The Art of Finesse

When the tools fall short, finesse takes over.

Art of Finesse is a collection of my personal notes of workarounds I've uncovered through the years for the almost-perfect nature of motion and graphic design software, exposing their shortfalls, and pushing past limitations with creative solutions.

Every possible way to compress a GIF

With any compression, there is unavoidable quality loss, but understanding these limitations can help figure out why and how to limit your GIF sizes with intentional choices that make the fuzz seem like a feature.

Work around the "A write permissions error has occured"

Work around the "Write Permissions Error" in Adobe Photoshop When Exporting GIFs

When working in Adobe Photoshop, you'd expect things to just work—until they don’t. If you’ve ever tried exporting a GIF using Save for Web

The Art of Finesse

When the tools fall short, finesse takes over. Art of Finesse is a collection of my personal notes of workarounds I've uncovered through the years for the almost-perfect nature of motion and graphic design software, exposing their shortfalls, and pushing past limitations with creative solutions.

Every possible way to compress a GIF

Work around the "Write Permissions Error" in Adobe Photoshop When Exporting GIFs

When the tools fall short, finesse takes over.

Art of Finesse is a collection of my personal notes of workarounds I've uncovered through the years for the almost-perfect nature of motion and graphic design software, exposing their shortfalls, and pushing past limitations with creative solutions.