Creating Animated GIFs



This workshop will teach the budding web designer to create animated gifs for use on a web page. In the first part of the workshop, users will learn to put ready-made frames together to create an animation. In the second part, users will learn to create their own frames.
  1. Read the Learner's Guide, which outlines the aims and rationals of this workshop.
  2. The Background Reading will provide an explanation of useful terms in web graphics.
  3. Before doing part 1 of the workshop, download some example graphics to work with.
  4. Part 1 shows the user how to put ready-made frames together into an animation.
  5. Part 2 shows the user how to use Adobe Photoshop to create frames in GIF format.

Learner's Guide | Background Reading | Download Frames
Putting Frames Together | Creating GIF Frames