How to create a GIF from Lightroom, Photoshop and export with 4:5 aspect ratio

Steps to create an animated GIF from several images from Lightroom, Photoshop and then export the animation in .mp4 (GIF) for Social Media in 4:5 aspect ratio.

Step 1

Edit photos as desire on Lightroom.

Step 2

Select the group of photos on Lightroom, right-click and Edit In... Adobe Photoshop. The files will be opened on Photoshop.

Step 3

Inside Photoshop go to File, Scripts, Load Files into Stack...

clic on Add Open Files then OK

Step 4

Select all the Layers

Edit, Auto-Align Layers (in the case you didn't use tripod). I use Auto

Step 5

Then with "C" crop tool, adjust the Aspect Ratio as 4:5 (8:10) and adjust as desire.

Step 6

Activate the Timeline (menu Window, Timeline). Click on Create Frame Animation.

Make sure here the video is 3 seconds or more.

Step 7

Click on File, Export, Render video...

Step 8

Render Video with this settings

Preset: Medium Quality

Size: Taking care the size on the right side is 1350

Frame Rate: 10 fps

And that's it!

Happy posting.