Animated Gif

Animated Gif

~Definition ~ 


An animated GIF is an image encoded in graphics interchange format (GIF),which contains a number of images or frames in a single file and is described by its own graphic control extension. The frames are presented in a specific order in order to convey animation.

~Image ~

~Description ~ 

1.  Resize the images for example 72 dpi, and 900 x 600 pixels, to do this select Image, Image size and set the dimensions above whilst selecting the Re-sample option.
2. Load the images that you want to create an animation with, in order.  
3. Import the images into the Photoshop file and organise the layers and name them appropriately (1,2,3,etc).
4.  Select Window, Timeline,
5.    Select Create video time line
6.    Drag the images into the time line and adjust each clip duration to e.g. 5 frames
7.   Order the images in the sequence that you want to show.
8.  To test the animated gif  press the play button
9.  To loop the video select the “set the playback options button” and then press play.
10.  To save the animation  select File, Save for web. 
11. At this point you need to ensure the animation is looped see the image below and that you have selected a gif  file option and 128 dithered and then save

Equipment used

NIKON D3400
tripod

camera settings

(for all images)

1/4000sec shutter speed
f/5.0
ISO 200

original images

Slide

Pole

swing

final product(s)

Evaluation
In your techniques evaluation, you will need to record: 
• Equipment used
• Camera Settings

• You will also need to evaluate how the camera settings affected the photograph.

For my animated gifs i used a range of equipment, this included a tripod, camera and Photoshop, the camera settings for all the images taken were 1/4000 of a second shutter speed, f/5.0, ISO 200, the fast shutter speed meant that the images could be taken quickly and there wouldn't be gaps in the images and that the GIF ran smoothly, the f stop meant that the main focus would be on the subject and there wasn't any blur in movement, the ISO of 200 meant that the images weren't over exposed. These camera settings affected the photograph as they appeared dark and gloomy but due to the high shutter speed, the GIF(s) ran smoothly without any gaps between them. I felt that by taking more images for the GIF resulted in a better final product so if i were to retake these images i would taken between 10-25 images for each. Also the tripod had an impact on the images as it was placed on uneven ground so in some cases the images have a slight wobble to them.