Gifset and Edit Sideblog.

I’ve been asked many times for a tutorial, but because I get really detailed, I always get overwhelmed by the idea. But I finally decided to buckle down! 

Just so you know: I don’t use PSDs in this, and I don’t import layers to frames or anything like that. I like the hard way—at least in gif making, I believe you get higher quality gifs. Join me as I show you how to make gifs by loading videos directly into the Photoshop timeline and my coloring and sharpening techniques.

Tools used:

Mac OS X (only necessary for the first step, and there are other ways around it with a PC)

Adobe Photoshop

YouTube Purchases (any streaming service will work)

Topics covered:

Obtaining the Source Material

Loading the video file into Photoshop

Prepping, Cropping, and Resizing the Media

Adjustment Layers

Sharpening

Exporting

it is a dimension as vast as space…

and as timeless as infinity.

I would die for her your honor

Messed around with texture and composition for this one. This also marks a first successful attempt to draw an icon for myself! :D

Re: The New  Reblog Chain Update

Please reconsider this update. I truly believe it would hinder the use and enjoyment of this site for, just some, of the following reasons:

- it would take credit away from artist who are posting their work. Their art, writing, gifs, and any other creations people make and share. There are already enough issues with theft of creations, this will just make that worse.

- it also cuts off those creators from the feedback they're receiving, by giving that feedback to the person who reblogged it, not the person who created it. The artists/creators then have to go digging through reblogs to see what people are saying, and how people are feeling about their art. Not to mention people's responses to just personal posts or general posts not being seen.

- it hinders the sense of community, by splitting notes, cutting communication, conversations and responses.

- it kills collaborative posting that makes tumblr completely different from other media platforms. A very large reason so many people love it here.

And last but not least,

- it will make it harder for those experiencing harassment, to track down where, how, and from whom that harassment is coming from. Meaning they can't even use the other basic functions of the site, like blocking, to protect themselves in their own spaces.

I'm the OP. I'm making this post. If you like, comment, reblog (without comment) on this post, then I'm the one who will see all those notes in my activity page.

However...

If you reblog (with comment), I will get a notification that you did that, but any likes/comments/reblogs (without comment) you get on that reblog will only be shown to you. As OP I won't see them.

If someone adds a reblog (with comment) to your reblog...as OP I won't see that. I won't see any of those notes in my activity page.

Basically, if someone with a large following makes a comment, then they will get all the notes and OP will see nothing. If OP has said something silly because they're, y'know, 21 and it happens, and then someone reblogs it onto the dash of someone with a large following who then dunks on them for fun? OP doesn't see it, doesn't get notes for it, but they're gonna get the harrassment for it in their inbox.

If I, someone with a 5 digit follower count, reblog something to correct misinformation on Ancient Egypt, then OP will never see it unless it was on the original post, but I will continue to get notes on that post even though it's not my post. If I reblog fanart, or just art in general, with a comment like 'Oh this is so lovely!' then OP will not see any of the notes from people reblogging it from me. They'll only see my reblog. So it's possible for an art post by someone else to have 200 notes for them, but 9000 for someone who reblogs it with a comment, and the OP artist will have no idea it's been seen by that many people.

It's killing blow to the community we've built here, by someone higher up who doesn't understand that being able to see all the comments and reblogs is what makes this site the place I keep coming back to.

That's what sucks.