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1. Introduction: Hi everyone, my name is Colleen. Welcome to my class. Creating an animation for
someone that doesn't have drawing skills can be
challenging and discouraging. This is why I have created
an easy way to make animations that doesn't
require drawing skills. And in this lesson, I will show you how to create
these cool animations. Whether you are a
female or male, you can follow these steps
that I'm going to show you and apply these techniques
to your animations. I have created
these animations by filming myself and
other people with a smartphone using a static
image that I have animated. The tools we need for this
class is Adobe Photoshop. If you want to make an animation where you are the subject, the first step is to film
yourself or take a selfie, depending on the type of animation that you
would like to make. Then the next steps consist
of selecting the images of the animation stylized and adjust them and then save them. We will continue with
the animation process in Adobe Photoshop and export
it in GIF or MP4 format. I will show you the process
is for the majority of the animations you have
seen in this introduction. And I can't wait to reveal
you my tips and tricks. So let's get started.
2. Stylizing The Image: Let's start with a simple
animation based on an image. There is an awesome tool on the internet which
is called to me. You might heard about it, but if you didn't, you will now have the
opportunity to explore these free photo
editing app that changes your picture
into cartoon drawings. Upload here your photo by
clicking on the plus sign. For the free version, you will have a watermark on the bottom at the right
side of your image. Click on the cartoon options on the right side and choose
your favorite cartoon style. You can also click on
Labs button, then on. Let's try and have fun with
more cartoon versions. If you don't like the style, then you can come back to the original page and
click on More Styles. If you click on the fourth
style from the top, you will have the
option to choose some cute tune stories
on the bottom. These two stories are available for females and males
version as well. Let's explore the female version first and then the male version. I have got on one of my friends picture
for this animation. After you have decided which cartoon style you
like, download the picture.
3. Paris Girl – Creating The Animation: In this example, we
are going to create these cute animation with a girl and her
little login Paris. Once the stylized
image downloaded, open it in Adobe Photoshop, I am going to erase the
watermarks from all the images only for these exercises and
I will use the patch tool. The first step for this
tutorial is to select an isolate the part of the
picture that will be animated. In this case, the skirt
will be blowing in the wind and the doggy
will be tilting his head. The Quick Selection Tool
and select the dog's head. Rectify those selection with
the lasso tool if needed. On the top menu,
click on select, modify, and expand the
selection with one pixel. Right-click in the selected
area and select Layer via Copy to create a new layer
only with the dog's head. Drag the layer one down towards the plus sign to create
a copy rename Layer, want to dog one allele, one copy to D2 with the layer D2 selected
press Control plus T on Windows or
Command D on Mac. To select the Free
Transform tool, we are going to rotate the
dog's head to the left, the center or the free
transform tool down to set the rotation point at the
dog's neck base and hit Enter, select layer dog one, and drag it down towards the
plus sign to create a copy. Move this layer above the layer D2 and rename
it to dock free. Select again the
free transform tool, as we are going to rotate
the dog's head to the right. Pull the center of the Free
Transform tool down to set the rotation point at the
dog's neck base and hit Enter. Now we are going to erase the dog's head from
the background layer, select the dog's head and drag the selection with the
Patch Tool to the right. Now let's isolate the skirt
to select the skirt with the Quick Selection Tool and lasso tool on the
background layer. Right-click in the selected
area and choose Layer via Copy to create a new
layer only with the skirt. Rename this layer sqrt one. Drag the layer sqrt
one down towards the plus sign to create a copy and rename this
layer to skirt to, to create an animation
in Adobe Photoshop, you have to open
the timeline panel in the menu at the top, click on Window and select from the drop-down
window timeline. At the bottom of your window, you will see the timeline open where you can create
your animation. In the center of
the timeline panel, click on the arrow at the right and select Create
Frame Animation. A very important
detail is to enable the timeline which
might be grayed out. So to enable it, press the button,
Create Frame Animation. And you will see the first frame appearing in the timeline. Hide the layer skirt
to by clicking on the icon on the left in
the menu on the top, click Edit than puppet wrap. This tool will help to
manipulate the skirt. Click on the skirt to
create beans and drag the pins to the right
as shown on the screen. Repeat these steps
on layer sqrt two, but this time, drag
the piece to the left. In the timeline panel, click on the plus icon
to create a new frame. Click on frame one and make
visible only the layers, background and dog one. With the second frame selected, make sure that only the
following layers are visible. The background, Scott
won and dog one. Create the first
frame by clicking on the plus icon and make
visible the layer background, sqrt two and Dongguan. Now create a fourth frame and the visible layers
should be background, sqrt two and D2. Continue by adding
the fifth frame which corresponds with
layer background. And D2 frame seeks goes with layer background, sqrt one and D2. The seventh frame
goes with background, Scott one and Dongguan. Frame aid goes with layer
background and dug one. Now select frames 78.9, press the key Alt on Windows, Option key on Mac, and drag all the free frames to the right to copy them
and create a repetition. Click on the plus icon to
create the third thin frame. The visible layer should be
background and dark free. Create the 14th frame and make visible the
layer background, Scott one and dock free. Create Frame 15 and make visible layer background
sqrt two and Dockery. If you play the animation without setting the frame delay, it looks quite stereotype. Domain the animation
more natural, we have to set a delayed
time to the frames. To do so, select frames
to eight, then 1,113.15. Then click on the small arrow on the frame where is written. Second. Click Other and
then set the delay to 0.43. Click OK. Center delay
on frame one to 0.3. Select frames 34.12 and
set the delay to 0.17. On the fifth frame, set the delay to 0.57. On frame 14, set it to 0.43. Frame six should be 0.07. Frames seven should be 0.27, and frame nine set it to 0.57. Now let's play the animation. There is a correction to
be done on frame 9.12. Hide the layer sqrt two. Now let's export this
animation in GIF format. In the top menu, click on File, export
and Save for Web Legacy. On the top right, select GIF, selective and diffusion. Then click Save.
4. Biceps Flex – Stylizing and Preparing The Image: Let's continue by creating
an animation for males. Upload your image to tune me. Click on the Fourth Style
cartooning from the top. Choose from the tune stories, the image with the
biceps and download it. Open the image in
Adobe Photoshop. We will have to
isolate the left arm to create the biceps
flexion motion. Take the Quick Selection Tool and click on the onto selected. In the menu on the top, click on Select,
Modify, and Expand. Enter the value one to expand the selection and click Okay, Right-click in the
selection area, choose Layer via Copy and
rename the layer arm one. Drag this layer down
towards the plus sign to duplicate it and
rename the layer onto. Now we will have to erase the arm from the
background layer. So in order to do this, press Control on the keyboard in Windows or Command on Mac, and click on the icon of the layer arm one
to select the arm, click on the background layer
thick the eyedropper tool, and select a sample of the blue background
on the top menu, select Edit, and then fill
with the foreground color. They are remnants of
the arm outline left on the blue circle
that you can erase using the patch tool and
the clone stamp tool. In order to get rid of the blue part that
exceeds the blue circle. Take the elliptic curve market to place it in the
center of the circle. Press Alt plus Shift key on the keyboard in Windows or
Option and Shift on Mac. And drag to create a selection circle that
matches the blue circle. Reposition the
selection if needed. Right-click in the
selection area and click on Select Inverse. Take the clone stamp tool
and erase the blue part. Select the arm to layer, then go to the top menu and
choose Edit and puppet wrap. Set the few pins as
shown on the screen. Take the pin on the top
and drag it to the left. Add more pins in order to rectify the shape of the arm and adjust the shape
of the biceps in order to look
relaxed, hit Enter.
5. Biceps Flex – Creating The Animation: Now we're going to create the
animation on the top menu. Click on window, then
select timeline. In the center of
the timeline panel, click on the arrow
at the right and select Create Frame Animation. Press the button,
Create Animation, and you will see the first frame appearing in the timeline. Hide the layer arm two
for this first frame, press the plus sign
at the bottom of the timeline to
create another frame, and this time make
the layer up to visible and hide the layer one. Now we will have to set a
delay time for the frames. On the first frame, click on the small arrow
where it's written. Second, click Other
and set that to 0.5. Set the delay on the
second frame to two. If you wish to add some
text to your animation, continued to follow
the next steps. Thank the horizontal type tool. Click in the image and
write your own slogan, and then choose to
display or hide the text layer on the
frame of your choice. Export the animation
by clicking on File export and Save
for Web Legacy. On the top right, select GIF, selective and diffusion,
and then click Save.
6. Moon Girl – Stylizing and Preparing The Image: Upload your photo as explained
in the previous lessons on to the site and download the image with the
girls sitting on the moon. Open the image in Adobe
Photoshop and drag the background layer towards the plus sign to
duplicate the layer. Rename this layer, layer one. Go on the background layer and try to recreate the background starting from the
character's knees as we will create an
animation of the leg. Use the clone stamp tool to
copy parts of the background. Use the patch tool to
homogenize the colors. Go on layer one and select the character
and the moon using the Quick Selection tool in order to separate them
from the background. On the top menu,
click select, modify, and expand the selection with
one pixel on the top menu, go to Layer, Layer via Copy to separate the character
from the background. I did this election in two times as the Quick Selection Tool would take the
background too when I tried to select the
left side of the moon. Now we have to copy the
left side of the moon in the same way as
explained before. Merge the top two layers with the character and the moon
to have only one layer. Delete the intermediate layer, which had only the background. Duplicate layer one and
rename it to layer two. With the layer selected, go to Edit and
select puppet wrap. Put some pins as
shown on the screen. Move the right leg slightly
to the right and hit Enter. Duplicate the layer, and
rename it to live free. With the puppet wrap function, move the right leg
again to the right.
7. Moon Girl – Creating The Animation: Display the timeline in Adobe Photoshop as explained
in the previous lessons, and choose Create
frame animation. For the first frame, make visible layer
background and layer one. Add a new frame and make visible layer
background and layer to add a new frame and make visible layer
background and layer three. Duplicate the second
frame by clicking on it. Then press the Control
and ask key in Windows or Command
and Option on Mac, and drag the frame after the first frame to
create the fourth frame. Set the delay on the
fourth frame to 0.2. Now duplicate the
layer one and drag it above the layer free and
rename it to live for. Use the puppet rep, to move the right foot to
the left and hit Enter. Create a new frame and make visible only the layer
background layer for set the delay on the
fifth frame to 0.1. Change the first
frame delayed to 0.2, and the second frame, the first frame to 0.3. Now let's make those stars
shine bright in the sky. Go to the layer
background and select the styles as shown on the
screen with the pen tool. Create a selection
by right-clicking anywhere in the image and
choose, Make Selection. Copy the start by
creating a new layer. This will be the
layer number five, and it should be visible
on the frame tool. Let's make this star brighter. So with the layer selected, go on the top menu, click on Image Adjustment and put the brightness
value at 116. Make sure that layer five
is hidden on frame one. Repeat the steps with copying the other stars and
making them brighter. The new layer six should be
visible only on frame one. You can hide or make visible
the stars according to your own taste or follow
my steps in the video. Export the animation
by clicking on File export and
Save for Web Legacy can reduce the file
size by reducing the image to the half
of its current size. On the top right, select GIF, selective and diffusion,
and then click Save.
8. Animation Based On A Video – Choosing The Images: Let's take an
example of creating an animation based on the video. You can either use a
video or you can feel yourself as I did
for this video, whose length is 2 s, it took 15 screenshots that
I used in Adobe Photoshop, a form iframes, on my iPhone. I took the first screenshot
at the beginning of my video. I have resized it and
saved it on my phone. You can take the screenshot on your computer as well
using the snipping tool. Then I took my next screen
shots where there was a significant change in
the movement in my video. Once the screenshots are done, transfer them to your computer.
9. Animation Based On A Video – Stylizing The Images: Now let's have some
fun and cartoon the screenshots for
this animation, I have chosen the fifth
version from the top. Upload your images onto me, one-by-one cartoon and save
them on your computer. I have downloaded the image and surprisingly I didn't get
the watermark stranger. Sometimes you get the
watermark and sometimes not.
10. Animation Based On A Video – Rectifying The Images: I really raised
the water max from all the images only
for these exercises. And I use the clone stamp tool. In order to use the clone
stamp to press Alt key on Windows and Option key on Mac
to select the source area. And really is the key
to start cloning. Note that if you have a picture with the hand on your face area, to me will not be able
to process it properly. I will show you how to
rectify this image. Luckily, on the next image, the hand looks more
defined and I will use this picture to
rectify the previous one. With the two images opened, select the finger on the second
image with the pen tool. Right-click anywhere on
the image and choose, make a selection from the menu. Go to the top main menu, click on Layer, New
Layer via Copy. Copy this new layer, paste it in the previous image, and position the finger with the move tool to cover
the default one. You can adjust the
finger and rotate it with the Free
Transform tool by pressing Control T on
Windows or Command T on Mac. In my case, I have
a dark fringe on the tip of the finger that
I would like to delete. So I clicked on the layer
and press Control a in Windows or command
in Mac to Selected, move the selection down. I right-clicked on
the selection and selected Inverse
selection from the menu. Then I deleted the
darker fringe. Now it's time to
blend this layer into my image and hide
the harsh edges. For this, I will have to
add the mask to my layer. I also adjusted the levels of this layer to make it
seamless even more. There is a correction to be
made around the mouth area. So I have selected
this zone with the Patch Tool and drag it
towards a similar color area. As you have noted, there are no nails
on the fingers. So I sought an image from
the Internet on Pixabay where you can find free stock photos and
added them to my image. Find your favorite nice style. Copy the image and paste it in the document in Adobe Photoshop. Make a selection
with the pen tool around the nails,
accepting the thumb, select the nails, right-click anywhere in
the image and select, Make Selection in the menu. Copy and paste the nails in the cartoon image,
adjust the size, orientation, levels,
brightness, and opacity to make them look
as natural as possible. Of course, you can take a
picture of your own hand, cut out toenails, and use it
for your animation images. If you encounter
the same issue with deformed hands on
the next pictures, just copied the layer with the nails and the
default finger, piers them to the new image
and adjust the positions. Because the hand is in motion on the next image is and
the hand is blurred. I were blurred the
nails as well.
11. Animation Baed On A Video – Adding Elements: I wanted to add some
hearts to my animation on each image that
simultaneous blowing a kiss. I have opened all
these images in Adobe Photoshop in the
order of the animation. I will work in parallel
on each image. Add a new layer to
your image and draw a heart shape with the
pen tool on the lips. Of course, you can draw as many hard sizes and colors and
position them as you wish. I use the gradient tool
to fill the heart. Then I have added the contour, but this step is not necessary. All depends how your final
image would like you to look. To create the outline, select the layer with
the heart by pressing Control on Windows
or Command on Mac. And click on the Layer icon. Right-click on the selection
area and choose Stroke, put one pixel, choose
the color black, and then click Okay. Reduce the opacity
of the layer to 64. Drop shadow to this heart. Double-click on the layer, drop shadow and put the values
as you see on the screen. Copy the layer with the heart and paste it to the next image. Position the heart further
away from the lips with the move tool to
simulate the blowing action. Duplicate this layer to
create another heart, reposition it, then rotate and resize it with
the transform tool. The shortcut is
Control plus T for Windows or Command D on Mac. Duplicate this layer
and reposition, rotate and resize the heart. Copied the free layers with the heart and paste
them to the next image. Duplicate another layer with heart and create
the fourth heart. And duplicate again a layer
to create the fifth heart. Save all your images
in JPEG or PNG format.
12. Animation Based On A Video – Creating The Animation: Open all your images
created in Adobe Photoshop. Copy all the images starting
from the second image into the first image in order to create the layers
for the animation. Close the images that are
copied without saving them. Open the timeline on
the menu at the top, click on Window than timeline. In the timeline, choose
Create Frame Animation. Then click on the button,
Create Frame Animation. In order to create
the first frame, leave visible only
the first layer. Click on the bus below to create another frame and make
visible the second layer, repeat the operation
of creating new frames and associating a new
layer with the new frame. Each layer has to
correspond to a frame. Now we will have to add some
dynamism to the animation. So we will rotate and
re-scale a few layers. Start rotating to the right and resize the layer
with the first heart. Go on the next layer
and rotate it a bit more than the previous
one and resize it. Repeat these steps
with the next layer. Now you will have to do the reverse process of
the rotation to bring the next images
progressively back to the initial position
and resize them. If you play the animation without setting the frame delay, the rhythm of the animation
is quite stereotype. To make the animation
more natural, we have to set the
frames delayed time. Said the following frames
delay for frame 14.5, set it to 0.2. Frames 3.15 to 0.5, frame six to 0.1, and leave all the
other frames at 0 s. Once the delay time is
done, export the GIF. On the top menu, click on File, export, Save for Web Legacy. Select GIF on the top right. Than selective and diffusion. You can try to reduce the file size by
limiting the colors. I kept 256 colors
for a nice result. Now, open the gift in your
browser to check if it works.
13. Butterfly – Stylizing and Preparing The Image: This cute gift is so easy to create as we only have
to animate the wings. Upload your photo into to me. Click on the fourth
icon from the top on the left side and download
the butterfly cartoon image. Open your file in
Adobe Photoshop, press W to select the
Quick Selection tool. Drag the tool all around
the character to select it. Click on the Layer menu
and select New Layer via Copy to create a layer
only with the character. Take the eyedropper tool, select the background layer and select the color
of the background. Go to Edit and choose Fill and click Okay to
fill the background. Grab the Quick Selection Tool
and select only the girl, but not the wings on layer one. Click on the Layer menu and
select New Layer via Copy. Pool, the layer two
under the layer one. Grabbed the Quick
Selection Tool and select only the
wings on layer one. Click on the Layer menu and
select New Layer via Copy. Delete Layer one. Duplicate the layer free
and rename it to live for. We are going to modify layer four in order to
create flapping wings. Go to Edit and select
puppet wrap at points all around the wings close to the subject
to prevent it to move. We want to move only
the top of the wings. The pins, the wings
and hit Enter. Repeat the steps again. Hello.
14. Butterfly – Creating The Animation: Go to Window and
click on timeline as we are going to create
the animation of the wings. On the first frame, hide layers 4.5 and a new frame
and hide the layer three. And again, a new frame, and this time hide the
layer four and make visible layer five. Hit play. Your animation is ready. Export the GIF by
selecting File export, Save for Web Legacy, and reduce the image size
to 500 instead of a 1080.
15. Motorbike – Animation With Sound: In this lesson, I am
going to show you how to make an
animation with sound. Upload your photo into tune me. Click on the fourth
icon from the top on the left side and download
the motorbike cartoon image. For this animation, I
have provided you with a sound file in the
project and resources tab. Now open the timeline to
create the animation. Drag the background
layer towards the plus sign to
duplicate the layer. Rename this layer, layer one. Add a new frame and Hide Layer
one from the first frame. Make visible layer one
on the second frame, select layer one and
press Control plus T on Windows or
Command plus T on Mac. To select the Free
Transform tool, rotate the image on
layer one slightly to the right and hit Enter
Duplicate Layer one, rename it to layer two
and create a new frame. For this first frame and make visible background
layer and layer to rotate the image slightly and
increase it on layer two. Duplicate Layer two and
rename it to lay a free. Then create a new frame and make visible only layer free
and the background. Rotate the image again slightly to the right
and increase it. Repeat again, find
times the steps with creating a new
layer by duplication, then rotate and
resize the image. Send the delays on the
frame one to six to 0.1 s, and on the frame seven, set it to 0.5 s. Click on the convert to Video Timeline button on the bottom left
side of the screen. And here you can
add an audio track. Click on the little
arrow on the right side, and select your file to
add sound to your video. Because this audio file is
much longer than the video. I had to pull the file
to the left until I found a part of the sound
that match the video. You can trim the sound
by pulling the end to the left and release it at the point where your video ends. If you click again on the
convert to frame animation, Adobe Photoshop will
delete the soundtrack. You can export your
animation in GIF format, but Adobe Photoshop will
not keep the soundtrack. Or you can render your video in mp4 format in order to have
an animation with sound. To render your animation
in mp4 format, go to File, Export random
video, then click Render.
16. Alice In Wonderland – Stylizing and Preparing The Image: Upload your photo into tune me, click on the fourth
icon from the top on the left side and download Alice in Wonderland
cartoon image. The easiest way to erase the watermark from this
picture is to copy a part of the left corner and
integrate it to the right corner with the
rectangular marquee tool. Make a selection on the
left bottom corner. Go to the top menu and select
Layer, Layer via Copy, go to edit, transform and flip horizontal to create
a mirrored image. Move this image in order
to cover the watermark. Go to Layer, Layer Mask, reveal all to add the
mask to the layer. Make sure the foreground and
the background colors on the tube panel is
black and white thing the brush tool and paint
on the mask by alternating the white and black color until you are satisfied
with the results. Select layer from
the top menu and flatter image to
have only one layer. Duplicate this layer and
rename it to layer one. We are going to twitch
the rabbits ear. Press W to bring up the selection tool and
select the rabbits ear. Then expand the selection
with one pixel. Go to Layer, Layer via Copy to create a new layer only
with the rabbit's ear. Select, Edit, puppet wrap, and put a few pins at the base of the year to prevent
it from moving. Then put a pin towards the middle and the
top of the year, pull-down the pin at the tip
of the ear and hit Enter. Now we will have to
mask the area of the ear on the
background, on layer one. To do this, select an area of the mirrors background and
create a new layer via copy. This bit in order to cover the portion of the ear
that needs to be hidden. Add a layer mask to try to
hide it as much as possible. Merge the top layer with the layer that has
a mosque and use the clone stamp tool to copy parts of the
background if needed. Delete the background layer and rename the top layer, layer two. Now we are going to create
a text around the mirror. Draw a path around the
mirror with the pen tool. I think the Horizontal
Type Text tool, click on the path and
write your own slogan. Create another text layer and wrote something
like your name, e.g. on the ribbon.
17. Alice In Wonderland – Creating The Animation: Let's start by creating
the text animation. Select the layer with the text
that is around the mirror, grab the rectangle
selection tool and make a selection
to cover the text. With the text layer
selected hold the Alt key on Windows
or Option on Mac, and press the button layer
mask to hide the text. Open the timeline and
click on the button, convert to Video Timeline. If you are in frame
animation mode, make sure the scrubber is at the beginning
of the animation. Click on Layer Mask
position to add a keyframe. Drag the scrubber to the
middle of the animation. Take the Move tool and
select the layer mask, press Shift key, and drag the layer mask to the right until you reveal
the entire text. If you play the animation, you will see that the text
reviews progressively. With the scrubber on
the second keyframe, select the layer
with the name tags. From here we will create the second part
of the animation, grab the rectangle
selection tool and make a selection
to cover the text with the text layer selected hold the Alt key on Windows
or Option on Mac, and press the button layer
mask to hide the text. Click on Layer Mask
position to add a keyframe. Make sure the texts and the
layer mask are not linked. Drag the scrubber to the
end of the animation. Take the Move tool and
select the layer mask, press the Shift key, and drag the layer
mass to the right until you reveal
the entire text. You can zoom your timeline
from the arrows at the bottom. If you find that your animation
is too long or too short, you can adjust it by
dragging the end of each layer of your video to
the left or to the right. Also pay attention
during this process to reposition your
keyframes according to the changes you make. You feel more comfortable
with the frame animation. Click to convert to frame animation at the bottom
left of the timeline, and then click on continue. This video has 46
frames in total. I will switch the rabbits
ear on the frame 40.41. So I've hidden layer two
on these two frames. Select all the frames and
set the delay to 0.1. Export the animation as a GIF.
18. Snowing Effect – Stylizing and Preparing The Image: We will make another
easy animation. Then you can set
to your loved ones for the winter holidays. Upload your picture to tune me. Click on the folder
icon from the top on the left side and download
the cartoon image. Open this image in
Adobe Photoshop and let's add some
texts with red color. Select the two texts layers and drag them down to the plus
sign to duplicate them. Change the color on the top
two text layers to black.
19. Snowing Effect – Creating The Animation: Open the timeline and choose a frame animation
for the first frame, make visible the
background layer and the two red text layers add a new frame high the two red texts layers and make visible the
black text layers. Set the delays for these
two frames to 0.3. You can export
your file as it is or continued to add
elements to your animation. Now we are going to
create the snowfall, add a new layer on the top
of the last text layer and click on create new
fill or adjustment layer. Then select Solid Color, choose a gray color
and click Okay. On the top menu, go to filter, select Noise, Add Noise, and click on Convert
to Smart Object. The amount has to
be 100 per cent. The distribution is Gaussian
and check monochromatic. Then click Okay, go
again to Filter Blur, Gaussian Blur, and set
the radius to two. Go to Image Adjustment
Levels and the Josie arrows according the amount
and density of snow that you would like
to display on your video. Now choose Filter again, other and offset, and select the values you
see on the screen. We have just created a pattern and we are
going to save it. So go to Edit, Define Pattern, give
it a name and click. Okay. Delete this layer as
we don't need it anymore. Create a new layer above
the last text layer. Click on, create a new
fill or adjustment layer. Select Solid Color and
choose black color. Click on Layer Style,
choose Pattern, Overlay, and from pattern, select the snow pattern you
have just created. From the blend mode
select screen and you can play with the opacity mode
and scale the snow size. On the layer, drag down
the field option to zero. On the timeline,
click on Convert to Video Timeline and expand
the color fill one layer. Let's add some
motion to the snow. Make sure the scrubber is positioned at the
beginning of the video. Click on the little circle
near style to add a keyframe. Pull the scrubber to the
end of the animation, and on the layer panel, double-click on pattern overlay
to open the Layer Style. Drag the image down
and click Okay, this will create a new keyframe. Depending on how much you
will drag this image down, will determine the speed
of the snow falling. You can readjust the size of the snowflakes by double-clicking
on the layer effects, bear in mind that
you will have to do the adjustments on
both the keyframes. In the video mode, you can add a sound file and export the animation
in mp4 format. I have just exported
my animation as a GIF.
20. Final Thoughts: Thank you so much for
joining my class. I hope you enjoy it
and find it useful no matter of the level of your skill set or
at the minimum, took away some tips and tricks. I can't wait to see your
animation and please upload them to the project
and resources section. Feel free to ask
any questions in the discussion section
below and pass on your learnings on
how to stylize on image processing in
Adobe Photoshop. Create an animation based
on an image or a video. You are welcome to
provide me with feedback and write the review. Thanks again, Bye.
Carleen, Sewing, drawing, making patterns
