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My short workflow for making animated gifs that display as intended in Cp
My workflow for creating animated gifs that work within Cp. As long as you stay away from File>Save as and go instead to Save for Web (legacy) you should have no problems. Unfortunately I can’t comment on gifs that you’ve pilfered from around the web as it is entirely dependant on what settings they’ve been saved with as to whether or not they’ll work in Cp or not, this tutorial is for making your own from scratch.
Gareth
My workflow for creating animated gifs that work within Cp. As long as you stay away from File>Save as and go instead to Save for Web (legacy) you should have no problems. Unfortunately I can’t comment on gifs that you’ve pilfered from around the web as it is entirely dependant on what settings they’ve been saved with as to whether or not they’ll work in Cp or not, this tutorial is for making your own from scratch.
Gareth
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Very helpful resource. Thank you!
Lastly, I made a gif in animate CC. I exported it and, of course, it wasn’t accepted by Captivate. It’s a bit lengthy, so getting it done in PS would be a grueling process. I checked this gif file – an ordinary gif file which I can’t find any flaws in. It opens in a browser without any problems. I wonder why a gif exported from the same company’s software is incompatible, and what is causing problems. Interestingly, I also use Reallusion’s Crazy Talk Animator 3, and gifs exported from this program work perfectly in Captivate. Strange, I would think the same company’s line of products should ensure compatibility. Anyway, I wondered if there’s maybe a solution for exporting gifs directly from Animator CC without having to go through PS.
Piotr, such a big company like Adobe never guearantees thguarantees that different applications can ‘talk’. Animate CC is fine for creating OAM’s. I use PS for creation of GIF’s. Don’t forget that eLearning is a totally different department.
Roundtripping wih PS works great, due to the Captivate, not to the PS team.
Yes, so many kinds of software require so many teams and programmers.
Moreover Captivate is very small, compared with the CC applications.
Hey Piotr,
I also rely heavily on OAM’s. I use Edge Animate (no longer developed, but still awesome). My 1 second looping gif from After Effects to photoshop= 975kb. The same animation loop in Edge Animate OAM = 65kb! Cleaner and scalable. OAMs work great in Cp. So, depending on the gif/animation you’re lookng for, an OAM may be an option to try.
Kirk
I loved Edge Animate as well, still have it installed. Lot easier to develop OAM’s for use in Captivate than Animate CC. Really don’t understand why Adobe killed it. Animate CC is overkill for simple animations…
I animated a logo in After effects . Then opened the gif in Ps. Exported as you instructed…Works like a charm, bro!
Million thanks
