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\"BeetleJuiceGIF_2\"<\/a>

“It’s Showtime!”<\/p><\/div>\n

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Link to fair use movie poster source in Wikipedia<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

One of my favorite movies of all time and characters is Michael Keaton\u00a0as Beetlejuice. \u00a0The ghostest with the mostest. \u00a0This 1988 comedy horror film directed by Tim Burton is a scream and I’ve always thought quite romantic too. \u00a0[Wikipedia Post<\/a>]<\/p>\n

And look at that… the official movie poster? Yes. \u00a0There are indeed headless ghosts running around from time to time. \u00a0But none of those scenes seemed as appropriate to sum up the movie and capture the essence of a key scene as when Beetlejuice, a self-proclaimed “bio-exorcist”, is being released from his exile in a small model town in the young couples attic. Indeed… It’s Showtime!<\/p>\n

Talk about perfect source material for completing the DS106 Headless 13 week two assignment, Visual Assignment 2 “Say It Like The Peanut Butter”<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Make an animated gif from your favorite\/least favorite movie capturing the essence of a key scene.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

This is not my first movie GIF, [See Ewww… Brain<\/a>] so I’m pretty familiar with my GIF making tools now. \u00a0I’m also getting better and better at choosing the right kind of source material to work with to make things go smoother and faster in the production process.<\/p>\n

For the video clip I knew this was a key scene and someone on YouTube would have posted this small segment and I wouldn’t have to search through my own DVD to find it. \u00a0Yep… there it was<\/a>, and even better… It was an HD version to boot. \u00a0I downloaded the clip to my Mac with the DownloadHelper extension in Firefox. \u00a0I then imported it to Adobe Premiere Elements 11, located the 3 second clip and then exported it as a JPEG sequence at 10 Frames per second.<\/p>\n

Publish+Share => Computer => Image (use for exporting still image) => open the advanced menu and choose \u201cexport as sequence\u201d under the video heading, then save.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I opened the 36 images in Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 and placed them all into one file as separate layers. \u00a0The original images were quite large, so I reduced the image size to 500px which is the upper limit to post to Tumblr.<\/p>\n

File => Save For Web => Click on Animate => Animation Frame Delay set at 0.1 => Save<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s it. \u00a0Simple once you know how to do it. \u00a0Not so the first few times as I was learning how. [See Hula Hotseat<\/a>] \u00a0For those of you just starting out…. hang in there. \u00a0It gets easier the more you practice. \u00a0[See Batman & Robin Behind The Scenes<\/a>\u00a0for a good photoshop elements GIF tutorial]<\/p>\n

And a whole lot more fun is coming your way! \u00a0Soon YOU’LL be saying, “It’s Showtime!”<\/p>\n

Video Source: MOVIECLIPS.com<\/p>\n