How do you make an animated GIF in Photoshop CS6?

How to Create an Animated GIF in Photoshop

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Step 1: Upload your images to Photoshop.
Step 2: Open up the Timeline window.
Step 3: In the Timeline window, click “Create Frame Animation.”
Step 4: Create a new layer for each new frame.
Step 5: Open the same menu icon on the right, and choose “Make Frames From Layers.”

How do you save an animated GIF in Photoshop?

Export the animation as a GIF Go to File > Export > Save for Web (Legacy)… Select GIF 128 Dithered from the Preset menu. Select 256 from the Colors menu. If you are using the GIF online or want to limit the file size of the animation, change Width and Height fields in the Image Size options.

How do you import a GIF into Photoshop?

Opening Animated GIFs

Click Photoshop’s “File” menu, and select “Import” followed by “Video Frames to Layers.”
Navigate to the location of your GIF, and type the full file name in the “File Name” box.
Click “OK” after you make sure the “Make Frame Animation” check box is selected.

How do I Export an animated GIF?

Choose File > Export > Export image or File > Export > Export Animated GIF. Click a tab at the top of the Export image or Export Animated GIF dialog box to select a display option: Optimized or 2‑Up. (Optional) Select the slices you want to optimize and the file format you want to use.

Can a GIF play in Photoshop?

To open the gif into a Photoshop document in Photoshop. Animated Gif are not video files you can not import video frames from gif file. If the gif file is and animated gif it should opened as a layered document with a frame animation time line which should animate when you click on its Play button.

Why won’t Photoshop Export my GIF?

If you are trying to use the “Save As” command but there is no GIF option in the format drop-menu, then you are using the wrong image mode. In the file menu go to Image > Mode and change the mode to RGB or Indexed Color. Now try saving again — you should see GIF amongst the options.