03-16-2018, 10:07 AM
Hi HavingTooMuchFun
"Why does just duplicating all the layers NOT work?"
I guess the simple answer is you want the layers to be different to each other in some way or you want to change them in some way.
In my experience deconstructing a GIF is as difficult as making one.
You do use a common background as Rich says and it is 'combined' with your finished layers.
The good thing about GIFs is that the concepts are the same as animation and movie making.
People making high quality GIFs with Gimp often have extensive toolkits of scripts and plugins like Gimp-GAP.
Knowing about transparent layers is pretty important when doing titles and combining layers.
The terms 'layers' and 'frames' are interchangeable in Gimp animation.
This is a recent GIF I made showing a common background combined with the layers sequence.
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/BaggyUnitedAmp...x-14mb.gif
The quality is much better when its played in HTML5.
https://gfycat.com/BaggyUnitedAmphiuma
Unfortunately YouTube don't like looped videos which is good as well because GIF makers are potentially movie directors
"Why does just duplicating all the layers NOT work?"
I guess the simple answer is you want the layers to be different to each other in some way or you want to change them in some way.
In my experience deconstructing a GIF is as difficult as making one.
You do use a common background as Rich says and it is 'combined' with your finished layers.
The good thing about GIFs is that the concepts are the same as animation and movie making.
People making high quality GIFs with Gimp often have extensive toolkits of scripts and plugins like Gimp-GAP.
Knowing about transparent layers is pretty important when doing titles and combining layers.
The terms 'layers' and 'frames' are interchangeable in Gimp animation.
This is a recent GIF I made showing a common background combined with the layers sequence.
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/BaggyUnitedAmp...x-14mb.gif
The quality is much better when its played in HTML5.
https://gfycat.com/BaggyUnitedAmphiuma
Unfortunately YouTube don't like looped videos which is good as well because GIF makers are potentially movie directors