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AnthonyHolden β€” How to Make an Animated Gif

Published: 2012-06-25 18:37:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 19945; Favourites: 466; Downloads: 402
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Description Dudes and dudettes of internetville,


In my spare time, I'm making a lot of loping gifs these days. I've been hearing from lots of folks who want to know how I'm making these little moving images. Making them has been so much fun, so I figured I'd try and share a little of what I know. Keep in mind that this is, of course, just ONE WAY of making animated gifs, so it's hardly authoritative or exhaustive. Mostly it's just a working method that I've discovered--and it's bound to change over time. I'll update again when I figure out some new things. "Like" my page on Facebook [link] to check out when I'm putting stuff like this up. Also, feel free to drop a line and ask questions about whatever.


Until then, on to the show!
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Comments: 105

KinimiHucashi [2014-12-10 03:27:24 +0000 UTC]

I've always wanted to know how to make gifs... Thank you for this However I'd just like to use photoshop to make gifs since getting another application to do this would probably be more tedious and costly for me

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XsparX [2014-07-29 12:30:24 +0000 UTC]

I want to do this but am always afraid of downloading anything because i have to pay for it and viruses am trying to work up my courage to download it XD

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SopeCreations [2014-07-24 06:12:10 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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Laugh-Butts [2014-02-03 00:20:27 +0000 UTC]

HAHAH what a cute kid! She seems....part...Hispanic?! I do not know.Β 

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Asdfgirl-1025 [2014-01-17 05:56:34 +0000 UTC]

i don't get it


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AnthonyHolden In reply to Asdfgirl-1025 [2014-01-21 05:06:33 +0000 UTC]

me neither. Too many steps. Don't listen to a word I say.

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Laugh-Butts In reply to AnthonyHolden [2014-02-03 00:20:37 +0000 UTC]

What an honest reply! xD

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Asdfgirl-1025 In reply to AnthonyHolden [2014-01-21 05:15:58 +0000 UTC]

i don't get it and i will listen to every word you say

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AnthonyHolden In reply to Asdfgirl-1025 [2014-01-29 05:04:00 +0000 UTC]

HAHA. You got it.

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Asdfgirl-1025 In reply to AnthonyHolden [2014-01-29 23:28:57 +0000 UTC]

meow :b

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Asdfgirl-1025 In reply to Asdfgirl-1025 [2014-01-29 23:29:10 +0000 UTC]

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TzukiTheTrainer In reply to Asdfgirl-1025 [2014-05-24 13:15:32 +0000 UTC]

:v

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PrincessOfAnimeArt [2013-12-06 00:56:43 +0000 UTC]

:thumb196266617: HELP ME. PLEASE.

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AnthonyHolden In reply to PrincessOfAnimeArt [2014-01-12 06:18:05 +0000 UTC]

? Whaddaya need help with?

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FrozenMaple [2013-11-03 15:08:00 +0000 UTC]

Wait so I can make animations like my icon now(I didn't make it) with gimp? Because I already have gimp.

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AnthonyHolden In reply to FrozenMaple [2013-11-26 08:38:47 +0000 UTC]

I don't know how to do it with gimp, but there MUST be a way!

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FrozenMaple In reply to AnthonyHolden [2013-11-30 01:05:53 +0000 UTC]

yeah i tried but i dont think i have the right gimp:C thats why im saving up to buy Photoshop because i dont like using illegal copies of stuff. It just fills me up with guilt

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AnthonyHolden In reply to FrozenMaple [2013-12-02 15:56:03 +0000 UTC]

Same. I'd rather come by something honestly, even if it means more work.

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Wolvesine [2013-09-15 18:15:49 +0000 UTC]

I have something I want to make a gif.... if you want to help me comment about this subject on one of my masterpieces (XP) Then I will post it wait till you made it into gif then delete it... pleaseΒ  help me Β 

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Novasparkle [2013-08-02 01:40:26 +0000 UTC]

Hi. I made some gifs for my profile picture but they are too large. Is there a specific way I must resize them?Β 

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AnthonyHolden In reply to Novasparkle [2013-09-13 17:33:23 +0000 UTC]

dA likes gifs that are 150X150 or smaller. I know that much.

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puglover3000 [2013-07-08 14:30:28 +0000 UTC]

Is there a way to do this without flash?

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AnthonyHolden In reply to puglover3000 [2013-07-08 17:02:40 +0000 UTC]

There is. I've been animating in Photoshop lately, and am trying to find time to make another tutorial. Stay tuned!

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puglover3000 In reply to AnthonyHolden [2013-07-08 19:03:13 +0000 UTC]

I don't have Photoshop.

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AnthonyHolden In reply to puglover3000 [2013-07-08 19:10:53 +0000 UTC]

BLARGH! Have you tried GIMP? It's free.

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puglover3000 In reply to AnthonyHolden [2013-07-08 19:11:59 +0000 UTC]

I have that. It's kind of confusing. But can you make animations in it?

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AnthonyHolden In reply to puglover3000 [2013-07-09 16:11:37 +0000 UTC]

I have heard that you can. Though, having never used the program myself, I cannot say definitively.

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puglover3000 In reply to AnthonyHolden [2013-07-09 19:53:20 +0000 UTC]

oh.

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realityenhanced [2013-06-30 19:20:59 +0000 UTC]

VidGiffy ([link] ) also lets you do just this.

It's a Windows 8 App that easily captures Animated Gifs from Videos

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AnthonyHolden In reply to realityenhanced [2013-07-01 18:15:35 +0000 UTC]

Very cool. I'll have to check this out!

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JohnWRoberts [2013-05-29 14:47:20 +0000 UTC]

love you so much for this that I could kiss you man!!!!!

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AnthonyHolden In reply to JohnWRoberts [2013-05-29 16:24:10 +0000 UTC]

Do me one better, and make something totally awesome!!

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FlukeFeather [2013-05-21 09:42:39 +0000 UTC]

cool i'll try it thx

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AnthonyHolden In reply to FlukeFeather [2013-05-21 16:56:30 +0000 UTC]

make something cooooooool!

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Suahpy [2013-05-15 13:42:08 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the tutorial Anthony and is that your daughter? She is such a sweetheart!

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AnthonyHolden In reply to Suahpy [2013-05-20 16:49:43 +0000 UTC]

You are so welcome! And, yes, that is one of my daughters.

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kissman966 [2013-03-11 04:40:24 +0000 UTC]

hey there..just drop by to yell at ya that YOU'RE AWESOOOMMMMMEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
i really love to see you animate those drawings of yours
and oh i One Piece too..i've started to make GIF from One Piece..but i didn't draw them like you did and just capture the frames..i dunno how can you be so patient in doing this..i respect you, bro

and i love what you did to Zoro ..everything you make is awesome

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AnthonyHolden In reply to kissman966 [2013-03-11 20:59:35 +0000 UTC]

Haha! Thank you so much!

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kissman966 In reply to AnthonyHolden [2013-03-18 09:04:10 +0000 UTC]

dun mention it

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HTFHappy-the-Raccoon [2013-03-02 20:35:09 +0000 UTC]

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ΰ² β€Ώΰ²  The Table

(╬ ΰ² η›Šΰ² ) BACK!

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AnthonyHolden In reply to HTFHappy-the-Raccoon [2013-03-03 06:40:20 +0000 UTC]

haha! I'd never seen this before. emoticomics!

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HTFHappy-the-Raccoon In reply to AnthonyHolden [2013-03-03 22:03:57 +0000 UTC]

yeah, it was someones signature and i thought it was funny

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angelykat1 [2013-02-25 18:16:16 +0000 UTC]

i wanna edit a gif with da muro because i cant use downlaodable at programs untill my computer gets fixed :l

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AnthonyHolden In reply to angelykat1 [2013-02-26 04:43:12 +0000 UTC]

Blah! Boo for broken tech. Hope it gets fixed soon!

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angelykat1 In reply to AnthonyHolden [2013-02-26 06:33:06 +0000 UTC]

yup me to and thanks

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Wenimation [2013-02-11 00:57:48 +0000 UTC]

How do you make it so that your preview is also animated? I tried to upload a gif but the preview had to be a still.

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AnthonyHolden In reply to Wenimation [2013-02-11 04:21:19 +0000 UTC]

shrink the .gif file down to 150X150 pixels or smaller. Then it should work!

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Wenimation In reply to AnthonyHolden [2013-02-11 08:52:38 +0000 UTC]

Oh, Thanks a bunch!

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IronicPhonic [2013-01-17 04:16:35 +0000 UTC]

Do i need to use photoshop??

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AnthonyHolden In reply to IronicPhonic [2013-01-17 07:34:52 +0000 UTC]

That's what I've been using. I'm sure there are other methods out there, but I am yet to explore them. I understand that Adobe recently made CS2 available for free online.

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