I will show you the steps on how you can make a moving graphic that says "Follow | Upvote | Resteem". I call that the "FUR" (go figure, hehe).
Here are the steps:
Open Photoshop and create a plain white elongated rectangle like this:
Then use the text tool to start adding the words in it, we will do "Follow" first:
Then we add "Upvote" using the same process:
Then we add "Resteem":
After adding the texts, let's add a divider too:
Animating Your Graphic!
Start by using the "Motion" set of tools in Photoshop:
The Timeline panel will show up at the bottom, I like using the frame per frame option, so just click that:
You'll have your first frame, like this:
Just adjust it by changing the timeframe to No Delay and hiding all the layers:
Now, copy the frame using the duplicate tool:
Then make the "Follow" layer visible:
After that you need to 'Tween' the layers (it's like adding transitions to it):
I chose "9" layers for this one:
It will give you something like this:
It looks like this when animated:
After that, duplicate the layer again and make the "Upvote" layer visible:
Tween it with 9 layers and it looks like this when animated:
Do the exact same thing for "Resteem" (Duplicate, make visible, tween with 9 layers) and it will look like this:
Again, do the exact same thing with the dividers (except for tweening I only chose 5 layers):
Lastly, duplicate the frame again but this time hide all of the layers (Follow, Upvote, Resteem, & the dividers):
Same thing, add tweening with 5 layers and you're almost done. Just save it by choosing File > Save for Web:
If the file is too large play with the settings you see here, the important thing is make sure the width and height is sufficient and that it's looped to Forever:
Name it and Save it:
There you have it! Just add it to your blog posts:
