Create a cinemagraph with Photoshop in 60 seconds

Wish you could pick up a new skill but can't seem to find the time to sit down and learn? Adobe's Make It Now playlist might be just what you're after. Filled with videos that cram Photoshop tips into minute-long tutorials, these clips are ideal for even the most time-challenged of designers.

One of the newest videos in the playlist shows you how to add subtle motion to part of a still photograph. Known as cinemagraphs, these eye-catching moving images are a clever way of making viewers double-take and notice you.

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Dom Carter

Dom Carter is a freelance writer who specialises in art and design. Formerly a staff writer for Creative Bloq, his work has also appeared on Creative Boom and in the pages of ImagineFX, Computer Arts, 3D World, and .net. He has been a D&AD New Blood judge, and has a particular interest in picture books.

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