Tina ([info]tinini) wrote in [info]icon_tutorial,
@ 2008-04-13 19:19:00
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Entry tags:animation: animated gifs, animation: file size optimisation, animation: mini movies, animation: miscellaneous, program: imageready, program: photoshop

Switching between Image Ready and Photoshop CS2 - frame problem
Hello everyone!

I'm sorry I don't have a tutorial for you to enjoy but instead a question to ask.
After looking through the memories and not finding anything that looked like being of any help to me I decided to ask here. So, on to the real problem:

When I work on an animation in Image Ready everything's fine until I switch to PS to sharpen the individual layers. After working on the picture I select the bottom layer and switch back to Image Ready but the frames aren't in a coherent order anymore. Instead I usually have the bottom layer I selected in PS in every single frame. This isn't really a problem with small animations but everything above 10 frames tends to be really annoying. I have to do the animation again by hand and that's time and brain cells consuming I tell ya.

Is there a way to keep the animation from messing up? Do I have to select a differen layer in PS? I tried everything I could think of but it always get's messed up. I'm trying to make a mood theme but like this, I can't see myself completing it anytime soon.

Every help is highly appreciated and I'm gonna post a tutorial as a reward (or I will do anyway I guess). Thank you very much in advance. Have a nice rest of your weekend (if it still is Sunday like here). ♥ Tina =D


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[info]katej
2008-04-14 02:04 am UTC (link)
If I understand you correctly, I had the same problem until I realized the solution...then I was kicking myself for all the work i was doing that i didn't need to do.

I've found that when you switch back and forth to make changes in IR from PS, it 'remembers' those changes and automatically selects that changed layer to be on top when you switch back over to IR.

All you have to do is, in IR, go to the animation window and click on the first frame (or the first frame where that unwanted layer begins), then go over to the layers and scroll and you'll see the 'eye' showing up for all the layers that are showing. simply unclick the unwanted layer and and it will disappear for all the following frames.

Here's an image, in case that was confusing: http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/katej007/ir.jpg

For what it's worth, this works for anything. so if you have a color layer or something that you only want to show up for a part of the animation, simply unclick it on the first frame it starts to show up and it will be removed on all following frames.

Hope that was what you meant!

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