{"id":3862,"date":"2024-12-10T16:50:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/?page_id=3862"},"modified":"2026-01-07T16:19:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:19:23","slug":"animation-with-photoshop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/animation-with-photoshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Animation with Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>One of the easiest ways<\/strong> to create an animation is to use the Adobe Photoshop frame animator.<\/p>\n<p>Start by opening Photoshop and push the big blue button: &#8220;Create a new file.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re going to use a 728 pixel wide 90 pixel high banner. ( That&#8217;s one of the standard sizes of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iab.com\/\">Interactive Advertising Bureau<\/a>. ).<\/p>\n<p>Once you have the new file open, follow these directions and click through to the image file for closeups.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div id=\"attachment_3866\" style=\"width: 231px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-11.55.57\u202fAM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3866\" class=\"wp-image-3866\" src=\"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-11.55.57\u202fAM-300x207.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-11.55.57\u202fAM-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-11.55.57\u202fAM-1024x705.png 1024w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-11.55.57\u202fAM-768x529.png 768w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-11.55.57\u202fAM-1536x1058.png 1536w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-11.55.57\u202fAM-800x551.png 800w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-11.55.57\u202fAM.png 2024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"># 3 &#8211; Create Frame Animation<\/p><\/div>\n<p>1 Make sure you are in the &#8220;Motion&#8221; Workspace.\u00a0 (Pull down from top menu &#8220;Window&#8221; to Workspace and then slide over to Motion).<\/p>\n<p>2 Open the timeline (Pull down from top menu &#8220;Window&#8221; and release on &#8220;Timeline&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>3 Make sure your timeline is set to &#8220;Create Frame animation.&#8221; If it is set to &#8220;Create Video Timeline, pull down the bar and you&#8217;ll see &#8220;Create Frame Animation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div id=\"attachment_3868\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-12.00.42\u202fPM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3868\" class=\"wp-image-3868\" src=\"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-12.00.42\u202fPM-300x207.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-12.00.42\u202fPM-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-12.00.42\u202fPM-1024x705.png 1024w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-12.00.42\u202fPM-768x529.png 768w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-12.00.42\u202fPM-1536x1058.png 1536w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-12.00.42\u202fPM-800x551.png 800w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-12.00.42\u202fPM.png 2024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3868\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">#4 Frame animation ready<\/p><\/div>\n<p>4 Push the button at &#8220;Create Frame Animation&#8221; and your animation timeline should have a blank timeline frame.\u00a0 Now\u00a0 you\u00a0 are\u00a0 ready\u00a0 to\u00a0 start.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div id=\"attachment_3871\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-12.07.46\u202fPM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3871\" class=\"wp-image-3871\" src=\"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-12.07.46\u202fPM-300x207.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-12.07.46\u202fPM-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-12.07.46\u202fPM-1024x705.png 1024w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-12.07.46\u202fPM-768x529.png 768w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-12.07.46\u202fPM-1536x1058.png 1536w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-12.07.46\u202fPM-800x551.png 800w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-12.07.46\u202fPM.png 2024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">#5 position first elements<\/p><\/div>\n<p>5 With the first blank frame highlighted, add elements to the 728 x 90 pixel banner. Here we are going to add a blue circle and some dummy text.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div id=\"attachment_3873\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Animation.sequence.copyFrame.decreaseTextOpacity.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3873\" class=\"wp-image-3873 \" src=\"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Animation.sequence.copyFrame.decreaseTextOpacity-300x207.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Animation.sequence.copyFrame.decreaseTextOpacity-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Animation.sequence.copyFrame.decreaseTextOpacity-1024x705.png 1024w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Animation.sequence.copyFrame.decreaseTextOpacity-768x529.png 768w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Animation.sequence.copyFrame.decreaseTextOpacity-1536x1058.png 1536w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Animation.sequence.copyFrame.decreaseTextOpacity-800x551.png 800w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Animation.sequence.copyFrame.decreaseTextOpacity.png 2024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3873\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">#6 and 7 Copy frame1 (menu with red circle). Then change the text on frame 2 (menu with yellow circle).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>6 Next copy the frame so there are two identical frames\u00a0 using\u00a0 the\u00a0 frame\u00a0 menu\u00a0 (red\u00a0 circle).<br \/>\nThen change the elements in\u00a0 the second frame. So\u00a0 here\u00a0 we\u00a0 \u00a0are\u00a0 \u00a0moving\u00a0 the\u00a0 blue\u00a0 circle\u00a0 to\u00a0 the\u00a0 right.<\/p>\n<p>7 We are also\u00a0 \u00a0and\u00a0 decreasing\u00a0 the\u00a0 opacity\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 text using\u00a0 the\u00a0 side\u00a0 menu\u00a0 in\u00a0 the\u00a0 layers\u00a0 pallet (yellow circle).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div id=\"attachment_3886\" style=\"width: 229px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3886\" class=\"wp-image-3886\" src=\"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-12.58.57\u202fPM-300x207.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-12.58.57\u202fPM-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-12.58.57\u202fPM-1024x707.png 1024w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-12.58.57\u202fPM-768x530.png 768w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-12.58.57\u202fPM-800x552.png 800w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-12.58.57\u202fPM.png 1368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3886\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">#8a tween (white circle)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>8 With the second frame highlighted, press the &#8220;tween&#8221; button (white circle)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-12.58.57\u202fPM.png\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div id=\"attachment_3887\" style=\"width: 229px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-1.03.42\u202fPM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3887\" class=\"wp-image-3887\" src=\"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-1.03.42\u202fPM-300x293.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-1.03.42\u202fPM-300x293.png 300w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-1.03.42\u202fPM.png 622w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">#9 tween dialogue box<\/p><\/div>\n<p>9\u00a0 You&#8217;ll get a dialogue box\u00a0 that lets you add frames in between.\u00a0 Here we are adding 5 frames between the first and second frames.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div id=\"attachment_3889\" style=\"width: 231px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-1.06.54\u202fPM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3889\" class=\"wp-image-3889\" src=\"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-1.06.54\u202fPM-300x175.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-1.06.54\u202fPM-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-1.06.54\u202fPM-1024x599.png 1024w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-1.06.54\u202fPM-768x449.png 768w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-1.06.54\u202fPM-1536x898.png 1536w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-1.06.54\u202fPM-2048x1198.png 2048w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-1.06.54\u202fPM-800x468.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">#10 your animation should look like this<\/p><\/div>\n<p>10 Now you should see changes in the elements of the frame. You can control the timing of the animation and the looping of the animation with controls under the frames. 9 With the frames added, you should be able to press the &#8220;play&#8221; button and see the effect of the motion and opacity changes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div id=\"attachment_3893\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Demo.DummyAnimate.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3893\" class=\"wp-image-3893 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Demo.DummyAnimate-300x37.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"37\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3893\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Final test animation<\/p><\/div>\n<p>11 The final animation should look more or less like this:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div id=\"attachment_3898\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-4.18.48\u202fPM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3898\" class=\"wp-image-3898\" src=\"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-4.18.48\u202fPM-300x229.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-4.18.48\u202fPM-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-4.18.48\u202fPM-1024x783.png 1024w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-4.18.48\u202fPM-768x587.png 768w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-4.18.48\u202fPM-1536x1174.png 1536w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-4.18.48\u202fPM-800x612.png 800w, https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-4.18.48\u202fPM.png 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3898\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">#12 File \/ Export \/ Save for Web (Legacy) dialogue box<\/p><\/div>\n<p>12 Now pull down\u00a0 File \/ Export \/ Save for Web (Legacy) and you&#8217;ll see this dialogue box. Save as a &#8220;gif&#8221; and be sure to label the file with the .gif suffix.\u00a0 You can upload this gif directly to wordpress.com or other websites. It should animate when you view it through the browser.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the easiest ways to create an animation is to use the Adobe Photoshop frame animator. Start by opening Photoshop and push the big blue button: &#8220;Create a new file.&#8221; We&#8217;re going to use a 728 pixel wide 90 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/animation-with-photoshop\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3862","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3862"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4291,"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3862\/revisions\/4291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/viscomm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}