I think I understand the question…
The way the animation process works is that you need to have the individual frames and add them as layers to one master image. ImageReady then treats each layer as a frame in an animated GIF.
Larry Berman
can you clone (erase) the arms off of the person for the background, then add the moving arms only for each frame (on an otherwise transparent layer) and leave the background layer turned on?
IOW, each frame would consist of the background layer and a single layer of arm movement. For each frame, you leave the background on, turn off the last arm layer and make the next arm layer visible.
ie:
(BG = background layer visible, AL# = arm layer visible, all other layers visibility = off)
frame 1 = BG + AL1
frame 2 = BG + AL2
frame 3 = BG + AL3
frame 4 = BG + AL4
frame 5 = BG + AL5
etc.
Paul,
From the Animation Palette, click the fly-out and select ‘New Layers visible in all frames’. I think this is what you are looking for. Sometimes you want this feature turned on, sometimes off.
A reasonable strategy is to create all your layers first, then add a frame at a time.
Mathias
Thanks guys. Very helpful
The problem I am having is what ever movement I make in frame 2 also occurs in 1. If you can get me past that, I will be set. Or am I off in the wrong direction?
Is this your first time using ImageReady to create an animation? If so, go over the page about it in the manual. I had problems the first time I used it also. And I don’t do it often enough to retain the information to create animations smoothly.
Larry Berman
Yes, this is my first try.
I was trying to work off of internet tutorials. I will go to the manual. Shouldn’t be too difficult. It is sitting about two feet from me in the box. Out of sight, out of mind.
Thanks
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS cut short.
Ok, I give up. I have searched for a way to create a keyboard shortcut for the PLAY, FAST FORWARD, NEXT FRAME, LAST FRAME console controls in the animation window and cannot see a way to do that. In most applications with controls like this, the keyboard equivalent is pretty standard – ex., spacebar to play and stop playing. Here in CS2 7.0.1 Photoshop, no such luck.
As an animator – the traditional type – needing to flip back and forth between frames, this is a real pain in the arse – having to go move the cursor to the little arrow controls.
Is there truly a way to make these controls control-a-ble via the keyboard? Do tell!
Thanks!
Hi,
Is it possible to save a gif animation in photoshop cs3?
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Jean Pierre Daviau
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Hi
Is graphical animation possible with the latest versions of Photoshops these days?
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Hi
Is it possible to do animation in the latest version of PhotoShop.
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JayBee