Animated Gif - technique

To create my animated Gif, first of all, I took a series of images that documented somebody climbing up a scramble net. I kept my camera in one place, mounting it on a tripod to avoid camera shake. I shot my photos on 1/125 to make sure there was no motion blur and an aperture of f8 to achieve a wide depth of field.

I used photoshop to make my animated gif, though you can use premier pro. Firstly, you open up all your images in photoshop, using the first image in the series as a base and adding the other images in order on top as layers. You then go to window > show video timeline, then create a frame animation timeline at the bottom of the page. All of your images should now be visible on the timeline. You can drag them out so that they are in order, then drag the edges of each photo to change how long you want it to display for, until you have a compilation of images that play in order to create a video. You then click on where it says once, underneath the timeline, and select forever, meaning your animation will loop. To save your gif, you must go to export under file and select "save for web", selecting "GIF 128 dithered as your export setting. You can now save your finished .gif file.

Animation - Definition

Stop motion animation is an animation technique that puts a set of still images together to make something that appears to be moving. It is often used to animate models, such as lego and clay models, though it can be used to make a series of photographs of a person into an animation in which they move, or any other series of photos into a moving video.

Here is an example of the use of stop motion animation in photography. This has been made into a .gif format, meaning it loops infinitely. This animation has been made up of 51 frames, meaning it has a low frame rate, which is clear from the jerky movements of the subject. Some photographers use a low frame rate to make it clear that it's not actual motion, which I think was the intention with this animation.

Sequencing - Animated GIF