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  In this tutorial you will learn how to add beautiful animated effects to an image in Photoshop by creating an animated gif. You can view the animated image effect below. Now that we have everything we need, so let’s start! Step 1:-  Create a new file with 800px width and 600px height. Step 2:-  Open the PSD of the Fantasy tutorial mentioned above. Step 3:-  Now before we start with the animation process lets duplicate some layers first. So the first we are going to find the “Glitter” group in the layer panel. Step 4:-  Now right click on the “Glitter” and select duplicate group. Step 5:-  Now we are ready to start our animation, but first we need to open the animation panel. So for this go to Window> Animation. Step 6:-  You’ll get something like this it’s the animation timeline. Step 7:-  Now we need to go to the frames so for this click on the Convert button on the down right corner. Step 8:-  Now we can work with our frames. There are...

  If you’ve spent any time browsing the internet over the past few years, then you’ve undoubtedly come across a GIF. These tiny moving images can convey a lot more information than an image, or text. Once a mainstay of the old-school web they’ve made a massive resurgence in recent years. GIFs provide you with a great way to spice up your existing content, make your tutorials more useful, and create media your visitors can’t help but watch and share. Best of all, GIFs are pretty easy to make. All you need is a subscription to  Adobe Photoshop CC , and a handful of images, or a video, and a dash of creativity. Below you’ll learn why GIFs have become so popular, the benefits to using GIFs in your marketing, and show you how to make an animated GIF in Photoshop with two different methods. What is a GIF? A GIF is a  type of image format . GIF is short for Graphic Interchange Format, but you’ll probably only see it referred to as GIF. It was introduced to the world back in 1987...

Let’s say you have a folder full of images that you want to sequence together as frames in an animated GIF. You can find special programs online to do this, but with some of the new features of Adobe Photoshop, it’s quite fast and simple. Gather the images you want to animate into one folder. Click  File > Scripts > Load Files into Stack . When the “Load Layers” window pops up, click  Browse  to select & open your image files, and then click  OK . This should import the files you selected as individual layers in your document. Rearrange the layers into the correct order, if necessary. This next step differs depending on what version of Photoshop you have: For Photoshop CS5: Open the Animation palette ( Window > Animation ). For Photoshop CS6: Open the Timeline palette ( Window > Timeline  ). For Photoshop CC (Creative Cloud): Open the Timeline palette ( Window > Timeline  ). In the middle of the palette, you will see a button wit...

Make an animated GIF that cycles through several images to create a slideshow that plays automatically on the web. Creating an animation isn’t as complicated as it sounds, and the technique comes in handy when you’re making web ads, where space is at a premium. In this column, you’ll learn to use Photoshop to make an animated GIF that cycles through several images—including ones with text—to create a slideshow that plays automatically on the web. Design the animation Fire up Photoshop (CS6 Extended or any version of CC) and choose File > New. In the resulting dialog box, enter the animation width and height (say, 300x250 pixels). Enter 72 for resolution, set the Color Mode menu to RGB, and choose sRGB from the Color Profile menu. sRGB is the standard color space for the Internet, so designing in that space avoids color shifting when you save the file. Next, create the content using layers. To add images to the document, choose File > Place Embedded (...

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to turn a series of photos into a looping animated GIF using Photoshop. This technique works well for creating a  timelapse animation  using series of photos taken from a DSLR or point-and-shoot camera, or even a mobile device. For this example, we'll use a series of photos taken with  burst mode  from an iPhone. Download and unzip the sample assets above, or use your own sequence of photos. Tip:  You can also use this technique to create an animated GIF from a short video. Scroll down to the Optional Step 1 to learn how to start with a video file. Step 1 of 5 Import a series of photos Open Photoshop and go to  File > Scripts > Load Files into Stack . 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. ...