āHey, Carl, I think I found something youāll like.ā
Carl the Animator:Ā āMmhmm?ā
Ted the Animator: āOpen up Photoshop, and load any random frame.ā
Carl the Animator: āGotcha.ā
Ted the Animator: āā¦nice choice. Now, use the āquick selectionā tool to automatically grab most of the purple background.ā
Carl the Animator: āDone.ā
Ted the Animator: āNow, hit ādeleteā.ā
Carl the Animator: āā¦it wants to use āContent-Awareā fill. Whatās that?ā
Ted the Animator: āThe funniest thing ever. Hit āokā.ā
Carl the Animator: āOk, I was justāā
Carl the Animator: āā¦oh my gosh.ā
Ted the Animator: āToldāja.ā
Carl the Animator: āThat is⦠a masterpiece. The heck did it do?ā
Ted the Animator: āPhotoshop looked at the rest of the image, and tried to clone in a nice, natural background.ā
Carl the Animator: āā¦which, I take it, doesnāt always work.ā
Ted the Animator: āYes indeedy. Try another.ā
Carl the Animator: āLetās see how it handles all the shapes in this one.ā
Carl the Animator: āā¦freeeaaaky.ā
Ted the Animator: āIt looks like something youād see in an ancient manuscript prophesying the end times.ā
Carl the Animator: āWhat if we reverse it, and select a character instead?ā
Ted the Animator: āHm, smart.ā
Carl the Animator: āā¦oh.ā
Ted the Animator: āItās like the creepiest invisibility cloak ever.ā
Carl the Animator: āThe selection tool likes to grab things weirdly, too⦠it just got Velmaās glasses while I dragged around her head.ā
Ted the Animator: āWell, letās see what happens.ā
Carl the Animator: āā¦wow.ā
Ted the Animator: āMy favorite part is the elongated double face between Daphne and Fred.ā
Carl the Animator: āHere, lemme grab one more from Aloha.ā
Ted the Animator: āShould be aā⦠wait, Carl, you missed selecting one of the background guysā faāā
Carl the Animator: āBWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!ā
Ted the Animator: āMagnificent.ā
Carl the Animator: āHe looks so confused!ā
Ted the Animator: ā āUm⦠hello? Anyone? How did I get inside this hair?āĀ ā
Carl the Animator: āā¦canāt⦠breatheā¦.ā
Ted the Animator: āIāll go put on another pot of coffee⦠itās gonna be a looooong night ofĀ āshopping, I can feel it.ā