#these are screencaps from 2 of my videos i cant get the look out of my head

[nullwork]

criminal how much i like cosplaying dabi

[pparkchimin]

I ’m making a tutorial for @victuuri-moonandsun on how I downloaded the YOI episodes and how to make a basic gif. I decided just to make a tutorial for everyone else who wants to learn? I’m like hella basic at making gifs so ill be providing resources in hopes it will help! 

The tutorial includes:

How to download

Capturing Method: VLC vs KMPlayer

Importing + Making the gif (Timing, Cropping, Sharpening, Saving)

Ill teach u how to go from:

to this:

+ A shit ton of screencaps to make up for the fact i’m bad at explanation. ++ what is grammar n spelling? +++ cursing a lot of it

its like legit 3 am and this tutorial is so bad good luck

You will need:

Vuze

Photoshop (I use CS6)

VLC Player or KMPlayer (I will later discuss the difference usage of these programs)

I. Downloading

Sup yo! Okay let’s start with downloading the actual episodes! I usually use torrents when i’m downloading the episodes. This is what Vuze is for. Like most things u wanna be careful when you download shit off the internet but idgaf i’ve been downloading shit off the interwebs for a while. 

So you wanna either google “yuri on ice 1080p torrent”, but im gonna use HorribleSubs for my example. You wanna make sure you download the 1080p version of the episodes so you can have the clearest/more HQ gifs.

If you’re using the horriblesubs site then you wanna click on “1080p” for whatever episode you want and right click the magnet link.

Yay! Now we gonna wanna open Vuze. First you gonna want to click the “add” folder > Add Magnet > Paste URL > Then hit okay.

Okay. So once you hit ok this should pop up:

Then hit ok again! You can also change where you wanna save it at this stage too. Okay now your file is downloading and now we wait! The more seeds the faster the download. 

Once the file is done downloading we can move on to actually capturing for gif making.  

II. Capturing:

OKay. SO I personally use the VLC capturing way because it’s easier for me. With VLC you;re basically recording the scene you want so you can import it into Photoshop. With the KMPlayer you’re taking a shit ton of sceencaps and you’re importing each image into Photoshop. I used both methods and they both get the job done. The only time i use KMPlayer is when VLC is acting wonky. Ill show the VLC method first then the KMPlayer (cringes).

Yay VLC. My fav bby right here. OKay So you’re gonna wanna open that shit up. Okay, so the first thing you wanna do when you open the program is go to view > advance controls. This gives you the option to record!

Hell yeah bro now we in business. Okay you’re gonna wanna open the episode you wanna be gif-ing. Since I showed how to download episode 12 i’m just gonna use episode 12 for this too cause fuck it man. You’re gonna wanna decide what scene you’re gonna want to make a gif of. I think for the purpose of the tutorial i’m just gonna do the scene where yurio finishes his program and creys cause hella yeha bro.

okay so for myself, i tend to start recording couple seconds (like 5-10 *my computer is really wonky ) before the actual scene because I want to make sure I record the whole scene without cutting anything out.

You also notice that the record button is red now. So you’re basically just gonna click it once and let it record until you want it to stop!

Where i began to record (actual a couple secs before becuz i forgot to screencap):

Where I ended:

***note: Notice how the record button changes while you’re recording vs not recording! (i’ve done the dumb thing where i forgot to stop recording and watched the rest of the episode .-. )

Now that short clip will be saved. my video was saved in my video file im sure you can change where you want it saved but idk how. This is where it is saved on my computer. Probably can search “vlc” on your computer if it is absolutely lost (sorry I can’t help much in finding the file).

Basically after this step you’re done deezy. You can skip the KMPlayer and go directly to the gif making portion of this shit tutorial.

OKAY FOLKS HERE’S THE KMPLAYER TUTORIAL ON HOW TO DO GIFS HAHAHAhahaha *sobbing*

I need to explain this program a bit more. So unlike VLC you’re not recording or anything like that. This captures screencaps into jpg or png files. When you do the VLC method, photoshop will make the screencaps for u. This method you’re gonna have to load the each photo (This usually takes photoshop longer to load for me, but than again my computer is old as shit so it may not matter to you).

OKay u gonna wanna open that satan spawn and open the episode u wanna do. Again here im gonna do the same scene cause yeah. Basically just go to the scene you want. 

Okay here the annoying shit happens. SO unlike VLC for me, I don’t have to a big gap of recording time. I can get closer to the actual scene and want and start capturing (ctrl+G).

When you hit ctrl+G, this window pops up and this where all the settings happen. 1. You decided where you all the pictures will be saved! 2. You can pic the image quality. I go for JPG because my computer just cant handle doing png. If you’re computer can do the png go for it. 3.) Seconds refers to how long you want the program to capture for. I just put 5 seconds to make sure i get the whole scene. You also want the images to be in the original size. 4.) I WILL DISCUSS THE TIMING THING MORE INDEPTH LATER, but for the time being i’ll do every 1 frame. 

When you click start on the small window your video has to be playing to actually capture. I just hit start and hhit play cuz fuck it.

When the program finish capturing this will pop up in the corner. *note: I ended up doing 10 seconds because my computer hates me. So there’s a lot more caps than i needed. this is what you end up with!

A shit ton of fucking photos! YOU READy TO GO TO PHOTOSHOP.

III. IMPORTING-VLC

*if you need help downloading photoshop send me an ask and ill try my best to help you. I downloaded ps cs6 a long time ago and the link i used to download it doesn't exist anymore. 

THis step is gonna be different depending on what method you used for the capturing. I’m going to begin with the VLC method. So you’re gonna wanna go to file > importing > video frame to layers.

Find the clip file and hit open. a window will open and now you can select what part of the video you want to actually gif! the two point thingies on the bottom are adjustable. FOr example maybe you recorded too much in the beginning? drag the 1st arrow thing to where you want the gif to start. Same with if you recorded to much at the tale end of the video. You can adjust the right one.

Make sure to have frame animation box is check.

And now we’re at the frames part.This is where I feel conflicted and you will see why when I get to the timing part of the video. (I use to make a lot of gifs for real action tv shows and this is the first anime I ever edited and I just feel like i haven’t found the best timing yet?). For this screencape i left the limit box and just do every frame.

So my video was too long at the end and decided to cut that unwanted shit out. (you can hit the play button just to make sure you’re happy with what you got. Hit ok when u done deezy

THEN BOOM THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. THAT BOOTIFUL ASS YURIO’S FACE HELL yeAH. Okay. So on the right hand side you have all your layers. but we missing the timeline bro. SO you go to window> timeline

DAMN LOOK AT YOU YOU’RE READY TO MAKE A GIF. You can skip ahead and learn about timing. Keep reading for the KMPLAYER way.

III. IMPORTING- KMPLAYER

oKAY. You’re gonna wanna go to file> scripts > load files to stacks

A window will pop up and basically you’re gonna select all the screencaps you want for the gif and hit okay.

This shit takes my compouter f o r e v e r (compared to the VLC method.) to load and even longer afterwards when it’s being uploaded as layers. This method took my computer to load the files 3 minutes compared to the 5 seconds the VLC method took me. Like i’ve mentioned before it might just be my ancient ass computer’s fault. But this it what it looks like when it’s done loading

Okay you;re gonna wanna do the same step as VLC to create the timeline (Window>timeline).

But because this was loaded in differently the the stacks will not automatically have frames. You’re gonna want to click create timeline and you will notice you have one frame only.

So on the top right corner of the timeline you will have the option to make the layers into frames.

Now you maybe noticed that the frames are fucking backwards son like wtf man. a simple fix to that! in the list of options where you made the frames from layers, you can reverse the frames.

NOW YOU’RE DONE DEEZY. WE CAN MOVE ONE.

IV. TIMING 

OKay this gets really iffy for me. I’ll just basically show you the times I use and what it may look if you capture every frame of you choose to do every 2 times (anything else isn’t recommended). In this section it’s what I use and probably not the best, but you can play around with photoshop and you can do whatever the fuck you want yo!

Anyways as you can imagine if you decide to do every frame youre gonna get a shit ton of layers(i’m gonna be working with the vlc method from this point on. any kmplayer question can be sent my way!). But it may look smoother! *will make a note on this*. Downside, the file is prob gonna be WAY bigger.

For ex: Every frame. 103 FRAMES FUCK MAN.

Every 2 frames: 53 frames

So it’s basically about half cuz u know math

OKay. so when i do gifs I usually set the time to “0.06″ but I put “0.07  for every 2 frames. To change the timing make sure you have all the frames selected (click the first frame then go to the last frame and Shift+click it). Now that all the frames are highlighted you want to hit the down arrow and click other. This is where you set the time and hit okay.

every frame @ 0.06  (No cropping/no coloring/no sharpening)

every 2 frames @ 0.07

So it’s really personal preference. I just have it so ingrained to do every frame at 0.06 since i started making gifs years ago, but i feel like the every 2 frames at 0.07 looks smoother for anime? Really guys experiment and see what you like better!

V. CROPPING

Yay lets get to cropping! These are the current dimensions for tumblr

one picture/gif: 540px width two pictures/gifs: 268px three pictures/gifs: 177px, 178px (middle), 177px spaces: 4px

-itsphotoshop

I always crop my gifs. I just think they look nicer when they’re crop.To start cropping you either wanna hit “C” on your keyboard or clip the crop tool. Afterwards you can put a value of the dimensions (i tend to do 268x165 or 268x170 when I to he gifset with 8 different gifs). Now you can drag the box over the gif to position it where exactly you want the focus to be. You either double click the box or hit enter when you wanna crop.

You might not want to have it dead center. so yeah this what it looks like if you just dragged it:

Damn yurio is looking good dead in center, but you noticed the 2nd half yurio isn’t in the middle no more. When you’re cropping you wanna keep this in mind. (you can always make two separate gif to have it all centered but i can make a dif tutorial for that).

This what it looks like if i decided to keep the cropping in the center:

Overall both scenes are more centered.

BUT WHAT IFF YOU JUST WANNA ZOOM IN ONTO YURIO’S FACE?? i got chu bro. I’m goning to delete the 2nd half of the gif for the purpose of this example. So what you’re gonan want to do is drag a side of the square until you’re happy with what you want.

Here i just dragged the bottom. Since I have my measure inplace from before, no matter what side i drag it it’s always gonna be the same ratio of 268x170 so no need to worry !

Regular crop:

Crop to zoom in on the face:

THE MORE YOU KNOW ABOUT CROPPING :D!!!

OKay. Once you’re done cropping you’re gonna want to resize that!

I’m going back to the original gif with both scenes.

To resize an image you either can hol the CTRL+ALT+i or go to image>image size

a window will pop up and youll type in what size you wanted. Because i had the dimensions typed in while i was cropping it will basically do the ratio for u

the original size was 1702x1080. Once i typed 268, the program kept the ratio and changed the height. SORRY IM NOT EXPLAINING THIS WELL I REALLY DONT KNOW HOW. 

We went from this:

to this:

it’s not a HUGE change but there is a change!

VI. Coloring *bonus

I have no authority on color tbh It takes me to forever to color shit and i’m h o r r i b l e at it. so i aint gonna discuss this much but here what coloring can do for u!

original:

to this garbage:

I don’t really like it but i just did it quickly for the sake of this tutorial. If you wanted an idea of what I did

The best way I learned to color was from PSDs others made or just fucking around in PS. Here are some resources:

PSDs:  x x x Tutorials: x x

VII: Sharpening:

Oh man okay so i use an action for my gifs but the thing is i downloaded a long ass time ago. It may be this, but im not entirely sure. This hella easy yo!

so you wanna select all the layers:

then you wanna convert the frame animation to a timeline (make sure you changed the time you want the frames to be before you convert!)

You will notice the frames changed on the bottom. Now you wanna go to filter>convert to smart layer

Now you only have one layer!

With this one magic layer you can sharpen all your goddamn layers all at once.

If you don’t have the action you can do the basic sharpening. Okay now go back to the filter tab>Sharpen>smart sharpen. I have use this option in YEARS but i believe the kinda go too was this:

and hit okay!

Before sharpening:

After sharpening:

the lines are more defined in the 2nd gif, If you were able to download the action this is how you use it. 

GO to Windows> actions.

WHere the red circle you click, and find the option for load actions. Once you load it you wanna make sure you selected the smart layer and hit th eplay button and the action should sharpen it for u

BOOM. your gif is sharpen. So lts compare all three now.

No sharpening:

Smart sharpening only:

Action (Smart sharpening + blur)

I like the action th most because it’s not as intense as the smart sharpening only. WOW U FINISH A GIF CONGRATULATIONS NOW YOU WANNA SHOW THIS BABY TO THE WHOLE WORLD RIGHT? WELL IMMA SHOW U HOW,

VIII. SAVING THAT SON OF A BTICH

So basically you either hold alt+ctrl+shift+S or file>save as for web 

and a window aPPEARS. These are the settings i use to save:

BE CAUTIOUS OF THE SIZE OF THE GIFS: I BELIEVE THE MAX SIZE IS 2MB

this gif is under 1mb so im safe yo! Some tips if gif is too large is to add a selective layer>black> then +5-10 

another tip is to use optimize tool if yOU HAVE TO: go to the top right corner

now u done deezy

u save that shit

and cry 

send me an ask if you need shit cleared up.

[miniesgirl]

happy birthday

its both amusing and kinda annoying how ive been on tumblr since bts debuted, in these four years ive always had at least one mutual stan them and reblog them onto my dash. it was weird seeing these seven korean dudes on my dash when at the time i was only interested in one direction & youtubers but i always rlly liked the blog so i just kind of let them stay. i never thought much about them, i wld occasionally read about some guy named suga or kookie but i didnt know who they were (or why they had the names suga and kookie). i saw their faces, i saw gifs of their music videos and interviews but i didnt know them. i remember vividly seeing a screencap of we are bulletproof pt. 2 and joonie and i did not see the appeal at all. imma be real here, we are bulletproof pt.2 was not a good look for any of the boys (except tae and jin… have they ever rlly had a bad era??). then probably during the run era, there was even more bts on my dash that at some points i would only see them. not only that but i had a real life friend start to stan them. at this point i was kinda over seeing these ppl i didnt know on my dash, but i still didnt bother to find the effort to get into them. i had thought about it after my friend made me listen to some songs, they were catchy and now they all looked good but i just didnt have the energy to deal with not knowing the language. i was (and still am) learning spanish, i didnt want to deal with 2 languages i didnt know especially when i wanted to sing along. what a fool i was, truly. i remember me and of my friends were waiting in line for a concert in downtown dallas and she was freaking out bc bts was performing that night as well. can u believe i was in the same vicinity as them and i didnt rlly care?? its so weird knowing theyve been there this whole time and i just didnt put in the effort to know them. i had another friend come into my life, and she would rave about their dancing. i remember one night when the dope dance practice vid came out she was talking about it. i went ahead and recorded myself trying to dance along. trust me,, it was not pretty at all. i cant even dance normally why did i try omg. i cant believe i watched them and i didnt even know how much they would impacf me. i finally decided to try and get into them last spring, and i was an even bigger fool. i listened to their music, along with bands like b.a.p and girls generation but i didnt actually bother to know them. i wonder what would happen if i bothered to look into the boys then, i probably would have stayed interested in kpop. yeah, i got bored so i stopped listenting. bts nearly snatched me but my laziness kept me away until november when @taesdick and another friend of ours showed me blood, sweat, and tears. i only listend bc when myrah and our friend sang i thought they were just yelling “money, money, money!” and i was like shit?? money?? i gotta get back into this. from there they showed me their mv’s and when i got home i kept watching. it was different this time bc now i knew their personalities, now i knew when new songs came out so i wouldnt be bored of the same 20 songs. it just kept going downhill from there. i always heard from old one d blogs how sweet ARMYs were and i remember thinking damn what if my fandoms were like that. i remember reading abt how much bts does and thnking damn. ??? i cant believe how much a fool i was to be so close to them my whole life and then just willingly ignore them. now were at present day and i would easily die for these seven boys. as much as i make fun of them,, i truly do love them. in only what, 8 months? theyve inspired me more than anyone. how hard they work, how passionate they are, how humble and loyal they are? its new and refreshing. its everything i want to be. im proud of how theyve grown, how theyve affected so many people. but its also a weird kind of proud. like im running into and old classmate, one i never really talked to but was always in the same class as me. i can see theyve changed and grown, but i witnessed it all secondhand. im awestruck by how much theyve grown, how theyve strengthend their talents and still are so sweet. it leaves a warm feeling in my stomach, a feeling like a soft fire that protects you from the cold. its a feeling like home, as if all this time i had been right next to this fire but i just kept walking in circles around it until the fire became too strong. anyways, im home now. im home and i cant think of the words of to how happy i am for bts. i wish them the world, all the love and luck in the universe to grow even more. xoxo

[softjminies-moved]

if you dont mine me asking, how do you make your yoi gifs where it has a completely different background ( like a colored bg ) ??? i wanna make some gifs sort of like that but i cant get the characters cut out correctly

with patience and many many many tears anon~

ahaa sorry; i will actually try to explain :)

basic gif knowledge needed. 

frame animation + video timeline used.

if this did actually help anyone, like/reblog! :)

1. okay, so first you need to make a new file for your gif, making sure to have it set to timeline animation NOT frame animation. 

2. now it’s time to mask out the character, to do this open your screencaps as you normally would. (file > scripts > load files into stack) i would recommend only loading roughly 8 - 20 screencaps. you can, of course, load more if you want, but we’re going to keep it simple! for this one  i’m loading up 14 caps. 

click create frame animation. on the timeline, click on the options and select make frames from layers. next you’ll need to select all the frames and then select reverse frames. with all the frames selected you can also choose your time delay; mine is 0.1. (make sure the loop is on forever not once)

3. time to start masking! select your first frame + the corresponding first layer; like so:

with these both selected, you can now mask the first frame. you can choose either the polygonal lasso tool, quick selection tool or pen tool. i use the quick selection tool because it’s more accurate than the polygonal lasso tool but quicker than using the pen tool :) 

so this tutorial will be using the quick selection tool method - when you’ve selected the area of your character, you’re going to want to go to refine edge. this will give you the option to make the outline smoother, sharper and feathered. 

these are my personal settings for anime masking; however, depending on the method of selecting these settings would change. play around with the settings until you think it looks good!

when you’re happy, click on okay and now with the selection mask still there you’ll need to select add vector mask. you can find this at the bottom of the layers window; the reason for this is so you can go back and edit each frame easily if you need to. 

NOW, YES YOU GUESSED IT. REPEAT THIS STEP FOR EVERY FRAME. i did say patience and many tears, right? :’)

4. you should have them all masked now! next make sure all frames and layers together are selected. now you need to convert to video timeline;

then go to filter > convert for smart filters - you should have a single gif now.

5. now we’re going back to the file for your gif you opened in step 1! drag your masked gif onto the file, resize, change your bg colour and sharpen.

6. finally add your psd and anything else you fancy! :)

i hope this helped! i’m still not great with explaining things tbh, there’s probably an easier way but this is how i make mine :)

questions? drop by anytime!