![]() Remember, smaller image sizes are generally better for keeping your filesize small. Go to File > New and pick an image size that works for you. Then make sure “Move the active layer” is selected.Ģ. Make sure the “layers” option is selected. There are also the Rotate and Scale tools used to manipulate your layers, but they will be important later. But essentially, the tools you are going to make the most use of are: Move (used to move layers around), …. If you are unfamiliar with the system, take a look at a few resources to get familiar. It can function a lot like Adobe Photoshop, but it runs quicker, has fewer advanced features, and most importantly is free. GIMP (or GNU image manipulation program GNU being an open-source software like Unix, but Not Unix) is essentially “free Photoshop”. So, without further waffling, here is how you make your own animated GIF… ![]() The image above is about 1MB in size, and I’ll include a tip later for how to keep your files small. But it’s going to be really hard for every potential backer of your Kickstarter to download a 15MB file to their phone (which is likely where they will be watching it from). It’s easy to create a beautiful, movie-like GIF. It appears a little janky, because I skipped a number of frames in order to keep filesize down, and that brings me to the most important part of an animated GIF:Īn animated GIF needs to be small in size. The example I have included below is a fairly simple one, created for the upcoming Kickstarter campaign of Runika and the Six-sided Elements.įor this use of animated GIF, I needed a way to demonstrate how dice were moved around the board, how the elemental disk could rotate, and how rune cards matched up to dice on the board – all in one GIF. It looks like something that would (or should) cost a lot of money to produce, but actually they’re pretty easy for creators to put together themselves. We’ve all seen amazing Kickstarter pages for board games that include incredible GIFs showing you exactly how to play the game.
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