3 Ways to Export GIFs from After Effects - AE Fundamentals
119.8K views · 2023-01-12
Motion Design
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In this After Effects Fundamentals lesson, you'll learn how to export (render, in After Effects language) your animation as a .gif file. GIFs can be useful on the web because they play automatically and can loop forever.
There are 3 ways to render a GIF, but it can't be done with After Effects alone. You'll need either Adobe Media Encoder or Adobe Photoshop (both are included in a Creative Cloud subscription) or a paid After Effects script called GifGun. All 3 ways are covered in this video.
👀 Watch the After Effects Fundamentals playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGfHurvYEHhWWFIii-Mx0sJbylKAM0Dlh
In this video:
0:32 Adobe Media Encoder
2:56 Adobe Photoshop
8:03 GifGun, purchase here: https://aescripts.com/gifgun
10:42 More About GIFs
➡️ Check out the visual notes that accompany this video to help you quickly remember how to do something in After Effects: https://www.meganfriesth.com/aefundamentals/gifs
➡️ Optimize Animated GIFs for Quality & File Size: https://youtu.be/izLxd8DkWtk
➡️ Learn how to make seamlessly looping animations: https://www.meganfriesth.com/class/looping
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🎓 Learn how to create real-world animation projects. My course, After Effects, Explained walks you through 7 hands-on projects that build into an explainer animation: https://animationexplained.com/aeexplained
In this After Effects Fundamentals lesson, you'll learn how to export (render, in After Effects language) your animation as a .gif file. GIFs can be useful on the web because they play automatically and can loop forever.
There are 3 ways to render a GIF, but it can't be done with After Effects alone. You'll need either Adobe Media Encoder or Adobe Photoshop (both are included in a Creative Cloud subscription) or a paid After Effects script called GifGun. All 3 ways are covered in this video.
👀 Watch the After Effects Fundamentals playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGfHurvYEHhWWFIii-Mx0sJbylKAM0Dlh
In this video:
0:32 Adobe Media Encoder
2:56 Adobe Photoshop
8:03 GifGun, purchase here: https://aescripts.com/gifgun
10:42 More About GIFs
➡️ Check out the visual notes that accompany this video to help you quickly remember how to do something in After Effects: https://www.meganfriesth.com/aefundamentals/gifs
➡️ Optimize Animated GIFs for Quality & File Size: https://youtu.be/izLxd8DkWtk
➡️ Learn how to make seamlessly looping animations: https://www.meganfriesth.com/class/looping
My website: https://www.animationexplained.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/animationexplained
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/explanimated/