How to make an animated GIF – resources and ideas for your #GIFitUP entry
#GIFitUP is about creating #GIFs from public domain and openly licensed material available in digital libraries around the world. It is a great opportunity to discover some new interesting content, remix and reuse it. It is also a chance to challenge one’s creative skills. Everyone is welcome to take part, especially first-time GIF makers! We put together a list of tutorials, tools and ideas to help you make your #GIFitUP entry. Enjoy!
Tutorials:
Create an animated GIF in Photoshop A tutorial explaining how to turn a series of photos into a looping animated GIF using Photoshop
Simple animations in GIMP This tutorial runs you through how to make a GIF using GIMP, an open source image manipulation program
How to make an animated GIF from a video A step by step tutorial showing how to make a GIF from a video in Photoshop
The Complete Guide to Making Animated GIFs A guide exploring a few different techniques
Tools:
Egzgif – Animated GIFs made easy
Best apps to make animated GIFs
Ideas and Inspiration:
-Find a stereoscopic image
There are plenty of them available in Europeana. So choose your favourite and experiment!
Spoorwegbrug te Culemborg, Rijksmuseum, public domain
– Use a series of pictures
Find a set of images illustrating different stages of movement and just put them together
Eksotisk danser i positur og kostyme, Norsk Folkmuseum, public domain
-Play with letters
Get creative with text. On Europeana, you will find a lot of posters with interesting fonts and colors
Europeana, GIF, Source material
-Face expression
What about making your favourite portrait smile? Here’s how using GIMP and Photoshop
St John the Baptist Wearing the Red Tabard of the Order of St John, National Museum of Fine Arts – MUZA, CC0
For more information about rules, prizes and entry sumbission, click here
