Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. I'm going to show you how to create a
simple, frame animation
in Photoshop. You can add as much or as little graphics in your animation as you like.
Keep in mind, the animation feature isn't
available in earlier versions. Make a new document
by pressing Ctrl + N on Windows or
Cmd + N on a Mac. I'll make the size of this document
1280 by 720 pixels
with a resolution of 150 pixels per inch.
You can make yours any size you like. To fit the document
on your screen, press Ctrl or Cmd + 0.
Open your Horizontal Type Tool
and choose a font. I'm choosing a font called
"False 3D". If you'd like to use it,
I provided its link which is located in the video description or project files.
I'll make the size: 116 points,
Sharp, Center alignment
and black for the color. Type out your text.
To increase or decrease the space between lines,
go to Window and Character.
The Character panel will open. Highlight the bottom line
and slide the "Baseline Shift" icon
to the left or right. To center your text,
click on the Move Tool and move it. You can close the Character panel now.
We're ready to add color to the text,
but first, we need to rasterize it. Go to
Layer, Rasterize and Type. Click on the foreground color,
pick a color, then click OK.
Open your Paint Bucket Tool
and click inside your characters. If you accidentally click on another part,
press "z" to undo it. Repeat the process to add color for each character.
Next, we'll cut and copy each character to its own layer.
To do this, open your Lasso Tool
and carefully draw around the first character.
Press Ctrl + J
on Windows or Cmd + J on a Mac to cut and copy the first character to its own layer.
Make your original text layer active.
Draw around the second character and cut and copy
it to its own layer. Repeat this with every character.
Hide the original layer and make a composite snapshot of your image
by making your top layer active and pressing Ctrl + Shift
Alt + E on Windows or Cmd + Shift
Opt + E on a Mac. Name it,
"1". This will be the first frame
of your animation. Hide the layer and open your Move Tool.
Make sure "Auto-Select" is checked.
This allows us to move individual characters
simply by clicking on them. Go to
"View" and make sure "Snap" is not checked.
If it is, simply click on it. Click on
each character and move it slightly.
Make a composite snapshot of your image by scrolling to the top of your Layers
panel
and making the top character layer active. Use the same keystrokes
as you did earlier to make the composite snapshot and name it,
"2". This will be your second frame of animation.
Hide the layer and slightly move each character
again. Make the top character layer
active, make a composite snapshot and name it,
"3". This will be your third frame of animation.
Continue to make as many frames as you like. For this example,
I'll make 5 frames. Make all the frame layers
visible. Go to "File" and "Save As".
Save it to your Desktop and click on
"New folder". Name it "Animation"
Click on the Animation folder and name the file,
"1" as a JPEG.
Then, click "Save". When you see this window,
make sure the Quality is "Maximum" and the slider is
all the way to the right. Then, click OK.
Hide Layer "1" and go back to "File"
and "Save As". Click "Desktop"
and the Animation folder. Name it, "2".
as a JPEG.
Click "Save" and "OK". Repeat these steps for all of your frame layers.
Go to "File", "Scripts"
and "Load Files into Stack". Click on
this arrow and choose, "Folder".
Click "Browse" and the Animation folder.
Then, click OK on both windows.
Photoshop automatically is loading all the layers
into a stack. The next step differs depending on what version of Photoshop
you have. For Photoshop CS5,
go to "Window" and "Animation". For CS6
and Creative Cloud, go to "Window"
and "Timeline". At the bottom,
in the middle of the panel, you'll see a button with the drop-down
allowing you to choose either "Create Video Timeline"
or "Create Frame Animation". Choose
"Create Frame Animation". In the animation timeline panel menu,
click "Make Frames from Layers". Now,
we'll change the direction each frame. Click
"Select All Frames". Notice
all the frames are now highlighted. Click the down arrow just underneath one of
the frame
images. You can set a time duration for your frames.
Since all frames are selected, all frames will be set to the same time.
Each frame can be changed individually if you want
For this example, I'll choose "0.1" seconds.
Notice all the frames have durations of "0.1" seconds.
Presently, the animation is set to play once,
so I'll click on the arrow next to it and choose
"Forever". To play the animation, press the "Play" button.
To save it,
click "File" and "Save for Web".
Make sure the file format is set to "GIF".
Then, click "Save". Choose a location to save it to.
I'll save mine to my desktop. I'll name it, "Animation clip".
Then, click "Save". To open the file,
just click on it. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
Thanks for watching!
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