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USING PHOTOSHOP
Video and animation
Last updated 12/5/2011
Specify looping in frame animations
You select a looping option to specify how many times the animation sequence repeats when played.
1 (Photoshop Extended) Make sure the Animation panel is in frame animation mode.
2 Click the Looping Option Selection box at the lower left corner of the Animation panel.
3 Select a looping option: Once, 3 Times, Forever, or Other.
4 If you selected Other, enter a value in the Set Loop Count dialog box, and click OK.
Note: Looping options can also be set in the Save
Note: For Web
Note: & Devices dialog box. For more information, see Save For Web & Devices overview.
More Help topics
“Save in GIF format” on page 422
“Photoshop format (PSD)” on page 427
Delete an entire animation
1 (Photoshop Extended) Make sure the Animation panel is in frame animation mode.
2 Select Delete Animation from the Animation panel menu.
Creating timeline animations (Photoshop Extended)
Timeline animation workflow (Photoshop Extended)
To animate layer content in timeline mode (rather than frame mode), you set keyframes in the Animation panel, as
you move the current-time indicator to a different time/frame, and then modify the position, opacity, or style of the
layer content. Photoshop automatically adds or modifies a series of frames between two existing frames—varying the
layer properties (position, opacity, and styles) evenly between the new frames to create the appearance of movement
or transformation.
For example, if you want to fade out a layer, set the opacity of the layer in the starting frame to 100% and in the
Animation panel, click the Opacity stopwatch for the layer. Then move the current-time indicator to the time/frame
for the ending frame and set the opacity for the same layer to
0%. Photoshop Extended automatically interpolates
frames between the start and end frames, and the opacity of the layer is reduced evenly across the new frames.
In addition to letting Photoshop interpolate frames in an animation, you can also create a hand-drawn frame-by-frame
animation by painting on a blank video layer.
If you want to create a SWF format animation, use Adobe Flash,
Adobe After
Effects, or Adobe Illustrator.
To create a timeline-based animation in Photoshop Extended, use the following general workflow.