Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Manual (Page 563)

556 USING PHOTOSHOP CS4
Video and animation
Last updated 1/10/2010
Changing attributes of layers in animations
The unify buttons (Unify Layer Position, Unify Layer Visibility, and Unify Layer Style) in the Layers panel determine
how the changes you make to attributes in the active animation frame apply to the other frames in the same layer.
When a unify button is selected, that attribute is changed in all the frames in the active layer; when that button is
deselected, changes apply to only the active frame.
The Propagate Frame 1 option in the Layers panel also determines how the changes you make to attributes in the first
frame will apply to the other frames in the same layer. When it is selected, you can change an attribute in the first frame,
and all subsequent frames in the active layer will change in relation to the first frame (and preserve the animation you
have already created).
Unify layer properties
1 In the Animation panel (in frame animation mode), change the attribute to one frame.
2 In the Layers panel, click Unify Layer Position , Unify Layer Visibility , or Unify Layer Style to have the
changed attribute apply to all other frames in the active layer.
Propagate frame 1
1 In the Layers panel, select the Propagate Frame 1 option.
2 In the Animation panel (in frame mode), change the attribute for the first frame.
The changed attribute is applied (in relation) to all subsequent frames in a layer.
You can also propagate frames by Shift-selecting any consecutive group of frames in the layer and changing an
attribute in any of the selected frames.
Show or hide Unify Layers buttons
❖ Choose Animation Options from the Layers panel menu, and then choose one of the following:
Automatic Displays the unify layers buttons when the Animation panel is open. In Photoshop Extended, the
Animation panel must be in frame animation mode.
Always Show Displays the unify layers buttons whether the Animation panel is open or closed.
Always Hide Hides the unify layers buttons whether the Animation panel is open or closed.
Copy and paste layers between frames
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 (Photoshop Extended) Make sure the Animation panel is in frame animation mode.
2 Select one or more frames you want to copy in the Animation panel.
3 Choose Copy Frame(s) from the Animation panel menu.
4 Select a destination frame or frames in the current animation or another animation.
5 Choose Paste Frame(s) from the Animation panel menu.
6 Select a Paste method:
Replace Frames 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