Animate your first image
Choose a method, prepare your image, and follow your first animation through to export.
Image Animation Guides
Learn how to animate your image, then prepare it for the place you want to share it.
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8 guides available.
Methods and prompts
Start with a method, a prompt, or a tool.
Formats and destinations
Choose the right format and prepare it for its destination.
Choose an animation format
Compare GIF, WebP, APNG, and video by transparency, sound, and playback needs.
Make a Discord avatar
Check account support, frame a circular crop, and prepare a recognizable GIF avatar.
Add animation to a website
Plan the poster, playback controls, mobile crop, and loading behavior.
Use GIFs in email
Make a useful first frame, insert the GIF, and test the delivered email.
Create a live wallpaper
Check your phone’s supported route before creating motion or converting a video.
Before you follow a tutorial
Check the guide’s source-review date and the options in your account. Always test your exported file where it will be used.