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traitorsinsalem · 8 months
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bg3 is crazy for being a massive $70 larian + wotc collab game whose accessibility menu features subtitles that are present for less than half of all idle character dialogue and almost zero battle dialogue
#succ speaks#not to be the 'paizo wouldn't let this happen' guy but god this is actually insane#like why even have an accessibility menu at that point? i'd rather watch a youtube video with automatic captions#same energy as devs complaining that everyone was making their pcs a white human guy in early access while they had no asian human options#like bro i just want to know what bestie karlach is saying but if u make her mumble with no captions even tho i have subtitles on#tf am i supposed to do.....🤨😡😭💀#baldur's gate 3 is fun but this is pissing me off. like i'm prob not gonna keep playing this solo & only play online with friends#it's fun but. not fun enough to mimic the actual wacky bullshit i do with charisma rogues and bards in dnd or pf#i think i'm also used to having real humans around for ttrpg antics and dynamic character interactions so bg3 feels bland in comparison lol#also because irl i can ask people to repeat what they just said 🙃🙃🙃#joining the mob by accident was admittedly funnier in bg3 than it was in dnd though considering i stumbled into the base out of nowhere#i guess it just falls under ny philosophy that dnd is most fun when wotc has zero actual say in what happens and what we can do 👍#however as much as pf > dnd...bg3 > kingmaker. i think pathfinder is just to true of a ttrpg to adapt into a video game super well#like. the writing in wotr was WAY better than bg3 but still sometimes bad enough to be infuriating ESPECIALLY in regards to iomedae#but the weird ass iomedae stuff is also true in the adventure path itself and plenty of other people have complained about it#but hey at least in wotr the subtitles told me what she was saying every time she spoke 👍#wotr was still rly fun tho no hate to the game in general this is a quick slam of being pissed at bg3 again 🙏🙏
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caffeine-high · 5 months
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oke, now ive had some (but definitely not enough) time to process
going into Sinais do Outro Lado with already some vague knowledge of what happens in the finale, i though Xande would be the one to do me in. He has everything i love in characters and stories, and i was absolutely right, however, if i wasn't still crying, i would have definitely started during that last bit with Guizo and Dara
Guizo: Strange. This is kind of what I have always wanted. From the start, to come and see it all up close. 
Dara: Crazy right
Guizo: It’s crazy, I just didn’t think it would be like this [...] For me, I don't know, this is what I always really wanted. Weird things like this, it was always a dream, and now I'm here. Will ther- it’s much better than that. That’s exactly why I sent them away. 
Dara: what- How much do you want to go?
Guizo: I really, really want to. If that really- it really feels right to me, and if it puts a stop that thing. That is still out there, which probably put an end to Xande, and any other people. And-, and it must be SO cool! I want to go there. 
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I am discovering something because I really want it, right?
Well, that’s it.
To the next- to The Three!
I try to remember- to bring up memories with Xande, meeting him in an abandoned place, he was skating and I filmed it, so I could post it on my blog. Right now, I’m even a little frustrated that I am not filming this moment, that it will not exist. But, I mainly remember parts of missions. Everything I've done. Entering this world of weird things, and filming, and getting more and more excited about it. Now finally, I got that I’ve always wanted, it is quite similar to “being abducted” actually. To enter something, get in touch with, and see aliens. It’s really a dream come true,
but I’m also incredibly scared
GM: Guizo, you want to come in, into that impossible place, and as you step through; Dara, you see the door closing. The choice has been made, there is only one way out now
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zapsoda · 2 months
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when i was flipping through articles last night i kept trying to open up that independent article but every time i clicked on it or manually put the url of the article in, firefox would automatically redirect me to the spanish version of the article and like i can read simple commands and shit well enough but i have the fluency of a kindergartener so you can imagine my resulting plight
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chrismcshell · 1 year
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got snapcube’s re4 playthrough on in the background while i work... it’s so beautiful when someone hasn’t been spoiled on even the most iconic moments of a game & u get to hear their reactions <3
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When are we as a society going to accept that it’s just better to put captions on a video. In what fucked up universe would anyone prefer to LISTEN to the nightmarish noises one is subjected to when watching tiktoks and YouTube videos. And I know I’m not the only person who just hears simlish whenever I try to watch a video without subtitles
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stinkek · 1 year
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No one:
YouTube captions when there's no one talking: foreign
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uwooyoungs · 3 months
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bearenjoyers · 10 months
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😮 Hank
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immoren · 2 years
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Suomen kveer joukot.
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britishchick09 · 2 years
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you can do inuktitut youtube captions?? :o
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starlitangels · 6 months
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Redacted Boi Social Media Headcanons
Vincent only really uses Instagram, but is required by the Department to have it private because his human name is legally missing-presumed-dead and his face has a risk of being recognized if someone from his human life stumbled upon his Instagram. That said, he doesn't really screen people who request to follow him
Darlin' and Sam don't use any social medias. Darlin' has a Facebook from teenage years, but they deactivated it. But not fully deleted, so they can still be tagged in all the group photos posted to the pack page. In high school, Darlin' was the person who got a lot of unsolicited DMs because they were hot but they hate attention so they blocked everyone but their pack and deactivated. Darlin' reluctantly keeps their Discord for the pack server
David hates social media. He maintains the pack's private Facebook group and Discord server (though the latter is really more Asher's job, David's just in charge) but will not touch anything else. David's favorite social media is YouTube because he can lookup tutorials for anything and not have to ask anyone for help
Milo's a borderline Instagram influencer. He's got a gazillion followers (who all think he's hot, and he is). His Instagram is directly linked to his Facebook, so every picture and caption he puts on IG gets automatically posted to FB too
Marie comments only on Milo's Facebook (she has and kinda uses IG, but doesn't comment). She's the one that will leave the heartfelt comments with "Call me" at the end. She knows that's a meme among younger people that their older relatives leave "what a beautiful couple. Call me" comments, but she does it anyway. And guess what? She does it because it works. Milo👏 is👏a👏Mama's👏Boy👏 and he will call her when she leaves those comments
Asher doesn't use social media much, but is perpetually on Discord. He mods the pack's server, and like 6 others just for fun. He does post lots of pictures of Babe and selfies of the two of them together on the pack's Facebook though
Damien used to get into arguments on Twitter with randos. Huxley thinks it's funny to pull them up from when Damien was a teenager
Huxley was never much into most social medias but I like to think he'd be like that one TikTok dude who pops up on my Tumblr dash occasionally who explains how to do calisthenics and other workout stuff in a really simple, easy, modified way for people who are just getting started. People started following him because he's hot, and then realized he's actually like the nicest dude and doesn't know he's popular
Lasko's a Tumblr boy. I'm not taking constructive criticism on this
Gavin refuses to get an Instagram because he knows he'd get too addicted to it. He knows he's ridiculously good-looking and would amass a following supernaturally fast, and that's why he won't. But he has his old Facebook from when it first started to be popular. He got rid of all his old friends list and now just has Freelancer, Huxley, Lasko, Damien, and a handful of d(a)emon friends who also have Facebooks like Crux
Avior doesn't have any social media at all
Neither does Caelum and Gavin and Freelancer have decided not to expose him to the negativity of the internet
Vega refuses
Cam keeps a few things for professional purposes, but doesn't use them much
Guy is a Tumblrina. Guy is a Tumblrina. Guy is a Tumblrina. Guy is
Aaron's favorite is LinkedIn. This is a joke.
Elliott uses Pinterest a lot for aesthetic inspiration for dreams. He doesn't use much else
Blake is on like every social media all the time. Mostly for CloseKnit. But he also stalked Bestie from afar for a long time
James had to get rid of all of his when his job started getting more secretive and he had to have limited contact with the rest of the world
Morgan doesn't have any social media just as a way to keep himself and his magic safe. The Department protections didn't require it, but he thought it was for the best
Porter totally isn't jealous that Vincent has a higher IG follower count than him and his account isn't even private. He's always trailing like 20 behind
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marlinspirkhall · 7 months
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Streaming platforms ranked by subtitles:
Dropout: The undisputed champion. Will subtitle sound effects in a fun and engaging way. Subtitle tracks load and close out seamlessly. Being spoiled by the subtitling crew like the pretty little prince that I am. 10/10
Channel 4 iPlayer: If I didn't know there was better out there, you'd be my favourite. 8/10
BBC iPlayer: Not the worst, not the best. Sometimes there is different coloured text when different characters are speaking, but there is no way to turn this on and off and I have trouble reading certain subtitle colors. Occasionally lags, takes a second for the subtitle track to load. 7/10
ITVX: No major complaints. 7/10
UKTV: WHY IS THERE LAG. 6/10
Netflix: These feel like they've become better recently, but it really seems to depend on the media in question. 5/10
Disney Plus: What are you even doing, you absolute clowns? Paraphrasing the dialogue, zero attempt to translate foreign languages, especially when it's pivotal to the plot that the audience know it, and zero attempt to subtitle sound effects. Bonus gripe: a lot of their movies have uncompressed audio so the sound mixing is all over the place and I need subtitles to hear it but the subtitles are fucking trash. 1/10
YouTube Plus/YouTube Red: Certain shows are captioned, others have automatic captions, overall disappointing: 1/10
Amazon Prime: Actively censors swear words. Not the worst thing Jeff Bezos is going to hell for, but certainly on the list. 0/10
Google Play/YouTube Movies: There are no subtitles at all <3 loses by default (No subtitles tracks provided with purchased or rented films, and for some reason there's no ability to turn on the piss-poor automatic closed captioning available with regular YouTube videos. A fucking mess) -1/10
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seospicybin · 1 year
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ONE CLICK.
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Han x reader. (s)
Synopsis: Han has a habit of stalking you online and wishes to get to know you in real life. He finally gets his wish after one night of accidentally sliding into your DM. (8,6k words)
Author's note: a big thank you to my baby @hyunee1 for helping me with this fic. Love you much much 😘
Click.
Click.
Click.
That's how Han usually ends his tough day of busy schedules, sitting on his bed with the bluish glow of his phone in his dark bedroom, clicking on everything about you.
His eyes move up and down trying to catch the speed of his finger scrolling the page of your Instagram, there's a new series of pictures you posted this afternoon. He guesses he missed the notification, and he automatically double-taps it without thinking, as he always does.
He swipes to see all the pictures of you having a day out in sunny weather, a picture of your lipstick mark on your coffee mug, your hand petting a puppy, of you looking out at the mountain view in distance, another two of your self-portraits of that cute smile he likes so much and on the last slide is a picture of a colorful kite against the clear blue sky.
The caption says ''you’re a kite that toys with my heartstrings."
Han recognizes the lyrics to a song, he goes to the comment box then types the continuation of the lyrics, "but it won’t fly cause I’m too fickle, what do I do?"
He hits send and smiles in satisfaction, knowing that you wouldn't recognize him since he's using a secondary account with a made-up name, he can't be too careful in this kind of thing.
He swipes the pictures to the second slide of your selfie, where he can see the crinkles in your eyes that get him wondering if you're just as beautiful in real life or more, he bets it's the latter.
He unconsciously double-taps the Instagram post again, it's already in his default he believes.
He moves on to the other social media you have, Twitter, to see if you share any TMI for today just like you always do. A piece of information that seems to be useless to everyone else is a piece of treasure for him, it’s a step closer to getting to know you better.
"I'm having plums after a long time, they're so sweet and I think it's my new favorite fruit."
You posted the tweet along with a picture of ripe-looking plums in a bowl and another one of you holding the fruit close to your cheek, he can see the resemblance in the way the color of the fruit matches the blush of your cheeks.
Gah! He wishes he can touch those cheeks and feel how soft they are, he's going a little crazy thinking if he could kiss them. He laughs for making himself flustered out of the blue, not to add alone in his bedroom.
He hits the like button and switches to your fan account to check new updates about you, he trusts the information he get from your fans rather than the ones he can easily access on the internet because they're mostly clickbait or fake news, he knows that better than anyone.
There are new photos of you attending a fashion event, you in that white dress with a high slit on the side, revealing just enough skin but at the same time, making him want more.
He zooms in on each picture and touches the phone screen like he could feel you physically by doing it, something is undeniably attractive about you that keeps pulling him in.
Sometimes he wonders if you're real and if you are, is it possible for him to reach you? Meeting you? Talk to you? See your cute smile with his own eyes?
To convince him that you're real, he exits Twitter to access another app.
Truthfully, he specifically made an account for stalking you on whatever social platform you have on the internet, it's the only time he's free to be his honest self, which is a fool for you.
He opens YouTube and one of your vlogs is making an appearance on his homepage, he goes to your channel to see if he missed any new uploads from you. The last one you uploaded is a week ago, he scrolls down to watch the one he always comes back to, the one that kickstarts this obsession of you.
There was nothing special about it, he stumbled on your vlog one day and he didn't know why but he watched it to the end, it somehow fascinated him, how you slowly lured him to keep on watching 
There's just something about you, it's your bubbly personality or how you keep your attitude real and let everyone knows it's just how you usually act in real life.
Han met so many people in the industry he works in, he knows when someone is true or fake, and he can tell it now just from a glance.
But you, you're your authentic self, there's no pretense. He doesn't care if people say it's a biased view but he stands his ground.
He casts the video to his TV and hits the play button, the vlog starts with the opening sound that he recognizes too well, your laugh.
You went for a weekend away to a beach and the opening scene is of you waking up in the middle of the night, talking about how you like hearing the sound of the waves while clutching the blanket close to your chest.
It makes him daydream about you a lot, what it's like if he gets to lay next to you and cuddle you under the cover. It’s a wishful thinking but he can't help himself.
The scene changes to the view of the beach and you running around in the sand, there's one scene that he can vividly play in the back of his head without watching it. You look out at the sea from the pier, the wind blowing your way and the short skirt you're wearing swaying away with the wind.
He has a thing with you in short skirts or maybe this thing started from seeing you wearing this specific piece of clothing a lot in your pictures.
He keeps it to himself, he only allows himself to daydream only good things about you and doesn't want to ruin it with his lewd thoughts 
Next thing he knows, he waves back at you as you waved your hand at the end of the video before it cuts to a black screen. Fourteen minutes of video is not enough.
Frankly, admiring you virtually like this will never be enough, he wants to go to you and meets you in real life.
But a man like him can only dream, right?
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He wakes up with a smile to a new notification of your new Instagram story.
You're having coffee with a few different kinds of pastries for breakfast.
"I love sweets so much, what should I do?" You wrote on the post.
He types a reply in the message box, 
"Then let me buy as much sweet as you want!" He writes then presses send without the slightest of hesitancy. He had done it a few times, responding to your Instagram stories with messages like that or just a simple 'goodnight' or 'you've worked hard today' to show his admiration to you.
Han never knew that someone he knew through social media would affect him this much, just seeing your pictures is enough to take his mind off things, and watching your video is how he unwinds after a tiring day.
It comes to the point that he misses you and when he does, he'll click on you.
On good or bad days, sober or drunk, he always finds time to click on everything about you.
In fact, he's drunk of out his mind when got home tonight. He crashes onto the bed without taking his shoes off first, fishing his phone out of his jeans pocket, and clicks on you again.
There's a new Instagram post from you, three pictures of you having a night out at an event and it's just like you know how much he likes seeing you in it, you're dressed in a leather mini skirt and paired it with a flimsy white top that people can see through the fabric, exposing the lacey corset you're wearing under.
He keeps hitting the like button as he's staring at your pictures.
"Are you wearing that skirt for me, baby?" He speaks to his phone screen.
He brings his phone close to his face to take a closer look instead of zooming in on your pictures, "you drive me crazy, you know that?"
He puts his phone on his chest and lays there with his eyes closed, intoxicated.
"Fuck..." he sighs at the dark of his room, forgot to turn the lights on the way to his bed.
"I can't take this anymore!"
He lifts his phone and clicks on your Instagram profile, he opens the direct messages he sent to you which come to no surprise to him are left unread.
He snorts as he scrolls up and down all the messages he sent to you, he sounded like a love fool and he admits he is.
"I'll let you know, baby, I'll let you know..." he says as he starts typing new messages, pouring out all of his thoughts and letting them unfiltered.
All it takes is just one click, one click and you'll know.
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Han has been chugging water nonstop the whole morning to wash the alcohol in his system.
He has a schedule today, a performance at an award show and he's sober enough to do his job, he's just feeling a little queasy, that's it.
It's not easy though, he feels like dying after finishing rehearsal and he swears to never drink again, maybe he'll eventually do but maybe not try not to drink alcohol the night before a performance.
The other members start chattering when they bump into someone after getting off the stage from rehearsal, he wonders who it is that makes them all collectively swoon.
He feels like shrinking when he sees that it's you or he wishes he could shrink into a microscopic size when he realized that he's not well presented, his hair is sweaty and his eyes are bleary, the hangover drawn on his face.
And you, you're looking nice even in the casual attire of blue jeans and a black shirt with your hair down.
This is not how he pictured meeting you for the first time would be like. Heck! He didn't even dare to dream of meeting you in real life.
He decides to hide behind his members, out of your sight and out of existence. He hears your voice as you give encouragement for today's stage and excuse yourself to get to your rehearsal.
"Good luck for today!" You say for the last time and someone takes you away.
Back to the waiting room, he goes to his phone and opens your fan account, he misses the update about you going to attend the same show with him tonight.
You also post a new Instagram story, 'rehearsing for tonight' you wrote on it along with a smiling emoticon.
It's like he is programmed to respond to anything you post, he types an encouragement for you, 'you'll do well tonight!'
He closes the app but for a second, he notices something on the messages he sent you. He reopens the app and goes through the DM between you and him, his breath caught in his throat when he sees the long messages he sent to you last night.
His eyes skim over some parts but he can tell how inappropriate they sound, he must have lost it last night to ever let you know his unfiltered thoughts about you.
And that's not the worst of it all, he scrolls down to the last message he sent, and below it, there's a little sign that says 'seen'.
It's like his soul has just left his body at that very second, his phone drops onto his lap and he leans back on the sofa, empty eyes looking at the ceiling, his mind blanks, and his mouth got dry.
How are all of these happening in a span of a few hours? Is it real? Is he in a dream? He can't tell which is which anymore.
All he thinks about is the messages he sent you and the fact that you know.
Now you know.
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Han succeeds in not meeting you again during the show but when he learns that they have to attend the after-party, he dreads his life again.
It's exclusive just for the guests of the show and that means he'll be in a smaller place, in one room with you and the possibility of meeting you is bigger.
He keeps himself on alert for any sight of you, it's funny remembering how he wanted to meet you but now he wanted the opposite.
He shouldn't be afraid because he interacts with you online in incognito. You don't know that it's him, you probably think that it's just a stupid teenager who's obsessing over you at home and not him.
He keeps reminding himself that but he just can't calm himself down, his foot bouncing the whole night out of nerves.
He secludes himself in a quiet corner of the hotel ballroom and gulps down every glass of champagne that the server passing around on a tray.
He's buzzed enough to dull his mind and calm his nerves, he doesn't know if it's better to get drunk again.
"You need one more?"
He almost jumps in shock and he's aware of how rude he is for reacting like that to you, you come out of nowhere and offer him a drink.
"I'm sorry, I-I..." his mouth got dry again and he stammers his words.
You softly laugh, "I'm sorry if I disturb you," you say.
He hurriedly takes the glass of champagne you offer him before you think that you did intrude on his space, you didn't but he did been trying to avoid you.
He grips the champagne flute so hard that he swears he can hear the glass starts to crack or it's just his imagination and he's right, he knows he's right that you're much prettier in person.
Your eyes crinkle even in the dim of lights and you smell so nice, like a slice of cake or of that dessert you like so much, creamy and nice and... sweet.
You take a small sip of your champagne, "I've been wanting to talk to you the whole night," you begin.
The fear starts to creep in again and he can feel sweat forming on his back. He keeps swallowing air as if trying to keep the truth from coming out.
"It's just now that I get to talk to you," you continue with a smile.
That sweet smile dazzles him and he blinks his eyes a few times to imprint that in his mind.
"I wanted to—"
Oh no? Do you know that it's him? Should he come clean about it before you lay out the fact?
His foot bounced faster, his mouth got drier and the champagne flute is about to shatter in his grip, the beads of cold sweat rolling down his back and...
"I'm sorry I sent you those messages!" He blurts out with his eyes closed, too embarrassed about the reality he has to live in right now.
"Huh?"
"I was drunk... I-I wasn't thinking straight, I was... I didn't know why I send those messages, I only realized it this afternoon after meeting you during rehearsal," he starts blabbering, knowing well his excuses won't cut for an apology but it's just the truth.
He heavily sighs and tries again, "I deeply, deeply apologize to you!" His face drops, looking down at his feet and feeling so frustrated over himself.
You got quiet for a while then clear your throat, "but I was about to say that I like all of the songs you wrote..." your words trail off as the knowledge registered to you.
He looks up at you with eyes widening in pure shock, oh no, he just made a fool of himself. Why did he crack so easily like that? 
He knew that you wouldn't know but now you know because he blurted the truth like that.
"W-what?" He stutters in disbelief while his hand groping around to find something he can hold on to.
You probably think that he's a weirdo or a pervert or a combination of both. You must be disgusted by him, right? You must be...
Then you crack a laugh then say, "oh, so it's you?"
His brain is malfunctioning, he's losing control of his own body and all he can do is stare at you, hoping that he's invisible to you now.
"You're the one who sent me those messages," you say but in an intrigued kind of way rather than a disgusted one.
You put your champagne glass and place your hand on your chest, cracking another laugh at him, "you're one of my followers?" You ask in disbelief.
He is unable to speak yet but he manages to order his body to nod.
"Oh wow, this is so... unexpected!" You exclaim with a grin.
Wait, this reaction is unexpected to him as well. Aren't you supposed to be getting as far away from him as possible and wish to never see him again?
You take your champagne again and finish it in one long sip then gasp. There's a silence going on for a few seconds and you take a step closer to him while holding the empty wine glass in your hand, "so..."
His breath hitched and he holds his breath, afraid that the scent of your sweet perfume will enchant him.
"It was you who sent those messages?" You ask for confirmation.
Han nods repeatedly while keep holding his breath as if he's underwater.
You look away and sheepishly smile, your teeth faintly biting your lower lip.
He's turning blue from holding his breath and when you put the empty glass away is when he finally lets himself breathe. He should start speaking now before things get worse, "I apologize for—"
"Will you really do all that to me?" You cut him off with a provoking question.
He blinks his eyes, nonplussed. He has the answer but he's not sure you will accept it well.
"Buy you as much sweet as you want?" He wildly guesses to save him from making another mistake.
You laugh again from hearing his response, "you're really cute," you say to him.
One compliment is enough to get him flustered and that laugh of yours charms him well, it works to relax him a little.
"Do you have your phone with you?" You ask.
Just like you cast a spell at him, he quickly obeys you, groping his body for his phone, and takes it out from the inner pocket of his suit jacket.
You take it from him and add your phone number to his contacts, then hand it back to him after.
"You have my number now," you inform him.
"Okay," he shortly replies because he doesn't know how to answer that. His brain is still malfunctioning at the moment.
You laugh again, it's just how clueless he is at the whole situation that makes him awkwardly cute like a lost little puppy.
Your manager finds you at the right time, "we have to leave," she says to you.
"Alright," you answer and gather your purse from the table.
You stay for a while after your manager leaves and come up to him, "before we do anything else I hope you know what to do with my number," you say.
You leave him there, star-struck and in awe.
He needs time to process what just happened to him in the last 24 hours but he knows what to do with your number.
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"A+ for the eagerness!"
You say the moment you pick up the phone call from him.
Han doesn't want to play cool and make you wait, that's not what he wants. You know how much of a fool he is for you so what the use in playing hard-to-get? Plus, he's in no position to do that.
That's why he calls you as soon as he gets some privacy in his home.
He's all relaxed now that your reaction is far from what he pictured in his head, knowing that you're not grossed out by his filthy thoughts making him feel at ease.
He thinks of something cool to say but his head is empty except for the heavenly smell of your perfume.
"Hi," he awkwardly says to the phone.
Then there's that giggle again, he's addicted to the sound of it already.
"I'll be away for three days and be back on Thursday but I'll be tired by then so Friday?"
It's not that he's not experienced in dating, he dated someone before but that was a long time ago and he didn't have time to do all that again between his busy schedules, now he's just as inexperienced as his teen self, having zero ideas with what you meant by that.
"Friday?" He asks back in confusion.
"Before you get to do what you wanted to do to me, shouldn't you take me on a date first?" You give him a clearer context.
He finally gets what you're saying, you want him to take you on a date. He tries to memorize his schedule and checks the calendar if he has anything on that day, he needs to do some work in the studio but he believes he can finish it earlier.
"Friday afternoon?" He asks again.
There are a few seconds of silence going then he hears a rustle from your end, he's imagining that you're talking to him on the phone while lying on your bed.
"Friday afternoon is fine with me," you finally reply with a low sigh.
It makes him feel like he's there with you, lying next to you on your bed. Without he intends to, he lays down on his bed with his eyes closed, and with the sound of your low breathing he's listening through the phone, it helps him paint the imagery vividly in his head.
Your eyes, your smile, your blushing cheeks, and your sweet-smelling perfume...
"I have to go now, I'm tired," You cut through the scene and shatter his imagination.
He takes a breath to knock some sense back into him that no matter how much he wants to keep talking to you, he can't keep you occupied just to fill his selfish need of hearing your voice.
"Okay."
You softly sigh into the phone, "Goodnight!"
"Sleep well, goodnight!" He says back.
Then you hang up the phone and the call-ending tune reels him back to the reality, that he's alone in his room with the lights off.
That doesn't change the fact that he has become the last person you're talking to before you go to sleep. He's not sure if he'd be in your dream but you'll be in his tonight.
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Han finishes as soon as he can.
But he's not good at rushing things that he finished a bit longer than he intended to, he picks up some food on the way.
He doesn't want to risk being spotted by people by having a date out, he hesitated a lot when he asks you if it's okay if you're coming to his place instead.
He doesn't want to give the impression that he's forward about what he wants, but he's glad you understand his good intention.
He stares out at the rain outside as he's waiting, letting the coffee grounds sit for a few seconds after he pours hot water over and let it drip.
The sounds of the raindrops pattering against the window and the smell of coffee relaxed him, despite he has been nervous since last night, frankly though, he has been for the last few days since he spoke with you on the phone.
Then the doorbell rings and his heart skip a beat.
He gathers all of his senses, promised to not make a fool out of himself this time, then opens the door.
"Hi!" You say the second you appear in front of him.
It still feels like a dream to him, seeing you in flesh and with his own eyes, breathing the same air with you in his apartment.
"Aren't you going to let me in?"
He snaps himself out of his daze and opens the door wider, stepping aside to let you in, "come in, please!" 
You flash him a smile as you walk past him, letting yourself into his apartment and taking a look around the place. You put your purse and take your cardigan off, place them on the sofa.
"You live alone?" You ask.
"Yeah," he stands there a safe distance away from you.
"No pets?"
"I have a dog but he lives with my parents since I rarely home," he answers.
You nod and turn around to see him, "it's a nice place," you say with a smile.
He feels good about himself, he did a good job at tidying up the things around his place in one night. He hides his triumphant smile and remembers to offer you a drink.
"Coffee?" He offers.
You notice that he's been brewing coffee in the kitchen, "yes, please!"
He walks to the kitchen, "with ice or...?"
"With ice, yes!" You reply.
You're following him to the kitchen to watch him prepare an iced coffee for you.
"Drip coffee?"
He sheepishly smiles at you for noticing it, putting ice cubes into the glass before pouring in the coffee.
"And that's the same coffee I always drink," you say with a raised eyebrow.
Han doesn't mean to show off, he just wanted to make sure that he provides you with everything that you like. Your favorite coffee brand and how you like drip coffee which reminds him that he bought that sweet you like so much.
He takes it out of the fridge and takes out the box of macaroons, he bought all the flavors you like and serves it with the iced coffee.
You look at it then look at him and shot him an impressed smile.
"Of course you know," you say with a smile as you take a sip of your coffee with a straw.
Flustered, Han scratches the back of his head and looks down, "the store happened to be on my way home so..." he vaguely explains.
"As far as I remember, they don't have any branch near here nor your agency," you casually say.
Uh oh! He just got caught lying to your face and doesn't know how to save himself from it.
"That's so sweet of you!" You praise him out of the blue, again giving him the opposite reaction to what he expected.
He looks up at you, finally able to see your eyes to eyes and you're glowing under the fluorescent light. He sees you taking one of the macaroons.
"You should try it, it's good!" You bring the macaroon close to his mouth and tell him to take a bite.
He slowly opens his mouth and lets you feed it to him, taking a little bite of it
"It's good, right?" You say, then shove the rest of the macaroon he just bites into your mouth.
"So good," he says back.
With the permission you got from him, you continue the tour around his house, exploring the rooms one by one.
It's his bedroom you're curious about the most while Han holds his breath as you get inside, he doesn't know what makes him this nervous.
He watches as you approach his desk, you must be aware of the mess on his desk, he was working on something last night and forgot to tidy up after.
"Are you working on something?" You ask, standing next to his desk and playing with an action figure from his collection.
"Yeah, I was working on a track," he answers with his hands gripping the headrest of the chair.
"Can I have a listen?" You ask.
He likes how you sweetly ask for permission for everything like a little child.
"I understand if you can't," you add as you put down the mini figurine back on his desk.
"No, of course, you can, let me just..." he quickly sits on the chair and searches for the track he worked on until late at night on his laptop.
Once he found it, he hands you the headphone.
"It's not finished yet," he informs you before hitting the play button.
Your eyes are looking at him for the whole minute you're listening to his unfinished track, a faint smile appears once in a while, and slightly bob your head here and there.
"I like this," you say, handing him the headphones back.
"Yeah?"
"I think I have a thing for every song you wrote," you say then turning away to move on to the next room.
His room is spacious but why it suddenly feels so small to him, not in the most suffocating way but he feels drawn to get close to you.
He hears your gasp as you step into his closet, he follows you there and sees you standing in the middle of the room.
You look over your shoulder and say, "And here I thought I have too many shoes!"
Han sheepishly smiles and stands by the doorway, watching you look at his shoe collection, then look at his clothes hanging on the other side of the wall.
You pull out one of his jackets and ask, "may I try?" 
And how can he refuse when you ask sweetly like that?
"Sure!"
You take the jacket from the hanger and put it on, walking to the full-length mirror to see how it looks on you.
"What do you think?" You ask for his opinion while looking at his reflection in the mirror.
To be honest, you look good in everything but seeing you in his clothes makes you look more appealing, more alluring he wants you more and more and more.
He clears his throat and pushes the thought away, "you look cool!"
There goes your giggle, his new favorite sound and you put the jacket back on its hanger, putting it back where it belongs.
"Then what about the skirt I wear?" You ask.
His eyes instantly shift to the skirt you're wearing, it's plaid in the colors red and black. It's short and tight, he likes how it accentuates your curve and how it looks on you.
You're coming toward him in slow steps and stop right in front of him, "didn't you say you like seeing me in a short skirt?"
He wonders if you can hear his heart drumming in his chest because he can hear it loud in his ears, deafening.
You're not making a contact with him but his body's temperature is already rising from the proximity.
And your eyes are on him with a subtle sly smile on your face.
You turn around with your back facing him and take his hands, placing them on each side of your hip.
Han looks straight ahead, at both of your reflections in the mirror, and damn, he looks like he belongs there, right next to you.
You catch his eyes through the reflection before sliding his hands down to let him touch the hem of your skirt.
"I'm wearing this for you," you say, still looking at him through the mirror.
Everything else is just so quiet at that moment that he thought you were whispering.
His eyes lower to where his hands touch your skirt and without warning, you pull him closer until his chest meets your back.
Looking over your shoulder with your face merely inches away from his, "do you like it?" You ask.
He swallows hard and tries to think of something to say even though the answer is obvious.
Your head leans back on his shoulder, leaving only an inch between your lips and his.
"I'm wearing this so you can do what you wanted to do to me," you say with your sweet breath brushing his cheek as you speak.
He recalls the messages he sent to you on that one drunken night when he spilled all of his unfiltered thoughts of you.
How do you know I like seeing you in tight, little skirts?
I can't think straight whenever I see you in them. You want me to get in trouble, do you?
His eyes flick back to the reflection of you together and his hands are on you, your hand guiding his going under that he can feel the warm flesh of your thigh.
I take it that whenever you're wearing that tiny skirt you want me to cause a trouble.
And he's holding on to every last shred of sense left in him to not cause trouble. But you make his hand pull the hem of your skirt higher, exposing your thigh and the smooth skin that glows even in the dim light.
Do you want to know what trouble I'll cause?
Just one touch on your silky skin and it's enough to make him give in, he splays his hand on your thigh with your hand on top of his.
I'll touch you there, baby. Lift the hem of your skirt bit by bit, then I'll touch your thighs and that soft skin of yours.
Your skin is warm under his touch and it's getting hot as his hand inches closer to that heavenly thing between your legs.
But he stops once his fingers meet the lacey fabric of your underwear, he might be drunk that night but he remembers everything he wrote that night in the back of his head like the lyrics of his favorite song.
And you think I'll touch you there with my hands? No, baby. My hands may be impatient but my mouth is greedy.
His greedy mouth is getting impatient as well, those red-painted lips tantalize him and so he kisses you. It's even better that you welcomed his kiss with such eagerness, a burst of sweet and hot like a birthday cake with so many candles, he wants to blow on it and eat it too.
His hands are moving on their own, tracing the sides of your body and squeezing your flesh, every touch is a reminder that you're real, this is real.
For a second, he glances at the mirror to assure him that he's not seeing things, he's kissing you with his hands all over you.
You turn around to face him and put your hands around his neck, your red lipstick is fading from his hungry kisses but it doesn't make you less attractive to him.
He lowers his mouth on you again and holds you close, slowly lifting you off the floor to carry you back to his bedroom.
Once he puts you back down, you're walking backward then lying down on the bed.
Han is standing there, watching you waiting for him to let him do what he has been fantasizing about you and your body.
I'll touch you there with my mouth. I'll bury my head between your legs and smell you forever, get myself drunk in your scent.
He kneels on the floor so close to the edge of the bed and parts your legs open, he can see the flimsy fabric of your underwear that covers so little.
How can you wear something so provocative under your skirt?
His eyes are on you as he places a soft kiss on your inner thigh, he begins making a trail of kisses from there until his mouth lands where he wanted the most, he believes that's where you wanted him the most as he feels the fabric is damp from your wetness.
He rolls down the hem of your skirt until it hunches up around your waist so you can see how he doesn't hesitate to kiss your clothed core then buries his nose to inhale your scent.
I wonder what you smell like? I bet your smell will get me drooling like a kid at a candy shop. All I know is I'll crave a lick, a bite, I won't stop until I get enough taste.
This craving is growing bigger the longer he stalls, he pulls your underwear down and takes a sniff at it before tossing it aside. There's nothing like drinking water right from the fountain and he's getting thirsty with every passing second.
You make one sweet cake, baby and I'll eat you out like it's my birthday. I'll lick the icing off, gobble on you until I get to that sweet, sweet filling, and lick my fingers clean when I'm done.
And it feels like his birthday, he's not the type to celebrate it every year but he certainly like how it's all about him on that particular day and he wants to make you remember how he enjoys eating you out, from the way you tug at his hair he can tell that you enjoy it too.
"Oh— oh, fuck!" You mutter under your breath with your other hand fisting the bedsheet.
The way you arch your back against his mouth tells him you want more of it, you want him to leave nothing but how his mouth feels on you.
Oh, those soft whimpers you let out as you cum with his tongue on your clit, it feels like the confetti pops and rains down on him.
Your essence floods his mouth and he smears it all over your cunt with his fingers, so he can lick it all over with his tongue.
You prop your elbow against the mattress, look at him and ask, "How'd it taste?" 
He shoves his fingers coated with your juice in response.
I always have the dessert first and that's how I like it, sweet and creamy, full of a burst of flavors.
He crawls over your body to come to you, kissing you down and planting the natural scent of your body all over his bed, pieces of clothing are off from each other's bodies.
You take a second to look at his body, the muscles on his chest, his broad shoulders, and his impeccable small waist, it's nothing like you've seen before but somehow you like it, he has his own charms.
He looks down on you as you place soft yet searing kisses on his neck and chest, closing his eyes to take it all in, how your lips feel on his skin.
"Fuck, I'm going crazy," he says, holding your face in his hands.
"But we're only halfway there," you say with a sly smile, then turn over on the bed, on all fours with your ass jutting up at him.
That skirt is what starts all this, that skirt is the cause of all this trouble, therefore it should stay on you. It will stay on you as I take you from behind, holding on to your skirt as I thrust into you.
You're naked except for the skirt hunches up around your waist, he takes a moment to run his hand down your spine and the beautiful arc of your back then when his hand meets your skirt, he takes a fistful of it in his hand.
You're moaning just from him teasing your entrance with the tip of his cock and you're so little, he doubts that you can take him well.
His doubt evaporated the second he enters you, slowly and you take it well. You continuously moan until his whole length buries deep inside your tight, velvety walls.
Han has been keeping his moans to himself by pressing his lips together with his jaws all clenched.
You want it slow, you say? No baby, why don't you try to keep up with me? You can blame that itty bitty skirt you wear later.
Your loud moans are enough to beat the sound of the heavy rain outside, the skin-slapping sounds come second, and then there are his grunts that escape through his gritted teeth.
Your head drops onto the pillow with your hands crumpling the sheet, trying to take his hard pounding as he chases his high.
He keeps adding speed as he goes while you keep tightening around his cock, giving him a hard time to last longer than he intended to.
I won't stop, I won't stop until you learn your lesson. I want you to remember that every time you put on that skirt, you'll think of the trouble I'll cause.
His eyes shift from looking at how he's fucking you through the reflection in the mirror to his cock going in and out of you, both giving him the same amount of pleasure.
But it's you, it's you who allowed him to indulge himself in you.
"Fuck, fuck, fuck," he repeatedly says under his breath every time he almost slips away.
But it's you, you just feel too good and your moans are luring him to give himself in.
His eyes screws shut as he puts all of his into his thrusts and cumming, he realizes that he's going in raw into you a few seconds too late and hurriedly pulls out.
His cum dripping down and he got some drops on you too but he is high in pleasure to notice. His body goes limp but he feels the softness of your body when he collapses on top of you.
Fuck, how I wish I can do all that to you, my sweet pie! I'll always be in trouble just from thinking of you nonetheless.
But that little skirt, that little skirt will be the end of me.
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The first thing he sees when he wakes up is you and he keeps on blinking his eyes, thinking he's still sleeping.
"Why are you staring at me like that?" You ask with a hand propping your head, looking down at him.
"Am I dreaming?" He asks with confused, squinted eyes.
You softly giggle and gently poke his cheek with your finger, "is that enough to convince you?"
You keep poking his cheek with your index finger, "your cheeks are incredibly soft," you say.
He should be the one curious about you then it hits him that he's under the duvet with you, naked. As if that's enough to convince him that he's not dreaming it, he grabs your hand and kisses it.
Then the reality hits him, he must have dozed off after the sex and cringed at himself, which surely will leave a bad impression on you.
"How long I've been sleeping?" He asks.
"Not long," you reply, turning on the bed to lay on your stomach with the upper half of your body overlapping his.
Now it feels real, having your body on him and your skin on his skin. He puts his hand on the side of your face and brushes your hair to the side, holding it there.
"Are you sure I'm not dreaming right now?" he innocently asks.
You lean in and give him a long peck on the lips, "how about now?" You ask once you break the kiss.
He shakes his head, "I'm not sure," he answers with a faint smile on his face.
"Just say you want me to kiss you again," you say with an eye-roll and place a kiss on his lips, a little longer than the previous one.
"Still think you're dreaming?" You ask again while biting your lower lip.
He doesn't answer but brings his face close to kiss you. With his hands wrapped around you, he rolls on the bed and has you underneath him, kissing you hard and deep.
He takes a break to catch his breath and looks down at you, with your eyes closed and lips wet from the kisses. You're so beautiful that it still doesn't feel real to him.
"I forgot to tell you that I can't stay the night over," you tell him, resting your hand flat on his magnificent chest muscle.
He frowns at the information but he understands, he lives the same way too where his work dictates his life, not the other way around.
"When do you have to leave?" He asks.
You glance at the clock on his bedside table, "in like two hours," you answer while dragging your hand lower to his abdomen.
"Okay," he meekly says because he can't do anything about it.
You keep dragging your hand lower and lower and he starts to notice where it leads.
He shoots you questioning glances and you respond with a smirk, then you bring your mouth close to his ear to whisper, "but I think we have enough time to..."
He closes his eyes as he feels your hand inch closer to his member, getting hard from you implying that you want to go again before you leave.
But your hand takes a turn back to his chest and you lay your head back on the pillow, "order some food because I'm starving," you say, followed by a series of a giggle from succeeding at playing him.
Han scoffs, he can't believe he almost fall for it but he concedes, no matter what he should treat his guest well.
He collapses on his side of the bed and asks, "what do you want for dinner?"
You shift to lay on your side, "Uhm..." you hum as you think with your hand under your chin.
It feels like he's looking at a pictorial in a magazine, therefore he doesn't mind you taking a long time to pick your dinner.
"On a second thought..." you say, snapping him out of his daze.
You get up from the bed and the duvet slides down your body, exposing your body to him like he needed the reminder of how gorgeous you look in your birthday suit.
"We can order the food later," you say and slip your hand under the duvet, closing into his cock that is getting hard from the anticipation.
He groans as your hand finally makes contact with his semi-hard cock with your eyes bore into him as you speak.
"I'd like to have my dessert first," you add with a sly smile.
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Click.
Click.
Click.
That's still what he does every night, clicking on everything about you. Scrolling down your Instagram page and double taps on the beautiful pictures you took of yourself, leaving a comment on it with emoticons that consist mostly of hearts.
It's when he lays on his bed like this that the image of you fucking him that day flashed through his mind and he remembers everything so vividly.
Your mouth was slightly parted open with soft moans spilling out of it, your skin glows under the dim light, your breasts bouncing with every movement you made, and your ample flesh in his hands. To add to his suffering, he remembers how good to be inside you, and when you cum all over him, it's something that he does not even dare to fantasize about.
Fuck, now that he thinks about it, his cock is twitching in his pants.
He checks his phone and the last text he sent you looks so lonely without your reply.
On the day of the date, he watched you get dressed from the doorway of his bedroom, you put your skirt back on and turned around to look at him.
"I think you owe me a skirt," you said, showing him the mess he made on the fabric and he believed it's his cum dropping on your skirt when he hastily pulled out of you.
That's what was inside the package, a skirt that he owes you and he carefully picked it with the help of his stylist, frankly, he also chose one that he would love to see on you.
He's been waiting for your reply, wanting to know whether you like it or not. Alas, you've been keeping him on his toes all day.
To compensate for the absence of your presence in his day, he goes to your YouTube page to watch his favorite video of you, it feels a whole lot different watching it after he met you in real life. It enhances everything since he knows how you look like, how you smell, how you taste, and how you feel like.
He can't take it anymore, he craves you so badly like he's running low on sugar.
If you're not going to reply then he'll just send you another text, screw being a cool guy! He'll let you know how much he wants to see you.
Like you're listening to the rant in his head, the three dots appear on the chat box which means that you're typing a message for him.
He bites his lower lip with his fingers tapping the back of his phone nervously.
"I got the package!" You write.
His fingers automatically respond to your text and compose a reply even before his brain can think of an answer.
"Yeah?"
"The skirt. I love it!" You wrote along with three hearts emoticons.
He triumphantly smiles in the dark of his room, deep down, he knows that you'll like his pick.
"I'm glad you like it," he replies and presses send.
Before he forgets to ask it, he composes a new text.
"Have you tried it on?"
"Yes."
"And it fits?"
"Want to see?" You ask back instead of confirming whether it fits or not.
But you're offering him a visual aid and he absolutely can't say no to this. Heck, he would love just to see your shadow.
"With pleasure," he replies and bites his lower lip so hard that it turns white 
You send him a picture and he quickly opens it, it's the lower half of your body with the skirt on and it amazes him that it fits you so perfectly, he did make a good choice.
Then you send another picture and it comes unexpectedly, he opens it to see you wearing nothing but the skirt.
It's clear that you're taking the picture yourself since you took it through the reflection in the mirror but you know how to tease him, how to get him going, and to make him crave you.
It takes him a minute to admire the picture you send him and another minute to compose a reply.
"Now that you do that, you know what will happen, right?"
Instead of answering him, you send him a video and he couldn't be faster to open it.
The video only lasts for a few seconds, it's you lifting the hem of the skirt to show him the white underwear you're wearing under. The fabric is so flimsy he can see right through and see the thing he craves the most.
"Come and cause trouble!" You send a text after the video.
It's like he's back on that night when he was drunk and being enticed by your tight, little skirt but he would never regret clicking send on those messages.
He's on his senses now, trying to make a good choice, he licks his lips before typing a reply to you.
"Aren't you the troublemaker?"
"You will be the end of me!" He adds, then paces around his room to get dressed. He's aware of how much of a fool he is for you, just pictures of you in a skirt and you got him wrapped in your little finger. Did he mind though? Not at all.
He stops by the threshold to send another text for you, "I'm coming." 
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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:
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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
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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"
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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
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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
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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
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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!
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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:
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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 > 500% amount, 0,2 px radius > OK
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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)
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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).
Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur > Radius 1,0 pixels > OK
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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%
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this is what my gifs looks like with sharpening now!
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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
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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:
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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:
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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:
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this is too light, so now we need to balance it out with the black dropper:
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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
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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:
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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
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cellgatinbo · 2 months
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Genuinely I love aypierres closed captions, But the only gripe I have is that most swears are censored out. I'm pretty sure this is an issue with all the caption extensions and not really part of aypeierres, But still, It sucks.
I don't just use it on cellbits streams, But i also use it when I'm watching fit and bad because I'm hard of hearing and having words on the screen makes it so I don't use as much energy decoding and can instead focus on enjoying streamers.
Censoring swears sucks because it feels alienating in a way. I hate that I've had to learn to live with it
honestly though IF its an issue with twitch and its extensions, or with the api and cannot be helped, I understand. It still sucks so goddamn much though
NO I SO GET IT 👆👆👆👆 it's soooo obnoxious. it is a problem with most auto caption systems i've seen, in pierre's extension, the old extension they used before, on youtube, etc. automatic captions on streams/videos *could* be so useful, except they've decided for some reason to intentionally make it shittier and shittier over the years
AND!!! in the context of the qsmp and other international creators, where it also translates too!!! it's *especially* shitty when the censored word totally breaks up the sentence, making it impossible to translate and straight up unreadable!!!!
at least the qlobal translator is fucking goated <3 as i was typing all this i could look over and see roier's transcriptions with "fucker" in it at least 4 times and him talking about wanting to kill himself <3
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askzloyxp · 1 year
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Would you maybe be able to bring other editors on board? Perhaps teach Lyarrah how you do your jazz so she can take over for a couple weeks. Unless I'm mistaken in assuming that her job is just copy pasting the script into the YouTube captions feature. I don't really know how captioning works
Okay, this is actually quite fun to talk about because YES! Youtube's caption system does have a feature where you can get auto-captions made if you just feed it the transcript of the video! HOWEVER, Lyarrah's job on the Recap is not to just do that.
First and foremost, Ly actually handles all of the metadata of the vids except thumbnails. Tags, description and even the titles are all things she has to fill in after I upload, because by that time I have absolutely 0 energy to do that. She also is the one moderating the comments. Even if I'm often the one to reply, she does a lot to filter out the bad stuff and add spam-filters.
Then she has to make the actual captions. Even with the script available, this is actually still a serious undertaking. Because that feature that you just feed the script and it puts the timings in automatically? It sucks ass. The timings are all over the place, it struggles with even the british accent and it couldn't add who is speaking or sound/tone descrptions even if you put them in. And with Recaps specifically, it couldn't put in the parts where the Hermits themselves are speaking, because THEIR LINES ARE NOT EVEN IN THE SCRIPT! What clips to use and to add to the video is mostly decided in the video-editing phase, long after the script is written. So that stuff needs to be added later. But because it's not in the script, the system gets confused about parts where the words that are not in the script are said, and just puts whatever lines in there. As a result, cleaning up after the algorithm takes longer than to just make whole new subtitles. WHICH IS WHAT LYARRAH ACTUALLY DOES.
More or less every video she makes captions for is re-transcribed by hand with the script only as a reference. This results in much better captions where she can even add her personal touch with the emojis to convey tone and all that!
I know there are automated systems in DaVinci Resolve and Adobe Premiere that could output pretty solid captions with working timings, and she's actually looking into that, and will be trying them out. But even then, it will be her responsibility and her choice to use these tools, because she's our captioning specialist. Whatever research she does will still be a load off my back.
But could she just edit the recaps for me? Funny you say that, because in theory? She probably could. Lyarrah and Pixlriffs are both adept video editors, each with their own youtube channels, and perfectly capable of producing videos no worse than what I make. Pix has already edited a couple recaps in the past, and every time he'd deliver on time and arguably a tighter product than what I make. HOWEVER, the trick here is that to get the HC Recap done every week, week after week, on time and with passable editing, when the source material is a dozen videos at least and the result needs to be well paced, illustrative and well, passable, is a whole other ordeal. I don't mean to toot my own horn, but here you gotta not know how to edit, but know how to edit like a motherfucker.
...that doesn't mean "good" or "fast",... just.. like a motherfucker.
And for one, I wouldn't want to put that much work onto anyone, while for two, I wouldn't trust to put that much work onto anyone. Maybe to a professional editor or like, a TV-editor this isn't much, but I don't think I have the funds to hire one, especially when at the end of the day, to me the whole process has long become routine, entertainment even. I love the edit. Which is also why I struggle with stress and burnout the way I do: it is incomprehensible to me that I can't just sit down and do this like always!
One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
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