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expelliarmus · 4 years

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I saw that ask meme with questions for gif makers going around, but I felt like answering them all on my own lmao

1. What are your top 3 favorite sets you’ve made

This one, this one (if the timing works lmao), and this one (I’m so proud of my AU gifsets... where did all that creativity go??)

2. What is your least favorite set you’ve made

I honestly don’t know... I don’t think I hate anything I’ve posted though. If I don’t like how it’s turning out, I just won’t post it lol

3. Which of your sets has the most notes

The most notes ever is this one I think

4. A set that flopped but deserved better

I don’t know... there’s a bunch, but I’m fine if a gifset flops

5. What is your favorite movie/TV show to gif

DOCTOR WHO

6. What is your least favorite movie/TV show to gif

I really don’t gif anything else lmao...

7. Who are your top 3 gif makers

I’ll just pick 3 people off the top of my head :) @shatner, @melodyspond, @stupidape

8. What gif trend do you hate

The pale/black and white gifs that are so hard to see.......

9. What/who inspired you to start making gifs

I wanted to gif my favourite parts of DW that I didn’t see anyone else doing, so I was like alrighty, time to learn how to do this!! I think the people that inspired me are long gone from tumblr, or I’m no longer following them because they’ve moved blogs (Natasha aka lumos-maxima... wherever you are, I MISS YOU... also Courtney aka needlebug I MISS YOU TOO)

10. What was the first gif you ever posted

THIS ONE! I remember being so happy about posting it, haha. Also, I still love that Confidential episode so much. I miss my space hipsters...

11. What is that one set you made that just won’t die

The Zoboomafoo one

12. What is the most embarrassing thing you’ve ever giffed

Everything I’ve ever posted

13. Where or from whom did you learn how to gif

Various tutorials on here and just by experimenting. I don’t even think I used Photoshop to begin with, since back in my Neopets days I used Paint Shop Pro to make graphics so I think that’s what I used first to try making gifs of videos.

14. How long does it usually take you to make a set

45 minutes to an hour or so?? It’s been taking longer and longer because the screencaps are so huge though and my poor laptop can’t handle it.

15. Have you ever had gifs stolen and reposted

Yes, and don’t think that I can’t tell when those are my gifs, even without a watermark!!

16. How long have you been making gifs

Since 2011...... my god

17. 10 sets, 8 sets, 6 sets? How many gifs to you prefer in a set

As many as it takes!!!!! But usually between 6-8

18. For the aesthetic, for the laughs, or for the feels what your preference

For FUN!

19. What is your gifting process like

Open video, find scene, screencap, load screencaps in Photoshop, resize to gif dimensions, add colouring, curse myself for picking a hard-to-colour scene, continue adjusting colouring and become increasingly frustrated because it’s not turning out the way I want it to, give up, add text, save gif, POST!

20. Mac or PC

21. PSDs or original coloring for each gif

Original colouring. PSD who???

22. What fandom/movie/show/person etc do you gif the most

DOCTOR WHO and more specifically, David Tennant... I think his tag has the most :’)

23. What is the thing you gif when you don’t have anything else you want to gif

Any episode with Ten and Donna, or The Eleventh Hour, or the Day of the Doctor, or Blink

24. 480p 720p 1080p? What is the minimum quality you’ll gif from

I used to be all good with giffing 480p back in the day, but I guess now it’s 720p since the gif limits have gone way up.

25. Old dimensions or new dimensions and why

New dimensions because they look nicer on the dashboard.

26. How many un posted sets are in your drafts right now

ZERO.

27. Have you ever made a set, decided you hated it and deleted it? What was it

Probably at least one or twice, but I don’t remember.

28. Have you ever posted a set, regretted it and immediately deleted it

No, I don’t think so. I’m leaving my mistakes there for all to see!

29. Have you ever posted a set, realized you made a mistake later but it was already too late

Yes, I did this just the other day with that Missy, Bill and Nardole set. I got the dialogue slightly wrong lmao..... shh

30. How frequently do you like to post

I try to do at least one gifset a day if I can!

31. Do you schedule/queue posts or do you post right after you’re done

Right away. These gifsets are fresh off the grill.

32. What is your favorite tool/adjustment layer in Photoshop

Selective Color or Color Balance

33. Do you like to/can you make edits and graphics too or only gifs

Yes, I can do both but gifs are way more fun imo

34. A set that took you a long time/was really hard but you’re really proud of how it came out

I’m gonna say this one again because I was so proud of it when I made it, and I can’t believe I used to put that much effort into my gifs.

35. Do you change your giffing style a lot or do you have a set routine

I have a routine, as described above. My gifs are pretty much all made the same way as I describe in my colouring tutorial too.

36. Do you gif with something specific in mind or do you just wing it

Usually a mixture of both. I like to try to gif a different Doctor each day, so I’ll know who I have in mind but I’m not planning on a specific episode. I’ll just open up one of their series and go from there!

37. What sets if any do you have planned to make in the future

Idk, I was thinking of doing yet another gifset with Donna in it since I just finished her Big Finish series... but maybe I’ll do one with Eleven and the Ponds??? We’ll see.

38. What are you really excited to gif that isn’t out yet

The next Doctor Who holiday special?? :D

39. How often, if ever, do you delete old sets that you don’t like anymore

Never!! I love seeing how my gifs have slowly changed and improved over time.

40. Why do you make gifs

Because it’s fun, and it’s a way for me to relax after a long and busy day at work.

41. What is your least favorite part about your gif making process

When it takes forever for my screencaps to load, and when it takes forever for my gifs to save sometimes

42. How is your gif folder organized? Is it organized at all?

Lol nope.

43. Do you keep videos forever or delete them once you’re done giffing

I keep the episodes forever, but honestly I think I keep everything forever because I forget about getting rid of the other stuff like trailers and interviews... I should go through my downloads folder.

44. Ever had a gif become a meme? Would you like that if you haven't

I’ve had people use my gifs as reaction gifs and it is a weird feeling, especially seeing the gifs being used on websites other than tumblr. I remember seeing one of my gifs used in someone’s book review on Goodreads and I was like “WAIT THAT LOOKS FAMILIAR!!”

45. Ever gotten hate over a set

Not really hate, but I do get a lot people that are like “WHERE IS ______?” in their tags. And sometimes I just want to be like “Make your own gifs if you think they should be there!!!”

46. Ever gotten a really sweet compliment over a set

Yes :’)

47. Any advice for novice gif makers/people who want to start making gifs

Don’t give up!! Make gifs of whatever makes you happy, don’t worry about the notes too much, and use your tags! KEEP PRACTICING!

48. How would you describe your giffing style

I don’t know??? If someone else has a way to describe my style, then please let me know haha

49. How much would you say you’ve improved since you first started giffing

It’s been almost 9 years since I’ve started, so I hope I’ve improved quite a bit! :P

Well, that was fun. Congrats on making it to the end of this post!!! Now I will go make a gifset.

#personal #i hope the read more works for mobile people lol

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habibialkaysani · 6 years

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4, 26, 18, 34

4. A set that flopped but deserved better

this spartancanary one only has a measly 19 notes, lol, and it deserves better because it’s a beautiful nonwhite ship. equally I do understand why people want to maybe avoid it because of the whole infidelity thing. so I’m not judging people too much for sleeping on it. but, like, this canarrow set is with lyrics to please don’t say you love me by gabrielle aplin which tbh is super iconic and I do think that one deserves way better than 52 notes, but I know canarrow isn’t as much of a ~current ship given they barely interact in the crossovers.

lastly I would like to mention this dutchjohnny soulmate au set that is honestly such a great idea and yet only has 12 notes. dude. they’re literal soulmates. they should have more love. even if I’m still getting the hang of this colour change thing.

26. How many un posted sets are in your drafts right now

can you believe - none? I haven’t giffed in like a month, lol. maybe that would help alleviate my stress. but unfortunately getting hold of the episodes via torrent is pretty difficult for me, so I need to find a reliable torrenting site where I can download stuff in 720p because otherwise the quality of my gifs is pretty shoddy. but hey. once I find a site and I get my shit together irl I will see if I can get back into it.

18. For the aesthetic, for the laughs, or for the feels what your preference

for the feels, I think. there’s this canary sisters one I did that’s set to flowers for a ghost by thriving ivory that is really hurtful tbh at least for me. like I cried a bit while making it. also certain lines from this lauryssa set which features the lyrics from say you won’t let go by james arthur - specifically “I promise till death we part like in our vows” because there’s a gif of nyssa at laurel’s funeral and then for the vows part I have a gif of laurel dipping the chip into the milkshake after losing nyssa. also this merlance one to you are not alone by michael jackson because wow so many feels.

having said that, this lauriver one is a rare example of an aesthetic attempt I made, lol, and it’s only because of my friend’s video that I spotted the parallel in the first place.

34. A set that took you a long time/was really hard but you’re really proud of how it came out

I am literally incapable of choosing just one, so I will pick a few.

there’s this time canary set with the lyrics of give me love by ed sheeran. I am really anxious to make sure that gifs match lyrics, so this one took a while to make, but I think I made it work (altho the blending for that first gif sucks so bad lmfao).

there’s this olicity set (nsfw) with the lyrics of shape of you by ed sheeran and I’m super proud of the gif I reversed for “although my heart is falling too” because it looks like oliver is um falling to his knees before felicity in that scene which is totes what I was going for.

this lauryssa one (nsfw) is set to my favourite poem of all time, mouthful of forevers by clementine von radics, and it was really hard to find clips to screencap for this because laurel and nyssa never get together onscreen. but I found a movie called circumstance which had some nice scenes in it that were faceless(ish) so I figured I could use them.

finally, this list would be incomplete without this dutchjohnny set, also to mouthful of forevers, because dutch and johnny are literal soulmates and this poem is my soulmate poem for sure. I really liked this one firstly because @dirkqentlys once said it was her favourite thing of mine, and secondly because I think the colouring is like so on point. and thirdly, everything is blended semi-decently and fourthly the clips are definitely very fitting for the lines in the poem. so yeah. this might be my favourite ever gifset, actually.

questions for gifmakers

#me.txt #replies #killjoys for ts #legends of tomorrow for ts #arrow for ts #infidelity cw #thanks dee!#julianasharkavy

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