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image; however, only the pasted layers are visible in the destination frames (the existing layers are hidden).
Paste Over Selection Adds the contents of the pasted frames as new layers in the image. When you paste frames into the same image,
using this option doubles the number of layers in the image. In the destination frames, the newly pasted layers are visible, and the original
layers are hidden. In the non-destination frames, the newly pasted layers are hidden.
Paste Before Selection or Paste After Selection Adds the copied frames before or after the destination frame. When you paste frames
between images, new layers are added to the image; however, only the pasted layers are visible in the new frames (the existing layers are
hidden).
7. (Optional) To link pasted layers in the Layers panel, select Link Added Layers.
This option works only when pasting frames into another document. Select it when you plan to reposition the pasted layers as a unit.
8. Click OK.
Create frames using tweening
The term tweening is derived from “in betweening,” the traditional animation term used to describe this process. Tweening (also called
interpolating ) significantly reduces the time required to create animation effects such as fading in or fading out, or moving an element across a
frame. You can edit tweened frames individually after you create them.
You use the Tween command to automatically add or modify a series of frames between two existing frames—varying the layer properties
(position, opacity, or effect parameters) evenly between the new frames to create the appearance of movement. For example, if you want to fade
out a layer, set the opacity of the layer in the starting frame to 100%; then set the opacity of the same layer in the ending frame to 0%. When you
tween between the two frames, the opacity of the layer is reduced evenly across the new frames.
Using tweening to animate text position
1. (Photoshop Extended) Make sure the Animation panel is in frame animation mode.
2. To apply tweening to a specific layer, select it in the Layers panel.
3. Select a single frame or multiple contiguous frames.
If you select a single frame, you choose whether to tween the frame with the previous frame or the next frame.
If you select two contiguous frames, new frames are added between the frames.
If you select more than two frames, existing frames between the first and last selected frames are altered by the tweening operation.
If you select the first and last frames in an animation, these frames are treated as contiguous, and tweened frames are added after the
last frame. (This tweening method is useful when the animation is set to loop multiple times.)
4. Do one of the following:
Click the Tweens button in the Animation panel.
Select Tween from the Animation panel menu.
5. Specify the layer or layers to be varied in the added frames:
All Layers Varies all layers in the selected frame or frames.
Selected Layer Varies only the currently selected layer in the selected frame or frames.
6. Specify layer properties to be varied:
Position Varies the position of the layer’s content in the new frames evenly between the beginning and ending frames.
Opacity Varies the opacity of the new frames evenly between the beginning and ending frames.
Effects Varies the parameter settings of layer effects evenly between the beginning and ending frames.
7. If you selected a single frame in step 3, choose where to add frames from the Tween With menu:
Next Frame Adds frames between the selected frame and the following frame. This option is not available when you select the last frame in
the Animation panel.
First Frame Adds frames between the last frame and first frame. This option is available only if you select the last frame in the Animation
panel.
Previous Frame Adds frames between the selected frame and the preceding frame. This option is not available when you select the first
frame in the Animation panel.