[Curtis Stiles]

Haven’t figured out a way to limit to or optimize around a specific file size yet without a second app, but in Photoshop CC 2015, this script allows me to automate>batch videos to gifs at a decent quality at a little less than 1MB/SEC of video:

With a video open, record this script:
1) In the timeline menu (top right of timeline) set timeline frame rate to 10fps
2) convert frames>flatten frames into clips
3) convert frames>make frames from clips
4) set the work area forward to start at your first frame
5) file>export>save for web (legacy) and choose GIF, 640×360, 128 colors, looping forever

Hope this helps someone else

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[Curtis Stiles]

Gary that’s super helpful. I’m hoping there’s one last step you might know how to do as well.

What if I want the final fize size for each GIF in the batch export to be under 5mb? or a size that I can set.

Could I still batch this all in photoshop somehow? One batch export, all gifs from videos, under 5mb and optimized based on that file size limit.

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[Curtis Stiles]

Hi David, thanks. It was created on a mac, same computer with Final Cut. This was photoshop elements 4.0.1. I’ve gotten it to import correctly as a separate sequence with layers before, but this time its not reading right. Can you think of any other possible problems?

I’ve also tried copying the layers into a new file, saving as different names, restarting the computer and the applications. I’m stumped.

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