Photoshop :: Dealing With Layers In Animation Actions
Apr 4, 2012
I've got some frame by frame animations that I want to edit in CS4 extended and I've realized that a few of them are simple color adjustments that would save a huge amount of time if I made them actions. I have no problems with the adjustments themselves and clicking advance frame works for repeated use, but then I need to selected the appropriate/visible layer or the actions won't apply. Is there a way to "advance" the layer in an action?
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Nov 16, 2013
I am attempting to use the actions panel to edit a large number of product shots quickly. I have disabled the generator, which was a possible solution I saw in another post, closed my photoshop, opened it up again and tried it on a new file.
None of my adjustment layers do what I set them out to do, but they do show up as layers in my layers panel. The only part of the action that works is my smart sharpen. I created the actions in CC and I don't know where to go next.
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Sep 21, 2013
I've just 'upgraded' to CC, and noticed that actions that alter Curves or levels adjustment layers do not play back correctly.
The Action itself contains the right steps but nothing happens to the adjustment or the image.
I have a mac 10.7
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Aug 25, 2012
how to make an action that can export individual layers within a PS document and rename each layers in the process.
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I have set up a 320 x 180px canvas and have 'Placed' in about 20 images that all need to be exported with the Save for Web option.
Problem is, when I set the action to Save for Web and choose the destination, Photoshop names my newly exported image as the document's title (for example, 320x180_Canvas.jpg). But as soon as I try to make it move on to the next layer, it will automatically replace the first exported image with the new one, renaming it the same way, and so on and so on for the next 2 layers...
So essentially, I can only export one layer at a time - unless I make an action to Save for Web for individual documents and not layers (so instead of having one document with 20 layers, I have 20 documents with one layer)...
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I must be missing a crucial point here.
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Jul 18, 2013
I've got to submit about 130 images in JPG form to the media department by 1 o'clock today EST.
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Basically, this is my setup up in PS CS5. I have a simple graphic (a black decorative border) in its own layer. Below this, I have a mask so that the images below it can peek through the decorative border. The sample below only has 1 image, but in my actual document there are about 130 layers under this mask, each with a different image.
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I have to export every single image as a JPG. Not all the images are the same size so I have to turn off all layers, and leave only the layer being exported visible every time.
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Is there anyway I can batch this? I don't see how can PS turn on/off layers automatically as it exports.Or how could I have done this differently for future reference?
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Nov 12, 2012
One day, when starting CS4 and working, I noticed that when adding text to an image, while the cursor moves, no text is in fact visible.
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As soon as I switch layers, it appears. This also occurs for other actions, where you perform the action, but the effects of that action is not visible until you switch layers, or do SOMETHING else.
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Win 7 Pro, 4GB RAM, 21GB free space on SSD, 1.24TB free on install drive. System otherwise stable.
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Nov 26, 2006
Here's what I want to do:
I want to process a series of pics for my photography business and I think I have a way to do a great deal of them with minimum effort. What I want to do is to work on one photo and create a smaller project that I copy and paste my Adjustment layers in. Then, I want an action to go through my queue of pics and copy the layers over, create a blurred layer (for skin touch up) and a sharpened layer. That way, when it's done, all I have to do is open each saved PSD and do touch up as needed.
The problem is that I can't get an action to recognize that I'm dragging a layer over from one comp to another. Is there a way, instead of creating a brand new action for each set of pics, to do what I want to do?
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Dec 19, 2012
I'm working with a file that has multiple layers that with almost exactly the same content.Â
The subject (car) just changes colors. Â
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Let's say that there is a spot I want to clone out on each layer, (shown above as a black smudge) but when I do, the results are somewhat different every time. I'm looking for consistency.Â
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Is there a way in CS6 to create a Tool Recorded Action to sample an area on a layer, clone out the ugly, then repeat the process on the layer below?
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*The goal here is to sample an area initiated on Layer A (Yellow) and clone out an area on Layer A (Yellow)...
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..then use the action to sample the exact same area, but this time sampled from Layer B (Orange) to clone out that same area on Layer B (Orange).
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I want to get the same results on every layer so the look on every color is uniform.
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I almost got it to work, but my problem occurs when I look at the details of the action.Â
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If I could duplicate the steps and change the "Source: layer" to the layer name below, that might do it.
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Also I used the shortcut CTRL + [  to "Select backward layer". When I look a the details on this it says "Without Make Visible." Is there a way to do this WITH MAKE VISIBLE?
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Apr 7, 2013
I have been running actions and using the layers panel with not problem and now neither are working.
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Aug 16, 2010
I have an animation layer that I have exported and Im trying to import it into a new file and then merge it down to the base layer.
what ends up happening is that when I do the merge i get two additional layers. and the layer with the animation stays there. and nothing gets baked. the animation stays in the imported layer.
I should be able to import/export animation layers right?
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Jun 9, 2009
I have a technical wireframe drawing that I need to use in an InDesign-built publication. The drawing is a bitmap and when I import it into ID it is light , a little muddy a nearly impossible to read when printed out. I've tried lots of different things to darken and increase the resolution with little or no effect. his includes: mode changes, changing the blending mode on a duplicate of the backgroud layer, increasing the resoltuion, etc. with no success.
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Aug 3, 2004
I have a ton of fonts that I would like to use in PS, But I don't want them to load when I start PS. How can I import them into PS when I want to use them, not all at once. Reason being is that I have a TON of fonts and it slows performance and program start takes longer.
In other words, can I keep them all in a folder outside of the PS folder and access them on a need to use basis? I have lots of RAM, I just don't like any of the system resources taken up if they don't have to be.
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Dec 9, 2003
Im trying to perform an action on a Batch. After i select the folder i want to use it on and hit save. The images start opening but when it opens the image layers are all locked and it wont perform the action....
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Dec 25, 2007
I only just got photoshop yesterday and I barely know a thing but I have got an image with 3 layers and I want to make it into a simple animation, displaying each layer in turn.
I am a novice user using C2
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Aug 29, 2013
After installing a new larger hard drive on my Mac, I got an icon in my toolbar dealing with backup/sync. Checked is the line, "Backup/sync only when idle." (I don't know if I want to change this or not - do I?) I'm instructed to sign into photoshop.com through Photoshop Elements, but when I try to do that I get Error 400. I just learned that photoshop.com no longer exists - true? If this is nothing to worry about, how do I remove that icon from the toolbar? It has a lock symbol on it.
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Feb 17, 2006
I can animate images with the "Try out version" correct?
Second, do I use the CS2 program, or do I click the "Edit in Image Ready" and use that program?
And if I doing it in Image Ready works (or if it even matters which program), how do I get the different layers in the animation box?
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Apr 15, 2003
if animation in PS7 is accomplished with layers and if so,is there a limit to the number of layers that can be applied.(I am interested in makin sigs for the web,
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May 1, 2012
I am trying to assign objects (only in UNLOCKED layers) with a new layer.So basically, the user will select all the objects in the drawing.
After selecting (ex. press enter after window selecting), only objects in UNLOCKED layers will have a new layer.
Following is the code I am using...But I keep getting eOnLockedLayer exception.How should I handle this issue?
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using (Transaction acTrans = acCurDb.TransactionManager.StartTransaction())
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PromptSelectionOptions pSelOpts = new PromptSelectionOptions();
pSelOpts.MessageForAdding = "Select all objects";
PromptSelectionResult pSelRes = acDoc.Editor.GetSelection(pSelOpts);
if (pSelRes.Status == PromptStatus.OK)
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Aug 7, 2009
In the dimension styles we have linear suffix and angular suffix. For angular dimensions we just want the degree symbol and for the Linear suffix we want the foot symbol. But when we dimension an angle we get both degree and a foot symbol, and we just want the degree symbol. We put the foot symbol on the linear units only yet it shows up on the angular dimensions.
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May 19, 2013
I'm tying to make an animation from layers in Photoshop 6, but when I use the timeline window, the "convert frames' options as well as other options are greyed. It doesn't grey when I open a video file. I'm tried using JPEG and GIF files as the layers, but am unsure what I'm to do at this point.Â
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Mar 13, 2013
I can see make frames from layers, but with a many layered psd file of which I only have 5 frames I want to see how they animate, how do I tell the animate palette to make frames from just the selected layers ?
Surely this has to be an option, there are always going to be layers during an artwork build that are options or earlier efforts etc that you may wish to revisit, to have the entire lot dumped into animate is a pain. Its not obvious which they are when in there, layer names don't appear.
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Sep 18, 2012
where I cannot set the opacity partway transparent when dealing with a png file and another png file as a selection flotation!!! the opacity sliders in the layers tab seem to do nothing but If I go below 50% the layer disappears!!! I can only have it 100% opaque or 100% transparent (which is when the slider is 50% or below) anywhere else 51=99% acts as 100% opaque!!!
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Jan 2, 2014
I wanted to set up a template for dealing with printing four images on a sheet.
I created an image the size of the sheet and then added four layers, each of the desired image size which needed to be positioned appropriately.
When I went to position the images, I could not find any reasonable way with the move command or with any of the layer operations to position each layer precisely.By that I mean simply type in the coordinates of the upper left corner, or move with the mouse where I see a text version of the upper left coordinate of the new layer position as I move.
If trying to position using the mouse, the lower left of the status line shows the position of the pointer itself, so that is useless in positioning the layer as a whole; and the numbers to the right of the per-cent size display show how much the layer has moved relative to its starting position, not the absolute position of the upper left corner. (I'll grant that the latter is useful, but in this case one needs something else, particularly if a layer has been moved and needs to be repositioned to a fixed location.)
The only way I could get what I wanted was to expand to 800%, and at that magnification I could grab the upper left corner with the mouse so the mouse position was itself the upper left corner position. Surely there's a better way?
Layer/Layer to Boundary Size... does not appear to work as advertised. The offset appears to be relative to the original size of the layer, not the original size of the image. The panner image is limited to the size of the layer, not the image. When you first bring up the dialog, you are unable to reposition the layer unless you change the layer size to make the layer smaller. If you make the layer half the size of its original size and then click "Center", the offset is set to - 1/2 the size of the original image, not + 1/2, which seems bizarre. The layer is scaled properly, and ends up where you would expect (based on the center command given, but not based on the offsets indicated), but the values in the Offset boxes seem to have the wrong sign. It works by moving the original layer relative to the desired new layer, rather than position the new layer size relative to the image. Which means you can't move the layer relative to the image if the layer is smaller than the image, and the graphic panner doesn't show you the layer position relative to the image as a whole. It is not at all intuitive and is not useful for quite a few common cases.
Layer/Transform/Offset shifts the contents, but not the layer itself. Which is what it is supposed to do, so that's ok; it's just not usable for this operation.
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Aug 30, 2012
I imported 100 images (each one on a different layer) in Photoshop CS5.1 to make some image correction. Those images are an animation sequence.
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Now, I try to figure out how to play the animation? When I click PLAY, it doesn't move from a layer to another which would make it animate. It stays on the first layer.
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Jul 16, 2012
i was doing a frame by frame animation. i already have over 100 drawn out and everything was going fine till i don't know what i did. so here is my current state .the frame still look the same, if i select a frame it shows the currect layer configuration on the canvas, but the layer pallette shows all my my layers as visible. selecting other frames does not change the layer palette even though the frame changes.also, i cannot edit any of the layers. i don't get any errors but nothing happens. if i start a new layer i can't draw on it either. this is cs5 on mac.
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Apr 8, 2012
what i've done it imported a video to frames.I've added some text to go on every frame. But when i edit the texts style (outline etc) it only applies to one. I can't select all or some of the layers/frames for the text style to appear on.Do I have to do it manually one by one?
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Jun 14, 2012
I've made an animation in photoshop CS 5.1 with three layers that I want to export to Apple's application Motion in order to work on each layer individually. I can easily make a quicktime file, but I can't work on each layer this way. When I import the photoshop file I get the prompt "All Layers," which I choose, but there is no movement when I hit play on the timeline. Only one frame is displayed when there are a number of different frames, and animations.
I'm using an IMac with 8 gigs of ram and 3 external hard drives with a terabyte internal drive.
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Aug 22, 2013
For theoretical purposes, let's say that I am building an animation and that I have 10 layers in this animation thus far. Now, let's say that I would like a watermark to be overlay on every single one of these individual layers.
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The only way that I would know how to do this would be to make a layer with the watermark, duplicate it nine times so that there were a total of ten layers with the watermark and then painstakingly go about the process of merging one layer of the animation with with one layer of the watermark and then repeat this process nine more times.
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Whenever this situation comes up, whether it is a watermark or a correction of some sort that belongs on ALL LAYERS and I do this the only way that I know how, I think to myself that with something as powerful as CS 5, there has GOT to be an more automated and easier way of going about this.Â
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Aug 31, 2004
I downloaded a couple of actions from the web to my actions palette and they worked fine, but then I got greedy and downloaded a few more and that’s when things went south. Now none of the actions work - by not working I mean when I mouse over the Play Selection icon at the bottom of the action palette I get that little circle with a line through it. This happens with the PS default actions as well (I also get the circle on the Stop Playing/Recording and Begin Recording icons).
Somewhere in the following is probably what messed things up.
I downloaded actions to my computer in zip files. Copied them over to the actions folder (or somewhere) and unzipped them. I went back to the actions palette and hit “load actions” and loaded them. On the second set of actions that I downloaded I remember thinking “why am I copying and pasting these files - I bet I should cut and paste them, so I did and that may have been the start of the great crumble of 2004. PhotoShop help says: (under Saving and loading actions) “Actions are automatically saved the the Actions Palette folder in PS7.0 Settings folder. If this file is lost or removed, the actions you created are lost”.
I have searched for the settings folder and couldn’t find it, but the actions still show up on the actions palette - they just don’t run.
I’m a little fuzzy on the details on the above steps. In fact, I probably did something different on each download.
one more thing, I reloaded PhotoShop, but still nothing.
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Nov 24, 2013
My computer crashed and I removed all apps and reinstalled so now none of my actions appear. However I do have a backup file of all of them and want to reinstall but before when I was using cs6 ( Im assuming same thing as CC as it was all on the subscription plan ) I would click actions then the right arrows and it would bring me a big screen of all the actions ( even the ones that were just preloaded in ps ) and it was a big box with all the actions and some options to record etc...Now that box isn't there and it's just a single column drop down menu.
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Feb 5, 2013
I'm editing an animation that I have, but when I drag it in to the Layer Menu, it appears on the left side of the screen, off the stage. Is there a way to select all layers, and move them all at one time?
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