How to Create a Simple Animated Gif (Illustrator and Photoshop) / Animation

Learn how to create a simple but effective animated gif with Illustrator and Photoshop.
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[@madelinerockey172]

This was so helpful! I learned how to make a gif in a media design class in college but your tutorial is so much easier than what I was taught!

[@Vectortwist]

Thanks 😁 happy it was helpful

[@nevernevernetmedia7928]

Absolute best kind of explanatory video - no filler, no shout outs - just the guts of the task.

[@Vectortwist]

thanks :)

[@sebastian.s_84]

Straight to the point, no boring intro, no ads for stupid VPN services ("our todays video sponsor is blabla"), easy to understand. 10/10 points and subscribed!

[@Vectortwist]

Sebastian Schiavon thanks for the kind words 😀

[@Pankaj-Verma-]

Incredible skill of explaining a complex thing in a simple way. Lovely video. Thank you for your kind help. Keep up the good work.

[@Vectortwist]

Thank you so much :)

[@corrinalewis]

I still say that Image Ready was easier - but this was a great, easy to follow video instruction - thank you so much for sharing!!

[@mick2195]

I really prefered Fireworks and why are they still using functions from Flash if Flash is no longer supported and you are not building in Flash. This is just too confusing for me to try to keep up with! Ugh!

[@Antok56]

Your voice are truly soothing.

[@yellowduckcreative]

Brilliant and simple to follow- thank you!

[@lindaleehofer6188]

Thank you so much - one of the best tutorials I have seen in a very long time. Good speed, very well explained.

[@Vectortwist]

Thank you!

[@AnnaCole-e5q]

great explanation thank you!

[@cocoloch]

Thank you...great instructions!

[@Vectortwist]

Thanks 😊

[@toonwale3183]

Nice i use this for my cartoon channel

[@TheWiseTrout]

Excellent tutorial. You’ve broken this down thoroughly through all the steps and explained it perfectly. Thank you very much!! New subscriber!

[@Vectortwist]

You're very welcome and thanks :)

[@mightyhammerhead]

Thank you for the simple explanation (again!), great job sharing....

[@lexodis7514]

Thank you for this simple explanation. Perfect.

[@Vectortwist]

You’re welcome 😁

[@ucheibe6353]

Very easy to follow tutorial. Thanks for this.

[@ricardobernal6881]

It's working, IT'S WORKING!

[@Vectortwist]

Ricardo Bernal awesome 👏

[@relativity02]

Fantastic way of explaining...

[@borauysal7758]

Thanks a lot

[@janninejeleva9866]

Very usefull video, thank you so much!

[@Vectortwist]

thanks :)

[@vnixz]

thank you now thats how you make an tutorial

[@theLaurawind]

Wow what a great video!! You taught something complex in such an easy way, subscribed for sure! Thank you so much.

[@Vectortwist]

thanks you so much for the nice feedback!

[@edangelo1]

Thanks!!!!!! Very good.

[@Vectortwist]

Glad you liked it!

[@joemchang]

This was the most understandable out of all the GIF videos I’ve watched. However I would suggest going slower as you’re explaining because its easier for the viewer to lose focus.

[@nineyardscounsel]

very helpful thank you

[@Vectortwist]

You're welcome!

[@aminyassin1250]

Thanks for this - very helpful and short

[@mona_m_musik]

wow very well explained! thank you, I learned very much even beyond the tutorials original topic.

[@Vectortwist]

thanks Mona!

[@harshadaaupare]

Very nice and easy ....thank you so much.

[@meganmarohn5138]

Thankyou so much! This was so helpful.

[@Vectortwist]

Glad it helped 😁

[@galileo138]

Super helpful! Thank you!

[@Vectortwist]

Thanks 😊 I

[@thelastskolian]

Hi, I am teaching myself and found your video very clear and helpful! Thank you for for making this, will be checking out your channel for more content!

[@Vectortwist]

Glad it was helpful!

[@miamiller4236]

Thank you very much!

[@cynnashaw5835]

Very nicely done tutorial - I just needed some quick reminders of how to do this and your video was perfect. Thank you!

[@Vectortwist]

Happy to help :)

[@bnzbmw]

Perfect presentation , thanks

[@Vectortwist]

You are welcome!

[@totalshopaholic123]

Very nicely executed and explained! Thanks for making this :)

[@TheLastArcher]

Very nicely explained

[@BeHappyNoMatterWhat]

Thank you so much. Very easy to understand and straight to the point! :)

[@alphareel7305]

Great video.I really enjoy this video.thank you....

[@thpuma2589]

Thank you

[@kwikreativ5612]

Thanks for this helpful tutorial! Greetings from Germany!

[@Vectortwist]

kein problem :) gern geschehen

[@semsemhassan2550]

Great

[@JesusGamayon]

Thanks for sharing, very helpful!

[@nilimohseni5702]

awesome thank u

[@Vectortwist]

You're welcome!

[@saragiacomelli7028]

Great video ! Thank you

[@Vectortwist]

Thank you too!

[@anasabdalla5331]

Thank you. Very helpful.

[@thusharikandamby4436]

Thank you, this helped a lot ❤️. Well explained 👍

[@Vectortwist]

You’re welcome 😊

[@SaidOuhbout]

VERY USEFULL AND I IMPRECIATE YOUR SKILL OF EXPLAINING. THANKS SO MUCH

[@Vectortwist]

thanks :)

[@malzgullie9851]

Great Job! Helped me alot!

[@Vectortwist]

awesome! happy to help!

[@CopycatStudiosLA]

Thank you!!!!!!!!

[@Vectortwist]

You're welcome!

[@JayBacay]

Thanks for this

[@lula8956]

very simple! thaks for your explanation!

[@creativenerd1744]

Thankyou soo much. Very helpful.

[@pinkomerta]

Thank you very much! This video really helped me out on making gifs rather quickly. I want to ask something , if i wanted the gif's background to be transparent, what should i do?

[@Vectortwist]

You can set it as a transparent gif in Photoshop. Use Export > Save for Web (Legacy) and in the popup window choose GIF and check transparency. I hope that helps!

[@ladyyyyyy4630]

Thank you so much :)

[@786nabeelquadri]

Thanks! :)

[@michaelskinner7227]

Great Video, my question is how do you export it as a GIF file?

[@Vectortwist]

In Photoshop got to Export > Save for Web and select Gif

[@LetsDoMath]

Hi Simona. Thanks for making this seem totally manageable. I'm using your tutorial right now to make a GIF and I'm seeing something different. I hope you can help me. I've set up the motion area and copy/pasted my first layer. It comes in and completely fills my area. Next asset I copy/paste is not sized as the original in Illustrator, it's huge, and all the following layers are also too big. Size info is not being copied over and each time I have to resize. Can you help me?
Also can you help with this one. I'm working on a character graphic that I paid an agency for. They supplied all poses and accessories as an artboard. But they eyebrows are paired. I want to change the look of the eyebrows, so I need them to be separate and I can't do it. I'm trying to delete just one of them and I just can't. The agency person is trying to help me, but doesn't seem to understand that I don't have individual layers like she sees, I have a pair of eyebrows flattened to one layer.

[@Vectortwist]

It's hard to tell what is going on with the copy paste. It depends on the size of your vector files. The eyebrow issue is something I can't comment on since each artist creates in their own wat. If i is vector, try to ungroup or double-click to get into a compound shape. If it is Photoshop, then the agency person would need to solve this.

[@LetsDoMath]

@@Vectortwist Thanks for getting back to me. By trial and error I sorted the size thing. I had a finished model then just placed my imported asset and resized it exactly as per the model. The eyebrows... I'm still waiting for them to get back to me. They've shown me a copy of an AI file which clearly has them marked as individual layers, but that's not what they've supplied to me. Still, whatever happens, these new GIFs are looking great to me. I couldn't have done it without this excellent, clear tutorial. Thank you so much!!
Big hugs,
Ginny
PS: And HEY! Guess what!!! Your suggestion of double-clicking the eyebrow layer was IT! I started using Illustrator yesterday for the first time in a LONG time (last time was pre-CS stuff, and I found it unwieldy then). I've come a long way in 36 hours with your help. Thank you SO much!!

[@isabelleguilbaud5325]

Thanks a lot, very well explained ! Just a question, what are the shortcuts that allow you to go fast from illustrator to photoshop?

[@Vectortwist]

not sure what you mean with shortcut from Ai to PSD, do you mean to show the application?

[@vcdotwine]

On Mac: Command Key + Tab brings out the open apps. By just releasing the keys you will navigate to the previous open app. Let me know if it helps!

[@md.arifurrahaman4016]

Impressive!!

[@Vectortwist]

Thanks!

[@zahraakhaled9885]

it worked! but can you tell me why it won't move when I take it to illustrator? I'm doing this for my final project for my class. I desperately need answers asap lol.

[@Vectortwist]

As far as I know, Illustrator can’t play gifs

[@tessagordon6388]

This has been a very helpful video! Thank you so much! I'm having trouble saving my file, though. Every time I export as a GIF, it saves as a still image. Any thoughts? Thank you!

[@Vectortwist]

thanks :) In your Photoshop Timeline, make sure it's set to "forever" and export > save for web (legacy). In the popup window you will see the gif settings and at the bottom right a play button to test it.

[@avaiseyama7121]

how do you make the wheel? Great tutorial and great explanation but I am having a hard time replicating the wheel

[@Vectortwist]

thanks, use a circle with just a stroke and create lines vertical and horizontal, then add two diagonal and with the Pathfinder divide all, then ungroup and add a stroke and make it as think as you like and change the stroke to inside. then delete every other piece :). hope that's helps :)

[@ansonlobo]

Hey thanks for this step by step explanation! I have a question, when I copy elements from illustrator to Photoshop, they resize to fit the window. How do I stop this from happening?

[@Vectortwist]

Anson Lobo I think it happens when your illustrator object is bigger than your photoshop file. Try to have your ps file bigger and the paste the illustrator object into it.

[@DirtbagDisco]

I really appreciated this video it made making my gif so much easier #mediaartssbcc

[@LD71685]

It won't allow me to Save for Web/is grayed out. Also, how come my colors change when I paste into Photoshop? Is a lot darker?

[@Vectortwist]

Hi Lisa, it could be that your image is too big? Or it's an issue with Photoshop, it's hard to tell. The color change is most likely a color space issue. What color mode is your file in Illustrator? Join the Vectortwist Facebook Group and post it there with an image, I might be able to help better. facebook.com/groups/vectortwist

[@zahragraphics238]

My save for web option is not activated

[@Vectortwist]

In Photoshop got to File>Export>Save for Web (Legacy)

[@fishaqcute1]

gif file not moving in whatsup

[@Vectortwist]

must be a whatsapp thing

[@azkzlv3735]

in here from 11 unlike in y felt like (((.....)

[@danielbrokke2316]

it´s GIF not JIF

[@Vectortwist]

?

[@bryan9116]

@@Vectortwist any of the two pronunciations will do ;_;

[@hayleymalcho5573]

Immensely helpful, thank you very much!

[@Vectortwist]

You're very welcome!

[@misterjohnnymusic]

thanks a lot