: Can I create a transparent GIF with After Effects? I'm trying to create a transparent GIF using After Effects but I can't get it just right. I make a transparent video but when I use the

@Cofer715

Well, there is currently (CC 2018) an issue with this workflow. Importing as an image sequence imports as a video. But you'll have better luck as frame per layer, which is how gifs are opened. That way you can do things like get rid of duplicate frames and change how long that frame holds.

So if you want to do that, until Adobe makes a better workflow, export as a MOV with RGB+A. Import that into photoshop using import (not place or open) and then you can make those edits before doing save for web. PNG sequence should be able to do that, but it doesn't seem that you can.

This will keep your hard drive more cleaned up anyway because you'll have fewer files to keep track of.

Hopefully, they'll just add some gif image controls in AME some time. For now, the only way to export an animated gif is to use a tool they are calling legacy.

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@Berryessa866

After Effects hasn't been able to directly export GIFs for some time now. There are plugins available that'll do it or you should be able to use the Media Encoder if you're on Windows (I don't use Windows so I'm just going on what the documentation says).

See How to export a GIF from After Effects?

Otherwise you'll have to export something that supports transparency from After Effects then import in to Photoshop and export as a GIF from there. I usually export a PNG sequence but you could export a lossless MOV too. Most of the following applies regardless of the output format..

From the render queue, choose the format from the Output Module Settings dialog and make sure the video output channels are set to "RGB + Alpha" (otherwise it will output without the transparency). Also make sure "Resize" isn't checked.



From the Render Settings dialog, make sure the resolution is set to "Full" (and the corresponding "size" is correct). You can change your frame rate here too (you generally don't want a GIF at ~30 fps or whatever your video is).



After outputting your PNG sequence, open them in Photoshop by selecting the first in the sequence in the file open dialog (clicking "Options" if needs be) and making sure "Image Sequence" is checked. Set the frame rate in the dialog that pops up next to the same as you set in the output from After Effects.



Use Photoshop's "Save For Web" to export the GIF. Make sure "Transparency" is checked (you'll see the transparency grid in the preview) and make sure your image size is set to 100%.



You should now have a transparent GIF at the correct size.

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@Welton168

No you can't. You must export all frames to .png and then make animated in program whose support transperent gifs like Photoshop.

PS Here is tutorial how to make GIFs in Photoshop blog.hubspot.com/marketing/how-to-create-animated-gif-quick-tip-ht

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