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How do you make a moving gif image?

Staged Image, moving picture , What is it and how do you make it?

  • Example: The image is still, nothing moving. But the Person going off the jump is staged flying threw the air and you can see like 10 or so different frames of him flying and spinning threw the air. What is this type of picture called and how do you make one. I have a Gopro hero2 and i want to make a picture like the one on the cover of the snowboarder doing a spin off the jump. please help! 5 hours ago - 4 days left to answer. Additional Details I'm trying to find how to make pictures like the one in my profile. My profile picture is exactly what i'd like to make so please let me know if there's some software or product that will help me develop this motion image

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    I have no idea what is in your profile picture..... it is such a teeny tiny thumbnail, very busy with lots of even tinier details. However, I think I do understand what you're asking about. First of all, of course you need to have the photos, right? You get that by firing off a burst of shots (continuous mode). After that it is the same principle as any other "multiple me" or "multiplicity" shot. I've made a few of them in Photoshop. Here is an example I made a while ago: http://www.flickr.com/photos/beetle63/5215060539/ Here is how: Put the camera on a tripod so it will NOT move. Take photos of your subject in different spots (at first it is easiest if they don't overlap anywhere). In Photoshop (or Elements or Gimp), start with a base photo as layer 1. Add the next photo as a new layer #2, make bottom layer invisible (eye symbol in layers window). Erase/mask everything except the person in #2 - you don't have to be really accurate around them as long as you left enough room between them and as long as the camera didn't move. Make layer #2 invisible. Add layer #3 and again erase/mask everything except the person. Now make all layers visible again and VOILA! You're done! Once you start overlapping positions of your subject, you have to be way more accurate with the masking/erasing and with thinking about which layer needs to be in which position. It is very important to make the subjects "interact" with each other, like for example in this photo where two of them are talking to each other, another one is chasing her "sister", etc. The interaction is what makes the photo much more realistic and believable.

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Your profile shot is hidden but I am pretty sure i know what you want. There may be software to do it but I'm not sure. If you're good at Photoshop here's how to do it. First shoot it like this: Put your GO PRO camera on a tripod and film yourself doing the move. That's the easy part. Now you need to pull out the frames of the sequence, Then you take the first frame you want to use and make that your background. Still easy right? Now it gets tedious. You need to cut out the part of every frame you want to use. If you are familiar with Photoshop this is what you do. Open each frame and one by one stack them on your back ground. HIt the V key, Hold the shift key down and drag each picture onto your background. Holding the shift key while doing this registers the shot, it will align perfectly. Now create a mask and paint out the parts of the shot you don't want. If you create a black mask you can paint in the part of the image you want which may be faster. When you are done, platten the image and save it as a jpg. If you know PS, it's not too hard, otherwise it's a nightmare.

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