How to put Text in Animated Gifs

[curlytoot]

There are a lot of tutorials on how to make animated gifs, but none that i can find which include how to add text to those animations.

My tutorial explains how I go about adding text where a person is talking in an animation so that people can understand what is being said.

Program : Photoshop CS3
Difficulty : Intermediate, some basic knowledge of

Comments

[sumrndmgrl]

You have no idea how much i appreciate you making this. thanks for taking the time. the screencaps, explanations, examples... thanks! :)

[curlytoot]

Not a problem. If you do try it, lemmie know how ya went :D

[smallvillefics]

Awesomeness! I've been thinking about tackling some animated GIF's, but this is the icing on the cake to convince me. :D Thanks so much for this.

[curlytoot]

YAY, yeah give it a go - the more you play around with stuff the more you'll be able to do as you get the hang of it :D

[non_timebo_mala]

This is such a helpful tut, thanks!

Would there be any possibility of you re-uploading the pictures though? There's just a few things I have a question about and those may help. :p

[curlytoot]

ooooh sorry, I forgot about this when tinypic deleted my account >:|

reloading for ya :D

[wednesday_d]

I don't care if this post is kinda old, but I really wanted to thank you for this!!! It's awesome and it helped me sooo much!! Thank you again XD

[acustica]

late to the party but thanks so much for this! really helpful :)

[curlytoot]

oh COOL, i'm glad its still helpful! :D