Story: It’s time of animation
With in a few years, majority of graphics will be motion, according to the Bloomberg Technology. TikTok sound booming these days. It’s a video sharing social media. Even you like it or not, we cannot stop the trend. Would you become an early adapter or just ignore it?
©CNBC International: How TikTok took the world by storm
I may learn about Tiktok in the future. Right now, I would like to learn more realistic skills, GIF. As human nature, people pay attention to moving stuff rather than stationary object. You can find scientific studies for it.
This morning I checked an email box and some emails were embedded GIF. I usually don’t much care about it, but I thought how can we make GIFs by the easiest way.
I would like to learn about it and use it in my portfolio.
How to make your own GIF in Photoshop
©The Verge
Good explanation video, what is GIF and how to make it.
How to make an Animated GIF in Photoshop
©Mark Galer’s Alpha Creative Skills
©Adobe Creative Cloud
Gypsy GIFs – Get the best GIF on GIPHY
©Professor Nick Carbonaro
You found Giphy on the very 1st page on Google. I found a tutorial on YouTube. I saw many 2000’s style websites for online GIF maker. It made me anxious, but the Giphy website looks recent style. They provide mobile APP as well. I think it’s quite popular.
Online GIF Maker
Once you google “gif, maker, online”, you can find many online tools.
Make A Gif: Animated Gifs Maker, Free Gif Creator Online
Animated GIF Maker: Easy To Use Online GIF Editor
GIF Maker on Mobile
I cannot imagine making GIF on cell phones, but millennials or gen-z may be comfortable to make GIF on mobile.
App Store: GIF Maker – Make Video to GIFs
Google Play: GIF Maker, GIF Editor, Video Maker, Video to GIF
Example
Photoshop – File – Export for Web
*Set looping to forever.
I made a sample of GIF animation by Photoshop. It took 1 hour. I need to adjust images a little bit. How to make GIF isn’t difficult. What the important is contents.
Conclusion: Improve at least 1mm everyday
You may busy at daily work. Focus on what you have to do is good. However, the daily job becomes routine someday. You will get used to do it. You have to find how to improve yourself everyday.
Before it happens, let’s break habits. Think about something different process, how to generate the same results in a short time. We have equally has 24 hours per day. Someone innovates a new service somewhere in the world during your routine days.
Get out comfort zone. Step by step every day. See the long term goal!
Reference:
Hootsuite: How to Make a GIF – 4 Tried-and-True Methods
Inside Design: 7 tips for designing awesome animated GIFs
Mike Murphy Co: Photoshop Animations for Instagram Stories: How To Use Tween
