How to Create a GIF Background for a Web Page. Animated Web page backgrounds can be eye-catching, and you can create them using GIF files.

But animated GIFs don’t have to come from the internet: You can make your own GIFs from the photos and videos on your phone. And you may not even need extra software to do so. Here’s a guide.

Learn to use Photoshop to make an animated GIF that cycles through several images to create a slideshow that plays automatically on the web.