Did you know you could make GIFs on Photoshop? Neither did I.
This may be a step out of the level we have been working at, but following the step-by-step directions will make it easy enough to become a GIF Master!
First you need to open all the layers you will want to GIF.
Once you have that all prepared you need to open a Timeline.
Go to Window
Click Timeline
Change the drop box in the Timeline to Create Frame Animation
We need to make frames at this point. By clicking the Create Frame Animation, it will take the dominate layer and make it a frame. In order to make it switch, you can make a new frame by hiding what layers you don't want to see.
You can continue to add frames by clicking the paper icon next to the garbage can on your timeline. Once all the frames are on your timeline, there are two more steps you will want to take before completing your GIF.
You will want to change the amount of time each picture is on the screen by opening the choices under the frames. Two seconds is a good amount of time to fully convey the GIF. You will also want to make it so the flipping will go on Forever as can be seen in the bottom of the Timeline.
From here you can go to Save for Web. You will want to change the Image Size Percent to a smaller amount in order to make the GIF small enough to post on social media.
Click Save and name the GIF to your desktop (or wherever you choose to save it).
There you have it! You have made a GIF and it was relatively simple! The best purpose I have seen for this was to make a Starting Line Up GIF at game time.
A main thing you need to be sure of is if you are using pictures like head shots or have wording, all the layers should line up so the transition is seamless.
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