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after downloading your video, go to file > import > video frames to layers and select the video that you want to gif.

drag the little white arrow keys to mark the start and end of the scene you want to gif.  

so make sure the ‘limit to every 2 frames’ box is unchecked.

crop to whatever size you want. tumblr’s post dimensions are 540px wide. for 2 column gifsets, gifs should be 268px.

I’m going to crop mine to 540px for 400px.

you need to resize your gif. go to Image > Image size and fill in the dimensions you’ve chosen to cutting.

make sure that you resample it to bicubic (smooth gradients).

let’s go to the speed settings, select all frames in the timeline settings and set the frame delay. I use 0.05 seconds.

adds a more natural aspect to the speed, but it depends a lot on the type of gifset you are doing.

one of the most important parts in the process of creating a gif, the sharpen. I’m not going to go into detail here, I have a tutorial just about sharpening, right here. 

just click on your gif, then go to filter > convert for smart layers, that basically makes your entire gif one frame.

now save, go to file > export > save for web. these are my export settings:

selective > diffusion > bicubic sharpen.

make sure that the gif is set to loop forever and if your gif is not exceed tumblr’s gif size limit.

you have a basic sharpened gif, that’s a good thing isn’t it? more than we had when we started. 

here’s how my gif looks:

one of the most important parts in creating a gifset is the coloring, but as this is a basic tutorial I will not explain it here. you can also try some combinations of my base PSDs and get a coloring like this: