How to make an Animated GIF in Photoshop

Many assume the way to pronounce GIF is with a hard G sound because G is for Graphic. The inventor of the file format requested it be pronounced with a soft G so the it sounds like the peanut butter (Jif). Please don’t correct me on my pronunciation as I will simply remove your comment.
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In just five minutes you can easily make an animated GIF in Adobe Photoshop.
You can then share by attaching the GIF to emails, post to websites or social media sites such as Tumblr You can even copy the Image URL and paste to your status in Facebook.

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

The creators of the format pronounced the word as "jif" with a soft "G" /dʒɪf/ as in "gym". Steve Wilhite says that the intended pronunciation deliberately echoes the American peanut butter brand Jif, and CompuServe employees would often say "Choosy developers choose GIF", spoofing this brand's television commercials.

[@24-7_DBD]

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[@arris9447]

Thankful for tutorial but sticks and stones may break my bones but I will never pronounce gif as a jif.

[@milkplus7876]

Just to add a piece of helpful advice!! When I first tried this I couldn't figure out how to get the timeline display, and it wasn't mentioned in this video but all you have to do is go to Window (in the top toolbar near View and Help) --> Workspace --> Motion. Then the timeline bar should appear at the bottom

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

It was there by default when I made this movie.

[@frankejeagbasi4850]

Thanks so much man

[@xreck536]

@@AlphaCreativeSkills you should pin his comment, it wasn't there by default in me either.

[@taniyahakther5241]

Thank you sooo much

[@iamthug5290]

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[@ammicelly]

the most straight forward and most comprehensive explanation, thank you!!

[@atjgraphics]

Very nicely explained. A clearly step by step tutorial. Thank you!

[@tagasunken]

Thank you! You are the most effective tutor amongst all the photoshop experts here in KZbin.

[@WonderzOfoZ]

This is one of the best and quick video about how to create an animated gif and I found it very helpful. Thank you Mark

[@oszofi]

Finally, a great tutorial with clear explanations, easy to follow, and brief! Thanks

[@chasmonica7134]

everything i learned about Ps was from youtube tutorials. this was by far the most succinct, informative, and direct tutorial i have ever seen. Mark Galer is awesome. thank you.

[@marywamucii3386]

This was the perfect explanation. Very helpful.

[@Tricksa777]

Thank you, struggling until I found this, just created my first Gif, really helpful.

[@trickspulse2668]

See my channel videos, I have a good one about gif Animation.

[@damage98]

Mark, you are a great tutor. I bought my A7ii partly based on your incredible content. Thanks! If only Panasonic had a Mark Galer for the G9...

[@ahrenb.7228]

I just wanna say thank you for getting to the point!!! Your amazing!!! Everyone else was hella long winded...my goodness

[@danabeecher]

Thank you, Mark. I played the video while working in Photoshop... and it worked .!!

[@kiralech9229]

Excellent instructional video. You walk through the steps beautifully. Thank you for giving me just the instruction I needed, without a bunch of clutter.

[@XperiaVideosCR]

Once again I want to thank you Mark for sharing your time, knowledge and charisma!

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

My pleasure!

[@marcusdekker]

Concise, to the point, combined with very useful content; just the way we like it. Thanks Mark.!

[@atlante6083]

this was so simple and easy to follow - thank you so much! i wish all tutorials were like this!

[@rachaelmcgarry2245]

I'm not one to post comments but there is no tutorial easier to follow than this one tysm!

[@EmmaCarpenterIllustration]

Thank you so much for this tutorial, it was really helpful. I'd been wanting to make simple animations of my illustrations and didn't realise that I could use Photoshop. 😁

[@sachetfm]

Very clear, concise explanation. Thank you!

[@douglasferrin]

Thank You - Had to learn this in a few hours. I've done animation for years (no conceptual problems, in other words), but every explanation of the photoshop tools that I saw before I came across your video were either needlessly complicated and poorly described or else just obtuse. Yours is perfectly clear and short - I really appreciate you taking the time to make it and wish I had come across it first!

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Thanks for the positive feedback :-)

[@trishnantakanjilal8026]

This was soooo helpful. Just made my first ever gif! God bless you Mark!

[@trickspulse2668]

See my channel videos, I have a good one about gif!

[@alinemade7409]

Excellent explanation! It was super easy to make a GIF on my own with your video! Thank you so much!

[@urjaswidutta3544]

An easy, and well explained step by step tutorial ! very helpful ! thank you

[@omkarchavan9543]

wonderfully explained. Thanks!

[@gregmcevoy1]

Brilliant! Thank you for the very clear instructions.

[@SimplyKellyGirl]

Greatly appreciated... thank you! Excellent and easy to follow instructions. I keep coming back because I can't remember the simple steps and the accent is nice :)

[@Marjoline]

Fantastic! Thanks Mark! I am going to have lots of fun with this info!

[@ivadimitrova3638]

Thank you so much, I needed that speedy kind of way of making a gif

[@latasiacarrington1335]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! I’ve watched 20 videos before this to figure it out but I got it! Thank you thank you!

[@elissaanntorres9123]

You made this process so seamless. Thank you!

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Glad it was helpful!

[@michaelar7639]

Thank you for this tutorial! Finally helped me create a GIF exactly how I wanted. I had to align my pictures automatically because I was moving a bit taking those pictures. But now I am not sure how to crop the excess of the image. I tried using the crop tool but that only worked for one image at a time. Any advice please?

[@markusaurelius777]

Perfect way to describe how to do this. I just followed your directions and made a GIF !!! Thanks so much! Cheers!

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Fantastic!

[@sidrarobertson5639]

you're amazing! thanks! seriously!

[@nataliaisaac1136]

This was great. Thank you!

[@AmitKumar-nn1rr]

This is by far the best tutorial on youtube. I only had to watch it once even though I have just begun learning Ps.....

[@emieboiesbastien1900]

You just saved my life. Thank you so much!!!!

[@kindiebuzz2379]

This is an excellent tutorial. Thank you so much. It helped me to create a simple GIF.

[@Bluecloudprod]

Well done sir. Helping me get over from down under... Cheers!

[@CareyNashCanada]

Thanks so much! I often forget the method and continually come back to this. appreciate it

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Happy to help!

[@susanblack947]

thank you ! such easy, clear and concise instructions

[@ankine9084]

excellent explanation! thank you so much:)

[@DancewithBeni]

This was very helpful! Thank you :)

[@reddingtonraymond1129]

thanks man, you saved ma life

[@kitmimichan]

This is an awesome tutorial! Thank you for making this^^! Very helpful!

[@benjaminslife9424]

Thank you for the clear instructions. Was able to get this sorted out in a few minutes. Love it!!

[@NikkiShivaTheGrimReaper]

This was a wonderful and easy video to comprehend. Very grateful :D

[@allisongreenlea530]

This is fantastic because I always pronounced it as JIF and just today my boyfriend was telling me I was wrong and I was like meh I like the sound and NOW I KNOW I WAS RIGHT! Thank you!

[@neosaifamily]

Hi Mark, just want to say thanks for making this great video

[@BigWaterCi]

Thank you!!! Very clear and well done tutorial.

[@vk2np]

Thanks Mark I bought another program not realising Photoshop had this much Gif capability and more

[@tamwellwell9720]

this video is the best of all out of youtube, teach same thing but more simple and efficient than others! Thanks a lot!

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Glad you think so!

[@leathereggman678]

That was comprehensive and short. Nice!

[@Rdavis6593]

Good explanation. Thanks for going slowly and showing each step.

[@luiscrespo1165]

So clear, well-timed and helpful. THANK YOU.

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Glad it was helpful!

[@siriusgd4753]

Excellent video. I just watched three others that were made more recent and those sucked. Yours was right to the point and easy to understand. Now I just have to play with the transitions (tween) a bit.

[@markmakesmusic1]

Thank you, clear video

[@TragickHipHop]

Thank you sir! very quick and helpful!

[@mariadanielamartinez209]

Amazing! so easy!! thank you

[@adamouri]

Wonderful! Thank you!

[@ambarishkarve]

Very nice & detailed explained. Thank you.

[@untagarchitectureandinteri1696]

Thanks Mark.... very helful

[@diandrzahra]

it's almost 2022 and i am here still looking for this tutorial. thank you for the clear explanation!

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Blackbirdofheaven]

This is wonderful!!! Thank you so much

[@luiurt]

Great tutorial. Thank you.

[@theimagefactoryphotographe2644]

Nice vid and easy to follow - thanks!

[@elpistachio]

I used your tutorial to make my first ever GIF. Thank you so much!

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Glad it helped!

[@ronakshah1990]

This was really helpful. Thanks a lot!

[@sonsterb1644]

Very clear simple instructions. Thank you for posting!!

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Glad it was helpful!

[@vanillaandbean]

Hey Mark! Thanks so much for sharing. Your video was clear, concise and super helpful :D

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sonsterb1644]

Excellent explination!! Thank you!

[@Dannisa18]

Thanks for the excellent short tutorial. Told me just what I wanted to know. BTW I also say GIF with a hard G.

[@joeyb2137]

Very helpful and easy to follow. Thank you

[@vladicamaleska6376]

BRAVO! thank you so much!

[@msonisama8656]

Thank you mah man, really easy to do and understand, thanks again

[@user-lb6lu3nw3d]

Thank you so much , you helped me a lot!

[@britainthroughmylens]

This was very helpful. Thank you.

[@woodster909]

Very helpful, thanks Mark

[@anrashid47]

A well created and presented instructional video !! The narration is clear and comprehensible . Good job !! 👌

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Thank you very much!

[@kanebanner]

Very helpful, I really needed this! Thank you.

[@GammaZoneTV]

Great tutorial, thanks!

[@meljulin96]

This is a great, helpful video! Thank you! I get confused easy 😅 you made it uncomplicated. 👍🏻

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jbrandoncloud]

awesome tutorial! also interesting, one of my first graphic design professors went to college with the inventor of the gif format and according to him there is no right or wrong way to say it

[@00Dawggg]

Came to learn how to make a GIF, learned how to make a JIF!

[@michaeldonaldson7037]

The guy who made this video & or who is narrating it, is saying the letter G improperly. Obviously. He doesn't know you pronounce the letter G as in Glad or the word "Gift" without the letter T at the end of the word. He doesn't know & or realize it's not pronounced like the letter J. I know, I know.... Potato, Potoddo, .... Tomato, Tomotto.

[@michaeldonaldson7037]

LOL !!!

[@trevorblount5855]

@@michaeldonaldson7037 Gin, Giraffe, Ginger, Ginsing, Gist, Giant, Gypsy

[@TommyFarrell69]

@@michaeldonaldson7037 He's pronouncing it the correct way like 'JIFF'.

[@michaeldonaldson7037]

@@TommyFarrell69 Mind your own fuckin' business, Tommy. Unless you are in bed with Cam. Besides, if the real word is "GIF" then the word being made fun of is spelled "JIF". Unless the changed the spelling from "GIF" to "Giff" now.

[@AnnaCollinsphotographer]

Excellent clear explanation. No mansplaining BS. Thank you so much!

[@aulcamedia]

Nice, concise, and useful.

[@sydneywassalu1758]

very Helpful mark.. thanks

[@sahilhans]

very nice and simple explanantion... i did it so easily... thank you my friend... great job....

[@Homemadegameguru]

Older video, but still awesome. Very helpful - thanks!

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jessieblack4543]

Thank you! Very helpful even in the newest version 2022!

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Glad it helped!

[@RyzeMaster]

Very Very helpful. Subscribed!

[@obayedh]

Really cool!

[@gravelbar]

I'm doing scientific animations. Huge help, thanks.

[@dangoflower751]

Thank you so much! It worked amazingly!

[@AlphaCreativeSkills]

Glad it helped!

[@xareco1982]

Great Work! THKS for Share!

[@UCBLibraries]

Thank you Mark!

[@Trioptic3D]

Thank you! Great video

[@dariafisher9403]

Very helpful, thank you!

[@raitisfreimanis]

Good instruction video! Thanks!

[@arjunmangal5281]

Thanks dude. You save my day !!! :)