#this tutorial is v text heavy so there isn't a lot of examples

[lacebird]

Hi! Can I ask how you did the text in this post? It's beautiful! 64(.)media(.)tumblr(.)com/5e5d23e7809c6ee181ad52142050aa15/ac1a9f9dc72b17a7-9e/s540x810/262cc36a82324d0652af8e28f14e307cf465c756(.)gifv

ULTRAVIOLENCE GIF TUTORIAL

Here's a little tutorial on how I made the first gif in this set. It's pretty easy to make, but let me know if you need more help! Also apologies for the delay, i had computer issues!

Just a heads up before we start — the dimensions for this gif are 540x540px

FONT

There are two ways you can go about this:

Download the Ultraviolence font. After you've downloaded it, open it up in Photopea like you would with any file and it will show up in the list of fonts.

Use a pre-installed font in Photopea called Bebas Neue. This is the font I used when making this set. In order for it to resemble the original album font, though, I had to edit it.

The following is my process for making this gif using the second option. If you downloaded the Ultraviolence font, the steps below won't be necessary.

For the font you need to do some adjustments in the Character panel. Below is a screenshot of all the edits made to the text layer.

Essentially what you want to do is:

Set the font to bold. After you've selected Bebas Neue, do to the dropdown right next to it and select Bold.

Increase the tracking so that there is some space between the letters.

Make the text bolder by clicking on the first P at the bottom of the window (see screenshot). We've already selected the bold version of the font, but I personally want it even thicker, so I select this option.

Stretch out the text to make it taller. I set this to 200%

Stretch out the text to make it wider. I set this to 120%

I recommend putting the original album cover below the text layer so you can stretch the text as you go until it matches. The reason I'm not giving you exact numbers is that it will all depend on your text. Play around until you're happy!

BASE COLORING

I won't go too in depth here about how I color my gifs, but here is the gist of it:

Curves (auto, check the box that makes the scene brighter)

Gradient map (blend mode: saturation)

Gradient map (blend mode: soft light, lower opacity if too dark)

Selective color (adjust the whites, blacks and neutrals).

FINISHING TOUCHES

After you've done your base coloring, you can decide if you wanna add a color overlay to match it to the album cover. Make a new color overlay layer, type in #26252a in the popup window and then change the layer blend mode to screen.

Here's the difference between the two. In the original set I made, I didn't use a color overlay. Do whatever floats your speeder!

Lastly, you can't forget the explicit sticker! I like to use this one from Wikipedia

I hope this helps anyone out! Feel free to ask if anything is unclear <3 Sending lots of giffy love to you all!! 💜💜💜💜