If you think it needs more adjustments, you can use Levels, Curves, Vibrance, etc. Adjust until you’re happy with how your gif looks. Look at the bottom for a tutorial on text.) The possibilities for colouring are endless, but for this I’m going to be sticking to a simple brightness/contrast change. (Normally, I would do text next, but this specific gif has no text. If your subject is to the left, click the box to the left of the center and it’ll adjust. For example, in this gif Zoe and Alfie remain relatively in the center so I keep the anchor in the middle. Use the anchor to decide what you want cut off. You can also use Image > Canvas Size… which is what I normally do.Ĭhange cm to pixels and type in your desired width. Select the Crop Tool and adjust it to the size you want. It automatically sizes the width for you. To start sizing, go to Image > Image Size…Īlways adjust the height first. I used this particular gif as part of a gifset, so the size is going to be smaller than I would use for a single gif upload. Next up is sizing! I love this blog, welovetemplates, as they offer tons of sizing guides for gifs. Now, hit play and see if you like the speed. I usually go for 0.1 seconds, but it’s different for every gif. You can change it by selecting all the frames:
Photoshop will automatically set your frame speed. Go to Window and turn on Animation and Layers. If you’re happy with your selection of video, hit OK. If your gif is really long, you can increase it to 3 or 4, but they start to get choppy after that. This will condense more frames per layer so that you don’t have too many frames. If your gif is longer than a second, click Limit To Every 2 Frames. Try to keep it short (no longer than 4 seconds) or your gif will be too large for tumblr. If not, play the video or slide the bar until you find it and hold down the shift key while clicking the arrows or playing the video and pause when you have the part you want. If you used a program to edit your video to the part you want, use From Beginning To End. In order to get the part of the video you want into a gif, click the bubble next to Selected Range Only. Once you select your video, you’ll see this (Zoe’s face lol): If it’s in a different format, use an online converter. Make sure your video is in one of these formats or it won’t work. If you notice the bottom part, it accepts files in. Go to File > Import > Video frames to layers (Click on pictures to make them larger)Īfter that, you’ll see a screen like this to select your video. Once you have your video downloaded, you can either use a video editor to cut the video into just the part you want to gif or use this method: High definition videos make for clear, sharp gifs. If you use another browser, I’m sure they have something similar.
I have Firefox so I use the add-on Download Videos from Youtube. Next, you need a way to download your videos. I use Photoshop CS5 Portable, which I downloaded here. So, first of all you’re going to need a program to make your gif.
In this tutorial you’re going to learn how to import, size, add text, colour, and sharpen your gifs. Hey guys! Here’s a super simple tutorial for making a basic gif like this: