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A neat opportunity for me...
Aug. 26th, 2014 02:24 pm
I was reading an article on Field Gulls today... it was one of those ones I really enjoy that broke down specific plays from a game. I understand the basics of football very well, but some of the strategies and concepts... woosh! There's a lot more going on than what I see on the field.
Anyway, at the end of the article the author mentioned he was going to be doing more of these, but needed some help with gifs. I thought that would be a really fun thing to help with, even though gifs take a LOT of time. But I really enjoy Field Gulls and the idea of being able to chip in there makes me happy (of course, months down the line when this becomes a chore, I may be singing a different tune...).
I felt sure that they would already have gotten some volunteers, and I'd be told that they were set. But I've been going back and forth with the writer, and so far it seems that I'm signed up to help! (Eee!)
I didn't send any samples or anything, and it took him awhile to ask for one. That's where I was like, uhhh... be happy to do up a football-related one for you tonight. He probably finds it strange that someone who professes to know how to make gifs doesn't have samples at the ready, but I'm too embarrassed. I mean, what am I supposed to do, send him these shipping gifs from Teen Wolf that I did?
I hope my amateur gifing skills are up to the challenge. I know how to do them, but I'm no Photoshop expert, and they have a 15MB limit. One of the things I've always struggled with when making gifs is keeping them at a decent size while still retaining image quality. I guess we'll see! My sample assignment is the Jeremy Lane interception from the Bears preseason game.
I realize it's a bit ridiculous to be this excited over the chance to donate my own time and energy, lol. I wish I felt this way about my actual work.
Anyway, at the end of the article the author mentioned he was going to be doing more of these, but needed some help with gifs. I thought that would be a really fun thing to help with, even though gifs take a LOT of time. But I really enjoy Field Gulls and the idea of being able to chip in there makes me happy (of course, months down the line when this becomes a chore, I may be singing a different tune...).
I felt sure that they would already have gotten some volunteers, and I'd be told that they were set. But I've been going back and forth with the writer, and so far it seems that I'm signed up to help! (Eee!)
I didn't send any samples or anything, and it took him awhile to ask for one. That's where I was like, uhhh... be happy to do up a football-related one for you tonight. He probably finds it strange that someone who professes to know how to make gifs doesn't have samples at the ready, but I'm too embarrassed. I mean, what am I supposed to do, send him these shipping gifs from Teen Wolf that I did?
I hope my amateur gifing skills are up to the challenge. I know how to do them, but I'm no Photoshop expert, and they have a 15MB limit. One of the things I've always struggled with when making gifs is keeping them at a decent size while still retaining image quality. I guess we'll see! My sample assignment is the Jeremy Lane interception from the Bears preseason game.
I realize it's a bit ridiculous to be this excited over the chance to donate my own time and energy, lol. I wish I felt this way about my actual work.
