Thiel Ist Doch Unsterblich In Boerne Verliebt.

„Thiel ist doch unsterblich in Boerne verliebt.“

Mit diesem Satz beantwortet Axel Prahl in einem Interview 2016 die Frage, ob in Thiels Leben irgendwann noch einmal eine Frau vorkommen würde. Es ist ein Beispiel von vielen, in denen die Schauspieler:innen über die Folgen hinaus Anspielungen auf eine mögliche homosexuelle Beziehung zwischen dem Hauptkommissar Frank Thiel und dem Rechtsmediziner Karl-Friedrich Boerne machen (oder gar ihren Darstellern Jan Josef Liefers und Axel Prahl selbst).

Ein Essay, in dem ich nachvollziehe, weshalb das als Queerbaiting gewertet werden kann und warum niemandem damit geholfen ist, wenn sich zwei heterosexuelle Männer als queer darstellen.

You're allowed to romanticize life. Every little stir of your coffee, every sip of your tea. The sounds of leaves and snow crunching under your shoes, and the way your breath curls through the air when it's cold. Life is beautiful, never forget.

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952.

I just realised that the rest of the world doesn’t know about one of my favourite New Year’s Eve in Germany things:

Angela Merkel getting out her shiny blazers for her speech.

They’re only for New Year’s Eve. The shiny Merkel is very rare and can only be spotted on the 31st of December.

resources for beginning edit/gif makers

Making a gif/edit is honestly not that hard and takes about 5 minutes, well, depending on the scene, how long you’ve been doing this and how you color but the steps are:

Getting your screencaps.

Importing them into Photoshop.

Cropping and putting them into the correct dimensions for tumblr.

Sharpening.

Color.

Save.

Six pretty easy steps. But this is not a tutorial post, this is a resource post.

Tutorials on how to make gifs:

Windows using KMPlayer

Windows using PotPlayer (my settings for capturing frames)

Windows using GOM Player

Mac using MPlayer OSX Extended

Windows AND Mac using MPEG Streamclip

Resources for getting caps:

KMPlayer (For Windows)

Potplayer (For Windows)

MPlayer OSX Extended (For Mac)

GOM Player (For Windows)

MPEG Streamclip (Windows and Mac)

Downloading videos from youtube, vimeo, and some other sites:

4K Downloader (windows, mac and linux) <- best one imo

KeepVid (windows and mac)

Clip Converter

Downloading videos from twitter:

Put a m. in front of the url, for example,

m.twitter.com/GameOfThrones/status/867070159902486528

Click on the video and then right click > Save Video as…

New Dimensions for tumblr:

10 gifs: 268x145

9 gifs: 177x177/178x178/177x177

8 gifs: 268x160

6 gifs: 268x186-200 (whichever you prefer)

4 gifs (side by side): 268x268

4+ gifs: 540x220

2 gifs (side by side): 268x300

2/3 gifs: 540x240 

The width is the most important, that stays the same but the height can be different as long as the gif size is under 3MB

this is a really good tag too see different sizes

Sharpening for gifs: (these are the best ones)

Actions I have made (includes three: the basic sharpening & gaussian blur)

Sharpening by hoechlin

the above sharpenings you need to convert your gifs into a smart object when you are in video timeline

Basic Sharpening (up to 150 frames) by karazorel

Resources for getting good quality pictures and caps for making edits:

farfarawaysite

screencapped

grandecaps

7kingdoms

kissthemgoodbye

Downloads for Photoshop:

completeresources: windows // mac

photoshopshitilike (includes downloads for other things too)

This is probably the hardest part finding a good download, its a trial, I went through a couple before I found a good one (I forgot where I got it sorry.)

Photoshop CS5 is probably the best one for making gifs, makes them look smoother. 

Some tips:

Never use google to find images especially those found in pinterest, weheartit or other sites like that. Use the ones above or from official sites.

Never stretch an image more than it’s original size. If you already sized it down to 268px but now want it to be 540px, you need to just start over cause stretching it would make it really pixelated and gifs/edit that have pixels are ugly. 

Always download 1080p, 720p is fine but try to find 1080p. Never 480p. Never, just love yourself.

When it comes to sharpening gifs, keep it simple. If you do use gaussian blur, don’t make it too blurry. Simpler is better but again, everyone is different so its not my place to tell you what to do. *You know you oversharpen your gif when you get that weird line around an object.*

Always use the right dimensions! Only use widths of 268px or 540px, unless you are making 3 gifs side by side then its 177 x 178 x 177. If you are makings gifs that are side by side, example, keep it 268px never anything smaller or higher, it makes the gifs blurry.

The only time it’s okay to use a bigger size is when you make a graphic, infographic, or art. Never for gifs or edits.

A clear sign that someone is stealing/recoloring gifs is if the gifs in the post are all different sizes from each other and/or have different sharpening.

For text, keep the font size between 10.3-11px. The best front to use is Arial Rounded MT Bold with a stroke of 1px and if needed, a drop shadow at 50%, angle 30, distance 3, spread 0, and size 5. You can download my font psd here if you want.

Make your frame rate 0.05, 0.05 or 0.07. Personally, 0.05 is the best, makes it more naturally looking. When you save your gifs, photoshops puts the frame rate to 0.07, so make sure to reopen your gif and put your frame rate back to the one you want and save.

She’s like warm days, sunshine, honey and love.