Creating Timeline Animations (Photoshop Extended); Timeline Animation Workflow (Photoshop Extended) - Adobe Photoshop CS6 User Manual

Creating timeline animations (Photoshop Extended)

Timeline animation workflow (Photoshop Extended)

Use keyframes to animate layer properties (Photoshop Extended)
Create hand-drawn animations (Photoshop Extended)
Insert, delete, or duplicate blank video frames (Photoshop Extended)
Specify onion skin settings (Photoshop Extended)
Open a multilayer animation
Timeline animation workflow (Photoshop Extended)
To animate layer content in timeline mode (rather than frame mode), you set keyframes in the Animation panel, as you move the current-time
indicator to a different time/frame, and then modify the position, opacity, or style of the layer content. Photoshop automatically adds or modifies a
series of frames between two existing frames—varying the layer properties (position, opacity, and styles) evenly between the new frames to create
the appearance of movement or transformation.
For example, if you want to fade out a layer, set the opacity of the layer in the starting frame to 100% and in the Animation panel, click the Opacity
stopwatch for the layer. Then move the current-time indicator to the time/frame for the ending frame and set the opacity for the same layer to 0%.
Photoshop Extended automatically interpolates frames between the start and end frames, and the opacity of the layer is reduced evenly across the
new frames.
In addition to letting Photoshop interpolate frames in an animation, you can also create a hand-drawn frame-by-frame animation by painting on a
blank video layer.
If you want to create a SWF format animation, use Adobe Flash, Adobe After Effects, or Adobe Illustrator.
To create a timeline-based animation in Photoshop Extended, use the following general workflow.
1. Create a new document.
Specify the size and background contents. Make sure the pixel aspect ratio and dimensions are appropriate for the output of your animation. The
color mode should be RGB. Unless you have special reasons for making changes, leave the resolution at 72 pixels/inch, the bit depth at 8 bpc,
and the pixel aspect ratio at square.
2. Specify the document timeline settings in the Animation panel menu.
Specify the duration and frame rate. See Specify timeline duration and frame rate (Photoshop Extended).
3. Add a layer.
Add any of the following:
A new layer for adding content.
A new video layer for adding video content.
A new blank video layer for cloning content to or creating hand-drawn animations.
4. Add content to the layer.
5. (Optional) Add a layer mask.
A layer mask can be used to reveal only a portion of the layer's content. You can animate the layer mask to reveal different portions of the layer's
content over time. See Add layer masks.
6. Move the current time indicator to the time or frame where you want to set the first keyframe.
See Use keyframes to animate layer properties (Photoshop Extended).
7. Turn on keyframing for a layer property.
Click the triangle next to the layer name. A down-pointing triangle displays the layer's properties. Then, click the stopwatch to set the first keyframe
for the layer property you want to animate. You can set keyframes for more than one layer property at a time.
8. Move the current time indicator and change a layer property.
Move the current-time indicator to the time or frame where the layer's property changes. You can do one or more of the following:
Change the position of the layer to make layer content move.
Change layer opacity to make content fade in or out.
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