Creative Tip: Build Animated GIFs in Photoshop. Interested in Adobe Creative Suite? This is a weekly newsletter for creative professionals who use Macs (but Windows users are welcome too). If you're new here, you may want to subscribe via RSS or Email or Twitter for a mix of new tips each week. Thanks for visiting! If you've ever wondered how to create animated GIFs in Photoshop, we've created a simple tutorial with some example files you can download and try out. We use a lot of animated GIF files in our weekly tips. They are fun to build, and better for our email subscribers because Flash animations are not supported in most email readers. A Simple Example For a quick hands-on tutorial on creating animated GIFs in Adobe Photoshop, we'll walk you through creating the following animation: This simple animation combines the two most common animation techniques in Photoshop: Turning layers off and on, and using the Tween command to animate the movement of an object on a layer. Step 1: Set up your layers. The first step in creating any animation in Photoshop is to build a layered Photoshop file with all the elements you plan to animate. Our example document has 7 layers containing the text for our countdown, and layers for the rocket and flame. Step 2: Create Animation Frames with Layer Visibility. Chose Windows &gt; Animation to show Photoshop's animation palette. On the first frame, turn off visibility for all layers you do not want visible