Create an animated GIF

  1. In the Editor, place the images you want to appear in each frame of the animation on separate layers of the Layers palette. For example, to create an animation of an eye blinking, you would place an image of the open eye on one layer, and an image of the closed eye on another layer.
  2. Choose File > Save for Web.
    Note: If your image has multiple layers, you can also open the Save For Web dialog box from the Save As dialog box by choosing CompuServe GIF Format and selecting Layers As Frames.
  3. Optimize the image in GIF format.
  4. Select Animate.
  5. Set additional options in the Animation section of the dialog box:
    Loop
    Continuously repeats the animation in a web browser.

    Frame Delay
    Specifies the number of seconds that each frame is displayed in a web browser. Use a decimal value to specify fractions of a second. For example, use .5 to specify half a second.