CS2 Animation bug?

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Ryanzbane
Nov 11, 2006
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I’m trying to do a simple animation using Photoshop CS2 but I cannot get the darn thing to work. I have a circle, and I’m trying to make it spin. So, in the animation panel I make a duplicate of the circle, and then I use the wand to select the image, then use the move took to spin it around but every time I spin the second frame, it also spins the first frame as well. I’ve tried a million different things to stop it, but I cannot find a solution. Is my Photoshop bugged? Or am I just doing something wrong?
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Daryl_Pritchard
Nov 11, 2006
Hi Ryanzbane,

Your problem is just one of confusion…each frame of an animation depicts the contents of your image in its current state of appearance. So, when you generate a new frame from the first, they are both showing your current image appearance; when you modify that image, both frames reflect the change. What you want to do instead is use layers to create the changes desired in your animation, then enable/disable the layers that, for each frame, define what you want the frame to look like.

I have some text about creating an animation at <http://ambress.com/photoshop/guitar_spin.htm>. That may be of help, but perhaps even more so is a short Flash video I made which illustrates the process better. The video is linked by the animation at the bottom of the referenced page or by going directly to <http://ambress.com/photoshop/spindot/spindot.htm>.

Hope that helps,

Daryl
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LenHewitt
Nov 11, 2006
Ryanzbane,

Just adding to what Daryl has told you.

Remember that LAYERS hold CONTENT. FRAMES determine what CONTENT is visible at any particular time, so (unless using frame tweening) you need a Layer for each state of the animation, and select the particular layer(s) visibility for each frame.
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Ryanzbane
Nov 11, 2006
Got it guys! You’re life savers. Thanks for the quick and informative responses. 🙂
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Ryanzbane
Nov 11, 2006
Oh…I have a new problem now. How do you export the file as an animated gif? I’m not seeing this option anywhere.
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Daryl_Pritchard
Nov 12, 2006
Just do a Save for Web to GIF file, or probably a Save as GIF would work also.

Daryl
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LenHewitt
Nov 12, 2006
Or make sure you have GIF selected in the Optimize palette and select Save Optimized
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Daryl_Pritchard
Nov 12, 2006
Offering a clarification: The Optimize palette and Save Optimized command are in ImageReady. I spent a minute looking around in PS for them until I remembered that, no more than I use ImageReady.

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