Set a work area (photoshop extended) – Adobe Photoshop CS3 User Manual

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Open a video file

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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

For the active document, make sure the Animation palette is displayed in timeline mode.

Choose Layer > Video Layers > New Video Layer From File.

Select a video or image sequence file and click Open.

Add a blank video layer

For the active document, make sure the Animation palette is displayed in timeline mode.

Choose Layer > Video Layers > New Blank Video Layer.

Set a work area (Photoshop Extended)

In the Animation palette, do any of the following to set the duration of the video or animation you want to export

or preview:

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Drag the ends of work area bar.

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Move the current-time indicator to the time or frame you want. From the Animation palette menu, choose either
Set Start Of Work Area or Set End Of Work Area.

(Optional) To remove the portions of the timeline not in the work area, choose Trim Document Duration To

Work Area from the Animation palette menu.

Specify when a layer appears in a video or animation (Photoshop Extended)

You can use various methods to specify when a layer appears in a video or animation. For example, you can trim
(hide) frames at the beginning or end of a layer. This changes the layer’s start and end points in a video or animation.
(The first frame to appear is called the In point, and the last frame is called the Out point.) You can also drag the
entire layer duration bar to a different portion of the timeline.

In the Animation palette, select the layer.

Do any of the following:

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To specify the In and Out points of a layer, drag the beginning and end of the layer duration bar.

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Drag the layer duration bar to the section of the timeline where you want the layer to appear.

Note: For best results, drag the layer duration bar after the bar has been trimmed.