{"id":65294,"date":"2015-11-04T12:12:01","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T12:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/?p=65294"},"modified":"2015-11-04T12:23:25","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T12:23:25","slug":"how-to-make-a-gif-for-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/photo_editing\/how-to-make-a-gif-for-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make a GIF for Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some Facebook users have been granted the ability to use a GIF as their Facebook profile picture. This means that you can finally, finally, have a moving image as your profile picture.<\/p>\n

Of course, the internet is prolific with GIFs from the world of popular culture, but for your own profile picture you\u2019d probably prefer to have a moving image of yourself. Luckily, with Photoshop, it\u2019s easy to make a gif for Facebook – just follow this guide.<\/p>\n

First of all, you\u2019ll need to decide what kind of GIF you want to create. Is it a fluid, moving image, perhaps captured from a movie, or is it made up of several different still images to give a slideshow effect.<\/p>\n

How to make a gif from a video in Photoshop CS<\/h2>\n
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  1. \n

    Import your video<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\"Screen\n

    First of all you need to grab the video you\u2019re going to be working with. Perhaps you have something you\u2019ve captured on your phone or camera saved to your computer. Click File > Import > Video Frames to Layers.<\/p>\n

    Choose the video you want to work with and click Open. You can either choose to import the video from beginning to end, which is useful if it\u2019s a short video, or you can trim the video down to just a few seconds.\"Screen<\/p>\n

    Handily you can play, fast forward and rewind so that you get the exact parts that you want.<\/p>\n

    2. Check your layers<\/h2>\n

    Once you\u2019ve pressed OK you\u2019ll see that all the frames from your video have been separated into layers. Go to Window > Timeline to see a complete timeline displayed at the bottom of the screen. You might find random blank frames have appeared – delete any of these to get rid of a \u201cflashing\u201d effect in your final GIF.<\/p>\n

    You can check that the start and end frame are the ones you want, deleting any that are surplus at the beginning or end. You can also remove frames for a different, jerkier effect, if you wish.<\/p>\n

    3. Add text<\/h2>\n\"Screen\n

    If you want to add some text, you can do so. You\u2019ll need to place it on each layer if you want it to remain throughout the whole animation. To do this, place the text layer above the last layer frame in the sequence.<\/p>\n

    If you only want the text to appear for part of the animation, place the text layer above the last frame you want it to be seen in.<\/p>\n

    4. Export<\/h2>\n\"Screen\n

    When you\u2019re ready, it\u2019s time to export the GIF ready for use. Click File > Export > Save for Web.<\/p>\n

    It should already be set to GIF, but just in case it isn\u2019t, change it now. There are several options on this dialogue screen which you can change, such as the dimensions of the GIF. Choose the Looping Options – you\u2019ve got Forever (it will continuously loop), once, or you can choose the amount of times it loops.<\/p>\n

    To make sure that you\u2019ve got the GIF as you want it, click Preview and the GIF will open in a web browser to show you how it will look.<\/p>\n\"Screen\n

    When you\u2019re satisfied, click Save and choose a place to keep your file.<\/p>\n

    How to make a gif from stills in Photoshop CS<\/h2>\n

    Alternatively, you may have a bunch of still photos that you want to use. Luckily, that\u2019s also pretty simple.<\/p>\n

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    1. \n

      Create a new canvas<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\"Screen\n

      Go to File > New to create a new canvas. You don\u2019t need to make the canvas very large if you\u2019re planning on using the GIF for your Facebook profile picture. Click OK.<\/p>\n

      2. Prepare the canvas<\/h2>\n\"Screen\n

      You\u2019ll need to make the canvas ready to accept the pictures you\u2019re going to use in the GIF. Let\u2019s assume you\u2019re going to use three photos in the GIF. Make sure that you have the Timeline view showing (Window > Timeline). In the Timeline, create three new frames.<\/p>\n

      3. Place your photos<\/h2>\n\"Screen\n

      Next you need to find the photos you want to make up your GIF. You can choose images in a sequence if you want an animated style effect, or you can choose a number of completely random images.<\/p>\n

      Click File > Place Embedded. Choose the first image you want to use, and click Place. Drag the image to fit the size of your canvas and once you\u2019re happy, click the tick mark.<\/p>\n

      4. Choose the order.<\/h2>\n\"Screen\n

      Repeat Step 3 for as many photos as you want to place it. In the Timeline at the bottom, you should see all three frames are whichever photo you added last. To get them all to show something different, click the first frame and switch off visibility (the eye icon) for all layers except the first image you want to display. Go to the second frame and repeat this step, then repeat it for all frames.<\/p>\n

      5. Choose animation length<\/h2>\n\"Screen\n

      Next you\u2019ll want to change the length each photo is displayed for. By default, it\u2019s a very quick transition that doesn\u2019t generally work too well for GIFs unless each photo is part of a sequence. As an example, here we\u2019ve changed the transition to one second. Repeat this for all frames.<\/p>\n

      6. Save your GIF<\/h2>\n\"Screen\n

      Once you\u2019re happy with the order of your photos, and the timings, it\u2019s time to save the photo. Once again you\u2019ll go to File > Export > Save for Web. Here again you\u2019ll see a number of options, including how many times you want the GIF to loop, the image size and so on. Make all your final checks and click Save.<\/p>\n

      You\u2019re now prepped to upload a GIF to your Facebook profile!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Facebook now supports GIF images for your profile picture. But what if you don\u2019t want a GIF of Benedict Cumberbatch or Jennifer Lawrence representing your face – easy, make your own in Photoshop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1384,"featured_media":65296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[210],"tags":[],"product-category":[],"class_list":["post-65294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo_editing"],"yoast_head":"\nHow to make a GIF for Facebook - Amateur Photographer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Good news! Facebook now supports GIF images for your profile picture. 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