How to make a gif in photoshop

How to Make a GIF in Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop is an incredible and amazing tool to create beautiful GIFs. It is widely used by graphics designers, photographers, artists, retouchers, etc. It has numerous features and functions that help you control, correct, or create lovely gif files. There are various tutorials that you can watch to create stunning GIFS using Photoshop. So today we will show you on how to make a GIF in Photoshop. Now create an animated GIF & enjoy.

Simple Animated GIF

Step-1: To create an animated GIF in photoshop go to window & Create a document first

Step-2: Open the Timeline panel from menu icon

Step-3: Create a new layer from layers panel. That is the place your focus content will be, where you can draw something. But remember, that you can’t animate background layers. If you want to create a background – create a normal layer. You can add a video layer to include some video content as well.

Step-4: Add some content- draw something, include a shape, and so on.

Step-5: Then you have to move the time marker to the important frame (or time) to set the first keyframe.

Step-6: After this change the keyframing property of a frame. You have to check the layer panel and click on the little triangle close to the layer name. Then you have to tap the stopwatch to set the keyframe. You set this property for different frames at once.

Step-7: Move the time pointer to the fundamental time or casing.

Step-8: Change the vital layer of property. You can change position, darkness, mask position, or even a vector mask. The new keyframe is included automatically.

That is the way you can create the primary animated GIFs. You can also make frames from layers, include new frames, keyframes, and layers to create something complex. But the process is simple. Keyframe stores different properties. If you have two of them, the software will consequently change the specific properties after some time between two keyframes. For instance, if you mark the opacity property and set it to 0% in the primary frame, then you go to the 10th frame and set the opacity to 100% – Photoshop will automatically create a delightful impact. In this way you can create a GIF. You can preview your GIF if want.

Frame by Frame Animated GIF

Frame an animated GIF in photoshop is comprehensively used for any smooth transition. If you need to create frame by frame GIF animations in Photoshop, then follow the work process of creating frame animation:

Step-1: To create frame animation go to file, click menu icon & Create a document in photoshop

Step-2: Include a blank video layer 

Step-3: Start drawing 

Step-4: Move the time marker to the next frame

Step-5: To make frames from layers draw a new frame

To make this work easier, Photoshop allows you to enable onion skin from the timetable board menu. It shows previous frames. The fact is you have to make sure that the effect between frames isn’t so huge. Else, it will look harsh. You can preview the animation and save it as a GIF file. Also, you can watch this animated GIF in After Effects. In this way, you can create frame animation & export save for web legacy.

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