gif in photoshop elements 2018

Creating a GIF animation in Elements is sort-of possible with this method:

Creating an Animated Gif file in Photoshop Elements - YouTube

But to be honest, going any further than extremely basic animation is a grueling task in Elements, because it doesn't have a proper timeline. Yes, unfortunately you are correct: Elements does not have a timeline, or any animation tools.

Perhaps consider Krita, which is free and open source, and sports a very nice frame-based timeline. www.krita.org

Check out this tutorial:

How To Animate in Krita for Beginners - FREE ANIMATION SOFTWARE! - YouTube

lene2530021  wrote hi all new here i have a question, i just installed photoshop elements 2018, i what to make a gif file and cannt find the timeline or animation tabs. is it even possible to make gif file in elements ( the store where i got it from said that it was possible)? cheers len

Yes, Elements understands the gif format.

Does this paper help you for your animation purpose?

Optimize images for GIF or PNG-8 format