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Photoshop 5.0 itself cannot make animation however it can help prepare your graphics so a shareware program like Gif Builder: (Mac) or GIF Construction Set: (PC) can finish the job. Whether you animate a piece of clip art or part of a photograph, the technique is the same.

Animating Gifs

Begin with your graphic, preferably saved as a Photoshop file. Never work with the original. Copy it and work with the copy. Only Gifs can be animated so you will need to save each of your graphics in this format.
Save your Copy as a gif. (wink1.gif)
(Mode/Indexed Color) then (File/Export as Gif89A)

Work with your copy again. You are going to modify this using a variety to tools. First enlarge your view with the magnifying glass. I worked at 300 X. To lower the eyelid, I first used the dropper to match the color of a sample from the area just above the lid. I used the dropper again to match the color of his lashes and then chose the smallest round brush to draw in his lashes. I saved this as a Photoshop file with a different name, and then as a gif. (wink2.gif). Save all your files in a separate folder.

Repeat this process again, moving the eyelid down until you have closed his eye completely. The more gifs you create, the smoother the animation will appear. After you have saved 4 or 5 gifs, you are ready to move into an animation program.

In GifBuilder, go to File/Add Frame
Select your first gif (wink1.gif). In the same way, add all your gifs.

Once all your gifs are in place, you can regulate the time intervals of your animation. If you wish to change the timing for all your gifs, Edit/Select All first. In the Options menu, you can find Interframe Delay.

You can also control the number of times your animation "runs". Go to Option/loop menu to select this feature. You can see how your animation will look by going to the Animation menu and selecting start.

Animating Gifs
	Begin with your graphic, preferably saved as a Photoshop file. Never work with the original. Copy it and work with the copy. Only Gifs can be animated so you will need to save each of your graphics in this format. Save your Copy as a gif. (wink1.gif) (Mode/Indexed Color) then (File/Export as Gif89A)
	Work with your copy again. You are going to modify this using a variety to tools. First enlarge your view with the magnifying glass. I worked at 300 X. To lower the eyelid, I first used the dropper to match the color of a sample from the area just above the lid. I used the dropper again to match the color of his lashes and then chose the smallest round brush to draw in his lashes. I saved this as a Photoshop file with a different name, and then as a gif. (wink2.gif). Save all your files in a separate folder.
	Repeat this process again, moving the eyelid down until you have closed his eye completely. The more gifs you create, the smoother the animation will appear. After you have saved 4 or 5 gifs, you are ready to move into an animation program.
	In GifBuilder, go to File/Add Frame Select your first gif (wink1.gif). In the same way, add all your gifs.
	Once all your gifs are in place, you can regulate the time intervals of your animation. If you wish to change the timing for all your gifs, Edit/Select All first. In the Options menu, you can find Interframe Delay.
	You can also control the number of times your animation "runs". Go to Option/loop menu to select this feature. You can see how your animation will look by going to the Animation menu and selecting start.