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How to create a gif
Lukas Strobel edited this page Mar 9, 2019
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This is a basic tutorial for creating gifs to be placed on the Sidewalk webpage.
- If you already have a video of what you want to make a gif out of, skip to step 5
- Download screen-recording software. I recommend OBS, a free, open-source, recording program for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
- If you are recording gifs for the tutorial, I recommend temporarily disabling tutorial progress so that the context menu doesn't disappear the second you click on the correct action. It looks much cleaner.
- Record yourself doing whatever actions you need using your screen-recording software. If you need help with OBS, they have a great quickstart guide.
For the rest of this tutorial, I will explain the process for Photoshop.
- Import your video into Photoshop using
File > Import > Video Frames to Layers...
- Crop your gif to your specifications using the crop tool
- Trim your gif as needed by selecting frames of the gif in the bottom toolbar, then clicking the trash can icon below them.
- Export your gif using
File > Export > Save For Web (Legacy)...
- I recommend using the
GIF 128 Dithered
preset. You can also change the size of your gif in the bottom right. - Press save, and use wherever needed!