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GIF Maker, GIF Maker, Make Me A GIFRichard Naples
October 30, 2014
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Correct English is the slang of
prigs who write history and
essays.
- George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1872
We don’t really have much fiction.
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GIF – Hard G or Soft G? Who cares!
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JIF is the Format, GIF is the Culturehttps://medium.com/message/jif-is-the-format-gif-is-the-culture-af8673796c44
GIF – Spare me the debate…
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Animated GIFS can help make your content stand
out, expand to new platforms, and increase
engagement.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, a GIF is
worth 10,000—it tells a story.
About GIFs– Why use them at all?
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No larger than 1.75MB
No more than 500 pixels wide.
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IMAGE GUIDELINES – Tumblr & Twitter
No larger than 3MB
TumblrTwitter
GIFs are limited to 256 colors. Using less color (or going
greyscale) lets you show more.
GIFs contain a series of frames to allow for simple animation.
The more frames, the bigger the file size.
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ANY VISUAL MATERIAL WILL WORK:
• Photography
• Video
• Illustrations
• Screenshots/Screencasts
SOURCE MATERIAL – Formats
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Where to get content?
• Camera (iPhone/Android)
• Collections Search*
• YouTube*
• Archive.org
• Anywhere that the law allows
Nothing fancy needed, just your iPhone!
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SOURCE MATERIAL – Where to get things
*OK technically this might be bad. Ask first!
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But how do you make them?!?!
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I create animated GIFs with Photoshop, but there
are free or low cost alternative tools & methods!
(*Since I use Photoshop, I’m not the most up to date on these, so
seek out your own!)
Making GIFs– To Have (Photoshop) and to Have Not
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Online GIF makers– compiling photographs
GIFMaker.me
Method:
1. Upload pictures
2. Set canvas size and speed
3. Create
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Online GIF makers– compiling photographs
ezGIF.com
Method:
1. Upload pictures
2. More options! resize, optimize,
special effects, speed, split,
ADD TEXT!
3. Create
ezGIF also lets you edit
existing GIFs and turn
Video to GIFs
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Online GIF makers– video to GIF
Imgflip.com
Method:
1. Enter YouTube video URL or upload video
2. Set start & end, width, frames, etc.
3. Create!
Caveat emptor: they add a watermark with the imgflip URL.Lame. But you could crop it with ezgif.com
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Online GIF makers– video to GIF
Gifilike.com
Method:
1. Enter YouTube video URL or upload video
2. Set start & end, width, frames, etc.
3. Create!
Caveat emptor: they also add a watermark.
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Online GIF makers– video to GIF
Makeagif.com (free account)
Method:
1. Enter YouTube video URL or upload video
2. Set start & end, width, frames, etc.
3. Create! (And delete if you don’t want it there)
No watermark with a free account.
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If you have Photoshop & some know-how…
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PHOTOSHOP HAS LAYERS:
Layers are the basic building block in Photoshop. To make an animation in Photoshop, you have two basic actions:1. Make layers visible or invisible.2. Move a layer.
That’s it. Between the frames of your animation, you need to either move a layer or turn it on/off.
PHOTOSHOP– Basics first.
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STEP BY STEP – Butterflies!
First, bring an image into
Photoshop. Ramon de la Sagra, Histoire physique, politique
et naturelle de l'ile de Cuba, 1838-1857
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STEP BY STEP – Butterflies!
Separate the object into
layers:
Change the background to the
paper color and hide.
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STEP BY STEP – Butterflies!
Create Layers to show
movement:
1. Separate the big butterfly to a
new layer.
2. Split the copy into constituent
parts: left wing, right wing, body.
3. Use groups, layer names, and
colors to keep things in order.
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STEP BY STEP – Butterflies!
Turn on animation:
1. Under Window, select
Animation.
2. In the Animation options, make
sure it is on Frame Animation if
it isn’t already.
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STEP BY STEP – Butterflies!
Change Layers:
Using Transform, reduce the width
of each wing.
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STEP BY STEP – Butterflies!
Animate:
1. Turn on the original open
butterfly and turn off the
changed group.
2. Add a frame in the Animation
window, then turn off the
original open butterfly and turn
on the group.
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STEP BY STEP – Butterflies!
Animate:
1. Set the frame timing underneath
each frame.
2. Set the animation to loop
forever
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STEP BY STEP – Butterflies!
Close-up!:
1. Set the frame timing underneath
each frame.
2. Set the animation to loop forever.
3. Add new frames (copies last one)
4. Delete frames.
5. Preview.
6. “Tween” (Google it!)
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STEP BY STEP – Butterflies!
Create a GIF!:
1. Save your work now as PSD
just in case!
2. Go to FileSave For Web &
Devices to get GIF window.
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STEP BY STEP – Butterflies!
Create a GIF!:
1. Set it to GIF.
2. Adjust number of colors.
3. Adjust image size.
4. Check file size to keep within
limits.
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STEP BY STEP – Butterflies!
Create a GIF, closeup!:
1. Set it to GIF.
2. Adjust number of colors.
3. Adjust image size.
4. Check file size to keep within
limits.
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Ta-da!
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IT’S USEFUL TO KNOW MORE ABOUT:
• Ways to remove backgrounds (Magic Wand, Background Eraser Tool,
• Filling gaps in background (Healing Brush)
• Manipulation (Liquefy, Warp)
• Special Effects (i.e. search “Tilt-Shift Photoshop”)
PHOTOSHOP– Other Competencies
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STEP BY STEP – Videos to GIF in Photoshop!
Import video
File Import Video Frames
into Layers
(This only works in later
versions of Photoshop.)
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STEP BY STEP – Videos to GIF in Photoshop!
Adjust time
If longer than a few seconds,
choose “Selected Range
Only” and limit to every few
frames (between 2-10).
Adjust time with black
markers under sample.
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STEP BY STEP – Videos to GIF in Photoshop!
Save as GIF
Like before, select GIF, and
adjust image size and colors
to get desired file size.
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STEP BY STEP – Videos to GIF in Photoshop!
Finished