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Creating GIFs in bulk?

Jack23100107ff7r
Community Beginner ,
Feb 10, 2022 Feb 10, 2022

Hi everyone,

I have a folder with 200 subfolders inside each containing 6 images in each. I'm looking to create image to GIFs with them, showing each of the 6 pictures one at a time.

 

There is a website to manually make GIFs but this will take quite a while to do all 200 subfolders.

 

https://imgur.com/a/mFhiTeb - essentially, showing each picture one at a time in a loop.

 

If not, is anyone aware of any other programs which do?

 

Thanks

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Stephen Marsh Community Expert
Community Expert , Feb 16, 2022 Feb 16, 2022

This is not a very clean script, much of it is converted from an action for fast prototyping. Anyway, it works for one inputFolder variable...

 

#target photoshop

var inputFolder = Folder.selectDialog('Please select the input folder:');

cTID = function(s) { return app.charIDToTypeID(s); };
sTID = function(s) { return app.stringIDToTypeID(s); };

function createGIFanimation() {

  // Create Frame Animation
  function step1(enabled, withDialog) {
    if (enabled != undefined && !enabled)
      r
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c.pfaffenbichler Community Expert
Community Expert , Feb 16, 2022 Feb 16, 2022

The Script does not work here so I cannot test, but does this work for folders in the selected folder? 

var theFolder = Folder.selectDialog('Please select the input folder:');
var theFolders = theFolder.getFiles(isFolder);

for (var m = 0; m < theFolders.length; m++) {
var inputFolder = theFolders[m];
alert (inputFolder)
cTID = function(s) { return app.charIDToTypeID(s); };
sTID = function(s) { return app.stringIDToTypeID(s); };

function createGIFanimation() {

  // Create Frame Animation
  fun
...
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c.pfaffenbichler Community Expert
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Feb 16, 2022 Feb 16, 2022
In Response To Jack23100107ff7r
You two are probably the first to ever write something like this which is viewable online..

The Scripting-oriented regulars on this Forum, some of which are much more knowledgable on the issue than me, usually post all code in plain and editable form. 

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Jack23100107ff7r
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Feb 16, 2022 Feb 16, 2022
In Response To Jack23100107ff7r

Hi @c.pfaffenbichler and @Stephen Marsh,

 

Just out of interest (its not needed, just curious) is there any options on PS to have GIF effects between the slides, such as a fading effect etc?

Thanks

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c.pfaffenbichler Community Expert
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Feb 16, 2022 Feb 16, 2022
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@Jack23100107ff7r wrote:

Hi @c.pfaffenbichler and @Stephen Marsh,

 

Just out of interest (its not needed, just curious) is there any options on PS to have GIF effects between the slides, such as a fading effect etc?

Thanks

Are there such proprietary gif-effects? 

One could create such effects with Timeline Animation. 

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c.pfaffenbichler Community Expert
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Feb 16, 2022 Feb 16, 2022
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You will likely want to comment out with // double forward-slashes or just delete the 6th line:

 

alert (inputFolder)

Sorry, had forgotten that alert. 

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Stephen Marsh Community Expert
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Feb 16, 2022 Feb 16, 2022
In Response To c.pfaffenbichler

It is great for testing/learning, just not production.

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Lumigraphics
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Feb 16, 2022 Feb 16, 2022

I would have probably just used Bridge and Image Processor Pro.

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Stephen Marsh Community Expert
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Feb 16, 2022 Feb 16, 2022
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@Lumigraphics wrote:

I would have probably just used Bridge and Image Processor Pro.


Can you explain how, I looked into  this and would find your take informative.

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Stephen Marsh Community Expert
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Feb 23, 2024 Feb 23, 2024
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A related topic here:

 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/script-to-generate-gif-from-folder-of...

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