First, thanks for purchasing this script. If you have any problem – feel free to contact with me any time via e-mail or personal page.

Installation

Windows

1. Download ImageMagickImageMagick is a high-performance C++ graphic library. It helps us to make gifs as fast as possible. Its absolutely free and safe to use. Download it here:Win32 http://www.imagemagick.org/script/binary-releases.php#windowsYou need ImageMagick-6.9.2-10-portable-Q16-x86.zip HTTP version

Win64 http://www.imagemagick.org/script/binary-releases.php#windowsYou need IImageMagick-6.9.2-10-portable-Q16-x64.zip HTTP version

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2. Unzip ImageMagickUnzip ImageMagick file and rename it to «ImageMagick».

3. Place ImageMagick and GIfMagick.jsx Place ImageMagick folder to the root of disk C (C:\\ImageMagick) and GifMagick.jsx in your After Effects Scripts folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2014\Support Files\Scripts\GifMagick.jsx

4. Check you allow scripts to write files

Go to “Preferences” –> “General” and make sure you have checked option “Allow scripts to Write Files and Access Network”.

5. Create template for Gif

Go to Edit –> Templates –> OutputModules. Click “New” and select “PNG Sequence” for format and “RGB + Alpha” for channels. Click “Ok”, name your setting Gif and then click “Ok” again.

OSX

1. Install ImageMagick ImageMagick is a high-performance C++ graphic library. It helps us to make gifs as fast as possible. Its absolutely free and safe to use. Download it here: http://www.cactuslab.com/imagemagick/You need ImageMagick 6.9.1-0 for Mac OS X 10.5 – 10.10

And Install with default settings

2. Place GifMagick.jsx to your “Scripts” folderYou can find them in GifMagick folder just next to ImageMagick installer.

3. Check you allow scripts to write filesGo to “Preferences” –> “General” and make sure you have checked option “Allow scripts to Write Files and Access Network”.

4. Create template for Gif frameGo to Edit –> Templates –> OutputModules. Click “New” and select “PNG Sequence” for format and “RGB + Alpha” for channels. Click “Ok”, name your setting Gif and then click “Ok” again.

Usage

When you’ve done installation, everything gets super simple. First, select composition. After that you could place markers on timeline to select range for Gif file. Hotkey for markers is <Shift> + <Num> (Num means on keyword, e.g 1, 2, 3). Here’s screenshot:

Then fire up GifMagick with “Scripts” –> “Run Script” or select “GifMagick.jsx” in “Scripts” list. You should see this window:

You could change adjust parameters, but usually default one is just fine. Hit “Export gif”, select destination, and you’re done. Congratulations!

Notes about parameters

Width and Height – they regulate resulting gif resolution. GifMagick crops file automatically so if you need square gif from rectangle composition – it should work out of the box.

FPS – by default GifMagick set FPS equal to you composition, but you could adjust it for gif file.

Speed – with this setting you could speed up or slow down resulting gif.

Optimize – you this flag to reduce file size. But be careful – it’s very resource heavy.

Loop – you could turn off loop with this checkbox.

FAQ

First, if you have any problem, try to relaunch After effects and clear render queue.

Q. I got message “Check if you installed ImageMagick properly”A. OSX: try reinstall ImageMagick. Then open finder and go to “/opt/ImageMagick/bin/“ you should find “convert” in this folder. If you installed ImageMagick to other place – you could fix path at the top of GIfMagick script. Windows: make sure, you have placed ImageMagick folder next to GIfMagick.jsx.

Q. I got message “Allow GifMagick to create gif files”A. Go to “Preferences” –> “General” and make sure you have checked option “Allow scripts to Write Files and Access Network”. If it’s checked – make sure you have rights to modify filesystem.

Q. I got message “Create template for PNG Sequence”A. Go to Edit –> Templates –> OutputModules. Click “New” and select “PNG Sequence” for format and “RGB + Alpha” for channels. Click “Ok”, name your setting Gif and then click “Ok” again.

If you still have questions – please, contact me!kapylovich.marina@gmail.com

Thanks!