How to Create an Animated GIF

   

If you've spent any time on the internet at all, you've probably come in contact with ananimated GIF. It's an image file that allows you to feature animated images -- which makes it seem like the image is moving. Look over to the right of this post to see an example of what a GIF looks like.

Pretty cool huh? The best part about GIFs is that they aren't too hard to make -- if you have access to Photoshop (free trial here) and a few minutes to spare, you will have an animated GIF in no time by following the steps below. I'm going to walk you through how to create a GIF using the GIF I created to help promote Marketing Trivia. Note: I am using the CS6 version of Photoshop, but the steps should be similar in other versions. 1) If you already have images created, gather the images you want in a separate folder. To upload them into Photoshop, click 'File,' then 'Scripts,' then 'Load Files Into Stack.' Then select 'Browse' and choose which files you'd like to use in your GIF, then click 'OK.'

1) If you already have images created, gather the images you want in a separate folder. To upload them into Photoshop, click 'File,' then 'Scripts,' then 'Load Files Into Stack.' Then select 'Browse' and choose which files you'd like to use in your GIF, then click 'OK.'