GIFs

Here's the link to the tutorial I followed for today's demo.
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/32891/photoshop-create-a-gif-file/
 It is pretty good- it has lots of pictures to show you where to click- but he skips a few important things:

1. Crop, resize, and edit your image AFTER you "Load Files into Stack" but BEFORE you use Timeline to create frame animation.

2. Make sure that your Timeline says "Create frame animation" in the middle when you open it-
   NOT "CREATE VIDEO TIMELINE". If it says "create video timeline", use the drop-down arrow next to it to change it.

3. BEFORE step 6 (where you open the menu and click "Make frames from layers") you MUST CLICK "Create frame animation" on the main timeline. See below: