Adobe Photoshop CS4 User Manual
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USING PHOTOSHOP CS4
Video and animation
Last updated 1/10/2010
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Specify the frame rate, and click OK.
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Supported video and image sequence formats (Photoshop Extended)
Place a video or image sequence (Photoshop Extended)
Use the Place command if you want to transform the video or image sequence as you import it into a document. Once
placed, the video frames are contained within a Smart Object. When video is contained by a Smart Object, you can
navigate through the frames using the Animation panel, and you can also apply Smart Filters.
Note: You can’t paint or clone directly on video frames contained by a Smart Object. However, you can add a blank video
layer above the Smart Object, and paint on the blank frames. You can also use the Clone tool with the Sample All Layers
option to paint on blank frames. This lets you use the video in the Smart Object as a cloning source.
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With a document open choose File
> Place.
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In the Place dialog box, do one of the following:
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Select a video file and click Place.
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Select one image sequence file, select the Image Sequence option, and then click Place.
Note: Make sure all the image sequence files are in one folder.
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(Optional) Use the control points to scale, rotate, move, or warp the imported content.
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Click the Commit Transform button
in the options bar to place the file.
You can also place video directly from Adobe Bridge CS4. Select the video file and then choose File > Place > In
Photoshop.
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Transform video layers (Photoshop Extended)
Reload footage in a video layer (Photoshop Extended)
If the source file for a video layer is modified in a different application, Photoshop Extended generally reloads and
updates the footage, when you open the document containing the video layer referencing the changed source file. If
your document is already open and the source file has been modified, use the Reload Frame command to reload and
update the current frame in the Animation panel. Navigating through the video layer using the Previous/Next Frame
or Play button in the Animation panel should also reload and update the footage.