# Photoshop Animated GIFs

Canonical URL: <https://training-nyc.com/courses/photoshop-animated-gifs>

## Overview

GIFs (graphic interchange format) are an easy solution for short animations and have the potential to engage countless viewers across demographics. In fact, with the rise of mobile devices, animated GIFs have surpassed Flash animations—which are not compatible with mobile devices—in popularity.

In this 6-hour class, you’ll use Photoshop to create animated GIFs for websites, ads, and HTML emails. Explore a variety of animation styles as you learn how to hide and show elements, move things from one place to another, manipulate video timeline, and more. You’ll even add short video clips, and learn tips and tricks to create seamless loops.

Prior experience in Photoshop required, but don't let that stop you from creating dynamic content! Get up to speed through any of our available Photoshop courses, such as [Photoshop Bootcamp](/courses/photoshop-bootcamp) and [Photoshop in a Day](/courses/introduction-to-adobe-photoshop).

## What you'll learn

- Create animated GIFs for HTML emails, ads, and websites
- Learn to use Photoshop’s Timeline to create complex animations
- Use effects, filters, and video clips
- Create seamless looping animations
- Save your animations as animated GIFs
- Learn tips & tricks for reducing file sizes

## Prerequisites

Students should have equivalent knowledge of Photoshop to what we teach in our [Photoshop Bootcamp](/courses/photoshop-bootcamp).

## Curriculum

### Section 1

#### Creating a Simple Animated GIF

- Creating a frame animation
- Adding frames
- Setting frame duration using the frame delay option
- Testing the animation
- Saving as an animated GIF

#### Intro to Tweening

- Animating position to create movement
- Animating opacity to fade elements in/out

#### Keeping GIF File Size Down

- Tweening multiple parameters
- Tips & tricks for reducing file size
- Reworking the animation to reduce file size

#### Creating a Complex Animation

- Using clipping masks to create custom animations
- Manually animating an object
- Using Unify Layer options
- Making edits that apply to all frames

### Section 2

#### Using Video in Animated GIFs

- Specifying a range from a video to import
- Converting video into a frame animation

#### Creating a Video Timeline

- Using keyframes to animate the Position property
- Animating the foods into & out of the box
- Moving the outermost foods along a curve instead of a line
- Moving, editing, & offsetting keyframes in the Timeline
- Copy/pasting keyframe values

#### Seamless Video Looping & Animating a Layer’s Transform

- Adding a video background as a Smart Object
- Making the video background loop seamlessly
- Animating a layer’s rotation using the Transform property

#### Embedding Animations in Smart Objects

- Embedding an animation within a Smart Object
- Adding a filter to an embedded animation
- Copying Smart Objects
- Final positioning & blending modes

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $395