4/23/2024 0 Comments Tumblr gif scenery star wars long![]() The only way you can fix it is by playing around with the colouring. Like how it makes parts of the gif “glitch” (that’s the only way I can describe it) or look extra fuzzy. That’s probably why it produces the bigger file size too (the gif below is 2.78mb)īut there’s other downsides to Error Diffusion which I’m still trying to figure out to this day. “Optimized” and “Error Diffusion” is the only one that to me, looks the best quality. Okay, but the background looks low quality and patchy “Optimized” and “None” makes it look like this. “Web-safe” and “Ordered” makes the gif look like this Photoplus’ options for exporting gifs are limited, so the only decent export options are these Once I’ve sharpened everything, I get to the colouring and exporting which is the biggest challenge for me. I have no settings for sharpening, but I find using the standard “Sharpen” effect under the “Effects” tab is enough. But I want it to look clearer, so I sharpen all the layer/captures (yes, individually again). This gifset is a good guide for making sure Tumblr doesn’t blur or crop your gifs. I usually ignore the Print Size bit.ĥ40px is the best size for a full width Tumblr gif, anything bigger or smaller will make your gif look blurry. Once I’ve cropped the canvas, I then go to the Image tab at the top and click “Image Size…” and set the image size to 540px by 270px. This allows me to crop the canvas into the right dimensions. I want my gif to be 540px by 270px so I put 54.00 and 27.00 into the crop feature to get it accurate. Next, you need to crop your gif and resize it. Once I’ve created all my frames, I reselect the colouring layers at the top so they’re visible on every frame. It’s veeery time consuming but you get quicker at it the more you do it (it’s also faster to do on a laptop touch pad rather than a mouse.). ![]() So yeah, that means I create each frame individually. The next frame will be the capture/layer on top of that. So as you can see, my first frame is for my first capture/layer. Then basically what I do next is create a frame at the bottom and assign an individual capture to it by clicking the little grey square (making it visible again). So what I do next is go to the layers tab at the top of the screen and click “hide layers”, making them all invisible So at the moment they look like thisīut I don’t have any actual frames yet at the bottom of the screen. ![]() Once my captures have been copied into the SPP file, they actually become layers which I have to turn into gif frames (if that makes sense). Now this is where the time consuming work comes in for me. If I used all 100 frames for a 540px gif it would end up being way over the 3mb limit and it wouldn’t work on Tumblr. I originally captured 100 screenshots here, but I’ve decided to use only 40 in the end because I want to make a 540px width gif. The canvas is 1080p, the same as the captures but everything will be resized later. I select my captures and drag them onto the canvas which looks like this: Once I have my captures, I copy them into my animation “canvas” (or SPP file) which has a base colouring I’ve already made on it. I find it helps when it comes to colouring and making the gif look clearer. Most of the stuff I make is with 1080p or 720p quality. So for example, these are my frames:Ī good general tip for making gifs with any software is to use the best quality video you can find. I have a special “captures” folder for temporarily storing the files in. GOM Player lets you choose the format your images are saved as and where you want the frames saved to. I’ve always used GOM Player and their “Burst Capture” option to do this. I’ve tried to use Photoshop in the past and everyone says it’s better, but I’m stuck in my ways like the stubborn old woman I am.Īnyways, when I want to make a gif I start off by capturing screenshots for the frames. Serif doesn’t even make the Photoplus range anymore (they still sell X8 but it’s rubbish and crashes a lot, and their new product Affinity doesn’t even let you make gifs!). ![]() Then a few years later, I updated to Photoplus X7 (made hardly any difference though). So, background: I taught myself how to make gifs using Serif Photoplus X2 because we used their products in highschool. I’ve put what I find most difficult and fun at the end, so you can just skip to that if you want. I was gonna try and keep it brief but it turned out much longer….sorry. I don’t know how helpful this will be to you, but I’ve done a little step by step walkthrough of how I make a gif with a few general pointers thrown in. Oh hey! Thank you!! I don’t think I’ve ever gone through the process of how I make gifs in detail before, mainly because I don’t use Photoshop so I just assume my advice won’t be helpful to anybody. ![]()
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