Stop Motion Animation using Google Slides Create a shareable link or a GIF using TallTweets!

Want a fun and easy way to create Stop Motion Animation? Try using Google Slides. Below are the steps I took to create one along with a way to publish to a shareable link as well as a GIF! Water Cycle GIF below.

• Start a new Google Slide
• Change your Lay out to blank
• Search in Google for a background image 
• Make sure to select Tools and Color is transparent
• Save to your computer
• Go back to your Google Slide and choose background and the image
• Now insert images that you would like to - in my example I just used text
• When you have your first slide ready to go - make sure to duplicate it by right clicking on the slide itself (right side)
• Once duplicated make sure to then change what you would like ever so slightly and then repeat the duplication process
• In the example of the water cycle I created I used 57 slides
• When completed you can now publish it (or create a GIF - see below)
• To publish make sure to select File > Publish to the Web
• Auto-Advance Slides to every 1 second
• Check to start slideshow as the player loads as well as restart the slideshow after the last slide
• Select Publish
• Grab the shareable link and alter the last part of the link from 1000 to something around 100
• Share away!!!!

GIF Directions

• To create a GIF out of the slides open the website Talltweets
• Make sure to link your Google Account and choose your presentation (can take a bit of time)
• Choose 1200 for Width and 0.1 for Slide Duration
• Select Create GIF (does take some time - be patient)
• Once created, I right clicked on the GIF and saved to my desktop

Embedded below is a 2 minute and 54 second YouTube tutorial walking you through the steps.

Take care,

Brad