Gif It Up – Introduction to Gif making

Calling all creative types, history nuts, graphic artists, animators, and lovers of the internet! Learn how to make your own gifs from openly licensed and public domain, museum, library, and archival materials.

This course is a beginner level Gif making workshop that doesn’t assume any prior experience using graphic editing software tools.

In this introductory workshop you will be guided through the steps to create your very own gif using images and materials from University of Edinburgh museum, library, and archival materials.

Over the course of three hours we will look at the variety of public domain and openly licensed materials on the web that are available for creative re-use, and discuss the ethical responsibilities we as creators have towards those materials.

Everyone will be provided with open materials and guided through the different steps available to alter, stitch together, add special effects, and turn these images into gifs.

Participate in open sharing and collaboration – gifs created on the day will be openly licensed and re-shared for further creativity and re-use by others.

Bookings via MyEd: https://edin.ac/2uwrHtl