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Creating a Cinemagraph in Photoshop

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Overview

Learn to use Photoshop to create cinemagraphs—still images that have moving components.

Put your stills into motion with cinemagraphs. A cinemagraph is a still image that contains a trace of subtle motion: wisps of hair in the breeze, water running through a stream, or a dog's tail wagging.

You can use numerous tools for creating cinemagraphs, and one of the best is Photoshop. With Photoshop's masking, compositing, and video features, you can combine the layers of a still image with video that makes a cinemagraph come to life. Photographer, author, and educator Seán Duggan shows you how.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • What is a cinemagraph?
  • What you should know before watching this course
  • Using the exercise files
1. The Basic Cinemagraph Effect
  • Shooting video for a cinemagraph
  • Creating the still layer and choosing video length
  • Using a layer mask to reveal motion
  • Creating a seamless video loop
  • Adding image adjustments
  • Exporting a cinemagraph
2. Create Multiple Cinemagraphs on One Image
  • Selecting an area of video for the cinemagraph
  • Adding a second effect for the cinemagraph
  • Comping in a new background to the cinemagraph
  • Adding color adjustments
  • Exporting a cinemagraph as a video file
3. Fine-Tuning Video Clips for Cinemagraphs
  • Adjusting the video frame rate for the cinemagraph in Photoshop
  • Selecting and fine-tuning the video loop for the cinemagraph in Photoshop
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Seán Duggan

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