FB GIF Gods: Can you make a simple GIF Tutorial, please?

its the part before that. putting coaches face's in them. that's the part i can't figure out.

You don't need AE at all actually. I do all mine is CS3 and CS5. Not sure why everyone thinks that



Anywho, as far as putting the coaches faces or adding other elements, you'll have to get separate images and condense the size to fit the profile of the coach (in this example). From there, you have to mimic the motions of the coach and adjust the heads to follow the motion. For example, when the "coach" turns his head, you'll need another image to mimic the head turning motion.

One thing to remember though, you'll need several different layers in addition to the layers you've already imported. These layers will be the "coaches head" layers.

Let me know if you still don't understand and I'll show you via Skype or something.

'tis the only way I learnt it dude

lol@your avatar. Good stuff man.

I personally have never used AE for mine although I hear AE is great for video editing. Do you know how to do it on PS as well or just AE?

I have AE but haven't tinkered with it yet. Either way, they all come out relatively the same

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lol@your avatar. Good stuff man.

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Thanks man. Looks like ill have to change the sig too since he isn't or king out so great

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Do you know how to do it on PS as well or just AE?

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Nah I'm not familiar with doing it solely in PS. I'd like to learn though. How you you get one layer to follow another in PS?

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Nah I'm not familiar with doing it solely in PS. I'd like to learn though. How you you get one layer to follow another in PS?

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Steps are as follows (for PS anyway):
1. Import Layers to Frames (this is where the sizing [or resizing for that matter] will come into play. Depending on the number of frames you actually import will determine the size of the gif +/- a few other variables. If you have a large video, you'd obviously not want to import the whole video, but only the consecutive frames you'd like to use. PS limits the frames to 500 or so anyway.

2-5. Where all the magic happens

6. From there, it's just a matter of saving for Web & Devices and uploading it to a server (Photobucket, Flickr etc.). This is also an area where you can decrease the file size in terms of resolution.

7. Hilarity ensues

My advice is to learn it on your own through practice. I'm not a graphic designer by any stretch, but I did teach myself through trial and error. Next time I make one, I'll screencap the steps for a visual

No worries brother - let me know how it turns out. Sounds to me like you have the basics already down, now the creativity has to come into play.

Hey man, how big are your gifs usually? Are there any sites that host big sized gifs? 8.5 MBs is what mine is.

Here's a great compilation by some kid of AE and motion detection. Very talented this kid is

AE Motion