{"id":2192,"date":"2026-05-03T22:08:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T22:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp100-resources\/?p=2192"},"modified":"2026-05-03T22:08:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T22:08:42","slug":"seamless-animated-gif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp100-resources\/2026\/05\/03\/seamless-animated-gif\/","title":{"rendered":"Seamless animated GIF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>(Example image of completed project)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I use this as a 1-week warm-up exercise to get used to the software interface and tools<\/em>, <em>but it could be expanded with iteration, revision and critique.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using frame-by-frame animation, create a seamless animated GIF with at least two looping elements. Make the loops seamless by starting and ending in the same place.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Submission<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Post the animated GIF and\u00a0a short description\u00a0on Open Lab\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Submit the Open Lab post and edit file (such as .fla) on Brightspace\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rubric<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Criteria&nbsp;<\/td><td>Description<\/td><td>Criterion Score&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Animation&nbsp;<\/td><td>The\u00a0animated GIF has at least two looping elements.\u00a0<\/td><td>20<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Edit file&nbsp;<\/td><td>The animation edit file shows proper organization and\u00a0use of\u00a0frame by frame\u00a0animation.\u00a0<\/td><td>10&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Documentation&nbsp;<\/td><td>Documentation including images and\/or video is included in the post. The media is the correct format,\u00a0size\u00a0and length. Images are cropped and sized to show the documented work.\u00a0<\/td><td>10&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Blog post&nbsp;<\/td><td>A post is published on the Open Lab. The post includes documentation and a written description that makes the goal of the post clear.\u00a0<\/td><td>5&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Writing&nbsp;<\/td><td>Writing is clear and uses correct grammar.\u00a0<\/td><td>3&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Link&nbsp;<\/td><td>A link to the published Open Lab post is\u00a0submitted\u00a0on Brightspace.\u00a0<\/td><td>2&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Total<\/td><td><\/td><td>50<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Example image of completed project) I use this as a 1-week warm-up exercise to get used to the software interface and tools, but it could be expanded with iteration, revision and critique. Using frame-by-frame animation, create a seamless animated GIF with at least two looping elements. Make the loops seamless by starting and ending in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp100-resources\/2026\/05\/03\/seamless-animated-gif\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Seamless animated GIF<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp100-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp100-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp100-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp100-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp100-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2192"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp100-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2193,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp100-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2192\/revisions\/2193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp100-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp100-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp100-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}