#chaoticresources

First of all, this is what you’ll see once you extract the files from the zip. I know it’s in Spanish, but I got you!!

So you will have to click on the Adobe.Downloader.dmg file, ok? I know Mac won't let you download it, so go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Security.

Click on “Open Anyway.” It’ll ask for your Mac password or Touch ID, just enter it. The point is that the app will finish installing. Then something like this will open.

(Heads up: don’t get too excited. I know it’s cool to have all the Adobe stuff available, but you need a specific patch for each app. I’m still trying to get the one for After Effects. If I manage to get it, send me a message and I’ll pass it to you.)

OK. Alright, now you’re going to click on this gear icon. You need to make sure everything shows up exactly like I’m about to show you, okay?

Once you’ve super double-checked everything, go to “Cleanup,” select all of them, and then click “Start Cleaning.” That’s it. close that tab.

Now, look for PHOTOSHOP. Click download, BUT pay attention you CANNOT download the latest version!!! The patch only works for version 26.2. you’ve been warned.

Then go ahead and download it, and make sure it’s actually downloading all the files. Once it looks like this, close the app.

k so back to downloads, go to the "ps installer" folder and click adobe activation tool.

open ur applications folder and click the photoshop app. then hit start activation, it’s gonna ask for ur macbook password, so just type it in. the log at the bottom should say it's done correctly. close that and open 'no account patch ps,'

hit continue, continue, and click adobe ps patch.

hit install, activate it, let it access ur downloads and ur literally done. just look it up in spotlight and it should be there.

and tadaaah!! done, that’s it. you can delete everything you downloaded with no problem, you already have photoshop installed ✨

if you’re having trouble seeing, click on the pictures to see the full image!

i. make your individual gifs

Make and color your individual gifs. After you've done that, make sure to group your gifs (explanation on creating groups in this tutorial). As you'll see, I group mine and use the episode number as a name, but use whatever makes sense to you. IMPORTANT: Make sure each gif has the same number of frames (for this gif I had 54 each).

ii. layer gifs

Gif 1: Mulder Gif 2: Scully I put gif 1 over gif 2 by selecting all the frames of gif 1, copying them, moving to gif 2, selecting all the frames of gif 2, then selecting paste over selection. Gif 2 (Scully) will then be hidden by gif 1 (Mulder) until the next step.

Immediately after pasting the frames from gif 1 over gif 2, change the blending mode from pass through to screen. The reason I say to do this immediately is because then all your frames will already be selected and you won't have to worry about the blending mode changing for only one frame, but you can also just make sure you select all the frames yourself and then change the blending mode.

Here is what we have now:

Gif 1 (Mulder) over gif 2 (Scully), blending mode set to screen, no masking.

iii. add layer masks and blend

LEFT: First I add a black solid color layer and move it to the bottom (underneath all other layers). RIGHT: Add a mask to each gif by selecting the gif's folder and pressing the mask button.

TOP: Make sure you have the mask layer selected. I am first masking gif 1 (Mulder). MIDDLE: These are the brush settings I use for my initial masking. The size varies, but basically it's the soft round brush with 0% hardness set to a fairly large size. BOTTOM: Using black, I paint over the parts of gif 1 (Mulder) that I want to hide.

Here is what we have now:

I mainly focused on making Scully more visible.

Although I always start with black (completely masking the gif), I usually end up adding grey and white back into the mask so that it's a smoother layered effect.

I turned off the other layers so you can see what the mask looks like. As you can see, it's pretty transparent in most places, and I added back in some white where Mulder's face is because I want him to be visible as well.

Here is what the gif looks like now:

Now I move to gif 2 (Scully) and repeat the process.

As you can see, I mainly masked the part of the gif that overlaps with Mulder so that his face is more visible. I started with black but then used a dark grey to mask so that it was almost completely erased, but you can still faintly see Scully.

I decided I was happy with how the blending looked, so here is the gif before I start adding in layers of color:

iv. add coloring

For this gif in particular, I added a gradient. It's much more typical, though, for me to add color with a brush (as I show here). That said, I'm using the gradient for this tutorial since I'm showing you how I made this specific gif.

I created a gradient fill layer on top of the gif. You can see my settings on the right. The reason I used a gradient is because this was a text-heavy gifset, so the coloring I added was more opaque than what I usually do.

And here you have the finished gif before I added the text! For the text tutorial, you can go here.