#very soothing! but also very frustrating sometimes skdjfh

[gardenerian]

potential gif maker anon back AND THANK U seriously everything u said was extremely helpful and detailed which is perfect!! i probably should have mentioned that im extremely new to gifs😬 and all as in i know nothing, so questions for now if u have the time: if u could explain the importing beginning process and the best way to find pictures/clips for them ??? I'll have to start messing around with it but ill probably be back 😅 again thank u so much for the rundown of your process it helps a ton and means alot 💗💗💗 also good luck on the current gifset your working on i know it'll turn out great!!!

oh hello future gif maker! happy to help. i put some tips below the cut. also please tag me when you make your gifs so i can see! if you want, of course 😌 i'd love to see your art!

OKAY so. first you'll need the scene you wanna gif. my gifs are usually around 45-60 frames each, so the clips are about 1.5 seconds. sometimes a little more or less, depending on the type of edit i want to do.

when you have your clips ready to import (you can DM me if you need help with getting/trimming clips!), open up photoshop. then head to file - import - video frames to layers. load your clip from wherever you saved it.

now you have your gif! make sure you go to window and select timeline so you can see all your frames. you can delete frames to make your file smaller, or just remove frames you don't need. if you're happy with it, leave them be!

now you can crop. this tool is on the left side menu. cut out whatever you don't want in the scene. just keep in mind that you'll then need to resize. to do this, go to image - image size. you want these to be measured by pixels! tumblr has specific width dimensions for uploading in HQ. i'll put those below. the bigger your gif, and often the more editing you do, the bigger the file size will be - and you want it to be below 10 MB. mine are usually around 5-7 MB to be safe.

also be sure to adjust the frame delay, this is how fast the gif will move. do this via your timeline - select all frames, then click the frame delay setting to edit. i usually set mine at 0.05 or 0.06, sometimes 0.07 if there aren’t as many frames. OR if i want a slower effect, even up to 0.08. this just depends on the look you want.

now you're ready to sharpen and color! and when you're done: file - export - save for web. we can go over those settings when you're ready, but hopefully this will help you get started. please let me know if you have questions as you go!