Animation is created by scrolling several frames that differ from each other in a certain sequence and with a specified time interval. Simple tools of the graphics editor Adobe Photoshop allow you to animate images even for beginners. The process itself requires only attentiveness and a logical approach from the user.
Necessary
Adobe Photoshop
Instructions
Step 1
Launch Adobe Photoshop and prepare images that will become frames for your animation. Place each frame on a new single canvas layer. To make it easier to navigate the frames, arrange the layers one after the other in the same sequence in which they will scroll in the animation.
Step 2
Call a window to work with animation. To do this, select the "Window" item in the top menu bar. In the drop-down submenu, left-click on the "Animation" item. By default, the window that opens will contain only one frame corresponding to the currently selected layer.
Step 3
Left-click on the button with the triangle in the upper right corner of the "Animation" window and select "New frame" from the drop-down menu. You can create as many frames at once as there will be in your animation. Each new frame will have an active layer - this should not confuse you.
Step 4
Click on the first frame in the Animation window to make it active. In the Layers Panel, make all layers invisible except for the one that will be your first frame. Click on it with the left mouse button, you will see that the first frame now contains the image from the active layer.
Step 5
Click on the second frame in the "Animations" window, hide all the layers on the canvas that you do not need yet and make the active layer of the second frame on the canvas. Switch to the next frame. Repeat this sequence of actions until each frame has been assigned a corresponding image layer from the canvas.
Step 6
Once you've matched the layers to the frames, determine how often they should be repeated. By default, a looping animation is set, in which after the last frame the entire sequence of frames is scrolled again and again, starting from the first. Adjust the settings you want by clicking on the triangle icon of the first button located in the lower left corner of the Animation window.
Step 7
Below each frame there is a drop-down menu with which you can select the delay time for one frame. Change these parameters if necessary. Play the animation by clicking on the Play icon to make sure you did everything right.
Step 8
Close the animation window if desired and save the document in.gif"
