Animation palette overview – Adobe Photoshop CS3 User Manual
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Animation palette overview
In Photoshop, the Animation palette (Window > Animation) appears in frame mode, showing a thumbnail of each
frame in your animation. Use the tools at the bottom of the palette to navigate through the frames, set looping
options, add and delete frames, and preview the animation.
The Animation palette menu contains additional commands for editing frames or timeline durations, and for config-
uring the palette display. Click the palette menu icon to view available commands.
Animation palette (frame mode)
A. Selects the first frame B. Selects the previous frame C. Plays animation D. Selects the next frame E. Tweens animation frames
F. Duplicates selected frames G. Deletes selected frames H. Converts to timeline mode (Photoshop Extended only) I. Animation palette menu
In Photoshop Extended, you can use the Animation palette in either frame mode or timeline mode. Timeline mode
shows the frame duration and animation properties for document layers. Use the tools at the bottom of the palette
to navigate through frames, zoom the time display in or out, toggle onion skin mode, delete keyframes, and preview
the video. You can use controls on the timeline itself to adjust frame duration for a layer, set keyframes for layer
properties, and designate a section of the video as the working area.
Animation palette (timeline mode)
A. Zoom out B. Zoom slider C. Zoom in D. Toggle onion skins E. Delete keyframes F. Convert to frame animation
In timeline mode, the Animation palette displays each layer in a Photoshop Extended document (except the
background layer) and is synchronized with the Layers palette. Whenever a layer is added, deleted, renamed,
grouped, duplicated, or assigned a color, the changes are updated in both palettes.
Note: When animated layers are grouped as a Smart Object, the animation information from the Animation palette is
stored in the Smart Object. See also “About Smart Objects” on page 309.
For a video on the timeline mode, see
Frame mode controls
In frame mode, the Animation palette includes the following controls:
Looping Options
Sets the number of times an animation plays when exported as an animated GIF file.
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