Animating Photos

Joe 90 · 09-03-2010, 16:31

I've got a series of 24 images, much like frame by frame stuff of a touchdown run from a football game recently.

I wanted to patch them all together into a gif or video file - yesterday I tried to use After Effects for it but it didn't prove too great. It identified some missed frames (it was all shot on a stills camera) and I'm still a little new at the production side of AE

Is there a way of doing it with any other Adobe software or perhaps something far easier still?

divine · 09-03-2010, 19:35

I've done it once before ages ago by layering all the images in Photoshop and then importing into ImageReady but I don't think ImageReady has been included beyond CS2.

edit - looks like CS3 onwards can do it all within Photoshop:

http://www.wikihow.com/Create-Animat...-Photoshop-CS3

Lynnie_pitch nee Leigh · 09-03-2010, 21:50

I do an animation unit in work and use software called MonkeyJam. Might be worth a look

Joe 90 · 09-03-2010, 22:03

cheers. Just got to get it to save correctly now. first attempt at a save as gif didn't prove to animate and saving as avi lacked all the colours - had lots of green pixels in the blacks

Joe 90 · 09-03-2010, 22:28

hurrah - got it down to a decent file size vs quality

Dee · 09-03-2010, 22:29

Thats really good, Id have a good one flying over Manhattan

Joe 90 · 09-03-2010, 22:41

Yeah I did it with Photoshop CS4 - really simple stuff

You just have to tweak the settings - thats the most time consuming part.

09-03-2010, 16:31	#1
Joe 90 Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chester Posts: 2,345	Animating Photos I've got a series of 24 images, much like frame by frame stuff of a touchdown run from a football game recently. I wanted to patch them all together into a gif or video file - yesterday I tried to use After Effects for it but it didn't prove too great. It identified some missed frames (it was all shot on a stills camera) and I'm still a little new at the production side of AE Is there a way of doing it with any other Adobe software or perhaps something far easier still? __________________ 360 Blog \| Join GiffGaff \| Twitter

09-03-2010, 19:35	#2
divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	I've done it once before ages ago by layering all the images in Photoshop and then importing into ImageReady but I don't think ImageReady has been included beyond CS2. edit - looks like CS3 onwards can do it all within Photoshop: http://www.wikihow.com/Create-Animat...-Photoshop-CS3 __________________

09-03-2010, 21:50	#3
Lynnie_pitch nee Leigh Princess Mombi Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool Posts: 2,098	I do an animation unit in work and use software called MonkeyJam. Might be worth a look __________________ Please captain, not in front of the Klingons

09-03-2010, 22:03	#4
Joe 90 Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chester Posts: 2,345	cheers. Just got to get it to save correctly now. first attempt at a save as gif didn't prove to animate and saving as avi lacked all the colours - had lots of green pixels in the blacks __________________ 360 Blog \| Join GiffGaff \| Twitter

09-03-2010, 22:28	#5
Joe 90 Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chester Posts: 2,345	hurrah - got it down to a decent file size vs quality __________________ 360 Blog \| Join GiffGaff \| Twitter

09-03-2010, 22:29	#6
Dee Combat Spanker Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 5,292	Thats really good, Id have a good one flying over Manhattan

09-03-2010, 22:41	#7
Joe 90 Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chester Posts: 2,345	Yeah I did it with Photoshop CS4 - really simple stuff You just have to tweak the settings - thats the most time consuming part. __________________ 360 Blog \| Join GiffGaff \| Twitter