LuigiHann

Dissatisfied with the existing template I'd found long ago (probably on KnowYourMeme) that was low-resolution and built from cropped versions of the movie frames for some reason, I borrowed the Blu-Ray of “Despicable Me” from the library so I could make a proper version.

Each of the frames is straight from the Blu-Ray rip, not scaled at all. Arrayed two-by-two, and with a black background to fill out the aspect ratio difference*, they fit into a 4K image perfectly.

This image is a PNG, to further minimize quality loss before you add your own elements of Gru's plan and export as JPEG.

*The movie's actual footprint is 1920 by 1040, so 40 pixels less-tall from the standard 1080.

Today is the first Bandcamp Friday of 2024, which means musicians on the platform get 100% of their earnings. There's been a pretty noticeable drop in Bandcamp sales in the last year or so, but direct album/CD sales are a big part of what keeps me making music without having to start to rely on the small percentages of a penny per play that streaming services continue to pay musicians (spoiler: I have already started to rely on the small percentages of a penny per play). Streaming services want musicians to work 2-3 times as harder with multiple releases per year and rely on a discography getting larger, whereas direct sales give a large burst of support that allows one release every once in a while to be impactful.

But again, musicians get 100% today, it's not going to anyone else
https://2mellomakes.bandcamp.com/music

And I have an online store that always directly supports me 100%
https://2mello.net/store

Hilariously, more Sounds Of Tokyo-To Future CDs arrived at my door as I was making posts! It's back in stock now: https://2mellomakes.bandcamp.com/album/sounds-of-tokyo-to-future

that's why movies are in cinemascope and tiktoks are vertical

its 14C inside the house (57F) and i sure hope gaben is nice and warm, enjoying the armada of luxury yachts he bought off the back of indie devs giving him 30% of their revenue

when people are like "but doesnt steam give visibility so 30% is fair?" i love to point out that the 30% hasn't changed since the days where getting a game on steam got you a guaranteed half a million front page impressions whereas now it's fucking zero