Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 v.14.xx - Manual (Page 756)

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Replace Frames
Paste Over Selection
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Displays the unify layers buttons when the Animation panel is open. In Photoshop Extended, the Animation panel must be in
frame animation mode.
Displays the unify layers buttons whether the Animation panel is open or closed.
Hides the unify layers buttons whether the Animation panel is open or closed.
Copy frames with layer properties
To understand what happens when you copy and paste a frame, think of a frame as a duplicate version of an image with a given layer
configuration. When you copy a frame, you copy the configurations of layers (including each layer’s visibility setting, position, and other properties).
When you paste a frame, you apply that layer configuration to the destination frame.
1. Select one or more frames you want to copy in the Animation panel (Photoshop Extended CS5) or Timeline panel (CS6).
2. Choose Copy Frame(s) from the panel menu.
3. Select a destination frame or frames in the current animation or another animation.
4. Choose Paste Frame(s) from the panel menu.
5. Select a Paste method:
Replaces the selected frames with the copied frames. No new layers are added. The properties of each existing layer in
the destination frames are replaced by those of each copied layer. When you paste frames between images, new layers are added to the
image; however, only the pasted layers are visible in the destination frames (the existing layers are hidden).
Adds the contents of the pasted frames as new layers in the image. When you paste frames into the same image,
using this option doubles the number of layers in the image. In the destination frames, the newly pasted layers are visible, and the original
layers are hidden. In the non-destination frames, the newly pasted layers are hidden.
Adds the copied frames before or after the destination frame. When you paste frames
between images, new layers are added to the image; however, only the pasted layers are visible in the new frames (the existing layers are
hidden).
6. (Optional) To link pasted layers in the Layers panel, select Link Added Layers.
This option works only when pasting frames into another document. Select it when you plan to reposition the pasted layers as a unit.
7. Click OK.
Create frames using tweening
The term tweening is derived from “in betweening,” the traditional animation term used to describe this process. Tweening (also called
interpolating) significantly reduces the time required to create animation effects such as fading in or fading out, or moving an element across a
frame. You can edit tweened frames individually after you create them.
You use the Tween command to automatically add or modify a series of frames between two existing frames—varying the layer properties
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