Animated inscriptions are widespread: they are used in virtual postcards, as avatars to site profiles, and they are also displayed in message signatures. In other words, any resource on the Internet that is somehow connected with graphics uses animation or animated inscriptions. To create the simplest animation, you can use the Adobe Photoshop package, which includes the Adobe Image Ready program.
Necessary
Adobe Photoshop software
Instructions
Step 1
Open Photoshop and create a new document: click the File menu, choose Open. In the window that opens, set the following values:
- Width: 500;
- Height: 200;
- Resolution: 150;
- Background Contents: transparent.
Click the OK button.
Step 2
A new file window will appear in front of you. Press the "T" button on the toolbar, write any word or phrase. Right-click on the text layer in the Layers panel and select Rasterize Type from the context menu.
Step 3
Right click on this layer again, select Duplicate Layer to duplicate the text layer. Now you need to hide the top layer (first layer) in order to change the position of the second layer. To hide the layer, click on the button with the eye next to the selected layer.
Step 4
You can come up with any animation. The easiest is to fade out the animation. To do this, use an eraser. The second layer needs to be rubbed a little. After erasing part of the text, you should create another duplicate of the layer, but not the first, but the second layer. This is done for a smooth transition. Thus, it is necessary to make several layers. As a rule, the more the better.
Step 5
When the work is ready, transfer it to the ImageReady editor. This can be done by clicking on the lowest button on the toolbar. If you don't have the Animation panel open, be sure to do this. Set the spacing to 0.06 or 0.07 seconds on the first text layer.
Step 6
On the Animation panel, click the Duplicate current frame button. A new layer will appear in the layers panel, it needs to be erased, we will not need it. Click on the second frame of the Animation panel, click the Tween button, enter 21 in the Frames to Add field.
Step 7
In the Animation panel, click the first frame and set it to display the last layer in the Layers panel. Now assign a different text layer to each frame in the Animation panel. For the last frame, set the display time to 3 seconds. Our animated text is ready, to save it, click the File menu, then select the Save optimized as item.
