Photoshop: WHOA! How to Animate a Still Photo!

Photoshop CC 2018 tutorial for versions CS6 Extended and later, showing how to animate a still photo similar to a Plotagraph. In this tutorial, there are 5 areas of the photo that will be animating in 5 different directions at 5 different speeds to create the illusion that the image is moving.
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[@emailausdrucker]

Although that I subscribed a year or two ago and saw a fair share of your videos, I must say that this is one of the best videos/tutorials ever seen here. Thank you!

[@barbaragroves]

I've seen a lot of animation tutorials and as always, yours is the best. Thank you!

[@RedDirtAlleyPhotography]

GREAT JOB MARTY!! That's the best tut I've seen on PS animation! :)

[@LethalFarce]

I've watched a ton of tutorials on youtube, this should be the benchmark for all tutorials, incredible.

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Thank you!

[@mumintaha7883]

Awesome!!! Very easy, detailed and brilliant tutorials ever. Excellent work.

[@janus1450]

I’ve been waiting for a long time to learn how to animate That kind of image. Thank you very much Marty

[@ToniLoveMD]

This was absolutely INcredible...Thank you for sharing this...

[@mvisuals4309]

Dude this tutorial is just so good! Thank you so much for going mini step through mini step!

[@yazanjordan3103]

i ve seen this on other channel but this one way better and easier thank marty great job

[@BabyGirl_28]

i agree

[@TecmoBO34]

I am a longtime fan of Marty's videos. I honestly can say most of my improvement and progress in Photoshop came from watching and learning from his tutorials. I have only been using PS for about two years now, but I have improved a lot since I first started. That said, I haven't tried this one yet because I keep thinking it's going to be too difficult for me. I have to give it a try though..it looks awesome!

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Give it a try. It's not as hard as it may look. :-)

[@C0ntiChannel]

Your tutorials have helped me so much with my Photoshop studies. Cheers Marty!

[@Shukrimoto1]

That was great can't wait to practice tomorrow

[@carlkristensen8398]

Awesome. Great video, well explained. I like your cool, clear and calm style.

[@macdonaldquammie4021]

Hi Marty, seen this done before. From a business, perspective focus what people can showcase for their business e.g animations logos, a person or objects. I believe that's where talent is. You're absolutely the best Photoshop tutor.

[@macdonaldquammie4021]

I created a Fbook Ad using your magazine template, My page skyrocketed to 1200 Likes & 53 comments - even FB sent a reply 'Well Done!!'. I've lectured friends on your channel.

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Thanks for spreading the word about my channel! :-)

[@DevilsAreRed]

Amazing tutorial marty, thank you very much sir

[@frank1crayon]

Another great video Marty. Thank you! BTW, you can change the behavior of the quick mask by double-clicking the icon in the tools panel. You can make the color indicate the masked or the selected area. Saves you a few clicks inverting the selection.

[@sweetestkaramel4996]

This helped me out so much, thank you

[@hashirkhan9714]

Marty is the bestttt in the world he always define his way of teaching through great skills and that explanations he provide is very usefull for our learning thanks man keep doing more videos really appreciate your work sir🔥🔥❤

[@pedrazzi65]

Excellent! It was the best tutorial abou plotagraph I have seen on KZbin. Thank you

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

You're very welcome!

[@jackkraken3888]

Very cool idea. I hadn't even thought of animation. I wonder, do you think you can make another animation video? I was thinking maybe one with space and planets since you made so many videos in the past regarding them. It would be amazing to see an animated space image.

[@LadySamurai88]

YES!!!! Thank you so much for this tutorial!!!

[@Michael57Coghill]

Great Tut Marty...as always well explained

[@laszlozsurka8991]

That's sick! Love it!

[@ChristianAndreassen]

Great tutorial - well done!

[@timlwry]

that's so cool creating animation illusions

[@3rdeyerap]

That's really dope

[@richardstalter5461]

Amazing Marty. Thank You.

[@GurpreetSingh-fp7ku]

Very detailed tutorial on this topic.....thanks

[@waqasawan5790]

Very nice!

[@kona6712]

Great tutorial! Thank you! Thank you so very much!

[@romanmondol6531]

Just awesome tutorial big brother. thanks

[@frtna5798]

Thank you very much 😎 Blue Lightning TV Photoshop

[@rgarlinyc]

With this technique, who needs Plotagraph any more..? (Rhetorical Q) Wonderful. Thanks a lot, Marty!👍👍

[@spongebob-sv8jz]

nice new intro& great tutorial!

[@HyperActive94]

excellent video Marty thanks so much !

[@varol72]

Great tutorial. Thanks

[@roberrondon4718]

tremendo tutorial como siempre muchas gracias por ellos.

[@Jako2120]

Great Tutorial!

[@Tomy_Yon]

This video is so userfriendly... Thanks for sharing.

[@sachinerule7365]

Thanks for great tutorial

[@BabyGirl_28]

its 3 am, i tried this for the first time but it was a fail wasn't bad though. i don't know what i'm doing wrong. this was really helpful! i'm going to keep trying!

[@ryzzal1]

Marty ,i am still loving your old opening Xd

[@vinceplatini]

Great, great, great!

[@t.1230]

Amazing and perfectly understandable description!!! Τhe best of all I've ever watched. *Respect!!!*

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Thank you so much 😀

[@b.1841]

awesome and easy! thank you

[@pussific2582]

🤦‍♂️ Bruh... YOU'RE A LIVING LEGEND!!!!

[@HobbitDD]

very helpful, Thanks!

[@pb2067]

Brill Marty , will give this a go

[@sradderkzrnn]

stunning

[@redhanessah410]

Thank you bro Really good job

[@boxofgames3]

FANTASTIC LESSON SIR,, THANK YOU VERY MUCH

[@ayash96h]

thank u very much....... best chanel ever !

[@lulumystery9287]

Great with details

[@mail2nuge]

Wow, even Helen Keller can do this with your teaching techniques, thanks!! I subscribed after seeing this video!

[@vijaykumarjog51]

Great video sir

[@DeWayneDrumgole]

Well done, Thank you

[@boscoth3188]

Great video😤

[@jjcm3135]

great much thanks

[@tarunsingh5961]

I love your videos,they are great especially how you mark and point out everything. Would you be able to make youtube videos for premier pro,or after effects too in future? or will it be limited to photoshop? And also some video on logo animation/making too

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Just PS. Sorry. I've done many tuts on creating logos. Go to my KZbin channel & click on the magnifying glass icon (next to “About”). In the “Search Channel” field, type in, “logo” or "emblem".

[@mopunchstudio9289]

Marty you rock

[@kbqvist]

Impressive!!!

[@akashadearg-due1435]

amazing master

[@josediazh3890]

Excelencia pura! gracias!

[@sitansudalei]

Thanks for this video

[@hussainmohammedmahf]

Fantastic

[@delpintor]

This is great!!!. 😀

[@F3LONY]

can't thank you enough watched another youtuber's video regarding this but yours was so detailed and good p.s can you make a animated anime for steam artwork please

[@mohamadabyannaufal1207]

Thanks! This helpful 😂

[@valberfirmino]

perfect

[@Kennyk77]

Excellent.

[@balankathirvel8086]

Thank you !.....great sir

[@MJA6995]

AWESOME

[@jpwood6661]

Awesome

[@Im_Cao]

Your tutorials are always so good! Do you know any other programs like after effects?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

I used AE and Illustrator everyday, but that was over 10 years ago when I worked at NBC. I haven't used them since.

[@jigneshghelani3559]

good technique

[@marizmendi1656]

Super; amazing...

[@AndroidBani]

great sir

[@abdullahhaidari]

Nice which screen recorder do u use and how I can daownload it free and what u use when mous goes to on any options that tool or pleas get zoom

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

I use Camtasia as my screen recording software, but it's not free. For zoom, you press Ctrl (Cmd) and the "plus" or "minus" key on your keyboard. Or press "z" and drag over your image. Or go to View > Navigator.

[@johnmadden6287]

Great Tut Marty, Thanks but I have a problem. My version of Photoshop doesn't give me an option to export as .mp4. (only .taga, tiff, .bmp, .png, .dicom, .jpeg, & .psd). Any suggestions?

[@carlosfuertes8946]

Awsome

[@md.nurnabi5990]

wow!

[@jasiarrahman3269]

you really awesome

[@InfiniteIMAGINATION]

Thankyouuu

[@searchPS]

good cher

[@bornboston7915]

respect

[@SandeepAcharya4630]

Marty, you are just brilliant! Can this be done in CS-6? Thank you genius

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Yes, it can be done in CS6.

[@SandeepAcharya4630]

@@BLTV_Photoshop Thank you Marty for your quick response. As I understand, this animation mainly works great for water bodies, fog, mist, and clouds. Besides these, are there any other things that are suitable to animate in a still photograph? Thank you again and I shall give it a try in my CS-6. God bless!

[@skullycrowley73]

Hey Marty is there a tutorial on how you added your logo into the brush tool. I never noticed it amongst all the tutorials

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

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[@skullycrowley73]

Thx Marty love your tutorials bye the way

[@nerdreader3433]

Wow

[@jakeel2747]

Please do the same with the planet stellar creations with the planets moving

[@mohgraphy]

When I free transform it's not effecting but If I move the layers, animation is working. What may be the issue? Thanks

[@joseroygutierrez4275]

will it be seen moving if I use it as my cover photo on my facebook? tnx for the answer sry for my grammar

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

No. You can make your animation into a gif file, but Facebook doesn't accept gifs for cover photos.

[@Im_Cao]

At the very beginning, how come when I use the brush tool it does not show in red, but in black (my colors are black and white)? Also, when I press "Q" it does not make a selection?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

It's red because you have the Quick Mask on. When you have selection, pressing "Q" turns it into a Quick Mask. Pressing "Q" turns it on or off.

[@steiwe5648]

I had a great script to do this, and I can't find it now... does anyone know?

[@guerillajab3523]

when i start the selecting process its not red but black and when pressing Q It doesn't select the section highlighted... help please ?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Make sure your Quick Mask is active before you brush by either pressing "Q" or by clicking the quick mask box below your foreground & background colors.

[@Artistic_Game_Developer]

When I use my soft brush it paints in black but urs paints in red even though ur colors are black n white ?? Moreover pressing Q doesn't turn mask into selection... Plz help me 🙄

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Before you brush, press "Q" to convert your brush into a quick mask.

[@Artistic_Game_Developer]

@@BLTV_Photoshop wow thank you sir for replying me... I'll give it a try now

[@lpaltageek]

Marty I am at 03:15. I have made the stream into a selection and inverted the selection. The color of the stream is gray, not black like in your video?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Go to Image > Mode > RGB color, 8 bits/Channel.

[@lpaltageek]

RGB color and 8 bits/Channel is selected.

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

After you make a selection around the stream and invert the stream, as long as the original waterfall layer is active, pressing Ctrl (Cmd) + J should cut and copy the stream onto its own layer.

[@lpaltageek]

Yes Marty, I went through the whole tutorial, your instructions are very very clear. I messed up at the very end, but don't think it will be a problem next time I go through it. I just can't figure out the colors. When I select the masking tool on the toolbar to the left there are two options: Selected Areas and Masked Areas. Could that be the problem--I have Selected Areas marked?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Sorry, I don't follow. There are no colors to figure out. The masking tool is simply opening your brush and pressing "Q" to brush in a quick mask (red is the default color of quick masks).

[@beepbeepimasheep237beepbee3]

i cant find the gear icon, can you help me please? right now!

[@thaphx56]

same problem...figure it out??

[@ASHRAFMESBAH]

can I add my photo inside the file before rendering it ?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Yes.

[@futuristicarts9239]

if i render i get a map with a lot of pictures how can i fix this?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Make sure you preview each layer separately to ensure they're animating.

[@Dilemma009]

Luckily I did this tutorial on another YT otherwise I wouldnt know what a "quick mask is" if anyone who hasnt googled it'. You are hitting "Q" on your keyboard and using that brush (Which gives the red tint)