Issue with exporting an animated gif from Photoshop

Question

Hello dear folks, after having tried many different approaches i have to resolve to asking the community for help.

I have made a 10s long animation in After Effects, 600x600px @10fps, render it to avi, then converted it to an animated gif through AME - file size 11MB....i need it as a gif for embedding into holiday emails (max size 3MB)

Next was to try to put the mp4 directly into PS and export - the option export as (choosing the option GIF) - for me results in a static image. I am trying to understand why PS refuses to expor the gif, file size of the MP4 file is less than 2.1MB, the output shows a very satisfying 200kb gif to be exported - and it always ends up as a static image even with ending .gif....

I really hope someone can help solve this issue as it's really annoying at this point.

Thank you so much in advance,
All the best.

Test Screen Name · Accepted Answer

I've tried but unfortunately in the "Save for Web" window there are no options regarding converting color profiles.

Colour profiles are irrelevant for GIF. This is a very old format and it cannot contain profiles. It also uses very old compression compared to modern movie formats, so it is no surprise that converting MP4 to GIF makes a huge file. You need to simplify it enormously to make a small file.

Kevin Stohlmeyer · Answer

You cant just open a video in PS and save as a gif. You need to create a frame animation first.

Here's how to do this:

Go to File>Import>Video Frames to Layers.
In the dialog box check "Make Frame Animation".
Go to File>Export>Save for Web (Legacy) and choose GIF as the format.

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