just wanted to share an update on my past gif actions since i no longer use that anymore. there a bunch of actions out there but if anyone is curious on my process <3
action includes:
load files fast: open with image sequence with frame rate delay of 25 (you'll need to configure this to your own folder)
6 sharpening actions
brighten: duplicates smart object sets the mode to "screen" i use these for dark scenes
frame delay: convert layers in video timeline to frame layers in frame animation and sets frame delay to 0.04
convert to video timeline: layers in frame animation are put into a smart object in video timeline
text: sets a drop shadow and stroke setting to text
download here // crop presets // psd
+small tutorial w/ video under
Load Files Fast action opens up a folder where you put your own screencaps in and loads the caps in PS and makes it into a smart object. You will need to configure this yourself since it uses my own folder. Click on Load Files Fast, select "Record" button and then choose File > Open, navigate to the folder that you use to store your screencaps, select the first cap, click on the "Image Sequence" option on the bottom right of the dialog box and then click "Open". It will then ask you to specify the frame rate, I use 25, then click OK. Then you click on the "Stop" button and your action is saved. [video on how here]
After it is put into a Smart Object, I use one of my crop presets I've made. To load them into Photoshop, click on the down arrow next to the crop bottom, click Load Tool Preset and select my preset.
Then I choose a sharpening I want to use. I'm either use 'high pass' or the 'sharper w/o grain' one.
OPTIONAL - Brighten action, brightens the scene using 'Screen' mode. I use these for really dark scenes.
After that I color the gif and add text if needed.
If I want to change the frame delay, I use the 'frame delay' action and set my delay to 0.04 and then save the gif!
If you do decided to use the frame delay action, you won't be able to change the coloring and text once its in frame animation. So you can decide to do your coloring/text after you use this action so you don't have to go back and forth if you decide you want to change your coloring or text.
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I just hit 8k followers in January, and I've never really done a celebration giveaway before. And not many do nowadays, but I figured someone out here may benefit from a new action or two!
You are authorized to change or add-on to my actions as you seem fit, but please do not redistribute them as your own work. If you are to take pieces from these actions to create your own and end up redistributing them, please credit this post.
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Disclaimers:
Basic colorings used in examples are not part of the actions.
These actions were made in Photoshop so they will not be compatible for PS-alternative programs like Photopea.
These will only work with the frame load-in way of making gifs with scripts. They do all the work for you including converting your frames into timeline.
Many of these contain camera raw filter. If you have an older version of photoshop that doesn't have this feature, some may not work properly.
If your computer doesn't have decent RAM, converting gifs that contain raw camera filter may be a struggle for your computer. If this is true for you, you can try deleting this feature from the applicable actions or making the smart filter invisible before saving, but unfortunately you won't get the full benefit of the action.
Creator's Notes:
âď¸ V1 Basic: Self-explanatory, can be used on just about anything.
âď¸ V2 Soft: If you still prefer softer looking gifs this could be your go-to; brightens colors naturally.
âď¸ V3 Depth: Creates contrast that makes the subjects appear more HD.
âď¸ V4 Texture: Similar to V3 but with less noise; has a slight smoothing effect; Brightens colors naturally.
âď¸ V5 Ultra Sharp: This can can be used on anything if your footage is high quality enough but looks great with 4K footage including 4K youtube videos. Looks AWFUL on anything with high grain though.
âď¸ Animation (soft): Looks good on animation that has harsh lines.
âď¸ Universal (crisp): Similar to V1 with more contrast. This also looks good on most animation.
Iâve been getting a lot of questions lately about how I sharpen my gifs, so I decided to release an action pack of my 3 most used techniques. This pack only contains the sharpenings, so your gif should already be in timeline mode and converted into a smart object.Â
V1 - 500% amount 0,3 pixels & 10% amount 10 pixels
/works best on lower quality footage (e.g trailers) and scenes with bad lighting
V2 - 500% amount 0,3 pixels & 30% amount 10 pixels
/works best with high quality footage (1080p and above)Â
V3 - 500% amount 0,4 pixels & gaussian blur 0,7 pixels opacity on 40%
/works best for grapic gifsets, creates a smooth finish even with a lot of coloring layers
Donât hesitate to reach out if you have any questions! If you download it, please reblog it as well so it can reach more people <3
Updated the PS actions I use to edit my photos. Most of the effects come from my preset and the actions are just for a base edit - to add definition, birighten/lighten. sharpening, and clean things up.
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This is a side-blog for all the helpful resources + pretty samples Iâve come across while learning to make GIFs. Welcome!
In late October 2023, I finally decided to learn how to make GIFs, using instructions from blogs on this website. (I hadnât used Photoshop before. I had a lot to learn.)
I saved a lot of different resources (tutorials, samples, etc.), and I wanted to put them all in one place (here!). There are a lot of (really helpful! wonderful!) resources on this website, so I have outlined below the method I have been following, which is kind of cobbled together from different tutorials (all referenced), under the cut. (This is as much for my own reference as anything else!)
The tags on this post are to help me (maybe you?) navigate to the various tutorials/resources I have reblogged here. (I was really good with tagging in the beginning but not so much lately, so I need to catch up!)
All these resources (listed on this post and not) are really wonderful and helpful, and I am incredibly grateful to the kind and talented people who have generously taken the time to share their brilliance on this websiteâthank you so much to all of you!
@hollygl125
FOR REFERENCE
Screencapping:
I follow the instructions on screencapping from this post (#1), except that I use the latest version of MPV and I incorporate the additional lines for the mpv configuration file from this post (#2). Several times I tried checking for duplicate frames, as per the instructions from this post (#3), and each time the first frame was duplicated but no others. (As far as I can tell, none were missing?)
Gif-making (basic):
I have been following a mishmash of the instructions from this post (#4) and this post (#5) for basic GIF-making and initial colouring.
For making the initial GIF, I wanted to stick with the load files into stack method that most people seemed to use, so I mostly follow the instructions from this post (#4) for steps 4 (importing to Photoshop), 5 (cropping & resizing), 6 (animation), and 8 (sharpening) but with some alterations based on the instructions from this post (#5):
I add a few extra pixels to my initial crop size then after the initial GIF-making reduce the canvas size by that number of pixels, to eliminate the small white border that seems to show up otherwise. (See this post (#5) for much more detailed information.)
I do not play around with the initial GIF speed. (Again, see this post (#5) for more information.) The caveat on that is that, for whatever fun PS reasons, my initial frame has a 5-second delay while the others have no delay, so I change the initial frame to have no delay as well. Then at the very end, when I am exporting the GIF, I use the second action from this post (#6), which gets everything ready for export and puts all the frames to a nice 0.05 second delay. The downside is that, while I am preparing the GIF, it looks faster than it will upon export.
I use the following smart sharpening settings (sharpening twice): (1) amount: 500%, radius: 0.3 px; (2) amount: 10%, radius: 10 px. (Initially my first smart sharpen was at 0.4 px, but I found that was too sharp for some GIFs, so now I start with 0.3 px as the default and occasionally remember to check whether 0.4 px would work.)
Actions:
When I first started, I did not use any actions apart from the save action mentioned above because I wanted to understand what was going on/what I was doing. Once I had that memorized to the point that it was becoming tedious, I made my own actionâwhich, it turns out, is really, really easy and makes the initial process way, way faster (like, almost instantaneous)! (You basically hit record, go through all your steps, then hit stopâsuper, super easy. But go check out this post (#7) for more detailed information/instructions.)
Colouring (initial):
This is for initially getting the colours to the right spot (i.e., something realistic).
I started by generally following the guidance from this post (#5), and I made myself a psd based on that, and then I make other adjustments from there. I have tried some other suggestions from other tutorials, but mostly I end up going back to that psd with adjustments for the particular scene/GIF.
Fonts + typograph:
After I had made my first GIF, following these initial steps, I tried adding some text, and my GIF looked... terrible. So I downloaded a bunch of fonts recommended in various places on this website then tried some different text options.
The following resources below were helpful for fonts, typography, text colouring, etc.: #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13.
Blending:
Though it is not what I used, this post (#14) looks like a good tutorial. This post (#15) also gives a tutorial on some gorgeous blending.
Colouring (fun!) and key frames:
This is for when you want, e.g., everything to be tinted in purple.
I really love the colouring method from this post (#17). This post (#16) talks about colouring with gradient maps and how to use key frames (for adjusting the placement of masksâfor when you want Sara Sidle to have bright purple-tinted hair but not bright purple skin!), so it is also excellent.
Effects + special effects:
For clipping masks and putting multiple images in one, see this post (#10), this post (#20), and this post (#21).
For a tutorial on how to use overlays, see this post (#19).
Resources I have found particularly useful (or essential!):
gif tutorial by kylos
additions to mpv configuration file by castiel
duplicate frame deletion by laurabenanti
gifmaking for beginners by hayaosmiyazaki
giffing 101: a comprehensive guide by redbelles
action pack #2 by anyataylorjoy
actions (how-to-make) by hayaosmiyazaki
text/subtitles by hayaosmiyazaki (I have not actually made subtitles yet, only fun textâyes, the dopamine quest continues)
typography by momentofmemory
kateâs quick text styles tutorial by aubrey-plaza (which also very helpfully taught me about clipping masks)
basic gradient text by anya-chalotra
gradient text with blending options by anya-chalotra
difference/exclusion text colouring effects by yenvengerberg
how to: gif blending tutorial by delphines (not what I used but looks like a good basic intro)
double exposure/blending tutorial by yenvengerberg
how to: coloring gifs with gradient maps by delphines (taught me how to use keyframes for masksâactually very easy, even though I kept putting it offâdonât put it off!)
beccaâs mega coloring tutorial by yenvengerberg (have used this a lot for making fun colourful gifsâboth obviously colourful and less obviously so)
a few little tricks and tips to really make those colours pop by yenvengerberg
new & improved overlay tutorial by rosamundpkes
tutorial on how i use layer masks and clipping masks to get âmultiple gifs in oneâ by yenvengerberg
grid overlay effect by thereigning-lorelai
how to fix grainy gifs by kangyeosaang (have not used this yet but want to try it)
the beginnerâs guide to channel mixer by aubrey-plaza (have not gone through this thoroughly yet but want to do so)
A little freebie for you today. ^^ Hereâs the set of Photoshop actions I use to edit my gameplay screenshots. More info under the cut!
In the example images above you can see comparisons between the EA Default, then @ophelia-nygmosââ Subtle Paradise reshade preset (which I use for gameplay and screenshots, I canât live without it anymore!), then we have my âEditâ Photoshop Action over top, and the last example has a Topaz Clean filter added. Also included in my Screenshot edit actions is the really simple one I use to add a border glow effect around my notifications.
Hereâs a list of the actions that are included:
1. âEdit + Topaz + Resizeâ - Applies the edits to change brightness/saturation/etc., resizes the screenshot to have a width of 1000px suitable for sharing online, applies the Topaz Clean filter, and sharpens. (Keep in mind, because the screenshot is resized before the Topaz Clean filter is applied, itâll be more pronounced than you see above. Take a look at my recent gameplay posts to see what that looks like. You need Topaz Clean for this one to work.)
2. âEdit + Topazâ - Applies the edits above, without changing the size of the screenshot. This is the one I used in the final step in the example images. (Because the screenshot will be larger when the Topaz Clean filter is added, the effect will be more subtle than the previous action. You need Topaz Clean for this one to work.)
3. âEditâ - Only applies the brightness/saturation/sharpness filters, without the Topaz Clean filter, or changing the size of the image. (This is where the bulk of the editing happens as you can see above, and will still look great even if you donât use Reshade or Topaz Clean.)
4. âNotif BGâ - Applies a glow effect to a layer. Designed to be used on Notifications pasted over your screenshots on their own layer.
If you donât have Topaz Clean or Reshade, the âEditâ action will still give you great results. đ Feel free to fiddle around with them to make them work for you!
[Cons: In some very bright situations my PS actions may overexpose and wash out detail in white/bright areas. Feel free to delete or edit some of the action steps to mitigate this if it bothers you.]
