{"id":353792,"date":"2025-11-26T07:18:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T15:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=402627"},"modified":"2025-12-11T02:11:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T10:11:14","slug":"how-to-use-the-timeline-to-create-animated-gifs-and-cinemagraphs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-use-the-timeline-to-create-animated-gifs-and-cinemagraphs\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use the Photoshop Timeline to create animated GIFs and cinemagraphs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you’ve ever thought about adding an animated touch to your designs or illustrations, I have good news for you: you can do it with Adobe Photoshop<\/a><\/strong>. The best part? It’s much easier than you think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surely you have seen static images with slight animations, as if they were “alive”. Follow all the steps we teach you below to learn how to use the timeline<\/strong> and create GIFs and cinemagraphs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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What is a GIF and a cinemagraph?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

GIFs are found everywhere on the Internet and social media. It is a graphic format that displays short, silent animations. In fact, it is very likely that you have used GIFs in your interactions with others online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, cinemagraphs<\/strong> could be described as a blend of a still image and video, where only a very specific part is in continuous motion. Cinemagraphs are also exported as GIFs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is how the timeline works in Photoshop<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The timeline is what will allow us to adjust and create the animation we want. You have two ways to work with it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n