![]() ![]() Something between 15% to 30% usually works fairly well. In the new control panel that pops up, turn down the opacity to something that suits your taste. Right click on the new filter listing and click on Edit Smart Filter Blending Options… In the Layers Palette, you’ll see the Smart Sharpen filter has been applied to the Smart Object. To use Smart Sharpen, go to Filter > Sharpen > Smart Sharpen… In the control panel, apply the following settings:ĭon’t worry about the extreme sharpening that takes place from the high amount, because we’ll adjust that in the next step. I find Smart Sharpen works best for videos/gifs, because it applies as a filter to the smart object, meaning you can access and adjust the controls at anytime. For me, I like to begin by sharpening my resized image. You can now start applying filters, masks, color adjustments, text as you normally would. Go ahead and adjust the crop to where you’re happy and press enter to crop the image. I liked to keep Delete Cropped Pixels unselected so I can move the image around after the cropping. gif, it’ll be 540 x 200, so I’ve set the crop tool’s settings to W x H x Resolution: 540px and 200px. Next you’ll want to resize your smart object to gif size. Next, scrub to a still image that represents your gif for you to look at as you work on cropping/coloring. ![]() It should snap to the end when you reach it automatically. Holding down the mouse, drag the Color Fill object to the end of the work area (the whole of the video object’s length). Hover over the object’s right edge until the mouse turns into a double arrow icon: Your Color Fill object should now be at the start of your timeline. Then, click on the Timeline’s menu and choose Move & Trim > Move Start to Playhead: Make sure your Color Fill layer is selected in the Layers Palette. If it’s not, click on the arrow and drag it there. Your playhead should be at the beginning of the timeline: Now the Color Fill object has to be moved in the Timeline so that it stretches across the entire area taken up by the video clip. So, in the Layers palette, select Create new fill or adjustment layer and select Solid Color at the top of the pop up menu:Ĭhoose solid black either by entering 000000 in the # field or by using the color picker to pick black from the bottom.ĭrag this new fill layer to the bottom of your layers. psdīecause resizing/cropping/transforming can make some odd transparency issues on the borders of gifs, I like to place a Solid Color layer of pure black (#000000) at the bottom of the layer palette. Make sure not to muck about with the video file as long as you want to be able to work on your. What this means is that if the video you dropped into photoshop is ever moved or deleted, it’ll break your. Instead, a symlink is created, which is basically an embedded link to the original video file. psd you save won’t contain the video itself. DON’T SAVE OVER YOUR ORIGINAL VIDEO FILE. I like to do a Save As… ( File > Save As…) at this point to create a new. Once it’s highlighted, use the standard method to turn it to a smart object ( Layer > Smart Objects > Convert to Smart Object). You can either click on it in the timeline or in the layers palette to select it. The first thing you’ll want to do is turn the video in your timeline into a Smart Object. This process is called scrubbing (don’t ask me why). You navigate through a video’s frames by clicking the arrow portion of the playhead and holding as you drag it back and forth across the blue box representing your video. Once you’ve dragged your video clip into photoshop (see above gif), a blue box will appear in your timeline, along with an arrow pointing to a redline called the playhead. Here’s a quick rundown of the relevant parts: gif you’re making, you’ll need your Timeline window open. ![]() Try a conversion program to turn an incompatible filetype into mp4.Īs with any. Since that’s the only filetype I’ve used, I’m not sure of the others. ![]() Videos just have to be a compatible codec, of which. VLC player is capable of recording smaller clips of larger videos, so try recording the scene(s) you want into clips a few minutes long. While you can drop whole movies into PS, I find it easier to work with shorter clips. Now with a Video version of this tutorial! ![]()
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