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November 4, 2019
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Problems rendering video from GIF (to use in Instagram)

  • November 4, 2019
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I am trying to make a short timelapse or stopmotion video with images turned into a video to use on Instagram.

I have watched so many tutorials but they don't turn into trouble when I do...🙄

 

So here is my process:

 

  1. Edit 15 images in Lightroom and export in medium res. and resized to 1350 px on long edge in specific folder 

 

2)  Open Photoshop (CS5)

 

3)  Select: Window - Workspace - Motion (this opens timeline workspace)

 

4)  Selct: File - Open

 

5)  Click on the first of the images in this folder (that contains all the images for the timelapse) + then select the button “Image Sequence” and press open

 

6) Set frame rate (in my case 3 frames per second)

 

7) Timeline is creating and works perfect 👍

 

😎 Choose: File - Save for Web & Devices

 

9)  In save window: change file format to GIF (and looping option to forever) - SAVE

 

10) Test outside Photoshop to see the GIF works perfect with moving frames 👍

 

10) Re-open this newly saved GIF in Photoshop (due to the fact that Instagram doesn’t support GIF)

 

11) Press: File - Export - Render video

 

12) THIS IS WHERE THE TROUBLE COMES…. 😱 

 

13) The “Render video saving” window doesn’t look like any other tutorial I have seen:
- My file name is .jpg (and not mp4 like in most examples I have seen)

- I can’t select the “QuickTime Export button (it’s grey indicating not being selectable)

- The only choice I have is the drop down at “Image Sequence” that can be set as: BMP; Dicom; JPEG; JPEG 2000; Photoshop; PNG; Targa; and TIFF. (see attached image)

 

What can I do (in Photoshop CS5, that is) to make a timelapse video to show in Instagram?

 

I know there are online programs to convert GIF’s to video but they create a poor quality.

 

Thanks to anyone who can help - truly, truly appreciated 🙌

 

 

 

 

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November 4, 2019

I think you're always going to have issuses creating such a massive gif, but you might want to look into GifGun. It will at least save you from having to roundtrip through Photoshop. I use it for all the GIFs for my tutorials. It's excellent.

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ssgeertAuthor
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November 4, 2019
Thanks for your reply. 
 
However, I know lots of people use Photoshop instead of these online apps/programs that tend to harm the quality quite a lot. I want to find a way to use Photoshop to create first a GIF (this step works perfect) and then turn this GIF into a video to upload for Instagram (which I know can be done)
 
Thanks anyway;-)