These frames will be then filled with inbetween frames to make the animation smoother. Keyframes are frames that define important points in an animation. This would be the equivalent of the paper transparency created by a traditional animation light box.Īll is set, we’re ready to draw! Once you have your character drawn, it’s time to make the keyframes. Opacity: I use this to turn the layers into “ onion skin” layers.Layers: Think of the layers as the different papers you would be drawing when you make a flipbook animation.Add new frame: This actually duplicates the chosen frame so pay attention you’re not.Each frame holds information of layers that are turned visible or not, as well as playing speed. Frames: Here are all the frames arranged from left to right in the way they will be played.I have highlighted all the options you will be using: Then once it’s been activated, click the Create Frame Animation button down there:įor this tutorial, I have sketched a small kitten (seen above) that we will be animating. This is done by going to the Window menu -> Timeline. The important part here is to activate the Timeline window since it’s what you will use to create frames, arrange them and set the animation speed. This is how my workspace looks like after I’ve created the new file: There is no actual limit for the height, but If you want it to look nice in the dashboard I suggest you use a 700px height maximum.
REMEMBERthat Tumblr has a 500 px width limit for animated gifs. I also suggest you look at my other GIF tutorial here since there are many concepts that might be useful for this! STEP 1: CREATING A NEW FILE AND SETTING UP THE WORK SPACEįirst, create a new document.A drawing tablet or something to draw in the computer (I have a Wacom Bamboo, it’s pretty cheap and pretty amazing!).A simple idea of what to animate (I’m going to make a simple cat running cycle).I hope it’s useful for those of you interested in animating things :) Things you’ll need for this: This is a self-taught method for frame-by-frame animation and it works for me. PLEASE NOTE I’M NO PROFESSIONAL ANIMATOR OR ANYTHING CLOSE TO IT (not even an student). When you read this tutorial, I assume you have some basic knowledge about how traditional animation works - I’ll try to explain some basic concepts though. This is not quite a tutorial but rather a method I use to make some of my gifs. WARNING: THIS IS IN NO WAY AN ACTUAL ANIMATION TECHNIQUE TUTORIAL but an insight about how I make many of my animations! If you need to decrease the file size, you may consider disabling this option for videos with low color variation.Īdd a transition to the end of the Animated GIF to fade the last frame to black.Since many people have been curious about my drawn gifs, here’s some insight of my process and how to turn Photoshop into an animation light box (or a flipbook if you like). Enabling this option can result in increased file sizes. This option is recommended for most videos. If looping is disabled, the Animated GIF plays until the end of the video.If looping is enabled, the Animated GIF plays back on a continuous loop.Dithering can result in larger file sizes. Unlocking the aspect ratio may result in skewed or blurry video content.Įnable Dithering to prevent color banding and to produce smoother video content. It is recommended to lock the aspect ratio, the ratio of the width to the height of a video. Decreasing the dimensions can result in lower file sizes for the Animated GIF. Select the unit to display the width and height dimensions.Įnter the width and height dimensions for the Animated GIF file. A higher frame rate produces smoother video playback and can result in larger file sizes. Snagit produces the Animated GIF file and adds it to the beginning of the Recent Captures Tray. Custom: Select this option if you want to customize the settings.Snagit scales the video dimensions down to have a max width or height of 200 pixels. Reduced File Size: Select this option if you want to optimize for file size.High Motion Video: Select this option if the video contains real world video or games.Screen Video (Default): Select this option if the video contains screen recording.Confirm if you are using the selection you just chose or if you would like to use the whole video to create the GIF.When you are satisfied with the selection, click the Create Animated GIF button.Drag the playhead to the green handle and click the Play button to preview the selection.
It is recommended to select a segment less than 30 seconds.
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