencaps! You probably ended up with way more than you need (I know I certainly did 😅). Now, delete all of the screencaps that you don't want in your gif.

For the actual gif making, I use a cracked version of Photoshop. I don't exactly remember where I found it unfortunately, but I'm sure that there's people out there who might have some links handy if you look around! Once you've got PS open, navigate to File > Scripts > Load Files Into Stack... and click on it! That will open the Load Layers window.

Now, change Use to Folder. Then, click browse and navigate to the folder that contains your screencaps. Click select folder, and after a few moments of loading your window should look more like this.

Then, press OK, and wait for your layers to load. Depending on how many caps you have, it could take longer. Once it's finished loading, you need to decide on your gif dimensions! For this, I decided on 268px x 225px. Once you've chosen your size, use the crop tool to get your gif to that size. Now, you should have a smaller image, like this:

The next step I do is to use this Photoshop action by @maziekeen. They have a little tutorial on how to use this action there, so I'll just say that once you've loaded it into your program, use part 1 / load into stack. Press the play button, and then the OK button on the two windows that pop up. Now, your gif will be nice and sharpened, and you'll be able to see it move for the first time! Here's what mine currently looks like, without any other edits:

Now, it's time to start on colouring. Every gif (or scene, sometimes you can reuse the same colouring if you're giffing an entire scene) is different, so it will have different needs. However, I tend to always use the same layers in the same order for all of my gifs — it's just the settings that change. I think the colouring of this particular scene is lovely, so I don't want to change it drastically, I just want to enhance it.

First, I create a Curves layer. At this point, I also like to make a group to hold all of my adjustment layers. This makes it easier for you to switch your adjustment layers on and off if you want to compare with the original colouring!

Going back to your curves layer, pick the little white eyedropper tool in the Properties tab. You want to find and click on the whitest area in the gif and make it a bit brighter! I picked the white in one of Boromir's eyes.

This is what my gif looks like now with the Curves layer:

Next, I use Levels. It's a very subtle change, but you can notice a slight darkening of the blacks in the image. Here's my settings for this layer:

And here's the gif with this step applied. Like I said, it's a very subtle change:

Up next is Brightness & Contrast. This layer is just a case of messing around with the settings until it looks right for you. You don't want to make it look too bright or too contrasted, though, because it will make the colouring look weird.

A bit more of a change this time! We're getting there:

Next, I like to do Colour Balance. Sometimes I wait and do the Selective Colour layer first (it'll still be above Colour Balance though), but with this gif, I decided to do it first. I want Boromir in the foreground to contrast more with the watery background, so I upped the Red in the Midtones. I think Midtones is the most important part of Colour Balance, so the Highlights and Shadows are more minor adjustments here.

Here's the gif with the Colour Balance layer!

Now, we have Selective Colour. Like I said before, I sometimes like to do this layer and then go back to the Colour Balance to make minor adjustments. For this gif I mainly focused on slightly reducing the cyan in the reds and yellows to add a little more colour to Boromir's tunic and hair.

I'm a big fan of bright, vibrant gifs, so I like to use the Vibrance layer copiously.

I upped the vibrance to max, but it's left Boromir's face looking a bit too red and his neck is a little pink, so I went back and did some minor adjustments to the Colour Balance and Selective Colour layers to fix that. Then, voila!

Now that we're done with colouring, go back to the beginning of the timeline at the bottom the screen. Then, go back to Actions and scroll down to the bottom, and look for the action called part 2 / finishing. Just like with the first action, press the Play button and it will work its magic!

Press Ctrl + Shift + Alt + C, and try playing your gif from there. Sometimes, the gif will be too fast and you'll need to slow it down, and you can't always tell until you play it in the 'Save for Web' window. I ended up slowing mine down from 0.05 to 0.07.

Once your gif is looking just right, press Ctrl + Shift + Alt + C again. These are the settings I use to save my gifs, and I think it makes them look really nice! Then click Save, and save your gif wherever you want.

Now, once you've saved your gif, you can post it to Tumblr (if that's what you're wanting to do) or simply keep it to yourself! But I'm sure that others would love to see your creations :D

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A little extra info - this gif doesn't have text because there's no dialogue, but these are the settings I use for gifs with text (the text size depends on the dimensions of the gif):

Sometimes I use white text, sometimes I use yellow. And if there's more than one person talking I use both!

I hope that this tutorial was helpful, and if you have any more questions, feel free to ask!

[emberfrostlovesloki]

Aaron Hotchner & CM Content Creator Spotlight

Good evening, loves! I hope you are all having a good start to your week. I just wanted to take a moment to shout out some of the amazing content creators that I see putting out the most breathtaking, content related to Aaron and Criminal Minds in general.

The fact that we get this content, for free, never ceases to amaze me. I’m lucky to interact, read, and view your work every day. It really does help my writing and makes my days a 100 times better. And an extra special shoutout to my moots (y’all are so keen! ❤️) Please check these awesome people out and give them a follow if you are so inclined. I will continue adding accounts to this list as I find them. See the list under the cut [accounts not listed in any order]

Creators who Write for Aaron & the BAU All fics mentioned are linked

@criminalskies - They have lots of Aaron-centered fics that are so comforting.

My favorite work of theirs: “In Your Orbit” Part I and Part II. I still haven’t recovered from these. 

@luveline - She has lots of Aaron content and some Spencer fics as well. She also posts for other fandoms like Stranger Things and The Mauraders. Her use of tone and diction always blow me away. 

My favorite work of hers: “If Things Go Bad”

@little-diable - A truly prolific writer! The consistency in style is incredible. She also writes for Harry Potter and Peaky Blinders (thank you, thank you, thank you!)

My favorite work of hers: “For You, always” [18+]

@softhairedhotch - He shares lots of Aaron head canons and ideas that get my writing juices going. 

My favorite works of his: “cold case” and the “Trans masc Aaron headcannons” ← This is still making me want to give him a hug and go to a pride parade with him and Jack!

@ssahotchnerr - When I read her stuff I just kick my feet and scream into my pillow. Her Aaron stuff sends me. I love the fics with fluff so much. 

My favorite work of hers: “Sleepless” 

@winterscaptain - To say that her series A Joyful Future actually changed my life is an understatement. I go back to it again, and again, and again. I’ll link the master list here (link) but if you want to literally feel like you are really married to Aaron, then give the series a read. 

I like all of Tali’s work, but I’m extra partial to “Though and Though” and “Berry Hill”

@itsrainingreid - I’m still pretty new to this blog, but the fic “Ride” [18+] sold me instantly. I can’t stop thinking about it. I look forward to reading more of your work. 

@mandarinmoons is a very sweet Spencer Reid fic writer! All of their stuff is amazing and comforting! I like their story Office Romance

Creators that share Screencaps and Inspo 

@milla984 A L W A Y S comes through with the Aaron screen caps. Literally my hero!

@hotchs-big-hands [18+ account. Minors DNI!] Her nsfw Aaron inspo content does things to me. 

@hotch-girl The way I keep saving her pictures like I need to have the whole set. [I need the whole set]

@sadgirlzluvdilfs [18+ account. Minors DNI!] A generally lovely person who always posts/reposts good Aaron/Thomas content! It's a joy to hang out on her blog.

@hancydrewfan Always shares the Emily content I need. 

@littlecarmine Has amazing CM photos. Always clear and good quality. And they share photos of the whole team!

@pennyspearl Amazing vingate-esque photos of the whole team. Their pictures are such a vibe!

Creators that make Prompts and also Write 

@imagining-in-the-margins It was her Meet Cute Writing Challenge prompts that got me writing again. I cannot thank you enough for that. Her prompts have really helped me get my writing mojo back.

Criminal Minds Artists

@k1ngari

@lilliesthings Soft pastel aesthetic of Spence, Em, Garcia, and Derk. What more could you ask for? Nothing in my book.

@weirdlybeans Super cute art of Hotch! I love their work!

@hannaloony So cute and cozy digital art. I want all of your pieces as prints!

Creators that share the Dark Academia Aesthetic [my aesthetic] 

@optimistic-nihilist

@peacefulandcozy Maybe more soft academia / mori kie than dark academia, but I still find it very aesthetic!

@flowersforfrancis Always shares great dark academia content

@shakespearesdaughters I use their images with almost every mood board I make. I would be helpless without them.

@cafekitsune has the cutes text breaks and dividers on here. Her work has been a gamechanger for my page. Please check her out if you are into aesthetics on your blog! Remi I love you so much.

Text Break Banners by @cafekitsune

[copias-juicebox]

Hey! I’m kinda new to gif making and would rly love to hear anything about your process. What’s the easiest way to download videos? Are you a vapoursynth + photoshop person or some other converter? I rly admire how many gifs you are making all the time! (English isn’t my first language btw sorry if I sound dumb) feel free to ignore me if you don’t feel like getting into it. I just thought I would try to ask. ❤️

Yoooo this is so sweet omg!! Thank you 🥰

You‘re definitely making sense here anon don‘t worry. And i‘m so happy when people actually reach other out to me and ask about gifs or about the process.

So what I do is I download the video i want to gif online. Usually it‘s a youtube or a tiktok video and i‘ll search google for any online download site so i don‘t have to download an actual program to my computer to do so. I just try to find one that gives me the possibility to download the videos in their source quality or up to 1080p. (Everything above that doesn‘t really make sense since tumblr dimensions are tiny and it just takes an eternity to load into ps if the files are too big.)

What i do then is I take screencaps of the scenes i want to gif. I am using a videoplayer called „mpv“ to do so because it has a few perks. It let‘s you take screenshots as you play the video, frame by frame.

These screencapped frames are what i feed to photoshop since they are .png files (i think it‘s png) which tumblr has no problem reading.

And what I do next is a very easy step because i am using an action pack here to turn the caps into a „video“ -kind of format.

From there you just have to do some adjustments, coloring, resizing, cutting etc.

It is very hard to explain like this right now but if you want i could try to piece all the steps together and try to explain them to you better.

Hit me up if you wanna know more i‘ll gladly help ya 🥰🥰

[moviesludge]

Do you know of any movie blogs as good as yours ❤️ for other genres?

Damn thanks! The ones that come to mind off the top of my head are:

https://anhed-nia.tumblr.com/ : There is a heavy emphasis on horror but it isn't exclusive to that. You'll find movie posters, gifs, and extremely well written, funny, and interesting movie reviews here.

https://fatmagic.tumblr.com/ : A variety of all kinds of different gifs and pictures from movies and tv. Emphasis on weird and funny stuff.

https://profgrewbeard.tumblr.com/ : This one has a lot of uncommon stuff with emphasis on the 1970s, monsters, babes, comics, and music stuff.

https://marypickfords.tumblr.com/ : Great taste and a good artistic eye. Mostly screencaps. Lots of women and movies with good art direction. Seems like it's mostly pre-80s stuff.

https://trash-fuckyou.tumblr.com/ : Posters, caps, and gifs of trash/action/horror stuff. Run by a good and funny dude

I used to follow a lot more that have wandered off. Most of the ones I like aren't strictly limited to one genre. I'm apparently very picky about blogs I follow, but I need to find more.

[petite-madame]

MARVEL SERIES MASTERPOST (UPDATED)

❤️ Here’s an updated guide to all the Marvel series I worked on in the past 4-5 years ❤️

The Avengers & Friends Swimsuit Special - (2022) - 10 artworks

The Many Faces of Dr Strange - (2022) - 6 artworks

The Many Faces of Marc Spector - (2022) - 6 artworks

The Order of The Avengers 2022 Calendar - (2021) - 12 artworks (PART ONE and PART TWO)

The Order of the Wakandan Tribes - (2021) - 8 artworks

The Order of the Avengers - (2021) - 18 artworks (PART ONE and PART TWO)

Marvel League - Team Cap vs Team Iron Man - (2021) - 12 artworks (PART ONE and PART TWO)

Passing the Mantle, from Steve Rogers to Sam Wilson: Captain America in the MCU - (2021) - 4 artworks

Petite-Madame’s Avengers Food Calendar - (2020) - 12 artworks (This is a link to the masterpost, click on the links in the caption for the full size pictures)

The Avengers Arcana - (2020) - 8 artworks

One Avenger. One Item. One Brand: “Naked” Avengers Calendar - (2020) - 12 artworks (PART ONE and PART TWO)

Life goes on (Part ONE) - (2019) (There’s no “Part 2″ because I’m lazy 😶)

The ones we leave behind - (2018) - 10 artworks

The Black Panther Tarot - (2018) - 8 artworks (PART ONE and PART TWO)

The Avengers Selfies, Team Iron Man - (2017) - 8 artworks (Don’t look for “Team Cap”, I never managed to find the time to draw it 😭)

Captain America Civil War - Screencap Redraws - (2016) - 7 artworks (Spoilers for Civil War)

The Avengers and their favorite T-shirts - (2015-2016) - 19 artworks - Part ONE - PART TWO - PART THREE

The Life of Bucky Barnes - (2014-2021) - Around 600 artworks so far (Steve/Bucky). Also available on Instagram

[7ban-sama]

avvy made such a nice post listing her favorite amanes... so i'm redoing my top 10 tsukasas, in a proper list format. yosh. ikimashou

starting with my first pick. Ah this is actually, like, is probably one of the first panels from the manga I ever chose to save onto my computer... er. I'm kind of... tsundere, when getting into things, and don't like the feeling of my interest getting "serious", so I kind of refrain from making a screencap folder as long as I can help it. (i suppose it just feels like admitting i like something if i do, or, as if i'm "committing" to something-? anyways.)

I love, the whim, to mess with Yashiro this way. Dangle her, over your mouth, "oooh i'm gonna eatcha... ❤️" I assume it really was a very errant impulse, like it occurred to Tsukasa as he was picking her off the ground. Haha, what if i — [mlehhh] and, it's why he's surprised when she passes out, like are? :3c .....? It simply wasn't meant to terrify her so lol.

... it's just a pretty drawing... [sighs] the depth of the mouth is impressively conveyed... eroi... This is one of those drawings that I really want to study and learn from. I hope I could even get a fraction of Aida-sensei's sheer eroticism that she imbues into things... I love these squinted eyes...

A brief tangent but. Tsukasa really has pretty eyes. maybe I'll sound crazy but they have more of this "cat-eyed" quality than Hanako. I just think the difference in their demeanor is conveyed well. Tsukasa has this... tricky... minxy!? quality, that I think Hanako lacks. Perhaps it's FEMININITY...? *me, a straight guy, saying this* a girlishness-? that lends to Tsukasa feeling like some sort of vixen. she-devil. or something. shiranai.

whatever the case, I feel strongly about Tsukasa having a different quality of eroticism than Hanako. I suppose *straight guy voice* what makes it feel more ♀️ is the fact that Tsukasa doesn't seem to be aware of his own gracefulness, it's just innate... While, what makes Hanako feel like a dripping sleazeball is how very intentional and premeditated his behavior is. He acts like, a shitty perverted guy, getting off on the interaction. For all intents and purposes, when he teases Nene, he means for her to get flustered and upset, and he even relishes in further pointing out her feelings, going "aha, I bet you thought of something dirty..."

Hanako has intent, motivations, targeted desire, but Tsukasa does not. Tsukasa's presentation of himself comes with no ulterior motive, he does not seek to elicit that kind of charged response. He is not trying to make you think he is hot, he is not trying to sublimate you, or express control over you, etc. Whatever you feel, is a result of your own raw reaction to Tsukasa's very nature. I would say that Tsukasa makes me think of an "object of desire", the very thing that is coveted and kept. something something the omega vibes.

... well, we're off to a strong start. let's segue into these caps

Lovely panels, of course, as Aida-sensei is so talented at drawing hands. I love the touch and dragging press of his hand against the glass. So playful... so thoughtlessly elegant. it's why i love this hand from earlier too.

Nice flowing, curving motions. Even when doing something technically violent, Tsukasa looks pretty. I need to go ahead and admit that these hands also make me think about Tsukasa fingering Yashiro's pussy, and thus coated in thick pussy wet and/or period blood. This next panel also really makes me think about period blood.

Gomen. It is all I can think about.

That being said, I do love the whole interaction here, where Tsukasa is like OHP... sorry-! Genuinely having had a moment of thoughtlessness and apologizing to Nene, petting her, yosh yosh, you're a good girl. The absentmindedness of Tsukasa is a fascinating chronic issue. I think it further makes him enigmatic and difficult to predict, so people doubt his sincerity, but I take him entirely seriously here. Didn't mean to freak her out; was just engrossed with the tast at hand, of granting Mitsuba's wish and getting him to ingest No. 3 to replace him etc etc. Nene wasn't intended to be harmed, it was just a reflex...

Being a yorishiro, and interacting with kaii/powerful humans mostly lately, and... perhaps, also, just having a warped sense of time & reality, are all reasons why Tsukasa might just have had this little hiccup, and shoved Nene, before correcting himself. Ouhmm but I dunno, I find this unpredictability attractive, and in general I think Tsukasa's appeal is how he thinks/behaves in an atypical fashion so you're not necessarily prepared for how the interaction could go. He could suddenly make you terrified, forrr just a second. It's cute...

I suppose this is a good place to drop this panel too. This one, I mentally chalk up as an "I learned it from watching you" sort of situation. We see Hanako freely grab, pull, and move Nene around condescendingly, and even outright ignore her resistance. Even her crying, will not stop him... so. I think Tsukasa freely handles Nene in a way that Hanako already established as "ok", simply following his lead. Also, I think their childhood was one where Hanako very freely touched and handled Tsukasa without... mm... Thinking of being too gentle, or considerate, always. Since he's liable to pinch and pull cheeks, as much as he is to pet your hair.

... I'm... realizing how several of these involve Tsukasa handling Yashiro roughly... I think I have a problem. Yabai

Well — moving on.

This one makes me simple. Hi sweetie. Aren't you cute... Just a nice upskirt shot, where we get to see where the black kimono ends. I looove Tsukasa's layers, aren't they so artful-? The ruffled pleats of the hakama, liable to swirl around him, hanging loosely, but then the more taught kimono fabric underneath that... meanwhile, on his top half, the kimono is loose and nearly shrugged to his shoulders, while his undershirt is tighter to the chest. So much fabric, luxurious and silken, hanging and clinging against him. I feel like it makes you want to think about his little body, tucked away beneath it. You can see in this shot, how the kimono hangs further from him, but his undershirt shows you where his body "really" is...

Nice big trapdoor mouth, cutie. He has manifested, peering over you, HELLO. Hi. You know, because Tsukasa's eyes are, like in reality, constricted little pupils, it's interesting that he can be depicted in as having imposing full-black eyes as well. I'm too in love with his little pinprick pupils, so I'm far more liable to illustrate those BUT-! I think solid black-eyed boy gives us a particular taste of something. It's more oppressive, in a way. I likey. It's fun that we can do all sorts of things, in art, and not be beholden to any 1 eyeball rep.

sigh, another drawing that just makes me think, OH AREN'T YOU CUTE. Activates the part of my brain that just loves cutesy anime girls posing. Soo cute... in your big skrit... gah. My love is simple

I also have listened to this part of the anime so much that it's really burned into my brain. His excitable tone while he's like hehe I'm Tsukasa-!! He's excited to announce that he is Amane's younger twin, this is almost like, "his moment" — what a fun opportunity! To formally introduce yourself to someone new, someone important to Amane, and then just say your relationship to one another aloud?

You are THE ULTIMATE LITTLE BROTHER-!!!!

Look, I'm just going to have to express something complicated, so bare with me for a moment. I love how funny Tsukasa is being here, but like, we can't undo the fact that Bird, the collective entity, has a strong identity thing about being castrated, so the final snip fills me with some unspeakable emotion. I have no eyes and mouth about it. but like he's being funny and cute too. I really think he would do it, if asked. and Natsuhiko's follow up commentary really makes this whole exchange perfect. thank you after school boy hanako-kun

Scruffed, like a little misbehaving kitten. You can just scruff Tsukasa, he allows you to, and he can be reduced to this shy state like "uh oh..." *twiddles fingers*

I love when Tsukasa is just eyeballs no mouth. What a feeling. He's very innocent like this.... No expression, and yet it says everything. A very "reduced" boy... I think he gets like this whenever genuinely feeling embarrassed, scolded, corrected, like uoh oh no............. *gets quiet* .......

Just one of those incredibly, painfully potent, evocative crops. We all are haunted by this scene, and for good reasons, the drawings are crazy. I love love loooove that Tsukasa tends to stand on his tiptoes, once again just another like girlish attribute, to me, makes him feel like a little fairy, dancing around. My wife's natural posture is often on her tiptoes, so I am especially fond of it. I love the daintiness it grants, the silhouette it creates... It's a cute body language detail...

This drawing literally forces you to think about them kissing... I'm sorry... I know it's why people have a love/hate relationship with this scene. You're either relishing in the evocative framing, or haunted and tortured by it, or you're me, and you experience it all. It stings. I love how the lighting rests on them and cuts up Tsukasa's kimono and hakama... His lingering grasp on Amane's wrist... Doesn't it make you wish you could see their expressions...?

Artful... painfully artful... We all shake in fear and envy over Aida-sensei's prowess...

I save this for last, one of Tsukasa's most innocent, loving gestures, to me. The response to lick Amane's tears.. it's just so sweet... It's a bit alien and strange, but childish, you can see here that Tsukasa is just a kid doing his best to comfort his troubled brother.

I'm painfully sentimental about this, because it was something my wife often did, early in our relationship, when I would have breakdowns. It's soo specific, that I wasn't expecting to see it happen at all — I've never seen such a loving instance of this...? Just licking tears, because you're concerned for someone...? Ah... I know what it's like to be on the receiving end, the sensations are vivid in my mind... The soothing press of tongue over your hot, heated eyelids, stinging tears. Running over your face, cheek... it's nearly cool, by comparison, because your face is hot from crying, and seeing as Amane is feverish and ill, I bet this is the case...

It is so disarming, that all Amane can do is stare, interrupted from his fit — this is also what it did to me...! I'd steadily stop crying, instead engrossed with this sensation being felt. It interrupts the rhythm of your misery... I looove Amane's expression, as he looks at Tsukasa, just in... quiet, dumbfounded awe... The fact that Tsukasa is gentle, and tender, after Amane took out his building frustrations onto him... the fact that Tsukasa is about to promise him that he'll grant his "wish"...

After everything he did for Amane earlier, showering him with gifts, you understand, that Tsukasa just wants Amane to be happy... no matter what... This whole scene proves to me, how much Tsukasa is Amane's little angel... T~T❤️

[aloneandforsakenbyfateandbyman]

I’m filming my senior film in the spring and a lot of the aesthetic and inspiration has come from this account so I want to thank you bc I feel like I wouldn’t have found such interesting media without you

Aw thank you 💕💕 tbh I love watching old B/ cult movies they’re one of the last things I enjoy in this shitty world and they reflect a society that was innovative, creative and bold so that’s why I’m obsessed with them.

And I’m not the only blog that shares this type of aesthetic I ❤️ the lil tumblr movie community & I found sm dope stuff thanks to this place too! I love the screenshots y’all post and I love screencapping and posting weird giallos and Italian horror. (Tho actually I want to kms bc my laptop broke and I may have lost thousands of caps from dozens of movies I wanted to share with u guys I’m so triggered 😤)

Anyways I’m glad you’re in film school and following your dreams and I wish you all the success in the world 💘 maybe this is corny but we need young filmmakers who have guts and a sense of style to override all the shitty CGI marvel movies/ hipster wes anderson stuff so kill it sis yass !

[sheryl-lee]

hi sameera! Im trying to learn to make gifs with 2160p hdr files and I recently saw that you mentioned using mpv for screencaping, but it caught my attention that when I do it the screencaps are of low quality and it is from an HDR file. Am I doing something wrong? thank you!

hey! for screencapping w/ mpv, there are a couple of things that i do to make sure the screencaps themselves are high quality. when you first install mpv player, you have to make a configuration file and specify what your want the screenshot settings to be, to ensure that the caps are as hq as possible.

it's a bit confusing if you've never made a config file before, but thankfully taylor has a great tutorial on how to do all of that here, and she explains everything super well so please check that out! also make sure that you’re using “scripts > load files into stack” to import your screencaps into photoshop - don’t use the video frames to layers method or any other method. and as always make sure you sharpen your gifs properly! as long as you're using 2160p hdr files and follow those steps above, you should be all set.

so give that a try and please let me know if it helps! ❤️

[ellelans]

Just a note to say how gorgeous your sets are and how much I love them. The richness and depth of your coloring? The clever and nuanced choices you make about what to capture? The combinations you come up with? How you do this is an utter mystery to me and I'm just in awe. And so grateful for your generosity in sharing them with us. Thank you!

@yramesoruniverse thank you so very much for kind words! ❤️ I am really glad you love the edits and appreciate all the compliments! The biggest mystery behind them is that these edits take a lot of work. Starting with screencapping,selecting only 100 caps from usual 5000 I do for each episode and then using only 20 for actual edit and of course there is also recoloring pretty much everything in sight because they add all kind of filters on post production (yes not just LS - 911 too) and these filters make everything look weird on close inspection.Just take a look at this post and you can see how much difference coloring makes.

But I am enjoying the process so much I really don't mind! Its sort of my own (fan)art therapy too,especially after long days-doing edits is very relaxing and fun and helps me disconnect.And when I get asks such as yours or tags on reblogs where people say they love the edits or what they love it def adds to that satisfying feeling of doing something nice for fandom I love.❤️

[princess-of-purple-prose]

[ID: A series of Mob Psycho 100 screencaps with posts edited in.

1. Mob passed out on the road. / Tweet by @Fiitzz that reads: “iron deficiency gang rise up (but not too fast.)”

2. Dimple leaning with an unimpressed expression behind Reigen. / Tumblr post by @Viva2007 that reads: “u let a blonde man speak to you like that? 😂”

3. Ritsu looking back with annoyance as Reigen smiles behind him. / Reductress headlne that reads: “Aww! This Child Has The Uncanny Ability To Make Comments That Exacerbate Your Specific Insecurities.”

4. Serizawa looking stressed as he fights Mob with a Tumblr post by @yulivia that reads: “guy in a fist fight, very clearly winning, but he’s sobbing and wailing the whole time.” Then Reigen has a nervous expression and action lines around him with the addition by @hewwbwazew: “guy visibly getting his ass wrecked in a fist fight but he’s talking shit about the other guy like he’s winning.”

5. Teru right before his fight Mob speaking with a smug expression. / Tumblr post by @markets that reads: “Shirt that says (in all caps) “I ❤️ not taking the high road I ❤️ forgetting and not forgiving I ❤️ being the smaller person I ❤️ fighting fire with fire I ❤️ biting the hand that feeds me” (end caps).”

6. Ritsu from official Halloween art with bat wings, devil horns, an eyepatch, and makeup. / Youtube comment by a redacted user that reads: “i’m 12. let the madness consume me.”

7. Serizawa’s sleeved hand with a script written on lined paper poking out. / Tumblr post by @100493503004422 that reads: “I really feel like if someone could just tell me how normal people act I could do it. it’s the having to come up with my actions on my own that really gets me.”

8. Manga panel of Mob crouching in front of Reigen, who’s slamming face-first onto the floor. / Tumblr post by @FrogBong that reads in large bold letters: “Top Ten Applebee's I've Been Arrested In Rated By How Good The Floor Was For Doing The Worm.”

9. Mob smiling sweetly with a bubble background. / Tumblr post by @3000s that reads: “they love me for my nice kindness. friendly boy swag.”

can’t stop making these. sorry

[starkcregan]

1, 3, 22, 26, 33 for the gifmaker ask thingy 💗

angel ❤️ thank you

1. How did you get into graphics / gif making?

back in ol' 2012, i saw very few people were making gifsets of whose line is it anyway...something had to be done. OI. but i think i started off with sherlock gifsets as well, i can't remember too well. but yeah

3. Who/what inspires your graphics / gifs?

mmmmmm, i haven't thought of that actually. I think seeing all the different kinds of gifsets/gifmaking styles have inspired me–in the sense that compared to 10 years ago, there's so much more we can do with these edits. Or, if i find something pretty, or funny–I'll gif it.

22. What is your biggest improvement since you started making graphics and or gifs?

finding larger files made a world of a difference!! compared to my gifs from before my hiatus, my gifs are much, much smoother in motion. and nowadays i have better grasp of coloring/color wheel/principles of color so when i go to actually make these gifsets, i have a better idea of what i'm doing.

26. Give a graphic and or gif maker a quick tip!

screencapping is sooooooooo much easier than converting video to frames! you have more control over the shots/scenes you choose to gif/edit

33. Give us a quick explanation of how you make a graphic / gif?

alrighty!! this is the tutorial i use that contains the action i mention later on.

1. download the file (i always go for 1080p with files sizes >5gb and preferable >10gb. Remux is best, and you don't have to use 4k files since they're a pain)

2. screencap using mpv

3. use a script to bring my screen caps to the photoshop timeline

4. use the action in the linked tutorial above to convert my frames into a workable smart object, and to sharpen the gif

5. then i color! (lots of experimentation here) however, depending on the size of the file/number of frames in the gif, I will crop the gif and resize it to 540px –when i do this first, my photoshop works much smoother when i go to color

6. i first use levels, curves then super-saturate the gif and and adjust if the lighting in the scenes used is ugly (lmao) one thing i recommend is just playing around with the different properties.

7. i always make sure that no matter how i edit my gifs, that skin colors remain intact (there are tutorials out there for this too–especially for preventing dark skin from looking orange)

8. Save for web – and make sure the gif is lower than 9.99mb! This actually takes me the most amount of time lol

and that's that ! If i'm doing subtitles, that's the last thing i do after coloring. and i almost always do arial, bold and italic, and sharp!

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