even when no one got me i know that blogger who diligently reblogs every single tumblr post where Wen Kexing wears red, and no other content ever, only to disappear for months again, got me
I was tagged by the wonderful @guzhu-furen, thank you!
last song: OnlyOneOf's Rie's cover of Lauv's "Steal the Show" (has been slightly on repeat)
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favorite color: green and yellow
last movie/tv show: Bump Up Business
currently watching: nothing really, music videos, I don't watch a lot of movies or TV shows, it is a lot of effort for me
sweet/spicy/savory: spicy, though savory/salty and sour are solid too. I'm not much of a sweets person
relationship status: married for over 10 years to my wonderful queerplatonic partner, theoretically polyamorous, but in practice that hasn't had much relevance
current obsession: OnlyOneOf, among many others; figure skating because the season is happening right now
last thing i googled: the USPS package tracking site
Low pressure tag: @yongsooist, @atinystraykid, @cyanidecravings, @catboyjunhyung, @lesbianhanguangjunji, @qazastra, @224-12, @sehnisweet, @sapphonoticeme, @rieloving-mess, @doxophobic and anyone else who sees this and thinks it looks fun!
hi!!! could i ask you to make a gifset of toh's mom being like 'omg whose son in law are you' with a phrase 'maam this one is yours' or smth please 💗 also gifs of intouchdaisy crumbs..... also of sky calling jao cute and chubby and worshipping his belly 🥺
hi! i already giffed the intouchdaisy (i'm predictable) but once i watch the full episode i'll try to get those sets done!!
Hiya! I'm a big fun of your profile pic (I must admit I'm no good at tumblr terminology). I also like your posts. Experiencing shows, I know nothing about, through tumblr posts and gif sets Is one of my favourite activities. So thank you for what you do - I like going on a little trips to the corners of tumblr I know nothing about, and it's been nice here
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Hi! Thank you so much for the compliments^^
Tumblr bl community is a wonderful place, full of so many talented people, it's truly a delight to be here, isn't it?
Here are two of my favorite posts with blog recommendations, in case you'd like to check them out. Maybe you'll discover someone you don't know yet, that you'll like:
@bengiyo 's here (all kinds of creators)
@troubled-mind 's here (meta writers)
And here are some of my recs off the top of my head:
I got tagged such an embarassingly long time ago that I don't remember who it was. Anyways, thank you so much to whomever lovely it was, I really appreciate the tag and finally found time to do a post about my colouring.
I started gifing less than a year ago and learned a lot since then. I gif online in Photopea as Photoshop is just to expensive for me atm (and my old laptop probably wouldn't survive running Photoshop). So, if anyone wants a detailed process of gifing in Photopea, jhmu.
Bed Friend | King and Uea I love how King's desire for Uea is shown in this gif. He is just gone on Uea and barely can hold himself back.
The Eclipse | Akk and Ayan Loved the sun shining from behind Akk's head and had to colour the gif in a way that the sun would stand out a bit.
A Boss And A Babe | Gun and Cher Them and their adoration for each other made me love this show.
My School President | Tiw and Por TiwPor my beloved side couple 💖
The Eighth Sense | Jae Won and Ji Hyun The story of Jae Won and Ji Hyun was the first of a few series that I call "The Right One", i.e. series that just capture me and leave an impact ✨
Naughty Babe | Yi and Lian My favourite ghostship. Also the colours in this scene were just too good to not gif.
Never Let Me Go | Palm and Nueng Just Palm having his big entrance 🤩
Bake Me Please | Shin and Peach This kiss was sooo cute and lovely.
Moonlight Chicken | Alan, Wen and Jim MLC was everything, especially this scene.
Be Mine Superstar | Mingmueang and Namning Aka how to seduce a doctor. I'm excited that we get a new series with Bosston and Jo.
Kiseki: Dear To Me | Bai Zong Yi and Fan Ze Rui A couple and a show that left me speachless. Their story was so just so good.
Wedding Plan | Sailom and Namnuea Loved their story and how insatable they were.
Laws Of Attraction | Tinn and Charn Forever one of my favourite couples and series ✨
My Ride | Mork and Tawan Had the most fun doing a rewatch of this series.
Playboyy | Teena and Zouey The way this show combines gorgeous cinematic shots with that storyline makes me feel like I'm watching a stage show. I love it.
The Sign | Phaya and Tharn Every week this show leaves me spechless it's that good. One of the shows that I call "The Right One"!
Bonus:
The Sign | The colours As I sad in another post, I'm rolling in the colours of this show like a cat in catnip 😎
Edited to add a few people who I'd love to see doing a post about their before / after colouring: @wanderlust-in-my-soul @pharawee @liyazaki @bunnakit @khaotungsfirst @gabrielokun @spicyvampire @zhaozi @guzhu-furen @25shadesoffebruary @chinzhilla @crispywizardtale as always please ingnore if you don't want to do it.
top 8 (mostly) ql characters i (most probably) desire carnally (in no particular order)
so i was not exactly tagged but i saw @negrowhat do this not so long ago and since it's almost the end of the year (perfect time for making lists/compilations) i decided i may as well do it.
charlie - pit babe (2023-2024)
(gif by @asiandramas-takeover)
for me, personally, it's his whole puppy-nerdy looking/non-puppy-strong-alpha duality
kim theerapanyakul - kinnporsche (2022)
(gif by @moerusai)
he has his moments but he's really hot in his mafia/crazy mode. it's partially jeff satur's fault
sand - only friends (2023)
(gif by @moonkhao)
sand is fine and it's partially first kanaphan's fault lol
(daddy) dan - only friends (2023)
(gif by @bunnakit)
yea...
phaya - the sign (2023-2024)
(gif by @wanderlust-in-my-soul)
(gif by @thisautistic)
the pigtail pulling isn't helping
vegas theerapanyakul - kinnporsche (2022)
(gif by @guzhu-furen)
(gif by @itsallaboutzayn)
he's a fine villain, and yet he's also so much more- he's a soggy wet cat, murderous, volatile, and he cries for his hedgehog and i was never immune lmao🤷🏾♀️. it's partially bible's fault
jung sun ah - the devil judge (2021)
(gif by @kimgoeun)
i know she isn't a ql character but can you blame me
phayu - love in the air (2022)
(a criminally undergif-ed moment imo)
yea he's phi phayu, rain was valid for calling him daddy
uh I'm going to tag @a-slut-for-vegaspete @imlivingformyselfdontmindme and @iamcon-fu-sion (feel free to let me know not to tag in the future) and anyone else who happens to see this you've been tagged.
love love LOVE your The Sign gifsets. im still a newbie in giffing lmao and your gifs are like reaaally pretty so i was wondering how you do your gifs? i really like how it's sharp and the colors pop up beautifully (only if you don't mind sharing ofcc <333)
bun this is the kindest thing you could have said to me, thank you so much <3 i wanted to write down my giffing process for a while in case anyone would find anything in it helpful, so thanks for giving me a push!
guzhu-furen's photoshop gifmaking process (kinda oriented on saving up time)
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1. Downloading a video. i prefer to download video files instead of making screen recordings because the latter usually leaves watermarks/captions and makes image quality lower. i will not be linking the downloading websites themselves directly, but they are all easy to find through search engines if you know what to search for! i download ql dramas from:
youtube:
if the video you need is above 1080p quality, search for youtube4kdownloader
if the video is age restricted, search for 9xbuddy
both these websites work for normal videos too!
mkvdrama usually has 1080p episodes of most asian dramas.
dramacool also has downloading options in case the show is not available on other websites!
2. Screencapping (i learned it through this tutorial)
i screencap using KMPlayer. here is the installer i used, but you can find versions of this program on various websites and torrents too! install the program and proceed.
screencapping steps: open KMPlayer > press "CTRL + G" to summon the Frame Extraction window > set identical settings to these:
note which computer folder the screencaps will go to (it has a label "Extract to") > go to that folder on your computer and create a bunch of numbered folders there, for example ten folders named from 1 to 10, these would be our separate folders for ten gifs > write "1" or a name of another numbered folder after the backslash in "Extract to" bar in kmplayer > go the timestamp that will be the beginning of your gif in KMPlayer > press "Start" in the Frame Extraction window and press play on the video > when the moment you need to gif is over, press pause on the video and press "Stop" in the Frame Extraction window. great, you now have your folder of screencaps!
3. Importing screencaps to Photoshop
i use Adobe Photoshop 2023, but had used Adobe Photoshop CS5 for a long time before that, so you can use any version you have or find! it's available on various websites and torrents.
open Photoshop > Scripts > Load Files into Stack > press Browse in the "Load Layers" window that was opened
open your screencaps folder (and pin the KMPlayer Capture folder for faster future access) > pick the screencaps you want for your gif by clicking on the first one, and then clicking on the finishing one while pressing Shift on the keyboard > click OK and let them load for some time! i have 65 screencaps loading at the moment
when the screencaps finish loading go to Window > press Timeline > press Create Video Timeline in the opened sidebar > press three dots that will say "Convert to frame animation"
4. Sizing & making the base of a gif
next part will be automatic. i use actions for almost everything from this moment. download the basic action pack here and my additional action pack that we will need here. load them in your photoshop actions window (Actions > Load Actions).
play the Script action to create frames.
now onto sizing your gif. these are tumblr's width dimensions for 3 types of gifs
my gifs are usually 540 px in width and 640, 400 or 345 px in height. i added a 400 px action (Sizing 400) in the action pack, you can use it! or you can follow the steps by hand:
Image > Image Size > put in the height you want and add 4-6 pixels there (mine will be 406 for a 400 px high gif) > OK
now we need to crop the gif for it to fit tumblr's dimensions:
Image > Canvas Size > change Width to 540 (or 268 or 177) and take away the 4-6 pixels that we left in the previous step in Height
when you figure out which gif dimensions work best for you, record an action and use it to save up time!
after sizing use the action Smart Object. now we have the base of our gif!
you can move your gif left or right if you want! i will be doing this because i would like to show more hips in the gif.
press Ctrl + T > move the layer however you need (not in height though) > press Enter to save
i moved it to the right and my gif looks like this now:
5. Sharpening (i use Tan's sharpening settings explained here)
i added two sharpening actions in the pack, they are called Sharpen Spicy and Sharpen Spicy 12. you can use one of them or you can sharpen your gif by hand, i will explain how to do it below.
Filter > Sharpen > Smart Sharpen > 17% amount, 10,0 px radius > OK (you can change 17% to lesser or bigger, depending how intense you want your sharpening to look. i use 17% for 4k footage and 12% for 1080 px or less videos)
to smooth the sharpening a bit i use Gaussian Blur (this is optional, you can leave the sharpening as it is if you want your gif to be sharper).
now change blending intensity to let only a bit of the blurring effect stay (you need to change this by hand if you used the sharpening action also).
press Blending Options (the highlighted place) twice > change Opacity to 10%
this is what my gifs looks like with sharpening now!
6. Colouring (i learned how to colour the way i do through this tutorial)
to make it easier for you to learn i will share my blank colouring file. i created it to save as much time while giffing as possible, so whenever i need to colour a gif i simply duplicate all the blank adjustment layers to the base of my every gif and start colouring! once you figure out which adjustment layers work for you best, i recommend creating a blank colouring file too to save time.
if you want to go the easy way, open my colouring file and duplicate selected layers to your gif file by Layer > Duplicate Layer > insert gif's document name
if you want to learn by hand, create the adjustment layers that i will be naming in the process on your own, you can find them all in Layer > New Adjustment Layer
now we will use adjustment layers for our colouring from the bottom to the top! first, Exposure layer to add a bit of light to the gif. i don't always use Exposure because sometimes shots are bright enough on their own. i will, however, use it here. don't use it on your gif too much, because in the next few steps we will also be brightening the gif with other adjustment layers. i added +0,49:
next, Hue/Saturation layer. i use it in gifs with neon lighting to color correct overly bright colours. for example if your characters are standing in neon pink, you might want to lessen Saturation in Magentas and Reds to make the final gif less pixelated, and etc. i will not use Hue/Saturation on this gif, cause it doesn't need it.
proceed to the layer Levels. this layer usually does most of my colouring. click on the lowest white dropper in your Levels window:
now choose a light place on your gif and click on it with the white dropper. it works especially well if you use the white dropper on the lightened parts of face skin. you can play around by choosing different bright spots and seeing what works best. here is the spot i chose and the resulting colouring:
this is too light, so now we need to balance it out with the black dropper:
choose one of the darkest places this time and click it with black dropper! once again, you can play around and click different spot to see what works best. i will be clicking the highlighted spot and you can see what my gif will look like with this Levels settings
as you can see, darkest places became darker and other colours were corrected a bit! now, this is still too bright, so i will be decreasing the opacity of Levels layer from 100% to a smaller number:
i will have to continue in another post because tumblr only allows 30 pictures per one post in the new editor now and i'd like to explain everything in visuals. click to continue
kinnporsche wasnt just a show for me, it was an experience. it gave me one of my most favourite characters (kinn, if anyone is curious) and helped me make more friends and meet more creators and see their amazing work.
What I loved about the show was how character driven the plot was, even if we all could predict what was gonna happen next. and of course, the actors acted their ass off making this show legit a standard in its genre.
To appreciate these characters and actors who did justice to them, i have made like 22 ( math and I arent on good terms, I made a webweave for everyone leaving jom and tem because i didnt have enough information on them as individuals)
Its my first attempt at webweaves and tbh quite proud of it and hence want to share it with you guys who made KP fandom what it it is for- a joyful, hilarious and creative space - thank you you all
If I am forgetting to tag anyone or have incorrectly tagged someone (that is you didn't watch the show) i am sorry - I am on periods which means not even a single brain cell of mine is working as it should
i want to take a moment to thank the creators that blessed our bl fandom in 2023. we’d be nothing without your stunning gifs and edits, touching fanfics, thorough analyses and hilarious memes.
thank you soooo much for blessing us every day with your endless effort, dedication, love and amazing talent! and may we see each other in 2024 ❤️
I was tagged by @guzhu-furen @wanderlust-in-my-soul @sunsetandthemoon Thank you so much 🥰🥰
Looking back at the last time I did the challenge, I haven't really changed my styles that much or try out new things 🥲 Apart from the color isolation sets most of my gif coloring remain the same 🤭
I think everyone already did the challenge but still tagging a few lovely people (no pressure feel free to ignore 💜💜💜)