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The Ultimate guide to creating fun Animated GIFs
Rating: 4.7 out of 5(4 ratings)
52 students

The Ultimate guide to creating fun Animated GIFs

Learn how to animate on your photos and create more interesting images for your social media
Created byMaria Avramova
Last updated 5/2021
English
English [Auto],

What you'll learn

  • - How to choose your photograph for animation.
  • - What story do you want to tell with your image?
  • - How to make your story funny and interesting?
  • - How to draw simple characters to be able to achieve success with our animation?
  • - Step by step how to draw and animate your character.
  • - Coloring and integration into the image.
  • - Adding effects like water splashes.
  • - Making a GIF
  • - How to turn your animation into a video.
  • - How to add sound and sound effects to make your video more fun.

Course content

4 sections12 lectures1h 10m total length
  • Introduction5:53

    How to set up your animation, which animation app we are going to use, and how to choose your image.

Requirements

  • You need to have an iPad, Tablet or a smart phone.
  • Simple digital pen or,
  • Apple Pencil or,
  • Paint with your finger.

Description

So you take great pictures for your social media, but you want to boost your social media account just a notch.

You’ve come to the right place. I’m going to teach you how you can create simple animations on top of your photos and turn them into short videos or GIFs to gain more followers.

You can do it all with a simple app. No expansive packages required and no previous knowledge of the app.
Besides, this is just one of many apps, you can use just about any other which you find comfortable.

You will learn how to choose a design that is easy to animate. No photorealistic humans here. A chubby monster is the perfect material for the occasion.

It is all about the surprise element and the storytelling.

We will also go through effects animation and how you animate liquid. But also, how to integrate it into your image and how you choose the right colors.

You will learn about how adding shadows and highlights helps the animation merge better into your photo.

You will boost your creativity and have some fun turning your everyday photos into short stories.


You will also learn how to add sound to your videos and bring them to life.


Who this course is for:

  • Animation beginners
  • Illustrators
  • Influencers who want to make their instagram images more fun.
  • Social media experts who want to draw more audience by making their pictures more fun.