Adobe Photoshop CS4 User Manual
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USING PHOTOSHOP CS4
Video and animation
Last updated 1/10/2010
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A new video layer for adding video content.
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A new blank video layer for cloning content to or creating hand-drawn animations.
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Add content to the layer.
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(Optional) Add a layer mask.
A layer mask can be used to reveal only a portion of the layer’s content. You can animate the layer mask to reveal
different portions of the layer’s content over time. See “
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Move the current time indicator to the time or frame where you want to set the first keyframe.
Use keyframes to animate layer properties (Photoshop Extended)
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Turn on keyframing for a layer property.
Click the triangle next to the layer name. A down-pointing triangle displays the layer’s properties. Then, click the
stopwatch to set the first keyframe for the layer property you want to animate. You can set keyframes for more than
one layer property at a time.
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Move the current time indicator and change a layer property.
Move the current-time indicator to the time or frame where the layer’s property changes. You can do one or more of
the following:
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Change the position of the layer to make layer content move.
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Change layer opacity to make content fade in or out.
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Change the position of a layer mask to reveal different parts of the layer.
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Turn a layer mask on or off.
For some types of animation, such as changing the color of an object, or completely changing the content in a frame,
you need additional layers with the new content.
Note: To animate shapes, you animate the vector mask not the shape layer, using the Time-Vary stopwatch for Vector
Mask Position or Vector Mask Enable.
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Add additional layers with content and edit their layer properties as needed.
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Move or trim the layer duration bar to specify when a layer appears in an animation.
Specify when a layer appears in a video or animation (Photoshop Extended)
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area to preview (Photoshop Extended)
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Preview the animation.
Use the controls in the Animation panel to play the animation as you create it. Then preview the animation in your
web browser. You can also preview the animation in the Save For Web & Devices dialog box. See “
or timeline animations (Photoshop Extended)
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Save the animation.
You can save the animation as an animated GIF using the Save For Web & Devices command, or as an image sequence
or video using the Render Video command. You can also save it in PSD format, which can be imported into Adobe
After Effects.