Having looked at the blinking and iridescent animated avatars, many users of forums and social networks wondered how to make themselves the same beauty. Moreover, the process of creating animation in.
Necessary
Photoshop graphic editor
Instructions
Step 1
Create a document in Photoshop with the dimensions of the user's picture, valid on the Internet resource where you are going to upload it. Use the New command from the File menu.
Step 2
In the palette of tools select the Paint Bucket Tool ("Fill"). Click on the top of the two colored squares at the bottom of the Tools panel to select a neutral color from the foreground color palette that opens. Click the OK button. Left-click on the new document and fill it with the foreground color.
Step 3
In the palette "Tools" select the tool Horizontal Type Tool ("Horizontal text"). Left-click on the document field and write a word. In the finished animation, it will flash. Click the cursor over the text layer in the Layers panel to finish editing the text.
Step 4
Duplicate the text layer. To do this, right-click on the text layer in the Layers palette and select Dublicate Layer.
Step 5
In the properties of the copy of the text layer, set the Outer Glow parameter. To do this, right-click on the copy of the text layer and select Blending Options from the context menu. In the window that opens, click on the Outer Glow item and set the Spread value to 6%, and the Size parameter to 18 pixels. Click on the OK button.
Step 6
Duplicate the copy of the text layer. Open the Blending Options window by right-clicking on the new layer and in the Outer Glow settings set the Size value to 59 pixels. Click OK. The animation framework is ready.
Step 7
Open the Animation panel. To do this, select Animation from the Window menu.
Step 8
Create the first frame of the animation. To do this, in the layers palette, turn off the visibility of both layers with a glow around the text by clicking on the icon in the form of an eye.
Step 9
Create a second frame of the animation. To do this, left-click on the button with a triangle in the upper right corner of the "Animation" palette. In the menu that appears, select the New Frame command. Turn on the visibility of the layer with the shine of the text, lying above the layer without shine, by clicking the left mouse button on the icon in the form of an eye to the left of the layer.
Step 10
Create the third frame of the animation. To do this, use the New Frame command again and turn on the visibility of the last layer with the glow of the text.
Step 11
Adjust the duration of the frame in the animation. To do this, click on all three frames with the left mouse button while holding down the Ctrl key. Click on the triangle indicating the duration of the frame below any frame. Select a duration from the drop-down menu. Start playback with the Play button, which is located at the bottom of the Animation palette and see the result. Change the frame duration if necessary.
Step 12
Save the animated avatar using the Save For Web command from the File menu. In the upper right part of the window that opens, select one of the presets to save as a.gif"
