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[ZachDeKoromaru]

Rofl I use imgur to upload anime pictures I post here, and to my surprise those pics were getting comments on imgur too, kinda creepy lol but comments were mostly nice save for one who requested not to post anime pics.

I think that means you're submitting them to the "gallery" or whatever the hell the main hub is instead of just a personal account.

 

[firehawk12]

NO idea what this means but hours later i still have a warm feelign while i think about ep 20.

I hope that this means that you liked this episode , right ?

lol
Of course.

 

[BGBW]

I think that means you're submitting them to the "gallery" or whatever the hell the main hub is instead of just a personal account.

I just upload the the wild west. I probably should have an account to organise my uploads, but that's what I use my Minus account for. imgur is just a place to rehost something so I don't get a "NO HOTLINKING" image.

 

[Theonik]

Kubo school of background art.

Kubo's backgrounds like his character art effectively convey emotion to the reader few other craftsmen could even dream of making.
It draws its power from minimalism and friendship.
I wouldn't expect you to understand.

 

[cajunator]

Going by the action scene, the girls wear spats under their skirts. No perverts allowed.

Spats are fine. As long as the show contains Cute.

 

[Kurita]

Kubo's backgrounds like his character art effectively convey emotion to the reader few other craftsmen could even dream of making.
It draws its power from minimalism and friendship.
I wouldn't expect you to understand.

2deep4me

 

[Branduil]

Kubo's backgrounds like his character art effectively convey emotion to the reader few other craftsmen could even dream of making.
It draws its power from minimalism and friendship.
I wouldn't expect you to understand.

I just lack The Heart.

 

[Thoraxes]

Well perhaps we should have some guidelines for correct gif etiquette. Like maximum dimensions and file size.

Been playing round with a new method to shrink file sizes down.

Does this look ok?

So what's your method? I usually just clip out frames by hand to smooth animation and reduce filesize, but my stuff doesn't have any means to accelerate speed.

I also usually try to stick between 2-3MB.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Well perhaps we should have some guidelines for correct gif etiquette. Like maximum dimensions and file size.

Maybe 10MB max, and 500 x 500 max?

 

[dakkumauji]

Maybe 10MB max, and 500 x 500 max?

D:

That sounds terrible.

Maybe like 5 MB and 500 x 300 max.

 

[Kurita]

As long as they don't have horrible filters like tumblr gifs.

 

[Seraphis Cain]

Maybe 10MB max, and 500 x 500 max?

10MB is way too much. 5MB sounds more reasonable, I think.

 

[PdotMichael]

Maybe 10MB max, and 500 x 500 max?

10MB is way way too much. You're missing the point of gifs if you need more than 3MB.

At this point it's better to make a youtube account.

 

[Joe Molotov]

Mahoromatic - 1

Veeery cute. Also, some good action sakuga which I wasn't expecting (Yoshinari, no less). Lovely first episode and I look forward to more. Let's see if it can de-throne Hand Maid May as my favorite maid mecha.

Best maid mecha is Kamen no Maid Guy

 

[ASSauLTxMasTER]

Ooooo, have I ever showed these off in this thread?

FMA:Brotherhood x Bleach opening

Bleach x FMA:Brotherhood opening

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

Maybe 10MB max, and 500 x 500 max?

Fuck me like a cartoon, that's horrendous.

Imagine all that bandwidth pissed away, especially when it gets quoted.

 

[Theonik]

10MB is way way too much. You're missing the point of gifs if you need more than 3MB.

At this point it's better to make a youtube account.

I can't embed Youtube vids and force them to play on GAF.
Sadly.

Maybe 10MB max, and 500 x 500 max?

I'm fine with up to 20MB personally if the host isn't crap or they don't have shitty filters.
We should all start making APNG instead.
Edit: Now the real concern is quoting though that is a presentation issue.

Fuck me like a cartoon, that's horrendous.

Imagine all that bandwidth pissed away, especially when it gets quoted.

Both instances should be cached by your browser so you should be only loading the GIF once.

 

[Crash Station]

Aku no Hana 5

The fuck is up with this guy's mustache?

 

[Seraphis Cain]

I kind of want to watch this now. How long is it?

Oops, almost didn't see this! It's only two episodes, so like 45 or so minutes total. Waaaaaaatch it.

 

[DiGiKerot]

Maybe 10MB max, and 500 x 500 max?

In what situation does any post need a 10mb .gif image posted in line?

If you're doing anything crazy like that, please, link to it rather than stick it in your post. Not everyone is browsing whilst sitting on a super-quick connection that'd make 10mb trivial.

 

[Jarmel]

10MB is way way too much. You're missing the point of gifs if you need more than 3MB.

At this point it's better to make a youtube account.

3MB is small as fuck. Goal should be around 5MB.

 

[Canis lupus]

Toradora Ami chapter


Ami <3

rofl

So true

Ami>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Minorin>>>>>>>>>>>>Taiga

 

[Thoraxes]

10MB is way way too much. You're missing the point of gifs if you need more than 3MB.

At this point it's better to make a youtube account.

Basically. If you want to recreate entire scenes, just open up a youtube account and get it over with because you'd be better off just watching the whole thing.

 

[darkside31337]

Toradora Ami chapter


Ami <3


rofl




So true




Ami>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Minorin>>>>>>>>>>>>Taiga

Yep Ami is the best. Really the only reason to watch the show.

 

[Saprol]

Polar Bear Cafe 11

Penguin confirmed creepy stalker.

 

[Theonik]

3MB is small as fuck.

Depends entirely on the amount of GIFs. Assume 20% of posts are GIFs, then at 10MB per GIF and 100ppp you are spending 200MB per page on GIFs.
Now imagine this over several pages.

 

[faridmon]

Taiga > Everyone

 

[cajunator]

Best maid mecha is Kamen no Maid Guy

Whoa. osmebody else actually watched this show besides me?
Its criminally underrated. Kind of like Penguin musume Heart.

 

[Steroyd]

3MB is small as fuck.

Depends on the scene and how many colours are used really, I've found using photoshop, having the dither at 90% takes off a more significant chunk of MB's than <90%.

 

[Canis lupus]

I think that means you're submitting them to the "gallery" or whatever the hell the main hub is instead of just a personal account.

Oh thats the reason! Tbh the site isnt very clear, how was I supposed to know gallery is public right? Luckily no private pictures were posted.

Yep Ami is the best. Really the only reason to watch the show.

+1

 

[Jarmel]

Depends entirely on the amount of GIFs. Assume 20% of posts are GIFs, then at 10MB per GIF and 100ppp you are spending 200MB per page on GIFs.
Now imagine this over several pages.

I wasn't suggesting 10MB per gif as a standard. It's a nightmare for me to get under 6 at times. You also want the gif to be of a decent resolution unless it's a reaction gif.

Edit: meant resolution

 

[DiGiKerot]

Depends entirely on the amount of GIFs. Assume 20% of posts are GIFs, then at 10MB per GIF and 100ppp you are spending 200MB per page on GIFs.
Now imagine this over several pages.

My mobile data usage on my iPad went through the roof when I started using it to browse 'Gaf whilst not at home. Now I use the mobile version of the site so I can switch the bloody .gifs off.

Very little of value was lost.

 

[BGBW]

So what's your method? I usually just clip out frames by hand to smooth animation, but my stuff doesn't have any means to accelerate speed.

I also usually try to stick between 2-3MB.

Import everything and then remove all the redundant frames. You can't just cut out every other frame with anime. I use a time of 0.04 for each frame so of course if two frames are identical and I remove one I make the one remaining frame 0.08.
Then I look at a scene where the animation between frames doesn't change too much i.e. camera pan. So take when Futaba is jumping up with the bat. I removed every other frame because Futaba herself changed every two frames and a funky background like that doesn't lose much when chopped.
Then I used to erase the parts of the scene that hadn't changed from the previous scene such as the other kids in the first part of that gif. This took ages. Then I worked out there is a much easier way of doing it as I posted earlier:

It uses blending layers, threshold and masks. If you can do that with your favourite image manipulation application of choice you should be able to do this.

(Go back to the original post to see the whole thing)

Then of course it's a matter of playing with the colours and dithering. If dropping the colour count affects the quality too much I'll shrink the image dimensions. I always start at 500 width for anime scene gifs.

If anyone else has some tips please share them.

 

[mAcOdIn]

Ami is the best but Minorin's the worst, Taiga gets better as the show goes on.

 

[-Horizon-]

Hayate Cuties 5

The individual character EDs are still the best part of the show.

Arata Kangatari 5

Muru jerky

 

[Joe Molotov]

Whoa. osmebody else actually watched this show besides me?
Its criminally underrated. Kind of like Penguin musume Heart.

Kukukukuku!

 

[SDBurton]

Why didn't you warn me about Kuttsukiboshi, SDBurton? WHY?

Oh shit hahaha! Yeah that was my bad.

If you haven't already. Don't watch Yami.

 

[Steroyd]

Whoa. osmebody else actually watched this show besides me?
Its criminally underrated. Kind of like Penguin musume Heart.

You are not alone Cajun, you are not alone.

MAAAAAAAIIIIID GUUUUUUYYYYYY

Chet should watch it for cow tits, if he hasn't already.

 

[Thoraxes]

Import everything and then remove all the redundant frames. You can't just cut out every other frame with anime. I use a time of 0.04 for each frame so of course if two frames are identical and I remove one I make the one remaining frame 0.08.
Then I look at a scene where the animation between frames doesn't change too much i.e. camera pan. So take when Futaba is jumping up with the bat. I removed every other frame because Futaba herself changed every two frames and a funky background like that doesn't lose much when chopped.

Then I used to erase the parts of the scene that hadn't changed from the previous scene such as the other kids in the first part of that gif. This took ages. Then I worked out there is a much easier way of doing it as I posted earlier:

Then of course it's a matter of playing with the colours and dithering. If dropping the colour count affects the quality too much I'll shrink the image dimensions. I always start at 500 width for anime scene gifs.

If anyone else has some tips please share them.

That all sounds good to me. I do most of it, but you mentioned a few things I didn't yet. I'll have to look into more of this on my end because after i've done all the self-optimization I usually just go straight to the resolution to reduce filesizes. Your methods would definitely help me some.

The other thing I notice going frame-by-frame is that most of the stuff is always 2-3 frames per similar image, so I have to go slowly through to get it all right, then optimize further from there.

 

[Jarmel]

Then of course it's a matter of playing with the colours and dithering. If dropping the colour count affects the quality too much I'll shrink the image dimensions. I always start at 500 width for anime scene gifs.

If anyone else has some tips please share them.

Color count and dithering are one of the quickest ways to ruin a gif. That said, I do need to learn how to do blending but I don't use Photoshop.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Fuck me like a cartoon, that's horrendous.

Imagine all that bandwidth pissed away, especially when it gets quoted.

I always thought seeing quoted gifs is a bit more inconvenient in the size of them.

In what situation does any post need a 10mb .gif image posted in line?

If you're doing anything crazy like that, please, link to it rather than stick it in your post. Not everyone is browsing whilst sitting on a super-quick connection that'd make 10mb trivial.

I guess if theres a really good scene or what not. Didnt think much about the inconvenience to mobile users.

 

[Seraphis Cain]

Oh shit hahaha! Yeah that was my bad.

If you haven't already. Don't watch Yami.

Yami, huh?

Tell me more.

 

[BGBW]

We should all start making APNG instead..

It's not even supported on all browsers.

Color count and dithering are one of the quickest ways to ruin a gif. That said, I do need to learn how to do blending but I don't use Photoshop.

Well as long as it can still convey the intended message. With live action you can go really low. Anime tends to suffer below 64.

 

[Thoraxes]

Yami, huh?

Tell me more.

Don't do this to yourself.

 

[Envelope]

Fuck me like a cartoon, that's horrendous.

Imagine all that bandwidth pissed away, especially when it gets quoted.

You know that quoting an image doesn't use up any more bandwidth, right? The image itself is only loaded once. It's just annoying to have to scroll through repeated images because people are being lazy.

 

[Seraphis Cain]

Don't do this to yourself.

It's too late. My curiosity has been piqued. I must know more.

After Kuttsukiboshi I feel like I can handle anything. Or not.

 

[Steroyd]

Yami, huh?

Tell me more.

It's one epic mindfuck with yuri levels so unique even SDBurton hates it.

 

[Branduil]

Jasc Animation Shop 3 is pretty good at optimizing gifs.

 

[Jarmel]

Jasc Animation Shop 3 is pretty good at optimizing gifs.

That's what I use and I hate the way the gifs look when you reduce the color count using their stuff.

 

[Thoraxes]

Well as long as it can still convey the intended message. With live action you can go really low. Anime tends to suffer below 64.

Color count is why SHAFT gifs are always my smallest filesizes lol