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hey all...
i'm a part time PS person. only for fun tho...it would be good to do it as a job...
i have a problem im hoping someone can help.
i've found these gifs but cant find out how they're made or who made them or even what they're called....
if someone could help me with any of these points id be really happy.....
ill post a pic of what i mean....
its very well done and i expect it took ages to do and a long time to learn the skills necessary to do them...
thanx in advance...
phat

:lol:download.jpg
 
You are not explaining what you require correctly mate, is this what you need or is it an actual moving file (gif)?
Staples10.jpg
 
can u see the gif i shared on my first post?
its an animated gif of a mountain biker...but all the frames are running the same time...?
hope that helps....
:)
 
if u right click the image and search google for this image u will get lots and if u click one of them it will animate...
 
yeah i can make a gif...
this is summat different ...?
would u know where i can get a tutorial?
 
If you have Photoshop CS , open that gif and check the frame sequencing. Imagine you have a row of cyclists in one frame. The next frame the bikers position is moved a few increments and so on.

As Paul said, that's a whole lot of layers. If you're starting with one subject, make multiple copies of it. It's a matter of positioning each subject within a scene as well as getting the point of view right - from afar to nearest.
 
If you look closely, you can see the riders position change towards the end of the jump. He straightens up a little.
Which makes me think that this GIF could also have been made from a video clip taken from a tripod mounted camera. Which is why the background is so steady. Note: You can also employ isolation's as they do in cinemagraphs. The clip was opened into Ps, edited for length, and then turned into frames. Then certain frames are removed to imply the motion. It was then looped.
 
After opening the GIF, there are only 16 frames. The real work was in setting up those frames! Each frame contains 8 bikers in progressive positions. Not exactly sure which technique they may have used, but it was definitely made from a video. I would have to experiment a little to make a GIF like this one!
 
awesome...
thanx for such a detailed answer...
ive done a few of these gifs...the cinemagraphs and the standard gif , but this had me puzzled....
will strive to make one of these...
the gif was made from a video . i saw the original somewhere but cant remember where....
thanx again...
:)
 
I'll try to explain this the best I can..... this is done in the Old Image Ready but applicable in CS.

Here's an example .... an animation of a bouncing ball - the psd contains 10 layers of the ball positioned from the far right corner to left foreground .

There are 10 frames in the IR animation. You can see the play sequence of the animation in the layers palette.

ballani1.gif



To get the look of the animation in question......

It's a matter of preparation as well as how many layers you have in your PSD file.

The next example uses the same psd file. But now the animation uses 2 frames. Each frame showing selected layers of the psd. With this one, the first frame uses layers 1,3,5, 7 & 9 .... while the 2nd frame 2, 4, 6, 8 & 10 . When played will look somewhat like your sample gif.

BallAni2.gif


TIP... the sequencing depends on you. in your sample I figure there's about 30 layers of the biker. In which case, I might choose a 3 frame animation.
Frame 1 ....... 1, 4, 7. 10 , etc
Frame 2 ....... 2, 5, 8, 11, etc
Frame 3 ....... 3, 6, 9, 12 etc
and looping it back to frame 1 .....

or even a four frame or five frame animation. The animation run looks different the more (or less) frames you use in the sequence.

Your sample has more shots of the biker which makes a smoother animation. but it follows the same principle which I mention above.


I hope I've explained well for you to understand.
 
indeed...
i cant fault that answer...
its an optical illusion and justs switches back and forth....
ive been trying to find out about these for about 6 months or so....
youre the first person who has been able to explain it...
thank u very much....
:)
 
If you were to look at my Goofy Walk signature.....

That's a hundred over layers (I think) with a dozen layers to complete a left-right walk cycle.

Just a guestimation..... If I were to create a column of them walking single file, I would choose maybe 16 frames - each frame showing layers at intervals of 12.
 
phat said:
indeed...
i cant fault that answer...
its an optical illusion and justs switches back and forth....
ive been trying to find out about these for about 6 months or so....
youre the first person who has been able to explain it...
thank u very much....
:)
Click to expand...

Exactly.... the right arrangement of the objects in the frame create the OPTICAL ILLUSION.
 
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