GIF BREWERY CENTER CAPTION UPDATE

Recreate/Mockup the desired animations in an animation program (of which After Effects is one) and then export that as an animated gif. Drag it or Cmd+ - Select keyframe(s) and press the hotkeys to move them around.

move the Time indicator forward in the timeline.

This automatically adds the first keyframe, where ever your time indicator is ( it's red line in the timeline ).

Click the stopwatch icon that is now below your selected layer.

Select your object in the list on the left side of timeline.Here's a breakdown of how I saved my image files in photoshop before importing them to AE. In this project I could've potentially saved the header and footer as one, but the header had a shadow that goes over the first button, so I had to save them separately. You may also need to save a few static objects separately. What objects should you save as separate image filesĮssentially you'll want to save all moving objects separately. I used slicy to export my images out of photoshop. or you can just drag files into that panel Right-click inside the Project panel on the left choose: Import > Multiple files rename the image folder, you only have to replace one image footage and all the missing images are restored ( As long as all the missing images exist in the same folder ). If you import a folder of images into the projects and you, for example. psd file, after effects can't find it and you have to replace footage for every layer separately. psd files, but I don't like to use it because if you misplace, move or rename the. Later, when you are going to place it on the screen, it might stretch to look odd if the aspect ratio is off.Īfter Effects has a pretty good system for importing. The second composition with GUI animations should be the same size as the screen, or at least have the same aspect ratio. iphone comp to hold both, the background and GUI comp. GUI comp to hold the GUI and its animations. If you already have a Project open, pressing Cmd+N only creates a new Composition. When you start AE, you can press Cmd+N to create a new Project with one Composition inside it. Here I've moved the caption to the top right.Īs in the previous tutorial, I create the GIF by clicking the 'Create GIF' button.Things you need to know to create something like this in After Effects: You can move a caption or overlay at anytime by simply dragging it about. Once I've added the caption, it will be placed in the lower left of the GIF.

GIF BREWERY CENTER CAPTION UPDATE

You may also add a stroke to increase the legibility of the text.Īs a teaser, a better caption / overlay system will be coming in GIF Brewery 2.2, a free update scheduled for the second quarter of 2013. As you can see, there are options to change the caption's font and its color. Once I've selected the Caption option, a panel will appear that allows me to edit and add the caption. item in the menu.Īs you might have noticed, under the GIF > Add Overlay option, you may also use an image as your overlay.

Just press the 'Caption' button in the toolbar or access the GIF > Add Overlay > Add Overlay Caption. This tutorial starts off where the previous tutorial ended.Īdding a caption to your GIF is really simple in GIF Brewery.

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