Walk Cycle Photoshop Animation

 The Walk cycle Animation

The task was to animate a walk cycle in photoshop. The reference image was provided and  whole written tutorial. we used reference image.

We started by setting up the photoshop for animation by enabling option of timeline brushes swatches etc. then we imported the image. and set up the environment . after that started by making a rough character on the first contact pose. After sketching the whole character in different layers. we applied the puppet warp tool and made the layers smart object. The logic was to apply puppet tool to all different moving objects of character like both hands , legs , body and head . Then we duplicated the layers and arranged it on canvas at the gap of 3 frames. This was animated at 24 Frames per second. There after I Animated the character as per the reference by basically tracing and match making the moments from it .at the gat of 3 frames. As it gives a very smooth animation. Once the walk cycle is done. I made another layer and named it sky . i used tools like brush and brush settings just like i used in drawing the character . There after in another layer i made the whole panning back ground with trees. As i animate the trees they were looking too fast going then the walk itself so As taught i made the whole walk cycle into one smart object then set it right beside like this it was smooth and more relatable. 

For exporting the GIF file which you are seeing below . i got into file>export> export through web legacy. and changed some settings accordingly saved the path for transport and that was it