Adobe Photoshop CS3 - Manual (Page 575)

PHOTOSHOP CS3
User Guide
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The Propagate Frame 1 option in the Layers palette 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 palette (in frame animation mode), change the attribute to one frame.
2 In the Layers palette, 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 Animation palette (in frame animation mode), change the attribute to the first frame.
2 In the Layers palette, select the Propagate Frame 1 option.
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 palette menu, and then choose one of the following:
Automatic Displays the unify layers buttons when the Animation palette is open. In Photoshop Extended, the
Animation palette must be in frame animation mode.
Always Show Displays the unify layers buttons whether the Animation palette is open or closed.
Always Hide Hides the unify layers buttons whether the Animation palette 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 palette is in frame animation mode.
2 Select one or more frames you want to copy in the Animation palette.
3 Choose Copy Frame(s) from the Animation palette menu.
4 Select a destination frame or frames in the current animation or another animation.
5 Choose Paste Frame(s) from the Animation palette 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 images, new layers are added to the image; however, only the pasted layers are visible in the destination
frames (the existing layers are hidden).
Paste Over Selection Adds the contents of the pasted frames as new layers in the image. When you paste frames into
the same image, using this option doubles the number of layers in the image. In the destination frames, the newly