Step 1:

At first we open Photoshop, & then open an image that we want to animate. Like the figure below:

Step 2:

Now at once we draw something on the image with the help of Brush tool, which looks like the picture below.

Step 3:

Now go to Filter-> Blur-> Gaussian Blur and set the settings as you like. But here we will set only Radius to 20 Pixels. Like the picture below:

Step 4:

Now Move this light to up side & make its duplicate, and give the name as D1.
Like the figure below:

Step 5:

Similarly, Now we move the Light to up side & go to make duplicate and give name as D2, D3, D4, D5, D6 and D7.

Step 6:

Now we select Original Layer and click on the Edit in image ready.
(As- File-> Edit in image ready)
Similarly, we select other layer & click on the edit in image ready one by one.
After doing that our image is automatically opened in image ready.
Now, in image ready.

Step 7:

Select D2 (second layer) & click on the top button of animation & choose copy option & now again select original layer & click on the top button of animation and choose paste option.
Similarly we do the same work with other Layers (D3, D4, D5…) one by one.

Now again click on the top button of animation & choose select all frames and then click the lower side of any frame & choose 0.2 sec. time.

Step 8:

Now click File-> Save optimized as, & then give the new name to your file & give the *.gif format only. At last click on OK button.

Article made by Milos Raskovic @ Session Magazine