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Animation (Frames) panel menu
Just in case you hadn’t noticed yet, the Animation (Frames) panel menu lets you know that you are
not working with the same tools as the Animation (Timeline) panel. As shown in Figure 28.5, the
menus not only look different, but they have completely different options.
FIGURE 28.5
Comparing the Animation (Frames) panel menu with the Animation (Timeline) panel menu
These differences highlight the features of each panel and reasons why each panel can perform
equally important but different functions. I define the features found on the Animation (Frames)
panel here. Many of these options are self-explanatory, but a few may be new concepts. If you find
that a short definition isn’t enough, don’t worry, You’ll see more on these features later on in this
chapter:
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New Frame: This creates a frame at the end of the animation. This frame is a duplicate of
the last frame in the animation.
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Delete Frame: This deletes any selected frames.
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Delete Animation: This deletes all frames except the first, leaving an image rather than an
animation.
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Copy Frame: This copies selected frames.
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Paste Frame: This pastes copied frames. You can choose four options for pasting a frame:
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Replace Frames: This replaces all selected frames and their accompanying layers with
the copied frames.
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Paste over selection: This pastes the copied frames over the selected frames, creating
two levels of layers—the layers in view, belonging to the copied frames, and the layers
that are hidden, belonging to the selected frames.
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Paste before selection: This pastes the copied frames before the first selected frame.
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Paste after selection: This pastes the copied frames after the last selected frame.
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Link Added Layers: This automatically links layers in the pasted frame. It is a good
idea to link the layers of frames in the animation so that you can more easily make
adjustments during animation editing.
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Select All Frames: This selects all frames within the animation.
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Go To: This selects the frame specified—next, previous, first, or last.
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Tween: This performs the same function as the tween icon in the panel. It creates a
specified number of frames in between two selected frames to bridge the gap in their
differences.
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Reverse Frames: This reverses the order of any selected frames. If only one frame is
selected, the order of the entire animation is reversed.
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Optimize Animation: You can reduce the file size of an animation by optimizing the
frames to include only areas or pixels that change from frame to frame. You have two
options for optimization: Bounding Box crops each frame to an area around the changing
pixel, and Redundant Pixel Removal makes any unchanged pixels transparent. Both of
these options can be enabled when optimizing the animation.
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Make Frames from Layers: This option is available when the animation contains only
one frame or image. Select Make Frames from Layers, and all the layers contained in the
image become an individual frame.
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Flatten Frames into Layers: Create an individual layer for each selected frame in the
Layers panel by selecting this option.
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Match Layer Across Frames: This option allows you to align layers according to the
parameter of position, visibility, and style.
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Create New Layer for Each New Frame: This creates a new layer in the Layers panel for
every frame created in the Animation (Frames) panel.
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New Layers Visible in All Frames: When this option is checked, the new layers that you
create on any frame are visible in all the frames. Uncheck this if you want to add a layer to
a selected number of frames.
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Convert to Timeline: Just like the Convert to Timeline Animation icon on the Animation
panel, choosing this option converts your Animation (Frames) panel to the Animation
(Timeline) panel.
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Panel Options…: This option allows you to set a thumbnail size for the frames in your
animation.
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Layers panel features
When you are using the Animation (Frames) panel, you not only see differences in the Animation
panel and the Panel menu, you see differences in the Layers panel as well. Added to the Layers
panel is an array of tools that allow you to unify changes made to the layers displayed in the Layers

panel. The properties that can be unified are the same properties that can be animated. By default,
making changes to these properties takes place only on the selected frame. By unifying these
properties, changes can be made to all the frames at once, similar to changing an entire layer across
the timeline. Figure 28.6 shows the icons that are used for this purpose.
FIGURE 28.6
The Unify icons in the Layers panel
Unify layer visibility
Unify layer position
Unify layer style
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Unify layer position: Click the Unify layer position icon to make changes in the position
of a layer throughout the animation. Deselecting this option allows you to make changes
in the position of the selected image only, leaving the rest as they were.
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Unify layer visibility: When this option is selected, changing the visibility of a layer will
change the visibility in all frames; otherwise only the selected frame(s) will be changed.
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Unify layer style: Create a layer style across all the frames in the animation by selecting
this option.
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Propagate Frame 1: When this box is checked, all the changes made in the first frame of
the animation also are made to subsequent frames in the animation. This is an easy way to
make the changes that can be animated in other frames and still be able to change the
position, opacity, and style of all the frames at once.
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Creating Tweened Frame Animations
Now that I’ve shown you all the basics of the Animation (Frames) panel, I show you the steps
needed to create a frame-based animation. In this section, I show you how to create an animation

using the tweening process, which essentially produces the same results as using keyframes in the
Animation (Timeline) panel.
Opening an image to animate
The first step is to open or create a file in which you want to animate at least one of three properties:
position, opacity, or effects. An image that is composed of several layers and styles can be much
more interesting and fun to animate than simpler images. Figure 28.7 shows an image created by
using a composite of a photo, a 3D object, and several layer styles to show a gateway to another
world. I use this image to animate the gateway opening.
FIGURE 28.7
A mysterious gateway….
After opening a file, choose Window ➪ Animation if you don’t already have the Animation panel
open. The Animation panel opens by default to the Animation (Timeline) panel. Use the Convert
to Frame Animation icon at the bottom-right corner of the panel to convert the panel to Animation
(Frames). You also can choose Convert to Frame Animation from the Panel menu.
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Your image has become the first frame in your new frame animation. For simple animations, you
may want take a moment to change the frame rate to a smaller speed, such as 15 fps, by clicking
the arrow at the bottom of the frame thumbnail. This makes the file smaller, but less smooth in
transitions. Remember that you also can change the size of the thumbnails by opening the Panel
menu and choosing Panel Options.
Creating keyframes
Now that you’ve opened a document and the animation panel, you need to create keyframes. I
know, you’re thinking that we left keyframes behind in the Animation (Timeline) panel. It’s true
that the Animation (Timeline) panel allowed you to create keyframe icons that let you visualize
where the changes were being made. It’s also true that a keyframe is defined as a frame that
determines a change in the animation process. In Frame Animation mode, we can actually visualize
our keyframes themselves, because they each have a frame thumbnail in the panel. The downside
is that after we’ve tweened those keyframes, nothing distinguishes them from any other frame in

the panel.
To create a keyframe, you need to determine what you plan to animate and how you want that
animation to proceed. Is the image you opened the first, middle, or last of your animation? Before
you create a new frame, change anything you need to in the first image to make it look like you
want your first frame to look.
I want to make two new keyframes for my other-world gateway. First, I want to have the
gateway appear, and then I want the gateway to activate. Because I start with a view of just the
photo, I change the opacity of the layer containing the arch and the layer style to zero, as shown in
Figure 28.8.
FIGURE 28.8
The first keyframe
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Now you are ready to create a new frame. Click the Duplicates Selected Frames icon at the bottom
of the Animation (Frames) panel. A new frame is created that has the exact same features of the
first frame—same frame rate and same image. You need to make changes to this second frame to
make it your second keyframe.
In my example, I turn the opacity of the gate up to 100 percent to create my second keyframe. The
gate is in Dissolve Blend mode. After tweening these two frames, my gate dissolves into being over
several frames, shown in Figure 28.9. I want my gate to dissolve in more slowly than I want it to
activate, so I change the frame rate of my second keyframe to one-half second, which is half the
rate of the first keyframe.
FIGURE 28.9
The second keyframe
You can continue to create keyframes just like this—create a new frame and make changes to it to
create one more step in your animation. I have one more keyframe to create in my animation, so I
create another frame and turn the opacity of the layer style up to 100 percent in that layer. Now I
have the same image that I brought in, creating three distinct keyframes, as shown in Figure 28.10.
FIGURE 28.10

I created three distinct keyframes.
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Tweening keyframes
Now that you’ve created the keyframes, it’s time to create an animation by tweening them. Select
the first keyframe, and click the tween icon at the bottom of the animation panel. The Tween dialog
box opens, allowing you to determine the tween settings. Tween to the next frame, and enter the
number of frames to add to the animation. If you made changes to more than one layer, tween All
Layers; if not, choose Selected Layers. Deselect any properties that are not being tweened.
With my first frame selected, I add five frames to tween it to the next frame. The only parameter I
changed between the first frame and the second is the opacity of the gateway, so I choose Selected
Layers and Opacity, as shown in Figure 28.11. After I add the frames between the first and second
frame, I select the second keyframe and repeat the process. The result is 13 frames, creating the
animation of the appearing gateway, as shown in Figure 28.12.
FIGURE 28.11
I customized the Tween dialog box to fit my animation properties.
FIGURE 28.12
By tweening three keyframes, I created a complete animation.
As you create more frames, you start to see the limitations of frame animation. If you created an
animation at the video standard, it would be 30 frames per second of animation. My gateway
animation is 9.5 seconds long; it is very jerky, and with the relatively miniscule number of 13
frames, it is already unwieldy and hard to manage. You can imagine what it would be like if I had
tweened it out to 300 frames to create a smooth animation!
So even though the Animation (Frames) panel has the capability of animating almost anything that
the Animation (Timeline) panel can, its feasibility is limited to small animated GIFs.
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On the Web Site

The project file used in Figures 28.7 through 28.12 is available as Figure 28-12 on the Web site as a PSD file.
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Creating a Frame-by-Frame Animation
When you want to create an animation using the Paint tools in Photoshop, you need to animate it
frame by frame, using a new layer for every frame so you can add whatever paint or effects you
want to each frame without affecting any of the other frames.
In this section, I show you how to use the Photoshop Paint tools to build an animation frame by
frame. You can do this in two different ways: You can create a layered image, containing all the
elements needed for an animation and then turn it into an animation, or you can simply start
building the animation right in the Animation (Frames) panel. I show you how to create an
animation both ways.
Creating an animation from a layered image
When you create an animation from a layered image, you need to first create an image with several
layers that eventually become frames in your animation. You can create an image in Photoshop that
contains all the layers needed to turn it into an animation in just a few simple steps:
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You should try to do this activity with your own animation, just to get the hang of it. If you want to look at my
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1. Open a new document in Photoshop.
2. Fill the background layer however you want, or leave it blank.
3. Click the Create A New Layer icon in the Layers panel to create a new layer.
4. In the new layer, create any part of the animation that will be present in every
frame, as shown in Figure 28.13.
5. Create another layer.
In this layer, you create what is going to be the first real frame of your animation. This
layer, combined with the first two layers, should make a complete image.
6. Continue creating new layers, changing each layer to create movement from the
last.
Toggle your views of previous layers on and off when helpful. When you are finished,
you should have a file that contains several layers, as shown in Figure 28.14.

7. Save your file.
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FIGURE 28.13
To animate a flower opening, I create a stem that is consistent throughout the
animation.
FIGURE 28.14
My animated flower contains six individual layers. When all the layers are visible, it
looks very jumbled.
8. Choose Window ➪ Animation to open the animation panel.
9. Click the Frame animation icon at the base of the Animation (Timeline) panel to
convert it to the Animation (Frames) panel.
10. From the Animation (Frames) panel menu, choose Make Frames from Layers.
Each layer of your project becomes a separate frame inside the animation, as shown in
Figure 28.15.
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FIGURE 28.15
Before and after making frames from layers
11. With the first frame selected (the background layer) and the Propagate Frame 1
selected in the Layers panel, turn the visibility of the second frame on.
This should make the second layer visible in all other layers, as shown in Figure 28.16.
FIGURE 28.16
After turning the visibility of the second layer on with the Propagate Frame option
selected, the stem is now visible throughout all the layers.
12. With the first frame selected, choose Match Layer Across Frames from the
Animation (Frames) panel menu.
This opens a dialog box that asks you which properties you want to match. Choose one

or all of the properties, and click OK. Now you should have a solid background in each
frame.
13. Now that each frame is exactly how it should look, you can discard frames 1 and 2.
Click the Delete icon twice to accomplish this. You should be left with the full frames
shown in Figure 28.17. You need to click the Yes button after clicking the delete icon.
14. From the Animation (Frames) panel menu, choose Select All Frames.
15. Click the arrow in the bottom-right corner of the first frame, and change the frame
delay time to 1 frame per second.
Now your animation is ready to preview.
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FIGURE 28.17
With the background and stem frames discarded, I now have my animation.
Creating a small, animated GIF with this method has several advantages. Although the Layers
panel can eventually get unwieldy, it really is a neater package than trying to work with frames and
layers at the same time—as you do in building the animation in the Animation (Frames) panel.
The disadvantage to this method is that any frame that includes changes in position, opacity, or
effects must be re-created in a new layer.
Building an animation in the Animation (Frames) panel
Building an image from scratch utilizes the Animation (Frames) panel to create new frames as you
create new layers, or vice versa. Each new frame contains a change from the last frame, and over
several frames, they turn into an animation.
You can build an animation by creating a new frame each time you make a change to your image.
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1. Open a new document in Photoshop.
2. Open the Animation panel by choosing Windows ➪ Animation.
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3. Click the Convert To Frame Animation icon at the base of the Animation (Timeline)
panel to convert it to the Animation (Frames) panel.
4. In the Animation (Frames) panel menu, select Create a New Layer for Each New
Frame.
5. In the Animation (Frames) panel menu, deselect New Layers Visible in All Frames.
6. Create a background for your animation on the existing frame, or leave it blank and
create a new frame to create a background on.
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7. Click the Duplicates Selected Frames icon at the base of the Animation (Frames)
panel.
A new frame is created, as well as a new layer in the Layers panel. This frame initially has
the same properties as your preceding frame.
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Because you are working in a new layer, you can change anything you want about your image and the changes
are not reflected in any other frames. If you do want your changes to be consistent across frames, select New
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8. Use any and all of the tools in Photoshop to create the next frame for your animation.
9. Repeat Steps 7 and 8 until you have completed your animation, as shown in
Figure 28.18.
10. Discard any background frames that aren’t part of the animation.
FIGURE 28.18
Build an animation by drawing on one frame at a time.
When you build an animation using frames and layers, you can animate position, opacity, and
effects instead of creating a new layer. For example, in the animation of my crayon family, each

member of the family only has three poses: two walking poses and a face front pose. In frame 2, I
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show Dad entering the picture; in frame 3, he walks farther into it with a different stride; in frame
4, I discard the new layer and turn on the visibility of frame 2, moving Dad forward again. Figure
28.19 shows Frames 2, 3, and 4 of my animation. I did the same with each figure in my animation.
FIGURE 28.19
As I build frames, I can reuse layers to animate position.
Looking at the Layers panel in Figure 28.20, you see that the frames are not in order. That’s
because the last few frames of my animation show a dog running in and joining the family. I
wanted the dog to run behind the family, so after creating the layers that animate the dog, I
dragged them under the layers that contain the family.
FIGURE 28.20
My frames don’t have to be in order on my Layers panel.
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I also created a Hue and Saturation adjustment layer and changed the hue of the entire image every
other frame by simply clicking the visibility of this layer on and off. You may be able to see the
difference in Figure 28.19. I added this element so the whole picture would seem to change
slightly between frames, not unlike storyboard animations that can be seen in commercials or
children’s television. You can add any filters or adjustment layers as you change each of your
frames. Unlike the tweening process, you can animate anything as long as you are creating new
layers.
Rendering Video
Once you are finished editing the animation/video project, you can render the project to a video
file. To render the animation/video to a video file, select File ➪ Export ➪ Render Video from the
main menu to launch the dialog shown in Figure 28.21. Then set the following options and click
the Render button to create the rendered video file:

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Name: This specifies the name of the video file that will be rendered.
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Select Folder: This allows you to specify the location to store the rendered video file.
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Create New Subfolder: When this is enabled, a new subfolder will be created in the
location specified by the Selected Folder option.
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Quick Time Export: This renders the animation/video as a video file. It allows you to
specify the file format to use when rendering the video file. The file options are 3G, FLC,
QuickTime Movie, AVI, DV Stream, Image Sequence, and MPEG-4. Clicking the Settings
button launches a dialog box that allows you to adjust the audio and video settings used
to render the final video file.
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Image Sequence: This renders the animation/video as a sequence of images of the type
specified by the drop-down menu. Clicking the Settings button allows you to adjust the
settings, such as compression, used to generate the image files.
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Size: This specifies the document size used to generate the image files. You can select a
standard size, such as NTSC, PAL, HDTV, and so on, from the drop-down list.
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Range: This allows you to specify whether to use all frames or only the currently selected
frames when rendering the video.
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Alpha Channel: This allows you to specify how to matte alpha channels into the video.
Matting makes the partial transparency in the alpha channel blend better. The options are:
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Premultiplied with Black: This uses a black background matte to render the
semi-transparency in the alpha channel. This option is often the best for video that
will be displayed on TVs.
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Premultiplied with White: This uses a white background matte to render the
semi-transparency in the alpha channel.
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Premultiplied with Color: This allows you to specify a custom color to use for the
background matte to render the semitransparency in the alpha channel. The color is
selected by clicking the color box to the right.
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Frame Rate: This specifies the number of frames per second that will be rendered in the
video.
FIGURE 28.21
The Render Video dialog box allows you to define the options used when rendering video and animation
projects to video files.
Summary
In this chapter, I showed you everything you need to know about the Animation (Frames) panel
and how to use it by covering these topics:
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Using the Animation (Frames) panel to create a frame-by-frame animation
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