Creating GIFs – Learn How

Creating GIFs – Learn How!

Graphic Interchange Format is referred to by the abbreviation “GIF.” GIFs are 8-bit or 256-color, tiny image formats that may be quickly downloaded from the Internet. Despite the fact that the picture quality is poorer than other formats, they are quite useful as downloaded files and can be combined to make animated GIFs. Even so, a GIF picture may be easily linked to Microsoft Paint and is a very useful file for displaying shorter segments of films.

The method of creating a GIF in Microsoft Paint is fairly simple.

1. The first step is to open a Microsoft Paint screen on the desktop.
2. Using the accessories, an image can be created on the screen.
3. The ‘Save As’ option in the File Menu provides the option of saving the file to the desired location on the desktop.
4. Under the ‘Save as Type’ option the image file can be saved by choosing the “GIF” option.

This seems like a fairly easy option to exercise to create a GIF image.

With or without the use of Photoshop, there are still other ways to make animated GIFs and films. They are helpful tools for making animated GIFs, to put it briefly.

Using Photoshop, an animated GIF is produced.

Place every photograph that was produced in its own folder. They can be uploaded in Photoshop by performing the subsequent steps in that order. Click

• File to open
• Scripts
• Load Files into Stack
• Browse to choose the files

After completing these steps, Photoshop separates each picked image into its own layer. However, Photoshop can be used to construct each frame as a layered animated GIF from saved JPEGs or PNGs if there isn’t a series of images to use.

To do this, the following steps can be used:

• Choose “Timeline” from the “Window” navigation menu.
• Click “Create Frame Animation” when the Timeline icon appears at the bottom of the screen. The “Menu” icon, which opens a dropdown menu, is located to the right of the Timeline screen.
• Click it to select all the layers that will be animated.
• By selecting “Create a new layer for each frame,” you can: Make frames from layers by selecting the “Menu” option from the same right-side icon. Now, every layer is a GIF frame.
• From the options under each frame, you may specify the time at which it will display. You can change the length of the animation by repeating this process for every frame.

Pressing the “Play” button will provide a preview of the finished animated GIF.

• Save the file using the “Save for Web” option if it will be used online.
• The animated GIF can be uploaded and smoothly integrated into any file that needs it.

Some other important points to remember for creating GIFs and animating them are:

• Data Format
• Dithering
• Dots Per Inch
• Image Resolution
• Image Size
• Index Color