people have been talking a lot about how tumblr altering from .gif to .mp4 will severely effect quality of a gifset - and they're right! it really does impact quality (and the more complex the gifset, the more impacted the quality is, which is also horrible for gifmakers). but i also feel like it’s worth mentioning that this goes beyond quality. converting to .gif takes away key components in gif making, including transparency.
now having transparency within a gifset is important because it allows gifmakers to get around the ‘you can only upload 10 gifs’ rule, while still preserving your tumblr experience, whatever layout your in whether it’s light mode or dark mode or anything in between. but converting to .mp4 completely changes this. you cannot preserve transparency with .mp4. this means any gif that includes multiple gifs within one canvas? it’s going to have white lines inbetween.
here is an example of a multiple-gifs-in-one saved as .gif:
and this is it now in .mp4 format (screenshot bc tumblr won’t even let me upload a .mp4):
not only is the quality severely impacted (ew), but also it has these white bars which are at complete contrast with how the rest of the set looks in dark mode.
i know to non-gifmakers it may seem overdramatic for us to complain about this change, but it really does entirely alter the giffing techniques we as gifmakers employ to make our gifs look smooth for your consumption.
so please, make noise about this. if not for yourself but for the gifmakers you enjoy if you want to continue seeing them make content.
counting this for my fuck it friday post even tho it's not writing :P
and shameless self promo: i posted my secret fic today (the really fluffy one i posted snippets for in january) if you wanna check it out here and maybe lmk what you think? 🥹
tagged by the lovely @honestlydarkprincess @hippolotamus @wikiangela @theotherbuckley
Aevendrow, skillful ranger and an absolute little piece of shit/affectionate
Coming all the way from Callidae, The North, this man is trying to survive a world that just seems to want him dead, blazing through the freezing colds of the High Ice to the abrasive heat of Shaar, falling in more than one occasion to the Underdark
Don't be so quick to trust this man! He can be there,he can be not, only the faint sound of whistling shows that he's around here somewhere!
Due to the Nautiloid incident this man is now put in a situation where he has to learn to start relying on other people.
Sergil | Thurak | Davhomin
This is inspired by two posts [insp. 1] [insp. 2]
Added video version just to I can also have the quality