animation

You Can’t Take Photos at Studio Ghibli Amusement Park – And This Is Why It’s a Good Thing

Jun 2, 2026 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

If you go to beautiful Japan, it’s natural that you want to take as many photos as possible. Still, some of the country’s most photogenic…



People are now using AI to “communicate” with their deceased loved ones

Apr 17, 2023 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

AI image generators and enhancers have all sorts of applications. Some are scientifically significant, some are plain fun, and some are downright strange and unsettling….



How focal length and subject distance affects car photography

Aug 30, 2021 John Aldred

We’ve all seen these kinds of animations before when it comes to portrait photography. We’ve featured a few of them here on DIYP before where…



This website lets you merge photos with video and audio to make them talk

Mar 4, 2021 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

After Deep Nostalgia, here’s another tool that lets you animate your still images. Tokkingheads lets you choose a photo or avatar, merge it with a…



This tool turns old photos of your ancestors into creepy animations

Feb 26, 2021 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

MyHeritage has introduced some interesting tools that add a new dimension to your old family photos. It offers colorization and image enhancement, and both are…



How I create 2D animation with drone light painting

Jun 2, 2020 Russell Klimas

Before we jump into this blog post if you haven’t already read how I do drone light paintings horizontally in the sky be sure to…



Artymate Photoshop plugin animates your photos into cinemagraphs

Nov 2, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

Cinemagraphs can add a new dimension to your photography work. While they’re usually created from videos, there’s now a Photoshop plugin named Artymate which lets…



The seven camera GIF rig: taking wedding photography to a new level

Mar 16, 2017 Jeffrey L Bennet

In the summer of 2016, photographer Jeffrey L Bennett experimented with creating animated GIFs using multiple cameras. He wanted to animate a moment, frozen in…



Plotagraph converts any JPEG into a mesmerizing cinematograph

Jul 30, 2016 Udi Tirosh

If you like Cinematographs, you are going to love Plotagraph. In a nutshell, Plotagraph can convert any single JPEG into a cinematograph. This is great news to anyone who…



How to make “before and after” animated sequences in Photoshop

Jun 7, 2016 John Aldred

In a slight departure from the reviews of old and weird lenses typically seen on Mathieu Stern’s YouTube channel, this tutorial shows how to create animated…