#sharpening

[retrcmoon]

fotocopia. atn

by clicking the SOURCE LINK you will find the "fotocopia" action. It comes in three versions. It can look too sharp and might need editing. This action was made from scratch. You can edit this as you like for personal use. Don't use this action for commissions or paid content! Don't claim as your own or redistribute. Please reblog if you found this helpful. Important: for this atn to work, your gif must be in video timeline format and converted into a smart object.

[cavalierfou]

SHARPENING ACTION for Photoshop

It's a small thing we don't always think about when editing a picture, but sharpening really does create a difference in your final edit!

DOWNLOAD THE ACTION HERE

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[disdaidal]

how do you sharpen your gifs???? they're insanely high quality!

Hello, Anon dearest, and thank you so much! ✨ To answer your question properly, I would first have to know which gifset(s) of mine you're referring to because I've made a lot over the years and I often change my sharpening settings, too. It totally depends on what I'm working with at the moment, to be honest. 😅

But, as for the last few sets of mine (this, this, and this in particular), I used these settings:

After converting my frames/layers into a smart object, I applied the settings above. Remember to click on the gear icon in the upper right corner and check both 'Use Legacy' and 'More Accurate' as well. This will make your sharpening look more 'natural' and less cakey imo.

Below is a comparison of before and after:

Note: This Geralt screenshot was taken from a 4K (2160p) video. Most videos I work with are at least 1080p or 720p because quality matters.

And here's the final result: colored, brightened, and sharpened.

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I hope this answers your question. If not, feel free to send me more questions about this kind of stuff. I'm always happy to help out :)

[svgarboo]

CUPID.ATN  *

╰   *   clicking  on  the  source  link you  will  find  the  “  cupid  ”  action  .  it  can  look  too  sharp  so  you  might  need  to  edit  the  opacity  .  this  action  was  made  by  me  from  scratch  ,  you  can  edit  this  as  you  like  but  only  for  personal  use  ,  so  don’t  claim  as  your  own  or  redistribute  .  if  you  found  this  helpful  consider  giving  this  a  like  /  reblog and  follow  me  for  more  of  my  resources  .

[userdramas]

Camera Raw filter for gifmaking - a Camera Raw tutorial

Camera Raw is one of the many filters available on Photoshop that can enhance how your gifs looks. If you’ve seen gifs on Tumblr that look hyper realistic and you can see the pores and nonexistent imperfections on the subjects face, it is probably because of the Camera Raw filter. Follow the steps below to use the filter if you’d like for your gifs to look like the one above:

Since this is an intermediate level gif making skill, I will assume that you know how to import videos to frame animation. Once you have your frame animation timeline, you’ll follow the steps below.

1. Select All Frames and then Select All Layers. Make sure the first frame and first layer are selected before selecting all frames/layers. 2. Convert your frame animation to video timeline by pressing this button: 

3. Convert your selected layers to one Smart Layer for Filter by clicking Filter > Convert for Smart Filters 4. Click Camera Raw Filter here: 

5. This window will open up for you: 

It seems like a complicated system but all you need to focus on is the Texture and Clarity settings. Play around with these setting till you find the right combination you like. The picture above has my own personal settings so feel free to start using the filter with these! Texture: Brings out the real skin texture and texture of inanimate objects Clarity: Bumps up the quality of the surroundings of the main subject matter and makes the subject stand out.

6. (Optional) You can add more filters like Smart Sharpen or Gaussian Blur as it fits your liking.

7. Convert the video timeline back to frames and enjoy your new pretty hyper realistic gif!

NOTE: If you’d like to use Camera Raw with an action to try it out, feel free to download my Camera Raw action here. Just load your frames, select your first frame and layer, press play and sit back! Join us at userdramas for more tutorials like this! Apply here!

[usernare]

@usernare sharpen action

by clicking on the source of this post you'll be able to purchase this sharpen action. it's a very basic action and you can edit it as you see fit at the smart sharpen and noise settings. like or reblog if you find this action useful, and don't share it as your own. my inbox is open for all questions about it.

[heldisrps]

♡ heldis.atn

by clicking the source link below you'll be able to purchase my sharpen actions [3in1]. all of the actions were made by me, so please do not redistribute or claim them as your own. please reblog post if you found these useful.

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[tawaifeddiediaz]

hello! im a newby gimaker and i want to follow your tutorial on sharpening but i dont know how you got to the photoshop page you started from where it looks like a video timeline. can you tell me how you got there? <3

Hey!!

Welcome to the wonderful world of gifmaking <3 yes i can lead you through to that point. I have a mac so this might look different for you, but all the steps stay the same - I just shifted from windows to mac so i know this xD

I'm going to show you how to do this on this gif:

I prefer to use screenshots for my gifs (I also don't know how else to make them), so I use Mplayer for that. I used to use MPV player but that stopped working with my new computer system.

First, you want to make sure that you're using a high-quality file. If 1080p is available to you, use 1080p at the very least. This will make sure your gifs are crisp and sharp.

Open your file with Mplayer. Then find the bit that you want to gif. I sometimes search forward by frame by using the ">" key. Once you're at the start point of your desired gif, pause the video. Then, Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + S to start screenshotting. The video will start to play slowly as the screenshots are captured. (They go to the desktop automatically but you can change that in interface settings).

The rest of the tutorial is under a cut:

Once you get your screenshots, you're going to go Photoshop. File > Scripts > Load Files Into Stack.

You're going to get a dialogue box. Click Browse and load the screenshots that you want. This is what that looks like when you finish:

Next, you're going to crop your gif, using the crop tool. You can press C on your keyboard for this or use the tool with this icon in the sidebar.

For this, I'm using an aspect ratio of 540 x 400:

Click that checkmark to crop. Once you do, we're going to resize the image. Use the Cmd/Ctrl + I function to bring up this box. For tumblr gifs, you want to change the width. The height doesn't really matter but if the width doesn't match up, Tumblr is going to fix it for you and it'll look funky. Per row:

1 gif , we use 540px

2 gifs, 268px each

3 gifs, 177, 178, 177 px

We're just doing one, so I'm using 540px.

Now, you want to make sure you can add the timeline. In the top bar, go to Window > Timeline

This will bring up the timeline.

From there, click "Create Frame Animation" (you might have to press the arrow in the timeline bar first.)

It's going to look like this:

We're going to use those three lines in the corner of the picture above. The first option we'll select is "Make Frames From Layers"

That looks like this:

Now, when these load in, you may notice that they're all in reverse. To make them go back in order, we're going to go back to that menu and click "Reverse Frames."

Then, in that same menu, click "Select all Frames." We're going to change the animation speed. You want to make sure you have the first frame selected. We're going to click the arrow next to the "0 sec"

When you click that, it will give you a menu. Click, "other..." You should get a dialogue box that says "Set Frame Delay", just like the one below.

You want to use anywhere between 0.05-0.1 seconds. I find that anymore more is just too slow, so I prefer 0.06. This is fully changeable at the end of my sharpening tutorial, and you can use what you want, but that's what I prefer.

When you do that, it'll change the frame speed of all the gifs.

Now, go back into that little menu, and click, "Convert to Video Timeline."

This is what it'll look like:

Now we're going to select all the layers in the right-hand pane. Once we do that, right-click and select, "Convert to Smart Object."

And you're there! Now you can use the sharpening tutorial to your liking.

Pro tip: Make an action with all these steps so you don't have to do them by hand with every single gif you make.

Hope this helps and it wasn't super long winded. Let me know if you have any questions <3 Happy giffing!

[nat-stimmy]

1909 Leslie Lawn Mower Razor Blade Sharpener (SOURCE)

[retrcmoon]

SHINE ON ME . ATN

by clicking the SOURCE LINK you will find the "shine on me" action. It comes in three versions. It can look too sharp and might need editing the opacity of the gaussian blur or last sharpen filter. This action was made from scratch. You can edit this as you like for personal use. Don't use this action for commissions or paid content! Don't claim as your own or redistribute. Please reblog if you found this helpful. Important: for this atn to work, your gif must be in video timeline format and converted into a smart object.

[giantcypress]

Creating the camber for a Japanese jack plane

Just in case you haven't seen this, here's the writeup on my Japanese jack plane. One of the distinguishing features about this plane is the pronounced camber that's on the blade. The camber is what allows this plane to take thick shavings and get rid of wood in a hurry. We're not going to win any planing contest with this thing, but it's awesome at what it does.

Rich asked about how the camber is established. The first step is to realize that this is not a precision operation, so no need to be too precious about this.

The next step is marking the camber on the plane blade. Using a 10" radius arc is a good starting point for this. I don't have a compass large enough to trace a 10" radius arc, but if you have a scrap piece of wood, this is easy to trace out.

Here's the arc tracing tool. I'm sure there's a better name for this, but can't remember what it is.

It's a scrap piece of wood with a screw through it towards one end, and a 5/16" hole drilled 10" away. The hole will be just large enough to put a pencil through. It won't be a tight fit, but it will be good enough. Remember, this is not a precision operation.

The arc tracing tool pivots on the screw, which rests on my workbench, while the pencil traces the arc. I use the arc tracing tool to trace a 10" radius arc on an index card, although any piece of paper or cardboard will do. The blue tape is to hold the index card in place, since I don't have three hands.

After that, I cut along the arc, and use the index card as a template to trace the arc onto the back of the Japanese plane blade. I used a Sharpie for this.

Here's the result.

At this point you'll want to get your hands on a grinder. I know there's a lot of talk about how you can't use a grinder on a Japanese tool because the grinder will overheat the tool and cause it to lose its temper. This is not completely true, as long as you're aggressive about keeping the tool cool. I have a Tormek, so I don't have to worry about this issue, but drawing out the temper is not why I have a Tormek. I have a Tormek because my basement shop has no ventilation, and I didn't want to have to deal with breathing grinder wheel and metal dust.

In any case, the next step is to grind the corners of the plane blade until the Sharpie marks go away. At that point, you'll have an approximately 10" camber on your blade. Remember, this is not a precision operation.

You can then take the plane blade to your usual sharpening set up and sharpen away. The only difference here is that you'll be rocking the plane blade side to side to cover the camber. This is easier than it sounds.

In this photo you can see my fingers right on the corner. WHat's not as apparent is that I'll constantly reposition my fingers, moving them from corner to corner as I rock the plane blade side to side.

Again, this is easier than it sounds. Remember, this is not a precision operation.

Here's what the plane blade will look like when you're done. Not the prettiest looking plane blade, but it will do a great job removing wood fast. Remember, this is not a precision operation.

As for the chipbreaker, again, this is not a precision task. I didn't do anything special with my chipbreaker other than to make sure that it rests flat on the plane blade.

You can see that the edge of the chipbreaker sits back from the cutting edge. This is okay. The shavings this plane will be taking are going to be pretty thick. A good rule of thumb for chipbreaker placement is that the gap between the cutting edge and the chipbreaker should be around the thickness of the shaving you want to take. That's why the chipbreaker on a smoothing plane is so close to the edge. But we're not going to be taking super-thin shavings with this plane, so the chipbreaker can be further back. (For more on chipbreakers, I wrote an article on chipbreakers for Popular Woodworking.)

Remember, this is not a precision operation.

[wikirobot]

Been working on a bunch of random projects recently and haven't really finished any of them... Got a nice make your own backsaw kit, been trying to get decent at saw sharpening, working on some jigs for making some stakes furniture, and been working on improving my hand cut dovetails. Also been reading some great books from Lost Art Press, the Anarchist Design Book and the Joiner and Cabinet maker have been adding tons of fun ideas of things to make.

Oh and I got a new tongue and groove plane, it's super fun.

[svgarboo]

DELIGHT.ATN  *

╰   *   clicking  on  the  source  link you  will  find  the  “  delight  ”  action  .  it  can  look  too  sharp  so  you  might  need  to  edit  the  opacity  .  this  action  was  made  by  me  from  scratch  ,  you  can  edit  this  as  you  like  but  only  for  personal  use  ,  so  don’t  claim  as  your  own  or  redistribute  .  if  you  found  this  helpful  consider  giving  this  a  like  /  reblog and  follow  me  for  more  of  my  resources  .

[itwasnotahamster]

Per “Pelle” Yngve Ohlin (a.k.a., Dead) | Edit: @itwasnotahamster

if anyone knows exactly who took this photo, since I wish to give credit, please let me know.

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