The following are 24 good tutorials on animation with Adobe Photoshop. Whether beginner or advanced, or somewhere in between, this list will give you something your looking for in 2D and 3D animation. Photoshop is a powerful tool to design impressive animations for websites, games, video, or business.
This is not a complete list, but more than enough for you to chew on, as you learn animation. Some tutorials are for beginners, and some cover more advanced topics.
If you have no experience in GIFs, Video Timeline or Frame Animation, then carefully go through the list below and you will find one that is easy to start with.
3D Logo Animation
Design a 3D Logo and then animate it. Replace company name with yours.
Reveal an Image
Cool animated GIF to reveal a photo or image. Just like a scratch card.
Animate Lightning
Simple animated lightning using a photo as a background. Looks real.
Walking Cat Animation
Detailed tutorial on how to draw and animate a cat in GIF format.
Falling Snow
Use Photoshop’s Video Timeline feature to animate snowfall on a picture.
Fire Animation
Design an animated fire in a GIF file. Very easy tutorial to follow.
Animate a Bird
Animate a bird with Puppet Warp. No English in this video, but cool feature.
3D Animation
Import 3D animation in Photoshop CC. This video shows you how.
Animated Ads for Business
A good tutorial for designing animated banner ads in Photoshop.
Simple Animated Car GIF
An easy tutorial on frame animation. Good for beginners to start.
3D Rotating Earth
Awesome 3D timeline animation tutorial with Photoshop. Must see.
Paint Brush Animation
Get really good results in this video tutorial. Animate a brush.
Spiraling Animation Effect
A spinning spiral animated GIF. Nice short tutorial. Good animation effects.
Video to GIF
Use the timeline feature in Photoshop to convert a video to GIF.
Animate Art for Games
Very well done tutorial on making animated sprites for game apps.
3D Text Animation
Nice tutorial on 3D text animation on the timeline. Check this link for the mp4.
Animate a Loading Circle
Create a cool loading circle animation for web sites or videos.
Animated Text
Use frames and layer styles to animate borders of any text.
Rotating Text & 3D Object
This was done in Photoshop CC. But a first rate tutorial on 3D animation.
Animated Flag
Use Photoshop to create realistic animated flags in GIF format.
Animated Transition Effect
Easy tutorial on making an object appear to fill with fluid using a transition effect
Animate Rain
Another good tutorial, this time you can animate rain on a photo background.
Drawing Animation
Draw and animate a walking person in this great timeline video tutorial.
10 Tips to Optimize GIF files
This tutorial is a must if you make GIF animations. Gif files tend to be large.
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We hope you found something you liked. This is not a complete list, but all tutorials were reviewed, and the list is diverse. Photoshop animation is not difficult, especially GIFs.
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Amazing photoshop animation tutorial I have ever seen before. I am a learner of PS. I will implement your tricks.
Well there is plenty of PS animation tutorials here to keep you busy!