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To select units to display, choose Panel Options from the Animation panel menu and select Frame Numbers or Timecode.
To toggle between units, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the current-time display in the upper-left corner of the timeline.
Show or hide layer properties in the timeline (Photoshop Extended)
In Photoshop Extended, as you add layers to a document, they appear as tracks in the timeline. Expand layer tracks to show layer properties that
can be animated.
To show or hide layer properties, click the triangle to the left of the layer name.
Show or hide layers in the timeline (Photoshop Extended)
In Photoshop Extended, all document layers appear in the timeline by default. To show only a subset of layers, first set them as favorites.
1. In timeline mode, select one or more layers from the Animation panel, then choose Show > Set Favorite Layers in the Animation panel
menu.
2. To specify which layers are displayed, choose Show from the Animation panel menu, then select All Layers or Favorite Layers.
Navigate in the timeline (Photoshop Extended)
With the Animation panel in timeline mode, do any of the following:
Drag the current-time indicator
Click a number or location in the time ruler where you want to position the current-time indicator.
Drag the current-time display (in the upper-left corner of the timeline).
Double-click the current-time display and enter a frame number or time in the Set Current Time dialog box.
Use the playback controls in the Animation panel.
Choose Go To in the Animation panel menu, and then choose a timeline option.
Switch animation modes (Photoshop Extended)
In Photoshop Extended, you can use the Animation panel in either frame or timeline animation mode. Frame mode shows each separate frame,
letting you set unique duration and layer properties for each. Timeline mode shows frames in a continuous timeline, letting you animate properties
with keyframes and play video layers.
Ideally, you should select the mode you want before starting an animation. However, it's possible to switch animation modes in an open document,
converting a frame animation to a timeline animation, or vice versa.
Note:
You may lose some interpolated keyframes when converting a timeline animation to a frame animation. The animation appearance doesn't
change, however.
In the Animation panel, do any of the following:
Click the Convert To Frame Animation icon
Click the Convert To Timeline Animation icon
From the Animation panel menu, choose either Convert To Frame Animation or Convert To Timeline.
Specify timeline duration and frame rate (Photoshop Extended)
When you are working in timeline mode, you can specify the duration and frame rate of a document containing video or animation. Duration is the
overall time length of the video clip, from the first frame you specify to the last. Frame rate or frames per second (fps), is usually determined by the
type of output you produce: NTSC video has a frame rate of 29.97 fps; PAL video has a frame rate of 25 fps; and motion picture film has a frame
rate of 24 fps. Depending on the broadcast system, DVD video can have the same frame rate as NTSC video or PAL video, or a frame rate of
23.976. Video intended for CD-ROM or the web typically has a frame rate of 10 to 15 fps.
When you create a new document, the default timeline duration is 10 seconds. The frame rate depends on the chosen document preset. For non-
video presets (like International Paper), the default rate is 30 fps. For video presets, the rate is 25 fps for PAL and 29.97 for NTSC.
1. From the Animation panel menu, choose Document Settings.
2. Enter or choose values for Duration and Frame Rate.
Note:
Reducing the duration of an existing video or animation has the effect of trimming frames (and any keyframes) from the end of the
document.
Creating images for video
Load video actions
Adjustment and fill layers
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