The first layer is the background, and you can't delete it. Layers are like sheets of glass you place over one another.

I use the little colour swatch thing at the bottom left to chose the colours for her dress, hair and skin.īefore you go any further, let me explain layers, because they are most important when animating. Then I chose the brush tool and drew the back of the girl I'll have turn around. What I've done here is chosen a colour I like, in this case dark blue, and used the fill bucket to create the background. For the sake of the instructable, I'll leave it very simple. You can animate anything you want with Photoshop, but for now, I'm just going to use a girl turning around. When I change the animation into a GIF at the end, the resolution will go back down to 72px/inch, so you can leave it if you prefer. This makes the image less blurry and I can do more detailed work. I also change the resolution to 300 pixels/inch. In the width and height boxes I usually put in 8x8 by typing 8 in both spaces and changing the drop boxes parallel to 'inches'. This will open a menu that asks you what you'd like your new document to look like. All you have to do is open Photoshop and go to File>New, or hold Ctrl+N. Opening a new animation is just like opening a regular photoshop document. Don't get frustrated or discouraged, everyone started somewhere, and once you get the hang of it, it's really more fun than work.Ĭongratulations, if you've made it this far, you are ready to animate, let's get going then, I'll just show you what you need to open. If you aren't driven to finish a project, it may never see the light of day. Animation is a long a tedious process, but the end result is worth it. Do I have a computer, and does it have Photoshop on it? If you answered yes, you may continue (but I'll take this time to say that the instructions I give you may not work for all types of Photoshop, I'll only tell you how to do it in CS5, but the procedure is similar is other types) AND MOST IMPORTANTLY: Do I have a desire to animate? If you answered yes, you may continue, but first let me tell you why this is the most important. Before you can start your animation, you must ask yourself a few simple questions: Do I have hands to hold a mouse or pen to draw with? If you answered yes, you may continue.

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