Creating an animated gif in PhotoShop with PS and Image Ready
Step 1: Set up your layers
Create a new file in PhotoShop (eg 200x200 pixels)
Add an element at a time to create your animation (ie you need a new
layer for each addition to the animation)
The background layer is empty and locked but visible
Step 2: Jump to Image Ready
On the first frame, turn off visibility for all layers you do not want
visible at the start of your animation. Then add one frame at a time,
and turn on the layers you want visible for each step in the animation.
Changing layer visibility one frame at a time is a classic Photoshop
animation technique that covers a wide variety of needs.
Jump to Image Ready
Step 3: Adjust the timing
Finally, go back through and adjust the delay for each frame of your
animation. That time is shown in seconds below each frame.
Tip: You can hold down the Shift-key to select a range of frames
(such as the 9 frames we added for the rocket’s takeoff) and change
them together.
Step 4: Save the optimized gif
Click on File – Save optimized as … name your gif and test it in the
browser or slide
For more examples go to
http://creativetechs.com/tipsblog/build-animated-gifs-in-photoshop/