Tutorial 

Here’s a quick’n’short tutorial of how I make gifs:

¤Softwares

• Avidemux (to select frames)
• Photoshop CS5 (to manipulate the selected frames and ultimately create the gif)

¤Tips

• Original video should be at least 720p to make sure you have a good quality gif (480p is fine, 1080p is the dream)
  
• Maximum gif width: 500K
• Maximum gif size: 1000K = 10MB
• Maximum number of frames: 15 to 20
• Big gif = less frames
• Small gif = more frames
• Layer text must be on top of all the layers (or frames) for it to appear the entire length of the gif
• Gradients can help you reduce significantly the number of colours of the gif without losing much quality
• When you’re done and want to save the gif on your computer, hit “Save for Web & Devices” and don’t forget to click on the little icon on the top right-hand corner then select “Optimize to File Size” on the list box before hitting “Save”

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask me

xo