Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Manual (Page 556)

549 USING PHOTOSHOP CS4
Video and animation
Last updated 1/10/2010
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“ Understanding color management ” on page 130
“ Assign or remove a color profile (Illustrator, Photoshop) ” on page 146
“ Convert document colors to another profile (Photoshop) ” on page 147
Editing video and animation layers (Photoshop
Extended)
Transform video layers (Photoshop Extended)
You can transform a video layer as you transform any other layer in Photoshop. However, you must convert video
layers to Smart Objects before you can transform them.
1 In the Animation or Layers panel, select the video layer.
2 Do any of the following:
• Choose Edit > Free Transform to use handles in the document window to transform the video.
• Choose Edit > Transform and choose a specific transformation from the submenu.
If the video layer is not a Smart Object, Photoshop asks you to convert it.
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“ Transforming objects ” on page 218
“ About Smart Objects ” on page 315
Create new video layers
You can create new video layers by adding a video file as a new layer or creating a blank layer.
For a video on working with video layers, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0027
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“ Importing video files and image sequences (Photoshop Extended) ” on page 543
“ Place a video or image sequence (Photoshop Extended) ” on page 544
“ Replace footage in a video layer (Photoshop Extended) ” on page 545
Open a video file
❖ Choose File > Open, select a video file, and click Open.
The video appears on a video layer in a new document.
Add a video file as a new video layer
1 For the active document, make sure the Animation panel is displayed in timeline mode.
2 Choose Layer > Video Layers > New Video Layer From File.
3 Select a video or image sequence file and click Open.