I use textures to give my gifs a 'glowy effect’ but I occasionally use scratchy textures or light leak textures (among others). People use textures for a variety of things and unfortunately, I can only speak for myself. How do I use textures? How do I make my own? Rather than explain what each color “does” for a gif (or in this case an edit), I figured I’d let James demonstrate That being said, you can use any color you want but depending on the gif, I use the following colors Which color should I use for solid color fill layers? Layer mode? Opacity?įirst of all, I use solid color fill layers to either modify or accentuate the color and tone of my gifs in a SUBTLE way. PART TWO: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (RELEVANT TO THIS TUTORIAL) Vibrance (adjusts the vibrance and saturation of colors in an image) In this tutorial, I use the following adjustment layers: Said adjustment layers can also be changed at any time.īasically, if you make gifs, adjustment layers are the easiest way to add “coloring” (as opposed to directly editing each layer - yikes!). Maybe you’ve used them in the past via PSDs you’ve downloaded or like my younger self, you used them but had no idea what you were doing (that might still apply to current!Me).Īdjustment layers are layers that allow you to modify an image, adjusting color or tone, without permanently changing the original image or layers. PART ONE: INTRODUCTION TO ADJUSTMENT LAYERSįor those of you new to Photoshop, you may not know what adjustment layers are or what they do. My laptop is slow and regular posts take long enough to load so… Because this post is super long and image-heavy as it is, the progress photos are stills, not gifs. NOTE: Throughout the tutorial, I include “progress pics” to show what my gif looks like as I go along. It’s a frustrating process but with practice, it gets easier…sometimes, anyway (you’ll see what I mean with the last example). Rather, it’s to show you how to use adjustment layers to color correct your own gifs (or images) so you don’t have to make them black and white (you certainly can, though…I’m not judging anyone). The point of this tutorial isn’t to show you the exact settings you should use for your gifs because chances are, they won’t work.
I’ve used multiple methods and it varies depending on what I’m working with. While I could easily use a black and white gradient map for horrendous-colored gifs, sometimes I choose not to.At times, it can be a difficult process and from my experience, there’s no “one” way to color correct. Difficulty: Intermediate (Basic knowledge of gif-making and some familiarity with adjustment layers required)įor me, one of the most difficult aspects of gif-making is color correction (a.k.a.
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