![]() You can also duplicate a series of frames at the same time by selecting all the frames using the Shift command and clicking Duplicate. To move the new frame into a different location in the timeline, press and drag it and drop it where you want the new frame to sit. To duplicate an existing frame, select the frame and click the Duplicate frame button located on the bottom of the Animation pane. To stop the animation, click the stop button. We’ll want to slow that down somewhat and also add a few more frames by duplicating existing frames. To test the animation, click the Play button on the bottom of the Animation pane. Now the Animation pane makes a little more sense where each layer is represented by an icon in Frame view giving us a better idea of how our animation will work. Change the Animation pane view back to Frame view by clicking the button located in the lower right hand corner of the pane window. To select the command, press on the fly out menu button (upper right hand corner of the pane window) and choose Make Frames from Layers. It is located in the Animation pane fly out menu. The reason for changing views was for the Make Frames from Layers command that is only accessible in Timeline view. We will click this button again in a moment to change back to Frame view. Notice the original button clicked to change views also has a new look. To switch to Timeline view, click the button located in the lower right hand corner of the Animation pane. We will need to turn on the Timeline view for just a moment so that we can automatically create our frames from our layers. The Animation pane will appear below the canvas window and will fill up with a series of icons representing whatever layer you had selected at the time of opening the pane. The Animation pane is located under Window on the Menu bar. We can now open the Animation pane and get started. Be sure to unlock the Background layer (the original image we first opened) by double clicking it and selecting OK. You will notice the Layers panel is now full with every image acting as a new layer. You can also use the Place command located under File on the Menu bar to place each image one at a time if you feel more comfortable doing so. Use the Enter key to accept the position of each image (essentially, just press Enter until every layer is placed). ![]() This is a short cut way to use the Place command. Once released, an “X” will appear over top the image. You can select all the images at once using the Shift command (holding down Shift while selecting individual images). Then, drag the other images over top the open Photoshop file and release. To start, we will open the first image in Photoshop. The important thing to note is that each layer, or state, should be the same dimensions and resolution and will need to have something different, whether that change is slight or dramatic. Really, as long as you can open your files with Photoshop, you can create an animated gif out of virtually anything. You can create an animated gif with a series of photographs or a group of illustrations created in Illustrator in much the same way. It is not necessary to use Photoshop to do this. These images will act as the states for my animated gif. To begin with, I used Photoshop to create a series of images of which I kept in one folder. Uploading your completed animated gif directly to the web will not result in the animation being centered on the web page. Keep in mind, this is a web page I designed to showcase the animated gif created for this specific tutorial. You can check out a preview of what the completed animated gif can look like by visiting this link. I am working on a Mac, but a PC will do just the same. For this tutorial I will show you one quick and easy way to create an animated gif using Photoshop CS5. ![]() There are many different ways and programs you can use to go about creating a fun and interesting animated gif for the web. ![]()
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