How can I align a time-series of photos so the subject doesn’t jump in an animated GIF?
Asked 6/18/2016
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I have about 60 photos of the same subject taken roughly every 3 days over 4 months. I’d like to turn them into an animated GIF, but the subject shifts slightly because the camera angle and framing weren’t identical each time. I have access to Photoshop and Lightroom. Is there a good way to align the subject consistently across all the images?
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Yes—this is usually done by manually aligning each image before building the GIF. In Photoshop, place the photos in layers and use guides to keep key facial or subject features in the same position from frame to frame. For example, add horizontal guides for the eyes, mouth, or chin, and vertical guides for the sides of the face or another consistent feature. Then move/scale each image one by one until those reference points line up.
Based on the community answer, there isn’t a suggested automatic tool here, so expect this to be a manual process. Lightroom can help with organizing and basic edits, but Photoshop is the better tool for precise alignment and assembling the final animation.
If the subject was shot from noticeably different angles, alignment can reduce the jumping but may not remove it completely, because perspective changes can’t be fully fixed by simple repositioning.
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I personally haven't done this myself but I found a website where someone describes a way to do it: http://davecornthwaite.tumblr.com/post/64763254999/how-to-create-a-daily-photo-project-video.
To ensure your face is pretty much in the same position you could use photoshop and draw guidelines at mouth and eye level and the base of your chin. You can then use the vertical and horizontal guides to line up the side, top and bottom of your face for each photograph.
This way you would have to work through all the photographs one by one. I can't think of a software that would do it automatically.
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