Image Sequence to Animated GIF?

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October 1, 2008
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I had a really great workflow when ImageReady CS2 was available. I'd export my Quicktime movie as an image sequence. ImageReady has a great command where I could import a folder of image sequences and it would automatically build an animated GIF. All I had to do was adjust my color reduction method and then export as an animated GIF.

Unfortunately, it's rather slow as it was running in Rosetta.

Photoshop CS3 doesn't seem to have this ability. Not sure about CS4. Is there a current workflow similar to this using current Adobe products? Do I need to buy Fireworks?

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_Ron_Nehrig_

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>For Windows users:
># Go directly to File - Import - Video Frames to Layers, and go to the >folder of your gif file.
># In the name field type in *.gif and press return ("enter"). You >should now be able to see and select gif files for import.

Thanks Very Much Jonas, this worked great!!
I also just discovered that it's harder to find and use the GIF animation tools in CS4 than it was in previous versions, and it wouldn't let me import an existing animated GIF with any existing function, except for your File-Import hidden feature which did open the GIF file as an animation. Now will I remember this the next time I need it?
Geeze! Put it back on the menu Adobe!

Ron

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Neil_Keller

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Well, to be honest, there are a few Windows users and bi-platform users here.

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Ramón G Castañeda

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No " Windows users" here, Jonas.

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JonasRogne

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To work with video files "properly" you will have to use the Extended version.

Anyway, you can import a video as a frame animation (and later export to animated gif) by using import->video frames as layers, and making sure "make frame animation" is checked.

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You can open animated GIFs as well for editing (although they have removed the option, it is still supported), but this is in no way convenient if you're stuck on a Mac (you will have to e.g. link it into a .mov file and this requires a full version of Quicktime pro)

For Windows users:
# Go directly to File - Import - Video Frames to Layers, and go to the folder of your gif file.
# In the name field type in *.gif and press return ("enter"). You should now be able to see and select gif files for import.

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PeterK__

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Some formats (ex. png, tif, jpeg) can be opened as image sequences from the Open dialog. From there you can get some of the functionality of Imageready from the Animation palette.

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NotInUse

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I hate to post this... but Fireworks is now the proper tool, not Photoshop. It's a shame that Adobe removed some of the features from Photoshop that were so helpful in CS2 (Not referring to ANY Imageready functions).

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