Animation in Photoshop

This tutorial will show you how to create an animation like the one pictured here and save it as an animated GIF. This animation uses a simple moving shape, but the same principles apply to any type of animation.

Notes:

• For making a GIF out of a video clip, see our Video GIF tutorial.
• If you are using Photoshop CS2 or earlier, you need to use the ImageReady animation feature.

Animations are created using layers. There are two things you need to do:

1. Create a series of layers which will become the frames of the animation.
2. Use the Animation palette to create frames and animate them.

Next Page: Create the Layers