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Hi! I truly loved the way you did eunwoo in the hey google gif set!!!!! Do you think you would be able to do that with Mingyu Seventeen? If you can’t as it’s only what you’re familiar with, that’s totally fine too 😬 thank you ☺️

hi!! tysm <3 sorry to say i only know of mingyu at the most basic level so i dont think id be able to do a google set of him justice since idk like his best mv moments, photoshoots, etc :( but! if you know a gifmaker who loves mingyu, my google templates are downloadable on kofi! maybe you could request from them and send a link to the template? here’s one template with the others linked at the bottom :)

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HEY GOOGLE, PLAY "HAPPY BIRTHDAY"! "Like the moonlight set on a flower petal, I hope you stay in my heart for a long time. Anytime, alone with you, every day and night, we will share a beautiful story." – U&I, CHA EUN-WOO

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hi, your gifs are extremely good, I'm sincerely intimidated by your talent so excuse me for the anon ask. I was wondering how did you make this blending? /post/739252081037328384 What was the process to make it look so good? cause I'm trying to do a similar blending with another anime but it's getting hard (and honestly, turning ugly ajskd) thank you

hi! thank you so much 🥺 i'm so sorry for the late reply btw. tbh blending is always hard for me to explain. so i put together a few progress gifs and videos to hopefully demonstrate how i went from start to end, and i'll do my best to add commentary at the end. i'll show the megumi gif from that set, since it had the most layers:

(click for full size) 1. each individual gif before and after coloring + masking (erasing) // 2. each gif being added to the composition

(there's no sound on this video. here you can see me toggling on/off my adjustment layers to demonstrate some aspects i'll explain below the cut)

key parts of blended gifs for me:

choose scenes where the focal point (megumi's face) can be made to stand out. for that, i'll look for scenes against very dark backgrounds or solid backgrounds that can be darkened. when you set a gif to screen (the blend mode used for blended gifs), the light areas of that gif will stand out the most against the dark areas of the gifs underneath

choose scenes with minimal pulsing/harsh/fast movements but with fluid, soft movement (for anime since this style of animation has a lower fps). scenes with enough movement that aren't too jarring can be hard to find in shonen since there's so much action, but some of the best scenes are those "hero pose" moments where their hair blows in the wind lol (one of my fav scenes to gif is gojo in at shibuya station after choso first tries to hit him with his ct bc his blowing hair is animated so gracefully sldkfjs). in this case, i have todo's torn shirt breezing in front of megumi's face. i knew it would be a great shot to blend with bc i could darken the purple of the shirt and any gif layered above those spots would stand out against it

use layer masks and adjustment layers to "erase" distracting parts of the gif. as you can see in the video, i've erased huge chunks of some of my gifs. i often also use levels with a layer mask to darken select parts of my gif (even reducing the white point as shown in the base gif) + hue/sat to darken specific colors in a gif.

so one of my best tips for coloring is to focus on scene selection, masking, and darkening!

i know it's not a full blending tutorial, but i hope there's something here that can help you. i've also talked about parts of my blending process in these asks:

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[two]

[three] (i've been told tip 2 has been super helpful for ppl)

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if you're interested in reading other inquiries, i have a specific tag #nik.help and all my tutorials are tagged #resource* :)

and good luck with your anime gifset! keep at it! blending can be frustrating but trust the process and i'm sure it'll come out stunning!

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ITADORI YŪJI ✩ BORN 2003 MARCH 20

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We need an update 😭

omg thank you for keeping me accountable 😂�� /lh /gen

ok adding to my to-do list: new version of this set (probably in teal bc it's me) with new labels including "kate's baby daddy" slkdfsl;sasfsk

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[ASTRO PLAY] JIN LAB Vol1. Find Your Groove in Seoul (2025.02.16)

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— langston hughes. for @madisoncounty !

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carwash eunwoo 🔥 Rented In Finland 「핀란드 셋방살이」 Ep. 7

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ANTHONY & KATE Bridgerton 2.04

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Throughout the heavens and the Earth, I alone am the honoured one.

GOJO SATORU — Jujutsu Kaisen, Hidden Inventory Arc

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Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) Dir. George Lucas

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MANNY JACINTO Balestra (2024)

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Ichigo Kurosaki — BLEACH Tybw ep40

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Wicked (2024) dir. Jon M. Chu

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Ben Mendelsohn as Orson Krennic in Andor S2

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CHA EUN-WOO ✶ Saint Laurent x Elle Korea, February 2025 Fantagio Mood Film

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I'm really not that happy being me