{"id":869,"date":"2019-11-18T17:41:05","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T17:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acmgd.info\/gd1\/?p=869"},"modified":"2024-10-09T03:30:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T03:30:19","slug":"making-a-gif-in-photoshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acmgd.info\/gd1\/making-a-gif-in-photoshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Making a Gif in Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to turn a series of photos into a looping animated GIF using Photoshop. For details images, and advanced instructions to include video. Click HERE.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(1) Import a series of photos<\/strong>
– Open Photoshop and go to File > Scripts > Load Files into Stack<\/strong>.
– Click Browse and locate the photos you want to use. While holding down the Shift key, select all the files and click Open.
– Click OK to import the photos into a single layered file.
– Note that a number of new layers have been created in the Layers panel on the right side of your workspace. These individual layers will become the frames of the animated GIF.

(2)<\/strong>  Open the Timeline<\/strong>
– Go to Window > Timeline to open the Timeline panel.
– Click the arrow on the button in the middle of the panel and select Create Frame Animation. Then click the button to create a new frame animation

(3) Convert layers into animation frame<\/strong>
– Click the menu icon from the upper right corner of the Timeline panel. Click Make Frames From Layers.
– This will convert all the layers in the Layers panel into individual frames in your animation.
– Note: If your animation is playing in reverse, click the Timeline menu icon again and select Reverse Frames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(4) <\/strong> Set the animation to loop<\/strong>
– Click the repeat menu from the bottom of the Timeline panel and select Forever. This will create a looping animation.
– Click the Play button from the bottom of the Timeline panel (or press the Spacebar on your keyboard) to preview the animation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 (5) Export the animation as a GIF<\/strong>
Go to File > Export > Save for Web (Legacy)…
– Select GIF 128 Dithered from the Preset menu.
– Select 256 from the Colors menu.
– If you are using the GIF online or want to limit the file size of the animation, change Width and Height fields in the Image Size options.
– Select Forever from the Looping Options menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click the Preview… <\/strong>button in the lower left corner of the Export window to preview your GIF in a web browser.
Click Save… <\/strong>and select a destination for your animated GIF file.
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Congratulations! You have just created your animated GIF. Post it online to show it to the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to turn a series of photos into a looping animated GIF using Photoshop. For details images, and advanced instructions to include video. Click HERE. (1) Import a series of photos– Open Photoshop and go to File > Scripts > Load Files into Stack.– Click Browse and locate the photos […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6vrIF-e1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acmgd.info\/gd1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acmgd.info\/gd1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acmgd.info\/gd1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acmgd.info\/gd1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acmgd.info\/gd1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/acmgd.info\/gd1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":880,"href":"https:\/\/acmgd.info\/gd1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions\/880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acmgd.info\/gd1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acmgd.info\/gd1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acmgd.info\/gd1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}