#svarade

maze's aliases gif:

ok for this, i had to screencap/get a t*rrent of a maze scene with not much movement. make sure that the quality of the gif is 1080p, tho sometimes i do get scenes in 720p and the gif does turn out alright in the end.

before any sharpening and adding adjustments, i crop the gif to the size i want and go to image > image size to make the gif and ps canvas the size i need. for example, this gif is 750 x 500 (dont ask me how this fit onto a tumblr post, i dont even know).

step 1: sharpen

i know most gifmakers use sharpening actions to make their process go easy and fast, but i personally sharpen each gif by hand. so, i go to filter > sharpen > smart sharpen. these are the settings for this particular gif:

step 2: brighten and adding the black and white filter

ok after being satisfied with my sharpening settings, i go ahead and add a curves layer. this helps to brighten up the gif, especially when giffing dark scenes. sometimes, when it is a tad bit too bright/white, i add a vibrance layer to add some color back. finally, add a black and white filter by clicking on the option that looks like a box with half of it colored in white. i adjust the settings until i like how the gif appears.

step 3: adding a colored background

for this step, i created a new layer and on top of that, added a layer mask. staying on the layer mask, i click on the brush tool and select the color i want my background to be. my brush settings are: soft round pressure opacity with a 50% hardness. then, i gently go around the gif, of course on coloring the area i wanted to stay black and white. then, going back to the layers tab, i clicked on the blending mode (automatically it will say "normal") and selected "color". here is the tutorial i used when i was confused on this part

step 4: fonts

the two fonts i used are afterglow and adobe handwriting, for "aliases" and maze's named aliases respectively. for the little diamonds i used as bullet points, i went to type > panels > glyphs panel. i used the font arial to get the diamond glyph. then i clicked on that text layer and went to blending options. for there, i clicked on stroke, change the color to white, and kept the stroke size at 2. then i went back to the main blending options menu and lowered the fill opacity to 0. for maze's nicknames, i went to blending options and applied gradient overlay and color overlay, one being white and the other being black, respectively. then, i went back to the main blending options menu and changed to blend mode to "difference".

and that's it for this gif! just make sure everything lines up in the timeline tab.

maze's quote gif:

ok for this gif, first i had to get the quotations gif be at the same length as my maze gif. i used this gif pack by @fluffybap to get the gif overlay. once i have the maze gif and the gif overlay at the same time delay and timeline length, i select all the frames of the quotations gif, copy, head over to the maze gif and select all the frames and hit paste. when clicking paste, photoshop prompts up a dialogue box about how to paste these frames. i use "paste over selection" and make sure the option for linking all layers is unselected. once everything is alright, i go from frame animation to timeline. then i make the two gifs into their own smart object (make sure all the layers of the quotation marks are linked. i personally like to manually link all the layers together at this point so it is easier to move the gif overlay, either all together or one set).

after that's done, i followed steps 1 and 2 from the previous gif.

step 3: fonts

the first half of the quote is in the butler font. i clicked on that text layer and went to blending options. for there, i clicked on stroke, change the color to white, and kept the stroke size at 2. then i went back to the main blending options menu and lowered the fill opacity to 0. for the "bitches" part, i used a font called signature and i went to blending options and applied a peach gradient overlay and a red color overlay. then, i went back to the main blending options menu and changed to blend mode to "difference".

p.s.: to move the left and right quotation marks, i made to link together the left ones first and moved them where i want, and did the same thing to the right ones. and yes you can change the color of the quotation marks.