How to Make GIF Animation
Do you want to make this?

Then this tutorial is for you. I am no professional, I just learned to make this by reading tutorials online also.
Here it is:
1. Edit all necessary photos or image that you want to save in GIF format in photoshop. If you want to have your photos with text you can do it there.
2. Open if you have one. I made this sort of animation above in image ready and this tutorial will be based on that software.
3. Open the photos you want to save in GIF form. I have 5 photos on the animation above.

4. Go to Window > Animation. A new box will be visible to your screen and that is the animation box.

5. Go to your photo number 2 (this is the second photo to be in the line to your animation) and click the small circle that has an arrow inside it on the upper right corner of the animation box.

6. Click copy frame.
7. Go back to the photo number one and then click again the circle with an arrow inside it then paste frame. There will be a pop up that will ask you the paste methods. Choose the Paste After the Selection.


8. You should see by now on your animation box two photos.
9. Do steps number 5-7 again until you pasted all of your photos on the animation box.
10. After pasting the photos to the animation box put some delay to your animation. This is how long or short the next photo will display to your animation. Click the 0sec. below the photo on your animation box. And choose the delay. I chose 0.5 second delay to my animation. Put on delays on all of your photos.

11. Click play on the animation box to see if the animation is ok for you.
12. Then if everything is already set make sure that the format is on GIF. To see this see the optimize box on the upper right side of your screen. Click the arrow down and choose GIF. I just let the preset unnamed.

13. Then save your file as optimized. Go to File > Save Optimized As…

Thats it! You now made your animated file. Congrats!




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7 Comments
1.
Mitch commented on May 31, 2008 at 1:05 am
That’s so cute and funny! Hehe!
I’ll try making one, one of these days!
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jennyL commented on May 31, 2008 at 11:36 am
Nice tut Diane, ako naman mas sanay gumawa sa PSP8..
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erra commented on May 31, 2008 at 3:46 pm
heheh! that is so kulit. I remember making my animated self using that. Cartoon nga lang ako, nakakatuwa
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James Spada commented on June 01, 2008 at 8:58 am
I like the gif. I actually made a gif of how to make a gif using image ready. Eight easy steps if you import from a folder rather than merge frames. If you like gif put in your email at wegif.com and i will send you an invite.
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For the love of gifs. » Blog Archive » A Handful of Suprises Talkin Gifs commented on June 01, 2008 at 9:07 am
[...] Using Photo Shop to create an animated GIF. [...]
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Jiro commented on August 12, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Hi, Diane
Your photos are great. Very good looking.
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Xavier commented on August 18, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Hi there Diane.. thnx a lot for the tip i guess that is the easiest thing i’ve learnt as of now on photoshop..