Photo credit: Laura Ouellet

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Notes

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• remember to work on the right layer

• always leave a part uncut so that there is no black gap.

• Window > Timeline >  Create frame animation > Make frames from layers > Forever

• to export as GIF, use "Save for web (legacy)"

 

What did you do?

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• selected parts of my body that I wanted to duplicate

• created a layer for each part

• moved the part around to overlay it on the initial picture

• created a timeline with every frame and convert to GIF

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What tools or skills did it require?

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• Adobe Photoshop

• understanding of layers

• proper outlining of elements to cut cleanly

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What did you learn? How could you adapt it to other projects or contexts?

 

• I didn't know Photoshop could create moving images like GIFs. It's so practical that it's all in one software.

• GIFs are amazing because they speak louder than just one image. I can now make memes or short cartoon animations or just a compilation of many pictures together. It's a fun thing to add to social media or other media projects from other classes.