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I learned to create an animated gif today. Thanks Corrina! Also thanks to my sister for bringing me a Bangkok street version of Photoshop for mac (and for all the other thai treats – I am still loving the green tea chewing gum).<\/p>\n I learned to create an animated gif today. Thanks Corrina! Also thanks to my sister for bringing me a Bangkok street version of Photoshop for mac (and for all the other thai treats – I am still loving the green tea chewing gum).<\/p>\n
Here is an incomplete set of instructions – we started with a multi-burst pic that we opened in Photoshop:<\/p>\n
1. Cut the images apart to create a different layer for each shot. First you need to create a grid over the pictures.<\/p>\n
a.\u00c2\u00a0 Open Apple + R<\/strong> to show (or not show) the ruler alongside the image.<\/p>\n b. Hit V<\/strong> for the move tool. Use it to create a grid over the pic outlines you want to cut by pulling down the ruler.<\/p>\n c. Hit Z<\/strong> for the zoom tool. Use it to check that each grid intersection is aligned with the photo intersections.<\/p>\n *Use Open Apple + 0<\/strong> (the numeral) to make it fill screen.<\/p>\n *Make sure Feather<\/strong> is at 0 px.<\/p>\n 2. Cut the pictures and create a new layer for each image.<\/p>\n a. Use the marquis<\/strong> tool (marching ants) to outline eachimage you want to cut.<\/p>\n b. When you have the image, click Layer<\/strong> -> New<\/strong> -> Layer via cut<\/strong>. Repeat for each image.<\/p>\n 3. Crop everything else off by highlighting all the images you are using and clicking Image<\/strong> -> Crop<\/strong>. Use Open Apple + D to make the marching ants go away.<\/p>\n 4. Grab and stack each of the images on top of the last image.<\/p>\n 5. Trim away any white area by either using Image -> trim\u00c2\u00a0 or Image -> crop<\/p>\n 6. Get yourself into the ImageReady program, which is the colorful bottom-most icon on your photoshop tool belt.<\/p>\n 7. Go to Window<\/strong> -> animation<\/strong>. A small animation bar will appear at the bottom of your screen.\u00c2\u00a0 Now you have to create each animation window.<\/p>\n a. Keep your white background and first image selected. Deselect all the other images. click the copy image<\/strong> icon in the animation bar. Repeat for the rest of the images.<\/p>\n b. Select all the images in the animation bar. Hover over the seconds and right-click, which will give you the option of selecting how long you want each image to flash for. I chose .5 seconds for the image of Bella jumping.<\/p>\n 8. Under the Edit<\/strong> menu, select Save as Optimized file<\/strong>…<\/p>\n 9. Done!<\/p>\n The directions are garbled because I don’t know all the lingo – but I’ll post improved directions as I learn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I learned to create an animated gif today. Thanks Corrina! Also thanks to my sister for bringing me a Bangkok street version of Photoshop for mac (and for all the other thai treats – I am still loving the green … Continue reading