Adobe PHOTOSHOP 6.0 Manual page 322

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Creating Animations (ImageReady)
You can also import a folder of files and use each
file as a frame in ImageReady. Files can be in any
format that ImageReady supports. Each file
becomes a frame in the Animation palette.
The files are placed in the Animation palette in
alphabetical order by image filename.
To open a multilayer Photoshop file as frames:
Choose File > Open, and select the Photoshop
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file to open.
Select Make Frames From Layers in the
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Animation palette menu.
Each layer in the image appears as a frame
in the Animation palette. The bottom layer
in the Photoshop image is frame 1 in the
Animation palette.
To import a folder of files as frames:
Place the files to be used as frames into a folder.
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Make sure that the folder contains only those
images that are to be used as frames. The resulting
animation will display more successfully if all files
are the same pixel dimensions.
To have frames appear in the correct order in the
animation, name the files in alphabetical or
numeric order, with the file to be used as frame 1
the first in order. (You can also change the order of
the frames in the Animation palette after you
import the files.)
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Frames, and choose the folder to be imported.
The files appear in the Animation palette as frames
and in the Layers palette as layers, with each layer
assigned to a separate frame. The image that is first
alphabetically or numerically by filename is
frame 1 in the Animation palette and the bottom
layer in the Layers palette.
Opening QuickTime movies as animations
You can open movies in MOV, AVI, and FLIC
formats to view and edit in ImageReady.
To open QuickTime-compatible movies:
Choose File > Open, and select the movie
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to open.
Select the range of frames to import:
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From Beginning to End to open the full file.
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• Selected Range Only to open selected frames.
Drag the slider below the movie thumbnail to
specify the starting point for the range,
then Shift-drag to specify the ending point.
(A black bar on the slider indicates the range
you select.)
Select Limit to Every <number> Frame to
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specify which frames to include from the selected
range. (You can use this option with either
Range option.)
Click Open.
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