How To Animate a Still Photo in Adobe Photoshop

In today's video tutorial we're going to have some fun creating a motion picture effect similar to Cinemagraphs, but it's created from a single still image, rather than a video clip. It works by stretching a certain portion of the image using keyframes in the Photoshop animation timeline. Repeating this simple transformation in a loop gives the illusion that the picture is moving.

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[CharlesMiner]

Finally a complete tutorial on how to plotagraph in photoshop. You did a great job keeping it simple yet straight to the point. Thank you!

[Sohasorouri]

I love how short and to the point this tutorial is.
Kept thinking how are you gonna wrap it up in such a short time and I was surprised by how simply you solved the issues and animated this picture.

[newguy]

I have watched so many videos trying to make my moving clouds seamless and this was the only technique that finally worked (or that I could manage to make work). you just saved me so many more nights of endless trial and error. Thank you!!

[Fancylooks]

What a great tutorial and an amazing example, this is beautiful, thanks for sharing!!

[ashleechan]

this is one of the coolest tutorials Ive ever seen!! I have to animate slot symbols that are static images, so this will help me out alot!

[MalickLombion]

I've been looking for this for SO long and youtube just randomly suggested it. Thank you!

[wrus]

This is going to transform my still photos. An awesome tutorial. Thank you so much for taking the time to put it together

[lifemusiclova]

Great video --- steady (not slow) pacing while still getting the point across in an effective way. Thanks!

[lawefilips]

Sitting here and watching this seem like magic.
The explanation was thorough and precise.
Thank you.

[jerrychong]

Thanks Spoon Graphics, it's awesome!

[davidmarcashton]

Really clear, really quick...! This is how every tutorial should be...

[elenamartrod]

Thank you for this!! Been seeing these kind of animations around on Instagram for a while and wanted to learn how to make them :) thank you!!!

[Brumart]

C'est génial comme effet et si facile à reproduire. Merci pour ce tuto
(It is brilliant as effect and so easy to reproduce. Thank you for this tuto)
Bonjour du sud de la France

[starskymedia]

Thanks for this, really great tutorial and very easy to follow!

[philbo]

This is so smart! Thank you for figuring this out and sharing.

[puekbislayer]

Absolutely fantastic tutorial! Will be using this one a lot :) thank you

[spare]

I've been looking for this because I wanted to animate something similar to gold Hearthstone cards - this was super helpful!!

[achmadginanjar]

Very practical and beautiful tutorial. Thanks man!

[Sabirali]

Hay Chris it's supper cool tutorial thanks for sharing

[KelloggShowKids]

Thank you so much! Finally a good tutorial on this animation, helped me a lot!