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Photoshop: Animated GIF create

  • Oct 18, 2025
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You want to create with Photoshop a animated GIF? We will show you in this practice tip step-by-step how to do it.

Animated GIF files with Photoshop to create

To create an animated GIF, are a couple of steps are necessary, a single click in the menu there is to it. Really it's not complicated, but nevertheless:
  1. To start you have to open all the image files that will later form the Animation in a separate layer in a Photoshop file. So you can access later on the individual Frames.
  2. Then, you open the "timeline"window, if you have not opened it yet. Click in the menu on "window" and then on "timeline".
  3. Now click on the Button "Video timeline to create". The levels appear with a purple box that you can enlarge. So you can control how long an image element to be displayed, and when the next one comes out. With the position of the brand, you can now jump to specific points in time, or even a preview on the finished GIF Animation get.
  4. You have placed the individual images as desired, click in the menu on "file" and then "save For Web..." to create the GIF file.
  5. In the opened window you can see below on the left is a preview of the Animation on the right below you can set under the "Animation" still, the number of times the Animation should repeat. To create the GIF file, click on "Save as...", select the location and confirm with "Save". The animated GIF has now been created.
Time of each of the images bar

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The tip was carried out on a PC with Photoshop CS6, other versions of the process can vary slightly.

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