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Step 14: Here’s the fun part! Click the Play

Animation icon () at the bottom of your Time-

line panel, and your animation will play in a

loop. You could go back and add more sketch

layers to give it a little extra fun, but you can

save that for your playtime after you’ve learned

this technique.

Step 15: You’ll need to export this to use on

social media or your website. Remember, you

may want to change the document dimensions

to best suit where you’ll be sharing it.

Exporting it is pretty simple. Just go up to

File>Export>Save for Web (Legacy)—this is still

the simplest way—to bring up the Save for Web

dialog. On the right, you’ll want to save the file

as a GIF. Keep the Colors at the maximum 256,

and Dither at 100%. Leave the default settings

for everything else, as well.

We need to decide how the animation will

play when exported, so go to the bottom of the

dialog and click on the Looping Options. You

have three choices: Once, Forever, or Other,

where you can manually set the loop count.

Let’s go with Forever, which is a mighty long

time—let’s go crazy!

Step 16: Once you’ve made all those settings,

c lick Save and save the file to wherever you

want. Then, go to where you saved it, click on

it, and either hit the Spacebar or drag it onto

your web browser to watch it play. Now it’s up

to you where you share it.

Now that you know how to create a simple ani-

mation, you can experiment with more layers,

more effects, and more colors to create some

fantastic GIFs. (We all agree it’s not pronounced

JIF, right?  ) Have fun and I’ll see you next

issue with another design tutorial! n

Click the above image to see the GIF in action on the KelbyOne Community