Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Manual (Page 565)

558 USING PHOTOSHOP CS4
Video and animation
Last updated 1/10/2010
5 Specify the layer or layers to be varied in the added frames:
All Layers Varies all layers in the selected frame or frames.
Selected Layer Varies only the currently selected layer in the selected frame or frames.
6 Specify layer properties to be varied:
Position Varies the position of the layer’s content in the new frames evenly between the beginning and ending frames.
Opacity Varies the opacity of the new frames evenly between the beginning and ending frames.
Effects Varies the parameter settings of layer effects evenly between the beginning and ending frames.
7 If you selected a single frame in step 3, choose where to add frames from the Tween With menu:
Next Frame Adds frames between the selected frame and the following frame. This option is not available when you
select the last frame in the Animation panel.
First Frame Adds frames between the last frame and first frame. This option is available only if you select the last frame
in the Animation panel.
Previous Frame Adds frames between the selected frame and the preceding frame. This option is not available when
you select the first frame in the Animation panel.
Last Frame Adds frames between the first frame and last frame. This option is available only if you select the first frame
in the Animation panel.
8 In the Frames To Add box, enter a value, or use the Up or Down Arrow key to choose the number of frames.
(This option is not available if you selected more than two frames.)
9 Click OK.
Add a new layer every time you create a frame
When you create a new layer, it is visible in all frames of an animation. To hide a layer in a specific frame, select the
frame in the Animation panel, and then hide the desired layer in the Layers panel.
You can use the Create New Layer For Each New Frame command to automatically add a new layer to the image every
time you create a frame. The new layer is visible in the new frame but hidden in other frames. Using this option saves
time when you are creating an animation that requires you to add a new visual element to each frame.
1 (Photoshop Extended) Make sure the Animation panel is in frame animation mode.
2 From the Animation panel menu, choose Create New Layer For Each New Frame.
A check mark indicates that the option is turned on.
Specify a delay time in frame animations
You can specify a delay—the time that a frame is displayed—for single frames or for multiple frames in an animation.
Delay time is displayed in seconds. Fractions of a second are displayed as decimal values. For example, one-quarter of
a second is specified as .25. If you set a delay on the current frame, every frame you create after that will remember and
apply that delay value.
1 (Photoshop Extended) Make sure the Animation panel is in frame animation mode.
2 Select one or more frames.
3 In the Animation panel, click the Delay value below the selected frame to view the pop-up menu.