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Simple Coloring Tutorial

— photoshop: cc 2020, but this should be compatible with most versions of PS — level: beginner — please like/reblog if you use/find this helpful — tutorial under cut:

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This post is a continuation to my gif-making tutorial. I’ve found that I often work with weirdly tinted scenes which are sometimes challenging to colour, so I’m here to share how I tend to work around them.

There is no one way to colour gifs, and something that works for me may not work for you! This post just contains some things I wish I’d known when I started making gifs years ago.

To understand this, you need to:

I personally use Photoshop CS5.

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hi! so since i’ve recieved multiple asks about how i made this post i thought i would put together a little post! 

for this tutorial you will need two clips (preferably a dark one and light one) and a gif overlay. you can fin gif overlays on google images, tumblr, and deviant art but here are some that i would recommend!  x x x

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Hey guys, someone asked me to do a gif tutorial so I thought I’d give it a shot!

Okay first of all you’ll need:

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I love how the search function on this site is absolute garbage. I can look up a post word for word and I will NEVER find it

Pro tip:

Wanna find a post?

Write out what you remember into a Google search.

After you write that out, end with site:tumblr.com

Google will search for your text on just tumblr

In my experience, it’s way more effective than searching through Tumblr

(you can use site:SITENAME.com to search any site btws)

This usually works but for some reason a lot of posts get indexed on google from a person’s URL based on the posts that were recently reblogged on page 1, meaning that this is only a tiny bit more reliable.

I HAVE a solution to this, you have to write down site:tumblr.com/post “ “

and then write a direct quote (could be a fraction of a sentence) into the quotations, I’ve been doing this for years, and it’s so useful, it works like 99% of the time 

(the more popular a post is the more likely you’ll find it)

you’re a genius holy shit

Just used this to find a post I’ve been desperately searching for, thank you so much

how i make memes ( long post )

( sorry about mobile formatting and wording - it’s my first time making a post like this. i’ll translate everything from french too. )

this is a tutorial post on how i make memes. because this is on how to make ‘realistic’ or whatever templates, i’ll have other tutorials on how to do other things ( stitch images together, etc ).

i don’t use a pc or photoshop to make meme blanks - it’s all on my phone. i use these two apps;

( you’ll see where i use this suburban white mom app later ).

so, medibang is what i use to do the ‘dirty work’. when you open medibang, you’ll get the opening menu thing;

when you get the opening menu, you’ll click on the icon with the paintbrush that i’ve circled in red - it says new canvas. when you click on it, you’ll be given options - click the one i’ve circled in red - it means import, in short. it’ll give you your photo library to browse and choose an image. say we’ll blank this one;

once we’ve imported it, we get the canvas with our image. i’ve stitched the next three steps together to appease the stupid image limit;

i’ve circled three squares at the bottom of the screen ( first image ). when you click that, it’ll bring you to the layer menu ( second image ). in the third image, you’ll want to click the ‘+’ that’s circled in red - that means add layer.

when you click that, you’ll be given a series of options. click the first one circled in red - it means coloured layer ( first image ) - and in the second image we see we’ve added a layer. it’s bad to do everything on the same layer because you could go to erase everything or backspace and it’ll be on the original image layer. frustrating.

i use the eyedrop tool to get the colours ( obviously ) - and make it as messy as you need to. just make sure it resembles the original image - by the time you’re done blotting out all the text, you’ll get the second image here.

when you’ve got the blank image, you’ll click the 3 bars i’ve circled in red in the first image. second image shows your options - click the one that i’ve circled. i don’t even need to translate that, hopefully - i usually export png files.

so, here’s where you use pinterest. i’ve circled the camera thing in the search bar ( first image ) - in the second image, you’ll click the photo icon i’ve circled - enjoy my marvel pants, by the way - and then, when you’ve selected your image, click on the half circle i circled. that will image search the blank you made and it’ll give you the original image - it will appear as the first image, usually.

and here we are. that’s how i get the actual / original images of a template.

if you have questions, feel free to message me !

requested by @killeveryone666 - next tutorial will be stitching images

Gonna start a post with blank memes. Please add any you have on hand and reblog to spread them.

very good content

Here’s a few I’ve accumulated over the years

Ah, some gold!

Omfg, a goldmine

@estheticallypleased

This is a blessing look at all of these templates

Feel free to use

Wearing a suit that fits makes the world of difference.

Or watch an informative video on it. (source)

It’s a scientific fact that a well fitted suit raises your hotness levels by 1000%.

Quick Plotting Tip: Write Your Story Backwards

If you have a difficult time plotting, try writing or outlining your story backwards—from the end to the beginning. Writers who have a difficult time outlining, plotting, and planning their stories often benefit from this technique. You’ll need a general idea of what your story is about for this to work, and of course you need to know the ending, but you might be amazed how helpful this trick can be.

Why is writing backwards easier? Basically, instead of answering the question “this happened… now what comes next?,” you’ll be answering the question “this happened… so what would come right before that?” which narrows the possibilities for your next move and can help keep your story on track. (Incidentally, it’s also the way Joseph Gordan-Levitt’s character comes out on top in the film The Lookout.)

Writing backwards can also help you more tightly weave together your subplots, themes, and character relationships, and keep you from going too far down any irrelevant rabbit holes.

If you don’t want to write or outline completely backwards, remember that you’re free to jump around! If you’re feeling stuck in your story or novel, jump to the middle or end and write a few scenes. Many writers get stuck because they feel they have to write their story linearly from beginning to end, which results in an overdeveloped (and often irrelevant) beginning and an underdeveloped ending.

So go work on that ending! It’s much more likely that you will need to change your beginning to fit your ending than the other way around, so spend time on your ending sooner rather than later!

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