Gif tutorial! 

So a few days ago I was asked to make a gif tutorial. And now that I finally have time, here it is. :’)

• 1: First, assuming that you already have Photoshop, download the KMPlayer.

• 2: Open KMPlayer, and open the video/movie you want by clicking the little arrow at the bottom. Then, pause the movie and go the part you want to gif.

• 3: Press Ctrl + G and this will come up: (copy all the parts that are underlined with red into your gif options)

 

• 4: When you’re ready, press ‘Start’ and then start the video. When you want the gif to end, pause the movie and and then press ‘Stop’.

• 5: Open photoshop. Go to File > Scripts > Load Files Into Stacks.

• 6: Press ‘Browse’ and go to where you saved all the caps from KMPlayer.

• Choose all the caps you want, from the beggining to end, like this. I usually have between 30 - 45 caps.

• 7: Press ‘OK’ and wait until all the caps upload. After that, change the image size (Image > Image Size…) etc.

• 8: Press Window > Animation. And if it’s set to Timeline, press this little button in the right corner: 

• 9: Press the little arrow with lines beside it and press ‘Make Frames From Layers’, like this. If the gif is set the wrong way, that the end is at the beggining etc, press the little arrow with lines again and click Reverse Frames.

• 10: Press the arrow thingy again and ‘Select All Frames’. Click on any of the frames where it says 0 sec. and choose a time between 0,06 to 0,14. Here’s an example of what I usually choose.

• 11: Now, color it. I used a psd I saved on my computer, but there are some amazing psd makers in my faq. Don’t worry if the gif looks a little blurry, we’ll get to that soon. 

• 12: When you’re done coloring, you have to change the Animation window to Timeline again. Press the little button in the bottom right corner again, like this. 

• 13: After that, select all the layers in the layer palatte like this. (Not the coloring layers!)

• 14: Then, go to ‘Filter > Convert for Smart Filters’. Right after that, click Filters again and go to ‘Sharpen > Sharpen’.

• 15: Almost done! Go to ‘File > Save For Web & Devices’.

• 16: Now, all you need to do is to get the gif under 1MB. It says under the bottom left corner, how big it is. *image* - If the number has a ‘K’ after it, and it’s under 1000, you’re good.

• 17: If it’s over 1MB, here are some things you can do to change that: (look at the things with the red ‘X’ after it!)

That is what I usually have, but the color amount makes a lot of difference. Other things you can do to change the size, less frames etc.

• 18: The last step is to set the ‘Looping option’ to Forever, so that the gif never stop moving. See here how to do it. 

• 19: Click ‘Save’ and you’re done!

Here’s my result:

 

I obviously suck at explaining things, so if you have any questions, just ask!