Gifs

Step by step guide to creating customized gifs in Canva for GOTW text based games

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`# Go to Canva's Home Screen`⁠
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1. Click on Brand

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2. Click on Brand Templates

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3. Select GIF GOTW Template

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4. Click on Use this template

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5. Rename Game Gif

Make it easy and obvious use the name of the game and gif in the title.

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6. Delete any of the template design you don't want

Be sure to keep game of the week and the highlight marker behind it, otherwise anything else can change.

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Delete any of the template design you don't want

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7. Create a design

When possible make design choices that helps a player visualize the gameplay. Add animated elements (animated graphics or videos) Animate the text game title

DESIGN

Add animated elements:

animated graphics (use ‘animated’ in search or filter view animated only)

videos

animate text

Include the name of the game as the design focus

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When possible make design choices that help a player visualize gameplay

Think of what happens in the game and what aspects you could illustrate with a gif.

i.e., if the game is about creating something you might use the POP text animation or a graphic that ‘poof’-style appears. Whereas if the game is about taking something and transforming it you might use animated arrows or shifting text animation.

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