Operation Manual
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USING PHOTOSHOP
Video and animation
Last updated 12/5/2011
Supported video and image sequence formats (Photoshop Extended)
In Photoshop Extended, you can open video files and image sequences in the following formats.
QuickTime video formats
• MPEG-1 (.mpg or .mpeg)
• MPEG-4 (.mp4 or .m4v)
• MOV
• AVI
• MPEG-2 is supported if an MPEG-2 encoder is installed on your computer.
Image sequence formats
• BMP
• DICOM
• JPEG
• OpenEXR
• PNG
• PSD
• Targa
• TIFF
• Cineon and JPEG 2000 are supported if the plug-ins are installed.
For more information on plug-ins and how to install them, see “Plug-ins” on page 51.
Color mode and bit depth
Video layers can contain files in the following color modes and bits per channel (bpc):
• Grayscale: 8, 16, or 32 bpc
• RGB: 8, 16, or 32 bpc
• CMYK: 8 or 16 bpc
• Lab: 8 or 16 bpc
Animation panel overview
For a video on the Animation panel, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0023.
An animation is a sequence of images, or frames, that is displayed over time. Each frame varies slightly from the
preceding frame, creating the illusion of movement or other changes when the frames are viewed in quick succession.
In the standard version of Photoshop, the Animation panel (Window > Animation) appears in frame mode, showing
a thumbnail of each frame in your animation. Use the tools at the bottom of the panel to navigate through the frames,
set looping options, add and delete frames, and preview the animation.
The Animation panel menu contains additional commands for editing frames or timeline durations, and for
configuring the panel display. Click the panel menu icon to view available commands.