GIF & Cinemagraph inspo & how to

Before beginning to shoot any of my looks I wanted to do a bit of research on possible ways of how I could edit my images to create GIFS or Cinemagraph's. As I haven't had the scheduled IT lesson for creating GIF's get I thought it would be good to so some primary research of how to create GIF's so that I get the right materials to be able to do this after the shoots. 

Undertaking this research made me feel excited but scared all at the same time! Im excited because i feel that if I could achieve these types of outcomes from the shoots they would look amazing. However i feel scared because i feel uncertain if cinemagraphs would be achievable within the studios with what I have planned for my shoots so far. 

I think it's a really exciting way to show case my work although I'm not completely sure on the aesthetic of the final outcomes yet. As a cinemagraph has movement within it I will be planning the shoots with this in mind, movement for a cinemagraph could be moving lights, fabric, hair or eyes.

GIFs stand for Graphics Interchange Format, and it’s a bitmap image format that supports animation. This supported animation is

what makes any movement possible. This magical movement hit the world wide web in the late eighties, so it’s nothing new. However, the animation in GIFs are generally characterized to be rather jumpy and irregular.

Then came along Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg. This talented team of fashion photographer and motion designer crafted “cinemagraphs”—incredibly sleek and sophisticated GIFs. A cinemagrpah is a still image which has just a part of it moving, it in between a photograph and a movie - a living moment. 

All of these animated images have given me inspiration of the possibilities of how I can edit my images after each shoot have taken place. From this research I have discovered that to make GIF's, just images can be used to create movement in an image. To make a cinemagraph 10-20 seconds of filming will be enough footage, however I will need to plan the scene before the shoots. Any movie files will beed to be compatible with photoshop, therefore must be a MOV or AVI file.

Cinemagraphs by Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg

Video found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9KiIjyCTpI

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Video found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot5GwpQPjF0

Video found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPi0kl4L3_o

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Reference

How to make Cinemagraphs — still photos that move like movies! (no date) Available at: http://content.photojojo.com/tutorials/how-to-make-cinemagraphs-photos-that-move/ (Accessed: 2 March 2016).