#meme tutorial

This will probably get long so I will add a 'keep reading'. This is a visual guide using the free app Meme Generator. Instructions under the cut.

I want to participate in the Dannypokolypse this year, but I have no idea how to stick the Danny face onto things! Teach me your ways!!!!!

Omg I’m so glad you’ve asked!

So I don’t know about you, but I don’t have photoshop, and I’m on a Mac so I can’t even download bootleg photoshop for Windows! 

Thankfully, there are still options for those of us who are sans photoshop and other art programs.

https://www.photopea.com/

^^this is the site I use to “photoshop” memes. It takes a minute to get used to if you’ve never used photoshop before, it’s not an exact replica of the real photoshop, but it’s close enough to where many of the controls are still the same so you can usually follow along pretty well in tutorial videos (I think it’s a rip of older photoshop codes).

For iphone users, I mostly stick to these two apps!

Again, they’re not real Photoshop, they’re much more basic, but between Photoshop mix for placing objects in my pic, and PS Express for adding filters, I can pretty much get what I want out of an image!

For videos and gifs I use Final Cut which is not free unfortunately, and since I know someone will ask, for audio I use Logic Pro which is also not free.

This ended up being a pretty long post so my mini lexx meme tutorial for editing photos is under the cut!

BAM U GOT YOURSELVESA CHARA

why did i make this its so late jesus christ

(generic chara is now mine i’m sorry i dont make the rules)

Someone once asked me about my character creation process. That made me so happy that I was inspired to make a meme tutorial about said process 🤭

The original memes that inspired each panel

For anyone who is also feeling inspired, go nuts!

Someone asked me how I make all my original content, so here's a sort-of tutorial! My way of making them is a little different from how most people do. 

Most people use Photoshop, Gimp, etc, basically some kind of official photo editing software. When I first started out, I didn't bother learning how to use any of those software. While I sort-of know how to use Photoshop now, it's not my preferred method. Instead, I use a program pretty much everyone has, Microsoft Powerpoint. 

So, open Microsoft Powerpoint... 

Open up a blank presentation and get rid of the title/subtitle text boxes. You should have a blank slide now: 

Now, obviously you need some kind of idea. Since tomorrow's Valentine's Day, I'll just make a standard "forever alone" meme. My idea will be a "other people on Valentine's Day vs me on Valentine's Day" kind of thing. First I need a picture of couples doing couple-ey things. Since I primarily do anime memes, I'll go find some anime couples. There are a couple ways to do this: 

Google Images - Just google it, ex. "Celty x Shinra." If you like a picture but don't like the resolution, click "search by image" and then "all sizes." 

Take a screenshot from an actual episode. This is what I prefer, since it makes aligning the images later really easy. 

I like this one: (kyaa!) 

So paste that into your empty slide. Then you can drag the dots on the corners of the image to resize the image. (Note: the corner dots will keep the lengthxwidth ratio the same, so use those.) 

Looks like this: 

Now I'm gonna find another picture and paste it in there: 

Here's how to make them the exact same size (I'm a perfectionist): 

Arrange the pictures so the top edges are aligned and their sides are touching: 

Drag the bottom right edge of the second picture, until it aligns with the bottom edge of the first picture. (You'll see a red dashed line when they're aligned properly.) Powerpoint will help you with this, which is why I love using it. 

If you drag them over each other, you'll see that they're the exact same size! But let's say you didn't use screenshots, so they don't work that perfectly. If they're only a tiny bit off, feel free to stretch them a little horizontally or vertically. But if they're way off, you can use this handy crop feature: 

Okay, I'm just going to find two more anime couples using the same steps. The final result: 

Feeling lonely yet? (loljknothx) 

Now you need to put text in there. Click the Insert Text Box icon: 

Click and drag to make a text box. I usually make mine span the edges of the picture and then center it. Type your text in. My default is Calibri, 18 pt, and there's no way anyone will be able to see it. Choose an easy-to-read font (Impact is the standard meme font) and make it a bright color (usually white). Increase the font size. 

There's a pretty obvious problem here: You can't see half of the text. The way to fix that is to highlight the text, go to the "Drawing Tools" tab, and make the text outline a dark color. 

Now you can see the text! 

Now you need to find a picture to go with that. I happen to have the perfect screenshot for this, so I'll just paste that in there and resize it as before. 

Now put some text on that picture as done before: 

And then put your name on it somewhere so you can claim credit for it! It was your idea and your work put into it, so take ownership! My admin name is Psycho Alchemist, so that's what I put on it. (Try making it big enough to read but not so big that it takes over the picture.) 

Now, open up Paint. Paint is a pretty basic software that comes with pretty much every laptop/tablet, I think. Open that up. Then Select All from your Powerpoint slide (Ctrl + A), and paste it into Paint. 

Depending on the positioning of your text boxes, there may be a little white space on one of the edges. Just Select what you want to keep, and then crop it. Then save the file! 

Final product: http://psycho-alchemist.tumblr.com/post/110908154432