How To Create an ANIMATED GIF in Photoshop

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In this tutorial, I demonstrate how to create an animated GIF in Photoshop from a number of consecutive images.
Thank you to everyone that emailed me after I posted my last Photoshop video telling me that I was pronouncing "GIF" incorrectly. I do not know what I'd do without you. ;)
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[@AnthonyMorganti]

In this tutorial, I demonstrate how to create an animated GIF in Photoshop from a number of consecutive images. Thank you to everyone that emailed me after I posted my last Photoshop video telling me that I was pronouncing "GIF" incorrectly. I do not know what I'd do without you. ;) Seriously though, thank you to those that also told me I was incorrect when, in that previous video, I stated that one cannot create an animated GIF from images using Photoshop. ** I am an affiliate for all of the companies listed below EXCEPT Affinity Photo. Please read my Code of Ethics Statement: onlinephotographytraining.com/code-of-ethics/ Anthony Morganti’s MUST HAVE applications: At least one Non-Destructive RAW Editor Lightroom - bit.ly/2zwQ0nW Capture One - captureone.38d4qb.net/y1Djy Luminar - bit.ly/2JUJxKw (Save with the Promo Code AM16) On1 Photo RAW - bit.ly/2zJmA9I (Save 20% with Promo Code: AM17) Exposure X6 - bit.ly/2U8UxrK (Save 10% with Promo Code: AnthonyMorganti) PhotoLab 4: tidd.ly/2HhiN9X At least one FULL Editing App: Photoshop - bit.ly/2zwQ0nW Affinity Photo - affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/ My MUST-HAVE Plugins: Topaz Denoise AI - bit.ly/3cDqa5J Topaz Gigapixel AI - bit.ly/3cDqa5J Topaz Sharpen AI - bit.ly/3cDqa5J *Save 15% on all Topaz Labs apps - use the Promo Code: AMDISC15 Nik Silver Efex Pro 2 - tidd.ly/3dc4gYm My MUST-HAVE Mac Utility: CleanMyMac X - Info: bit.ly/3jtVpU3 To save 10% on your purchase of CleanMyMac X: 1. Visit the CleanMyMac X store: bit.ly/3bEMuMx 2. Scroll down to the very bottom of the page and click on "Enter it now" under "Already have a coupon code?" 3. Paste the promo code TONY10 and hit "Verify" 4. The prices will be reduced and you’ll be able to select the license and proceed with the payment ** Note that all of the promo codes listed above may not work on sale products. *** I am an affiliate for all of the companies listed EXCEPT Affinity Photo. Please read my Code of Ethics Statement: onlinephotographytraining.com/code-of-ethics/ Please follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/anthonymorganti/ I use this software to record my screen and make parts of my screen enlarge and zoom out so you can see it: Screenflow: telestream.pxf.io/DMrW2 Unsure of how to price your photography? Check the 2019 Guide to Pricing Your Photography: amzn.to/2S1CiU7 I am an affiliate for all of the companies listed EXCEPT Affinity Photo. Please read my Code of Ethics Statement here: onlinephotographytraining.com/code-of-ethics/ Thank you!

[@notcharzbly759]

I had run into a few problems that had caused a delay in me creating a gif. Few mins ago, it was 12 minutes before my deadline. This tutorial helped me a lot, clear and straight to the point! The zoom-in edits really helped too! Helps me from struggling from having to zoom in every few seconds to figure out what to do. Thank you so much!

[@savyhendrix8845]

This is so thorough, clear, and precise; perfect follow-along tutorial and just what I needed to refresh my memory and get a project done quickly!

[@lisatennantart]

Literally all of the tutorials I was looking at to get a quick rundown on what tasks to perform did not include the one thing you cannot get past-CLICK the "Create Frame Animation" dropdown once you've chosen it as if it is a BUTTON! Thank you, I've been hung up on this and searching for what the problem was! I've never clicked on a dropdown menu item as a button anywhere in all of my days of using design and editing software! Never would have even guessed!

[@solojetset]

Thanks Anthony! Great video again, short and sweet! and easy to follow

[@andreav2125]

Thanks for the super QUICK tutorial! Needed to do this for work quickly, and you came through. Appreciate the efficient delivery. :)

[@JohnChubbSr]

Can't thank you enough, Anthony. I've been trying to figure this out while working with Cinemographs. Great!!!

[@v_equinox777]

Searching the web and finally, success! You made it clear and easy. Thanks!

[@shelbytaylor1166]

Thank you for explaining this in an easy to follow format!

[@captandy34449]

Very nicely done and thank you Anthony!

[@tartgreenapple]

This is about as perfect as a tutorial can be made. Thank you!!

[@mariawoo843]

Thank you so much, Anthony!

[@rabiag3409]

Nice explanations! Super useful thank you!

[@25esimpson]

This was so helpful. Thank you!!

[@ellieleydsman8833]

Thank you. This is a great, simple tutorial, with clear instructions. This is exactly what I needed to create an animated map series.

[@geminitreephotography]

I didn't know you could do this!!!! Thank you so much for the tutorial :)

[@ThorstenOvergaard]

Thank you, very simple and elegantly shown and explained.

[@chelseabirchall6693]

You're a wonderful instructor, thank you so much! That was very helpful.

[@SuzanneRenfrow]

Thanks so much, this video gave perfect, easy-to-follow directions!

[@ICErnst]

Excellent tutorial video. It is straight forward.

[@clairecorbey257]

Brilliant tutorial!!

[@juliannieves5588]

Super helpful!!! This was the fastest and easiest explanation. Thnxs!!!!

[@drrsundarraj]

I tried many and this is the only one that worked. Thank you.

[@dsjkim]

Thank you so much !! I could not figure out the reverse part!!. Other guy was suggesting to add the clip one by one but you had a correct solution!!

[@nataliecd8966]

So helpful. Thank you.

[@johnordaz8165]

Thanks for the great video....really helped me out .

[@lloydhendricks5370]

worked perfectly, thanks for this!

[@BobG-eh5fc]

Cool!! What a great tutorial, never knew you could do this in PS. Thanks!!

[@bigbigsquid]

I like your videos so much that I give them a thumbs up before watching them. So many of the other youtubers(?) feel the need to insert "moist" music with unnecessary b- roll and sometimes I'm not sure if I'm watching a tutorial or a funeral memorial. 😄

[@LonStar3000]

Thank you Anthony! Also can be done from a video in Vimeo! And really quick and easy!

[@ricoshade]

Just a big thanks for the help , been struggling with this on and off for just over an hour before finding your vid.

[@stephencherry1026]

Thank you for this. I create maybe 1 gif a year from images of something goofy one of my brothers is doing. I always need a refresher on how to do.

[@marispanganiban7209]

Your video was so helpful. Thanks a lot!🥰

[@grandmaster137]

This is very useful. Thanks!

[@lynneholman891]

perfect video - thank you

[@MrWDCash]

Cool, I wondered how to do this. Thanks!

[@abovetherestcabinsblueridg8776]

TERRIFIC Tutorial, Anthony. Really appreciate the effort.

[@natehatf]

Thank you, huge help

[@thomasdesborough1395]

Thanks! A much better explanation than Adobe!

[@QDWorld-SwiftUI]

Fantastic thanks

[@rj934]

Great info! Another good real world tip. I frequently would like to use a gif and can’t seem to find one I like.

[@phoentom6364]

I Love U ❤️ finally someone’s clear 🙌

[@Zon1c]

Love your voice! soothing..

[@utrsk.8966]

Thank you sir that was very informative and helpfull....

[@UndeadAaronGames]

Awesome! You're like the Bob Ross of Photoshop. I really enjoy your content, thank you!

[@nikeossler]

thank you!!

[@whisperscribe]

Thank you!

[@k3vbro]

Thank you ser!

[@earnosman7247]

You are the best ❤

[@KendraLuehr]

This was super clear and easy, thank you! Do you happen to have any tutorials on how to apply coloring and/or PSDs to gifs? I feel like a total moron, but I can't figure out how to place coloring onto the entire timeline rather than one image at a time, and no matter how I word my search, I can't find instructions for it! Thanks!

[@doudodew3463]

Thank you

[@mathguy3801]

Thanks. Do you know if Affinity Photo can do the same?

[@philipk2868]

Great video, thank you! Only thing I wanted to ask you. During export, you select Dithered 128, then when you chose color 256, the Dithered 128 selection goes away and says unnamed again.

[@marzenatutak3488]

Please create more videos like that!! I was so perfect....

[@scarecrowbike]

thanks!

[@mmmcewen1]

Hi Anthony...thanks for the video. Question: Can the new GIF be loaded onto Instagram or Facebook without any other modifications?

[@ranjitkonkar9067]

Thanks, Anthony, that was wonderful. I was able to create an animated GIF with your clear instructions even though I am not Photoshop-savvy. Just one question - my animation appears to run too fast. Is there a way to slow it down?

[@calinbaciu1846]

you can also select the file and press space. This will preview it and you'll see it as a gif. (on mac)

[@tanyacanam6258]

Hi Anthony, all went smoothly until I watched the exported file. The colours were different from how they looked in PS and there was significant banding. Any suggestions?

[@troymay7362]

HEY! If anyone accidentally presses the "Video" option just after the "Open Timeline" step, there is a little icon on the bottom left that toggles between the two timeline formats!

[@HotRodMarketing]

Great tutorial. So I imagine if you are creating an image that already has layers, you need to flatten it before you create the gif?

[@3-piece129]

Great tutorial. I'm able to follow it precisely abd everything works until i try to preview it or save it. I get a nessage that there isn't enough memory available, which is odd because i have a brand new MacBook Pro with hardly any memory used. Any thoughts?

[@knightourage7441]

HI Thank you for amazing techniques I have created a video music for christmas i want to put a slowly rotating 3D 2023 on the right lower corner of this clip can i bring mp4 into photoshop and animate this 2023 on seperate layers ? other programs keep watermarking after being saved..thanks..what would have been as your suggestion

[@Lucamitm]

hi, im struggling because the colors comes off like partly transparent but dark and it comes super big, any suggestions to what i did wrong ? thanks

[@desertgecko4549]

Excellent as always. But is there no setting for playback speed? I'll find out, as I'll be trying this tonight. I often take multiple shots of a waterfall for blending to get a silky slow-shutter look, so I have plenty of stock. This technique might work well on night sky shots too, like the hours of exposures I've taken to catch a few meteors. Lots of possibilities with this. You can open a gif in some video players. I believe the Windows 10 default player will play GIFs, but I use a version of MPC, or Media Player Classic, to play GIFs and even pause or advance them frame-by-frame.

[@CEC_HDZ]

Theres is an option on photoshop for how long each frame should be or you could also just make video in Premier and make a gif out of that.

[@leedaniels8803]

Hey, I've been using this method for a long time and its been working great. Although now when I come to save the Giff, photoshop won't allow me to save it 128 dithered, with 256 colours, it automatically goes back to un-named, when I select this combo. Is there away around this, as the giffs are coming out pixelated. Thank you

[@marzenatutak3488]

Great tutorial!!! Thank you!! :))

[@MenaceSociety]

Great video. PS: I think Dave Chappelle owes you royalties for using your voice on his shows

[@2muchofyou]

cheers

[@shadowthehedghog100]

how do you change the speed

[@derekshearer9049]

What's a blink pixel?

[@DeeDee_Stands_On_Business]

Thanks so much... I was trying to create this using Photoshop Help...which was no help...lol

[@dubidam7409]

How to delay the time between image?

[@patdig01]

What edition is the Photoshop?

[@TheGoon243]

How come when I do this and upload the gif file onto mydrive it doesn’t play. It doesn’t play in vlc either, only in photos app and on web.

[@meredithmccann5773]

Is it possible at all to save this as an MP4 file and not a GIF?

[@CEC_HDZ]

gotta make it in adobe premier

[@amomsbestfriend6066]

Ok but how do I share this file to my phone and to others?

[@zentothaarveleth6498]

Thanks. Incidentally, I'm the 913th to like this vid and the file I'm about to make an animated gif of is 913x913 pixels. What are the odds?

[@MURD3RMAK3R]

I don't have a "make new frame from layers" option

[@terenceclark7776]

Letchworth State Park Upper Falls?

[@rotimianfela806]

Mine isn't moving why

[@Jay-of1sv]

Hey that's Letchworth

[@Cherub72]

you changed it to 128 dithered, then when you picked the color 256, it went back to unnamed.

[@madmovyman]

Easy? Easy! You call that easy? Oh wait, I forgot... I'm stupid.