Select one animation frame, Select multiple animation frames, Edit animation frames – Adobe Photoshop CS4 User Manual

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Last updated 1/10/2010

Select one animation frame

1

(Photoshop Extended) Make sure the Animation panel is in frame animation mode.

2

Do one of the following:

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Click a frame in the Animation panel.

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In the Animation panel, click the Selects Next Frame button

to select the next frame in the series as the current

frame.

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In the Animation panel, click the Selects Previous Frame button

to select the previous frame in the series as the

current frame.

•

In the Animation panel, click the Selects First Frame button

to select the first frame in the series as the current

frame.

Select multiple animation frames

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In the Animation panel (in frame animation mode), do one of the following:

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To select contiguous multiple frames, Shift-click a second frame. The second frame and all frames between the first
and second are added to the selection.

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To select discontiguous multiple frames, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac

OS) additional frames to

add those frames to the selection.

•

To select all frames, choose Select All Frames from the Animation panel menu.

•

To deselect a frame in a multiframe selection, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac

OS) that frame.

Edit animation frames

1

In the Animation panel (in frame animation mode), select one or more frames.

2

Do any of the following:

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To edit the content of objects in animation frames, use the Layers panel to modify the layers in the image that affect
that frame.

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To change the position of an object in an animation frame, select the layer containing the object in the Layers panel
and drag it to a new position.

Note: In the Animation panel, you can select and change the position of multiple frames. However, if you drag multiple
discontiguous frames, the frames are placed contiguously in the new position.

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To reverse the order of animation frames, choose Reverse Frames from the Animation panel menu.

Note: The frames you want to reverse do not have to be contiguous; you can reverse any selected frames.

•

To delete selected frames, select Delete Frame from the Animation panel menu or click the Delete icon

, then

click Yes to confirm the deletion. You can also drag the selected frame onto the Delete icon.

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