Beauty Retouching for Beginners
Understanding a GIF
A course by Xi Chen , Photo Retoucher
About the video: Understanding a GIF
Overview
“In this lesson, I will teach you how to create a stop-motion animation GIF using multiple photo sample images. I will show you what tools are needed and how to animate the image. ”
In this video lesson Xi Chen addresses the topic: Understanding a GIF, which is part of the Domestika online course: Beauty Retouching for Beginners. Learn the basics of professional image retouching and color correction for beauty and product photography.
Partial transcription of the video
“Understanding a GIF In this lesson we'll be learning how to make an animated GIF. A GIF is a file format that's both animated and a still image. In this lesson, we'll be exploring the potentials of the animated GIF. An animated GIF is a bit like a silent stop motion animation since it does not support audios, and it's very popular nowadays in blogs, email blast and social media, and it's very useful as a promotional tool. It's just in general very fun. In the photos that we'll use for this lesson, part of the image is still while the other moves, which, here, is the light. When you take you...”
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Course summary for: Beauty Retouching for Beginners
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Digital Photography, Fashion Photography, Photo Retouching, Photography, Portrait Photography
Xi Chen
A course by Xi Chen
Xi Chen is a freelance photo retoucher based in Brooklyn, New York. Originally a photographer, she now specializes in color correction and retouching images for fashion editorials, portraits, commercial campaigns, social media content, and fine art.
Xi has worked with luxury fashion brands like Chanel, Prada, Alexander Wang, Balenciaga, Calvin Klein, Hermes, Valentino, Bobbi Brown, Vera Wang, and more. Her client list also includes Google, Samsung, Nike, and Adidas, as well as editorials like GQ, Harper’s Bazaar, Vanity Fair, and Vogue.
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