3 Ways to Export GIFs from After Effects - AE Fundamentals

[@chrismorris553]

Thanks! The Photoshop method is by far the best for keeping file size down. Especially for animations.

[@animation-explained]

Agreed!

[@Suart8]

Thank you for this refreshing series for someone who stopped using it for a couple of years 🙏

[@animation-explained]

Good to hear 😀

[@juliebenedetto8341]

Exporting image sequence is a game changer!

[@jennewmark181]

This was so helpful! I'm creating gifs of a promo for my portfolio. The Photoshop method produced great results for me.

[@animation-explained]

I'm so glad I could help!

[@luansmm]

thank you so much! this sequence + photoshop combination is wonderful!

[@animation-explained]

Glad it was helpful!

[@musicalworld7327]

png sequence is the master class OMG i got the expected quality

[@learnanddesignwithslim1513]

Thank you so much again for this wonderful piece

[@theoptimistic9282]

Thanks a lot! The photoshop method really worked like a charm. Thanks a lot 🙏

[@animation-explained]

Glad to hear!😊

[@andysartz]

Great video! Easy to follow, gives options, and mostly important: totally works! Thank you for sharing. 😊

[@ivywalsh66]

Thank you for this! Super helpful :)

[@dogflirt]

Thanks - this was super helpful :)

[@animation-explained]

Glad it was helpful!

[@HenryReyes9]

Thank you so much, just what I need it and then some more

[@shaheerrahman87]

Thank you! The PNG sequence idea really helped!

[@animation-explained]

Glad it helped!

[@Faust1169]

It's Jif .... "J" @@animation-explained

[@kumarshilimkar58]

thank you so much! Helpful video

[@animation-explained]

You’re welcome 😊

[@putrisasanti9640]

This is very helpful. Thank You so much 🙂

[@animation-explained]

Glad it was helpful!

[@werckie]

Thank you so much! I have trouble exporting through Media Encoder (Dynamic Link error that I am unable to fix), and your method of using Photoshop instead worked very well, plus you have a llot of control over the output size and quality.

[@animation-explained]

Glad it helped!

[@srinivasnahak3473]

Your video waas super helpful!

[@animation-explained]

I'm so glad!

[@MohanaKumar-xy5xm]

Thank you mam. It was helpful. ✌️

[@animation-explained]

Glad to hear that 😀

[@touseefahmed7909]

Thanks its help alot.

[@nathanmollan8308]

This was so helpful! Thank you!

[@animation-explained]

I'm so glad!

[@minduka97]

Thank you so much!

[@Doffu]

That worked great! Thanks. I was wondering if you know of any good ways to handle motion blur when using alpha transparency? I like to use the effect and the animations look good but once transformed into a gif, the semi-transparent pixels of the blur become white (or other solid 100% opacity colors). Maybe there's a way to preserve some degree of transparency? I've definitely seen this effect in other peoples animated gifs.

[@Doffu]

Never mind, found the answer... in Photoshop you turn on the Diffusion Transparency Dither setting (or any of the other transparency dithers) and it will handle the motion blur issue. Motion blur away! 😋

[@animation-explained]

@@DoffuGlad you figured it out!

[@shimaaessam70]

many thanks💗💗

[@animation-explained]

You're welcome :)

[@zordon7607]

Thank yoouuu!! life saver!

[@bookssummaries2023-mp3yy]

great stuff. thx

[@PressureGrafix]

Thank you for this! Extremely helpful

[@ZyKoFu]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@gentleman055]

amazing I like the 2nd method, thanks

[@animation-explained]

Glad you like it!

[@le8150]

Thank you. The video is great, but I am getting stuck in the Photoshop Legacy Export window. The animation settings are greyed out, and it appears that Photoshop only uses the first of the rendered image files. I did check "Image Sequence" in the "Open" window... any clues what could be the reason?

[@DmitriMironov]

Thanks!

[@jacobsyrytsia3365]

no need to pay for gifgun, there is a free script aejuice export gif

[@TanvirAhmed-xr8il]

amazing video

[@animation-explained]

Thanks!

[@Shodan-0101]

Very Nice!!

[@Hereticzaat]

I got an even faster way. Use the frame rate setting in your composition. Export your animation as an H.264 MP4 video with no audio in media encoder. Export that mp4 into a folder. Open photoshop, navigate to file>import>video to frames. Then, save export to web and legacy…. You got yourself a gif in the desired frame rate you want. I usually work in 12, 24, 29.97, or 30 frames (rarely 15 but it happens)

[@animation-explained]

Yes, that works! You can also export a .mp4 directly from After Effects instead of using Media Encoder, which can be even faster. I like exporting a PNG sequence instead of a .mp4 because it tends to be better quality, but either work!

[@sheetalkumarpathak8017]

hello mam when i export giff in image there is getting small dots

[@tatangakarvel8667]

hm... for some reason i only got all the single frames in the folder xD Media Encoder didn't put them together.

[@animation-explained]

Maybe double check that your export settings are for a .gif file and not a sequence of .png or .jpeg images.

[@tatangakarvel8667]

@@animation-explained Found the mistake: there is "GIF" (single picture output for every frame) and "animated GIF" (single animated output file) and I just picked the "GIF" option. Thx for the feedback! 🙂

[@animation-explained]

Ah, good to know!

[@1Dolo2]

Hi, is there a way to set the Media Encoder gif to only play once?

[@animation-explained]

Unfortunately, I don't think so.

[@commentbot9510]

I chose rgb+alpha for a transparent background but there is a white outline around my animation. Why is this?

[@animation-explained]

This post explains why that happens and what you can do about it: graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/15549/how-can-i-remove-the-white-pixels-around-the-edges-when-exporting-a-transparent

[@westfield90]

It’s so frustrating that the media encounter limits its export options and exports at such an incredible large file size. This is completely unforgivable.

[@animation-explained]

I agree - GIFs can be frustrating in general!

[@VerBanana]

when i did the photoshop method, it only imported 1 image out of the entire sequence. does anybody know what happened?

[@animation-explained]

When opening the images in Photoshop, make sure you have “Image Sequence” checked. This is shown at 5:00 in the video. If that wasn’t the issue, let me know and we can keep troubleshooting.

[@VerBanana]

@@animation-explained thanks for the suggestion but it wasn't the issue :< i had a sequence of 800 images and i lowered it to 400 in case it was a file processing issue but the problem persisted and I'm baffled.

[@sdfaasf7574]

Pretty cool but where is the answer to a question: how do you get a really worked gif with good quality and small size?

[@animation-explained]

This video should help answer that question: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6uvqZduedCKqs0