1 [IR]ImageReady Tutorial Creating Animated GIF's in Photoshop Wed Sep 22, 2010 4:17 am
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So how do they make those cute animated .gif's? It's EASY!!!!!Build your animated .gif in layers. Each layer should have something changed.
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The take your image in to image ready (it comes with Photoshop)
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And you should see a screen much like this - with your animation palette, your layout, and your layers palette. If you don't see one of your palettes go to Window>and find the palette you are looking for.
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Create a new layer on your animation palette
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on your new animation layer, change the visibility of a layer on your layers palette to the next sequence you would like in your animated gif. Repeat this over and over until you have made a new animated layer for every layer you have in your layers palette that you would like in your animated .gif.
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Now change the interval you would like the layers to play at.
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and change your animated gif to play however many times you would like.
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Now you can save your animated gif.
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See, wasn't that easy!!!! You can get even more creative with them as you learn to add transitions.]
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The take your image in to image ready (it comes with Photoshop)
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And you should see a screen much like this - with your animation palette, your layout, and your layers palette. If you don't see one of your palettes go to Window>and find the palette you are looking for.
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Create a new layer on your animation palette
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on your new animation layer, change the visibility of a layer on your layers palette to the next sequence you would like in your animated gif. Repeat this over and over until you have made a new animated layer for every layer you have in your layers palette that you would like in your animated .gif.
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Now change the interval you would like the layers to play at.
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and change your animated gif to play however many times you would like.
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Now you can save your animated gif.
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See, wasn't that easy!!!! You can get even more creative with them as you learn to add transitions.]