How do you make animated Product Hunt profile photos?

Johnberg Arslan
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I am curious which tool do you use to animate your profile photo. And do you think if it works positively in any way?

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Annitah
You can use After Effects or Photoshop and make a .gif file. I love animated avatars. Maybe I need to make one for myself))
Taiki Iwasaki
I also wanted to know😅
Jake Harrison
Canva, it was so convenient to make it!
Sidra Arif
Yes, it does. I made a few using canva
@johnberg I used Photopea (it's a free open-source alternative to photoshop).
@rupal_saini Photopea is awesome, and since its open-sourced, there are tons of tutorial videos on YT.
Ruhi
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@johnberg @gusoliveira_ @rupal_saini it's amazing guys you should check it out. The founder has done some great job. You should also check on how he founded photopea and do all the working alone without hiring any employee
Launching soon!
Canva.
Ajinkya Bhat | Notion X Startups
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Canva 😅 I might do that for my PFP, already did it for my product images
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@ajinkya_bhat Thanks, which feature in Canva should I use to do that?
Ajinkya Bhat | Notion X Startups
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@johnberg Create one or multiple slides with animations/ transitions and save as a GIF! helps if first and last slide is the same when using multiple
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@ajinkya_bhat Thanks a lot!
AmazingSylvia
U should try Canva.
Matt Caine
After effects > Gif
Shivangi Awasthi
Go for Canva, bud
Florian Jacques
I was wondering the same! Any past experience of receiving a greater impact when having an animated one compared to not? Would be interesting to see of it's worth investing time/effort :)
Norman Ellis
Use software like Adobe After Effects to create animated profile pictures.
Winifred Nichols
Utilize GIF creation tools for animated Product Hunt profile pictures.
Donna Roberts
Use external tools like GIPHY or design software for animations.