Final Product What You'll Be Creating Animated Gif files have been the butt of many jokes within the design community. That is because animated gifs are famous for being a bit cheesy and notorious for cluttering up a page. Used properly however, animation can draw interest to an otherwise overlooked area of a page. Today, we will demonstrate how to use Photoshop to create an animated gif in Photoshop CS5. Let’s get started! Step 1 Create a new document 250 x 250 px and set the resolution to 70 px with the background color set to #f2f2f2. Step 2 Place a logo in the top center of the canvas. Step 3 Write a tag line under the logo. Step 4 Draw a rectangle box and set the color to #90909. Open the layer styles dialog box and check Drop shadow. Reduce the distance and size to 2px. Now add a gradient overlay and set the blending mode to Multiply with an opacity of 28%. Add a stroke and reduce the size to 1 px. Set the color to #a31b1b. ...
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