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. An animated GIF can loop endlessly or stop after a few sequences.

how to achieve this

to make an animated GIF, you need to take photos of a person or object at different stages of moving and then use Photoshop to layer them on top of each other and play them at around a tenth of a second for each frame. 


image bank

contact sheets

camera settings and equipment
to take these photos, i used the tripod to keep the camera steady, a Nikon D7100 and zoom lens, with an ISO of 400, and aperture of F5 and a shutter speed of 1/1250.
creating the final product

to make a GIF, you need to have a series of at least three photos that you can layer together, each one showing a different stage of the movement you want to show in your GIF. using the timeline feature in Photoshop to display them together, one after the other at about a tenth of a second per frame should give you the effect of movement.

before layering the photos, i had to reduce the size of them so that the file size wasn't too big for a GIF.

final product

evaluation

using this technique, i was able to create a working gif. i am pleased with the result of this shoot. i do like the way that you can see each frame, one after the other however it would be interesting to try and somehow make the movement smoother so that you can't easily make out each individual frame.

if i were to attempt this shoot again, i would use more frames to make the distance between each of the movements smaller and less noticeable.